Motorola Moto G6 (motorola-ali)
 Moto G6 with Mate desktop | |
| Manufacturer | Motorola |
|---|---|
| Name | Moto G6 |
| Codename | motorola-ali |
| Released | 2018 |
| Type | handset |
| Hardware | |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (MSM8953) |
| CPU | 8x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 |
| GPU | Adreno 506 |
| Display | 1080x2160 |
| Storage | 32/64 GB |
| Memory | 3/4 GB |
| Architecture | aarch64 |
| Software | |
| Original software | Android |
| Original version | 8.0 |
| postmarketOS | |
| Category | testing |
| Pre-built images | no |
| Mainline | yes |
| postmarketOS kernel | 3.18.140 |
| Flashing |
Works |
|---|---|
| USB Networking |
Works |
| Internal storage | |
| SD card | |
| Battery |
Works |
| Screen |
Works |
| Touchscreen |
Works |
| Multimedia | |
| 3D Acceleration |
Works |
| Audio |
Broken |
| Camera |
Broken |
| Camera Flash | |
| Connectivity | |
| WiFi |
Works |
| Bluetooth | |
| GPS | |
| NFC | |
| Modem | |
| Calls | |
| SMS | |
| Mobile data | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| FDE | |
| USB OTG |
Broken |
| HDMI/DP | |
| Sensors | |
| Accelerometer | |
| Magnetometer | |
| Ambient Light | |
| Proximity | |
| Hall Effect | |
| Haptics | |
| Barometer | |
| This device is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (MSM8953). See the SoC page for common tips, guides and troubleshooting steps |
Maintainer(s)
Uclydde
Users owning this device
- Bhashithe (Notes: 3GB/32GB)
- FieryFlames (Notes: 3GB/32GB Google Fi)
- Foldmorepaper (Notes: 3GB/32GB)
- Michael Mc Donnell (Notes: 3GB/32GB Google Fi variant)
- Uclydde (Notes: 3GB/32GB, PVT2 variant)
- Xproot (Notes: (3GB/32GB) no pmOS - Unofficial Battery, degraded - Second Main)
How to enter flash mode
- Power + Volume Down buttons or use TWRP reboot bootloader, or
adb reboot bootloader
Installation
 |
Working user interfaces (on the downstream kernel): Mate, Gnome, XFCE4, i3wm, sxmo |
- Enter fastboot mode.
- Execute
pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs - Execute
pmbootstrap flasher boot
Mainline Kernel
Lk2nd has been ported, and can be found here: lk2nd
As of 11/21/2021, a device tree, panel driver, and kernel configuration have been added to the msm8953 mainline kernel fork, and patches have been submitted to upstream Linux to add initial support.
NOTE: only the PVT2 variant has been tested, so the upstream patch only adds support for that specific model.
32bit or 64bit
For whatever reason, Motorola decided to ship a 32bit build of Android with the Moto G6, despite the SoC (sdm450/msm8953) being 64bit. For this reason, the postmarketOS build that was originally created is 32bit. The device fails to boot a 64bit build of postmarketOS using the downstream kernel, though it may be possible with some additional modifications.
A 64bit build using a close-to-mainline fork of the Linux kernel works.
See also
- pmaports!1071 Initial merge request
- pmaports!1281 Update to arm64, update gcc, remove unused patches
- pmaports!1956 Revert arch to armv7
- pmaports!3569 Use mainline kernel fork and add firmware support
- Add support for Moto G6 to msm8953-mainlining/linux
- Add initial Moto G6 device tree to upstream Linux
- pmaports#1494 Motorola Moto G6 doesn't boot to graphics
- pmaports#1516 motorola-ali: How to use mainline?
- Device package
- Kernel package