Hello,
I tried to buy a Galaxy S3 from China to install Replicant on. They sent the wrong phone [1]. I now have a Samsung Galaxy Mege GT-I9152. It appears that this phone is not supported by Replicant, correct? The specs are here: https://www.phonemore.com/specs/samsung/galaxy-mega-5-8/duos-gt-i9152/ Does this look like something that replicant could run on? In the above link it says it has FM radio but I can't see any radio app or other indication that there is such a thing. In the "About Device" it says: Model number: GT-I9152 Android varsion: 4.2.2 Baseband version: I9152XXUAML4 Kernel version: 3.0.31-2378944 se.infra@R0210-13#1 Wed Jan 29 13:26:44 KST 2014 Build number: JDQ39.XWUANA5 Next I tried to see if Lineage OS supports it. The lists here (various versions of Lineage OS for Samsung Devices) don't include it. https://www.getdroidtips.com/official-unofficial-lineage-os-14-1-device-list/#List-of-Unofficial-and-Official-Lineage-OS-141-For-Samsung-Device https://www.getdroidtips.com/lineage-os-15-1-android-8-1-oreo/ This page: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-7-1-2-unofficial-i9152-i9150-dualsim-lineageos-14-1-15-04-2018.3551336/ claims it exists, but the DL links are broken. This page has instructions but no downloadable code: https://androidbiits.com/samsung-galaxy-mega-5-8-gt-i9152-android-7-1-1-nougat-lineageos-14-1-unofficial-rom/ the DL link refers to the previous link, but the DL links are broken. It also says that TWRP and rooting are mandatory. This page: https://www.geekdashboard.com/root-samsung-galaxy-mega-gt-i9152-2/ claims that it's possible to root this phone, but the DL link leads here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/90c4q79za1k4jvv/Rooting_kit_Mega_.zip/file and the zip file there contains a corrupt tar file $ ls *.tar I9152-JB_4.2.2-boot.tar $ tar -tvf *boot.tar -rwxr-xr-x 0/0 6782976 2013-07-19 18:40 boot.img tar: Unexpected EOF in archive tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now $ tar -xvf *boot.tar boot.img tar: Unexpected EOF in archive tar: rmtlseek not stopped at a record boundary tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now $ ls -l boot* -rwxr-xr-x 1 afc afc 611328 Aug 19 16:36 boot.img* Not sure if this error matters but I'm reluctand to flash (if it is even possible) a corrupt boot.img. I have enabled developer options and enabled usb debugging. Heimdall and heimdall-front-end are installed on a Debian 10 system and the phone is recognized in download mode. I could print the pit file: $ sudo heimdall print-pit Heimdall v1.4.1 Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna http://www.glassechidna.com.au/ This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is encouraged. If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future development please consider donating: http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/ Initialising connection... Detecting device... Claiming interface... Setting up interface... Initialising protocol... Protocol initialisation successful. Beginning session... Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond. Please be patient! Session begun. Downloading device's PIT file... PIT file download successful. Entry Count: 24 Unknown 1: 1598902083 Unknown 2: 844251476 Unknown 3: 29251 Unknown 4: 29793 Unknown 5: 29285 Unknown 6: 0 Unknown 7: 0 Unknown 8: 0 --- Entry #0 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 80 Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 0 Partition Block Count: 512 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: BOOT Flash Filename: BcmBoot.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #1 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 1 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 28672 Partition Block Count: 2048 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: cal Flash Filename: FOTA Filename: --- Entry #2 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 2 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 30720 Partition Block Count: 512 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: sysparm_dep Flash Filename: sysparm_dep.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #3 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 3 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 31232 Partition Block Count: 512 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: parm-spml_dep Flash Filename: sysparm2_dep_blob.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #4 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 4 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 31744 Partition Block Count: 512 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: RF_CAL_FILE Flash Filename: HEDGE_RF_LE_SS_CAPRI_00.bin FOTA Filename: --- Entry #5 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 5 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 32256 Partition Block Count: 16384 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: KERNEL Flash Filename: boot.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #6 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 6 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 48640 Partition Block Count: 16384 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: RECOVERY Flash Filename: recovery.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #7 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 7 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 65024 Partition Block Count: 38400 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: modem Flash Filename: BcmCP.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #8 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 8 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 103424 Partition Block Count: 65024 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: reserved Flash Filename: FOTA Filename: --- Entry #9 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 9 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 168448 Partition Block Count: 4096 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: SBL1 Flash Filename: sboot.bin FOTA Filename: --- Entry #10 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 10 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 172544 Partition Block Count: 4096 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: SBL2 Flash Filename: FOTA Filename: --- Entry #11 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 11 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 176640 Partition Block Count: 16384 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: PARAM Flash Filename: param.lfs FOTA Filename: --- Entry #12 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 12 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 193024 Partition Block Count: 1024 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: DTSBK Flash Filename: FOTA Filename: --- Entry #13 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 13 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 194048 Partition Block Count: 1024 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: DTS Flash Filename: dt-blob FOTA Filename: --- Entry #14 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 14 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 195072 Partition Block Count: 16384 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: VC-FirmwareBK Flash Filename: FOTA Filename: --- Entry #15 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 15 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 211456 Partition Block Count: 16384 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: VC-Firmware Flash Filename: vc-firmware.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #16 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 16 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 227840 Partition Block Count: 512 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: FOTA_SIG Flash Filename: FOTA Filename: --- Entry #17 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 17 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 228352 Partition Block Count: 40960 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: efs Flash Filename: efs.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #18 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 18 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 269312 Partition Block Count: 409600 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: CSC Flash Filename: cache.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #19 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 19 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 678912 Partition Block Count: 3072000 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: system Flash Filename: system.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #20 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 20 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 3750912 Partition Block Count: 20480 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: HIDDEN Flash Filename: hidden.img FOTA Filename: --- Entry #21 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 21 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 3771392 Partition Block Count: 0 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: userdata Flash Filename: userdata.img FOTA Filename: remained --- Entry #22 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 70 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 34 Partition Block Count: 16 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: PIT Flash Filename: crater.pit FOTA Filename: --- Entry #23 --- Binary Type: 0 (AP) Device Type: 2 (MMC) Identifier: 71 Attributes: 5 (Read/Write) Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA) Partition Block Size/Offset: 50 Partition Block Count: 2048 File Offset (Obsolete): 0 File Size (Obsolete): 0 Partition Name: MD5HDR Flash Filename: md5.img FOTA Filename: Ending session... Rebooting device... Releasing device interface... Can someone point me to the appropriate binaries for this phone? Has anyone had any success reflashing it? or even rooting it? At the very least I would like to root it so I can remove the google viruses. Is there a newer version of Lineage OS that runs on it? Any hints, links, instructions, or binaries would be much appreciated. Thanks. Augustine [1] Luckily ebay refunded the purchase price after almost 2 months of waitign for the phone and then an email exchange with the seller that eventually went silent. _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list Replicant@osuosl.org https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant