The Galaxy S22 series was eventually made public last month after practically everything regarding Samsung’s 2022 flagships had been leaked. The phones showcase the best of what the Korean OEM has to offer this year at a variety of pricing points.
However, we see, Samsung has finally published the kernel sources for the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus, and Galaxy S22 Ultra, as predicted.
Publication of Samsung Galaxy S22 series kernel sources: All you need to know
In Europe and a few Asian countries, the Samsung Galaxy S22 series is powered by the company’s in-house Exynos 2200 processor. In contrast, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 model is accessible in North America, Latin America, Africa, Oceania, and most Asian areas, including India. In order to comply with the GPLv2 license that the Linux kernel is under, the corporation must provide its kernel source code, just like every other Android device release. So yet, Samsung has only done so for Exynos models.
If you’re a developer, you can now obtain the kernel source code for the Exynos variants of the Galaxy S22 (SM-S901B), Galaxy S22 Plus (SM-S906B), and Galaxy S22 Ultra through the Samsung Open Source Release Center (SM-S908B). The first version is based on software version S90xBXXU1AVA7 (AVA8 for the regular Galaxy S22).
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Because the Galaxy S22 came with One UI 4.1 out of the box, the kernel sources are based on Android 12. While each model has its own release, it is theoretically feasible to generate SoC-specific unified trees by integrating the required packages.
With the release of kernel source code, developers may begin porting the popular TWRP custom recovery, developing custom kernels, and releasing custom ROMs for the aforementioned devices. However, such tweaks are only helpful if the device’s bootloader can be unlocked, which is unfortunately not the case for several Snapdragon-powered handsets.
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