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This is a list of Android distributions, Android-based operating systems (OS) commonly referred to as Custom ROMs or Android ROMs, forked from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without Google Play Services included officially in some or all markets, yet maintained independent coverage in notable Android-related sources.
The name is a play on the word kang (slang for stolen code) and AOSP (Android Open Source Project). The name was a joke, but it stuck. [ 1 ] It was started as free and open-source software by Roman Birg based on the official releases of Android Open Source Project by Google , with added original and third-party code, features, and control.
LineageOS is an open source [a] Android operating system [c] for smartphones, tablets, and set-top boxes. It is community-developed and serves as the successor to CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016. [7] As of 2023, there are about 1.5 million devices running LineageOS. [8]
Odin is a utility software program developed and used by Samsung internally which is used to communicate with Samsung devices in Odin mode (also called download mode) through the Thor (protocol). It can be used to flash a custom recovery firmware image (as opposed to the stock recovery firmware image) to a Samsung Android device .
Android phones, like this Nexus S running Replicant, allow installation of apps from the Play Store, F-Droid store or directly via APK files.. This is a list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform which meet guidelines for free software and open-source software.
Open QTMoko/OpenMoko phones of Qt Extended are included to the list. Note that it is often possible to install a wide variety of open-source operating systems on any open-source phone; the higher-level software is designed to be largely interchangeable and independent of the hardware. [16]
[2] [5] More secure, better-featured free replacement exists, but can't ship due to regulatory threats. [4] proprietary Wi-Fi/Bluetooth firmware, [5] in /lib/firmware. [6] Efforts to replace it are in beta, but may never be legal to ship, [citation needed] same as original PinePhone. [1] open-source boot software [2] proprietary schematics ...
Open-source firmware is firmware that is published under an open-source license. It can be contrasted with proprietary firmware , which is published under a proprietary license or EULA . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]