Sony Xperia M (sony-nicki)

Features
Flashing	Works
USB Networking	Works
Internal storage
SD card
Battery	Partial
Screen	Works
Touchscreen	Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Audio
Camera
Camera Flash
Connectivity
WiFi
Bluetooth
GPS
NFC
Modem
Calls
SMS
Mobile data
Miscellaneous
FDE	Works
USB OTG
HDMI/DP
Sensors
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Haptics
Barometer

Sony Xperia M
	; Sony Xperia M
Manufacturer	Sony
Name	Xperia M
Codename	sony-nicki
Released	2013
Type	handset
Hardware
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus (MSM8227)
CPU	Dual-core 1.0 GHz Krait
GPU	Adreno 305
Display	4", 480x854 px
Storage	4 GB
Memory	1 GB
Architecture	armv7
Software
Original software	Android
Original version	4.1.x (Linux 3.4.0)
postmarketOS
Category	testing
Pre-built images	no
Mainline	partial
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score	371.8

Contributors

Konrad Dybcio (@konradybcio)

Device owners

Adelahmed
Eldyj (Notes: Broken touchscreen. Untested with PMOS)
ImAdam
Knuxify (Notes: not in use/development)
SuperPou (Notes: i flashed mmcblk0 and now it is a bricc)
Tau
Zekiu (Notes: C1905; broken. no display, holding power button causes the phone to vibrate constantly; vendor: "orange")

How to enter flash mode

With device powered off, hold [VOLUME +] and plug USB cable in. Device's LED will turn blue, meaning it has entered fastboot mode.

Installation

Works with both pmbootstrap flasher and TWRP zip. No errors were found in that process.

If using a large rootfs (like with plasma-mobile) fastboot with throw a "no space left on device" error. Flashing as a .zip with TWRP solves the problem.

Parts table

It's worth noting that this phone was made by FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Foxconn. The downstream kernel refers to a "Project S3A", which may be another codename for the device.

TODO: Verify and expand this table; this is mostly taken from the kernel config, so it's likely inaccurate

Element type	Element	Notes
Chipset	MSM8227	Similar to MSM8960. Some patches exist in Konrad's tree, based on earlier work by flto. Would need to be merged into MSM8960 repos.
Graphics	Adreno 305
Display	"Orise" FWVGA ???	Can't tell the panel model from the driver. Might be one of the "Orise Technology" panels in mainline?
Touchscreen	Cypress CYTTSP, Synaptics RMI4	CYTTSP panel might be supported - CYTTSP4 and 5 are, but not sure which part this one is. RMI4 is supported in mainline.
Accelerometer	Bosch BMA250	Supported in mainline.
Proximity and ambient light sensor	Capella Micro CM36283	Not supported in mainline, though may be similar to CM36651?
Magnetometer	Bosch BMM050	Supported in mainline.
NFC	PN544	Supported in mainline.
Back camera	Samsung S5K4E1/ON Semiconductor AR0543	Not supported in mainline. S5K4E1 seems to be present on my device. AR0543 datasheet
Camera flash	TI LM3642	Supported in mainline.
Selfie camera	Himax HM03D5	Not supported in mainline.
RGB LED	PWM-based ???
PMIC	PM8038/PM8921?
Audio codec	WCD9304/WCD9310?

Additional info

Partition list

Device	Label	Size in blocks
mmcblk0p1	TA	2048
mmcblk0p2	sbl1	128
mmcblk0p3	sbl2	256
mmcblk0p4	s1sbl2	256
mmcblk0p5	sbl3	512
mmcblk0p6	aboot	512
mmcblk0p7	tz	512
mmcblk0p8	alt_sbl1	128
mmcblk0p9	alt_sbl2	256
mmcblk0p10	alt_s1sbl2	256
mmcblk0p11	alt_sbl3	512
mmcblk0p12	alt_aboot	512
mmcblk0p13	alt_tz	512
mmcblk0p14	rpm	512
mmcblk0p15	alt_rpm	512
mmcblk0p16	LTALabel	16384
mmcblk0p17	boot	20480
mmcblk0p18	modem	65536
mmcblk0p19	modemst1	3072
mmcblk0p20	modemst2	3072
mmcblk0p21	fsg	3072
mmcblk0p22	ramdump	5120
mmcblk0p23	FOTAKernel	16384
mmcblk0p24	persist	4096
mmcblk0p25	system	1228800
mmcblk0p26	cache	256000
mmcblk0p27	data	2183151