nixos-mobile

Welcome to my NixOS Mobile Configuration! This repository represents my personal NixOS configuration for my oneplus6, crafted to suit my needs and preferences. I have included the steps I took to get NixOS running on my phone. I hope you find this useful!

⭐ & ❤️ from: 0xKyran

note: The repo requires a lot of cleanup, but it works for now.

Hardware

• oneplus 6 (non T)

Requirements

• nix
• aarch64 machine
• android-tools

Recommended apps:

• tmux
• btop / htop
• vim / neovim

note: if you dont have an AARCH machine see aws-server

installation

1. setup your phone:

• enable developer options, USB debugging and OEM unlock on your oneplus6
• run adb reboot bootloader to reboot your phone into the bootloader
• run fastboot oem unlock to unlock your bootloader

note: this will wipe and reset your phone and you will need to re-enable developer options and USB debugging

2. Setup partitions

• download TWRP
• run adb reboot bootloader to reboot your phone into the bootloader
• run fastboot boot twrp-3.7.0_11-0-enchilada.img to boot into TWRP
• download copy-partitions-20220613-signed.zip
• in TWRP go to Advanced -> ADB Sideload and swipe to start sideload
• run adb sideload copy-partitions-20220613-signed.zip
• return to the bootloader
• remove the following partitions: dtbo_a and dtbo_b with:

fastboot erase dtbo_a
fastboot erase dtbo_b

2. building image

• clone this repo with git clone [email protected]:0xKyran/nixos-mobile.git
• Allow unfree and insecure packages with:

export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1
export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE=1

• build the images with nix-build --argstr device oneplus-enchilada -A build.android-fastboot-images
• cd into the result directory
• run ./flash-critical.sh to flash the boot image
• run fastboot flash userdata system.img to flash the system image
• run fastboot reboot to reboot your phone into NixOS

aws-server

If you dont have an AARCH64 machine you can use an AWS server to build the images.

1. create an AWS server with the following specs:

• t4g.[instance size]
• 80GB storage
• nixOS AARCH64 image, see amis in Ami-list
• SSH access, with a key you have access to (with port 22 open in your security group)

This is the configuration I used: configuration.nix

2. ssh into your server
3. follow the installation steps

note: You have to use a aarch64 instance, I used t4g.2xlarge but you can use a smaller instance if you want.

note: You will need some storage, I used 80GB but you can use less if you want.

note: Bigger instances will build faster but have a higher cost per hour.