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Huawei Maimang4 (huawei-rio)

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Note 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).
Huawei Maimang 4
Huawei Maimang 4 running pmos
Huawei Maimang 4 running pmos
Manufacturer Huawei
Name Maimang 4
Codename huawei-rio
Released 2015
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939)
CPU Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Adreno 405
Display 1080x1920 IPS
Storage 16/32 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 partial
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score 1108.1
Optional Generic Port Generic MSM8916 (qcom-msm8916)
Features
Flashing
Works
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
SD card
Battery
Broken
Screen
Partial
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Works
Audio
Partial
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
Partial
Hall Effect
Partial
Haptics
Barometer

What works

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

  • Buttons
  • Display (CMI_NT35532 are supported for now)
  • WIFI/Bluetooth
  • SD Card slot
  • Touch (cyttsp5_i2c_adapter)
  • Vibrator
  • Notification LED
  • Torch/Flash missing

How to enter flash mode

Hold Volume Down + Power at the same time.

Installation

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


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