Replicant Wiki¶

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 project.

Replicant status on phones¶

HTC Dream/HTC Magic Status: Supported (Replicant 2.2)
Nexus One Status: Supported (Replicant 2.2, Replicant 2.3)
Nexus S Status: Supported (Replicant 2.3, Replicant 4.0)
Galaxy S Status: Supported (Replicant 2.3, Replicant 4.0)
Galaxy S2 Status: Supported (Replicant 2.3, Replicant 4.0)
GTA04 Status/Detailed status: Supported (Replicant 2.3)
Galaxy Nexus Status: Supported (Replicant 4.0)
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Status: Supported (Replicant 4.0)
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Status: Supported (Replicant 4.0)

Evaluation of other targets for Replicant: TargetsEvaluation

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 Developing on Replicant

Installing Replicant¶

Download Replicant images: ReplicantImages
Download the Replicant SDK: ReplicantSDK

Detailed instructions per-device:

HTC Dream/HTC Magic: HTCDreamHTCMagicInstallation
Nexus One: FastbootInstallation
Nexus S: FastbootInstallation
Galaxy S: GalaxySInstallation
Galaxy S2: HeimdallRecoveryInstallation
GTA04: GTA04Installation
Galaxy Nexus: FastbootInstallation
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1: HeimdallRecoveryInstallation
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0: HeimdallRecoveryInstallation

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

Building Replicant¶

Install the BuildDependencies
Get the sources: GettingReplicantSources

Detailed instructions per-device:

HTC Dream: HTCDreamBuild
HTC Magic: HTCMagicBuild
Nexus One: NexusOneBuild
Nexus S: NexusSBuild
Galaxy S: GalaxySBuild
Galaxy S2: GalaxyS2Build
GeeksPhone One: GeeksPhoneOneBuild
GTA04: GTA04Build
Galaxy Nexus: GalaxyNexusBuild
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1: GalaxyTab2101Build
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0: GalaxyTab270Build

To build the SDK: SDKBuild

Technical infos on the devices¶

Phones looking for maintainers¶

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

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

Supported phones¶

Nexus S¶

Dedicated page: NexusS
List of the proprietary software shipped on the Nexus S: NexusSProprietary
List of the Nexus S firmwares: NexusSFirmwares

Details about the S5PC110 Hardware design used in the Nexus S: S5PC110HardwareDesign
For Documentation on getting serial on some samsung phones: SamsungSerial
For the information gathering on the samsung signed bootloader: SamsungSignedBootloader

Status of the Samsung-RIL modem implementation: Samsung-RIL
Status of the Broadcom 4751 GPS chip implementation: BCM4751

Galaxy S¶

Dedicated page: GalaxyS
List of the proprietary software shipped on the Galaxy S: GalaxySProprietary
List of the Galaxy S firmwares: GalaxySFirmwares

Details about the S5PC110 Hardware design used in the Nexus S: S5PC110HardwareDesign
For Documentation on the preliminary work for freeing its bootloader: S5PC110Bootloader

Status of the Samsung-RIL modem implementation: Samsung-RIL
Status of the Broadcom 4751 GPS chip implementation: BCM4751

Galaxy S2¶

Dedicated page: GalaxyS2
List of the Galaxy S2 firmwares: GalaxyS2Firmwares
Galaxy S2 Compass calibration: GalaxyS2CompassCalibration

Status of the Samsung-RIL modem implementation: Samsung-RIL
Status of the GSD4t GPS chip implementation: GSD4t

GTA04¶

Dedicated page: GTA04
Detailed status: GTA04Status
Kernel work: GTA04Kernel
Many infos are available at: gta04.org

Galaxy Nexus¶

Dedicated page: GalaxyNexus
List of the Galaxy Nexus firmwares: GalaxyNexusFirmwares
Serial console for the Galaxy Nexus: GalaxyNexusSerialConsole

Status of the Samsung-RIL modem implementation: Samsung-RIL
Status of the GSD4t GPS chip implementation: GSD4t
Status of the work on the Galaxy Nexus Camera: omap4-tiler-Camera

Galaxy Tab 2 10.1¶

Dedicated page: GalaxyTab2101
List of the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 firmwares: GalaxyTab2101Firmwares
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Compass calibration: GalaxyTab2101CompassCalibration

Status of the Samsung-RIL modem implementation: Samsung-RIL

Galaxy Tab 2 7.0¶

Dedicated page: GalaxyTab270
List of the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 firmwares: GalaxyTab270Firmwares
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Compass calibration: GalaxyTab270CompassCalibration

Status of the Samsung-RIL modem implementation: Samsung-RIL

Unsupported phones or work in progress¶

GeeksPhone One¶

Dedicated page: GeeksPhoneOne
Here's a list of propietary files shipped with the phone(And that replicant replaces or avoid): GeeksPhoneOneProprietary

Developing on Replicant¶

Our developer guide: DeveloperGuide
List of tasks to improve Replicant: Tasks
Using gdb to debug on replicant: GDBDebugging
Help on getting logs: GettingLogs

Guides to port Replicant to a new device:

Replicant 4.0 porting guide: Replicant4.0PortingGuide

Guides to port Replicant on certain types of devices:

For MSM/QSD devices: PortingGuideMSMQSD
For S5PC110 devices: PortingGuideS5PC110
For OMAP3 devices: PortingGuideOMAP3
For OMAP4 devices: PortingGuideOMAP4

Work in progress:

Adding support for AKM8976A (dream accelerometer/magnetometer chip) to akmd-free
Adding support for htc accoustic for the nexus one
Introducing Replicant video
Building Replicant on a 64 bit computer without the 32 bit compatibility libs: ReplicantNative64BitBuild

Contact¶

IRC: we meet on #replicant at irc.freenode.net.
Mailing list: Our mailing list is: http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
You can send any inquiry to: contact@replicant.us

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

Useful links¶

SHR project: 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
Replicant article on Wikipedia