According to a thread on the Replicant forums, developers behind the free software operating system have confirmed that work is currently underway to bring Replicant 10 (based on Android 10) to the Samsung Galaxy S3 more than eight years after it hit markets.
In terms of memory, the Galaxy S3 is nevertheless a bit restricted in terms of memory with the international version of the device shipping with just 1GB of RAM. Due to the nature of Replicant, however, Google apps are not included with this distribution [..] It’s important to note, that due to Replicant’s focus on free software, Wi-Fi chips
were not working as of Replicant 6 due to them using closed-source drivers. It’s unclear whether there are efforts to reverse engineer these drivers too or whether users will have to continue relying on their mobile data connection.
