Huawei Honor 6X (huawei-berlin)
Honor 6X with XFCE4 | |
Manufacturer | Huawei |
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Name | Honor 6X |
Codename | huawei-berlin |
Released | 2016 |
Type | handset |
Hardware | |
Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 655 |
CPU | Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) |
GPU | Mali-T830MP2 |
Display | 1080x1920 IPS LCD |
Storage | 32 GB, microSD |
Memory | 3 GB |
Architecture | aarch64 |
Software | |
Original software | Android |
Original version | 6.0 Marshmallow (EMUI 5.x) |
Extended version | 8.0 Oreo (EMUI 8.x) |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
postmarketOS kernel | 4.4.174 |
Flashing |
Partial |
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USB Networking |
Works |
Internal storage | |
SD card | |
Battery | |
Screen |
Works |
Touchscreen |
Works |
Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration | |
Audio | |
Camera | |
Camera Flash | |
Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Works |
Bluetooth | |
GPS | |
NFC | |
Modem | |
Calls | |
SMS | |
Mobile data | |
Miscellaneous | |
FDE | |
USB OTG | |
HDMI/DP | |
Sensors | |
Accelerometer | |
Magnetometer | |
Ambient Light | |
Proximity | |
Hall Effect | |
Haptics | |
Barometer | |
Users owning this device
- Markochk (Notes: Port in progress)
How to enter flash mode
Recovery - hold Power + Volume Up
Fastboot - hold Power + Volume Down, with the USB cable plugged in
How to flash
If you're coming from a phone running Android 8 (EMUI 8), there is no boot partition, so you'll have to flash image files individually.
- Make sure
pmbootstrap build
andpmbootstrap install
pass without errors. - Get mkbootimg and unpackbootimg (link)
$ git clone https://github.com/anestisb/android-unpackbootimg $ make -C android-unpackbootimg
- Extract the images from the pmbootstrap-created boot.img with unpackbootimg.
$ # copy created boot image to current directory $ cp ~/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_huawei-berlin/boot/boot.img . $ # extract the created boot.img $ mkdir pmos-boot-huawei-berlin $ ./android-unpackbootimg/unpackbootimg -i boot.img -o pmos-boot-huawei-berlin/
- Use the extracted files in the following steps.
- Create ramdisk image:
$ # create new ramdisk image with empty kernel (/dev/null) $ ./android-unpackbootimg/mkbootimg.py --kernel /dev/null --ramdisk pmos-boot-huawei-berlin/boot.img-ramdisk.gz --cmdline 'buildvariant=user' --os_version 8.0.0 --os_patch_level 2018-06-05 -o ramdisk.img
- Create kernel image:
$ # kernel (with empty ramdisk via /dev/null): $ # make sure boot.img-huawei-berlin-zImage is gzipped or do it manually before mkbootimg.py $ gzip -c pmos-boot-huawei-berlin/boot.img-zImage > pmos-boot-huawei-berlin/boot.img-zImage.gz $ ./tools/android-unpackbootimg/mkbootimg.py --kernel pmos-boot-huawei-berlin/boot.img-zImage.gz --ramdisk /dev/null --cmdline 'loglevel=4 coherent_pool=512K page_tracker=on slub_min_objects=12 unmovable_isolate1=2:192M,3:224M,4:256M printktimer=0xfff0a000,0x534,0x538 androidboot.selinux=enforcing buildvariant=user' --base 0x00478000 --kernel_offset 0x00008000 --ramdisk_offset 0x07b88000 --second_offset 0x00e88000 --tags_offset 0x07988000 --os_version 8.0.0 --os_patch_level 2018-12 --pagesize 2048 -o kernel.img
- Flash with fastboot:
$ fastboot flash kernel kernel.img $ fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img $ pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs # or flash to sd-card
- Reboot
$ fastboot reboot
Additional Info
On first boot, the display will get stuck on postmarketOS boot screen. Connect to the phone via SSH, open /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
and replace #logind-check-graphical=true
with logind-check-graphical=false
. Reboot the phone. More info: Display manager#CanGraphical_issue.
Now, after boot screen, the screen will turn off. You'll have to SSH again and set the brightness level (range is 0 - 255):
$ sudo -i
# echo 255 > /sys/class/leds/lcd_backlight0/brightness
See also
pmaports!4640 Initial merge request