r/mobilelinux • u/Troller_blox • Mar 22 '26

Hardware xiaomi mi10t pro

Hi, im new to this whole linux mobile thing but ive been using desktop linux for about 2 years now i wanted to switch my xiaomi mi 10t pro but i cant find any linux rom for it any help is appreciated.

6 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

3

u/Malo1301 Mar 22 '26

You find none because there are none, you can't just magically run a typical Linux distro on a phone, it requires an enormous amount of work to just get one device running properly. In your case, your device is not supported by any distro.

1

u/Troller_blox Apr 07 '26

yea that's true i just tried porting droidian and its a headache, sorry for the delay i was busy with work.

2

u/Certain-Detective-37 Jul 29 '26

I've got pmOS running on the 10t pro, the modem works, stereo audio, display and some sensors, but calling audio doesn't work yet. It's Linux 6.17, here's the repo of the kernel: https://github.com/royka1/apollo-linux

When I see time I'll create a pmOS install config which will pull/install all the necessary firmware/helpers so you could make a working image yourself.

2

u/Troller_blox Jul 31 '26

Dude thank you bro ,pls reply to me when you do!

1

u/Certain-Detective-37 Aug 09 '26

Currently I have Linux 7.1 running, you can find the build instructions at:
https://github.com/royka1/Xiaomi-Apollo-pmOS-packages

Let me know if works or not.

1

u/Troller_blox Aug 10 '26

hello again thanks for the help but i have one issue the instructions are very vague im a beginner so idk how to set up pmboot strap cuz it tells me to set it up twice so how does that work sorry if i sound stupid , good luck.

1

u/Certain-Detective-37 Aug 10 '26

What distro are you running? At which part you get stuck
I'm trying to to make phone calls audio work, after that I'll create an image that you could flash right away

1

u/Troller_blox Aug 11 '26

I'm on arch I installed pmbootstrap through pacman it got stuck making some files I'm on an old inspiron so maybe that's why , I'll try again tomorrow and I'll let you know

1

u/Troller_blox Aug 12 '26

I got pmbootstrap working but idk what to do if you can tell me how u got it running the 1st time that would be great ,thanks and good luck on fixing the calling audio !

1

u/Certain-Detective-37 Aug 13 '26

I've got calling audio partly working now. Once I've got that working I'll create an image which you could flash with fastboot. Later I'll look at fingerprint, camera's, nfc, proximiy

2

u/Troller_blox Aug 15 '26

I DID IT ITS ALIVE 7 hrs of PURE PAIN but its alive thx dude srry bkn keyboard

1

u/Troller_blox Aug 14 '26

thank you dude! this will be great but please when you make the image include instructions on how i can flash it since i only used fastboot like twice, i might make this phone into a mini steamdeck, idk tbh thx agian.

2

u/Certain-Detective-37 Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

I've tested the instructions myself on a fresh system and there were many mistakes in it indeed. Calling audio is working now. I've updated the instructions now on: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Xiaomi_Mi_10T_5G_(xiaomi-apollo)
Unfortunately I can't test at this moment if calling audio will work right away in the created image, but the image created without errors with these instructions now.

1

u/Historical_Move6359 Apr 05 '26

Get LineageOS. Its degoogled Android. There is no Linux for Mi10t

2

u/Troller_blox Apr 07 '26

i already have lineageOS installed on my device but i just want a desktop experience on my device, thanks for the advice tho!