Galaxy Nexus¶

• Table of contents
• Galaxy Nexus
  • Replicant status
  • Installation guide
  • Build guide
  • Technical infos
    • Hardware table

	Device	Galaxy Nexus
	Manufacturer	Google/Samsung
	Codename	maguro
	Ships with root	No
	Root possible	Yes, bootloader is easy to unlock
	SIM Unlocked	Possible
	In production	Yes
	Replicant status	Supported, GSM flavour (I9250)
	Developers involved	GNUtoo
	Replicant version	Replicant 4.0
	Last image	Replicant 4.0 0003

Replicant status¶

Replicant status on the Galaxy Nexus: ReplicantStatus

Known freedom issues:

• Proprietary and likely signed bootloader
• Modem, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC firmwares are non-free
• Camera requires a non-free loaded firmware

Installation guide¶

Installation guide for the Galaxy Nexus: FastbootInstallation

Build guide¶

Build guide for the Galaxy Nexus: GalaxyNexusBuild

Technical infos¶

• List of the Galaxy Nexus firmwares: GalaxyNexusFirmwares
• Serial console for the Galaxy Nexus: GalaxyNexusSerialConsole

• Status of the Samsung-RIL modem implementation: Samsung-RIL
• Status of the GSD4t GPS chip implementation: GSD4t
• Status of the work on the Galaxy Nexus Camera: omap4-tiler-Camera

Hardware table¶

Component	Name	Source	Protocol/implementation
SoC	TI OMAP 4460	Linux kernel	Linux kernel
GPU	PowerVR SGX540	http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Maguro_Info	Linux kernel and secret userspace
Audio Codec	TWL6040	Linux kernel	Linux kernel ALSA driver
Modem	XMM 6260	Linux kernel	Secret protocol: Samsung-IPC, implemented in libsamsung-ipc and samsung-ril
WiFi	BCM4330	Linux kernel	implemented in WiFi driver
Bluetooth	BCM4330	Linux kernel	implemented in Bluetooth driver
NFC	PN544	Android userspace	Linux kernel
GPS	GSD4t	Android userspace	SiRF derivative
Accelerometer	BMA250	Linux kernel	Linux kernel, Invensense HAL
Compass	YAS530	Kernel sources	Linux kernel, Invensense HAL