Replicant Wiki¶

• Table of contents
• Replicant Wiki
  • Introduction
  • Replicant status on phones
  • Installing Replicant
  • Using Replicant
  • Building Replicant
  • Technical infos on the devices
    • Phones looking for maintainers
      • HTC Dream/HTC Magic
      • Nexus One
    • Supported phones
      • Nexus S
      • Galaxy S
      • Galaxy S2
      • Galaxy S3
      • Galaxy Note
      • Galaxy Nexus
      • Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
      • Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
      • GTA04
  • Developing on Replicant
  • Contact
  • Licenses and credits
  • Useful links

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: Working but unsupported, bad phone: Replicant 2.2
• Nexus One Working but unsupported, bad phone: Replicant 2.2, Replicant 2.3
• Nexus S Supported: Replicant 2.3, Replicant 4.0
• Galaxy S Supported: Replicant 2.3, Replicant 4.0
• Galaxy S2 Supported: Replicant 4.0
• Galaxy S3 Supported: Replicant 4.0
• Galaxy Note Supported: Replicant 4.0
• Galaxy Nexus Supported: Replicant 4.0
• Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Supported: Replicant 4.0
• Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Supported: Replicant 4.0
• GTA04 Work in progress: Replicant 2.3, 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: NexusSInstallation
• Galaxy S: GalaxySInstallation
• Galaxy S2: GalaxyS2Installation
• Galaxy S3: GalaxyS3Installation
• Galaxy Note: GalaxyNoteInstallation
• Galaxy Nexus: GalaxyNexusInstallation
• Galaxy Tab 2 10.1: GalaxyTab2101Installation
• Galaxy Tab 2 7.0: GalaxyTab270Installation
• GTA04: GTA04Installation

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
• Galaxy S3: GalaxyS3Build
• Galaxy Note: GalaxyNoteBuild
• Galaxy Nexus: GalaxyNexusBuild
• Galaxy Tab 2 10.1: GalaxyTab2101Build
• Galaxy Tab 2 7.0: GalaxyTab270Build
• GTA04: GTA04Build

• 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

Galaxy S3¶

• Dedicated page: GalaxyS3
• List of the Galaxy S3 firmwares: GalaxyS3Firmwares
• Galaxy S3 Compass calibration: GalaxyS3CompassCalibration

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

Galaxy Note¶

• Dedicated page: GalaxyNote
• List of the Galaxy Note firmwares: GalaxyNoteFirmwares
• Galaxy Note Compass calibration: GalaxyNoteCompassCalibration

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

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

GTA04¶

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

Developing on Replicant¶

• Our developer guide: DeveloperGuide
• 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

List of tasks to improve Replicant: Tasks

Contact¶

• IRC: we meet on #replicant at irc.freenode.net.
• Mailing list: http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
• Forums: http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/boards
• If your inquiry can't be made public, you can contact us directly at: contact@replicant.us
  but preferably use the mailing list or the forums for general-purpose questions that might help others

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