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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)

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