Hi, I tested a few kernels on the i9305.
First I tested postmarketos linux-postmarketos-exynos4 kernel. I downloaded the vanilla kernel from kernel.org, then used postmarketos patches to patch it. I changed some options that google (supposedly) changes when it modifies the vanilla kernel for use with android (I got these from their docs). I then injected the kernel into the replicant source tree, updated BoardConfig.mk and i9305.mk to reflect the new kernel. I then built replicant 6 with the postmarketos kernel. After it was built, I tried booting the images on the device and didn't get anywhere (bootloop). I then cat the appropriate dtb file and used abootimg to create boot-dt.img and recovery-dt.img . I tried booting again, and got a little further. It progressed passed the Samsung bootloader screen and entered a black screen. I then connected the device to a computer and ran dmesg. The kernel looked as if it had booted, but the display hadn't switched on. I then thought it would be worthwhile testing the replicant-next kernel in the same way. I modified the replicant tree, and mk files with the replicant-next kernel instead and built some images. I cat'ed the dtb and used abootimg to create the dt images. I then flashed the images with heimdall. Again unfortunately I didn't manage to boot into android. The only notable difference between the postmarketos kernel and the replicant-next kernel, was that with the replicant-next kernel and replicant-6, there was a single white pixel in the top left corner that flashed for a couple of times and stayed there until I took the battery out of the device and finished with the experiments. If anyone can explain why the device didn't boot and/or how I can debug it (the kernel & android boot), that would be nice. It's a shame that what I have tried thus far has been unsuccessful. Josh _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list Replicant@osuosl.org https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
