Maintaining Android Devices in the Custom ROM World
This talk explores the journey of adding and maintaining a device in a custom Android ROM project. I’ll walk through the process of onboarding a new device, how to keep it updated with major Android releases, and what it takes to ensure long-term software support.
We’ll also discuss key challenges like dealing with outdated vendor components and how to handle kernel limitations during Android version upgrades.
The session is designed for developers maintaining custom ROMs, contributing to open-source Android, or working with legacy Android hardware.
Learn how to bring up a new device in a custom ROM project.
Understand version upgrade challenges across AOSP releases.
Explore the role and risks of closed vendor components.
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Jaimin Kalariya
Another very good topic but we only have lightning slot available and it is difficult to fit this topic in 15 mins. And among the handful of sessions that we got in AOSP devroom on Custom ROMs, this one couldn't make the cut.
Its a good topic, but we checked and agreed with the author that it won't be possible to fit the topic in the 10+5 min lightning talk session. Good luck for next time!