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Revision as of 18:51, 23 January 2021

Samsung Galaxy S III mini
Samsung Galaxy SIII mini
Samsung Galaxy SIII mini
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy S III mini
Codename samsung-golden
Released 2012
Hardware
Chipset [[ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500]]
CPU 1 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400 MP1
Display 480x800 AMOLED
Storage 8 GB
Memory 1 GB
Architecture armv7
Software
Original software Android 4.1.1
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Mainline yes
Features
Flashing
Works
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
Works
Screen
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Works
Audio
No data
Camera
Broken
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
Works
Bluetooth
Partial
GPS
No data
NFC
No data
Modem
Calls
No data
SMS
No data
Mobile data
No data
Miscellaneous
FDE
Works
USB OTG
Partial
HDMI/DP
No data
Sensors
Accelerometer
Works
Magnetometer
No data
Ambient Light
No data
Proximity
No data
Hall Effect
No data
Haptics
No data
Barometer
No data


Contributors

Maintainer(s)

Users owning this device


Installation

The mainline kernel can only be booted through U-Boot, not directly with the Samsung bootloader. U-Boot is installed as intermediate bootloader on the boot partition, so it does not replace the Samsung bootloader entirely. pmbootstrap can only support one bootloader configuration at the moment, which is why U-Boot is also recommended when installing the downstream kernel.

Boot into Download Mode using Power + Volume Down + Home and follow follow the the NovaThor U8500 U-Boot installation instructions to install U-Boot.

Finally, just follow the Installation guide.

Mainline

Working:

  • Display (partial - works but cannot be turned off properly; no brightness control)
  • GPU (Mali-400 MP using Lima)
  • Touchscreen
  • WiFi
  • Bluetooth (partial - at least on my device scanning for other devices works but it keeps disconnecting when connecting to other devices; not sure why)
  • IMU (Accelerometer + Gyroscope)
  • USB

Not working:

  • Audio
  • Camera
  • Battery - Device doesn't seem to charge and doesn't display any fuel gauge information. Maybe it's possible to enable AB8500 fuel gauge and charging support found in mainline?
  • ...

Bluetooth

Bluetooth does not have any Bluetooth device address (bdaddr or "MAC address") set after boot at the moment. To make Bluetooth work, you need to manually configure one:

# apk add bluez-btmgmt
# btmgmt public-addr <bdaddr>

where <bdaddr> is a MAC address like 53:33:6d:69:6e:69.

The Bluetooth controller should then show up in bluetoothctl:

# apk add bluez
# rc-service bluetooth start
$ bluetoothctl

Experience

Downstream: The best user interface to install is XFCE4. Other ones do lag, or just don't respond. Especially KDE Plasma.

Mainline: Plasma Mobile and Phosh should work okay.

Note: if your are running phosh, and the scaling is wrong it can be fixed by changing this file /usr/share/phosh/phoc.ini

See Also