It's a lightweight device that has a few kinks to it that other regional variants would not have. And it's all from open source information.
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Nokia 3 scores official Android Oreo update, 1 and 6 roll out kernel source code
The quad-core MediaTek-powered Nokia 3 is HMD Global's latest smartphone to receive over-the-air Oreo goodies, while the Nokia 1 and 6 are the company's first with kernel source code out.
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Xiaomi Mi A1 shows developers some love with long overdue kernel release
For an Android One smartphone, it sure took the Xiaomi Mi A1 a painfully long time to publicly distribute original kernel source code.
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Moto X4 kernel on Android Oreo now on GitHub
As part of the general public license that Android is offered to device makers under, Motorola has to post changes to the kernel it has made.
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European devs now have access to HTC U11 kernel
ROM developers in Europe will now have access to the full source code for the HTC U11. Hmm, Europe. What is it with opening up to Europe?
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OnePlus gives ROM developers access to Dash Charge kernels
If you think OnePlus got OxygenOS all wrong for the OnePlus 3, the company wasn’t against you changing things up with a different ROM. Thing was, you had to trade out some major fast charging with that choice — it’s a feature
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LG G3 oversharpening fix arrives with a few kernel tweaks
This is just great: far too often we find ourselves reporting on issues with popular smartphones, only to see time go by without any fixes materializing. And after sharing news with you back in July about how the LG G3 was using a contrast-enhancing software filter to make on-screen text annoyingly “pop,” we went months without any sign of salvation. LG still may not be willing to do anything about the oversharpening, but the independent dev community has finally arrived with a fix, offering the solution ...
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Before and after: an overclocked Galaxy Note II (Video)
The Galaxy Note II was once one of the fastest and most powerful smartphones on the market. But with newer Snapdragon chipsets and faster clock speeds, the Note II is begging to show its age, if only a tiny bit. The 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos 4412 chip is definitely no slouch, but it isn’t quite as snappy or powerful as more modern chips. To speed things up, nothing ever works quite as well as wiping the phone and starting from scratch. As you load more games and
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