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    Porting to Samsung Galaxy J6+ (J610F/J610G)

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    • Kazuma
      Kazuma last edited by Kazuma

      Hello, these days my friends & I are working with Samsung Galaxy J6+, provided following specification about it:

      Hardware :

      • SoC : Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (Quad-core 1.4GHz Cortex A53)
      • RAM : 3GB/4GB
      • ROM : 32GB/64GB
      • 6" TFT LED Screen with 1480x720

      Platform :

      • Android Start with version 8.1, current have 9.0, will upgrade to 10
      • Kernel version : 3.18.71(Oreo)/3.18.120(Pie) ARCH: armhf

      Preparing Method :

      1. Use Halium-9 to Build the Halium-boot.img & System.img
      2. Let Phone go to Recovery (TWRP), and wipe everything
      3. Install UBports GSI installer : https://build.lolinet.com/file/halium/GSI/ubports_GSI_installer_v8.zip
      4. in Linux, convert the spread ext4 image from system.img to standard ext4 img, and copy into phone, replace /data/android-rootfs.img with it
      5. Install Halium-boot.img in boot partition
      6. Reboot and wait the Virtual Ethernet Link is up, set a random MAC address and SSH it into "phablet@10.15.19.82"
      • Listing Device Checking List : (WIP, updating when have process)

      Working:

      Not working:
      Actors: Manual brightness
      Actors: Notification LED
      Actors: Torchlight
      Actors: Vibration
      Camera: Flashlight
      Camera: Photo
      Camera: Video
      Cellular: Carrier info, signal strength
      Cellular: Data connection
      Cellular: Incoming, outgoing calls
      Cellular: MMS in, out
      Cellular: PIN unlock
      Cellular: SMS in, out
      Cellular: Change audio routings
      Cellular: Voice in calls
      Endurance: Battery lifetime > 24h from 100%
      Endurance: No reboot needed for 1 week

      • (Reboot once again after flashed)

      GPU: Boot into UI
      GPU: Video acceleration
      Misc: Anbox patches applied to kernel
      Misc: Battery percentage
      Misc: Offline charging
      Misc: Online charging
      [No support] Misc: Wirelss charging - only for devices that support it
      Misc: Recovery image
      Misc: Reset to factory defaults
      Misc: Shutdown / Reboot
      Network: Bluetooth
      Network: Flight mode
      Network: Hotspot
      [No support] (Network: NFC - disabled atm due to no middleware)
      Network: WiFi
      Sensors: Automatic brightness
      (Sensors: Fingerprint reader - disabled atm due to no middleware)
      Sensors: GPS
      Sensors: Proximity
      Sensors: Rotation
      Sensors: Touchscreen
      Sound: Earphones
      Sound: Loudspeaker
      Sound: Microphone
      Sound: Volume control
      USB: MTP access
      USB: RNDIS access
      USB: External monitor - only for devices that support it

      Please let me know if you have this phone and want to test it, many thanks!
      P.S. Galaxy J4+ can also use this.

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      • libremax
        libremax @Kazuma last edited by libremax

        @Kazuma Hello, in your post, it's not very clear what is working at this stage.

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        • Keneda
          Keneda @libremax last edited by

          @libremax
          That what i though seeing this thred, seems all working when reading OP.

          @Kazuma
          At least, if everything's working, add :
          Not Working :
          Nothing

          Anyway, great work for the community.

          2015-Now : Meizu MX4 (Stable) for daily use
          Spare : Nexus 5 (Stable)

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          • Kazuma
            Kazuma last edited by

            Currently Progress :

            Armhf : Booted into halium-boot.img , every function is not tested and facing error...

            Arm64 : building required Halium-boot.img & system.img...

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            • Kazuma
              Kazuma last edited by

              Hi all,

              Halium-9 has some special items :

              1. Seems Erfan's GSI only support ARM64 kernel & system, but I'm still trying if arm32 can do
              2. halium-install for halium-9 seems have problem while halium-7.1 didn't face before, so If anyone have faced before, let us know, thanks!
              3. in Halium-9, need use the halium-boot, not the hybris-boot
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              • Kazuma
                Kazuma last edited by

                Decided to use Arm64 to do:

                Repo URL : https://gitlab.com/j6primelte-halium

                Thanks!

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                • Kazuma
                  Kazuma last edited by Kazuma

                  Status :(Sorry these days I'm out of work and didn't take care on this,sorry 🐖 )

                  [Arm64]

                  1. checked some folder can't mount , including /vendor, cause necessary library can't load.
                  2. the lxc-checkconfig seems have some missing items
                  3. Confirmed U5 version of samsung stock source have touch panel problem by recovery environment validated, so need to find another source to use.

                  [arm32]

                  1. AFAIK, if it boots, it'll reboot once for unknown reason...
                  2. check /vendor is mounted (better than arm64 we found)
                  3. seem someone in telegram group is booted into GUI with container started, but have many driver on phone equipped can't use.
                    Need Verify :
                    i. what the source (KT/DT/VT) he used
                    ii. if source is used, what parts is he modified, and whether modified in source reflect on building, and verified it's really usable
                    iii. need to check everything parts in test required item is okey...
                    iv. if i~iii is ready, should let the issuer reply on Halium github with progress about arm32 things.
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                    linguamundi @Kazuma last edited by

                    @kazuma Hello... Just got Galaxy J6 phone and want to use Ubuntu touch on it, as I do not like other operation systems. Is it safe and how do I do it? Can you advise, please? Thank you Kazuma...

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                    • AppLee
                      AppLee @linguamundi last edited by

                      @linguamundi
                      Here is probably the best place to start if you want to help the port going further.
                      No need to ask the same question all around the forum, answers won't come faster and it doesn't help to get the information scattered between different threads.

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                        FuseDevCode @Kazuma last edited by

                        @kazuma This is amazing porting, I have Samsung J6+ too, But you have an any GitHub repo? I maybe help you to porting.

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