Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (samsung-treltexx)
![]() Samsung Galaxy Note 4 | |
Manufacturer | Samsung |
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Name | Galaxy Note 4 |
Codename | samsung-treltexx |
Released | 2014 |
Type | handset |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Samsung Exynos 5433 Octa |
CPU |
Octa-core (4x 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 4x 1.9 GHz Cortex-A57) |
GPU | Mali-T760 MP6 |
Display | 1440 x 2560 Super AMOLED |
Storage | 32 GB |
Memory | 3 GB |
Architecture | armv7 |
Software | |
Original software | Android |
Original version The version the device was shipped with. |
4.4.4 |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images Whether pre-built images are available here. |
no |
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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SD card Also includes other external storage cards |
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 |
Untested
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Audio Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons. |
Broken
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Camera |
Broken
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IR TX |
Untested
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Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Broken
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Bluetooth |
Broken
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GPS |
Untested
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NFC Near Field Communication |
Untested
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Modem | |
Calls |
Untested
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SMS |
Untested
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Mobile data |
Untested
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Miscellaneous | |
FDE Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr. |
Untested
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USB OTG USB On-The-Go or USB-C Role switching |
Works
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HDMI/DP Video and audio output with HDMI or Display Port works. |
Broken
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Sensors | |
Accelerometer Auto screen rotation works in desktops e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile |
Untested
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Magnetometer Sensor to measure magnetism |
Untested
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Ambient Light |
Untested
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Proximity |
Untested
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Hall Effect Also known as flip cover sensor |
Untested
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Please note that this page is about the models with Exynos chipset SM-N910C/H/K/L/S/U. The Note 4 variants with Snapdragon 805 has codename trltexx. |
There is a port for this device but it's on merge request.
Contributors
- djyee(furkanguzel161)
- exkc(trying to kexec mainline kernel)
Users owning this device
- HAKANKOKCU (Notes: Reinstalled postmarketOS, Playground)
- Jack Kekzoz
- Menelkir
- R00t
- Revolutionary
- Sweptdev (Notes: model: SM-N910C)
- Werti (Notes: running Lineage-OS)
- Yifei
How to enter flash mode
Press and hold
+ + simultaneously. Then click to confirm.
Mainline
The device on the mainline kernel is the "Samsung TM2" and "Samsung TM2e". The TM2 is the Samsung Tizen reference device, and TM mean Tizen Mobile. These devices uses a "special" 64bit version of sboot (or at least the arm trustzone firmware) to be able to boot arm64 kernels. All other phones and tablets with exynos5433 has 32bit sboot, and cannot boot a 64bit kernel. Unfortunately there seem to exist few tm2/tm2e device in the world, and firmware files for them does not seem to be downloadable anywhere. To have any chance to boot an arm64 mainline kernel on treltexx and other exynos5433 devices we would need to get our hands on these firmware files, or in some other way create 64bit sboot/trustzone firmware for exynos5433.
See these chat logs for relevant discussions:
Tm2 and tm2e uses u-boot rather than Samsungs proprietary variant. There was a patch sent to the u-boot project to add support for it, but it was not accepted in the sent form: U-Boot support patch. Booting u-boot should, in theory, be possible by flashing it to the BOOT partition, to which android's boot.img is normally flashed.
UART
A "standard" serial debugging cable with 619 kOhm works for tre3calte (and other exynos5433 devices). The bootloader prints lots of output during boot, but for some reason the kernel is quiet, even if the console parameter is changed. A patch similar to the one found here for Galaxy S7 might be necessary to get any live kernel output.
See also
- pmaports!3285 Initial merge request