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Sony Xperia M5
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pmOS running MATE and neofetch
Manufacturer Sony
Name Xperia M5
Codename Hollyss
Released 2015
Hardware
Chipset Mediatek MT6795 Helio X10
CPU Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU PowerVR G6200
Display 1080 x 1920
Storage 16GB
Memory 3GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Android 5 - 6
Android 5 - 6
no
Device package device-Hollyss
Kernel package linux-Hollyss
Features
Works
Works
Works
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Untested
Untested
Camera
Untested
Connectivity
WiFi
Untested
Bluetooth
Untested
GPS
Untested
Modem
Calls
Untested
SMS
Untested
Mobile data
Untested
Miscellaneous
Untested
Sensors
Untested

Contributors

  • empyreal96

Maintainer(s)

  • empyreal96


  • Empyreal96 (Notes: Managed to create initial port)


How to enter flash mode

You will need to be in TWRP. From powered off, hold Vol Down + Power.

Notes

I doubt it will be able to be mainlined by myself as I (empyreal96) am not developer level. I am continuing to learn and work on it. To install you need to have either Source from Sony Source Archive, or find it on github search 'linux hollyss'

Installation

I only had success with the Flashable Zip method using 'pmbootstrap flasher --method=adb sideload' or 'adb sideload PATH_TO_ZIP'

You may recieve errors that it is unable to format partitions, make sure they are NOT mounted in TWRP before sideloading.

If you need to flash back to android, go to (Wipe - Advanced Wipe - Tick System - Repair or Change.. - Change Filesystem - ext4) because TWRP will fail to see the partition

See also