Galaxy Note II 4G (GT-N7105)¶

• Table of contents
• Galaxy Note II 4G (GT-N7105)
  • Replicant status
    • Replicant 6.0
    • For Replicant 9
  • Replicant installation
  • Replicant usage
  • Replicant build
  • Replicant development
  • Research
    • Hardware table
    • Software Configuration
      • Partitions
  • Freedom and privacy/security issues

	Device	Galaxy Note II 4G (GT-N7105)
	Manufacturer	Samsung
	Release date	None as this model is not supported yet
	Codename	n7105
	Status	The GT-N7105 is not supported yet
	Supported models
	Latest images

Replicant status¶

While that device is Very similar to the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100), some peripherals are wired differently on the two boards, and the two boards have different cellular modems.

Replicant 6.0¶

To get partially supported by Replicant 6.0 we can either:

• validate that the device boots with the GT-N7100 images. The downside is that the images would have support for libsamsung-ipc that could probably be disabled after boot, but it would make the installation instructions more complicated than they should be.
• Building images for it without libsamsung-ipc. That would be better. Ideally we could also look if the ofono ril has some support for its modem and the one for the Galaxy SIII 4G (I9305).

For Replicant 9¶

As it uses the same dts as the GT-N7100, it might just be possible to make an image without modem support for it, however the GT-N7100 also need to be added in Replicant 9, which requires to port (and upstream!) some display drivers.

Replicant installation¶

• TODO: Verify if we can install Replicant it

Replicant usage¶

• TODO: Verify if we also have the same compass calibration than with the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100) (GalaxyNote2N7100CompassCalibration)

Replicant build¶

TODO

Replicant development¶

• See the the UART page for the information on how to get a very early boot console.

Research¶

Hardware table¶

Component	Name	Source	Status
SoC	Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad	wikipedia	Linux kernel support

TODO: complete this hardware table

Software Configuration¶

Component	Name	data	Status
Bootloader interface	?	?	supported by heimdall

• GalaxyNote2N7105Pit: Galaxy Note II (GT-N7105) PIT (a partition table)
• system fstab: TODO
• recovery fstab: TODO

Partitions¶

TODO

Freedom and privacy/security issues¶

Freedom issues on the Galaxy Note II 4G (N7105):

• Proprietary hardware
• Proprietary firmwares, some of which have to be loaded by the system: GalaxyNote2N7105LoadedFirmwares
• Proprietary modem system
• Proprietary bootrom
• Proprietary and signed bootloader: GalaxyNote2N7105Bootloader

Privacy/security issues on the Galaxy Note II 4G (N7105): GalaxyNote2N7105PrivacySecurityIssues