[Replicant] (Hardware) donations for adding more supported devices to Replicant 6.0

[Kurtis Hanna]

Shoot, I misspoke. Wolfgang already has an i9100 and I don't think he
needs another one. So Tiberiu, I should have only asked whether or not
you could send him the S3 that you had previously offered.

Kurtis Hanna:
> Replicant Community,
> 
> Wolfgang is still in need of tons of devices! Do you have any devices
> that you are able and willing to donate? He told me on IRC that the only
> device he doesn't need is the i9305. He also mentioned that he has a
> Note 2 on the way, but he might have to pay a customs fee since it was
> shipped from the US. Is there any way that this fee, if he gets charged,
> can be paid with Replicant money?
> 
> It is my understanding that shipments he receives from Europe would not
> be subject to a customs fee, so if you are in Europe, please consider
> donating a device!
> 
> If you don't have any devices, but want to support the project, please
> consider purchasing a device and having it shipped to him.
> 
> Wolfgang is also looking to obtain a Nexus 10.
> 
> Tiberiu: Are you still able to send the S2 and S3 that you offered in
> the email below?
> 
> Paul: Are you still able to ship the tablets that were supported in 4.2
> and any other relevant devices?
> 
> Wolfgang: Please let us know if I misspoke on anything above and whether
> there are other devices on your wishlist. We are here to help. Thanks
> for the work you're doing.
> 
> In Solidarity,
> Kurtis
> 
> Tiberiu:
>> Hi Wolfgang,
>>
>> On 31.01.2017 01:14, Wolfgang Wiedmeyer wrote:
>>> recently, support for the Galaxy S2 was added to Replicant 6.0[1]. This
>>> was possible because two community members, Grim Kriegor and dllud, sent
>>> me a Galaxy S2.
>>
>> That's excellent news! Thank you for the effort and time you have put in
>> the development of Replicant 6.0 and its ports to S3 and S2.
>>
>> We at Tehnoetic had no idea that you lack the hardware to continue the
>> porting work. If you need a second S2 or S3, please let us know because
>> we have spare phones that don't look so great esthetically so we can't
>> ship them to customers, but otherwise they are completely functional.
>>
>>> The Note 2 (N7100) is another device that shouldn't be too much work,
>>> although it lacked some activity in CyanogenMod in recent months and had
>>> no official nightlies since CyanogenMod 11.
>>> It should also be possible to port Replicant 6.0 to one of the
>>> previously supported tablets, either the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 or Galaxy Tab
>>> 2 10.1. I'm not sure which one is more popular among Replicant users and
>>> it's harder to estimate how much work it will be compared to the Note
>>> 2. In the worst case, the kernel will have less security patches
>>> compared to the S2, S3 and Note 2.
>>>
>>> Hence why I want to ask if anyone is willing to donate a Note 2 or one of the
>>> tablet variants so I can port Replicant 6.0 to it. 
>>
>> I know that the Replicant project has those devices, and if Paul is not
>> working on them, it shouldn't be a problem to send them over to another
>> Replicant developer.
>>
>> In any case, we'd be happy to buy and donate directly to you one unit of
>> each of the devices you mentioned you'd like to port Replicant 6.0 to:
>> Note 2, Tab 2 7.0 and Tab 2 10.1. If you are attending FOSDEM this
>> weekend, we can make a personal delivery :-)
>>
>> Happy hacking,
>> Tiberiu
>>
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