Replicant

h1. Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100)

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|/9. !galaxynote2.png! | *Device* | Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100) |

| *Manufacturer* | Samsung |

| *Release date* | September 2012 |

| *Codename* | @n7100@ |

| *Status* | Maintained |

| *Variants* | GSM: GT-N7100 |

| *Latest images* | [[ReplicantImages#Replicant-60-0003-images|Replicant 6.0 0003]] |

h2. Replicant status

Replicant status for the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100): [[ReplicantStatus#Replicant-60|ReplicantStatus Replicant 6.0]]

h2. Replicant installation

To install Replicant on the the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100), see the [[RecoveryInstallationWithHeimdall]] and [[MinorVersionUpgrade]] wiki pages.

h2. Replicant usage

* Galaxy Note 2 (N7100) compass calibration: [[GalaxyNote2N7100CompassCalibration]]

h2. Replicant build

Replicant build for the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100): [[GalaxyNote2N7100Build]]

h2. Replicant development

* Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100) UART: [[GalaxyNote2N7100UART]]

h2. Research

h3. Hardware table

|_. Component |_. Name |_. Source |_. Status |

| SoC | Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad | "wikipedia":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_II |  Linux kernel support |

TODO: complete this hardware table

h3. Software Configuration

|_. Component |_. Name |_. data |_. Status |

| Bootloader interface | ? | ? | supported by heimdall |

* [[GalaxyNote2N7100Pit]]: Galaxy Note 2 (N7100) PIT (a partition table)

* system fstab: "fstab.smdk4x12":https://git.replicant.us/replicant/device_samsung_n7100/tree/rootdir/fstab.smdk4x12

* recovery fstab: "recovery.fstab":https://git.replicant.us/replicant/device_samsung_n7100/tree/recovery.fstab

h4. Partitions

WARNING some content may not be the same on your device

|_. PIT      |_. Linux name    |_. block device     |_. mount point   |_. partition type      |_. Description                                             |_. size or size@location for 16G eMMC |

| BOOTLOADER |/2\3. mmcblk0boot0, not visible on Replicant 6.0        |                       | The bootloader                                            | 867.0KiB@0                           |

| TZSW                                                                |                       | The signed TrustZone OS                                   | 156.0KiB@867.0KiB                    |

| Not visible 

  in the PIT |\3. mmcblk0boot1, not visible on Replicant 6.0          | empty                 | Unused?                                                   |                                      |

| PIT        | No partition on

               Replicant 6.0   | on mmcblk0 (use

                                 print-pit to 

                                 find the location) | None            |                       | The PIT partition table                                   | 8.0KiB@17.0KiB                       |

| MD5HDR     | No partition on

               Replicant 6.0   | on mmcblk0 (use

                                 print-pit to

                                 find the location) | None            |                       | Used during boot to validate partitions?                  | 1.0MiB@25.0KiB                       |

|\2. BOTA0                     | mmcblk0p1          |/2. None         |/2. empty[2]           |/2. ?                                                      | 4.0MiB@4.0MiB[1]                     |

|\2. BOTA1                     | mmcblk0p2                                                                                                                | 4.0MiB@8.0MiB[1]                     |

|\2. EFS                       | mmcblk0p3          | /efs            | ext4                  |  modem data partition ([[GT-N7100EFSContent|content]])    | 20.0MiB@12.0MiB                      |

|\2. m9kefs1                   | mmcblk0p4          |/3. None         |/3. empty[2]           |/3. ?                                                      | 4.0MiB@32.0MiB                       |

|\2. m9kefs2                   | mmcblk0p5                                                                                                                | 4.0MiB@36.0MiB                       |

|\2. m9kefs3                   | mmcblk0p6                                                                                                                | 4.0MiB@40.0MiB                       |

|\2. PARAM                     | mmcblk0p7          | None            |                       | Bootloader settings? [3]                                  | 8.0MiB@44.0MiB                       |

|\2. BOOT                      | mmcblk0p8          | None            | bootimage (mkbootimg) | boot.img partition                                        | 8.0MiB@52.0MiB                       |

|\2. RECOVERY                  | mmcblk0p9          | None            | bootimage (mkbootimg) | recovery partition                                        | 8.0MiB@60.0MiB                       |

|\2. RADIO                     | mmcblk0p10         | None            |                       | modem OS partition                                        | 88.0MiB@68.0MiB                      |

|\2. TOMBSTONES                | mmcblk0p11         | None            |                       | Probably used to save crashes                             | 4.0MiB@156.0MiB                      |

|\2. CACHE                     | mmcblk0p12         | /cache          | ext4                  | cache partition                                           | 1368.0MiB@160.0MiB                   |

|\2. SYSTEM                    | mmcblk0p13         | /system         | ext4                  | system partition                                          | 2.0GiB@1528.0MiB                     |

|\2. HIDDEN                    | mmcblk0p14         | /preload        | ext4                  | [[GTN7100preloadPartition|S Note, video and audio files]] | 560.0MiB@3576.0MiB                   |

|\2. OTA                       | mmcblk0p15         | None            | empty[2]              | probably only used during OTA updates?                    | 8.0MiB@4136.0MiB                     |

|\2. USERDATA                  | mmcblk0p16         | /data           | ext4                  | data partition                                            | 0@4144.0MiB                          |

fn1. Foi the MiB see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebibyte

fn2. hexdump -C only gives zeros

fn3. It's probably the same content than with the GT-I9300 (bootloader settings, etc). See [[GalaxySIIIGTI9300]] for more information.

h2. Freedom and privacy/security issues

Freedom issues on the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100):

* Proprietary hardware

* Proprietary firmwares, some of which have to be loaded by the system:  [[GalaxyNote2N7100LoadedFirmwares]]

* Proprietary modem system

* Proprietary bootrom

* Proprietary and signed bootloader: [[GalaxyNote2N7100Bootloader]]

Privacy/security issues on the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100): [[GalaxyNote2N7100PrivacySecurityIssues]]

h2. Links

* https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Galaxy_Note_II_(samsung-n7100)