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Hot take: Android is not an operating system. Go install AOSP and see how useless your device becomes. An OS is more than a kernel and filesystem, it's also a

Hot take: Android is not an operating system. Go install AOSP and see how useless your device becomes. An OS is more than a kernel and filesystem, it's also a basic set of userspace utilities and functionality. Last time I installed AOSP on a device- wifi wasn't even supported. And Google is removing messaging from AOSP. Phone OS my ass, it's useless without 3rd party cruft that isn't available to end users.

yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
For the longest time (maybe still but I'm out of that loop), installing Windows from a DVD left you without wifi, too; was it not an operating system?
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
  The drivers could be acquired and installed either via CD with the hardware or found on the web. Where are my provided wifi or cellular drivers for my phone?
  - Knee_Pain 3y ago
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  - Moldoteck 3y ago
    It's like Linux on some strange hardware, if something is missing, you code it by yourself, aosp is open source, so making lte compatible is possible for your device, just not what other ppl a interested in. Or you can use a fork that has the fix
jeroenhd 3y ago
AOSP contains a music player, a gallery, a camera app, a web browser, a calendar and some dev tools. Sure, they haven't been updated for a few years, but that doesn't mean they're not there. WiFi and LTE work just fine as long as your manufacturer uses hardware supported by normal drivers. That said, office supplies don't make something an operating system. If all it had was a launcher, it would still be an operating system, because you can install the apps you want onto it. I don't know why your device didn't have WiFi, ut it's not the norm. Standard AOSP images should use the vendor partition to load additional drivers if the ones built into the Android kernel don't suffice.