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Motorola Moto E5 Play (motorola-james)

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Motorola Moto E5 Play
Moto E5 Play
Moto E5 Play
Manufacturer Motorola
Name Moto E5 Play
Codename motorola-james
Released 2018
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 425/427 (MSM8937)
CPU 4x 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 308
Display 720x1280 IPS
Storage 16 GB
Memory 2 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version 8.0
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Features
USB Networking
Works
Screen
Partial
Multimedia
Connectivity
WiFi
Works
Modem
Miscellaneous
Sensors


Contributors

  • e5playjames

Users owning this device

How to enter flash mode

volume down + power

Installation

motorola-james [1]

Recovery Image at: [2]

Install with recovery ZIP file on SD card inserted into device:

$ pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip

$ pmboostrap export

$ cp /tmp/postmarketOS-export/pmos-motorola-james.zip $SD

$ fastboot boot twrp-james-bootonly.img

Unmount system, data, cache. Install the ZIP.

$ ip a # May display an IP with a .2

$ ssh user@172.16.42.1 # Replace with .1

$ sudo nmcli device wifi list ifname wlan0

$ sudo nmcli device wifi connect "$SSID" password "$PASSWORD" ifname "wlan0"

$ sudo apk add wget

$ sudo apk add git

$ echo "merge configs from james_defconfig and get the rest of the kernel working!"

See also