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Android 8.0 on the SM-T285

As many of you heard, android 8 has now been officially released. I will be working to get an AOSP version working on the 7" LTE tablet, I have heard that there may be significant HAL changes so it may take some time. I have just released the august update for the SM-T285, I've been also working to get a stable repo out for this device in the last couple of weeks. Anyway wish me luck.
Update 08/24/2017 - I was able to download the 8.0.0_r4 aosp sources and got it to compile the modified device tree. There seems to be significant changes with some HAL libraries, vendor specific libs are now moved to its own place in the system image. Will now proceed to actual testing and porting.

jedld said:
As many of you heard, android 8 has now been officially released. I will be working to get an AOSP version working on the 7" LTE tablet, I have heard that there may be significant HAL changes so it may take some time. I have just released the august update for the SM-T285, I've been also working to get a stable repo out for this device in the last couple of weeks. Anyway wish me luck.
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Great! Is there ANY chance you wil make an extra effort to release this for the SM-T280 also?
AFAIK the only difderence is LTE versus WiFi only [emoji4] ?
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ZeroZorro said:
Great! Is there ANY chance you wil make an extra effort to release this for the SM-T280 also?
AFAIK the only difderence is LTE versus WiFi only [emoji4] ?
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I won't be directly developing for the T280 sadly. There may be subtle differences at the kernel level and some components (e.g. GPS, touchscreen) which prevents ROMs for the T285 from working with the T280. However my work with the T285 should greatly speedup development for the T280 once the first custom ROMs arrive.

jedld said:
I There may be subtle differences at the kernel level and some components (e.g. GPS, touchscreen) which prevents ROMs for the T285 from working with the T280.
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Is this just non stock roms? I've had stock T285 roms running on my T280 without issue.

ashyx said:
Is this just non stock roms? I've had stock T285 roms running on my T280 without issue.
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I remember some people tried on my CM/Lineage/Omni based roms on their T280 and it failed to boot, though I can't tell the method they used to flash those ROMs so it is possible that their methods are incorrect. As for stock ROMs this is new information for me if that is the case. I am unable to verify these as I don't have a T280, though if there is a dev who would like to try if would be nice.

jedld said:
I remember some people tried on my CM/Lineage/Omni based roms on their T280 and it failed to boot, though I can't tell the method they used to flash those ROMs so it is possible that their methods are incorrect. As for stock ROMs this is new information for me if that is the case. I am unable to verify these as I don't have a T280, though if there is a dev who would like to try if would be nice.
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:good: so when are we getting the new Oreo ? :fingers-crossed:
hopefully you get the camera working this time round ? :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

Where's the download link of oreo rom?? or when are we getting??

acp Siam said:
Where's the download link of oreo rom?? or when are we getting??
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my oreo build isn't usable at the moment, wifi doesn't work and you can't turn the screen back on after turning it off. Trying to figure out if this is a LineageOS issue or a hardware issue takes too much time, I'm waiting for the first official builds of Lineage OS to start rolling out before I spend more time on this.

Bacoor,
I've just bought a Galaxy Tab A6 LTE (SM-T285) and haven't rooted or done anything to an android phone in over 5 years. Feeling Green as hell! I'm back to being a newbie. Any suggestions you can offer to me on a guide and which TWRP and Android I should install on my phone. I'll need some tutorial help as I feel uneasy. Last Time I did rooting and custom roms was way back on the HTC Hero and then the HP Touchpad to Cyanogenmod.

Well with Oreo comes project treble which does in fact mess with the HAL libraries a lot. Maybe that means there is hope the Galaxy Tab A Line will get "Treble-ized".
Good news if we are.
Here is a thorough article covering 8.0: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/android-8-0-oreo-thoroughly-reviewed/

Delgoth said:
Well with Oreo comes project treble which does in fact mess with the HAL libraries a lot. Maybe that means there is hope the Galaxy Tab A Line will get "Treble-ized".
Good news if we are.
Here is a thorough article covering 8.0: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/android-8-0-oreo-thoroughly-reviewed/
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Finally a standardized platform. It's about bloomin time!
No excuse for Samsung and their poor 2 time upgrades anymore.

Help regarding update
Hiii bro....sohail here and i have samsung galaxy tab a6 sm-t285 and i want nougat/oreo update in it plz help me bro.....what can i do..? Please let me know as soon as you can....hope you help me...:fingers-crossed

I am still on Android 5.1.x rooted, and probably only version for T285 which every feature is tested working.
Intended to upgrade to Android 6 or 7, but there isn't any stable firmware which is bug-free (ie. GPS and video recording).
Not optimistic on 8.0 being bug-free when the 6 and 7 not fixed after such a long wait (months).

kevinlaikf said:
I am still on Android 5.1.x rooted, and probably only version for T285 which every feature is tested working.
Intended to upgrade to Android 6 or 7, but there isn't any stable firmware which is bug-free.
Not optimistic on 8.0 being bug-free when the 6 and 7 not fixed after such a long wait (months).
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I'd update to android 7. Its a great update for my Tab A. Samsung removed a lot of bloat in this update and it runs great.

ashyx said:
I'd update to android 7. Its a great update for my Tab A. Samsung removed a lot of bloat in this update and it runs great.
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Where did you get a Samsung 7.0 ROM?
I have only seen 5.1.1 posted, other than LineageOS 14.1 (7.1)

Can u upload the build
I have been waiting for the build.So jedld , Can u upload the oreo build

jedld said:
my oreo build isn't usable at the moment, wifi doesn't work and you can't turn the screen back on after turning it off. Trying to figure out if this is a LineageOS issue or a hardware issue takes too much time, I'm waiting for the first official builds of Lineage OS to start rolling out before I spend more time on this.
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Heyyy, give the download link fast. ASAP. waiting for that oreo rom to be iin my sm-t285. When is it coming??
andd please make sure that it doesn't bring any camera error problem or cellular data problem.
THANK YOU

acp Siam said:
sm-t285. When is it coming??
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In summer

acp Siam said:
Heyyy, give the download link fast. ASAP. waiting for that oreo rom to be iin my sm-t285. When is it coming??
andd please make sure that it doesn't bring any camera error problem or cellular data problem.
THANK YOU
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It's not even done yet.... Be patient.

How Do I Test this ROM
I have a T285 and I want to test this rom where do I download it?

[REQUEST] NOTE 9 rom port for NOTE 8

Hello is there any one that is going to port the galaxy note 9 rom to our beloved device (if possible) ?
and if yes , i will gladly help to test the rom until its up to the other user
Thanks for all of the developers for their work and Im sorry if i posted in the wrong section .

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Enviado desde mi SM-N950F mediante Tapatalk

I signed myself

I don't think there's really anything new on the Note9 worth porting. The only really big feature is one that likely won't work on our devices, anyway. Most of what's new, we might get with our 8.1 update, anyway.

Omega_300 said:
Hello is there any one that is going to port the galaxy note 9 rom to our beloved device (if possible) ?
and if yes , i will gladly help to test the rom until its up to the other user
Thanks for all of the developers for their work and Im sorry if i posted in the wrong section .
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It's hard to port the entire system of Note 9 right now but there's ported apps from system dump from Albe96 you can check that out but sure in the future there's gonna be note 9 roms

ZyroKewl said:
It's hard to port the entire system of Note 9 right now but there's ported apps from system dump from Albe96 you can check that out but sure in the future there's gonna be note 9 roms
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Oh ok that would be good but I hope it would be soon just like the S9+ got ported

Duster ( lightrom owner ) is working on it

ScaleneVirus288 said:
Duster ( lightrom owner ) is working on it
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Omega_300 said:
Oh ok that would be good but I hope it would be soon just like the S9+ got ported
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ZyroKewl said:
It's hard to port the entire system of Note 9 right now but there's ported apps from system dump from Albe96 you can check that out but sure in the future there's gonna be note 9 roms
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I signed myself
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fedez said:
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Enviado desde mi SM-N950F mediante Tapatalk
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I have a note 9 port ready but its not done yet as i cant test. i only own a j7 prime!
I need a tester. one with a n950f or a dual sim version. add me on telegram "adi222ke" if you are interested. the port is done but i need tester before posting it on xda.

i can do that
hey, please upload the rom so i cant test it

Hello
I have read control board available to look it grade 8, I would be happy to, if I could help. I use for years Need Rome, s and have a lot of experience in the Rooten and play these.
LG Nico

its been a while now the note 9 is already released, nothing, no one is even trying to port it!!! its weird

SamerAlHaddad said:
its been a while now the note 9 is already released, nothing, no one is even trying to port it!!! its weird
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Most of people don't want that much expensive phones and guy s not N . 2 note 9 and s9 got released and many devs moved there cuz there is treble . Duster was about to make note 9 port here but no idea .

How long will it be until there is a version for the Note 8 Ported Note 9?

Shogunes said:
How long will it be until there is a version for the Note 8 Ported Note 9?
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No crystal ball here, sorry

???

ScaleneVirus288 said:
Most of people don't want that much expensive phones and guy s not N . 2 note 9 and s9 got released and many devs moved there cuz there is treble . Duster was about to make note 9 port here but no idea .
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what are you talking about man, the price difference between the 2 phones are so narrow , and roms are made for people to keep their phones so what's the point of buying a new s9 or note 9 and install new roms on them??
maybe i didn't get what you meant but phones as note 3 and 4 are still getting S9 custom roms from developers!!!! why will devs move to new devices that don't need anything!!!

Will the note 9 Rom enable dex without dex dock needed for our note 8 that would be great

SamerAlHaddad said:
what are you talking about man, the price difference between the 2 phones are so narrow , and roms are made for people to keep their phones so what's the point of buying a new s9 or note 9 and install new roms on them??
maybe i didn't get what you meant but phones as note 3 and 4 are still getting S9 custom roms from developers!!!! why will devs move to new devices that don't need anything!!!
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U should just take a look at what is going on around before such a brave statement. Most of good and best devs are upgrading their devices accordingly to their released. And I simply can tell U is it worth - my N8 was rooted 3h after I bought brand new but few days with stock firmware. And it was really surprising for me (but this is new device effect). But after 2 weeks...it became 2x faster, 2x efficient and longer lasting on single battery cycle. Sorry - for me (and most of people here I guess) most important is freedom! In customizations, apps, root access, firmware or rather custom ware.... If U don't feel it, U simply in a wrong place?

Hi ,
Am working note 9 port for note 8 , very hard to port beacuse not same android version and hardware s9 same hardware and may be easy to port , i need just help kernel porter devs, i write a lot of kernel devs but zero answer dunno why...
I try port kernel but i see for kernel my experiance is sufficient..
I need to kernel devs for help..may be someone back to me for help kernel..
Best regards.

Voytec83 said:
U should just take a look at what is going on around before such a brave statement. Most of good and best devs are upgrading their devices accordingly to their released. And I simply can tell U is it worth - my N8 was rooted 3h after I bought brand new but few days with stock firmware. And it was really surprising for me (but this is new device effect). But after 2 weeks...it became 2x faster, 2x efficient and longer lasting on single battery cycle. Sorry - for me (and most of people here I guess) most important is freedom! In customizations, apps, root access, firmware or rather custom ware.... If U don't feel it, U simply in a wrong place
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????

Treble based latest Oxygen OS port for OnePlus 3/3T?

Redmi note 4 and 5 series got a port of Oxygen OS based on treble from OnePlus 5/5T and it works great...
Any chance we get similar ports which could ensure latest firmware ports for our devices too?
If any developer can please look into it... our devices might be able to sustain longer with the latest snappy and better than stock android Oxygen OS!
Thanks in advance. Cheers?

JHA2 said:
Redmi note 4 and 5 series got a port of Oxygen OS based on treble from OnePlus 5/5T and it works great...
Any chance we get similar ports which could ensure latest firmware ports for our devices too?
If any developer can please look into it... our devices might be able to sustain longer with the latest snappy and better than stock android Oxygen OS!
Thanks in advance. Cheers
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OnePlus announced a while ago that our device should get Android P while skipping Android 8.1, maybe bringing with it a Treble-ized OxygenOS, but since, no news.

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OnePlus announced a while ago that our device should get Android P while skipping Android 8.1, maybe bringing with it a Treble-ized OxygenOS, but since, no news.
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I m not talking about the official support cus it seems that it will take a lot of time as it is taking time for even 5/5T.
I m talking about the community ports like how the OnePlus 6 got the 6T stock ROM ported.

i believe its the only device that hasnt got ports of successor (5,5t or 6, 6t) Wonder when they are coming.

i always wondered like there were samsung ports why not latest oxygen ports for older devices and today I see a youtube video for oxygen os on the oye 5 pro with 4500 downloads
come on oneplus 3 community we can port latest oxygen os

dhaval2010 said:
i always wondered like there were samsung ports why not latest oxygen ports for older devices and today I see a youtube video for oxygen os on the oye 5 pro with 4500 downloads
come on oneplus 3 community we can port latest oxygen os
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i hope that after OnePlus provides treble support, the devs too try to port latest Oxygen OS for our devices.
Fingers crossed?

Aamirx27 said:
i believe its the only device that hasnt got ports of successor (5,5t or 6, 6t) Wonder when they are coming.
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Let's ask our developers to give it a try. I m sure there might be something they could do... i ll be ready to opt in for testing alpha beta phases.

However, there is Freedom OS that tries to mimic (not sure if that is ported) Oxygen OS but that is still stuck on 8.0 Nougat.

JHA2 said:
However, there is Freedom OS that tries to mimic (not sure if that is ported) Oxygen OS but that is still stuck on 8.0 Nougat.
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It is based on official OxygenOS, it's not ported

I just checked, even the Poco F1 got the GSI port of Oxygen OS... ??*

JHA2 said:
I just checked, even the Poco F1 got the GSI port of Oxygen OS... ??*
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Well go port it then ?

casual_kikoo said:
Well go port it then ?
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As much as i would love to, unfortunately i m not a developer mate . Just want a good support from all of u guys for this thread so that our developers hear our voices to try out porting, if possible.

[ROM REQUEST] Android11 with OneUI 3.0 ROM for Note 9

Hi
There is a question. Is it possible to develop Android 11 ROM with OneUI 3.0?
Maybe it can be based on official ROM for Note 10 Lite...

moskal_sasha said:
Hi
There is a question. Is it possible to develop Android 11 ROM with OneUI 3.0?
Maybe it can be based on official ROM for Note 10 Lite...
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Everything is possible but the question is; how to do that?
I think, you ask to much!

moskal_sasha said:
Hi
There is a question. Is it possible to develop Android 11 ROM with OneUI 3.0?
Maybe it can be based on official ROM for Note 10 Lite...
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Is it your note 9 running chip snapdragon or exynos?

alprtewwqfr said:
Is it your note 9 running chip snapdragon or exynos?
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My note9 is exynos sm-n960n.

Alboooz said:
My note9 is exynos sm-n960n.
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So I can't find the one ui 3 for your note 9 exynos sorry about that but I can find the rom based on Android 11 not one ui.

alprtewwqfr said:
So I can't find the one ui 3 for your note 9 exynos sorry about that but I can find the rom based on Android 11 not one ui.
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Well, perhaps you might find some AOSP or such simulation rom, but not the real one.
For me the best android was OS v6.01, the latest don't make sense that much anymore, it just trendy to go with it.

alprtewwqfr said:
Is it your note 9 running chip snapdragon or exynos?
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I have Exynos version (SM-N960F)
Maybe someone is working on such custom rom. I know that SM-N770 is similar to SM-N960...

moskal_sasha said:
I have Exynos version (SM-N960F)
Maybe someone is working on such custom rom. I know that SM-N770 is similar to SM-N960...
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Yes, the SM-N770 running same chip (exynos) as the SM-N960

just thinking the reason why N9 was abandoned by Samsung, is it due to limited HW configuration or some other reasons? such as force you transfer to new toy......

Possibly useless but petition for Android 11 offical update:
Sign the Petition
Give Android 11 / OneUI 3.0 to Galaxy Note9 / S9(+) phones.
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just thinking the reason why N9 was abandoned by Samsung, is it due to limited HW configuration or some other reasons? such as force you transfer to new toy......
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Wicked enterprise, if that is not too rude. Snapdragon US carrier locked Note 9 s are now officially paperweights.

There already is one. Just go to the ROMs page. Noble ROM.

Myrmeko said:
There already is one. Just go to the ROMs page. Noble ROM.
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Thanks. Already subscribed =)

Myrmeko said:
There already is one. Just go to the ROMs page. Noble ROM.
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What's reason this kind of new 3.0 is just working for Exynos, but not for Snapdragon?

luohuang said:
What's reason this kind of new 3.0 is just working for Exynos, but not for Snapdragon?
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The lack of similar Samsung device(with One UI 3.1 or higher) with identical processor(Snapdragon 845) makes it a bit difficult, but not impossible unless some dev has a SM-N9600 and port One UI 3.1 on that variant of Note 9. However, it might take a while just like how it took so long for @corsicanu to port Android 10 to Note 8(SM-N950F/FD/N) models

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What's reason this kind of new 3.0 is just working for Exynos, but not for Snapdragon?
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The bootloaders are locked on the SD versions. And also the lack of a similar or idenitcal SOC on a phone that already has that version of Android. (For example Nougat with Touchwiz was ported to Note 4 Exynos just because Tab S2 came from factory with Nougat. Or that 7.1.2 was ported to HTC One M9 because HTC Bolt/Evo10 came with it. Only possible because they share SOCs.)

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Thanks. Already subscribed =)
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Yw.

Myrmeko said:
The bootloaders are locked on the SD versions. And also the lack of a similar or idenitcal SOC on a phone that already has that version of Android. (For example Nougat with Touchwiz was ported to Note 4 Exynos just because Tab S2 came from factory with Nougat. Or that 7.1.2 was ported to HTC One M9 because HTC Bolt/Evo10 came with it. Only possible because they share SOCs.)
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Get it, it's not functional barrier, just lack of a similar device with same SoC.......

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Get it, it's not functional barrier, just lack of a similar device with same SoC.......
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Yeah. Maybe if somebody makes a One UI 3.x GSI you could probably install it that way.

Question Custom roms?

Isn't there any custom rom for tab s8 ultra? My tab is now 1 yr old so was keen to experiment. Is linux a good option? Any advices please. I am just a tech enthusiast so just looking to have some fun.

pankaj4u said:
Isn't there any custom rom for tab s8 ultra? My tab is now 1 yr old so was keen to experiment. Is linux a good option? Any advices please. I am just a tech enthusiast so just looking to have some fun.
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There's actually no developpement for Galaxy Tab S8 serie. The hardware is pretty new and Samsung doesn't help users to dives into his hardware...
If you want to try roms, you can still install TWRP and try GSI.
About Linux, except using Termux, you can't do anything since the Kernel is locked and there's no way (yet) to enable KVM on snapdragon devices...

shim80 said:
There's actually no developpement for Galaxy Tab S8 serie. The hardware is pretty new and Samsung doesn't help users to dives into his hardware...
If you want to try roms, you can still install TWRP and try GSI.
About Linux, except using Termux, you can't do anything since the Kernel is locked and there's no way (yet) to enable KVM on snapdragon devices...
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Thanks for the reply. What is GSI please?

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Thanks for the reply. What is GSI please?
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GSI (Generic System Image) is a kind of rom that (should) work on any Treble enabled device (aka almost any device that come with Android 11 and up).
However, on Samsung devices, most of hardware relies on proprietary drivers (like camera or spen...), so you should'nt expect them to work good as using Samsung firmware

There is not custom roms almost to none Samsung device any more. Samsung is trying to become Apple. Locking every device with many ways. Only root there is, and this more difficult every year. Unfortunately Samsung is still creating the best hardware , and good software, so there isn't very easy to go to another company for the most users..