Hi all. I took some time to build replicant 6 for i9300 from scratch on a fresh Debian 8 virtual machine, following the instructions on the forum page https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/21/topics/12057 and the wiki. Below are some observations.
*) In general it appears usable as a day-to-day phone with SMS/MMS, Phone, Web browser, fdroid, apps, etc. I'm switching from my old Replicant 4 setup to this today. Compared to regular Android/CM, graphics is slow, but it feels snappier than replicant 4. ZXing does not work, and the small app screenshots in the task switcher does not work -- these are known graphical issues. Previews in the Gallery now works, compared to Replicant 4. VLC video playback does not work (crashes replicant, see below), and this worked in replicant 4 so this is the only regression I've noticed. *) I put my build files https://josefsson.org/replicant6/ -- I did not get the sign-build script to do anything useful for me, so the ROM use test-keys and are signed with my PGP key. *) I got front-camera, bluetooth and wifi to work using non-free firmware from cm-10.1.3. NFC works fine out of the box. I haven't worked on getting GPS to work. See non-free firmware notes at https://gitlab.com/snippets/25705 *) Upgrading fdroid fails because it is signed using a different key? I put the latest fdroid on there so right now this is not a problem for me. *) I've seen hard reboot crashes when doing: * Recording video in camera app * Attempting playback of video through VLC *) I've seen soft crashes: * Trebuchet crashes when managing icons in a sub-folder on the homescreen *) Wiki suggestions (anyone wants to grant me write access?) http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/GalaxyS3I9300Build s/ReplicantSources#DownloadingUpdating-the-source-from-the-repos/ReplicantSourceCode#DownloadingUpdating-the-source-code/ s/ReplicantSources/ReplicantSourceCode/ http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/BuildDependenciesInstallation http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/BuildDependenciesInstallation Mention that you need to run on debian-like systems: dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update before installing packages -- for zlib1g-dev:i386 http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/BuildDependenciesInstallation Drop redundant 'curl' from Debian 8 packages. *) Ironically, the same day I did this, my nexus 5x received Android 7. Still, yay for replicant 6! Cheers, /Simon
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