Dear MediaTek,
Lots of people have bough Android devices with MediaTek chips inside.
For many of those people, trying to keep their devices updated to the latest version of Android has been an exercise in futility.
The main issue with your platform seems to be it's closed nature.
Because of that, it's extremely difficult for the Android developer community to provide any support for devices that rely on MediaTek chips.
Please, openly provide all necessary binaries and source, so there can be proper Android developer community support for MediaTek based devices.
Basically, full support for AOSP + Custom ROMs.
You could aim to be the "Asian Nexus" and reap all the benefits of the Android developer community enthusiasts.
For more information:
Google Nexus devices:http://www.google.com/nexus/
XDA Developers forum:http://forum.xda-developers.com/
AOSP:https://android.googlesource.com/
CyanogenMod (Custom ROM):http://get.cm/
Paranoid Android (Custom ROM):http://www.paranoid-rom.com/
AOKP (Custom ROM):http://aokp.co/
Thanks in advance.
Regards.
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February 21, 2014
I am honestly stunned by how many people joined this effort with me. If each of you could send this link to just three people who care about open software, we might finally hit that one thousand mark.
Reached 100 supporters
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555 Comments
Open source drivers are essential so that old devices can be updated for security an functionality reasons. Would be great if Mediatek changed their minds. However, my next smartphone (Fairphone 2) will have a different chipset with is open to future development. Bye, bye Mediatek!
I´ve bought two Mediatek Based smartphones and was very pleased by it´s price. but unfortnately , development for custom roms and updates is almost non-existent, due to the restriction of the source codes from the kernel, which needs to be open freely
MediaTek are allowed Linux for free only if they share what they have changed. Follow the law. With open source MediaTek source could be useful, now they are just annoying. Will not get a new MediaTek phone before source is released.
Was *very* close to buying one of those MediaTek based device until I noticed no custom ROMs are available. No thanks. Stuff like that tends to end up as electronic scap way too soon when no upgrade options exist
mediatek devices are literally flooding my country's market. and chances are they have been picked by thousands of ppl. including me. the problem is that most of them are stuck on 4.2.2. if you release this, we can make it a better device and as a whole, make ppl love mediatek's device!
open source the better
Please release custom drivers for emulation or powerful processors are useless
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Dear MediaTek,
Lots of people have bough Android devices with MediaTek chips inside.
For many of those people, trying to keep their devices updated to the latest version of Android has been an exercise in futility.
The main issue with your platform seems to be it's closed nature.
Because of that, it's extremely difficult for the Android developer community to provide any support for devices that rely on MediaTek chips.
Please, openly provide all necessary binaries and source, so there can be proper Android developer community support for MediaTek based devices.
Basically, full support for AOSP + Custom ROMs.
You could aim to be the "Asian Nexus" and reap all the benefits of the Android developer community enthusiasts.
For more information:
Google Nexus devices:http://www.google.com/nexus/
XDA Developers forum:http://forum.xda-developers.com/
AOSP:https://android.googlesource.com/
CyanogenMod (Custom ROM):http://get.cm/
Paranoid Android (Custom ROM):http://www.paranoid-rom.com/
AOKP (Custom ROM):http://aokp.co/
Thanks in advance.
Regards.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
February 24, 2014
February 21, 2014
I am honestly stunned by how many people joined this effort with me. If each of you could send this link to just three people who care about open software, we might finally hit that one thousand mark.
Reached 100 supporters
August 8, 2013
555 Comments
I recently bought a MT6752 smartphone and it is immediately useless due to bloat and a clunky OS. I'm attempting to build an AOSP ROM for this phone, but I'm finding there is no source available for the SoC. I'm rethinking that I should have bought a Snapdragon 615 phone instead.
Open source drivers are essential so that old devices can be updated for security an functionality reasons. Would be great if Mediatek changed their minds. However, my next smartphone (Fairphone 2) will have a different chipset with is open to future development. Bye, bye Mediatek!
I´ve bought two Mediatek Based smartphones and was very pleased by it´s price. but unfortnately , development for custom roms and updates is almost non-existent, due to the restriction of the source codes from the kernel, which needs to be open freely
MediaTek are allowed Linux for free only if they share what they have changed. Follow the law. With open source MediaTek source could be useful, now they are just annoying. Will not get a new MediaTek phone before source is released.
Was *very* close to buying one of those MediaTek based device until I noticed no custom ROMs are available. No thanks. Stuff like that tends to end up as electronic scap way too soon when no upgrade options exist
mediatek devices are literally flooding my country's market. and chances are they have been picked by thousands of ppl. including me. the problem is that most of them are stuck on 4.2.2. if you release this, we can make it a better device and as a whole, make ppl love mediatek's device!
open source the better
Please release custom drivers for emulation or powerful processors are useless
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I recently bought a MT6752 smartphone and it is immediately useless due to bloat and a clunky OS. I'm attempting to build an AOSP ROM for this phone, but I'm finding there is no source available for the SoC. I'm rethinking that I should have bought a Snapdragon 615 phone instead.