Even just providing specifications and some documentation about the devices, someone might write a new driver. Reverse engineering is hard, having something to go off of means they can probably extend support from an existing driver fairly easily.
The biggest issue is probably the MediaTek chipsets. Unlike Qualcomm, they don’t provide the source code.
I only went with MTK based device for manual band selection. It can be done with root, but the only app for it I could find is network signal guru, and I am not sure about how trustworthy it is to give root access to.
I wonder how small manufacturers are going to do the 5 years of updates. I mean the brands that typically get no updates at all.
Maybe they will band together to support a common base system that is more open? Wishful thinking I know…
Yeah, I mean, if I was Unihertz, I’d give all my drivers’ code to LineageOS and sales would skyrocket. I don’t know why they don’t do this.
Even just providing specifications and some documentation about the devices, someone might write a new driver. Reverse engineering is hard, having something to go off of means they can probably extend support from an existing driver fairly easily.
The biggest issue is probably the MediaTek chipsets. Unlike Qualcomm, they don’t provide the source code.
I only went with MTK based device for manual band selection. It can be done with root, but the only app for it I could find is network signal guru, and I am not sure about how trustworthy it is to give root access to.
Without more detail we can’t really speculate. Who decides what sort of update is required?
Libre OSes do, what, 20 years? With volunteers
I guess security only and once a year, if anything. It’s going to be hard to enforce.
Even big OEM usually do slow updates after 2 years.