Volla Phone X23 (volla-vidofnir)

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Volla Phone X23
Manufacturer Volla
Name Phone X23
Codename volla-vidofnir
Released 2023
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset MediaTek Helio G99 (MT6789)
CPU Octa-core (2x Cortex-A76 @ 2.2 GHz + 6x Cortex-A55 2.0 GHz)
GPU ARM Mali-G57 MC2 (Valhall, v9) @ 850 MHz, 2 cores
Display 720x1560 6,1" IPS
Storage 128 GB UFS 2.1, microSDXC slot
Memory 6 GB LPDDR4X @ 2133 MHz
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software Android
Original version 12
Extended version 13
Optional software Ubuntu Touch
FOSS bootloader no
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score 7794.1
This device is marked as not booting.
Status: pmOS port hasn't been attempted yet, bootimg header v4 (GKI 2.0)
This device is based on the Helio G99.
See the SoC page for common tips, guides and troubleshooting steps

How to enter flash mode

  • Fastboot: Power on the device with both Power and Volume Up buttons held down. Then select Fastboot by pressing Volume Up and confirm with Volume Down.
  • Recovery: Do the same as for Fastboot, but select the Recovery option in the menu instead.
  • MediaTek Preloader: The preloader triggers automatically everytime the phone turns on or reboots.

Partition layout

Note NOTE: Commands below executed on a pre-production 64GB unit instead of the retail 128GB storage one!

volla-vidofnir:~# fdisk -l -o Device,Start,End,Sectors,Size,Name /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 1024 sectors
Disk model: MT064GASAO2U21  
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 131072 bytes / 131072 bytes

volla-vidofnir:~# fdisk -l -o Device,Start,End,Sectors,Size,Name /dev/sdb

Disk /dev/sdb: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 1024 sectors
Disk model: MT064GASAO2U21  
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 131072 bytes / 131072 bytes

volla-vidofnir:~# fdisk -l -o Device,Start,End,Sectors,Size,Name /dev/sdc

Disk /dev/sdc: 59.6 GiB, 63979913216 bytes, 15620096 sectors
Disk model: MT064GASAO2U21  
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 67108864 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 67108864 bytes / 67108864 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

Device        Start      End  Sectors  Size Name
/dev/sdc1         8      775      768    3M proinfo
/dev/sdc2       776      903      128  512K misc
/dev/sdc3       904     1031      128  512K para
/dev/sdc4      1032    33799    32768  128M expdb
/dev/sdc5     33800    34055      256    1M frp
/dev/sdc6     34056    42247     8192   32M nvcfg
/dev/sdc7     42248    58631    16384   64M nvdata
/dev/sdc8     58632    60679     2048    8M vbmeta_a
/dev/sdc9     60680    62727     2048    8M vbmeta_system_a
/dev/sdc10    62728    64775     2048    8M vbmeta_vendor_a
/dev/sdc11    64776    66823     2048    8M vbmeta_b
/dev/sdc12    66824    68871     2048    8M vbmeta_system_b
/dev/sdc13    68872    70919     2048    8M vbmeta_vendor_b
/dev/sdc14    70920    79111     8192   32M metadata
/dev/sdc15    79112    92159    13048   51M persist
/dev/sdc16    92160    94207     2048    8M protect1
/dev/sdc17    94208    96255     2048    8M protect2
/dev/sdc18    96256    98303     2048    8M seccfg
/dev/sdc19    98304   110591    12288   48M otp
/dev/sdc20   110592   161791    51200  200M md1img_a
/dev/sdc21   161792   162047      256    1M spmfw_a
/dev/sdc22   162048   162303      256    1M pi_img_a
/dev/sdc23   162304   163327     1024    4M dpm_a
/dev/sdc24   163328   164863     1536    6M scp_a
/dev/sdc25   164864   165119      256    1M sspm_a
/dev/sdc26   165120   165375      256    1M mcupm_a
/dev/sdc27   165376   173567     8192   32M gz_a
/dev/sdc28   173568   174591     1024    4M lk_a
/dev/sdc29   174592   190975    16384   64M boot_a
/dev/sdc30   190976   207359    16384   64M vendor_boot_a
/dev/sdc31   207360   209407     2048    8M dtbo_a
/dev/sdc32   209408   210687     1280    5M tee_a
/dev/sdc33   210688   211199      512    2M sec1
/dev/sdc34   211200   227583    16384   64M nvram
/dev/sdc35   227584   227839      256    1M boot_para
/dev/sdc36   227840   234239     6400   25M dram_para
/dev/sdc37   234240   236287     2048    8M connsys_bt_a
/dev/sdc38   236288   238335     2048    8M connsys_wifi_a
/dev/sdc39   238336   240383     2048    8M connsys_gnss_a
/dev/sdc40   240384   247807     7424   29M logo
/dev/sdc41   247808   299007    51200  200M md1img_b
/dev/sdc42   299008   299263      256    1M spmfw_b
/dev/sdc43   299264   299519      256    1M pi_img_b
/dev/sdc44   299520   300543     1024    4M dpm_b
/dev/sdc45   300544   302079     1536    6M scp_b
/dev/sdc46   302080   302335      256    1M sspm_b
/dev/sdc47   302336   302591      256    1M mcupm_b
/dev/sdc48   302592   310783     8192   32M gz_b
/dev/sdc49   310784   311807     1024    4M lk_b
/dev/sdc50   311808   328191    16384   64M boot_b
/dev/sdc51   328192   344575    16384   64M vendor_boot_b
/dev/sdc52   344576   346623     2048    8M connsys_bt_b
/dev/sdc53   346624   348671     2048    8M connsys_wifi_b
/dev/sdc54   348672   350719     2048    8M connsys_gnss_b
/dev/sdc55   350720   352767     2048    8M dtbo_b
/dev/sdc56   352768   354303     1536    6M tee_b
/dev/sdc57   354304  2713599  2359296    9G super
/dev/sdc58  2713600 15615991 12902392 49.2G userdata
/dev/sdc59 15615992 15620087     4096   16M flashinfo

Community Info

postmarketOS users that own the device


See also