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Sony Xperia M (sony-nicki)

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Warning WARNING: This device is not recommended for future use with postmarketOS due to its armhf architecture. Alpine Linux (the distribution that postmarketOS extends) pmaports#599 has been considering dropping it.
The processor of the device may support the armv7 architecture. If so, you can modify the device package and change the architecture accordingly.
Sony Xperia M
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Manufacturer Sony
Name Xperia M
Codename sony-nicki
Released 2013
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227
CPU Dual-core 1.0 GHz Krait
GPU Adreno 305
Display 4", 480x854 px
Storage 4 GB
Memory 1 GB
Architecture armhf
Software
Original software Android 4.1.x, kernel 3.4.0
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Features
Flashing
Works
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
Partial
Screen
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
No data
Audio
No data
Camera
No data
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
Bluetooth
No data
GPS
No data
NFC
No data
Modem
Calls
No data
SMS
No data
Mobile data
No data
Miscellaneous
FDE
Works
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

  • Konrad Dybcio (@ewentual)

What works

- Boot

- USB Network (ssh and tethering)

- Display (with a workaround script)

- Touchscreen

- XFCE4

- Weston

- MATE

- osk-sdl

What does not work

- Plasma

- Wifi

- Modem

- GPS

- Audio

- Camera

- 3D

- Sensors

- Notification LED

- charging-sdl // technically it shows up and shows (probably) accurate percentage yet the display won't go off after charger disconnect

How to enter flash mode

With device powered off, hold [VOLUME +] and plug USB cable in. Device's LED will turn blue, meaning it has entered fastboot mode.

Installation

Works with both pmbootstrap flasher and TWRP zip. No errors were found in that process.

If using a large rootfs (like with plasma-mobile) fastboot with throw a "no space left on device" error. Flashing as a .zip with TWRP solves the problem.

See also

  • !1611 Initial merge request
  • display hack (needs to be reworked in the future to make it compatible with a display manager)