Replicant

h1. Replicant Wiki

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h2. Introduction

This is the Replicant project wiki. Our  main website, which holds news of the project, is available at http://replicant.us.

Feel free to contribute by creating an account and editing pages but please bear in mind that we are a "free software":http://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software project.

h2. Replicant status on phones

* HTC Dream/HTC Magic [[ReplicantStatus#Replicant-22|Status]]: *Supported* (Replicant 2.2)

* Nexus One [[ReplicantStatus#Replicant-23|Status]]: *Supported* (Replicant 2.2, Replicant 2.3)

* Nexus S [[ReplicantStatus#Replicant-23|Status]]: *Supported* (Replicant 2.3)

* List of devices which could be good targets for Replicant: [[GoodPotentialTargets]]

If your phone is unsupported, it may still be possible to get it working with some work, especially if it's similar to a device we already support. See [[WikiStart#Developing-on-Replicant|Developing on Replicant]]

h2. Installing Replicant

* There is a general installation page: [[Installation]]

Detailed instructions per-device:

* HTC Dream/HTC Magic: [[HTCDreamHTCMagicInstallation]]

* Nexus One: [[NexusOneInstallation]]

* Nexus S: [[NexusSInstallation]]

h2. Using Replicant

* Enable and configure USB networking: [[ReplicantUSBNetworking]]

* Learn to use [[FDroid]], the libre market application

* Install some of the free/libre replacements to Google non-free apps: [[GoogleAppsFreeReplacements]]

* Take a look at the list of known free software for Android: [[ListOfKnownFreeSoftwareApps]]

* Install and use our SDK: [[SDK]]

h2. Building Replicant

* Install the [[BuildDependencies]]

* Get the sources: [[GettingReplicantSources]]

Detailed instructions per-device:

* GTA04: [[GTA04Build]]

* HTC Dream: [[HTCDreamBuild]]

* HTC Magic: [[HTCMagicBuild]]

* Nexus One: [[NexusOneBuild]]

* Nexus S: [[NexusSBuild]]

* GeeksPhone One: [[GeeksPhoneOneBuild]]

* To build the SDK: [[SDKBuild]]

h2. Technical infos on the devices

h3. Supported phones

h4. HTC Dream/HTC Magic

* Dedicated page: [[HTCDreamHTCMagic]]

* Here's what proprietary libraries and firmwares were shipped on the HTC Dream/HTC Magic and the status of their replacement: [[HTCDreamHTCMagicProprietary]]

h4. Nexus One

* Dedicated page: [[NexusOne]]

* List of the proprietary libraries, binaries and firmwares shipped on the Nexus One and the status of their replacement: [[NexusOneProprietary]]

h4. Nexus S

* Dedicated page: [[NexusS]]

* List of the proprietary libraries, binaries and firmwares shipped on the Nexus S and the status of their replacement: [[NexusSProprietary]]

* For a technical overview of Nexus S and a rationale explaining what makes it a better freedom-compliant device, see [[NexusSTechnicalOverview]]

* For Documentation on the preliminary work for freeing its bootloader: [[NexusSBootloader]]

* Status of the free software that talks to the Samsung modems : [[SamsungModems]]

* Status of the work on the Nexus S GPS chip: [[Broadcom4751GPS]]

h3. Unsupported phones or work in progress

h4. GeeksPhone One

* Dedicated page: [[GeeksPhoneOne]]

* Here's a list of propietary files shipped with the phone: [[GeeksPhoneOneProprietary]]

h2. Developing on Replicant

* Our developer guide: [[DeveloperGuide]]

* List of tasks to improve Replicant: [[Tasks]]

Guides to port Replicant on certain types of devices:

* For MSM/QSD devices: [[PortingGuideMSMQSD]] 

* For S5PC110 devices: [[PortingGuideS5PC110]]

* For OMAP devices: [[PortingGuideOMAP]]

Work in progress:

* Adding support for [[AKM8976A]] (dream accelerometer/magnetometer chip) to akmd-free

* Adding support for [[NexusOneAccoustic|htc accoustic for the nexus one]]

* [[IntroducingReplicantVideo|Introducing Replicant video]]

* Building Replicant on a 64 bit computer without the 32 bit compatibility libs: [[ReplicantNative64BitBuild]] 

h2. Contact

* IRC: we meet on "#replicant at irc.freenode.net":https://www.jappix.com/?r=replicant%25irc.freenode.net@irc.jappix.com.

* Mailing list: Our mailing list is: http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant

* You can send any inquiry to: contact@replicant.us

h2. Licenses and credits

* Wiki License: Creative Commons BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)

* The Wiki was re-licensed to CC BY-SA: [[WikiRelicensing]]

* Artwork: you can download Replicant Artwork at: [[ReplicantArtwork]] 

* People: learn who are the persons behind the project: [[People]]

h2. Useful links

* "SHR project":http://shr-project.org/: The Replicant project is no longer involved with stock GNU/Linux port on Android devices, this is now up to SHR devs

* "Replicant category in AndroidWiki":http://en.androidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Replicant

* "Replicant article on Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant_%28operating_system%29