Blackview BV9500 Plus

[Blackview BV9500 Plus] - [s62v71c2k_jk_eea/MT6771V/CT]

Calls, Camera (only primary and front facing), bluetooth, gps, Wireless charging all work.

Steps to install

**NOTE: If you want to install Magisk follow the steps below before proceeding with the installation of these GSI's

• With Android Debugging (ADB) enabled reboot to recovery via PC. $ adb reboot bootloader
• Check if device is connected via PC: $ fastboot devices
• If device is connected: $ fastboot erase userdata $ fastboot erase system
• flash this image with the fastboot utility: $ fastboot flash system system.img

Hardware support

Component	LineageOS 18.1 20210111	AOSP 11.0 v304 (FLOSS)
Wireless Charging/Charging	Working	Working
GPS	Working	Working
Camera	Working, not second camera	Working, Front Cam Decent
Speaker / Mic	Working	Working
Bluetooth	Working	Working
WiFi	Working	Working
SIM / Mobile Data / Voice	Working, tested SIM1 only	Working
Fingerprint	Working	Working
Micro SD Card	Working, tested with 128GB A2	Working, tested with 128GB A2
GApps	Not working	Not tested
microG	Not working	Included, working
Magisk	Not working	phh-su, no magisk

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Additional Information

• This device is A/B with VNDK version 28.0, choose arm64-ab when downloading an image.
• Magisk not working. phh-su working.
• Flashed image via fastboot. Could not get TWRP working

Magisk Installation (via patched boot.img) (Android 10.1/LineageOS 17.1 only)

• Enable Android Debugging (ADB) and get into device via Terminal/Console. $ adb shell
• Run the below command to extract the boot image: $ dd if=/dev/block/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img
• Using Magisk manager patch the boot.img.
• Via fastboot flash the patched boot.img. Replace "patched_boot" with the name of your patched boot image. $ fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img

GApps

• Installed GApps onto Unofficial Lineage OS GSI 20200111 by copying play services and play store apk's to system/priv-app/

microG (Android 10.1/LineageOS 17.1 only)

• To get microG working properly (Must have Magisk completely installed and android debugging (ADB) enabled with rooted debugging enabled.
• Installed microG onto Unofficial Lineage OS GSI 20200920. Follow official microG installation instructions from their page plus minor changes listed below.
• Connect phone to PC and open a console/terminal and run: $ adb shell
• Then Get su permissions: $ su
• Grant SU permission to the shell and run this to give permission to the FakeStore/BlackStore: # pm grant com.android.vending android.permission.FAKE_PACKAGE_SIGNATURE
• Reboot.

Test Results

• AOSP 11.0 v304 (FLOSS), Boots - Results above.
• LineageOS 18.1 20210111, Boots - Results above.
• AOSP 11.0 v300.m (FLOSS), Boots - Daily driver material.
• Lineage 17.1 20200111, Boots - Relatively Daily driver material sans Gapps.

Notes

• Signature spoofing not working on LineageOS 18.1/ Cannot manually patch either.

Tested By: nobody666 - BV9500 Plus, 2021.02.05