Galaxy A50 (beta-1401)

Mint Beta Release - Samsung Galaxy A50

💡 These are beta releases! Please include logs before reporting.

📝 Changelog

• Updated KernelSU Next to v1.0.4

📲 Release Guide

Beta releases of Mint Kernel use the following file name template:

MintBeta-(Mint Build).(Android Version).(Variant)_A50.CI.zip

1. Please select the appropriate variant of the kernel for the ROM you're currently using.
2. Mint recommends installing Enforcing builds unless Permissive kernels are necessary to boot your ROM.
3. Use AOSP builds only on non-One UI ROMs as these have some features from One UI disabled.

For selecting the variant, if you are using:

• Fresh or any One UI ROM, select "OneUI" builds for your Android version
• LineageOS or AOSP-based ROMs, select "AOSP" builds for your Android version

Galaxy A50 (beta-1400)

Mint Beta Release - Samsung Galaxy A50

💡 These are beta releases! Please include logs before reporting.

📝 Changelog

• Updated KernelSU Next to v1.0.2-R14

📲 Release Guide

Beta releases of Mint Kernel use the following file name template:

MintBeta-(Mint Build).(Android Version).(Variant)_A50.CI.zip

1. Please select the appropriate variant of the kernel for the ROM you're currently using.
2. Mint recommends installing Enforcing builds unless Permissive kernels are necessary to boot your ROM.
3. Use AOSP builds only on non-One UI ROMs as these have some features from One UI disabled.

For selecting the variant, if you are using:

• Fresh or any One UI ROM, select "OneUI" builds for your Android version
• LineageOS or AOSP-based ROMs, select "AOSP" builds for your Android version

Galaxy A50 (beta-1399)

Mint Beta Release - Samsung Galaxy A50

💡 These are beta releases! Please include logs before reporting.

📝 Changelog

• Updated KernelSU Next to v1.0.2-R13

📲 Release Guide

Beta releases of Mint Kernel use the following file name template:

MintBeta-(Mint Build).(Android Version).(Variant)_A50.CI.zip

1. Please select the appropriate variant of the kernel for the ROM you're currently using.
2. Mint recommends installing Enforcing builds unless Permissive kernels are necessary to boot your ROM.
3. Use AOSP builds only on non-One UI ROMs as these have some features from One UI disabled.

For selecting the variant, if you are using:

• Fresh or any One UI ROM, select "OneUI" builds for your Android version
• LineageOS or AOSP-based ROMs, select "AOSP" builds for your Android version

Mint 12.5.0 Stable

Mint Stable Release - Samsung Galaxy A50

💡 Having problems using this build? Report through GitHub Issues. Please take logs before reporting.

📝 Changelog

https://tenseventyseven.cf/announcing-mint-125-stable

📲 Release Guide

Stable releases of Mint Kernel are available below. Please read this section carefully to download the appropriate version for the ROM you are currently using.

ROM/Firmware you are currently using	With Magisk	Without Magisk
One UI 3 (including Fresh 3)	📥 Download	📥 Download
One UI 4 and later (including Fresh 4)	📥 Download	📥 Download
AOSP 11/LineageOS 18	📥 Download	📥 Download
AOSP 12/LineageOS 19 and later	📥 Download	📥 Download

1. Please select the appropriate variant of the kernel for the ROM you're currently using.
2. All 'Stable' release builds are enforcing by default.
3. Use AOSP builds only on non-One UI ROMs as these have some features from One UI disabled.

Mint 12.2.1 Stable

Mint Stable Release - Samsung Galaxy A50

💡 Having problems using this build? Report through GitHub Issues. Please take logs before reporting.

📝 Changelog

• Upstream security and performance improvements from Samsung
• Minor improvements to RAM Plus support
• Minor memory management improvements
• Minor tweaks to GPU performance
• New! Compact memory when application exits
• New! Add support for the Sony PlayStation DualShock and DualSense controllers over Bluetooth

📲 Release Guide

Stable releases of Mint Kernel are available below. Please read this section carefully to download the appropriate version for the ROM you are currently using.

ROM/Firmware you are currently using	With Magisk	Without Magisk
One UI 3 (including Fresh 3)	📥 Download	📥 Download
One UI 4 and later (including Fresh 4)	📥 Download	📥 Download
AOSP 11/LineageOS 18	📥 Download	📥 Download
AOSP 12/LineageOS 19 and later	📥 Download	📥 Download

1. Please select the appropriate variant of the kernel for the ROM you're currently using.
2. All 'Stable' release builds are enforcing by default.
3. Use AOSP builds only on non-One UI ROMs as these have some features from One UI disabled.

Mint 12.2 Stable

Mint Stable Release - Samsung Galaxy A50

💡 Having problems using this build? Report through GitHub Issues. Please take logs before reporting.

📝 Changelog

See the announcement on the tenseventyseven website.

📲 Release Guide

Stable releases of Mint Kernel are available below. Please read this section carefully to download the appropriate version for the ROM you are currently using.

ROM/Firmware you are currently using	With Magisk	Without Magisk
One UI 3 (including Fresh 3)	📥 Download	📥 Download
One UI 4 and later (including Fresh 4)	📥 Download	📥 Download
AOSP 11/LineageOS 18	📥 Download	📥 Download
AOSP 12/LineageOS 19 and later	📥 Download	📥 Download

1. Please select the appropriate variant of the kernel for the ROM you're currently using.
2. All 'Stable' release builds are enforcing by default.
3. Use AOSP builds only on non-One UI ROMs as these have some features from One UI disabled.

Galaxy A50s (mainline-15)

Mint 11.6.0 - Samsung Galaxy A50s

Changelog

Main Changes:

• Upstream kernel to Linux 4.14.200
• Bumps Security Patch Level to December 2021 (2021-12).
• Upstream kernel modules to currently-available Samsung stock sources.
• Updated Magisk to v24.1, with full support for Zygisk.
• Support and fixes for Android 12-based ROMs and GSIs.
• Finally, enabled support for COMPAT_VDSO again after months of tweaking. Improves performance for 64-bit compatibility for 32-bit processes.
• Move to 500HZ interrupts for observable improvements to device performance.
• For-performance tweaks and backports from custom kernels for the POCO X3 and the Galaxy M21.

Improvements and Fixes:

• Updates to devfreq_boost, should be more stable and battery-friendly now.
• Updates to Pressure Sensitive Indicator (PSI) support.
• Improvements to schedutil. Should fix device frequency scaling, which on 11.3 was staying on the lowest.
• Re-enable Samsung's "AI"-based frequency management, Kernel perspective AI based Resource Control (KAIR).
• Changes to the Mali GPU driver, which should improve performance as well as battery life.
• Changes to TCP, including improvements for bbr.
• Improvements to memory management and allocation.
• Improvements to Samsung SQZR/RAM Plus support. Requires a supported ROM.
• Improvements for the boosted fingerprint scan to further improve biometric speed.
• Fixes for MTP support on AOSP for some edge-cases.
• Various performance and stability improvements.

Release Guide:

Releases use the following filename template:

Mint-Version_AndroidVersion_Variant-NoRoot_A50s_Date_CI.zip

Select the proper variant of the kernel for the ROM you're currently using. Only use AOSP variants on non-One UI ROMs!

• One UI/Fresh - Select OneUI
• One UI/Fresh without Magisk - Select OneUI-NoRoot
• AOSP/LineageOS - Select AOSP
• AOSP/LineageOS without Magisk - Select AOSP-NoRoot

Galaxy A50 (mainline-15)

Mint 11.6.0 - Samsung Galaxy A50

Changelog

Main Changes:

• Upstream kernel to Linux 4.14.200
• Bumps Security Patch Level to January 2022 (2022-01).
• Upstream kernel modules to currently-available Samsung stock sources.
• Updated Magisk to v24.1, with full support for Zygisk.
• Support and fixes for Android 12-based ROMs and GSIs.
• Finally, enabled support for COMPAT_VDSO again after months of tweaking. Improves performance for 64-bit compatibility for 32-bit processes.
• Move to 500HZ interrupts for observable improvements to device performance.
• For-performance tweaks and backports from custom kernels for the POCO X3 and the Galaxy M21.

Improvements and Fixes:

• Updates to devfreq_boost, should be more stable and battery-friendly now.
• Updates to Pressure Sensitive Indicator (PSI) support.
• Improvements to schedutil. Should fix device frequency scaling, which on 11.3 was staying on the lowest.
• Re-enable Samsung's "AI"-based frequency management, Kernel perspective AI based Resource Control (KAIR).
• Changes to the Mali GPU driver, which should improve performance as well as battery life.
• Changes to TCP, including improvements for bbr.
• Improvements to memory management and allocation.
• Improvements to Samsung SQZR/RAM Plus support. Requires a supported ROM.
• Improvements for the boosted fingerprint scan to further improve biometric speed.
• Fixes for MTP support on AOSP for some edge-cases.
• Various performance and stability improvements.

Release Guide:

Releases use the following filename template:

Mint-Version_AndroidVersion_Variant-NoRoot_A50_Date_CI.zip

Select the proper variant of the kernel for the ROM you're currently using. Only use AOSP variants on non-One UI ROMs!

• One UI/Fresh - Select OneUI
• One UI/Fresh without Magisk - Select OneUI-NoRoot
• AOSP/LineageOS - Select AOSP
• AOSP/LineageOS without Magisk - Select AOSP-NoRoot

Galaxy A50s (mainline-11)

Mint 11.3.1 - Samsung Galaxy A50

Changelog

• Upstream kernel to Linux 4.14.180
• A complete rework of Fresh Core from scratch, improving kernel memory management.
• Add Samsung SQZR/RAM Plus support for ZRAM writeback. Requires system changes.
• Change default I/O scheduler to maple since we need good performance for writeback now.
• Boosted fingerprint scan to improve biometric speed.
• SPARSEMEM is back, since I observed that RAM usage is slightly lower when it's used.
• Move back to 300HZ interrupts to slightly improve device performance.
• For-performance tweaks from custom kernels for the Pixel 4, OnePlus 6, POCO X3, and Redmi Note 9S.
• Merge remaining tweaks from Fresh Core. Barring select features currently in private testing, Mint builds are now about 100% as feature-rich as older builds.

Release Guide:

Select the proper variant of the kernel for the ROM you're currently using. Only use AOSP variants on non-One UI ROMs!

• One UI/Fresh - Select Fresh
• One UI/Fresh without Magisk - Select Fresh-NoRoot
• AOSP/LineageOS - Select AOSP
• AOSP/LineageOS without Magisk - Select AOSP-NoRoot

Galaxy A50 (mainline-11)

Mint 11.3.1 - Samsung Galaxy A50

Changelog

• Upstream kernel to Linux 4.14.180
• A complete rework of Fresh Core from scratch, improving kernel memory management.
• Add Samsung SQZR/RAM Plus support for ZRAM writeback. Requires system changes.
• Change default I/O scheduler to maple since we need good performance for writeback now.
• Boosted fingerprint scan to improve biometric speed.
• SPARSEMEM is back, since I observed that RAM usage is slightly lower when it's used.
• Move back to 300HZ interrupts to slightly improve device performance.
• For-performance tweaks from custom kernels for the Pixel 4, OnePlus 6, POCO X3, and Redmi Note 9S.
• Merge remaining tweaks from Fresh Core. Barring select features currently in private testing, Mint builds are now about 100% as feature-rich as older builds.

Release Guide:

Select the proper variant of the kernel for the ROM you're currently using. Only use AOSP variants on non-One UI ROMs!

• One UI/Fresh - Select Fresh
• One UI/Fresh without Magisk - Select Fresh-NoRoot
• AOSP/LineageOS - Select AOSP
• AOSP/LineageOS without Magisk - Select AOSP-NoRoot