Device Ports & Hardware Bring-Up

Reproducible Linux bring-up trees, custom device trees, out-of-tree drivers, and headless compute conversions for tablets and repurposed phone motherboards. Each device page documents verified hardware status, boot architecture, and open engineering gaps.

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Device SoC & Arch Kernel OS / Userland Boot Path Status Links
Samsung Galaxy S8 (SM-G950F)
dreamlte
Samsung Exynos 8895 (universal8895) aarch64 Downstream Linux 4.4.302 (hadesKernel v2.5.18) hadesRom OneUI Q v3.0 (Android 10) Internal UFS (TWRP + Magisk v25.2) Active
Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime (SM-G610F)
on7xelte
Samsung Exynos 7870 (8× Cortex-A53 @ 1.6 GHz) aarch64 Downstream Linux 3.18.14 (FA60_G610FDDU1ARC1) Samsung Combination Firmware (Android 6.0.1 Engineering) Internal eMMC (Heimdall Download Mode) Active

Samsung Galaxy S8 (SM-G950F) — Batteryless 1080p60 DeX Appliance

Active Smartphone (DeX Appliance) aarch64
SoC
Samsung Exynos 8895 (universal8895)
Kernel
Downstream Linux 4.4.302 (hadesKernel v2.5.18)
OS
hadesRom OneUI Q v3.0 (Android 10)
Boot
Internal UFS (TWRP + Magisk v25.2)

Repurposed Exynos 8895 board running as a stationary 1080p60 HDMI DeX desktop appliance with a 100 kΩ wireless-charging NTC thermistor bypass and custom Magisk HDMI audio policy routing.

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SoC
Samsung Exynos 7870 (8× Cortex-A53 @ 1.6 GHz)
Kernel
Downstream Linux 3.18.14 (FA60_G610FDDU1ARC1)
OS
Samsung Combination Firmware (Android 6.0.1 Engineering)
Boot
Internal eMMC (Heimdall Download Mode)

Two bare Exynos 7870 motherboards recovered without displays using Samsung Factory Combination Firmware for pre-authorized ADB, backed by a 4-vector Knox-preserving root forensic study.

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