[Replicant] Firmware

[Paul van der Vlis]

Op 13-09-15 om 14:12 schreef Paul Kocialkowski:
> Hi,
> 
> Le dimanche 06 septembre 2015 à 01:56 +0200, Paul van der Vlis a écrit :
>> I found a howto to get firmware on the device [1] but I did not like it.
>> It did not give me enough control. I really don't want the firmware for
>> NFC, and I do not need bluetooth. I found a more manual way.
> 
> Well, you could always modify the list of firmwares to push (the text
> files coming along with the script).

Nice too know. Maybe can tell that in the howto.

> The script is very minimalistic, it
> doesn't aim at providing an user interface for selecting which firmwares
> to choose, it's up to you to modify the list of what yo push for your
> device.

I found the script not really easy to understand. And I did not want
NFC. That was a reason for me not to use the script.

> In addition, note that the Replicant wiki has details about what each
> firmware is for. Also, using non-free firmwares is not encouraged nor
> recommended[0] by Replicant, so asking for support on this topic ishere 

Not sure what you are telling. I can understand you will not encourange
or recommend people to use non-free firmware. I don't like that too,
that's the reason I user Replicant.

But sometimes features are important. In my case I don't have UMTS, 3G
or GRPS inside my appartement, I had to go outside to install an app and
that's annoying. That's the reason I wanted the wifi firmware.

What I don't know if it's "not done" to ask questions about non-free
issues in this mailing list. For me it's important to "talk about
everything".

E.g.: I have a friend who wants to use a non-free application. It gives
information about delays in the public transport here in the Netherlands
and it's important for her. The application does not give an helpfull
error while installing, but says "not installed" at the end of the
proces. I've heard some applications need an API what's distributed with
the Google apps. Will that be the problem? How to be sure?

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.

> [0]: https://www.replicant.us/about.php#shipping-proprietary-components







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