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Samsung Galaxy Core Prime VE LTE (samsung-coreprimevelte)

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Note This is one specific Galaxy Core Prime hardware revision. For an overview, see Samsung Galaxy Core Prime
Samsung Galaxy Core Prime VE LTE
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy Core Prime VE LTE
Codename samsung-coreprimevelte
Released 2014
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Marvell PXA1908
CPU 4x 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Vivante GC7000UL
Display 480x800
Storage 8 GB
Memory 1 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android (TouchWiz)
Original version 5.1.1
FOSS bootloader yes
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images yes
Mainline yes
postmarketOS kernel 6.13-rc4
Features
Flashing
Works
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
Partial
SD card
Works
Battery
Broken
Screen
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Broken
Audio
Broken
Camera
Broken
Camera Flash
Broken
Connectivity
WiFi
Works
Bluetooth
Works
GPS
Broken
NFC
Broken
Modem
Calls
Broken
SMS
Broken
Mobile data
Broken
Miscellaneous
FDE
Works
USB OTG
Broken
Sensors
Accelerometer
Broken
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Broken
Hall Effect
Haptics
Works
Barometer
U-Boot
Primary Bootloader
Broken
Secondary Bootloader
Works
Mainline
Works
Internal Storage
Broken
SD card
Broken
USB Host
Broken
USB Peripheral
Broken
Display
Works
Keyboard
Broken
Buttons
Broken

Users owning this device


Installation

After unlocking the bootloader (simply enable developer options and enable OEM unlocking), refer to Installation/Using a pre-built image or Installation/Using pmbootstrap and #Flashing.

Using Heimdall, flash boot.img onto KERNEL and the other image onto either SYSTEM or USER, though it's highly recommended to install to USER as it has much more space than SYSTEM (~5.2GB versus ~1.8GB).

Pre-built Sxmo images are available here: edge (recommended), v24.06.

If you wish to use the downstream port for whatever reason, you can do so by choosing coreprimevelte-downstream as the device.

Mainline

As of pmaports!4540 mainline is used by default when selecting the device in pmbootstrap. So far, there's only a DTS for rev02 (out of rev00 and rev01), but the rest seem to be identical with the difference that one pin is in a different pinctrl group.

Flashing

The device can be put in flashing mode by powering it on while pressing the POWER + HOME + VOLUME DOWN buttons simultaneously, and answering the appearing question by pressing VOLUME UP.

Flashing via recovery zip works.

UART

UART over the microUSB connector can be enabled by putting a 150k or 619k resistor between the ID and GND pins. The device TX will be on the D- pin, and RX will be on the D+ pin. A 619k will power on the device as soon as the UART cable is connected, while a 150K won't.

Signal level is 1.8V, although I had once connected it to 3.3V and it doesn't seem to have damaged the phone nor the UART in any way. It's still recommended to avoid going above 1.8V.

U-Boot

The mainline port uses U-Boot. As of now, it loads the kernel from an initramfs passed to U-Boot by the primary bootloader.

The U-Boot fork can be found here.

See also