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Motorola Moto E6 (motorola-surfna)

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Motorola Moto E6
Manufacturer Motorola
Name Moto E6
Codename motorola-surfna
Released 2019
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 (MSM8940)
CPU 8x 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 505
Display 720x1440
Storage 16 GB
Memory 2 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version 9
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Mainline no
postmarketOS kernel 4.9.112
Features
Flashing
No data
USB Networking
No data
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
No data
Screen
No data
Touchscreen
No data
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
No data
Audio
No data
Camera
No data
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
No data
Bluetooth
No data
GPS
No data
NFC
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


The Moto E6 uses A/B arm32-binder64 GSI builds. Mobile NixOS has a working build using the downstream kernel.

Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

  • Power + Volume Down buttons or use TWRP reboot bootloader, or adb reboot bootloader

32bit or 64bit

The situation with the Moto E6 is similar to that of the Moto G6 (motorola-ali). For whatever reason, Motorola decided to ship a 32bit build of Android with the Moto E6, despite the SoC (sdm435/msm8940) being 64bit.

A way to circumvent this problem is by using the mainline kernel or the downstream VoidKramel sources, available below.

The Mainline Kernel

The mainline Linux kernel should be usable with the Moto E6. The Xiaomi Redmi 4X, which has the same chipset, already boots mainline. The Moto G5 also has a very similar chipset, and boots mainline, too. The msm8937 (Moto G5's chipset) and msm8940 (Moto E6's chipset) are pin and software compatible, according to Wikipedia.

See also