Motorola Moto G 2015 (motorola-osprey)

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Motorola Moto G 2015
Moto G 2015
Moto G 2015
Manufacturer Motorola
Name Moto G 2015
Codename motorola-osprey
Released 2015
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Android
Original version 5.1.1
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916)
CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 306
Display 720x1280 IPS
Storage 8/16 GB
Memory 1/2 GB
Architecture AArch64
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score 902.7
Features
USB Networking
Works
Flashing
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Display
Partial
WiFi
Works
FDE
Mainline
Works
Battery
3D Acceleration
Works
Audio
Works
Bluetooth
Partial
Camera
GPS
Works
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
This device is based on the Snapdragon 410.
See the SoC page for common tips, guides and troubleshooting steps

Contributors

Maintainer(s)

Device owners


How to enter flash mode

Power off the device, hold down the Power and the Volume Up key for 1-2 seconds. Some devices you may need to hold down the Power and the Volume Down key instead.

For unlocking the bootloader see Bootloader#Motorola.

There is some exploit, but it caused bootloops on this particular model according to a community report: https://github.com/alephsecurity/initroot

Mainline Installation

Follow the Installation_guide.

Download lk2nd from https://github.com/msm8916-mainline/lk2nd and flash it to the device. Make sure lk2nd is active before flashing postmarketos kernel.

Follow Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410/412_(MSM8916)#Installation.

Note: A recent (edge, alpine-release 3.19_alpha20230901) attempt to install via sideloading a recovery zip image fails (#1877, not specific to osprey, but rather to MSM8916). The end of pmos.log file shows:

+ chroot /tmp/postmarketos/chroot /bin/busybox --install /bin
chroot: can't execute '/bin/busybox': No such file or directory

Similarly, an attempt to manually flash via fastboot (lk2nd 0.15.0) fails with the error message

unable to mount root partition

User Interface

The following user interfaces run on the device:

  • Xfce4
  • Mate
  • Sxmo
  • Phosh

Known Issues

  • Brightness slider doesn't work
  • Bluetooth paring and audio works but file transfers fail
  • Password entry pad occasionally becomes unresponsive

Hardware details (hwtest)

Category Model Path Status Value
framebuffer msmdrmfb /sys/class/graphics/fb0 Working U:720x1280p-0
drm /sys/class/drm/card0-DSI-1 Working 720x1280
vibrator pm8xxx_vib_ffmemless /dev/input/event4 Working
input Synaptics S2726BR_T /dev/input/event3 Working
input GPIO Buttons /dev/input/event2 Working
input pm8941_resin /dev/input/event1 Working
input pm8941_pwrkey /dev/input/event0 Working
input msm8916 Headset Jack /dev/input/event5 Working

Photos

Osprey-pmos.jpg Osprey-weston-armv7.jpg Screenshot-osprey-xfce4-about-pwr.png

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