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Sony Xperia T3 (sony-seagull)

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Warning WARNING: This device is not recommended for future use with postmarketOS due to its armhf architecture. Alpine Linux (the distribution that postmarketOS extends) pmaports#599 has been considering dropping it.
Note This device is still running on armhf, although it supports armv7. If you own it, change it and test it that way.
Sony Xperia T3
Sony Xperia T3 running Weston
Sony Xperia T3 running Weston
Manufacturer Sony
Name Xperia T3
Codename sony-seagull
Released 2014
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8928)
CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 305
Display 720x1280 TFT
Storage 8 GB + SD card
Memory 1 GB
Architecture armhf
Software
Original software Android
Original version
The version the device was shipped with.
4.4.4 (Linux 3.4.0)
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images
Whether pre-built images are available here.
no
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).
Works
Battery
Charging and battery level reporting works
Untested
Screen
Display works. Ideally with sleep mode and brightness control.
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Untested
Audio
Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons.
Broken
Camera
Untested
Connectivity
WiFi
Untested
Bluetooth
Untested
GPS
Untested
Modem
Calls
Broken
SMS
Broken
Mobile data
Broken
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

Maintainer(s)

Device owners


What works

  • Flash Rootfs
  • Flash kernel
  • USB Network
  • Screen
  • Touch (/dev/input/event0)
  • Flashlight (/sys/devices/qcom,camera-led-flash.74/leds/torch-light/brightness)

What does not work

  • no Wifi/GSM
  • unknown UART pinout
  • Audio

What has not been tested

  • Compass, accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS, light sensor
  • Bluetooth, NFC
  • Camera

Unlock flash mode

You may need to unlock the phone with official sony procedure

How to enter flash mode

  • Power off the phone
  • Press volume up
  • Keep volume up pressed, and connect the phone to the computer
  • wait until the LED turns blue, then release volume up (this can take a few seconds)

How to turn off the phone

Since you can't remove the battery without opening the phone, you can do the following instead:

  • Long press volume up + power button
  • press the "off" button behind the SIM/SD card cover with a pin. This breaks the battery connection, so USB needs to be unplugged as well.

Misc

The device shares the yukon platform with other Xperia devices, such as the Xperia E3 (Flamingo), M2 (Eagle) and T2 Ultra (Tianchi). As such, the kernel likely works on all of these.

Boot command line

  • When in charging mode:
androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31 msm_rtb.filter=0x37 androidboot.emmc=true androidboot.bootloader=s1 oemandroidboot.s1boot=1274-7024_S1_Boot_MSM8x26_LA1.0_1021 androidboot.serialno=YT91XXXXXX ta_info=1,16,256 startup=0x00010004 warmboot=0x77665501 oemandroidboot.imei=3548XXXXXXXXXXXX oemandroidboot.phoneid=0000:35480506XXXXXXXX oemandroidboot.security=0 oemandroidboot.babe1234=00000200 display_status=on androidboot.baseband=msm
  • When starting up normally:
androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31 msm_rtb.filter=0x37 androidboot.emmc=true androidboot.bootloader=s1 oemandroidboot.s1boot=1274-7024_S1_Boot_MSM8x26_LA1.0_1021 androidboot.serialno=YT91XXXXXX ta_info=1,16,256 startup=0x00000001 warmboot=0x00000000 oemandroidboot.imei=3548XXXXXXXXXXXX oemandroidboot.phoneid=0000:35480506XXXXXXXX oemandroidboot.security=0 oemandroidboot.babe1234=00000200 display_status=on androidboot.baseband=msm

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