Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 (Wi-Fi) (samsung-n5110)

Contributors

 * michitux

Maintainer(s)

 * michitux

What works

 * Weston including touch
 * Xfce4 (recommended) including touch and pen
 * WiFi using the  - but: NetworkManager does not work, see https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/issues/1461
 * Bluetooth works partially as described for the Galaxy SIII but the device is
 * Audio, see Audio for more instructions. Both an pre-configured saved state as well as the ucm profiles are included.
 * charging-sdl

What does not work

 * Bluetooth pairing with bluez5 (bluez4 is working, more on that soon)
 * osk-sdl - FDE most likely does not work as some kernel options are missing (can be easily fixed probably if FDE is desired).
 * GPS
 * Camera
 * Sleep etc.
 * poweroff on shutdown command - make sure you really turn the device off or your battery will be totally depleted.
 * 3D acceleration (plasma mobile is very slow)

How to enter flash mode
Hold power and volume down simultaneously.

Installation
Flashing of the kernel works with heimdall, installation on the system partition works at least with  using TWRP (did not try heimdall). Installation on the sdcard should work, too (untested).

Mainline Kernel
There is currently no mainline kernel available but it should be possible to mainline this device. Have a look at Midas on Mainline for work on mainlining very similar devices. Replicant is also interested in mainlining this device and replacing the bootloader with u-boot and would like to collaborate with us.

A family of boards also known by the codename "Midas" recently got mainline kernel support in pmOS with this patch.

While the n5110 is not part of the Midas family, it is part of a very near relative, the Kona family, which uses the same Exynos4412 SoC as the Midas family. You can view a list of Kona family boards here.

A developer at the Replicant project, belgin, is currently (as of December, 2020) working on porting the mainline kernel to the n5110. Please contact him if you are interested in helping.

Partition map
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         280 Jan  1 06:45. drwxr-xr-x   4 root     root         340 Jan  1 06:45 .. lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          20 Jan  1 06:45 BOOT -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          20 Jan  1 06:45 BOTA0 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          20 Jan  1 06:45 BOTA1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          20 Jan  1 06:45 CACHE -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          20 Jan  1 06:45 EFS -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          21 Jan  1 06:45 HIDDEN -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          21 Jan  1 06:45 OTA -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p11 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          20 Jan  1 06:45 PARAM -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          20 Jan  1 06:45 RADIO -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          20 Jan  1 06:45 RECOVERY -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          20 Jan  1 06:45 SYSTEM -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          21 Jan  1 06:45 USERDATA -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12