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Why does it require some proprietary components?
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02-26-2020, 01:12 AM
(02-10-2020, 12:27 PM)MartijnBraam Wrote: The propriatary components is the firmware files for the RTL8723CS chip. You can skip it and wifi/bt won't work. The other images also have this firmware.

Huh  Is this just a postmarket os thing or by "the other images" you mean all operating systems we run on the phone will only operate wifi & bt with proprietary blobs?

I assume it will be possible to deblob in the future? I think deblob is needed to pass the FSF guidelines
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RE: Why does it require some proprietary components? - by buffer - 02-26-2020, 01:12 AM

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