Buying phone for Replicant

[Paul Kocialkowski]

Le vendredi 07 décembre 2012 à 12:33 -0800, petercstevenson at telus.net a
écrit :
> I am planning on getting a used phone on which I will install Replicant.
> I am looking at a Galaxy S or a Nexus S, so that I will have camera
> functionality. I have a few questions:
> 
> 1. My understanding is that some phones won't work with Replicant, i.e.
> CDMA phones, but that if a phone has a SIM card that it should be OK.
> Correct?

Right, the CDMA versions of these phones are not supported by Replicant.
GSM versions (generally speaking, phones with a SIM card slot) should
work fine. Replicant is known to work on the following Nexus S versions:
I9023, I9020, I9020A and the international I9000 Galaxy S version. Take
care about Galaxy S: there are several derivatives with "Galaxy S" in
their name, but only I9000 will work.

> 2. Will I then only be able to use my phone with carriers that use the
> GSM network?

Sure thing. Many of us are using Replicant daily as a phone. I can't
tell you that it's perfectly stable and has no flaws, but it honestly is
usable and we are working to eliminate the remaining issues.

> 3. There seem to be lots of variations on these phones. For example,
> there are Galaxy S Vibrant or Galaxy S Fascinate phones. Do I need to
> make sure that I get an "International" i9000 version, or should any
> Galaxy S phone work?

Definitely make sure it's the international I9000 GSM version.

You can also learn more about Replicant status on the supported devices
at: http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantStatus

-- 
Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer

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