Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (samsung-fortuna)
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This page is about the dedicated port of this device. There is also an optional generic port available for this device - see Generic MSM8916 (qcom-msm8916). |
Manufacturer | Samsung |
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Name | Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-G530FZ) |
Codename | samsung-fortuna, samsung-grandprimelte |
Model | SM-G530FZ |
Released | 2014 |
Type | handset |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) |
CPU | 4x 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 |
GPU | Adreno 306 |
Display | 960 x 540 LCD |
Storage | 8 GB |
Memory | 1 GB |
Architecture | aarch64 |
Software | |
Original software The software and version the device was shipped with. |
Android 4.4.4 |
Extended version The most recent supported version from the manufacturer. |
Android 5.0.2 |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Mainline Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline. |
yes |
Optional Generic Port | Generic MSM8916 (qcom-msm8916) |
Device package |
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Kernel package |
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Flashing It is possible to flash the device with pmbootstrap flasher . |
Works
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USB Networking After connecting the device with USB to your PC, you can connect to it via telnet (initramfs) or SSH (booted system). |
Works
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Battery Charging and battery level reporting works |
Works
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Screen Display works. Ideally with sleep mode and brightness control. |
Works
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Touchscreen |
Works
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Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
Works
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Audio Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons. |
Works
|
Camera |
Broken
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Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Works
|
Bluetooth |
Works
|
GPS |
Untested
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NFC Near Field Communication |
Broken
|
Modem | |
Calls |
Works
|
SMS |
Works
|
Mobile data |
Works
|
Miscellaneous | |
FDE Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr. |
Works
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USB OTG USB On-The-Go or USB-C Role switching |
Works
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Sensors | |
Accelerometer Auto screen rotation works in desktops e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile |
Works
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Magnetometer Sensor to measure magnetism |
Works
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Proximity |
Broken
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Note: This page is about Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916). |
This page is about the dedicated port of this device. There is also an optional generic port available for this device - see Generic MSM8916 (qcom-msm8916). |
Manufacturer | Samsung |
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Name | Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-G530W) |
Codename | samsung-fortuna, samsung-gprimeltecan |
Released | 2014 |
Type | handset |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) |
CPU | 4x 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 |
GPU | Adreno 306 |
Display | 960 x 540 LCD |
Storage | 8 GB |
Memory | 1.5 GB |
Architecture | aarch64 |
Software | |
Original software The software and version the device was shipped with. |
Android 5.1.1 |
Extended version The most recent supported version from the manufacturer. |
Android |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Mainline Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline. |
yes |
Optional Generic Port | Generic MSM8916 (qcom-msm8916) |
Device package |
![]() |
Kernel package |
![]() |
Flashing It is possible to flash the device with pmbootstrap flasher . |
Works
|
---|---|
USB Networking After connecting the device with USB to your PC, you can connect to it via telnet (initramfs) or SSH (booted system). |
Works
|
Battery Charging and battery level reporting works |
Works
|
Screen Display works. Ideally with sleep mode and brightness control. |
Works
|
Touchscreen |
Works
|
Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
Works
|
Audio Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons. |
Works
|
Camera |
Broken
|
Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Works
|
Bluetooth |
Works
|
GPS |
Untested
|
NFC Near Field Communication |
Works
|
Modem | |
Calls |
Works
|
SMS |
Works
|
Mobile data |
Works
|
Miscellaneous | |
FDE Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr. |
Works
|
USB OTG USB On-The-Go or USB-C Role switching |
Works
|
Sensors | |
Accelerometer Auto screen rotation works in desktops e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile |
Works
|
Magnetometer Sensor to measure magnetism |
Works
|
Proximity |
Broken
|
This page is about the dedicated port of this device. There is also an optional generic port available for this device - see Generic MSM8916 (qcom-msm8916). |
Manufacturer | Samsung |
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Name | Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-G530H) |
Codename | samsung-fortuna, samsung-fortuna3g |
Released | 2014 |
Type | handset |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) |
CPU | 4x 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 |
GPU | Adreno 306 |
Display | 960 x 540 LCD |
Storage | 8 GB |
Memory | 1 GB |
Architecture | aarch64 |
Software | |
Original software The software and version the device was shipped with. |
Android 4.4.4 |
Extended version The most recent supported version from the manufacturer. |
Android 5.0.2 |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Mainline Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline. |
yes |
Optional Generic Port | Generic MSM8916 (qcom-msm8916) |
Device package |
samsung-fortuna3g ![]() |
Kernel package |
![]() |
Flashing It is possible to flash the device with pmbootstrap flasher . |
Works
|
---|---|
USB Networking After connecting the device with USB to your PC, you can connect to it via telnet (initramfs) or SSH (booted system). |
Works
|
Battery Charging and battery level reporting works |
Works
|
Screen Display works. Ideally with sleep mode and brightness control. |
Works
|
Touchscreen |
Works
|
Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
Works
|
Audio Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons. |
Works
|
Camera |
Broken
|
Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Works
|
Bluetooth |
Works
|
GPS |
Untested
|
Modem | |
Calls |
Works
|
SMS |
Works
|
Mobile data |
Works
|
Miscellaneous | |
FDE Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr. |
Works
|
USB OTG USB On-The-Go or USB-C Role switching |
Works
|
Sensors | |
Accelerometer Auto screen rotation works in desktops e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile |
Works
|
Magnetometer Sensor to measure magnetism |
Works
|
Proximity |
Broken
|
This page is about the dedicated port of this device. There is also an optional generic port available for this device - see Generic MSM8909 (qcom-msm8909). |
Manufacturer | Samsung |
---|---|
Name | Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-G530Y) |
Codename | samsung-fortunaltezt |
Released | 2014 |
Type | handset |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) |
CPU | 4x 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 |
GPU | Adreno 306 |
Display | 960 x 540 LCD |
Storage | 8 GB |
Memory | 1 GB |
Architecture | armv7 |
Software | |
Original software The software and version the device was shipped with. |
Android 4.4.4 |
Extended version The most recent supported version from the manufacturer. |
Android |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Mainline Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline. |
yes |
Optional Generic Port | Generic MSM8909 (qcom-msm8909) |
Device package |
![]() |
Kernel package |
![]() |
Flashing It is possible to flash the device with pmbootstrap flasher . |
Works
|
---|---|
USB Networking After connecting the device with USB to your PC, you can connect to it via telnet (initramfs) or SSH (booted system). |
Works
|
Battery Charging and battery level reporting works |
Works
|
Screen Display works. Ideally with sleep mode and brightness control. |
Works
|
Touchscreen |
Works
|
Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
Works
|
Audio Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons. |
Works
|
Camera |
Broken
|
Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Works
|
Bluetooth |
Works
|
GPS |
Untested
|
NFC Near Field Communication |
Works
|
Modem | |
Calls |
Works
|
SMS |
Works
|
Mobile data |
Works
|
Miscellaneous | |
FDE Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr. |
Works
|
USB OTG USB On-The-Go or USB-C Role switching |
Works
|
Sensors | |
Accelerometer Auto screen rotation works in desktops e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile |
Works
|
Proximity |
Broken
|
Contributors
- WTechNinja
- minecrell (Helped with things here and there)
Users owning this device
- Adomerle (Notes: fortunave3g edition)
- Bastindo (Notes: SM-G530FZ, works)
- Bjorn3 (Notes: SM-G530FZ, works)
- Bolilingmeng89006 (Notes: fortunaltezt)
- Jay sx
- Jojo autoboy
- Lm2 (Notes: postmarket works almost well testing the operatin'system)
- Logik93 (Notes: G530FZ)
- PonderosaPine (Notes: gprimeltecan)
- PotatoProton (Notes: Broken, not sure why)
- WonderfulShrineMaidenOfParadise
- WTechNinja
- Zephyr1112 (Notes: grandprimelte, SM-G530FZ, dead (?))
Variants
Model | Codename | Arch. | RAM (GiB) |
NFC | Sensors | Supported | lk2nd |
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SM-G5306W | fortunaltezn | armv7[1] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SM-G5308W | fortunaltezh fortunaltezm |
armv7[2] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SM-G5309W | fortunaltectc | armv7[3] | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SM-G530A | grandprimelteuc | aarch64 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SM-G530AZ | grandprimeltetu | aarch64 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SM-G530BT | fortuna3gdtv | aarch64 | ? | ? | k303c | ? | ? |
SM-G530F | fortunaltedx | aarch64 | ? | s3fwrn5 | k303c | ? | ?[4] |
SM-G530FQ | ? | aarch64 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SM-G530FZ | grandprimelte |
aarch64 | 1 | s3fwrn5 | bmc150 | Y | Y |
SM-G530H | fortuna3g fortunave3g |
aarch64 | 1 | - | k303c | Y | Y |
SM-G530M | fortunalteub | aarch64 | ? | s3fwrn5 | k303c | ? | ? |
SM-G530P | gprimeltespr | aarch64 | ? | ? | bmc150 | ? | ? |
SM-G530R4 | gprimelteusc | aarch64 | ? | ? | bmc150 | ? | Y |
SM-G530R7 | gprimelteacg | aarch64 | ? | ? | bmc150 | ? | ? |
SM-G530T | gprimeltetmo | aarch64 | ? | ? | bmc150 | ? | ? |
SM-G530T1 | gprimeltemtr | aarch64 | ? | ? | bmc150 | ? | ? |
SM-G530W | gprimeltecan | aarch64 | 1.5 | s3fwrn5[6] | bmc150 | Y | Y |
SM-G530MU/Y | fortunaltezt | armv7[7] | 1 | pn547 | k2hh | Y | P |
Architecture
Note: Even though MSM8916 is capable of aarch64, the firmware of some variants were never updated with aarch64 support. Therefore, those devices can only boot mainline on armv7 at the moment. |
Note: For SM-G530FZ (and maybe other variants), make sure you are on a recent firmware version that can boot aarch64 kernels. If lk2nd says ARM64 - unavailable or you're unsure, flash the latest (Android 5) stock firmware with Odin or Heimdall. |
How to enter flash mode
Press Volume Down, Power, and Home all at the same time to boot to Odin mode. After lk2nd is installed, press Volume Down and Power at the same time.
Installation
lk2nd is a secondary bootloader that provides a standard fastboot interface, which can be used to boot postmarketOS without Android boot
flashed or pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
.
- Download lk2nd-msm8916.img from Releases page on Github.
- Boot your phone to bootloader (Odin/Download) mode by holding and while powering up.
- Follow lk2nd instructions to install lk2nd. Basically flash it to the boot partition (
heimdall flash --BOOT lk2nd-msm8916.img
) - Follow Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410/412_(MSM8916)#Installation to install postmarketOS.
Note: Enter lk2nd fastboot mode by pressing only | + (without ). Pressing additionally will bring you to the Samsung Download mode.
Panel
There are 3 panel variants supported, and lk2nd is required to enable the panel[8][9].
Touchscreen
Sometimes the touchscreen stops working after idling for hours. To fix it, do:
# modprobe -r zinitix
# modprobe zinitix
This device is based on the Snapdragon 410. See the SoC page for common tips, guides and troubleshooting steps |
Flash LED
Currently WIP. It can be controlled with SG Micro SGM3140 charge pump LED driver[10].
GPS
No idea how to test yet.
Proximity Sensor
No interrupts received from gp2ap002s00f
sensor.
Accelerometer
gprime
variants use bmc150
, and fortuna
variants use k2hh
or k303c
.
k2hh
accelerometer is not so stable for auto screen rotation, which suggests you to use fixed portrait or landscape mode.
NFC
There are 2 variants of NFC chips, s3fwrn5
and pn547
. 3G variant fortuna3g
has no NFC chip.
NFC is not enabled on grandprimelte
. This can be enable fixed if anyone feels like to test it.
Troubleshooting
Please note for some models e.g. G530FZ. Some bugs has been discovered.
- Forever black screen even if phone is powered on, after few hours of uptime pmbootstrap#2134
See Qualcomm Snapdragon 410/412 (MSM8916)#Suspend
- Internet access makes it freeze for a certain time
pmbootstrap#2134#note_996647105
- A white error message could appear on a blackscreen on phosh and plasma
See How to report issues#Issues with apps or interfaces/shells
Notes on use
G530FZ (grandprimelte)
6 December 2022
Software versions:
- twrp 1.1.1-1
- lk2nd (postmarketos): 0.12.0 msm916
Notes
- pmOS works on this device, but not very well.
- Unfortunately, few bugs maybe related to hardware persists, mainly in the reactivity on touchscreen when locked on inactive since a while.
- Performance is highly to low (paradox for pmOS ;-) ) to use it as a common daily smartphone, meaning if you have a specific usecase like running a server, it would be perfect. But don't expect it to run Netflix everyday in Firefox or Falkon it might freeze.
- In this state LineageOS 14.1 (gprimeltexx) may be a better choice for common usage
Some documentation and software
G530W (gprimeltecan)
6 July 2025
Software versions:
- postmarketOS: v25.06
- lk2nd-msm8916: v20.0
Performance using Phosh is low, worse than what you'd get using stock Android on the device, but it isn't so bad as to make it unusable. postmarketOS is relatively equipped for common use cases on this device with all the expected limitations as documented in this page.
Photos
See also
- Samsung Galaxy Core Prime LTE (samsung-rossa)
- Samsung Galaxy Grand Max (samsung-grandmax)
device-samsung-fortuna
device-samsung-fortunaltezt (fortunaltezt)
firmware-samsung-fortuna
References
- ↑ Outdated 4.4 Kitkat bootloader CHU
- ↑ Outdated 4.4 Kitkat bootloader CHM TGY
- ↑ Outdated 4.4 Kitkat bootloader CTC
- ↑ msm8916/lk2nd: Samsung Galaxy SM-G530F panel not working on pmOS.
- ↑ Deprecated TWRP codename. grandprimelte should be the correct one.
- ↑ On i2c6
- ↑ Outdated 4.4 Kitkat bootloader TPABRI
- ↑ dts: msm8916: Add Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-G530H)
- ↑ arm64: dts: qcom: msm8916-samsung-gprime: Add display panel
- ↑ arm64: dts: qcom: msm8916/39-samsung-a2015/fortuna/serranove: Add flash LED