Android fragmentation is a constant issue for the world’s most popular operating system. While high-end consumers are treated to a fresh Android version each year, another version comes along before ...

The Android's kernel controls many aspects of the operating system, so when you replace the operating system you replace the code that keeps Android running. Android custom kernels, also called ROMs, ...

BEST: Make all of your changes to upstream Linux. If appropriate, backport to the stable releases. These patches will be merged automatically in the corresponding common kernels. If the patch is ...

If you clicked on the article, you likely already have a good understanding of what this news refers to and its potential implications. On the off change that you don't, the basic concept is this: The ...

How are kernel config settings typically stored? When building the Linux kernel for a particular platform one usually begins by basing the kernel configuration off of a particular defconfig. The ...

Sure, if you are a tinkerer, you probably have experimented with various Android ROMs, but have you ever tried replacing your kernel? Lets back up a bit, what’s a kernel? In a nutshell, it is one of ...

Kindle Fire owners have been hacking Amazon’s $199 Android 2.3 tablet to install unofficial versions of Android 4.0 since late last year. But while those early builds of Android 4.0 offer most of the ...

A major change in the maintenance lifecycle of Linux kernels is coming. During a Linaro Connect 2017 presentation on Android’s Project Treble, Googler Iliyan Malchev announced that Linux LTS (Long ...

The Linux Plumbers Conference is this week, and since Android is one of the biggest distributors of the Linux kernel in the world, Google software engineer Todd Kjos stopped by for a progress report ...

Android: If you like to overclock or enable other certain features on your device, you'll need to use a custom Android kernel. Kernel Manager makes installing third-party kernels on your rooted phone ...