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This device is marked as not booting.
Status: there are no kernel source for the soc but fortunately there are kernel for newer soc and those kernel contain some bit of code that for supporing the soc,However it seem that bit is a leftover from the old kernel. Hence that bit wont work with other bit in the kernel.
KTC msd6a358m2c1
pmos booted withe the pre build kernel
pmos booted withe the pre build kernel
Manufacturer KTC
Name msd6a358m2c1
Codename ktc-msd6a358m2c1
Released 201X
Type tv
Hardware
Chipset Mstar msd6a358m2c1
CPU 4x Cortex-A53? 4x Cortex-A35?
GPU Mali 400 MP
Display 1366x768
Memory 1 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version 6.0
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no

Who made it?

It is unknown who made it.However there are a ton of reference to ktc in the os (the name of ktc appeared in many preinstalled app's package name) thus it assumed ktc is the maker the tv.

What is this phone

This tv is a white-label product tv from china and it has been sold with many different names/variants and they are all share the same board.

Known Variant

This TV is also known as Philips 32PHF5664,TOPCONPro 24SM2,PEL 32P008,PEL 32P008,PEL 32PF008

Identify the tv

Warning WARNING: High Voltage!

Open it up and you should see the a board look like that.


There are label on the pcb said msd6a358m2c1.

Uart

The uart is hidden in the vga port and that is the pin out of the rx/tx pin.(3.3V Bitrate:115200)

Depend on your firmware , the uboot might turn off the uart after it has booted.It is possible to make uboot stop turning off the uart by using it's hidden memu. After making uboot stop turning off the uart,the uboot shell become accessible.

However the android would also turn off the uart after it has booted .It is posiable to make android stop turning off uart by setting UARTAndroidDebug uboot environment valuable to on .

Hidden Menu

There are three hidden app which some contain hidden menu . One of the app is called Factory Menu (Package Name : mstar.factorymenu.ui). The second one is called Factory Menu_MDA6A358_DTMB (Package Name : ktc.factorymenu.ui).The third one is called Softinfo Menu (Package Name : ktc.softmenu.ui).

It is possible to open those hidden menu by opening those app's activity by using app like quick shortcut maker.

See Also

Contributors

Users owning this device