Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime VE LTE (samsung-grandprimevelte)

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime VE LTE
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime VE LTE with Xfce4 UI
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime VE LTE with Xfce4 UI
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy Grand Prime VE LTE
Codename samsung-grandprimevelte
Released 2015
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Android
Original version 5.1.1
Hardware
Chipset Marvell PXA1908
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Vivante GC7000UL
Display 540 x 960 (TFT LCD, 5.0")
Storage 8 GB
Memory 1 GB
Architecture AArch64
This device is marked as not booting.
Features
USB Networking
Works
Flashing
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Display
Works
WiFi
Works
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 RX
Stylus
Memory Card
Haptics
Ethernet
FOSS bootloader
Note Note: This page is about Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime VE LTE based on Marvell PXA1908.


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Users owning this device


How to enter flash mode

  • Download mode: While the device is off hold Power, Volume Down and Home button to boot it into download mode, afterwards confirm the operation by pressing Volume Up.
  • Recovery mode: While the device is off hold Power, Volume Up and Home button to boot it into recovery mode.

Installation

Work in progress device and kernel packages can be found here.

Currently, the device gets stuck in a bootloop and only boots sometimes.

Mainline

According to Documentation/arm/marvell.rst the PXA1908 chipset should be supported, but it is unknown whether it actually works.

Booting

The SM-G531F uses the Marvell PXA1908 chipset, which utilizes an uncommon way to specify the revision in DTB files, therefore the dtbTool from https://github.com/osm0sis/pxa-mkbootimg should be used. This is the same with mkbootimg. Additionally, SEANDROIDENFORCE should be appended to the bootimage, in order to silence the "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" warning.

See also