Replicant Wiki¶

Introduction¶

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

You can request wiki editor privileges if you wish to edit pages, but please bear in mind that we are a free software project and follow the Wiki guidelines

Unless specified otherwise, the informations shown on this wiki are relevant only to the latest Replicant version. Do not assume backwards compatibility of the instructions with old versions of Replicant.

Replicant Status¶

HTC Dream/HTC Magic: Replicant 2.2
Nexus One: Replicant 2.3
Nexus S (I902x): Replicant 4.2
Galaxy S (I9000): Replicant 4.2
Galaxy S2 (I9100): Replicant 4.2
Galaxy Note (N7000): Replicant 4.2
Galaxy Note (N7000): Replicant 4.2
Galaxy Nexus (I9250): Replicant 4.2
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (P31xx): Replicant 4.2
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (P51xx): Replicant 4.2
Galaxy S3 (I9300): Replicant 4.2
Galaxy Note 2 (N7100): Replicant 4.2
GTA04: Replicant 2.3

Other possible targets for Replicant evaluation: 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: ReplicantSources

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¶

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

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