Whoops, sorry clicked the wrong email ... Barebones Version?

Igor Almeida igor.contato at gmail.com
Fri May 18 13:29:33 UTC 2012


On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Josh Branning <lovell.joshyyy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 17/05/12 20:36, Igor Almeida wrote:
>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Josh Branning
> <lovell.joshyyy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 17/05/12 19:35, Igor Almeida wrote:
>>>> If you don't want to try installing replicant-2.3 on your device
>>>> first, I'd suggest take a look at xda-dev forum for people mentioning
>>>> modifications to their YP-G50...
>>>>
>>>> But if they ARE really similar, then I don't think there should be too
>>>> many changes if you wanted to build/install it yourself.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:08 AM, Josh Branning
>>>> <lovell.joshyyy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a Galaxy Player YP-G50, currently running rooted android. I
> would
>>>>> like to install custom firmware on it ... I know the Galaxy Player is
>>>>> similar in specification to the Galaxy S but that's as far as my
>>>>> knowledge goes on this one.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you think it's feasible that I could build/run Replicant on my
>>>>> device? If so, where should I start.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Josh.
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi Igor,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>>
>> Oops, sorry for the top-post.
>>
>>> I think I might want to try and install it first. Although I am new to
>>> this kind of thing.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to create a backup of the device using heimdall or some
>>> other program, before installing replicant-2.3, in case something goes
>>> wrong?
>>>
>> People have mentioned nandroid backups and similar strategies, but
>> I've never tried going back to stock firmwares after my first flash.
>> I did have a problem with mixing different recovery versions (it seems
>> they come with the kernel) with android versions, so that at one point
>> I had a soft-brick - to fix this I had Heimdall upload a
>> known-to-be-working 'stock-with-root' kernel from xda-dev forum.
>>
>>> I am keen to test it out, but I don't really want to end up bricked. :)
>>>
>>
>> Since all my fiddling with Galaxy S has never touched the [primary?
>> maybe even secondary?] bootloader, I could always re-enter download
>> mode, re-flash the kernel and use the recovery mode to 'install .zip
>> from sdcard'. Your use-case will probably be the same. If all goes
>> south, remember the Guide's DON'T PANIC message :)
>>
>>> Josh.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thanks again.
>
> One last question, is there a bare-bones version on Replicant? I ask
> because all I really want is FDroid, and the ability to run chrooted Debian.
>
> Driver wise, all that requires is touchscreen.
>
> After I chroot into Debian, I can install additional drivers, and
> programs from there.
>

To my knowledge there is no such thing in the tree, you would have to
edit a few .mk files to get there. Maybe you want to play with
TINY_ANDROID in build/core/main.mk

> Josh.
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