Your open-source custom ROM has a dirty secret, and Librephone wants to fix it

The Free Software Foundation's new Librephone project wants to reverse engineer the binary blobs our phones rely on.
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Librephone project announced: Free Software Foundation aims for complete Android freedom

The Free Software Foundation has launched the “Librephone" project to reverse-engineer and replace proprietary mobile phone ...

LineageOS releases Android 16 update despite challenges with Android source code

LineageOS 23.0 based on Android 16 is now available for over 100 Android devices. Here's what's new and how to install it!

Librephone battles the proprietary binary blob

The aim of the Librephone initiative is to reverse-engineer various proprietary blobs so FOSS versions of the code can be ...

F-Droid warns crackdown on Android app sideloading could kill open app stores

F-Droid is raising alarms over Google's recent decision to strictly limit app sideloading on Android. After 15 years on the ...
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Google says Android Open Source Project not being ‘discontinued’ amidst Pixel change impacting custom ROMs

With the launch of Android 16 earlier this week, Google did not release the Pixel hardware repos and device trees that are particularly important for custom ROM developers. This led to speculation by ...

F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project

F-Droid has been around for about 15 years and is the largest source of free and open source software (FOSS) for Android.

F-Droid project threatened by Google's new dev registration rules

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google's new requirements for all Android developers to verify ...