Motorola Moto E4 (motorola-perry)

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Motorola Moto E4
xfce4 running on Moto E4
xfce4 running on Moto E4
Manufacturer Motorola
Name Moto E4
Codename motorola-perry
Released 2017
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Android
Original version 7.1
postmarketOS kernel 3.18.140
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 (MSM8920)
CPU 4x 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 308
Display 720x1280 IPS LCD
Storage 16 GB
Memory 2 GB
Architecture AArch64
Features
USB Networking
Works
Flashing
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Display
Works
WiFi
Partial
FDE
Mainline
Battery
3D Acceleration
Audio
Bluetooth
Camera
GPS
Mobile data
Internal storage
SMS
Calls
USB OTG
Works
NFC
Sensors
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Barometer
Power Sensor
Misc
Built-in DVB
Camera Flash
Keyboard
Touchpad
USB-A
HDMI/DP
Ir TX
Ir RX
Stylus
Memory Card
Haptics
Ethernet
FOSS bootloader


Contributors

  • lastramses

Maintainer(s)

Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

hold Power On and Volume Down buttons while device is powered off.

The device has to be unlocked before images can be replaced. It is strongly suggested to use TWRP recovery (twrp-perry-3.2.1-r1.img verified to work) if debugging is necessary. If the device does not boot it is possible to access log from last attempt at sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops via TWRP.

Installation

This port has been done on the SKU: XT1766 of the Motorola E4 (Perry) version
This port has been tested on the SKU: XT1765 of the Motorola E4 (Perry)
$ pmbootstrap install
plug the device to computer and switch it to the fastboot mode
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs
finally run $ pmbootstrap flasher boot or reset the device

Device should boot with display and be accessible via ssh @172.16.42.1

Additional information

Normally display should work without any modification but at the time of writing there was a compatibility issue with Xorg packages (particularly Xorg-server) in the EDGE repository. To resolve the issue after flashing the phone postmarketos-ui-xfce4 and Xorg-server packages have been removed and installed from 3.11/main repository.

Hardware / sensors detail

For reference, sensor information from sensors sandbox (f-droid) on SKU xt1766; note that in addition to hardware-based sensors, it presumably includes software-based / derived sensors:

sensor details (sensorssandbox)

name vendor version type
3-axis accelerometer Bosch 1 1
Compass Vendor 1 2
Orientation Vendor 1 3
Ambient light sensor Elan 1 5
Proximity sensor Elan 1 8
Flat up Motorola 1 65537
Flat down Motorola 1 65538
Stowed Motorola 1 65539
Moto glance gesture Motorola 1 65548
sx9310-cap
Geomag rotation vector sensor AOSP 3 20

See also