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Sony Xperia M (sony-nicki)

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Sony Xperia M
Sony Xperia M
Sony Xperia M
Manufacturer Sony
Name Xperia M
Codename sony-nicki
Released 2013
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 Plus
CPU Dual-core 1.0 GHz Krait
GPU Adreno 305
Display 4", 480x854 px
Storage 4 GB
Memory 1 GB
Architecture armv7
Software
Original software Android 4.1.x, kernel 3.4.0
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Mainline partial
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score 371.8
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
WiFi
No data
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 (@konradybcio)

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.

Additional info

Partition list

Device Label Size in blocks
mmcblk0p1 TA 2048
mmcblk0p2 sbl1 128
mmcblk0p3 sbl2 256
mmcblk0p4 s1sbl2 256
mmcblk0p5 sbl3 512
mmcblk0p6 aboot 512
mmcblk0p7 tz 512
mmcblk0p8 alt_sbl1 128
mmcblk0p9 alt_sbl2 256
mmcblk0p10 alt_s1sbl2 256
mmcblk0p11 alt_sbl3 512
mmcblk0p12 alt_aboot 512
mmcblk0p13 alt_tz 512
mmcblk0p14 rpm 512
mmcblk0p15 alt_rpm 512
mmcblk0p16 LTALabel 16384
mmcblk0p17 boot 20480
mmcblk0p18 modem 65536
mmcblk0p19 modemst1 3072
mmcblk0p20 modemst2 3072
mmcblk0p21 fsg 3072
mmcblk0p22 ramdump 5120
mmcblk0p23 FOTAKernel 16384
mmcblk0p24 persist 4096
mmcblk0p25 system 1228800
mmcblk0p26 cache 256000
mmcblk0p27 data 2183151

See also