Nokia Lumia 720 (nokia-zeal)

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Note This device is still running on armhf, although the processor supports armv7. If you own it, change it and test it that way.
Nokia Lumia 720
Weston running on Lumia 720
Weston running on Lumia 720
Manufacturer Nokia
Name Lumia 720
Codename nokia-rm885
Released 2013
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Windows Phone
Original version 8
Extended version 8.1
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus (MSM8227)
CPU Dual-core 1Ghz
GPU Adreno 305
Display 480 x 800 IPS
Storage 8 GB
Memory 512 MB
Architecture ARMv7
Features
USB Networking
Works
Flashing
Works
Touchscreen
Partial
Display
Works
WiFi
FDE
Mainline
Battery
3D Acceleration
Audio
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


Basic info

Additional info

  • Possible emmc corruption when flashing? From Android4Lumia page: My phone has Samsung eMMC, can I still use this? You can, but be aware, that those eMMCs are more probable to die unexpectedly than Hynix or Toshiba ones.. Files are randomly corrupted on my device as well.
  • Booting from SD card failed as the files there also seems to become corrupted. 2GB Kingston seems to work without problems
  • X crashes: [ 118.028] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x4

Unlocking / installing bootloader

Bootloader is unlocked with a open source windows application, WP Internals. Windows Device Recovery Tool (thor2.exe) is also needed. Here is a video describing how to backup the phone, install littlekernel bootloader, and finally installing twrp recovery and lineageos. The device can be flashed with normal fastboot application after this point.

Key combinations with original bootloader

TBD

Key combinations with littlekernel bootloader

  • Recovery: volume up (phone needs to be repartitioned, and recovery must be flashed)
  • Fastboot: volume down
  • Mass Storage mode / QHSUSB_DLOAD: both volume buttons

Installation

Setup chroot. Select nokia-rm885 as device.

pmbootstrap init

Build rootfs

pmbootstrap build device-nokia-rm885

Build kernel

pmbootstrap build linux-nokia-rm885

Flash rootfs (Note, this will install rootfs to system partition. You can optionally try to install to userdata partition with --partition userdata argument. In that case you should probably erase system partition with "sudo fastboot erase system")

pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs

Flash kernel

pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel

Run kernel (or you can just restart phone manually)

pmbootstrap flasher boot


Tips & tricks

  • Depending on current mode the phone will not restart if the cable is plugged in. Unplug the usb cable and hold volume down + power for 30s. After that, release volume down and then power.
  • Installing from recovery with sideload creates some kind of bootloop with blinking backlight.

Community Info

postmarketOS users that own the device

  • Deathmist (Notes: Running last official WP 8.1 build, mostly unused sitting in a drawer)
  • Qwertz (Notes: Broken touchscreen, jailbreaked)


Contributors

  • magnusgulin