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Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by c3kwue on Sunday November 03, 2013 @04:33AM (#6662661)
Unfortunately Replicant does not run on my phone. When time comes to purchase a new one, I will probably get a compatible one. Most of the apps I use already come from the F-Droid repository https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/ as there is a lot of fantastic software available there.

I don't like it when threads end up as list of lists but some recommendations that might not be well known:

Aard is a offline wiki(pedia and others) reader. AFWall+ is a firewall to give/revoke internet access to apps. It is a fork of DroidWall which went inactive. Document Viewer is the best PDF reader I know and it's free software, hooray. It can automatically cut off white margins, you can set your own touch controls etc. Gibberbot is a great XMPP client. I tested many but this one did not randomly stop receiving messages like all the others did. GnuCash for keeping track of finances. Mirakel is a Todo app which I switched from Astrid to. Astrid is free software too but relies on several non-free libraries from what I know. Mirakel seems more concerned with privacy. OsmAnd for offline maps. And of course you can get APG, AdAway, ConnectBot, FBReader, K-9 Mail, ScummVM, Terminal Emulator etc. from F-Droid.

Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by kriro on Sunday November 03, 2013 @06:15AM (#6662821)
With the Nexus 5 out, the 4 might drop in price and make for a good "play with Ubuntu phone" phone :)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install

Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by Create on Sunday November 03, 2013 @07:38AM (#6662990)
Really BAD: has too much proprietary things and the hardware is bad for freedom: modem transport is over HSIC (high speed USB), but it controls the GPS (included in the modem chip), audio and perhaps NAND too

http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/TargetsE...

Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by happycube on Sunday November 03, 2013 @11:47AM (#6663829)
Looks like you want a Galaxy Nexus or a Samsung SOC S1-S3.
Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by ersii on Sunday November 03, 2013 @08:21AM (#6663112)
Just out of curiosity, what is your current unsupported device?
Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by c3kwue on Sunday November 03, 2013 @12:26PM (#6664050)
HTC Desire (which is very similar to the Nexus One). Just writing this reminded me that I really like HTC Sense and would probably miss that the most.