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Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL Just Keep Showing Up in AOSP

Kellen July 19, 2018

Back in October of last year, we revealed what we believed to be three possible codenames for Google's 2018 line of Pixel phones. A trusted source of ours said that "crosshatch," "blueline," and "albacore" were all devices in testing at that time. We initially...

Hello, “Pixel 3” Mention at AOSP!

Kellen April 5, 2018 49

Pixel 3 mention, we've got a Pixel 3 mention! We don't have specs or any other details, but Googlers have officially mentioned the "Pixel 3" in an AOSP commit. The reference actually popped up in early March, it's just that no one noticed until now. What does...

Android 5.0.1 Pushed to AOSP as Build LRX22C (Updated: Factory Images Too)

Kellen December 2, 2014 210

Don't be surprised if an update to Android 5.0.1 shows up on your Nexus device in the near future. Google seems to have just pushed it to AOSP as Android 5.0.1_r1, which is also known as build LRX22C. Before updates, we would imagine that factory images will...

Sony Bringing AOSP Android 5.0 to Xperia Devices

Kyle November 6, 2014 42

Well, that did not take long. Sony, which has experimented with distributing AOSP versions of firmware for its handsets in the past, revealed it has a functional versions of Lollipop running on the the Xperia Z1, Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z3. In a blog post, the...

AOSP! AOSP! Lollipop Time!

Kellen November 3, 2014 141

This is really happening. Android 5.0 "Lollipop" is headed to AOSP. Here are all of the branches as they go live for the devs in the building: Platform build Nexus 7 (2013) LTE "deb" Nexus 7 (2013) WiFi "flo" Nexus 7 (2012) 3G "tilapia" Nexus 7 (2012) WiFi "...

Android L Preview Hits AOSP for Nexus 4, 5, 7 and 10 (Updated)

Kellen July 2, 2014 51

When Google released the Android L Developer Preview last week to the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013), I can imagine that a number of you were disappointed - namely those with a Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (2012) or Nexus 10. While Google still hasn't released flashable...

Dalvik Virtual Machine to be Replaced By ART in Next Version of Android

Kyle June 20, 2014 82

It's (almost) official: Google will eschew the Dalvik virtual machine for ART in the next release of Android. Commits in the AOSP master branch point to the removal of Dalvik entirely. What does that mean, exactly? Dalvik was a useful stop-gap for Google in...

Kellen November 1, 2013 91

With Android 4.4 hitting AOSP yesterday, it was only a matter of time before the first set of stock ROMs started showing up for our favorite devices. An AOSP Nexus 4 ROM was the first to pop into our inboxes late last night, though we are sure there could be...