M501 (SD625/MSM8953)

Model	Chipset	Part number	CPU
M501	Snapdragon 625	`MSM8953`	8-core 2GHz Cortex-A53
M501A-	Snapdragon 450	`SDM450`	8-core 1.8GHz Cortex-A53

Is this my unit?

Three ways to check, in increasing order of effort.

From Android settings

Settings → About shows the build number, which starts with the platform name. On this platform it looks like M501. This is the only check that separates platforms sharing a chipset.

From `build.prop`

ro.board.platform on this platform reads msm8953. On this vendor's range that value is unique to this platform.

Ignore ro.product.system.*. It reads qssi on every Android 11 and newer unit and identifies nothing.

From the chipset id

Read the SoC id the kernel reports:

cat /sys/devices/soc0/soc_id

Then look it up. Part numbers used by this platform are in bold.

`soc_id`	Part number
417	SM4250
441	SM4125
444	SM6115
469	QCM4290
470	QCS4290
473	QCM2290
474	QCS2290
497	QCM6490
498	QCS6490
518, 561	SM6225
585	SG4150P

Build properties

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 (SD625), 8-core 2GHz, Cortex-A53 Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (SDM450), 8-core 1.8GHz, Cortex-A53

build.prop
  ro.build.display.id=Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v4.2.9
  ro.product.system.brand=qti
  ro.product.system.device=msm8953_64
  ro.product.system.manufacturer=QUALCOMM
  ro.product.system.model=msm8953 for arm64
  ro.product.system.name=msm8953_64
  ro.system.build.fingerprint=qti/msm8953_64/msm8953_64:10/QKQ1.191008.001/lijun12251707:userdebug/test-keys

vendor/build.prop
  ro.board.platform=msm8953
  ro.product.board=msm8953
  ro.product.vendor.brand=qti
  ro.product.vendor.device=msm8953_64
  ro.product.vendor.manufacturer=QUALCOMM
  ro.product.vendor.model=msm8953 for arm64
  ro.product.vendor.name=msm8953_64
  ro.vendor.build.fingerprint=qti/msm8953_64/msm8953_64:10/QKQ1.191008.001/lijun12251707:userdebug/test-keys

Firmware for this platform

Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v4.3.3-ota (A10) Thursday, May 23, 2024
Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v4.2.9-ota (A10) Monday, December 25, 2023
Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v4.2.0-ota (A10) Friday, September 8, 2023
Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v4.1.6-ota (A10) Monday, July 17, 2023
Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v4.0.7-ota (A10) Thursday, March 23, 2023
Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v4.0.4-ota (A10) Thursday, March 2, 2023
Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v3.9.6-ota (A10) Friday, December 16, 2022
Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v3.9.4-ota (A10) Thursday, November 24, 2022
Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v3.9.1-ota (A10) Monday, October 24, 2022
Ksw-Q-Userdebug_OS_v3.8.9-ota (A10) Tuesday, September 13, 2022

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