Google Pixel C (google-smaug)
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CHANGE_ME CHANGE_ME | |
Manufacturer | |
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Name | Pixel C |
Codename | google-smaug |
Released | 2015 |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Nvidia Tegra X1 |
CPU | Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A57 |
GPU | Maxwell |
Display | 2560x1800 IPS LCD |
Storage | 32/64 GB |
Memory | 3 GB |
Architecture | aarch64 |
Software | |
Original software | Android 8.1.0 |
FOSS bootloader | partial |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
Mainline | yes |
Flashing |
Works |
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USB Networking |
Broken |
Internal storage |
No data |
SD card |
No data |
Battery |
No data |
Screen |
Works |
Touchscreen |
Works |
Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
Works |
Audio |
No data |
Camera |
No data |
Camera Flash |
No data |
Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Works |
Bluetooth |
Works |
Miscellaneous | |
FDE |
No data |
USB OTG |
Partial |
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 |
Power Sensor |
No data |
Contributors
- jja2000
- Jenneron
Users owning this device
- Jja2000 (Notes: Currently trying to get this in a presentable state, have two of these (32GB/64GB))
- Joshaspinall (Notes: Currently running Lineage Android)
- Russanandres (Notes: ResurrectionRemix 9)
How to enter flash mode
When turned off press and hold the power button and volume down until the bootloader menu displays. Using the volume button select "Switch to fastboot mode" and press the power button.
Installation
Installation keeping Android partition table (easy way)
Easy way.
$ pmbootstrap init
$ pmbootstrap install --no-cgpt
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs --partition userdata
Installation with repartition and booting from USB (recommended way)
WARNING: This part is Work In Progress, ignore it for now |
Enable booting from USB
On PC:
$ wget https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/chromeos/recovery/chromeos_15183.78.0_trogdor_recovery_stable-channel_mp-v7.bin.zip
$ unzip chromeos_15183.78.0_trogdor_recovery_stable-channel_mp-v7.bin.zip
$ sudo losetup -Pf chromeos_15183.78.0_trogdor_recovery_stable-channel_mp-v7.bin
$ sudo cp $(findfs LABEL=ROOT-A) recovery.img
$ adb push recovery.img /sdcard/recovery.img
On device in adb shell
:
$ su # assuming you have root
# cd /sdcard
# mkdir rootdir
# mount -o ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime recovery.img rootdir
# cd rootdir
# mount --bind /sys sys
# mount --bind /proc proc
# mount --bind /dev dev
# mount -t tmpfs -o size=100M tmpfs tmp
# chroot . /bin/bash
# crossystem dev_boot_usb=1 dev_boot_signed_only=0 # this command enables booting from USB
Everything else is the same to Chrome OS devices except that we don't have prebuilt images yet.
Installation to USB storage
Use these commands:
$ pmbootstrap init # select google-smaug
$ pmbootstrap install --sdcard /dev/sdX $ replace /dev/sdX with your storage
Installation to eMMC
Boot pmOS from USB, connect to WiFi and install pmOS on eMMC:
# sudo apk add pmbootstrap
$ pmbootstrap init # select google-smaug
$ pmbootstrap install --sdcard /dev/sdX $ replace /dev/sdX with your storage