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Samsung galaxy tab 4, 7-inch?

Added by Ralph Feinnes over 8 years ago

Hi all,

The 7-inch Samsung galaxy tab 4 is on sale at Staples for $180.
Does anyone know whether it is good enough for Replicant?

It has a Marvell PXA1088. The graphics is Vivante.

It is a tablet that supports GSM and LTE and has a uSIM slot, so perhaps it can make calls.

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-4-7.0_id8407
http://www.marvell.com/communication-processors/pxa1088/assets/Marvell_PXA1088-02_product_brief.pdf

Thanks.


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RE: Samsung galaxy tab 4, 7-inch? - Added by Paul Kocialkowski over 8 years ago

I wasn't aware of this platform, thanks for bringing it up! The fact that the modem is integrated in the SoC is a fatal flaw for privacy/security. However, the Vivante GPU could be supported by free software sooner or later.

Do you have details regarding the bootloader this device is using and whether it is signed with keys that cannot be replaced and that the bootrom enforces that signature check?

It doesn't look like something I would work on soon, but it'd be good to keep an eye on that platform!

RE: Samsung galaxy tab 4, 7-inch? - Added by Ralph Feinnes over 8 years ago

I don't have one, nor more info. The link suggested the cellular functionality was to be used with Sprint though.

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