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The Droidian project is pleased to announce the release of the 26th snapshot.

Debian bookworm is now released as the latest stable Debian version, and it's the perfect time to release a new point-in-time snapshot!

As usual, if you are already running Droidian bookworm there is no need to reflash.

We want to thank everyone who has been running Droidian bookworm for the past few months.

This is going to be the last snapshot based on bookworm and we will be moving to Debian 13 trixie after this release.

The images for bookworm will still receive update from Debian repositories but no updates from the Droidian team. although in the current state they are quite stable images and can be used without any issues.

For more information about the developments in Droidian read the blog post here.

Highlights

  • @FakeShell has been added to the Droidian core team.
  • Based on Debian 12 bookworm
    • GNOME 43 (except some non-essential packages)
    • phoc 0.28.0
    • phosh 0.28.0
    • squeekboard 1.22.0
  • Volla Phone returns to the official builds roster
  • Volla Phone 22 is added to the official builds roster as a new device
  • A bunch of previously community supported devices were added to the official builds roster with most features now working:
    • Oneplus 3/3T (oneplus3/oneplus3t)
    • Xiaomi Redmi 7 (onclite)
    • Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 (lavender)
    • Xiaomi Redmi 9C/9C NFC (angelica/angelican)
    • Poco M2 Pro / Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro / Pro Max / 9S (miatoll)
    • Samsung Galaxy S9 (Qualcomm) (starqlte)
  • A new battery management solution batman was included in all devices together with its GUI. It will possibly prolong the battery life by even two or three times in daily use.
  • Much more stable camera stack has been worked on and added to Droidian devices that did not support camera.
  • New sysfs fallback in flashlightd code. This should ensure the flashlight works on most devices out of the box.
  • Image has been cleaned off from all mobile unfriendly apps.
  • Numerous bug fixes, improvements and cleanups through the whole stack.

Supported devices

These devices are officially supported by Droidian:

F(x)tec

  • F(x)tec Pro 1 (qx1000) - fastboot-flashable, recovery-flashable
  • F(x)tec Pro 1-X (qx1050) - fastboot-flashable

Sony

  • Sony Xperia 5 (bahamut) - fastboot-flashable, recovery-flashable

Google

  • Google Pixel 3a/3a XL (sargo/bonito) - fastboot-flashable

Oneplus

  • Oneplus 3/3T (oneplus3/oneplus3t) - recovery-flashable

Poco / Xiaomi

  • Xiaomi Redmi 7 (onclite) - fastboot-flashable
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 (lavender) - fastboot-flashable
  • Xiaomi Redmi 9C/9C NFC (angelica/angelican) - fastboot-flashable
  • Poco M2 Pro / Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro / Pro Max / 9S (miatoll) - fastboot-flashable

Volla Phone

  • Volla Phone (yggdrasil) - fastboot-flashable
  • Volla Phone 22 (mimameid) - fastboot-flashable

Samsung

  • Samsung Galaxy S9 (Qualcomm) (starqlte) - fastboot-flashable

Known issues

Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL

Full-disk encryption

This port doesn't support full-disk encryption at the moment.

Camera is inconsistent

Camera is inconsistent and does not work on all models of 3a and 3a XL

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7

Full-disk encryption

Full-disk encryption is currently unavailable

Waydroid

Waydroid is unstable and does not start properly

Oneplus 3/3t

Full-disk encryption

Full-disk encryption is not possible on this device.

Camera does not work

Camera does not work yet.

Xiaomi Redmi 9C/9C NFC

Camera and touch screen

Because of Xiaomi not updating their codebase but releasing new devices, there are devices with missing camera drivers. as a result camera works on some revisions of 9C and 9C NFC but not others. Touch screen also suffers from the same issue for a portion of 9C NFC devices.

Rotation is inconsistent

Rotation is currently broken and after rotation touch will be inverted.

Waydroid

Waydroid is currently not usable because of veth missing in the kernel.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is only usable through an application such as blueman.

Poco M2 Pro / Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro / Pro Max / 9S

Full-disk encryption

Full-disk encryption is not recommended as device can get stuck on the encryption screen for up to 5 minutes until touch starts working.

Samsung Galaxy S9 (Qualcomm)

Full-disk encryption

While full-disk encryption does work it will lead to the phone becoming very slow and unresponsive.

Volla Phone

Auto-brightness

Auto-brightness always goes to lowest brightness setting possible. It can be disable from Settings.

Full-disk encryption

Full-disk encryption is currently unavailable

Volla Phone 22

Auto-brightness

Auto-brightness always goes to lowest brightness setting possible. It can be disable from Settings.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is only usable through an application such as blueman.

Full-disk encryption

Full-disk encryption is currently unavailable

eMMC

It is possible that on some instances Droidian installed on the internal eMMC corrupts system files occasionally. This can be avoided by installing on an SD-card via Volla Boot Manager.

Contributors

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