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Motorola Moto G5 (motorola-cedric)

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Motorola Moto G5
motorola-cedric
motorola-cedric
Manufacturer Motorola
Name Moto G5
Codename motorola-cedric
Released 2017
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937)
CPU 8x 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 505
Display 1080x1920 IPS
Storage 16 GB or 32 GB
Memory 2 or 3GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version
The version the device was shipped with.
7.0
Extended version
The most recent supported version from the manufacturer.
8.1 (Linux 3.18.71)
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images
Whether pre-built images are available here.
no
Mainline
Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline.
partial
pmOS kernel
The kernel version that runs on the device's port.
3.18.49
Unixbench score
Unixbench Whetstone/Dhrystone score. See Unixbench.
1850.2
Features
Flashing
It is possible to flash the device with pmbootstrap flasher.
Partial
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.
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Untested
Audio
Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons.
Untested
Camera
Broken
Connectivity
WiFi
Works
Bluetooth
Untested
GPS
Untested
Modem
Calls
Untested
SMS
Untested
Mobile data
Untested
Miscellaneous
FDE
Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr.
Broken
USB OTG
USB On-The-Go or USB-C Role switching
Works
Sensors
Accelerometer
Auto screen rotation works in desktops e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile
Untested


Contributors

  • Hacker420
  • Luka Panio (Cvbnm90i)

Maintainer(s)

  • Hacker420

Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

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

Installation

See also Installation guide

Notes

  • charging-sdl was tested manually through the debug shell and in plasma-mobile.
  • I suggest nmtui to connect to WiFi

Mainline

What works:

  • Booting to pmOS
  • eMMC
  • Touch
  • WiFi + BT (needs firmware package and msm-firmware-loader installed)
  • Display (using simpledrm)
  • Power button
  • USB Networking

What doesn't

  • Everything else

Notes:

  • To append the dtb do: cat .output/arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz .output/arch/arm64/dts/qcom/msm8937-motorola-cedric.dtb > Image.gz-dtb from the kernel source directory
  • You need lk2nd to run mainline, see GitHub repo below:

lk2nd fork for cedric Mainline fork for cedric

See also