Motorola Moto G6 Play (motorola-aljeter)

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Note This device is still running on armv7, although the processor supports aarch64. If you own it, change it and test it that way.
Note There is no available motorola-aljeter device package
Note There are G6 Play variants (-jeter, USA?) that use the MSM8920/427/Adreno308 quad-core chipset. All variants apparently have SKU XT1922-x. Check /proc/cpuinfo via adb, or fastboot getvar all. According to Wikipedia, Snapdragon 427 and 430 are pin and software compatible.
Note Lots of community unofficial ROMs have been shown to work with MSM8953 kernels, both in Jeter and Aljeter. Can we try to use the 8953 mainline kernel fork that's available then?


Motorola Moto G6 Play
Manufacturer Motorola
Name Moto G6 Play
Codename motorola-aljeter
Released 2018
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Android
Original version 8.0 Oreo
Extended version 9.0 Pie
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937)
CPU 1.4 GHz Octa-core Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 505
Display 720x1440
Storage 16/32 GB
Memory 2/3 GB
Architecture AArch64
Features
USB Networking
Works
Flashing
Touchscreen
Works
Display
Works
WiFi
FDE
Works
Mainline
Battery
3D Acceleration
Audio
Partial
Bluetooth
Camera
GPS
Mobile data
Internal storage
SMS
Calls
USB OTG
NFC
Sensors
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Barometer
Power Sensor
Misc
Built-in DVB
Camera Flash
Keyboard
Touchpad
USB-A
HDMI/DP
Ir TX
Ir RX
Stylus
Memory Card
Haptics
Ethernet
FOSS bootloader


Contributors

Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

  • Power + Volume Down buttons

Installation

  • Bootloader must be unlocked
  • Installation with pmbootstrap flasher should work, but currently only installation from recovery (TWRP) has been tested.

Known Issues

  • No 3D acceleration (A505 is supported with freedreno in 3.18, so that needs testing)
  • WiFi can scan, but connecting fails, looks like memory allocation problems
[00000003B8323C6F] [wpa_s]  wlan: [E :HDD] wlan_hdd_cfg80211_set_ie Set UNKNOWN IE 3B
[00000003B838995C] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :PE ] limProcessSwitchChannelRsp: 4153: channelChangeReasonCode 1 status 0
[00000003B8423B78] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :VOS] vos_mem_malloc: called with invalid arg 0 !!!
[00000003B8423D34] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :PE ] limStripOffExtCapIE: 89: Unable to allocate memory to store addn IE
[00000003B84DEB4C] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :HDD] 82:16:c4:XX:XX:XX connected to 2c:4d:54:XX:XX:XX
[00000003B84DF135] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :HDD] wlan(5) 2c:4d:54:XX:XX:XX Standalone
[00000003B85F421C] [wpa_s]  wlan: [E :SME] csrRoamOffloadScan: 17683: RSO command 2 lastSentCmd 2, RSO is out of sync in HOST-FWR
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=2c:4d:54:XX:XX:XX reason=0 locally_generated=1
[00000003B8617525] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :HDD] hdd_smeRoamCallback : Rssi on Disconnect : -53
[00000003B86526C8] [VosMC]  wlan: [E :HDD] wlan: disconnected
  • Audio only works through headphones

Mainline

The mainline fork for Motorola Moto G5 (motorola-cedric) should help with this. Need to investigate what other drivers are required. MSM8953 kernels also seem to work just fine with both the jeter variation and the aljeter one, so that gives us the chance to use the mainline fork for that SoC without much issues

See also