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Google has made it harder to build custom Android ROMs for Pixel phones by omitting their device trees and driver binaries from the latest AOSP release.
The company says this is because it’s shifting its AOSP reference target from Pixel hardware to a virtual device called “Cuttlefish” to be more neutral.
While Google insists AOSP isn’t going away, developers must now reverse-engineer changes, making the process for supporting Pixel devices more difficult.

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[-] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I agree with you, it's insidious.

But given you've got a Pixel phone, you can save yourself from this problem by running Graphene or Calyx on it.

this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2025

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