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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
Flashing
No data
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
No data
Screen
Partial
Touchscreen
No data
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
No data
Audio
No data
Camera
No data
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
Works
Bluetooth
No data
GPS
No data
Modem
Calls
No data
SMS
No data
Mobile data
No data
Miscellaneous
FDE
No data
USB OTG
No data
HDMI/DP
No data
Sensors
Accelerometer
No data
Magnetometer
No data
Ambient Light
No data
Proximity
No data
Hall Effect
No data
Haptics
No data
Barometer
No data


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