The way you casually explained this to me really threw me off. I remember trying to do some AOSP hacking on some older phones and always gave up. For different reasons
Locked Bootloaders
Huge sources to download
Confusing device configuration (all those xml files were and still are magic to me)
The farthest I ever got was to compile a kernel and flash it unto a phone. I was so happy for so little. The only difference was the change to the build version / name.
I remember back in the pre Ice cream era graphics drivers were the most often quoted reason for older devices getting "stuck" on older versions of Android. It never occurred to me that you can write a graphics wrapper.
The way you casually explained this to me really threw me off. I remember trying to do some AOSP hacking on some older phones and always gave up. For different reasons
Locked Bootloaders
Huge sources to download
Confusing device configuration (all those xml files were and still are magic to me)
The farthest I ever got was to compile a kernel and flash it unto a phone. I was so happy for so little. The only difference was the change to the build version / name.
I remember back in the pre Ice cream era graphics drivers were the most often quoted reason for older devices getting "stuck" on older versions of Android. It never occurred to me that you can write a graphics wrapper.