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Anyway allowing to unlock the bootloader without providing the updated and complete kernel source code is useless for ROM development. That's what they do with
by aucisson_masque 2y ago
Anyway allowing to unlock the bootloader without providing the updated and complete kernel source code is useless for ROM development.
That's what they do with most of their device, I don't think there is much lineage os official support for the recent phone (3-4 years old) and the unofficial are made from patched kernel with a little bit of code from a phone, a little bit from another, etc.
Xiaomi was and is pretty much dead for rom development, i don't know who keep repeating that online but they obviously haven't been paying much attention.
- ChocolateGod 2y agoThe Galaxy S24 is a popular phone that has a very easy to unlock bootloader and published kernel sources, yet next to zero ROM development. The SafetyNet war is over, Google won and custom ROMs now just make you loose too much.
- aucisson_masque 2y agoI believe it's also a lack of desire for custom rom. Years ago, most manufacturers rom were atrocious so you would flash custom ones but nowadays beside the few Chinese one, most things are 'good enough'. Especially with Samsung one UI, what more could a custom rom bring than oneui doesn't already has? It's much more active with Chinese phone because their system looks like half ass copy of iOS, and on pixel because you can get grapheneos and others but that's all. Google didn't need to lock things up, they just needed manufacturer rom to be good enough.