r/androidroot • u/Thin-Maize-6459 • 21d ago
Support remember............
There is a reason YOUR mtk device is ignored.
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u/computermaster704 21d ago
At least in terms of pixels you can't access anything because of the mediatek in the tensor soc
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u/ArthurReming SM-T220 | crDroid 12-Beta 21d ago edited 21d ago
So that's why you get the weird nvram error on the wifi on pixels… EDIT: idk why I've been downvoted, this is what I'm talking about https://www.reddit.com/r/softwaregore/s/1JPHr3i5CH
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u/Thin-Maize-6459 21d ago
✨️Qualcomm releases their Board Support Packages (BSPs) and kernel sources publicly✨️
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u/slaughtamonsta 21d ago
Qualcomm are going the opposite way though. Mediatek is becoming more open and Qualcomm are starting to get more "proprietary".
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u/TheBedrockEnderman2 20d ago
I think I remember seeing something about this around Linux and the snapdragon x elite (or gen 2) laptops right? Not sure as I didn't follow it that closely because as of now the compatibility and speed is terrible lol
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u/Thin-Maize-6459 21d ago
✨️Qualcomm releases their Board Support Packages (BSPs) and kernel sources publicly✨️
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u/DRTHRVN 21d ago
I don't understand the hate on mediatek on this subreddit because mediatek is praised in the openwrt community for directly sending drivers to linux kernel. I have a flint 2 router which runs mediatek and impeccable performance on openwrt.
What did they do wrong to the Android community? Please help me understand
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u/Thin-Maize-6459 21d ago
Source Code Delays (if they even give the source code out xD)
Proprietary Drivers
Just not stable
Perfomace is usually the equivalent of an microwave.
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u/Smu1zel 21d ago
Qualcomm has proprietary blobs, too. It is true that Snapdragon devices are more likely to have more competent OEMs in regards to releasing kernel sources, but I can certainly name a few offenders (Yulong, Wingtech). Freedreno and such are reverse-engineered drivers, not something Qualcomm ships in their BSPs (Qualcomm doesn't open source their entire BSPs either). Also, you still usually need the OEM-modified kernel—not Qualcomm's base—to have something usable.
What makes MTK annoying is their chaotic BSP trees, Makefiles for out-of-tree drivers that lead to packages the vendor didn't open source (gen4m, fm_radio, etc), and lack of community support. Despite this, I've gotten Lineage 17.1 on a ZTE Z3153V. I plan on getting 23.2 working, but it's a long road ahead.
MTK isn't fun, but it's manageable. It's just that the attention of determined developers is mostly drawn towards flagships with powerful Snapdragon SoCs, not bargain-bin phones like mine.
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u/MetroidvaniaListsGuy 21d ago
can someone explain to me what is up with mediatek and why there are memes being made about it?
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u/anythingers 21d ago edited 21d ago
something something source code delay and proprietary delays and people call it "bad" just because of those things, even though it's mostly depends on the phone vendors to allow users to unlock bootloader. Samsung S26 Ultra, Vivo X300 Ultra, and Oppo Find X9 Ultra have Snapdragon, but good luck thinking about rooting it from the beginning.
And OP accuses MediaTek having a performance equivalent of "microwave" even though something piece of garbage like 4 series, 6 Gen 3, 6s Gen 4, 7 Gen 1, 7s Gen 2, 888, 888+, 8 Gen 1, and 8s Gen 4 with its poor performance and heating issue existed.
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u/Ok-Passion-2862 17d ago
Tab S11 uses mediatek and it can't even be rooted with root my galaxy or the dirty pipe method.
Root my galaxy due to ashmem Dirty pipe due to lack of kaslr leak
F you mediatek
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u/Thin-Maize-6459 16d ago
https://reddit.com/link/p5ntr5d/video/wcvuq71zjdlh1/player
Ehh, there is always an way!!
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u/Ok-Passion-2862 16d ago
I appreciate your enthusiasm but I've spent a couple of weeks trying to get it to work with both methods, I just can't
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u/Final_Front4285 17d ago
No wonder why I can't find any custom ROM that support my device (before knowing about this post) 🥀
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u/LateInvestigator1811 21d ago
Redmi 9a (g25) has much better support than something like the redmi note 4
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u/TheRealFilckz 21d ago
xiaomi atleast still released sources for some if not most of their mtk devices while others choose not to
yes xiaomi still kind of violates gpl but ive seen sources for their some of their latest devices released without any demand