Replicant

h1. Nexus S (I902x) Installation

*Warning: installing an operating system, such as Replicant, may void your device's warranty and will erase the data stored on the device.*

h2. Prerequisites

In order to install Replicant on your device, it is assumed that you have a computer running a GNU/Linux operating system and everything necessary to connect your device to the computer through USB available. Moreover, it is assumed that anyone performing the installation knows how to use command lines in a terminal and has basic knowledge about it.

h2. Downloading the files

The first step in the installation process is to download and set up the files that will be used to install Replicant to the device. The files must be downloaded on your computer first.

1. Find out what the latest image is: check out the @Last image@ part of the general table on [[NexusSI902x]]

2. Download *all* the files listed for the device (including the checksum and the signatures) on [[ReplicantImages]] for the latest image

2. Make sure you have added the [[ReplicantReleaseKey|Replicant release key]] to your GPG keyring

3. Check the signature of the files:

<pre>

gpg --armor --verify path/to/replicant-4.2-crespo.sig path/to/replicant-4.2-crespo.zip

gpg --armor --verify path/to/recovery.img.sig path/to/recovery.img

</pre>

4. Make sure the check succeeds, *do not install anything if it doesn't*!

5. Check the checksum of the files:

<pre>

md5sum -c crespo.md5

</pre>

6. Make sure the check succeeds, *do not install anything if it doesn't*!

h2. Installing fastboot

The @fastboot@ program is required to flash the recovery image to the device. @fastboot@ can be installed from the repositories of your GNU/Linux distribution (if available) or from our released tools.

h3. From GNU/Linux distributions repositories

h4. Debian

<pre>

apt-get install android-tools-fastboot

</pre>

h3. From our released tools

1. Download the @fastboot@ tool, the @fasboot.sig@ signature and the checksum

2. Make sure you have added the [[ReplicantReleaseKey|Replicant release key]] to your GPG keyring

3. Check the signature of the @fastboot@ tool:

<pre>

gpg --armor --verify path/to/fastboot.sig path/to/fastboot

</pre>

4. Make sure the check succeeds, *do not run the binary if it doesn't*!

5. Check the checksum of the @fastboot@ tool:

<pre>

md5sum -c tools.md5

</pre>

6. Make sure the check succeeds for @fastboot@, *do not run the binary if it doesn't*!

As @fastboot@ is built as a 32 bit binary, you will need to install compatibility libraries for 32 bits executables if your computer is running on a 64 bit architecture.

7. Make sure @fastboot@ can be executed:

<pre>

chmod a+x fastboot

</pre>

h2. Preparing the device

The next step in the installation process is to prepare the device for @fastboot@ mode.

1. Make sure the device is completely turned off and the USB cable is disconnected from the device

2. Start the device by holding the following key combination: *Volume up, Power*

3. Hold the key combination until the device shows *Fastboot mode*

4. Connect the USB cable to both the computer and the device

h3. Unlocking the bootloader

If this is the first time you are flashing an operating system to your device, you'll have to unlock it first. If this is not the case, you can skip that part.

*Beware: all data stored on the internal storage will be lost during that operation.*

1. Unlock the bootloader:

<pre>

fastboot oem unlock

</pre>

2. Confirm that you want to unlock the device (using the volume keys to navigate and the power key to select)

h2. Installing the images

Now that both the computer and the device are set up, it is time to actually install the images to the device.

1. Open a terminal in the folder containing @fastboot@ and run:

<pre>

sudo ./fastboot flash boot path/to/boot.img

sudo ./fastboot flash recovery path/to/recovery.img

sudo ./fastboot flash system path/to/system.img

sudo ./fastboot flash userdata path/to/userdata.img

sudo ./fastboot erase cache

</pre>

*Your device should now be running Replicant!*