<div dir="ltr"><div>I have no great love for android cellphone manufacturers. But there is a thriving subculture of 3rd party Android builds out there for many models.<br><br></div>-- CHS<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 11:48 AM, James Taylor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:James.Taylor@eastcobbgroup.com" target="_blank">James.Taylor@eastcobbgroup.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">My understanding is that most of the proprietary stuff is related to device specific drivers.<br>
Generally, updates for particular AOSP device builds are updated as the sources are released.<br>
All of the Google stuff is proprietary, but that is not part of AOSP, though links are provided for various GAPPs packages, some customized for the related AOSP rom project.<br>
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>>> Solomon Peachy <<a href="mailto:pizza@shaftnet.org">pizza@shaftnet.org</a>> 9/14/2015 11:20 AM >>><br>
<span class="">On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:19:38AM -0400, Charles Shapiro wrote:<br>
> Android is indeed open source ( <a href="http://source.android.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://source.android.com/</a> ). The software<br>
> which controls the radio in your smartphone is not, however.<br>
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FWIW, pick any random android device out there, old or new, and with<br>
</span>very few exceptions you will not be able to get it to boot up (much less =<br>
<span class="im HOEnZb">usefully operate) using what's provided by the Android Open Source<br>
Project.<br>
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Nearly every android device relies on what amounts to a private,<br>
proprietary fork of the AOSP codebase. Both low-level and application<br>
code alike.<br>
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- Solomon [bah humbug]<br>
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