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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 (samsung-n1awifi)

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014)
n1awifi with the xfce GUI
n1awifi with the xfce GUI
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014)
Codename samsung-n1awifi
Released 2013
Type tablet
Hardware
Chipset Samsung Exynos 5420
CPU 1.9 Ghz A15 Quad
1.3 Ghz A7 Quad
GPU Mali-T628 MP6
Display 2560x1600
Storage 16/32 GB
Memory 3 GB
Architecture armv7
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 downstream
Mainline
Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline.
no
Device package device-samsung-n1awifi
Kernel package linux-samsung-n1awifi
Features
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).
Partial
Battery
Charging and battery level reporting works
Works
Screen
Display works. Ideally with sleep mode and brightness control.
Works
Touchscreen
Partial
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Untested
Audio
Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons.
Untested
Camera
Broken
Connectivity
WiFi
Works
Bluetooth
Untested
GPS
Untested
Modem
Calls
Untested
SMS
Untested
Mobile data
Untested
Miscellaneous
FDE
Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr.
Untested
Sensors
Accelerometer
Auto screen rotation works in desktops e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile
Untested

Contributors

  • Michaszek8

Maintainer(s)

Users owning this device


What does not work

  • KDE Plasma (boots into black screen)
  • Any DE that uses Wayland
  • Stylus
  • Touchscreen stops working after some minutes of uptime and after reboot The touchscreen does technically work, so does OTG mouse as the cursor does move around, but at least in Xfce4 the DE stopped responding to any input events. It's still "alive" (the clock does update, and anything that's running will keep running), it's just no longer responding to any mouse events or keystrokes. Do note, however, that Ctrl+Alt+F1, etc. still seems to work, as when switching to a tty, the cursor disappear, and when switching back to GUI with Ctrl+Alt+F7, the cursor comes back, however the tty could not be shown (the screen is stuck to the GUI no matter what I tried). Proof of touch working can be seen from ssh by using e.g. evtest on /dev/input/event2.
  • WiFi could connect, but the system cannot assign any IP address to the wlan0 interface.

Flashing

After pmaports!3056 flashing can be done through Heimdall. Alternatively, one can use TWRP.

Flashing with heimdall

Enter flash mode by keeping Power + Volume Down pressed.

Then use pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel, reboot once again in flash mode and use pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs. You can do the full flashing at once with the following commands (supposing heimdall is in your PATH):

$ pmbootstrap export
$ heimdall flash --BOOT /tmp/postmarketOS-export/boot.img --SYSTEM /tmp/postmarketOS-export/samsung-n1awifi.img

Flashing with TRWP

After having installed TRWP, press and hold Power + Volume Down + Home. Press Volume Up when prompted.

To create a TWRP flashable zip:

$ pmbootstrap install --android-recovery-zip
$ pmbootstrap export

Run adb push /tmp/postmarketOS-export/pmos-samsung-n1awifi.zip to copy zip to the device, reboot to TWRP and install the zip and then reboot to system. You can also use adb sideload as instructed in recovery zip installation.


See also