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AndroidHardening is quite interesting. I think that since AOSP is getting better, it's also more sustainable for a single developer to maintain a smaller proje
by nextos 8y ago
AndroidHardening is quite interesting.
I think that since AOSP is getting better, it's also more sustainable for a single developer to maintain a smaller project rather than a full blown distro.
It's a shame no other phones aside from Pixels are able to run AOSP without significant limitations. Some Sony are quite capable to run AOSP, but there are several hardware glitches [1]. Aside, hardware independent ROMs enabled by Treble are also promising, but there are many pitfalls too [2].
Android would be a much more interesting ecosystem if a significant portion of the phones were capable of running AOSP.
[1] https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/supported-devices-and-functionality/ https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/...
[2] https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki
- thinkmassive 8y agoWhat about all the Nexus devices? Don't those run AOSP without issues?
- izacus 8y agoNexus devices are all pretty old and unreliable right now.
- izacus 8y agoWhat about Android one devices like Nokia 7?
- nextos 8y agoYou can run GSI (generic system image) ROMs as I explained above, but there are still many glitches. And some Android One devices don't have unlockable bootloaders, so you can't even flash a GSI. See https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki for the list of supported devices and bugs.