Hi, I am very interested in replicant and considering to buy a Samsung tablet (or any ported device) to be able to do experiments.
In the meantime, I am researching on a subject. I want to be able to boot from an external storage, e.g. microsd or otg-connected-usb. Since now, I experimented with Nook Color/Tablet and cheap Chinese A13 devices, which have such functionality. However no widespread devices, like samsung etc.. After examining Replicant wiki/documentation/maillist I have a positive feeling on this. In summary, I fantasize the following setup: 1. We have a widespread piece of hardware. 2. We prepare a Replicant microsd card for that specific hardware. 3. We, somehow, modify the device's internal memory, so that we can choose to boot either the original/almost intact vendor-provided android from internal memory, or free and customized Replicant from microsd. 4. Switching method is flexible, however a wise solution would not require any ADB or another-flashing-microsd setup. I know this is a fantasy but it allows to dual-boot without much modifying the original firmwares. Depending on the 3rd step, it could easily pawe the road for not-so-experienced-users who want to have an almost-free tablet without risking much. Even more, it allows multiple setups for a single device, which some of them wait in the pocket in spare microsds, while some running in the device. Sorry for a long e-mail. I've been researching on this for a long time (long before hearing Replicant) but today I consider Replicant as the only candidate for such a solution. Thank you.
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