[Replicant] GTA04 boards and complete devices ready for ordering

Lukas Maerdian lukas at goldelico.com
Tue Dec 1 17:09:34 UTC 2015


Am 28.11.2015 um 19:36 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller:
> Hi Nico,
> 
> Am 27.11.2015 um 20:25 schrieb Nico CARTRON <nicolas at ncartron.org>:
> 
>> Hi Nikolaus,
>>
>>> On 27 Nov 2015, at 11:56, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> finally (after 2 years work/wait) we will produce the last batch of GTA04A5 boards.
>>> There will be also ~40 complete devices (with display, case, battery etc.).
>>>
>>> Replicant 4.2 is also available. And Lukas is working to patch/upgrade to a 4.3 kernel
>>> (needs backporting some Android features) so that we have the most modern basis that
>>> we can get to run Replicant on top.
>>>
>>> For details see:
>>>
>>> <http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/gta04-owner/2015-November/006878.html>
>>>
>>> Note that it will be the last batch we can produce since we can't get some components
>>> any more.
>>
>> Thanks for the heads up on the Replicant mailing list, appreciated. 
>> One question I had regards the HW compatibility of the GTA04 board with Replicant, especially the GPS and Wifi chipsets: is that working at all, or is that the same as e.g. the Galaxy SII I have, i.e. not supported?
> 
> GPS is working. WiFi as well, but only after installing the non-free firmware. So it is not working for Replicant.
> Maybe Lukas can add some comments.

GPS is working just fine.
WiFi needs a non-free firmware, which is included in the Goldelico/Letux
Replicant variant (to be usable out of the box), but not included in the
upstream Replicant.

Best,
  Lukas

>> I'd like to know before considering being one :)
>>
>> And again, thanks for that and also waiting some news re Neo900 =)
> 
> Me too :)
> 
> BR,
> Nikolaus
> 
> 
> 



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