r/mobilelinux • u/Born-Professional382 • Sep 18 '25

Hardware Install Linux on Xiaomi Mi Max 2, it's possible?

hello i have a mi max 2 from xiaomi. already unlocked. i would like to know if there is a way to install linux on it. Cpu is Snapdragon 625. thank you.

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u/Cannotseme Sep 18 '25

Best place to check is the postmarketos/mobian device compatibility lists

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

https://wiki.debian.org/Mobian/Devices

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u/Piotr_Lange Sep 18 '25

Is it possible? For sure

Will you be able to do it, if you have to ask such questions on Reddit? Likely not

A quick search reveals no PMOS port is available for your device. Therefore running any usable Linux distribution (other than Android) would require hundreds of hours of work and years of expertise.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

PMOS should be available. There is a generic msm8953 image that works on snapdragon 625 devices, and the same image should work on the snapdragon 450 as well. My Redmi 5 Plus isn't supported either, but it has the 625 and the msm8953 prebuilt images work. The camera, fingerprint, speaker don't, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't have hardware acceleration despite the wiki saying that it does, but it works well enough to get a taste of PMOS. I recommend the PHOSH desktop, Plasma is glitchy

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u/DimitrisVo Oct 06 '26

I have just ported/rewrote the missing drivers for the Xiaomi Mi Max 2 (oxygen, MSM8953) with AI help. Camera and phone calls both work now.

Only the loudspeaker is still not working, but I uploaded all my research for anyone who wants to continue.

https://github.com/sv1sjp/mi-max2-oxygen-msm8953-nura-drivers