Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro (xiaomi-begonia)
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![]() Redmi Note 8 Pro running Weston | |
Manufacturer | Xiaomi |
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Name | Redmi Note 8 Pro |
Codename | xiaomi-begonia |
Released | 2019 |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Mediatek Helio G90T |
CPU | Octa-core (2x2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) |
GPU | Mali-G76 MC4 |
Display | 1080 x 2340 |
Storage | 64/128/256 GB |
Memory | 6/8 GB |
Architecture | aarch64 |
Software | |
Original software | Android 9.0, MIUI 11 |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
Mainline | no |
postmarketOS kernel | 4.14.218 |
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score | 5577.1 |
Flashing |
Works |
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USB Networking |
Works |
Internal storage |
No data |
SD card |
No data |
Battery |
No data |
Screen |
Works |
Touchscreen |
Works |
Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
Broken |
Audio |
Broken |
Camera |
Broken |
Camera Flash |
No data |
Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Partial |
Bluetooth |
Broken |
GPS |
Broken |
NFC |
No data |
Modem | |
Calls |
Broken |
SMS |
Broken |
Mobile data |
Broken |
Miscellaneous | |
FDE |
No data |
USB OTG |
Works |
HDMI/DP |
No data |
Sensors | |
Accelerometer |
Broken |
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
- Cxt
- KittyLe (Notes: running pmOS)
- Michaelskyf (Notes: Daily driver - LineageOS 19.0)
- Operachi (Notes: Droidian Phosh)
- PiotrZPL (Notes: Sold after the Mediatek CPU ruined my mental health.)
- Prowindows62 (Notes: cannot be used for testing)
- Sohrabbehdani (Notes: running CrDroid)
LED/Torch/Screen brightness/Vibrator
(all files below are in /sys/class/leds
)
- Notification LED:
white/
- Torch:
torch-light0/
andtorch-light1/
- Screen brightness:
lcd-backlight/
- Vibrator:
vibrator/
How to enter flash mode
Unlocking the bootloader
Sign up for a Mi Account, register your device in the settings, and wait for a week. More info
Before you go any further
Please read Redmi Note 8 Pro XDA Megathread
Entering recovery
+
Entering fastboot
+
Installation
!!! Install CFW 2.0
Redmi Note 8 Pro doesn't quite like custom ROMs normally, so you have to flash a few blank files to get different custom ROMs to work.
- Download CFW2.0 and unzip it.
- Go to a folder with your device's codename in it.
- Run
!_FLASH_IT_L.sh
on Linux/macOS or!_FLASH_IT_W.bat
on Windows. - After this, follow the next steps.
Via fastboot
pmbootstrap init
pmbootstrap install
pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs
pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
fastboot reboot
Via zip
pmbootstrap init
pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip
pmbootstrap export
- Transfer the zip to the device
adb push /tmp/postmarketOS-export/pmos-xiaomi-begonia.zip /sdcard
- Flash the zip
- Reboot
Misc
Andoid memory map
$ sudo cat /proc/iomem
0011bb80-0011bbff : /qos@0011bb80
10001000-10001fff : /scpsys@10001000
1000d000-1000dfff : pwrap
10012000-10012fff : /dvfsrc@10012000
10017000-10017fff : sys_timer_base
1020e000-1020efff : /emi@10219000
10219000-10219fff : /emi@10219000
1021a000-1021afff : /device_mpu_low@1021a000
10226000-10226fff : /emi@10219000
10228000-1022bfff : /gce_mbox@10228000
10230000-10231fff : /dramc@10230000
10234000-10234fff : /dramc@10230000
10235000-10235fff : /emi@10219000
10236000-10236fff : /dramc@10230000
10238000-10239fff : /dramc@10230000
10240000-10241fff : /dramc@10230000
10244000-10244fff : /dramc@10230000
10245000-10245fff : /emi@10219000
10246000-10246fff : /dramc@10230000
10248000-10249fff : /dramc@10230000
10400000-10427fff : sspm_base
10440000-1044ffff : cfgreg
10450000-104500ff : mbox0_base
10451000-10451007 : mbox0_ctrl
10460000-104600ff : mbox1_base
10461000-10461007 : mbox1_ctrl
10470000-104700ff : mbox2_base
10471000-10471007 : mbox2_ctrl
10480000-104800ff : mbox3_base
10481000-10481007 : mbox3_ctrl
10500000-105bffff : /scp@10500000
105c0000-105c2fff : /scp@10500000
105c4000-105c4fff : /scp@10500000
105d4000-105d9fff : /scp@10500000
10600000-1060ffff : /adsp@10600000
10610000-10617fff : /adsp@10600000
10630000-10638fff : /adsp@10600000
11000080-110000ff : /i2c0@11007000
11000100-1100017f : /i2c1@11008000
11000180-110002ff : /i2c2@11009000
11000300-1100037f : /i2c3@1100f000
11000380-110004ff : /i2c4@11011000
11000500-1100057f : /i2c5@11016000
11000580-1100067f : /i2c6@11005000
11000680-1100077f : /i2c7@1101a000
11000780-110007ff : /i2c8@1101b000
11000800-1100087f : /i2c9@11015000
11000880-110008ff : /dma-controller@11000880
11000900-1100097f : /dma-controller@11000880
11000980-110009ff : /dma-controller@11000880
11000a00-11000a7f : /dma-controller@11000880
11001000-11001fff : /auxadc@11001000
11002000-1100201f : serial
11003000-1100301f : serial
11005000-11005fff : /i2c6@11005000
11007000-11007fff : /i2c0@11007000
11008000-11008fff : /i2c1@11008000
11009000-11009fff : /i2c2@11009000
1100a000-1100afff : /spi0@1100a000
1100f000-1100ffff : /i2c3@1100f000
11010000-11010fff : /spi1@11010000
11011000-11011fff : /i2c4@11011000
11012000-11012fff : /spi2@11012000
11013000-11013fff : /spi3@11013000
11015000-11015fff : /i2c9@11015000
11016000-11016fff : /i2c5@11016000
11018000-11018fff : /spi4@11018000
11019000-11019fff : /spi5@11019000
1101a000-1101afff : /i2c7@1101a000
1101b000-1101bfff : /i2c8@1101b000
1101d000-1101dfff : /spi6@1101d000
1101e000-1101efff : /spi7@1101e000
11201000-11203fff : mac
11210000-11210fff : /mt6785-afe-pcm@11210000
11270000-112722ff : /ufshci@11270000
13040000-1304ffff : 13040000.mali
14017000-14017fff : /smi_larb0@14017000
14018000-14018fff : /smi_larb1@14018000
14019000-14019fff : /smi_common@14019000
15021000-15021fff : /smi_larb5@15021000
1502f000-1502ffff : /smi_larb4@1502f000
16000000-16000fff : /vdec_gcon@16000000
16010000-16010fff : /smi_larb2@16010000
16025000-16025fff : /vdec_gcon@16000000
17010000-17010fff : /smi_larb3@17010000
17020000-17020fff : /venc_gcon@17000000
18000000-180fffff : AXI-BUS
19180000-19180fff : /apu_dvfs@19180000
1a001000-1a001fff : /smi_larb6@1a001000
1a002000-1a002fff : /smi_larb7@1a002000
40000000-4c3fffff : System RAM
40080000-415fffff : Kernel code
41b70000-4281cfff : Kernel data
4c800000-4cdfffff : System RAM
4d000000-55ffffff : System RAM
56700000-6fffffff : System RAM
74240000-77feffff : System RAM
78000000-7bdbffff : System RAM
7e010000-7eebffff : System RAM
7ffc0000-8bffffff : System RAM
8d100000-8effffff : System RAM
8f300000-8f3fffff : System RAM
90000000-9f7effff : System RAM
9ff00000-bbffffff : System RAM
bc400000-bcffffff : System RAM
bd000000-bd2fffff : AXI-BUS
bd300000-bd55ffff : System RAM
bfff0000-bfffafff : System RAM
c0000000-ffdfffff : System RAM
fff00000-1bfffefff : System RAM
Additional info
- For now WIFI works only with proprietary tools found in /vendor partition.
- These tools can be run using android runtime's linker64 and its libraries
- Xiaomi_Redmi_Note_7_(xiaomi-lavender)
- Xiaomi_Redmi_Note_8T_(xiaomi-willow)
See also
- pmaports!1909 Initial merge request