Replicant

h1. Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100)

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|/9. !galaxynote2.png! | *Device* | Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100) |

| *Manufacturer* | Samsung |

| *Release date* | September 2012 |

| *Codename* | @n7100@ |

| *Status* | Maintained |

| *Variants* | GSM: GT-N7100 |

| *Latest images* | [[ReplicantImages#Replicant-60-0003-images|Replicant 6.0 0003]] |

h2. Replicant status

Replicant status for the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100): [[ReplicantStatus#Replicant-60|ReplicantStatus Replicant 6.0]]

h2. Replicant installation

To install Replicant on the the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100), see the [[RecoveryInstallationWithHeimdall]] and [[MinorVersionUpgrade]] wiki pages.

h2. Replicant usage

* Galaxy Note 2 (N7100) compass calibration: [[GalaxyNote2N7100CompassCalibration]]

h2. Replicant build

Replicant build for the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100): [[GalaxyNote2N7100Build]]

h2. Replicant development

* Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100) UART: [[GalaxyNote2N7100UART]]

h2. Research

h3. Hardware table

|_. Component |_. Name |_. Source |_. Status |

| SoC | Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad | "wikipedia":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_II |  Linux kernel support |

TODO: complete this hardware table

h3. Software Configuration

|_. Component |_. Name |_. data |_. Status |

| Bootloader interface | ? | ? | supported by heimdall |

* [[GalaxyNote2N7100Pit]]: Galaxy Note 2 (N7100) PIT (a partition table)

* system fstab: "fstab.smdk4x12":https://git.replicant.us/replicant/device_samsung_n7100/tree/rootdir/fstab.smdk4x12

* recovery fstab: "recovery.fstab":https://git.replicant.us/replicant/device_samsung_n7100/tree/recovery.fstab

h4. Partitions

WARNING some content may not be the same on your device

|_. PIT      |_. Linux name |_. block device |_. mount point |_. partition type |_. Description                                             |_. size or size@location for 16G eMMC |

| BOOTLOADER |              |                |               |                  |                                                           | 867.0KiB@0                           |

| TZSW       |              |                |               |                  |                                                           | 156.0KiB@867.0KiB                    |

| PIT        |              |                |               |                  |                                                           | 8.0KiB@17.0KiB                       |

| MD5HDR     |              |                |               |                  |                                                           | 1.0MiB@25.0KiB                       |

|\2. BOTA0                  | mmcblk0p1      |/2. None       |/2. empty[2]      |/2. ?                                                      | 4.0MiB@4.0MiB[1]                     |

|\2. BOTA1                  | mmcblk0p2                                                                                                     | 4.0MiB@8.0MiB[1]                     |

|\2. EFS                    | mmcblk0p3      | /efs          | ext4             |  modem data partition ([[GT-N7100EFSContent|content]])    |                                      |

|\2. m9kefs1                | mmcblk0p4      |/3. None       |/3. empty[2]      |                                                           | 4.0MiB@32.0MiB                       |

|\2. m9kefs2                | mmcblk0p5                                         |                                                           | 4.0MiB@36.0MiB                       |

|\2. m9kefs3                | mmcblk0p6                                         |                                                           | 4.0MiB@40.0MiB                       |

|\2. SYSTEM                 | mmcblk0p13     | /system       | ext4             | system partition                                          |                                      |

|\2. HIDDEN                 | mmcblk0p14     | /preload      | ext4             | [[GTN7100preloadPartition|S Note, video and audio files]] |                                      |

fn1. Foi the MiB see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebibyte

fn2. hexdump -C only gives zeros

h2. Freedom and privacy/security issues

Freedom issues on the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100):

* Proprietary hardware

* Proprietary firmwares, some of which have to be loaded by the system:  [[GalaxyNote2N7100LoadedFirmwares]]

* Proprietary modem system

* Proprietary bootrom

* Proprietary and signed bootloader: [[GalaxyNote2N7100Bootloader]]

Privacy/security issues on the Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100): [[GalaxyNote2N7100PrivacySecurityIssues]]

h2. Links

* https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Galaxy_Note_II_(samsung-n7100)