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Samsung Galaxy SL (samsung-i9003)

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Revision as of 14:31, 20 May 2020 by Km2 (talk | contribs)
Warning WARNING: This device is not recommended for future use with postmarketOS due to its armhf architecture. Alpine Linux (the distribution that postmarketOS extends) pmaports#599 has been considering dropping it.
The processor of the device may support the armv7 architecture. If so, you can modify the device package and change the architecture accordingly.
Samsung Galaxy SL
Samsung Galaxy SL
Samsung Galaxy SL
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy SL
Codename samsung-i9003
Released 2011
Hardware
Chipset TI OMAP 3630
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU PowerVR SGX530
Display 480x800
Storage 4/16 GB
Memory 478 MB
Architecture armhf
Software
Original software Android 2.2 (Froyo), 2.3 (Gingerbread)
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Features
Flashing
Partial
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
Works
Bluetooth
No data
GPS
No data
NFC
No data
Modem
Calls
No data
SMS
No data
Mobile data
No data
Miscellaneous
FDE
Partial
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

  • dakk

Users owning this device


Installation

Use pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/sdX to perform an SD card install (install to MTD /system may not work). Also, use `pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel` to flash the initfs using Heimdall (ensure your device is in Download mode VolDown + Home + Power)

Wi-Fi

This device has a wl1271 chip from TI. To use it, you need to install a non-free firmware linux-firmware-ti-connectivity

apk add linux-firmware-ti-connectivity
modprobe -r wl12xx_sdio && modprobe wl12xx_sdio

ifconfig wlan0 up

iw wlan0 set type managed

wpa_supplicant -u -Dnl80211 -B -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0

udhcpc -b -i wlan0

Display

To adjust brightness:

# # Replace $VAL with a value from 0 to 255:
# echo $VAL > /sys/class/backlight/omap_bl/brightness

Keyboard Backlight

To enable, and turn off the keyboard backlight, insert instead of $ VAL 0 or 1:
echo $VAL >> /sys/class/leds/button-backlight/brightness

Device info

Links

Photos

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