[Replicant] Device support for Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE (I9305)

[Wolfgang Wiedmeyer]

Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli writes:

> On Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:35:05 +0200
> cedero at openmailbox.org wrote:
>
>> Hi,
> Hi, please use the mailing list for such requests.
>
>> I'm interesting in starting use Replicant OS but I'm unsure its
>> support for my phone Samsung Galaxy S 3 LTE (I9305) at the same time.
>> Your web page says Samsung Galaxy S 3 (I9300) is fully supported and
>> my phone is almost same expect its 4G LTE mobile broadband feature.
>> Please could you confirm me that whether my phone is 100 % compatible
>> with Replicant OS and safe use with it?
> Using the i9300 images on an i9305 won't work:
> - The i9305 requires a different kernel.
> - The i9305 has a different partition structure.
>
> However with some adaptation of the i9300 images it should be possible
> to boot Replicant[1].
>
> If you do that, since the modem is totally different, telephony and
> data won't work.

Could it be that the i9305 has a free GPS implementation? It uses the
implementation from the smdk4412-qcom-common repo[1].

Does it have modem isolation comparable to the i9300 or the i9100?

> I happen to have an i9305 and I want to add it to Replicant. However I
> don't have much time for that and it keeps being delayed becuase I
> often have more urgent things to do.

It seems to be a really interesting target.

Best regards,
Wolfgang

> References:
> [1]http://redmine.replicant.us/boards/27/topics/2175
>
> Denis.
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[1]  https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_smdk4412-qcom-common/tree/cm-14.1/gps

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