[Galaxy S II Android Development] memine:
So you KNOW where you are right now right?

You understand that Android is basically a modular form of Linux which is why "we" are able to modify, add, and remove things.

I neither have to want or use Ubuntu if I happen to start installing it with a live disk. Once started I can switch over to Debian, Aptosid, or what ever floats your boat. Making a kernel that loads or uses what you want isn't difficult and grabbing things from different open or non-free sources is simple. Its the skill sets that people like Erezak have that go once step deeper and make, modify, or port hardware libs and drivers for Android that really make this work. (Once you can act as root and install busybox and bins.)

If you don't understand the basics of what your installing or manipulating you might want to check your reply prior to hitting send.

I currently don't use any "Gapps". I use different markets and opensource apps. Voice, movies, bluetooth, music, GPS, texting, all work fine. The social BS apps I neither need nor want. I go for more a small laptop than phone. For anything I truly have to have from Google I can cripple it and/or block it even tweak and resign if needed. (Hence my original post you ignorantly flamed on.)

It's easier to ask my peers or the person who's made the modifications or compiled the kernel/software than to try and reverse engineer it myself as anyone could already have looked at this.

It's no different than disableing or removing apps that try to send data from the folders tombstone, userstats, and dropbox. Once I stop them from having access I then see who complains in the logs and freeze them to test. Removal occurs if things remain stable while frozen for a few days.

You have a nice day now. ;)

---------- Post added at 07:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:07 AM ----------

Just as Linus Torvalds created Linux and from there different branches have broken off from Red Hat to Debian and everything in between so happens with Android. Android is open source. The only thing that ties my hands is if a feature I want is only available through a Google apk/source. Time usually resolves this as someone with the ability to reproduce the app desides to see how it works.

So it's not that I like Googles version of Android. I like it better than the other options available and for the fact that I can change it with or without the help of others.

The ONLY problem I really have with Android IS Google. They have so much big brother tied into the OS its like trying to stop Windows from phoneing home when a network connection is made. Have you ever looked into the dropbox, userstats, or tombstones folder? You really okay with not only someone collecting that data, filling your drive space, but also using your bandwidth and data charges to retrieve it? I'm not. Additionally these type of things usually have exploitable weaknesses as well.

For an interesting site to check out Have a look here and specifically here.

---------- Post added at 07:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:40 AM ----------

Sadly I don't see any DPI support. Might check it out anyway just before flashing the next Sapir.