Huawei Ascend G510 (huawei-u8951)

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Icon WARNING: There’s no guarantee that the unlocking services listed below are safe to use.
Icon WARNING: This device is not recommended for future use with postmarketOS due to its armhf architecture. Alpine Linux (the distribution that postmarketOS extends) has been considering dropping it.
Note This device is still running on armhf, although the processor supports armv7. If you own it, change it and test it that way.
Huawei Ascend G510
Booting phone
Booting phone
Manufacturer Huawei
Name Ascend G510
Codename huawei-u8951
Released 2013
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play (MSM8225)
CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU Adreno 203
Display 480x854 TFT
Storage 4 GB
Memory 512 MB
Architecture armhf
Software
Original software Android
Original version 4.1
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
This device is marked as not booting.
Status: Kernel compiles, graphic output does not work


Contributors

What works

  • ☑ Kernel compilation
  • ☑ Flash Kernel (pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel)
  • ☑ Flash Rootfs (pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs)
  • ☐ Initramfs boot
  • ☐ USB Network
  • ☐ Framebuffer graphics (Splash screens)
  • ☐ SSH Connectivity
  • ☐ Weston on framebuffer
  • ☐ Touchscreen
  • ☐ Xwayland
  • ☐ Wifi
  • ☐ Audio playback

Device info

Additional info

Entering "Fastboot mode"

Hold the Volume Down button, and then press the Power button

Entering "Recovery mode"

Hold the Volume Up button, and then press the Power button

Obtaining the OEM unlock key

As late July 2018, Huawei no longer offering bootloader unlock keys, however it's possible to unlock the bootloader with a fee from third party.

See this XDA article: https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-honor-unlock-bootloader-fee


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Finally unlock the connected device via:

# fastboot oem unlock $KEY #$KEY should be set to your unlock key