ZTE Kis 3 (zte-kis3)

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ZTE Open C /
Kis 3
ZTE kis3 / OpenC running postMarketOS & weston
ZTE kis3 / OpenC running postMarketOS & weston
Manufacturer ZTE
Name Open C /
Kis 3
Codename zte-kis3
Released 2014
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Firefox OS
Original version 1.3 (Open C)
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8210)
CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 302
Display 480x800
Storage 4 GB
Memory 512 MB
Architecture ARMv7
Type handset
Features
USB Networking
Works
Flashing
Partial
Touchscreen
Works
Display
Works
WiFi
Works
FDE
Mainline
Battery
3D Acceleration
Audio
Bluetooth
Camera
GPS
Mobile data
Internal storage
SMS
Calls
USB OTG
NFC
Sensors
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Barometer
Power Sensor
Misc
Built-in DVB
Camera Flash
Keyboard
Touchpad
USB-A
HDMI/DP
Ir TX
Ir RX
Stylus
Memory Card
Haptics
Ethernet
FOSS bootloader


Contributors

Users owning this device

  • Bonsaiblue
  • GloomyJD (Notes: Works, Open C variant)
  • JuniorJPDJ
  • Mossroy (Notes: ZTE Open C, FR version. I have several devices. One of them has a broken and unusable screen, I can use it to test as much as needed)
  • Mtheunis


How to enter flash mode

  • Press Volume down + power button until you see the, the boot logo will stay displayed.

or

  • Boot into recovery,firefoxOS or android and run adb reboot bootloader

How to enter recovery mode

  • Turn off the phone, e.g. by taking out battery or holding down Power button.
  • Press and hold Volume Up + Home + Power button for about 5 seconds.
  • Press Power button to enter recovery mode

or

  • Press volume up + power key to enter recovery
Note works on some other versions of the phone?


Installation

Backup

  • Download TWRP recovery image (see links) and save as recovery.img
  • Insert SDCard with enough space for backup
  • Boot into bootloader (see How to enter flash mode above)
  • Run fastboot boot recovery.img to boot the TWRP recovery without flashing it
  • Go to 'Backup' and select SDCard as storage; swipe to start backup; wait until backup is finished. Take out SDCard.

Flashing TWRP

  • Boot into bootloader (adb reboot bootloader)
  • Run fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Flashing postmarket OS

Flash using an external SD card for system, boot kernel without flashing through fastboot. Fastboot seems to crash when flashing system and using an Android recovery zip seemed unsuccessful as well.

  • Follow the installation guide to init pmbootstrap
  • Put pmos on an SD card: pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/sdX (change /dev/sdX to the SD card)
  • Insert SD card into phone.
  • Put phone into fastboot mode (see above)
  • Boot kernel without flashing: pmbootstrap flasher boot
  • You should be able to see and ping the phone via network over USB soonish, but booting to the point where the ssh daemon takes approx 60s.

Wifi

wifi works

In order to start the wifi you have to load the kernel module and bring the interface up with the following commands:

sudo modprobe wlan
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

Setup WiFi with iproute2

See also