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Xiaomi Mi Note 3 (xiaomi-jason)

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Xiaomi Mi Note 3
Xiaomi Mi Note 3
Xiaomi Mi Note 3
Manufacturer Xiaomi
Name Mi Note 3
Codename xiaomi-jason
Released 2017
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 (SDM660)
CPU 8-core (4x 2.2 GHz Kryo 260
4x 1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
GPU Adreno 512
Display 1080 x 1920
Storage 64 GB
Memory 6 GB
Architecture aarch64
Software
Original software
The software and version the device was shipped with.
Android (MIUI) 7.1
Extended version
The most recent supported version from the manufacturer.
Android (MIUI) 9.0
Mainline
Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline.
no
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).
Works
Internal storage
eMMC, SD cards, UFS...
Works
Battery
Whether charging and battery level reporting work.
Untested
Screen
Whether the display works; ideally with sleep mode and brightness control.
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
Works
Audio
Audio playback, microphone, headset and buttons.
Untested
Camera
Broken
Connectivity
WiFi
Untested
Bluetooth
Untested
GPS
Broken
Modem
Calls
Broken
SMS
Broken
Mobile data
Broken
Miscellaneous
FDE
Full disk encryption and unlocking with unl0kr.
Untested
Sensors
Accelerometer
Handles automatic screen rotation in many interfaces.
Untested

Contributors

Maintainer(s)

Users owning this device

  • Alexeymin (Notes: Possible future port? In my hands again, 6/64 variant)
  • Kernel114514 (Notes: Currently porting mainline in my fork, booting, panel works)

Current status

It boots under Kernel114514's fork of sdm660-mainline/linux with patches for Xiaomi Mi Note 3 (xiaomi-jason) https://github.com/kernel114514/linux Last booting commit is 173aab54f379a88baae5ae3375e272341ac3c40b under qcom-sdm660-7.0.y. Only Display, Touchscreen, GPU, USB Networking works i think. GPU May run into crashes and lock the CPU under 6.19.10, haven't tested on 7.0.9.

edit: I'm testing and fixing more features, the features list metioned above is outdated

How to enter flash mode

Bootloader Unlocking

Like other Xiaomi devices, the user will have to acquire the bootloader unlock key: https://en.miui.com/unlock

The device will not unlock if the device isn't 7 days old (from the time when your device connects to internet and powered on, and linked with Mi Account)

You may have to use older version of official Mi Unlock tool, search internet for miflash_unlock-en-5.5.224.55.

Flashing (Download, Fastboot) mode

  • Turn the device off (or restart also works)
  • Hold the Volume Down while powering on the device or while rebooting it.

How to enter recovery mode

  • Turn the device off (or restart also works)
  • Hold Volume Up and Power button
  • Once you feel vibration and phone turns on, release Power button
  • Keep holding Volume Up until you get to recovery.

Recovery mode is not used to flash the device. Flash device from fastboot mode.

Installation

Additional info

Debug UART

On the same GPIO pins 4, 5 (blsp2_uart) as in xiaomi-lavender but different location on the board: TP708 is RX, TP707 is TX:

Xiaomi Mi Note 3 (jason) UART test pins on schema Xiaomi Mi Note 3 (jason) UART test pins location on board

partition layout

Partition layout:

jason:/ $ ls -l /dev/block/by-name
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 abl -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p38
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 ablbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p39
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 apdp -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 1974-12-01 20:16 bk1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 bk10 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p54
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 bk11 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p65
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 1974-12-01 20:16 bk2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 1974-12-01 20:16 bk3 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 bk4 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 bk5 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 bk6 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 bk7 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 bk8 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p35
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 bk9 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p43
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 bluetooth -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p34
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 boot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p62
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 cache -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p67
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 cmnlib -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 cmnlib64 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 cmnlib64bak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p28
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 cmnlibbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p26
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 cust -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p68
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 ddr -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 devcfg -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p36
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 devcfgbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p37
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 devinfo -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p55
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 dip -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p33
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 1974-12-01 20:16 dpo -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 dsp -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p58
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 frp -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 1974-12-01 20:16 fsc -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 fsg -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p44
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 hyp -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p23
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 hypbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p24
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 keymaster -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p29
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 keymasterbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p30
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 keystore -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 1974-12-01 20:16 limits -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 logdump -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 logfs -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p53
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 logo -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p59
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 mdtp -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p57
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 mdtpsecapp -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p47
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 mdtpsecappbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p48
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 misc -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p42
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 modem -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p66
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 modemst1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p45
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 modemst2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p46
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 msadp -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p14
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 oops -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p56
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 persist -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p61
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 pmic -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p31
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 pmicbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 recovery -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p63
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 rpm -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p21
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 rpmbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 1974-12-01 20:16 sec -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 splash -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p60
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 1974-12-01 20:16 ssd -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 sti -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p41
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 storsec -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p15
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 storsecbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 1974-12-01 20:16 switch -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 system -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p69
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 toolsfv -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p40
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 tz -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p51
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 tzbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p52
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 userdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p70
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 xbl -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p49
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 1974-12-01 20:16 xblbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p50

See also