Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G (xiaomi-dior)
FbKeyboard and pfetch on Xiaomi-dior | |
Manufacturer | Xiaomi |
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Name | Redmi Note 4G |
Codename | xiaomi-dior |
Released | 2014 |
Type | handset |
Hardware | |
Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8928) |
CPU | Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7 |
GPU | Adreno 305 |
Display | 720 x 1280 pIPS LCD |
Storage | 8GB |
Memory | 2GB |
Architecture | armv7 |
Software | |
Original software | Android |
Original version | 4.2 |
postmarketOS | |
Category | testing |
Pre-built images | no |
Flashing |
Partial |
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USB Networking |
Works |
Internal storage | |
SD card | |
Battery |
Partial |
Screen |
Works |
Touchscreen |
Works |
Multimedia | |
3D Acceleration | |
Audio | |
Camera | |
Camera Flash | |
Connectivity | |
WiFi |
Works |
Bluetooth | |
GPS | |
NFC | |
Modem | |
Calls | |
SMS | |
Mobile data | |
Miscellaneous | |
FDE | |
USB OTG | |
HDMI/DP | |
Sensors | |
Accelerometer | |
Magnetometer | |
Ambient Light | |
Proximity | |
Hall Effect | |
Haptics | |
Barometer | |
Contributors
- Edwin0cheng
Maintainer(s)
Users owning this device
How to enter flash mode
- Entering fastboot: hold + buttons until fastboot mode is displayed on the screen.
- Entering recovery: hold here + buttons. The default is Mi Recovery. TWRP is needed for installation, which can be obtained
Installation
To flash this device, the boot partition have to be flashed by fastboot:
$ pmbootstrap export
$ fastboot flash:raw boot /tmp/postmarketOS-export/boot.img-xiaomi-dior
However, rootfs could be flash by pmbootstrap normally:
$ pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs
And its system partition is quite small (800mb), to flash a large distribution (e.g. xfce4), you have to:
1. Split the boot and root partitions (hint: you can use pmbootstrap install --split
instead of losetup tricks):
sudo losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/postmarketOS-export/xiaomi-dior.img
sudo dd if=/dev/loop0p1 of=boot_partition.img
sudo dd if=/dev/loop0p2 of=root_partition.img
sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0
2. Flash the boot partition to system partition:
$ fastboot flash system boot_partition.img
3. Use the netcat method to flash to user partition:
https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/-/issues/456
Additional info
This original implementation of framebuffer device do not support framebuffer console and X-Windows, we patched all missing pieces such that it works. So xfce4 and FbKeyboard works now.
However, due to lacking of DRM driver, all drm related UI are not workings.
See also
- pmaports!1992 Initial merge request