PROJECT TREBLE Posts on XDA

Descendant XI offers a fresh take on Android 11 with loads of unique features

Descendant XI offers a fresh take on Android 11 with loads of unique features

April 10, 2021
At XDA, we pride ourselves on the power of the modding community in providing choices — choices that accommodate the wide variety of needs from different users. One of the common products of this choice is the availability of AOSP-based custom ROMs for devices that run on an otherwise heavily customized UI. In fact, many...
Google and Qualcomm partner to support 4 Android versions for new Snapdragon chipsets

Google and Qualcomm partner to support 4 Android versions for new Snapdragon chipsets

December 16, 2020
Over 3 years ago, Google announced Project Treble, a major rearchitecting of Android designed to speed up software updates. While the architecture introduced by Project Treble has helped OEMs to speed up the delivery of major Android OS updates and monthly security patches, it has had an adverse effect on SoC providers like Qualcomm. In...
An early build of LineageOS 18.0 GSI brings Android 11 to Project Treble compatible devices

An early build of LineageOS 18.0 GSI brings Android 11 to Project Treble compatible devices

October 9, 2020
Android 11 is the latest Android version out there, albeit it is available officially on only a handful of devices. But since the source code of the new release has already made its way to AOSP, aftermarket developers have helped us experience all the new features on Android through custom ROMs across a growing list...
Developer boots Android 11 on 22 older devices with a Project Treble GSI

Developer boots Android 11 on 22 older devices with a Project Treble GSI

September 28, 2020
The ability to boot a generic, AOSP-based system image on a compatible Android device is undoubtedly one of the best outcomes of Project Treble. Since the release of Android 8.0 Oreo, manufacturers seeking Google certification are required to test their devices for Treble compliance by booting this Generic System Image (GSI) and verify basic hardware...
How to enable VoLTE on Qualcomm devices running Generic System Images (GSIs)

How to enable VoLTE on Qualcomm devices running Generic System Images (GSIs)

July 7, 2020
Google's Project Treble is undoubtedly the biggest restructuring of the Android OS since its inception. The Mountain View giant completely revamped the way the Android OS framework and vendor drivers/the Linux kernel interact with one another in order to reduce Android platform version fragmentation. On top of that, Project Treble also made it possible to...
UBports GSI brings Ubuntu Touch to any Project Treble-supported Android device

UBports GSI brings Ubuntu Touch to any Project Treble-supported Android device

June 22, 2020
The ability to boot an AOSP Generic System Image (GSI) on a compatible Android device is one of the best outcomes of Project Treble, but a similar achievement has yet to be made in the domain of generic kernel development. Google does mandate a minimum Linux kernel version requirement with each new release of Android,...
phh’s custom Android 10 GSI adds better support for the Razer Phone and new “My Device” settings

phh’s custom Android 10 GSI adds better support for the Razer Phone and new “My Device” settings

June 22, 2020
Google first announced Project Treble with Android 8.0 Oreo in an effort to bring faster updates to Android devices and minimize the long-standing issue of fragmentation. XDA's developer community quickly discovered another interesting benefit with this modularization approach: the ability to boot an AOSP Generic System Image (GSI) on any supported device with an unlockable...
Developers bring Project Treble support to several Samsung Galaxy phones with the Exynos 7870

Developers bring Project Treble support to several Samsung Galaxy phones with the Exynos 7870

June 17, 2020
The Exynos 7870 is one of the most widely used SoCs by Samsung. The OEM had been using this octa-core (8x ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.6GHz) system-on-chip in its phones since 2016 and even released the Galaxy M10 in 2019 with the same 14nm processor. Interestingly, some of the newer Exynos 7870-powered devices were...
Custom AOSP Project Treble GSI gets updated with June 2020 security patches, Netflix HD support for the Xiaomi Mi 9 and Redmi Note 9S, and more

Custom AOSP Project Treble GSI gets updated with June 2020 security patches, Netflix HD support for the Xiaomi Mi 9 and Redmi Note 9S, and more

June 3, 2020
Thanks to Project Treble, Android users can easily boot an AOSP Generic System Image (GSI) onto any supported device. Be it Xiaomi's MIUI or Samsung's One UI, those heavily customized OEM skins can even be replaced with community developed GSIs in favor of a close-to-stock Android experience. While you should be able to boot Google's...
Developers bring Android 10 and Project Treble to the HTC U11

Developers bring Android 10 and Project Treble to the HTC U11

June 3, 2020
HTC's smartphone division might not be dead after all, but the whole software update situation around existing HTC phones is a big mess. The Taiwanese phone manufacturer is having a hard time delivering the Android 10 update to its phones, with the HTC U11 Life being an exception due to its Android One branding. The...
Custom Project Treble GSIs get updated with the May 2020 security patches and add DC Dimming support on OPPO devices

Custom Project Treble GSIs get updated with the May 2020 security patches and add DC Dimming support on OPPO devices

May 8, 2020
A bunch of Samsung devices started receiving the May 2020 security patches even before Google published the security bulletin for the month and rolled out corresponding OTA updates for the compatible Pixel devices. Even if you don't have a Google Pixel phone or one of those Samsung flagships, you still have a chance to bump...
Custom Project Treble GSIs get updated with the April 2020 security patches and fixes for Xiaomi/Realme devices

Custom Project Treble GSIs get updated with the April 2020 security patches and fixes for Xiaomi/Realme devices

April 9, 2020
As a consequence of separating the Android OS framework and the vendor HALs and Linux kernel, Project Treble enables the ability to boot an AOSP Generic System Image (GSI) on any supported device. While Google does provide developer-centric Android 10 GSIs as well as a handy flash tool on its website, community developers have long...