AOSP project is coming to an end

Re:AOSP project is coming to an end by belowaverageiq on Thursday June 12, 2025 @09:27AM (#44257558)

Ready-made AOSP device trees for Pixels, which are needed to build custom ROMs, are the ones going away. This is a blow to GrapheneOS as they have been dedicating 100% of their time to improving their ROM itself in the past few years.

Since at this point they'll need to create device trees like LineageOS does with Snapdragon/MTK phones, so I hope they won't stick with the worst Android manufacturer on Earth. Especially now that the snapdragon 8 elite 2 will have the same security features as the Tensors.

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Re:AOSP project is coming to an end by belowaverageiq on Thursday June 12, 2025 @09:39AM (#44257683)

Never mind, it seems like they're thinking of wasting their time with a custom ODM-built smartphone. I truly hope they won't choose this route. If they do someone should add "Will the GrapheneOS-Phone fail?" on Polymarket, I'll bet my parents' house on it.

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Re:AOSP project is coming to an end by xnx on Thursday June 12, 2025 @10:07AM (#44257994)

> custom ODM-built smartphone

I agree that this would be a crazy choice and doomed to fail.

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Re:AOSP project is coming to an end by 112233 on Thursday June 12, 2025 @10:34AM (#44258293)

could you elaborate why?

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Re:AOSP project is coming to an end by NewJazz on Sunday June 15, 2025 @04:23PM (#44284730)

They are a niche OS and not everyone who uses graphene wants their hardware. They'll have low production quantity and thus very high costs.

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Re:AOSP project is coming to an end by xnx on Thursday June 12, 2025 @10:08AM (#44258009)

The Pixel device trees going away is very disappointing, but he headline "AOSP project is coming to an end" is an exaggeration.

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