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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

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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...

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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.
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