Qualcomm Snapdragon 410/412 (MSM8916)
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Manufacturer | Qualcomm |
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Name | MSM8916 |
Architecture | aarch64 |
CPU | 4x 1.2/1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 |
GPU | Adreno 306 |
Year | 2014 |
Process | 28nm |
Mainline | yes |
Components | |
CPU |
Works |
UART |
Works |
Storage |
Works |
USB |
Works |
Display |
Works |
GPU |
Works |
Pinctrl |
Works |
I²C |
Works |
Audio |
Works |
Video |
Works |
Thermal |
Works |
WiFi |
Works |
Bluetooth |
Works |
Modem |
Works |
GPS |
Works |
Camera |
Partial |
Suspend | |
MSM8916/APQ8016 (or Snapdragon 410) is Qualcomm SoC released in 2014, with great mainline support orginally added for the Dragonboard 410c. There is a slightly higher clocked variant (CPU cores up to 1.4 GHz) available as Snapdragon 412.
Devices
MSM8916 (Snapdragon 410)
Device | Codename | Mainline | Category |
---|---|---|---|
Alcatel Idol 3 (4.7") | alcatel-idol347 | Y | testing |
ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser (720p) | asus-z00l | Y | testing |
Asus Zenfone Max | asus-z010d | Y | testing |
Lenovo A6000 | lenovo-a6000 | Y | testing |
Lenovo A6010 | lenovo-a6010 | Y | testing |
LG K10 | lg-m216 | Y | testing |
Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) | motorola-surnia | Y | testing |
Motorola Moto G 2015 | motorola-osprey | Y | testing |
Motorola Moto G4 Play | motorola-harpia | Y | community |
OPPO Mirror 5s | oppo-a51f | Y | testing |
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2015) | samsung-a3ulte, samsung-a3lte | Y | community |
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2015) | samsung-a5ulte, samsung-a5lte | Y | community |
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (CAN) | samsung-gprimeltecan | Y | testing |
Samsung Galaxy J3 2016 (J320P) | samsung-j3ltespr | Y | testing |
Samsung Galaxy J5 2015 | samsung-j5nlte, samsung-j53g | Y | testing |
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Value Edition | samsung-serranovelte | Y | community |
Wileyfox Swift | wileyfox-crackling | Y | community |
Xiaomi Redmi 2 | xiaomi-wt88047 (wingtech-wt88047) | Y | community |
APQ8016 (Snapdragon 410, WiFi-only)
Device | Codename | Mainline | Category |
---|---|---|---|
Arrow DragonBoard 410c | arrow-db410c | Y | community |
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 WiFi (2015) SM-T533 | samsung-matissevewifi | Y | testing |
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 WiFi (2015) | samsung-gt510wifi | Y | testing |
MSM8916v2 (Snapdragon 412)
Device | Codename | Mainline | Category |
---|---|---|---|
BQ Aquaris X5 | bq-paella | Y | community |
Installation
All MSM8916 devices in postmarketOS use lk2nd as secondary bootloader. It does not replace the stock bootloader. Instead, it is flashed in place of an Android boot image, so that the stock bootloader will first load lk2nd instead of a regular Linux kernel. The advantage of this approach is that there is a consistent installation procedure for all MSM8916 devices (once lk2nd was installed), and various device-specific quirks can be handled within lk2nd.
Installing lk2nd
The instructions for installing lk2nd vary from device to device, so please check your device wiki page for instructions. Once you have lk2nd installed and working, you can proceed with the common installation procedure documented below.
Installation from pre-built image
The MSM8916-based devices in the community
category (see table above) have pre-built images that can be easily installed without pmbootstrap. There are different images (e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile) to choose from and they are updated every week. If you want more control about the installation (e.g. no proprietary firmware, different UI, extra packages, ...) consider using the pmbootstrap installation method instead (documented further below).
First, download the right image for your device:
- edge bleeding edge version (has latest features, but may break more often).
- v21.03 changes less often, more stability
Pick the latest date, choose UI between Phosh or Plasma Mobile and download 2 files:
<date>-<release>-<ui>-<device>-mainline-modem.img.xz
<date>-<release>-<ui>-<device>-mainline-modem-boot.img.xz
Unpack those files (unxz *-<device>-*.img.xz
) and with phone in "lk2nd mode" flash those accordingly, smaller *-boot.img
image to boot partition, the larger one to userdata partition, and do not forget to erase system partition to prevent accidental booting from it. For example:
$ unxz 20210202-0502-postmarketOS-edge-plasma-mobile-3.2-samsung-a5lte-mainline-modem.img.xz $ unxz 20210202-0502-postmarketOS-edge-plasma-mobile-3.2-samsung-a5lte-mainline-modem-boot.img.xz $ fastboot flash boot 20210202-0502-postmarketOS-edge-plasma-mobile-3.2-samsung-a5lte-mainline-modem-boot.img $ fastboot flash userdata 20210202-0502-postmarketOS-edge-plasma-mobile-3.2-samsung-a5lte-mainline-modem.img $ fastboot erase system $ fastboot reboot
The default username is user
, and the default password is 147147
. Enjoy postmarketOS!
Installation using pmbootstrap
Using pmbootstrap you can generate your own fully customized images, with many more UIs to choose from and other options. However, at the moment it works only on Linux systems.
- Install pmbootstrap
- Follow the Installation guide :
pmbootstrap init
(choose your device, UI you like and other options)pmbootstrap install
- Put phone into "lk2nd mode", and continue
pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
- It is recommended to install large phone UIs like Plasma Mobile or Phosh to
userdata
partition, because system partition is too small for them:pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs --partition userdata
fastboot erase system
fastboot reboot
Enjoy postmarketOS!
Audio
PulseAudio
Audio should work out of the box with PulseAudio. In your favorite PulseAudio mixer (e.g. pulsemixer
on the command line) you can select the output port to use (e.g. Speaker, Earpiece, ...).
Note: If you use pulsemixer
you can switch between output/input configuration with F1
/F2
. To select a particular output/input device press Enter
and choose Set port
.
ALSA
Everything is muted by default and must be enabled through alsaucm. Unfortunately, the tool is not very user-friendly.
$ alsaucm -i -c hw:0 set _verb HiFi set _enadev <device>
where <device>
is one of Speaker
, Earpiece
, Headphones
, Mic1
, Mic2
or Headset
.
alsaucm does not track which devices are already enabled, therefore it is possible to produce combinations that won't work properly (e.g. Headphones
+Earpiece
). To switch between devices, the old device first needs to be re-enabled and then disabled:
$ alsaucm -i -c hw:0 set _verb HiFi set _enadev OLD set _disdev OLD set _enadev NEW
Modem
To use the modem, select the mainline-modem
kernel instead of mainline
, and make sure to agree to the usage of non-free firmware (required for the modem).
Note that this changes the way audio is routed on the device:
- Without modem, audio is routed directly to the audio hardware, and works without the need for non-free firmware.
- With modem running, audio must be routed through the audio DSP, which requires non-free firmware.
Therefore you should choose the kernel depending whether or not you would like to run the modem.
For usage instructions, see Modem.
GNSS (GPS)
On Qualcomm devices GNSS is usually part of the modem. ModemManager and libqmi (with qmicli) can configure and use the modem Location service. There is a WIP MR to the gpsd that adds the support for GNSS via Qualcomm modems. Alternatively you can run gpsd to read NMEA output from qmicli.
An example of that would be the following. (You need ModemManager to run and make sure that CID is correct)
$ sudo qmicli -pd /dev/modem --loc-start --client-no-release-cid $ sudo qmicli -pd /dev/modem --loc-follow-nmea --client-cid=2 | gpsd -bnN /dev/stdin
CPU
While the specifications of MSM8916 have 1200 MHz as max clock speed, currently the max MHz the CPU will operate with pmOS is 998 MHz. There are WIP changes available to make it work (TODO: insert link here).
Mainlining
- MSM8916 is a great platform to get started with mainlining! It has a dedicated MSM8916 Mainlining guide that explains how to get started.