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Huawei P9 lite (huawei-venus)

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Huawei P9 lite
Boot screen, Weston
Boot screen, Weston
Manufacturer Huawei
Name P9 lite
Codename huawei-venus
Released 2016
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 650
CPU 4 x 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
4 x 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T830MP2
Display 1080x1920 LCD
Storage 16 GB
Memory 2 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android (EMUI)
Original version
The version the device was shipped with.
6.0 (EMUI 4.1)
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images
Whether pre-built images are available here.
no
pmOS kernel
The kernel version that runs on the device's port.
4.1.18
Unixbench score
Unixbench Whetstone/Dhrystone score. See Unixbench.
0.0
Features
Flashing
It is possible to flash the device with pmbootstrap flasher.
Works
USB Networking
After connecting the device with USB to your PC, you can connect to it via telnet (initramfs) or SSH (booted system).
Works
Battery
Charging and battery level reporting works
Works
Screen
Display works. Ideally with sleep mode and brightness control.
Partial
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Untested
Audio
Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons.
Untested
Camera
Untested
Connectivity
WiFi
Untested
Bluetooth
Untested
GPS
Untested
NFC
Near Field Communication
Untested
Modem
Calls
Untested
SMS
Untested
Mobile data
Untested
Miscellaneous
FDE
Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr.
Untested
USB OTG
USB On-The-Go or USB-C Role switching
Untested
Sensors
Accelerometer
Auto screen rotation works in desktops e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile
Untested


Contributors

  • TAO_Croatia

Users owning this device

  • AlleM43
  • Keith. (Notes: horrible condition, stock)
  • Rock Pie (Notes: Cosmetically damaged screen and bad battery, otherwise works fine. (VNS-L31))
  • Zillion (Notes: Currently running LineageOS 17.1)

How to enter flash mode

To unlock the bootloader, a working method is using PotatoNV.

Hold Power + Volume Down to boot into fastboot mode

Additional Info

The display brightness can be set by writing a value between 0 and 255 to /sys/devices/platform/hisi_fb.1048577/leds/lcd_backlight0/brightness.

Initially it contains the value 102, but the display is dark. Sending a value one time seems to wake up the display.

$ sudo -i
# echo 255 > /sys/devices/platform/hisi_fb.1048577/leds/lcd_backlight0/brightness

See also