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New to replicant, questions about installing

Added by Cody Goodman over 10 years ago

Hi, I have an LG Motion 4G. I see that it is not supported? How much work would I have to do to support it, or is there a chance it may already work? What would I have to do to make it work (I'm a computer programmer, though not much android experience which I assume replicant is based off of?).

Thanks,

Cody


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RE: New to replicant, questions about installing - Added by Paul Kocialkowski over 10 years ago

Sorry, that phone is not supported currently. From what I can tell, porting to it will be difficult since there is no official CyanogenMod port already available. The best I could find is a 3rd party port: http://playfuldroidz.com/wiki/CyanogenMod_10_Motion with source code at: https://github.com/playfulgod/android_device_lge_l0/tree/cm-10.1 which has many downsides:
  • The kernel is prebuilt, so it might be signed, which is a no-go for Replicant
  • The phone uses a qualcomm platform, which is known to require a lot of blobs that are hard to replace
  • The CM port has a lot of blobs in it (and they are part of the repo, which is a problem)

The work to have Replicant on it seems huge!

Also I moved this to Suggestions for new devices. Be sure to read the TargetsEvaluation too.

RE: New to replicant, questions about installing - Added by Linus Drumbler over 10 years ago

Replicant support for this device is impossible, as its network type is CDMA.

RE: New to replicant, questions about installing - Added by Cody Goodman over 10 years ago

Thanks for the replies guys, I currently use MetroPCS and I'm afraid that I won't be able to get cyanogenmod or replicant working on any of their phones :/

I believe I could get a samsung galaxy s3 and that would work? From what I've researched, I could pick up an old nexus one and activate it with metropcs?

Thanks for your help.

RE: New to replicant, questions about installing - Added by Linus Drumbler over 10 years ago

You can see our list of supported devices and the features that work on them here: http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantStatus. The Galaxy S3 is indeed the best device we support right now, with fast graphics and a high-quality camera (you can thank Mr. Kocialkowski for his ingenious efforts to add camera support on this device). If you want a mid-range device with easy installation, I recommend the Nexus S, which has a reasonable camera and an easy installation process.

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