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  • How do I get the bootloader version?

    From Marion@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 9 05:15:56 2025
    How do I get the bootloader version for my Samsung Galaxy A32-6U?
    (It's network unlocked but Developer Options has no "OEM Unlock".)

    The Baseband is A326USQSHDXL1 (the "H" is the key character
    as nothing after 5 is rootable as far as I can find on the net).

    It's build number TP1A.220624.014.A326USQSHDXL1 where
    "TP1A" indicates it's based on Android 11 or later;
    "220624" indicates the build date of June 24th 2022;
    "A326U" identifies the device model;
    "SQSHDXL1" is the baseband version;
    where the fifth-character-from-the-right is the critical character.

    But how do I get the bootloader version?

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  • From Marion@21:1/5 to Marion on Fri Mar 21 06:58:40 2025
    On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 05:15:56 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :


    But how do I get the bootloader version?

    I found out that Aida64 will give you the bootloader version. <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.finalwire.aida64>

    I had already checked these to no avail.
    *DevCheck* Device & System Info by flar2, In-app purchases
    free,adfree,gsfreq, rated 4.6 star, 16.3K reviews, 1M+ Downloads
    <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.devcheck>

    *Device Info HW* by Andrey Efremov
    free,adfree,gsffree, rated 4.6 star, 10.6K reviews, 5M+ Downloads
    <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.andr7e.deviceinfohw>

    *Treble Info* by Hackintosh Five, with In-app purchases
    free,adfree,gsffree, rated 4.6 star, 1.45K reviews, 100K+ Downloads
    <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tk.hack5.treblecheck>

    *Inware* by evowizz
    free,adfree,gsreq, rated 4.5 star, 1.69K reviews, 100K+ Downloads
    <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evo.inware>

    *CPU Info* (open-source) by KG Soft
    free,adfree,gsffree, rated 4.5 star, 950 reviews, 100K+ Downloads
    <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kgurgul.cpuinfo>

    Using Skyica & Aurora Store (I don't have a Google Account on my phone, for privacy reasons) I installed the Google Play Store repository Aida64
    version 2.07 on my Android 13 Galaxy.

    It reported the bootloader & baseband are the same.
    "A326USQSHDYB2"

    While "A326U" is the model number for the US variant of the Samsung Galaxy
    A32 5G, apparently the "S" indicates that this is a software build for that specific model.

    Digging deeper, apparently QSHDYB2 encodes information about the android version, security patch level, build date, carrier (T-Mobile for me),
    region (USA for me), and whether it's a specific version for my device.
    <https://doc.samsungmobile.com/SM-A326U/021060211129/eng.html>

    Unfortunately I can't find anyone who has rooted this version of
    bootloader. So I guess I will remain unrooted for the foreseeable future.

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