Samsung Galaxy A8 SM-A8000 specifications Expand

Released 2015, August
151g, 5.9mm thickness
Android 5.1, up to 6.0
32GB storage, microSDXC

Samsung Galaxy A8 was announced at 2015, August. Released 2015, August with Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow), have chipset Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm) - A800Y,Exynos 5430 Octa (20 nm) - A800F CPU Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A53) - A800Y,Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) - A800F and GPU Adreno 405 - A800Y,Mali-T628 MP6 - A800F. It have 32GB 2GB RAM storage and there are colors: Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold

NETWORK

Technology

GSM / HSPA / LTE

2G

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2

3G

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A800F, A800Y

4G

1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 40 - A800F

Speed

HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps

TIMELINE

Announced

2015, August. Released 2015, August

Released

Released 2015, August

BODY

Dimensions

158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm (6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)

Weight

151 g (5.33 oz)

SIM

Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY

Type

Super AMOLED

Size

5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~73.8% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution

1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~386 ppi density)

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 4

PLATFORM

OS

Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow)

Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm) - A800Y
Exynos 5430 Octa (20 nm) - A800F

CPU

Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A53) - A800Y
Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) - A800F

GPU

Adreno 405 - A800Y
Mali-T628 MP6 - A800F

MEMORY

Card slot

microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

Internal

32GB 2GB RAM

eMMC 5.0 or eMMC 4.5

MAIN CAMERA

Camera

16 MP, f/1.9, 31mm (standard), AF

Features

LED flash, panorama, HDR

Video

1080p@30fps

FRONT CAMERA

Camera

5 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide)

Video

1080p@30fps

SOUND

Loudspeaker

Yes

3.5mm jack

Yes

COMMUNICATES

WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Bluetooth

4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE

GPS

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)

NFC

No

Radio

FM radio, RDS, recording

USB

microUSB 2.0

FEATURES

Sensors

Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass

ANT+

BATTERY

Battery

Li-Ion 3050 mAh, non-removable

MISC

Colors

Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold

SAR EU

0.32 W/kg (head) 0.55 W/kg (body)

Performance

Basemark OS II 2.0: 1089
Basemark X: 8838

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Samsung firmware SM-A8000 / Galaxy A8 SM-A8000 5

Device	CSC	Version	Bit/SW REV.	Security Patch Lvl.	OS	Build date
Samsung Galaxy A8	TGY	A8000ZHS2BRI1	2	Full Files	Marshmallow(Android 6.0.1)	20181002165527
Samsung Galaxy A8	TGY	A8000ZHU2BRC1	2	One Files	Marshmallow(Android 6.0.1)	20180320111853
Samsung Galaxy A8	TGY	A8000ZHU2BQH2	2	One Files	Marshmallow(Android 6.0.1)	20170818103852
Samsung Galaxy A8	TGY	A8000ZHU2BQA3	2	One Files	Marshmallow(Android 6.0.1)	20170123131613
Samsung Galaxy A8	TGY	A8000ZHU2AOK4	2	One Files	Lollipop(Android 5.1.1)	20151125161514

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How to flash Samsung SM-A8000 / Galaxy A8 SM-A8000 firmware

1. Extract (unzip) the Samsung firmware file. Recommended using WinRAR or 7-Zip

2. Download Odin Tool 3.13.1

3. Extract Odin ZIP file

4. Open Odin execute file

5. Reboot Samsung phone in Download Mode (hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons / hold Volume Down + Bixby buttons then plug-in cable)

6. Connect you Samsung phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin

7. Add the 1 file Samsung firmware to AP/PDA or 4 files Samsung firmware (AP/BL/CP/CSC) to it's slots

8. Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked

9. Click the START button, sit back and wait few minutes

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Samsung firmware SM-A8000 / Galaxy A8 SM-A8000 5