Motorola Droid 4

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Motorola Droid 4
Manufacturer	Motorola
Codename	Maserati
Specifications
Hardware Features
Software Features

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Notes

Also see: http://elektranox.org/droid4/

Status

Feature	Leste supported	Notes
Kernel version	5.0	Mainline + some patches not yet in mainline
Serial	Yes	On MicroUSB port, requires special cable
Charging	Yes
Wireless	Yes
Ethernet	N/A
Micro USB	Yes	OTG
Keyboard	Yes
Screen	Yes
3D Acceleration	Not yet	Also PowerVR - see Motorola Droid 4/PowerVR
Touchscreen	Yes	Capacitive
Audio	Yes
2G/3G data	WIP	Reported to work, no UI, requires extra software, ofono patches, kernel patches
SMS	WIP	Reported to work, no UI, requires extra software, ofono patches, kernel patches
Phone calls	WIP	Reported to work, no UI, requires extra software, ofono patches, kernel patches
FM Transmitter	N/A?
FM Receiver	?
Accelerometer	?	Available as input device, needs MCE work
Proximity sensor	?
HDMI-out	WIP	works, but not with hildon-desktop
TV-out	N/A

Installation using kexecboot

This procedure will erase existing android and/or safestrap.

Requirements:

• MicroSD card, MicroUSB cable and Droid4
• Charged Droid4
• fastboot, adb and git, xzcat, dd
• Host Linux system

Download from https://maedevu.maemo.org/images/droid4/

1. VRZ_XT894_9.8.2O-72_VZW-18-8_CFC.xml.zip
2. flash-droid-4-fw.sh
3. Latest maemo-leste-1.0-armhf-droid4-*.img.xz

And clone:

• https://github.com/tmlind/droid4-kexecboot.git

briefly show kexecboot. Installation:

1. Power off Droid4
2. Create a working directory with above mentioned files in it
3. unzip VRZ_XT894_9.8.2O-72_VZW-18-8_CFC.xml.zip
   • If you have safestrap on the device, turn on the droid4, go to safestrap, reboot, reboot to bootloader
   • If you do not have safestrap, turn on the device, and issue on the host: adb reboot bootloader
4. Run the flash-droid-4-fw.sh script from the extracted android directory (VRZ_XT894_9.8.2O-72_VZW-18-8_CFC.xml), run as sudo if it does not find the device
5. Wait for the flashing script to complete. This can take a few minutes. The droid will reboot a couple of times to the bootloader.

Then go to the droid4-kexecboot directory and run (possibly as sudo):

1. fastboot flash mbm path/to/android/zip/allow-mbmloader-flashing-mbm.bin
2. fastboot reboot-bootloader
3. fastboot flash bpsw current/droid4-kexecboot.img
4. fastboot flash utags utags-mmcblk1p13.bin

Then reboot the device (hold the power button for one or two seconds) and wait for it to get through the first boot. It will show a green android with something moving in it's stomach, as well as a progress bar. Then the device should show kexecboot for a few seconds before it boots to Android.

Now, flash the Maemo Leste image to your sdcard, this is how I did it:

1. xzcat maemo-leste-1.0-armhf-droid4-20190227.img.xz > maemo-leste-1.0-armhf-droid4-20190227.img
2. sudo dd if=maemo-leste-1.0-armhf-droid4-20190227.img of=/dev/MICROSDCARD-DEVICE
3. sync; sync; sync

Wait for the sync to complete and and insert the SD card into the Droid 4. Reboot the device and select Maemo Leste from the kexecboot menu.

You will now have see Maemo Leste boot up, and show you an unaccelerated hildon-desktop after about one minute.

Safestrap+ddroid Installation (no longer recommended and outdated)

SafeStrap + ddroid from eMMC or SD card

PostmarketOS has some information how to install safestrap: in wiki

(This is the boot method currently being used but we'll probably replace this with droid4-kexecboot to aid kernel updates via deb package)

Flashing the zip file is quite confusing / tricky:

Boot options, select slot with Leste, Activate.

In main menu: Install, scroll down to select ddroid-....zip file, swipe to confirm flash. You will get error, including "ApplyParsePerms, set_metadata_recursive, Error executing updater binary, Unable to mount." Red "failed" will appear. These are normal. Proceed by selecting "Reboot System", you'll get one more warning that system is not installed, swipe to confirm reboot.

Red motorola logo will appear, press search button to continue boot, phone vibrates, then vibrates again, then green led comes on. After about a minute, console appears, then disappears and X comes to life.

Kernel development (old and outdated)

Linux 4.14 plus patches

Status: http://elektranox.org/droid4/

Sources: linux-stable 4.14.y, patches