Samsung Galaxy Core Prime VE LTE (samsung-coreprimevelte)
This is one specific Galaxy Core Prime hardware revision. For an overview, see Samsung Galaxy Core Prime |
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Manufacturer | Samsung |
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Name | Galaxy Core Prime VE LTE |
Codename | samsung-coreprimevelte |
Released | 2014 |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Marvell PXA1908 |
CPU | Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 |
GPU | Vivante GC7000UL |
Display | 480x800 |
Storage | 8 GB |
Memory | 1 GB |
Architecture | aarch64 |
Software | |
Original software | Android 5.1.1 on Linux 3.14.27 |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
Mainline | partial |
postmarketOS kernel | 3.14.27 |
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 |
No data |
Audio |
No data |
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 |
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 |
This device is based on the Marvell PXA1908. See the SoC page for common tips, guides and troubleshooting steps |
Users owning this device
- AAT596 (Notes: (1+) Original Android, trying to build a custom ROM for them because there's none as of now)
- CoderCharmander
- LegoLivesMatter (Notes: Currently mainlining)
- RobusTetus (Notes: Stuck in a odin mode, cannot boot)
- StandaSK
- Stupidenbyace
Mainline
Kernel tree with very basic support is available here.

Apparently, the PXA1908 chipset is also known as IAP140, as you can see here.
Downstream
It's possible to compile the Samsung-provided downstream kernel with some config changes (arch/arm64/configs/pxa1908_coreprimevelte_eur_defconfig
should be used as a defconfig):
CONFIG_CRYPTO_XTS
should be set, and CONFIG_ANDROID_PARANOID_NETWORK
should be unset. These are required by postmarketOS.
CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
should be set, or the boot image will be too big for the partition.
The concatenated dtb blob should be generated with https://github.com/osm0sis/pxa-mkbootimg, because the G361F's chipset is a bit different.
Flashing
The device can be put in flashing mode by powering it on while pressing the POWER + HOME + VOLUME DOWN buttons simultaneously, and answering the appearing question by pressing VOLUME UP.
As of now, pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
works correctly, but Fixed in pmaports!3352.
flash_rootfs
errors out with Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!
. As some Samsung devices seem to check whether the flashed payload is valid, it's possible that the device denies the image because of the "weird" partitioning scheme (the system image is partitioned into two filesystems).
Flashing via recovery zip works.
Booting
The SM-G361F uses the Marvell PXA1908 chipset, which uses a nonstandard boot.img and dtb format, handled by pxa-mkbootimg.
Additionally, the device requires a legacy U-Boot kernel image as the kernel in boot.img, with a quirk: the image name must be exactly pxa1928dkb linux
. With this parameter overridden, the device boots successfully into the postmarketOS kernel, and USB networking is available, however it automatically reboots after around 3-4 minutes of uptime. This is yet to be investigated. Fixed in pmaports!3352.
UART
UART over the microUSB connector can be enabled by putting a 150K or 619K resistor between the ID and GND pins. The device TX will be on the D- pin, and RX will be on the D+ pin. A 619K will power on the device as soon as the UART cable is connected, while a 150K won't. Signal level is 1.8V.
See also
- pmaports!1823 Initial merge request
- pmaports!4267 Mainline kernel merge request
- Device package
- Kernel package