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Xiaomi Redmi S2 / Redmi Y2 (xiaomi-ysl)

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This device is marked as not booting.
Xiaomi Redmi S2 /
Redmi Y2
Manufacturer Xiaomi
Name Redmi S2 /
Redmi Y2
Codename xiaomi-ysl
Released 2018
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625
CPU Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 506
Display 720 x 1440 IPS
Storage 32 GB / 64 GB
Memory 3 GB / 4 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android 8.1


Current status

This device is not yet functional under PostmarketOS.

Porting steps

  • start with lk2nd and mainline kernel
    you will spend a lot of time on downstream and not get any good results, cr aka_
  • Get into xiaomi repo and find board-ids for that device and clone lk2nd and take mido dts copy it rename and modify board-id, add to rules and try booting

might be problematic A9 bootloader

It probably won't boot but you can give it a try