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Motorola Moto G 2015
Moto G 2015
Moto G 2015
Manufacturer Motorola
Name Moto G 2015
Codename motorola-osprey
Released 2015
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916)
CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 306
Display 720x1280 IPS
Storage 8/16 GB
Memory 1/2 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version 5.1.1
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Mainline yes
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score 902.7
Features
Flashing
Works
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
No data
Screen
Partial
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Works
Audio
Works
Camera
No data
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
Works
Bluetooth
Partial
GPS
Works
NFC
No data
Modem
Calls
No data
SMS
No data
Mobile data
No data
Miscellaneous
FDE
No data
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

Maintainer(s)

Device owners


How to enter flash mode

Power off the device, hold down the Power and the Volume Up key for 1-2 seconds. Some devices you may need to hold down the Power and the Volume Down key instead.

For unlocking the bootloader see Bootloader#Motorola.

There is some exploit, but it caused bootloops on this particular model according to a community report: https://github.com/alephsecurity/initroot

Mainline Installation

Follow the Installation_guide.

Download lk2nd from https://github.com/msm8916-mainline/lk2nd and flash it to the device. Make sure lk2nd is active before flashing postmarketos kernel.

Follow Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410/412_(MSM8916)#Installation.

User Interface

The following user interfaces run on the device:

  • Xfce4
  • Mate
  • Sxmo
  • Phosh

Known Issues

  • Brightness slider doesn't work
  • Bluetooth paring and audio works but file transfers fail
  • Password entry pad occasionally becomes unresponsive

Hardware details (hwtest)

Category Model Path Status Value
framebuffer msm /sys/class/graphics/fb0 Working U:720x1280p-0
drm /sys/class/drm/card0-DSI-1 Working 720x1280
input Synaptics S2726BR_T /dev/input/event3 Working
input GPIO Buttons /dev/input/event2 Working
input pm8941_resin /dev/input/event1 Working
input pm8941_pwrkey /dev/input/event0 Working

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