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I guess it depends on what you mean by open platform. The platforms are well known, architectures are standardize, GPU drivers are often proprietary similar to
by rightos 9y ago
I guess it depends on what you mean by open platform.
The platforms are well known, architectures are standardize, GPU drivers are often proprietary similar to the desktop world, but ultimately I can flash anything I want on my phone, I've run stock Android, several modified variants, Firefox OS, Ubuntu, Sailfish and others.
From a software perspective that's all not too hard to achieve, the hardware side of things does lack standardization but that's because as you say, it's not exactly something you can hand assemble.
- jiggunjer 9y agoI doubt all non-gpu drivers are open source. We're talking oneplus right? If they are, people still need to port them to the new non-stock-compatible OS. Then you probably need to compile everything yourself. Then repeat when OS gets updates. And you'll still be stuck with the stock bootloader and baseband firmwares. Which will hardbrick your device if you flash the wrong way. But yeah, totally accessible.