From 83d796eeb1c8db91b8a11f36eb00f91bce8173e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 12:38:39 +0200 Subject: Move blog posts to the posts/ directory. We also have two other pages that are not generated from the blog posts (reply.html and search.html). It would be nice to be able to move them to markdown as well, but if we do that it is necessary to differenciate between markdown files used to generate blog posts, and the ones used to generate these pages. In addition if the blog posts directory is named markdown, and that we have other markdown files as well, it become confusing for contributors. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli --- posts/2012_03_galaxy-s-support-upcoming.md | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/2012_03_galaxy-s-support-upcoming.md (limited to 'posts/2012_03_galaxy-s-support-upcoming.md') diff --git a/posts/2012_03_galaxy-s-support-upcoming.md b/posts/2012_03_galaxy-s-support-upcoming.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..32d4976 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2012_03_galaxy-s-support-upcoming.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +date: 2012-03-24T13:42:29+00:00 +title: Galaxy S support is upcoming +authors: Paul Kocialkowski +tags: Replicant news, Paul Kocialkowski +licenses: CC-BY-3.0 OR CC-BY-4.0 +--- +[![][1]][2]Back when we were just getting started with Nexus S, a lot of +people asked us to add support for Galaxy S, which is a very popular Samsung +device running Android. It was quite hard to handle porting multiple devices +at the same time. Though, now, a lot of work for Nexus S is over: we fixed +graphics to make it usable, we wrote software to support the accelerometer +chip, fixed camera (there is still work to do there) and, improved the very +first fully free and usable implementation of the Samsung IPC modem protocol +in order to successfully place calls, send text messages and connect to data +via 3G (among other things we implemented). That was a lot of work and by now, +many of us are using Nexus S as a stable daily-phone. + +So, what's the good news for Galaxy S owners? Well, most of the work we've +done for Nexus S works as well on Galaxy S! Of course, there are still low- +level adjustments to make to have it working as well, but it's doable. A few +weeks ago, I bought a Galaxy S device and slowly started the work. I was able +to get the following features to work: **graphics** (as good as Nexus S), + +**sound** , **calls** , **SMS** , **FM radio** and **accelerometers**. The +main problem I faced is installation: flashing the images via heimdall doesn't +work but it goes fine with CWM recovery, with all the correct image formats. + +I think we will be able to release a new set of images for Nexus S, Galaxy S +and Nexus One (hopefully with fixed data) and then, it'll be time to start the +work on [GTA04][3] the amazing new replacement for the GTA02/Neo Freerunner +board. Having Replicant running on GTA04 is the goal we'll try to reach as +hard as possible. We encourage you to help the GTA04 project with +[donations][4] to fund the effort or by subscribing to the [group tour][5] to +get your device at a lower price. + + [1]: http://replicant.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/galaxysmtd.png +(galaxysmtd) + + [2]: + + [3]: + + [4]: + + [5]: + + -- cgit v1.2.3