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{{note| There is no available motorola-aljeter device package}}
{{note| There is no available motorola-aljeter device package}}
{{note| There are G6 Play variants (-jeter, USA?) that use the MSM8920/427/Adreno308 quad-core chipset.  All variants apparently have SKU XT1922-x.  Check /proc/cpuinfo via adb, or <code>fastboot getvar all</code>.  According to Wikipedia, Snapdragon 427 and 430 are pin and software compatible.}}
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Revision as of 21:53, 30 July 2022

Note This device is still running on armv7, although the processor supports aarch64. If you own it, change it and test it that way.
Note There is no available motorola-aljeter device package
Note There are G6 Play variants (-jeter, USA?) that use the MSM8920/427/Adreno308 quad-core chipset. All variants apparently have SKU XT1922-x. Check /proc/cpuinfo via adb, or fastboot getvar all. According to Wikipedia, Snapdragon 427 and 430 are pin and software compatible.
Motorola Moto G6 Play
Manufacturer Motorola
Name Moto G6 Play
Codename motorola-aljeter
Released 2018
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430
CPU 1.4 GHz Octa-core Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 505
Display 720x1440
Storage 16/32 GB
Memory 2/3 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android 8.0 Oreo (updatable to Android 9.0 Pie)
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Features
Flashing
No data
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
No data
Screen
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
No data
Audio
Partial
Camera
No data
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
No data
Bluetooth
No data
GPS
No data
NFC
No data
Modem
Calls
No data
SMS
No data
Mobile data
No data
Miscellaneous
FDE
Works
USB OTG
No data
HDMI/DP
No data
Sensors
Accelerometer
No data
Magnetometer
No data
Ambient Light
No data
Proximity
No data
Hall Effect
No data
Haptics
No data
Barometer
No data


Contributors

Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

  • Power + Volume Down buttons

Installation

  • Bootloader must be unlocked
  • Installation with pmbootstrap flasher should work, but currently only installation from recovery (TWRP) has been tested.

Known Issues

  • No 3D acceleration (A505 is supported with freedreno in 3.18, so that needs testing)
  • WiFi can scan, but connecting fails, looks like memory allocation problems
[00000003B8323C6F] [wpa_s]  wlan: [E :HDD] wlan_hdd_cfg80211_set_ie Set UNKNOWN IE 3B
[00000003B838995C] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :PE ] limProcessSwitchChannelRsp: 4153: channelChangeReasonCode 1 status 0
[00000003B8423B78] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :VOS] vos_mem_malloc: called with invalid arg 0 !!!
[00000003B8423D34] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :PE ] limStripOffExtCapIE: 89: Unable to allocate memory to store addn IE
[00000003B84DEB4C] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :HDD] 82:16:c4:XX:XX:XX connected to 2c:4d:54:XX:XX:XX
[00000003B84DF135] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :HDD] wlan(5) 2c:4d:54:XX:XX:XX Standalone
[00000003B85F421C] [wpa_s]  wlan: [E :SME] csrRoamOffloadScan: 17683: RSO command 2 lastSentCmd 2, RSO is out of sync in HOST-FWR
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=2c:4d:54:XX:XX:XX reason=0 locally_generated=1
[00000003B8617525] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :HDD] hdd_smeRoamCallback : Rssi on Disconnect : -53
[00000003B86526C8] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :HDD] wlan: disconnected
  • Audio only works through headphones

Mainline

The mainline fork for Motorola Moto G5 (motorola-cedric) should help with this. Need to investigate what other drivers are required.

See also