BQ Aquaris M5 (bq-piccolo)

Features
Flashing	Works
USB Networking	Works
Internal storage
SD card
Battery	Works
Screen	Works
Touchscreen	Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration	Partial
Audio
Camera
Camera Flash
Connectivity
WiFi	Works
Bluetooth	Works
GPS	Works
NFC
Modem
Calls	Partial
SMS	Works
Mobile data	Works
Miscellaneous
FDE	Works
USB OTG	Works
HDMI/DP
Sensors
Accelerometer	Works
Magnetometer	Works
Ambient Light
Proximity	Works
Hall Effect	Works
Haptics
Barometer

BQ Aquaris M5
	; BQ Aquaris M5 running Phosh on postmarketOS mainline
Manufacturer	BQ
Name	Aquaris M5
Codename	bq-piccolo
Released	2015
Type	handset
Hardware
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939)
CPU	Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU	Adreno 405
Display	1080 x 1920 (IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors)
Storage	16GB / 32GB
Memory	2GB / 3GB
Architecture	aarch64
Software
Original software	Android
Original version	5.1.1
Extended version	7.0
postmarketOS
Category	testing
Pre-built images	no
Mainline	yes
postmarketOS kernel	Mainline
Optional Generic Port	Generic MSM8916 (qcom-msm8916)

This page is about the dedicated port of this device. There is also an optional generic port available for this device - see Generic MSM8916 (qcom-msm8916).

Contributors

degdag

Maintainer(s)

degdag

Users owning this device

What works

Buttons
WiFi/Bluetooth
SD Card slot
Touch (atmel_mxt_ts)
Magnetometer (ak09911)
Proximity Sensor (ltr559)
Vibrator
Accelerometer/Gyroscope (bmi160)
Front flash (ocs,ocp8110)
Rear flash (silergy,sy7802)
Status LED (kinetic,ktd2026)

What doesn't work

Audio (wlf,wm8998)
Front camera (s5k5e2)
Rear camera (sony,imx214)
NFC (bcm2079x)

hwtest:

Category	Model	Path	Status
framebuffer	msm	/sys/class/graphics/fb0	working
drm	-	/sys/class/drm/card0-DSI-1	working
magnetometer	ak09911	/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device3	working
accelerometer	bmi160	/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device2	working
gyroscope	bmi160	/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device2	working
proximity	ltr559	/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device1	working
input	Atmel maXTouch Touchscreen	/dev/input/event5	working
input	GPIO Buttons	/dev/input/event3	working
input	GPIO Hall Effect Sensor	/dev/input/event2	working
input	pm8941_resin	/dev/input/event1	working
input	pm8941_pwrkey	/dev/input/event0	working

How to enter flash mode

BQ bootloader

Recovery: Power on the device with both Power and Volume Up buttons.
Fastboot: Power on the device with both Power and Volume Down buttons

Installation

Unlock bootloader

To unlock your bootloader boot into Android, enable Developer Options from the settings and enable "Allow OEM unlock". Then boot into Fastboot and use fastboot oem unlock. You might need to use fastboot oem unlock-go. (Note: All your data will be erased!)

Firmware

It is recommended to flash to latest firmware from BQ before using postmarketos.

postmarketOS

The mainline kernel depends on an alternative bootloader (lk2nd). It does not replace the stock bootloader, but provides its own Fastboot interface. When using the mainline kernel you should always use lk2nd for flashing, not the stock Fastboot mode.

Install lk2nd. (Just needed the first time).
- Warning: lk2nd is installed to the boot partition.

When you have lk2nd installed and running, follow Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410/412_(MSM8916)#Installation.

Audio

See Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410_(MSM8916)#Audio.

This device use WM8998 Arizona sound codec driver already in mainline but i failed to get it up ...

Modem

See Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410_(MSM8916)#Modem.

Cellular networking requires the package msm-modem-uim-selection and setting /etc/conf.d/msm-modem-uim-selection to sim_wait_time=10, this will automatically detect a sim card in one of the slots and activate it.