Huawei Honor 5X/GR5 (2016) (huawei-kiwi)

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

Huawei Honor 5X /
GR5 (2016)
	; Huawei Honor 5X running Phosh
Manufacturer	Huawei
Name	Honor 5X /; GR5 (2016)
Codename	huawei-kiwi
Released	2015
Type	handset
Hardware
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 (MSM8939v2)
CPU	Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU	Adreno 405
Display	1080x1920 IPS
Storage	16 GB
Memory	2/3 GB
Architecture	aarch64
Software
Original software	Android (EMUI)
Original version	5.1.1 (EMUI 3.1)
postmarketOS
Category	testing
Pre-built images	no
Mainline	yes
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score	1108.1
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).

What works

There are ~23 variants of this device. Yours might not be fully supported yet

Buttons

Display (CMI_NT35532 and TIANMA_NT35596 are supported for now, but not AUO_OTM1901A,BOE_OTM1901A or TRULY_HX8399A.)

WIFI/Bluetooth

SD Card slot

Touch (cyttsp5_i2c_adapter)

Magnetometer (ak09911)

Ambient Light/Proximity Sensor (apds9930)

Audio / Microphone

Vibrator

Hall effect sensor

Notification LED

Accelerometer (kx0231025)

Full disk encryption (with the supported panel; hardware acceleration could probably be added)

hwtest:

Category	Model	Path	Status
framebuffer	msmdrmfb	/sys/class/graphics/fb0	working
drm	-	/sys/class/drm/card0-DSI-1	working
magnetometer	ak09911	/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device1	working
accelerometer	kx0231025	/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device2	working
illuminance	apds9930	/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device3	working
input	cyttsp5	/dev/input/event6	working
input	samsung-a2015 Headset Jack	/dev/input/event5	working
input	GPIO Buttons	/dev/input/event3	working
input	GPIO Hall Effect Sensor	/dev/input/event2	working
input	pm8941_pwrkey	/dev/input/event1	working
input	pm8941_pwrkey	/dev/input/event0	working

What does NOT work

AUO,BOE,TRULY panel can't work now

Add panel driver in kerneldir/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/msm8916-generated is useless of enable auo panel,the reason is AUO panel has ESD (electrostatic discharge)

Battery fuel gauge

Can be found here https://gitlab.com/msm8939-mainline/linux/-/blob/v5.18-msm8916+msm8939-v2/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8939-huawei-kiwi.dts#L108-124 Uncertain whether the values are correct.

Torch/Flash missing

Modem starts and is detected, but every ~40s it crashes with following error. Should work just like any other msm8916 device.

Probably requires rmt_oeminfo and other services. Similar error described in Google_Nexus_6P_(huawei-angler)#Modem and https://github.com/msm8916-mainline/linux/pull/192, help appreciated.

dmesg error:

[   91.795192] qcom-q6v5-mss 4080000.remoteproc: fatal error received: dog.c:1503:Watchdog detects stalled initialization
[   91.795231] remoteproc remoteproc0: crash detected in 4080000.remoteproc: type fatal error
[   91.795322] remoteproc remoteproc0: handling crash #1 in 4080000.remoteproc
[   91.795350] remoteproc remoteproc0: recovering 4080000.remoteproc
[   91.910476] snd-malloc: invalid device type 0
[   93.595751] qcom-wcnss-pil a204000.remoteproc: unexpected response to sysmon event
[   93.595764] remoteproc remoteproc0: stopped remote processor 4080000.remoteproc

Using Xiaomi_Mi_4i_(xiaomi-ferrari)s modem firmware prevents this crash. And with User:TravMurav/Dual-Sim_QMI_draft the sim card can be unlocked. But getting the modem online does not work.

GPS: Probably requires modem to run and config like in https://github.com/msm8916-mainline/linux/pull/158

How to enter flash mode

Hold Volume Down + Power at the same time.

Installation

Unlock the bootloader. See Bootloader#Huawei
Install lk2nd. Although Huawei already provides a Fastboot interface, lk2nd contains various quirks for booting mainline.
Please follow the Installation guide. Enable nonfree firmware for WIFI/BT/GPU
Follow the steps displayed at the end of output the previous command to finally flash postmarketOS.

Audio

WARNING: The speakers are rather loud on 100% volume and may produce distorted sound that may damage your speakers after long use. Please make sure to use reasonable volumes - your ears and your speaker will thank you!