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tags: Replicant images release, Replicant news, Wolfgang Wiedmeyer
date: 2017-05-13T19:25:55+00:00
title: Replicant 6.0 released
authors: Wolfgang Wiedmeyer
---
Over the last one and a half years, a lot of work has been done to move
Replicant to a new version and to add new features. Everything started with a
(now archived) [forum post][1] in January 2016 that documented the initial
efforts to get Replicant 6.0 somehow working on a Galaxy S3. Development
continued through the first half of 2016, however by far most of the work was
done from September 2016 onwards.
Replicant 4.2, the last release, was based on CyanogenMod 10.1 and Android 4.2
respectively. Replicant 6.0 is based on LineageOS 13.0 which is based on
Android 6.0. Replicant 6.0 includes all the improvements that were made since
CyanogenMod 10.1. Have a look at the [changelog][2] for an overview of the new
features and changes that were additionally made on our side.
This initial release supports the [Galaxy S2][3], [Galaxy S3][4] and [Galaxy
Note 2][5]. The [Galaxy S3 4G][6] was added as an incomplete device for now as
support for telephony and mobile data is missing. The [status page][7] shows
which functionalities are supported on the individual devices. The [previous
blog post][8] details the reasons why no SDK is provided as part of the
release.
Unfortunately, this release only supports a subset of the devices that were
previously supported by Replicant 4.2. So adding support for more devices has
the highest priority for the next update. Thanks to device donations from the
community, it will be possible to get Replicant 6.0 working on the GTA04,
Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and Galaxy Note. Please
consider [donating to Replicant][9] to help development.
As an additional release goal, a complete wiki overhaul was completed over the
last two months. Besides updating outdated pages and a general cleanup, a lot
of new documentation is now available for users and developers alike. We hope
the new release will attract more developers, so that we can tackle some of
the [tasks][10] we have been facing for a long time.
[1]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/boards/21/topics/13985>
[2]:
<https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/replicant/images/replicant-6.0/0001/metadata/changelog.txt>
[3]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/GalaxyS2I9100>
[4]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/GalaxyS3I9300>
[5]:
<https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/GalaxyNote2N7100>
[6]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/GalaxyS3I9305>
[7]:
<https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantStatus#Replicant-60>
[8]: <https://blog.replicant.us/2017/04/there-wont-be-a-replicant-6-0-sdk-
because-there-is-already-something-better/>
[9]: <https://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=19>
[10]: <https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/Tasks>
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