User:Onny/Samsung Galaxy S8 (samsung-dreamlte)

Features
Flashing Whether 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).	Untested
Internal storage eMMC, SD cards, UFS...	Untested
SD card Also includes other external storage cards.	Untested
Battery Whether charging and battery level reporting work.	Untested
Screen Whether the display works; ideally with sleep mode and brightness control.	Works
Touchscreen	Untested
Multimedia
3D Acceleration	Untested
Audio Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons.	Untested
Camera	Untested
Camera Flash	Untested
Connectivity
WiFi	Untested
Bluetooth	Untested
GPS	Untested
NFC Near Field Communication	Untested
Modem
Calls	Untested
SMS	Untested
Mobile data	Untested
Miscellaneous
FDE Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr.	Untested
USB OTG USB On-The-Go or USB-C Role switching.	Untested
Fingerprint Fingerprint reader.	Untested
Sensors
Accelerometer Handles automatic screen rotation in many interfaces.	Untested
Magnetometer Sensor to measure the Earth's magnetism	Untested
Ambient Light Measures the light level; used for automatic screen dimming in many interfaces.	Untested
Proximity	Untested
Haptics	Untested
Barometer Sensor to measure air pressure	Untested

Samsung Galaxy S8
	; Samsung Galaxy S8
Manufacturer	Samsung
Name	Galaxy S8
Codename	samsung-dreamlte
Released	2017
Type	handset
Hardware
Chipset	Samsung Exynos 8895
Display	1440x2960 Super AMOLED, 60 Hz, 5.8"
Storage	64 GB
Memory	4 GB
Architecture	aarch64
Software
Original software The software and version the device was shipped with.	Android (One UI) 7; (Samsung Experience 8.0)
Extended version The most recent supported version from the manufacturer.	Android (One UI) 9; (One UI 1.0)
FOSS bootloader	partial
postmarketOS
Pre-built images Whether pre-built images are available from the postmarketOS Installation page.	no
Mainline Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline.	no
pmOS kernel The kernel version that runs on the device's port.	7.0_rc1
Unixbench score Unixbench Whetstone/Dhrystone score. See Unixbench.	4559.4
Device package	device-samsung-dream
Kernel package	linux-postmarketos-exynos8895 out-of-tree
Firmware package	firmware-samsung-dream

How to enter recovery/odin mode

Press and hold Bixby Key + Volume Down + Power simultaneously while device is powered off for odin mode
Press and hold Bixby Key + Volume Up + Power simultaneously while device is powered off for recovery mode.

Installation

1. Install pmbootstrap

2. Setup pmbootstrap:

$ pmbootstrap init
...
Vendor [samsung]: samsung              <- enter this
Device codename [dream]: dream         <- enter this
...

3. While in Odin download-mode, flash kernel, wrapped into secondary bootloader uniLoader

$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel

4. Since mainline kernel for now only supports accessing sd-card memory, proceed installing the root filesystem to a sd-card

$ pmbootstrap install --disk=/path/to/sdcard

Additional info

Mainline status

This device is supported in mainline tree from kernel.org

Features
Component	Model	Status	Notes
Charging controller	Maxim Integrated MAX77865(S)	No
Screen	Samsung S6E3HA6	No
Touch controller	Samsung S6SY761	Yes
Speaker	Cirrus Logic CS47L93	No
Camera sensors	Samsung ISOCELL 2L2 (S5K2L2)	No	Main
Camera sensors	Samsung ISOCELL 3H1 (S5K3H1)	No	Front
WiFi and Bluetooth	Broadcom BCM4361(B0)	No
GPS	Broadcom BCM4753	No
Accelerometer and gyroscope	STMicroelectronics LSM6DSL	Yes
Magnetometer	Asahi Kasei Microsystems AK09911C (16C)	No
Ambient light	ams TMD4903(06)	No
Proximity	Semtech SX9320	No
Haptics	Texas Instruments DRV2624	No	Driver in mainline kernel fork
Barometer	STMicroelectronics LPS22HB	No

Partition layout

# fdisk -l /dev/block/sda
Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512)
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT

Disk /dev/block/sda: 124928000 sectors,  576M
Logical sector size: 4096
Disk identifier (GUID): 52444e41-494f-2044-4d4d-43204449534b
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 6, last usable sector is 15615994

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            1024            2047       4096K   0700  BOTA0
   2            2048            3071       4096K   0700  NA
   3            3072            8191       20.0M   0700  EFS
   4            8192           10239       8192K   0700  PARAM
   5           10240           12287       8192K   0700  UP_PARAM
   6           12288           14335       8192K   0700  BOTA2
   7           14336           24575       40.0M   0700  BOOT
   8           24576           36351       46.0M   0700  RECOVERY
   9           36352           38399       8192K   0700  BOTA1
  10           38400           49151       42.0M   0700  RADIO
  11           49152           49407       1024K   0700  TOMBSTONES
  12           49408           49663       1024K   0700  DNT
  13           49664           49791        512K   0700  PERSISTENT
  14           49792           50047       1024K   0700  MISC
  15           50048           51071       4096K   0700  STEADY
  16           51072           55167       16.0M   0700  KEYREFUGE
  17           55168         1168767       4350M   0700  SYSTEM
  18         1168768         1296767        500M   0700  CACHE
  19         1296768         1299327       10.0M   0700  HIDDEN
  20         1299328         1312127       50.0M   0700  OMR
  21         1312128         1313407       5120K   0700  CP_DEBUG
  22         1313408         1318527       20.0M   0700  NAD_FW
  23         1318528         1318783       1024K   0700  NAD_REFER
  24         1318784        15614847       54.5G   0700  USERDATA

Community Info

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