Samsung Galaxy S9 (samsung-starqltechn)
 SM-G9600 with SXMO running Firefox | |
| Manufacturer | Samsung |
|---|---|
| Name |
Galaxy S9 (SM-G9600/ DS) |
| Codename | samsung-starqltechn |
| Released | 2018 |
| Type | handset |
| Hardware | |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (SDM845) |
| CPU | Octa-core (4x 2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x 1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) |
| GPU | Adreno 630 |
| Display | 5.8 inch 18.5:9, 2960 x 1440 pixel 568 PPI, capacitive touchscreen, 10 multi-touch points, Super AMOLED, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, glossy: yes |
| Storage | 64 GB |
| Memory | 4 GB |
| Architecture | aarch64 |
| Software | |
| Original software | Android |
| Original version | 8 |
| Extended version | 10 |
| postmarketOS | |
| Category | testing |
| Pre-built images | no |
| Mainline | no |
| Flashing |
Broken |
|---|---|
| USB Networking |
Works |
| Internal storage |
Works |
| SD card |
Works |
| Battery | |
| Screen |
Works |
| Touchscreen |
Works |
| Multimedia | |
| 3D Acceleration | |
| Audio | |
| Camera | |
| Camera Flash | |
| Connectivity | |
| WiFi |
Broken |
| Bluetooth | |
| GPS | |
| NFC | |
| Modem | |
| Calls | |
| SMS | |
| Mobile data | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| FDE | |
| USB OTG | |
| HDMI/DP | |
| Sensors | |
| Accelerometer | |
| Magnetometer | |
| Ambient Light | |
| Proximity | |
| Hall Effect | |
| Haptics | |
| Barometer | |
| Primary Bootloader |
Broken |
|---|---|
| Secondary Bootloader |
Works |
| Mainline |
Broken |
| Internal Storage | |
| SD card | |
| USB Host | |
| USB Peripheral | |
| Display | |
| Buttons |
Works |
Contributors
- dsankouski
Maintainer(s)
Users owning this device
- Dsankouski
- Zephyr1112 (Notes: Backup device, AOSP 13, 4/64GB)
How to enter flash mode
Hold Power + Volume Down + Bixby until screen shows vendor logo. Use Odin or Heimdall to flash.
Installation
Prerequisites
Upgrade
Before installing postmarketOS, it's recommended that you upgrade your device to the latest release of Android. This is not a requirement but is heavily recommended.
Unlock the bootloader
Before installing postmarketOS you have to unlock your bootloader. Remember, it will irrevocably trip knox flag, hence making Samsung pay no longer usable.
1. Open setting, go to "About phone", then "Software information" and tap on the "Build number" box ~10 times until the "You are now a developer" toast message appears.
2. Go back to the main settings page, go to "Developer options". Toggle the switch to "OEM unlocking"
Manual build
The vendor is Samsung, the codename is "starqltechn".
Follow the pmbootstrap article, until you have done the install action (note that --fde stands for full-disk-encryption - this can also be left out).
pmbootstrap install --fde
Reboot back into flash mode as explained above.
By default the rootfs will be flashed to system, this doesn't leave much free space for your applications / data, if you don't mind factory resetting the device you can instead flash to userdata by specifying the partition like below.
pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs --partition userdata --method heimdall-bootimg --no-reboot pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel --method heimdall-bootimg --resume
The phone should reboot into PostmarketOS now.
See also
mainline kernel fork for SM-G9600