Galaxy S Proprietary¶

This is the list of the proprietary libraries, binaries and firmwares shipped with cyanogenmod or the factory images on the Galaxy S and the status of their replacement.

Note on shipping non-free programs¶

Note that we don't ship any proprietary binary, library or firmware.
First because our goal is to reach a 100% free Android distribution and also because sometimes, these are not even distributables.

Libraries¶

Library location	Function	Can be replaced or avoided?
/system/vendor/lib/hw/gps.aries.so	GPS library (sends NMEA output to framework)	Easy to rewrite, doesn't deal with hardware at all
/system/lib/libril.so	RIL Lib	Default libril works fine with replacement
/system/lib/libsecril-client.so	RIL client (used by libaudio)	Replaced by samsung-ril-client
/system/lib/libsec-ril.so	RIL	Replaced by samsung-ril
/system/lib/libsamsungcamera.so	dlopened camera lib	Camera is v4l2 and there is a free replacement for ics available
/system/lib/egl/libGLES_android.so	graphics	PowerVR-related
/system/vendor/lib/egl/libEGL_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so	graphics	PowerVR-related
/system/vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so	graphics	PowerVR-related
/system/vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv2_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so	graphics	PowerVR-related
/system/vendor/lib/hw/gralloc.aries.so	graphics	PowerVR-related
/system/vendor/lib/libakm.so	compass lib	there is libakm_free but it doesn't support this compass
/system/vendor/lib/libglslcompiler.so	?	can be avoided
/system/vendor/lib/libIMGegl.so	graphics	PowerVR-related
/system/vendor/lib/libpvr2d.so	graphics	PowerVR-related
/system/vendor/lib/libpvrANDROID_WSEGL.so	graphics	PowerVR-related
/system/vendor/lib/libPVRScopeServices.so	graphics	PowerVR-related
/system/vendor/lib/libsrv_init.so	?	can be avoided
/system/vendor/lib/libsrv_um.so	?	can be avoided
/system/vendor/lib/libusc.so	?	can be avoided
/system/vendor/lib/libsensor_yamaha_test.so	sensors	can be avoided
/system/vendor/lib/libsensorservice.so	sensors	can be avoided
/system/lib/libActionShot.so	camera-related	?
/system/lib/libarccamera.so	camera-related	?
/system/lib/libcamera_client.so	camera-related	?
/system/lib/libcamerafirmwarejni.so	camera-related	?
/system/lib/libcameraservice.so	camera-related	?
/system/lib/libCaMotion.so	camera-related	?
/system/lib/libcaps.so	?	?
/system/lib/libPanoraMax1.so	?	?
/system/lib/libPlusMe.so	?	?
/system/lib/libs3cjpeg.so	jpeg-related	should be free software
/system/lib/libseccamera.so	camera-related	?
/system/lib/libseccameraadaptor.so	camera-related	?
/system/lib/libsecjpegencoder.so	jpeg-related	?
/system/lib/libtvout.so	graphics (tv out)	?
/system/lib/lib_tvoutengine.so	graphics (tv out)	?
/system/lib/libtvoutfimc.so	graphics (tv out)	?
/system/lib/libtvouthdmi.so	graphics (tv out)	?
/system/lib/libtvoutservice.so	graphics (tv out)	?
/system/lib/libQmageDecoder.so	decoder ?	?

Binaries¶

Binary location	Function	Can be replaced or avoided?
/system/vendor/bin/gpsd	non-free gpsd	needs to eb replaced to have working gps
/system/bin/rild	ril daemon	it's there to run the RIL as root, was replaced easily
/radio/modem.bin	modem binary	we don't want to deal with it
/system/vendor/bin/pvrsrvinit	graphics	can be avoided with our gralloc
/system/vendor/bin/orientationd	sensors	must be replaced by libakm_free
/system/vendor/bin/geomagneticd	must be replaced by libakm_free
/system/bin/tvoutserver	graphics	?
/system/bin/charging_mode	?	?
/system/bin/playlpm	play nice images when charging the phone	was replaced

Configuration files¶

File location	Function	What depends on it?
/system/etc/gps.conf	gps conf	non-free gps module?
/system/vendor/etc/gps.xml	gps conf	non-free gpsd
/system/cameradata/datapattern_420sp.yuv	camera-related	non-free camera lib
/system/cameradata/datapattern_front_420sp.yuv	camera-related	non-free camera lib
/system/media/battery_charging_10.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_100.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_15.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_20.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_25.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_30.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_35.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_40.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_45.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_5.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_50.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_55.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_60.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_65.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_70.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_75.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_80.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_85.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_90.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/battery_charging_95.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/chargingwarning.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)
/system/media/Disconnected.qmg	charging mode screen	charging mode (but was replaced)

Firmwares¶

Firmware location	Function	What depends on it?
/system/vendor/firmware/bcm4329.hcd	wifi/bt firmware	wifi/bt chip
/system/vendor/firmware/nvram_net.txt	wifi/bt firmware	wifi/bt chip
/system/vendor/firmware/cypress-touchkey.bin	?	?
/system/vendor/firmware/samsung_mfc_fw.bin	MFC	hardware video decoding
/system/vendor/firmware/CE147F02.bin	?	?
/system/firmware/CE147F00.bin	?	?
/system/firmware/CE147F01.bin	?	?
/system/firmware/CE147F02.bin	?	?
/system/firmware/CE147F03.bin	?	?

References¶

• http://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_galaxysmtd/raw/gingerbread-release/extract-files.sh