Samsung Acclaim (samsung-sch-r880)

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Samsung Acclaim
samsung-sch-r880
samsung-sch-r880
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Acclaim
Codename samsung-sch-r880
Released 2012
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Android (TouchWiz)
Original version 2.1
Extended version 2.2 (Linux 2.6.32.9)
Hardware
Chipset Samsung S3C6410
CPU 800 MHz ARM11
GPU FIMG 3DSE
Display 320x480 TFT LCD
Storage 512(?) MB / 216 MB available to user
Memory 256(?) MB
Architecture ARMhf
Type Slide-Out Keyboard Handset
This device is marked as not booting.
Status: kernel compiles. Cannot flash device.
Features
USB Networking
Flashing
Touchscreen
Display
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


Contributors

  • TechEdison
  • Cupcake1972/Hacker420

Maintainer(s)

  • TechEdison

Status

  • Device can be rooted
  • Partition map discovered
  • boot.img pulled from BML4
  • Using a port of Linux 3.0.100 for the Galaxy Spica (same chipset)
  • Kernel fails to compile during linking
  • Kernel compiles. See warning below.
  • Cannot reboot into download mode via key combo (only using adb)
  • Cannot flash using Heimdall
  • Flashing via Odin may work but I was unsuccessful

--NO FURTHER TESTING DONE AT THIS POINT I have given up on this phone for now. Don't have the time to manage it.

Errors/Warnings

I bricked my initial board trying to flash the kernel using a flasher app (same one used for custom recovery). It now freezes at the SAMSUNG logo when powered on and does nothing else. My backup board runs Android 2.1 and won't permanent root successfully.

BML Partition Map Definition

Discovered using Binwalk

# cat /proc/partitions

major minor  #blocks  name
179        0    7761920 mmcblk0 - SD Card
179        1    7757824 mmcblk0p1 - SD Card partition 0
137        0     513280 bml0/c - All BML partitions
137        1        128 bml1 - Copyright string: "Copyright (C) SAMSUNG Corporation 2006-2009"
137        2       1280 bml2 - Various PNG, JPEG, and TIFF files. Probably boot animation.
137        3        384 bml3 - One PNG image, 320 x 480. Probably boot logo
137        4       6400 bml4 - boot.img
137        5     153600 bml5 - /system
137        6     226816 bml6 - /data
137        7     118272 bml7 - /cache
137        8       6400 bml8 - boot.img backup
138        5     150948 stl5 - /system
138        6     223020 stl6 - /data
138        7     116172 stl7 - /cache

See also

Partition mapping info

Kernel being used

Specific kernel config

Open source driver for the GPU (might be used later)

Tool used to root the phone