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Custom AOSP GSI brings Android 12L to any Project Treble-enabled device

Custom AOSP GSI brings Android 12L to any Project Treble-enabled device

March 9, 2022
After months of thorough beta-testing, Android 12L is now officially available as an interim update before Android 13. The stable release is currently rolling out to select Google Pixel smartphones, while tablets and foldables from Microsoft, Lenovo, and Samsung will get it later this year. The underlying codebase has also become available through the Android...
Phh’s custom Android 12 GSI gets updated with February 2022 security patches, OTA update support, and more

Phh’s custom Android 12 GSI gets updated with February 2022 security patches, OTA update support, and more

February 9, 2022
Android 12 has been here a while now. Although some OEMs got the update out the door straight away, others have taken their time to roll out the stable build. Besides the official updates, the aftermarket development community has also helped us experience all the new features of the latest iteration of Android through custom...
Android 12 custom GSIs bring the latest Android OS to any Project Treble-supported device

Android 12 custom GSIs bring the latest Android OS to any Project Treble-supported device

November 3, 2021
Android 12 is here, albeit the stable version is available only on Google's Pixel lineup — including the newly introduced Pixel 6 series — for now. A handful of OEMs like Samsung and OnePlus are also offering public beta builds of their customized skins based on the stable Android 12 codebase, but the list of...
The first Android 12 custom ROMs are already here

The first Android 12 custom ROMs are already here

October 5, 2021
With Android 12's AOSP source drop yesterday, many were left wondering (particularly those with Pixel devices) when they would get to use a fully complete version of the latest and greatest Android experience. We've already seen a number of beta builds from OEMs like OPPO, OnePlus, and Samsung for select devices, but there are no...
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...