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      2 years ago

      I personally can’t wait for open sourcing of mobile drivers / driver apis. That will finally allow stuff like turning off phone components for Linux mobile system and not have gyro for some specific phones.

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        2 years ago

        Are you saying Android has less features and capabilities? Or am I reading it wrong?

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            2 years ago

            Ahh I see, thanks!

            The reason I was confused is that I was assuming this is about older iPhones, you know, the ones Apple is deliberately slowing down. So installing a lightweight Android ROM could give them a new lease on life.

      • SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net
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        2 years ago

        I would assume it’s to use the chips but that only works if they’re forced to provide proper drivers for the full hardware