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date: 2014-01-22T19:15:36+00:00
title: Replicant 4.2 kicks out!
authors: Paul Kocialkowski
tags: Privacy/security, Replicant images release, Paul Kocialkowski
---
We've been working very hard over the past few months to push Replicant to a
newer Android version: the work started when CyanogenMod released version
10.1.3, based on the latest Android 4.2 code, back in September 2013. Bringing
Replicant to a new Android version is a really big piece of work, especially
given that the project only counts one active developer (however, we have
hopes to see more people getting involved in the future)! The biggest
motivation for the new version is to allow us to port Replicant to newer
devices, that were not supported by Android 4.0, upon which Replicant 4.0 is
based. Aside of that, Replicant 4.2 also brings the various improvements that
come along with Android 4.2 and CyanogenMod 10.1.
All the devices that were supported by Replicant 4.0 were successfully ported
to version 4.2, but some devices encounter serious slowness issues that are
yet to be resolved. On the bright side of things, support for a new device was
added, the Galaxy Note 2 N7100, which is mostly similar to the already
supported Galaxy S 3. That was only made possible thanks to the generous
donations that were made to the project, which enable us to buy devices for
the current developer to work on. We are looking forward to adding support for
even more devices in the future as well! Our [wiki][1] was updated to reflect
the [status of the supported devices][2] as of the Replicant 4.2 release and
features updated installation and usage guides. The Replicant SDK was also
updated and is available for download.
The Replicant website and [wiki][1] were also cleaned up a bit during the
preparation of this release. Our blog shall now only be used for posting
updated on the project while our wiki holds the core informations about
Replicant. As a reminder, please do not use the comment section of this blog
to ask general-purpose questions, but use our [forums][3] or mailing-list
instead!
This release also puts the emphasis on security: given the recent concerns
that raised up concerning wide-scale surveillance from governments and certain
companies, we though it would be good to make Replicant more bullet-proof. The
Replicant 4.2 images for devices are now built in the `userdebug` fashion,
which ensures a better level of security, the shipped system applications are
signed with our own private keys, for which we provide the certificates and
the releases are signed with our very own GPG release key. It is encouraged
that you check the authenticity of the Replicant images or binaries before
installing anything you downloaded!
As usual, you can checkout the complete [changelog][4], download the images
from the [ReplicantImages][5] page and find [installation instructions][6] as
well as [build guides][7] on the [Replicant wiki][8].
[1]: <http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki>
[2]:
<http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantStatus#Replicant-42>
[3]: <http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/boards>
[4]:
<http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/replicant/images/replicant-4.2/0001/infos/changelog.txt>
[5]:
<http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantImages#Replicant-42-0001-images>
[6]: <http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki#Installing-Replicant>
[7]: <http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki#Building-Replicant>
[8]: <http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/>
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