Samsung Galaxy S III mini (samsung-golden)
![]() Samsung Galaxy SIII mini | |
Manufacturer | Samsung |
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Name | Galaxy S III mini |
Codename | samsung-golden |
Released | 2012 |
Category | testing |
Original software | Android 4.1.1 |
Hardware | |
Chipset | ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 |
CPU | 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 |
GPU | ARM Mali-400 MP1 |
Display | 480x800 AMOLED |
Storage | 8GB |
Memory | 1GB |
Architecture | armv7 |
USB Networking |
Works |
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Flashing |
Works |
Touchscreen |
Works |
Display |
Works |
WiFi |
Works |
Xwayland |
Works |
FDE |
Works |
Mainline |
Works |
Battery |
Works |
3D Acceleration |
Works |
Accelerometer |
Works |
Audio | |
Bluetooth |
Partial |
Camera |
Broken |
GPS | |
Mobile data | |
SMS | |
Calls | |
USB OTG |
Partial |
Contributors
Maintainer(s)
Users owning this device
- Minecrell
- Nickre
- Poipa
- Santeri3700 (Notes: x1)
- Sonichero
Installation
The mainline kernel can only be booted through U-Boot, not directly with the Samsung bootloader. U-Boot is installed as intermediate bootloader on the boot partition, so it does not replace the Samsung bootloader entirely. pmbootstrap can only support one bootloader configuration at the moment, which is why U-Boot is also recommended when installing the downstream kernel.
Boot into Download Mode using Power
+ Volume Down
+ Home
and follow the instructions at ST-Ericsson_NovaThor_U8500#U-Boot to install U-Boot.
Finally, just follow the Installation guide.
Mainline
Working:
- Display (partial - works but cannot be turned off properly)
- GPU (Mali 400 MP using Lima)
- Touchscreen
- WiFi
- Bluetooth (partial - at least on my device scanning for other devices works but it keeps disconnecting when connecting to other devices; not sure why)
- IMU (Accelerometer + Gyroscope)
- USB
Not working:
- Audio
- Camera
- ...
Experience
Downstream: The best user interface to install is XFCE4. Other ones do lag, or just don't respond. Especially KDE Plasma.
Mainline: Plasma Mobile and Phosh should work okay.
See Also
- Initial PR: #1428