Android TV powers almost 40% of the world’s Smart TVs. And that is because of Android, the main operating system that’s in the base of Android TV. It’s the same…
Media literacy With most of the schools re-opening, many parents have to decide whether or not to give their children a smart-phone. However, this decision involves many questions, considerations and…
System implementation /e/OS or the e-Foundation, founded by Gael Duval, has made it its goal to develop a de-Googled Android ecosystem. This sounds contradictory at first, since Google has brought…
The basis for the Android operating system is the Linux kernel. Its development began in 1991 by Linus Torvalds as a hobby project to understand his personal computer, but also…
I thought of it, my main focus was on major social problems with the high influence and an almost monopolistic market position of Google and its dominant product Android OS,…
Fairphone B.V. has so far released three models of its Fairphone. The company exists since January 2013, a good seven years. The goal of the company is to produce durable,…
Most smartphones use chips with the architecture Advanced RISC Machines, or ARM for short. ARM issues licenses to the chip manufacturers who produce chips based on this architecture. In order…
In addition to the device-specific ROMS, Google has introduced so-called GSIs, Generic System Images with Project Treble in Android 8 or Oreo. The compatibility of the images to the individual…
Security Updates With the security updates, Google has been delivering patches to smartphone manufacturers on a monthly cycle since 2015. It is then up to the manufacturers to incorporate them…
Risks As with almost all interventions in complex systems, there are also risks involved in flashing modified software and firmware that must be taken into account. Root access Rooting or…
