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Kind of a long answer. The kernel information is what version of the base Linux kernel, not typically what version of the kernel the developer chose. You'll typically see 3.1 or 3.4 as the kernel version on Android devices. For more information:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)#Linux_kernelLinux kernel

Android's*kernel*is based on one of the*Linux kernel's*long-term support*(LTS) branches. Since April 2014, Android devices mainly use versions 3.4 or 3.10 of the Linux kernel.[109][110]*The specific kernel version depends on the actual Android device and its hardware platform;[111][112][113]Android has used various kernel versions since the version 2.6.25 that was used in Android*1.0.[35]

Android's variant of the Linux kernel has further architectural changes that are implemented by Google outside the typical Linux kernel development cycle, such as the inclusion of components like*Binder, ashmem, pmem, logger, wakelocks, and different*out-of-memory*(OOM) handling.[114][115][116]Certain features that Google contributed back to the Linux kernel, notably a power management feature called "wakelocks", were rejected by mainline kernel developers partly because they felt that Google did not show any intent to maintain its own code.[117][118][119]*Google announced in April 2010 that they would hire two employees to work with the Linux kernel community,[120]*but*Greg Kroah-Hartman, the current Linux kernel maintainer for the stable branch, said in December 2010 that he was concerned that Google was no longer trying to get their code changes included in mainstream Linux.[118]*Some Google Android developers hinted that "the Android team was getting fed up with the process," because they were a small team and had more urgent work to do on Android.[121]

In August 2011,*Linus Torvalds*said that "eventually Android and Linux would come back to a common kernel, but it will probably not be for four to five years".[122]*In December 2011, Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the start of Android Mainlining Project, which aims to put some Android*drivers, patches and features back into the Linux kernel, starting in Linux 3.3.[123]*Linux included the autosleep and wakelocks capabilities in the 3.5 kernel, after many previous attempts at merger. The interfaces are the same but the upstream Linux implementation allows for two different suspend modes: to memory (the traditional suspend that Android uses), and to disk (hibernate, as it is known on the desktop).[124]*Google maintains a public code repository that contains their experimental work to*re-base*Android off the latest stable Linux versions.[125][126]

The*flash storage*on Android devices is split into several partitions, such as*/system*for the operating system itself, and*/data*for user data and application installations.[127]*In contrast to desktop Linux distributions, Android device owners are not given*root*access to the operating system and sensitive partitions such as /system are*read-only. However, root access can be obtained by exploiting*security flaws*in Android, which is used frequently by the*open-source community*to enhance the capabilities of their devices,[128]but also by malicious parties to install*viruses*andmalware.[129]

Android is a*Linux distribution*according to the*Linux Foundation,[130]*Google's open-source chief*Chris DiBona,[131]and several journalists.[132][133]*Others, such as Google engineer Patrick Brady, say that Android is not Linux in the traditional*Unix-like*Linux distribution sense; Android does not include the*GNU C Library*(it uses*Bionic*as an alternative C library) and some of other components typically found in Linux distributions.[134]

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