Samsung Galaxy S III mini (samsung-golden): Difference between revisions
m Provided a solution for people with scaling problems, since the default seems to be 2x. |
|||
Line 69: | Line 69: | ||
* Audio | * Audio | ||
* Camera | * 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? | |||
* ... | * ... | ||
Revision as of 18:51, 23 January 2021
![]() 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 |
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
- AppData 174 (Notes: GT-I8190N (NFC))
- Bastindo (Notes: I have several of these)
- Catto24 (Notes: Telecom NZ, white GT-I8190T, u-boot + pmOS)
- Flutterbrony (Notes: Blue; u-boot working!)
- GamerTygoNL
- GeraltvonNVIDIA (Notes: Kernel 6.1.0 on Phosh)
- GtrxAC (Notes: Android 4.1 custom ROM)
- HAKANKOKCU (Notes: Running LineageOS)
- Linusw (Notes: This one "just works" mostly, apart from missing features in the SoC.)
- Materialred
- Minecrell (Notes: GT-I8190)
- Nickre
- Poipa
- Santeri3700 (Notes: x1)
- Sonichero
- TPJS (Notes: 2x (one is running PMOS, one is unmodified))
- Ulville
- Zephyr1112 (Notes: 1/8GB, dead (?, no battery))
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 the NovaThor U8500 U-Boot installation instructions to install U-Boot.
+ + and follow follow theFinally, 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
- Initial PR: !1428
- Device package