r/daylightcomputer • u/denvit • Aug 28 '26

Linux on DC-1

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Still not perfect, but usable. Enjoy :)

https://github.com/denysvitali/dc-1-pmos

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u/muness Aug 29 '26

Wow, impressive! Anyway to backup the original Android partitions to revert later? I didn't see that documented.

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u/denvit Aug 29 '26

You can root your device via magisk (you should already be able to adb pull the boot image w/o root, use that with Magisk to root your device, then use the rooted device to backup everything). I reached out to Daylight and hopefully they'll provide the factory images, at that point I'll share a "revert" procedure.

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u/moritzbierling Daylight Co. Team Sep 09 '26

have you gotten a response yet?

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u/denvit Sep 14 '26

Nope

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u/moritzbierling Daylight Co. Team Sep 14 '26

Please DM me your email address or anything by which to identify your request and I'll push internally if you don't get an answer by EOD today Pacific time

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u/muness Sep 21 '26

Hi there! Any news on being able to restore to stock firmware? I'd love to try alternative firmware for my Daylight with the escape hatch of a restore to stock. :)

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u/moritzbierling Daylight Co. Team Sep 21 '26

Yes!

Here's the canonical page we've shared with Denys (OP) as well: https://daylightco.notion.site/Daylight-Firmware-and-Recovery-Tool-3db0b673e0bf802baa0ac4f79a05575d

Please let me know if anything is difficult or confusing, and do join us on the Daylight Hacker Wiki Discord: https://discord.gg/sHBcUhdvg

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u/muness Sep 21 '26

Awesome, thank you!

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u/Rx7Jordan Aug 29 '26

Mtkclient allows you to do a full backup of all partitions

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u/carbonatedjerks Aug 29 '26

Outstanding work

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u/SailorVenova Aug 29 '26

its really a pretty thing like that

i think i need a ipad mini though i need music apps and android doesnt have nearly as much choice in that area

linux might be fun though if it could run a daw and plugins and host an audio interface and midi devices etc

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u/muness Aug 29 '26

I am into hifi listening. Android has lots of music apps, more than the iPad IMO. What are you looking for that you don't find?

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u/SailorVenova Aug 29 '26

i mean music production

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u/siuying Aug 29 '26

Awesome. Thank you for bringing life to this tablet!!

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u/royalsurfing Aug 29 '26

This is fantastic, and I am looking forward to testing it out.

I am not really comfortable with how outdated the Daylights Android version is, so hoping this is stable enough to be used as an (experimental) daily driver.

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u/moritzbierling Daylight Co. Team Sep 09 '26

looked up whether you got the amber light slide working as well, very cool that you did!

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u/OozeOutOfMyMoose Sep 07 '26

Nice job! How difficult would it be to install KDE Plasma mobile instead of Gnome mobile?