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h1. ReplicantReleaseNotes 

 h2. Replicant 6.0 0004 

 h3. Warning  

 Replicant 6.0 0004 has not been released yet, at the time of writing we only have RC images. 

 So the information in this section may change over time. 

 h3. Installation The applications inside Replicant 6.0 0004 have been signed with a different key than the ones in Replicant 6.0 0001, 0002 and upgrade instructions 

 h4. Installation 0003, and 0004 RC1. Because of that, upgrading from scratch 

 To erase all the data on the device a previous release is a bit different than usual: 
 * If instead you are upgrading from an earlier Replicant 6 release (like Replicant 6.0 0001, 0002 or 0003) and install this release, want to keep your data, you can use the [[ReplicantInstallation]] instructions. 

 You will need to use these instructions which also erase all read the data on [[AndroidSystemKeyMigration]] before following the device if: [[MinorVersionUpgrade]] installation instructions. 
 * You If instead you are installing Replicant 6.0 0004 from scratch 
 * You are upgrading from Replicant 4.2 or earlier 

 You can also use these instructions earlier, or that you are install from scratch, or if erasing your data is not an issue. 

 h4. Upgrading issue, you need to follow the usual installation instructions ([[ReplicantInstallation]]) that are typically used when installing Replicant from scratch. They make you erase all your data by doing a previous Replicant 6.0 version factory reset. 

 The upgrade instructions In addition, some things are different than usual because: not covered yet in this section: 
 * All You will need to migrate the release of contact (else Replicant 6.0 after the 0003 have been signed with different keys than the ones before. 0004 will crash) 
 * The contact database has changed format due Due to the removal of nonfree Ambient SDK code 

 h5. From Replicant 6.0 0003 

 First an issue with graphics stack, you will need to prepare your device for the migration of the contact database. See the [[MigrateContactsDatabase]] article for the instructions run a script once booted on how to do that. 

 Then once this is done, for migrating to Replicant 6.0 0004, you will need to read the [[AndroidSystemKeyMigration]] article before following Galaxy Nexus and the [[MinorVersionUpgrade]] installation instructions. 
 Galaxy Tab devices.