Hi Denis, thank you for your insights, it will be very helpful. I copied this on the post I initially sent to share these informations (https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/3/topics/14859#). Please let me know if your prefer me to not cite you.
I added some remarks beside. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On August 10, 2018 2:48 PM, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:47:59 +0000 > Fil Lupin [email protected] wrote: > > So you could try to enable adb on the stock OS first, or try to make > use a Replicant 4.2 recovery. If none of that work you could try > another recovery or to make your own. > The most famous standalone recovery is called twrp and they seem to > have signatures and corresponding source code: > > - https://twrp.me/faq/pgpkeys.html > - https://github.com/TeamWin > However I didn't check if everything was fully free software or not. Good news, headers indicates this is GPLv3 libre software. :) > I think it would be easier if Replicant also had 'debug' recoveries for > such uses cases. +1 I saw there were some discussions back then (https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/3/topics/14338?r=14448) but we still do not have a solution to backup asap in the process of installing Replicant (ideal is before installation, but juste after recovery could be an acceptable worst-case). Since I am convinced by Replicant, I am pretty sure I want to install it and not going back stock android but visitors could have a different though. Regards, - Fil Lupin. _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
