Starway Andromeda S8 (starway-andromeda-s8)
This device has been tested with postmarketOS, but its device package has not yet been added to the postmarketOS repositories. This means that it cannot be selected in pmbootstrap. |
Manufacturer | Starway |
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Name | Andromeda S8 |
Codename | starway-andromeda-s8 |
Released | 2013 |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Rockchip RK3188 |
GPU | Mali-400 MP |
Storage | 16 GB |
Memory | 2 GB |
Architecture | armv7 |
postmarketOS | |
Mainline Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline. |
no |
Unixbench score Unixbench Whetstone/Dhrystone score. See Unixbench. |
551.2 |
Flashing It is possible to flash the device with pmbootstrap flasher . |
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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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Battery Charging and battery level reporting works |
Untested
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Screen Display works. Ideally with sleep mode and brightness control. |
Broken
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Touchscreen |
Untested
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Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration |
Untested
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Audio Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons. |
Untested
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Camera |
Untested
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Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Broken
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Bluetooth |
Untested
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GPS |
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 |
Untested
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Sensors | |
Accelerometer Auto screen rotation works in desktops e.g. Phosh or Plasma Mobile |
Untested
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Contributors
- faveoled
How to enter flash mode
Turn the device off. Press volume up button (the rightmost button on device) and connect to computer via USB. You'll have this line in lsusb:
ID 2207:310b Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Company RK3188 in Mask ROM mode
Flashing
rkflashtool can only be used for flashing smaller partitions such as boot and kernel. Flashing system partition results in NAND read errors even though device's NAND is fine. Successful flashing of NAND system partition was done using Windows 7 32bit VM with RKDeviceManage v1.7. While system partition is used by stock ROM, the device's NAND isn't supported by mainline Linux. Linux rootfs installation is done to SD card.
Flashing rootfs to SD card (your block device could be named differently):
pmbootstrap install --disk=/dev/mmcblk0
The device uses kernel and boot partitions to load kernel and ramdisk respectively. You can create flashable images and flash this way:
cat zImage dtb > zImage-dtb
mkkrnlimg -a zImage-dtb pmos-kernel.img
mkkrnlimg -a ramdisk.gz pmos-boot.img
rkflashtool w boot < pmos-boot.img
rkflashtool w kernel < pmos-kernel.img
# reboot to system
rkflashtool b
Also known as
There is a device with the same hardware called FNF ifive X2.