ZTE Kis 3 (zte-kis3)

Contributors

 * Ethan R. Jones
 * Bonsaiblue
 * mtheunis

How to enter flash mode

 * Press +  button until you see the, the boot logo will stay displayed.

or


 * Boot into recovery,firefoxOS or android and run

How to enter recovery mode

 * Turn off the phone, e.g. by taking out battery or holding down button.
 * Press and hold +  +  button for about 5 seconds.
 * Press button to enter recovery mode

or


 * Press +  key to enter recovery

Backup

 * Download TWRP recovery image (see links) and save as recovery.img
 * Insert SDCard with enough space for backup
 * Boot into bootloader (see How to enter flash mode above)
 * Run  to boot the TWRP recovery without flashing it
 * Go to 'Backup' and select SDCard as storage; swipe to start backup; wait until backup is finished. Take out SDCard.

Flashing TWRP

 * Boot into bootloader
 * Run

Flashing postmarket OS
Flash using an external SD card for system, boot kernel without flashing through fastboot. Fastboot seems to crash when flashing system and using an Android recovery zip seemed unsuccessful as well.


 * Follow the installation guide to init pmbootstrap
 * Put pmos on an SD card:  (change /dev/sdX to the SD card)
 * Insert SD card into phone.
 * Put phone into fastboot mode (see above)
 * Boot kernel without flashing:
 * You should be able to see and ping the phone via network over USB soonish, but booting to the point where the ssh daemon takes approx 60s.

Wifi
wifi works

In order to start the wifi you have to load the kernel module and bring the interface up with the following commands:

sudo modprobe wlan sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

Setup WiFi with iproute2