I’m planning to move towards using custom ROMs in order to have more control over what is and isn’t installed on my phone.
I’ve got an old spare S8 that I’m going to use as a testbed first to get hands on and learn a bit more. It looks like LineageOS doesn’t provide a build for that model so I’ll need to learn how to prepare one myself.
I’m no stranger to Linux - I’ve built my own kernel (and even once an LFS system) back in the day - what resources would be ideal for getting up to speed with Android?
I’d hopefully like resources that help me understand what’s going on rather than focus purely on completing one task or another.
You might be overlooking the economics in the sense that there tends to be a reason why devices aren’t supported. Oftentimes there is no sources available to build the necessary hardware support.
yeah true some OEMs take ages to release their source code, or sometimes don’t do it at all even though they’re obligated by their GPL license