Samsung Galaxy S9 (samsung-starqltechn)
SM-G9600 | |
Manufacturer | Samsung |
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Name |
Galaxy S9 (SM-G9600/ DS) |
Codename | samsung-starqltechn |
Released | 2018 |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
Original software | Android |
Original version | 8 |
Extended version | 10 |
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 |
USB Networking |
Works |
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Flashing |
Broken |
Touchscreen | |
Display |
Broken |
WiFi |
Broken |
FDE | |
Mainline | |
Battery | |
3D Acceleration | |
Audio | |
Bluetooth | |
Camera | |
GPS | |
Mobile data | |
Internal storage | |
SMS | |
Calls | |
USB OTG | |
NFC | |
Accelerometer | |
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Magnetometer | |
Ambient Light | |
Proximity | |
Hall Effect | |
Barometer | |
Power Sensor | |
Built-in DVB | |
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Camera Flash | |
Keyboard | |
Touchpad | |
USB-A | |
HDMI/DP | |
Ir TX | |
Ir RX | |
Stylus | |
Memory Card | |
Haptics | |
Ethernet | |
FOSS bootloader | |
Primary Bootloader |
Broken |
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Secondary Bootloader |
Works |
Mainline |
Works |
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
Flash boot image from TWRP
adb push $BOOT_IMAGE_PATH /tmp/boot.img && adb -d shell 'dd of=/dev/block/platform/soc/1d84000.ufshc/by-name/boot if=/tmp/boot.img'
Mainline
Mainline kernel can be booted with stock bootloader or u-boot. Logs may be viewed from pstore(ramoops) or simple framebuffer.
Status
- Green lines - works
- Blue - in progress
- Red - backlog
Roadmap
- boots
- framebuffer
- storage, both main and sdcard
- touchscreen driver (dsankouski)
- sound (dsankouski)
- phone calls
- muic driver(max77705), at least detect usb cable
- assemble firmware package in aports
- wifi (broadcom chip, needs driver)
- bluetooth (broadcom chip, needs driver)
- display panel driver
Assembling boot image
- clone mainline sources
- build kernel. See also Compiling_kernels_with_envkernel.sh
- append dtb to gzipped kernel image
- pushd .output/arch/arm64/boot
cat Image.gz dts/qcom/sdm845-samsung-starqltechn.dtb > Image.gz-dtb
- generate initramfs image
- make android bootimage
mkbootimg --base 0x0 --kernel_offset 0x00008000 --ramdisk_offset 0x02000000 --tags_offset 0x01e00000 --pagesize 4096 --second_offset 0x00f00000 --ramdisk "$INITRAMFS" --kernel Image.gz-dtb -o boot.img
U-boot
Has support in main tree, can boot PostmarketOS and Android.
See also u-boot sdm845 docs
Notes
Uart
`/dev/ttyHS8` can be exposed on USB D+D- lines. It's configured in data mover mode by downstream kernel.
Getting logs from pstore
Boot to twrp, and check /sys/fs/pstore
folder
Stock bootloader
Loads payload into ram at random physical address for security reason. Initramfs physical load address is 0xa2000000 both for boot image and recovery image