Nobby 230 (nobby-230)

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Nobby 230
Nobby 230
Nobby 230
Manufacturer Nobby
Name 230
Codename nobby-230
Released 2019
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Android (Mocor OS)
Original version 4.4.2 (Mocor OS 5)
postmarketOS kernel 3.10.17
Hardware
Chipset Spreadtrum SC7715GA
CPU 1x 1.0 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Mali-400 MP1
Display 240x320
Storage 512 MB
Memory 256 MB
Architecture ARMv7
Type Feature Phone
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score 183.5
Features
USB Networking
Works
Flashing
Partial
Display
Works
WiFi
FDE
Mainline
Battery
Works
3D Acceleration
Audio
Works
Bluetooth
Camera
GPS
Mobile data
Internal storage
SMS
Calls
NFC
Sensors
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

Maintainer(s)

Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

Hold Accept and Power buttons to enter fastboot.

Issues

  • It's not possible to control screen brightness/disable screen;
  • The keyboard backlight brightness is very low.

Installation

Install pmOS on microSD with pmbootstrap install --sdcard /dev/mmcblkX where /dev/mmcblkX is path to card that can be found with lsblk. Insert card in device, enter fastboot as written above and run

pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
fastboot reboot

fastboot boot doesn't work as intended.

Kernels

This section may be interesting for those who want to port postmarketOS on SP7715GA device. I've tried some downstream kernels and there are my findings:

  • bigzz/sc7715-kernel: boots, but doesn't support SDCardFS.
  • BLU kernel: being used for this device as the best suiting kernel.
  • Blade AF3 kernel: has building issues with autotst driver.

Other information

MTD

dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 00040000 00040000 "spl"
mtd1: 000c0000 00040000 "2ndbl"
mtd2: 00080000 00040000 "kpanic"
mtd3: 1fe80000 00040000 "ubipac"

UBIFS

241,   0 ubi0
241,  16 ubi0_boot
241,  18 ubi0_cache
241,  15 ubi0_fbootlogo
241,  14 ubi0_logo
241,  20 ubi0_misc
241,   2 ubi0_miscdata
241,   1 ubi0_prodnv
241,  19 ubi0_recovery
241,  17 ubi0_system
241,  21 ubi0_userdata
241,   5 ubi0_wcnfixnv1
241,   6 ubi0_wcnfixnv2
241,  13 ubi0_wcnmodem
241,   9 ubi0_wcnruntimenv1
241,  10 ubi0_wcnruntimenv2
241,  12 ubi0_wdsp
241,   3 ubi0_wfixnv1
241,   4 ubi0_wfixnv2
241,  11 ubi0_wmodem
241,   7 ubi0_wruntimenv1
241,   8 ubi0_wruntimenv2
 10,  40 ubi_ctrl

See also