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 |
Type | tablet |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Nvidia Tegra X1 (T210) |
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 |
Original version | 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 |
Works |
Battery |
Works |
Screen |
Works |
Touchscreen |
Works |
Keyboard |
Works |
Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
Works |
Audio |
Broken |
Camera |
Broken |
Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Works |
Bluetooth |
Works |
Miscellaneous | |
FDE |
No data |
USB OTG |
Partial |
HDMI/DP |
Broken |
Sensors | |
Accelerometer |
Broken |
Ambient Light |
Broken |
Proximity |
Broken |
Hall Effect |
Works |
Haptics |
No data |
Power Sensor |
Works |
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
fastboot
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.
APX
There seems to be no key combination for entering APX mode. Use these commands instead:
$ pmbootstrap initfs hook_add apx
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
This will cause device entering APX on boot
Installation
Installation keeping Android partition table (easy way)
$ pmbootstrap init
$ pmbootstrap install --no-cgpt
Then in fastboot mode:
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs
Installation with repartition and booting from USB (recommended way)
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
# losetup /dev/block/loop0 recovery.img # this may throw an error, but still pass. check blkid command, make sure there is /dev/block/loop0 in the output
# mount -o ro -t ext4 /dev/block/loop0 rootdir
# cd rootdir
# mount -t sysfs /sys sys
# mount -t proc /proc proc
# mount -o bind /dev dev
# mount -t tmpfs -o size=100M tmpfs tmp # for flashrom to avoid read-only fs
# mount -t tmpfs -o size=100M tmpfs run # for crossystem to avoid read-only fs
# mkdir run/lock # crossystem will create /run/lock/crossystem.lock there
# chroot . /bin/bash
# export PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/bin"
# ln -s /dev/mtd/mtd0 /dev/mtd0 # this is needed for crossystem to work with downstream SPI flash driver
# 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
You can boot from USB with pressing
+ in bootloader.Installation to eMMC
WARNING: Repartitioning or altering the size of partitions on the EMMC will hard brick the device, the bootloader will report OS is corrupt/damage and will not allow flashing via fastboot. |
Mainline Kernel Status
Table of components in the device