[IMPORTANT] New GerdaOS roadmap announcement - project unfrozen
New GerdaOS roadmap announcement - project unfrozen
As you probably know, GerdaOS development had been completely frozen until KaiOS 3.0 release for Qualcomm-based Nokias. Now that it's known that no 3.0 version is coming for any existing 2.5.x-based device, the development has been unfrozen with a completely new revamp plan.
First, there will be no minor updates to the current version. If you use current GerdaOS on Nokia 8110 4G and have critical issues, I suggest moving to the rooted v17 stock firmware. You can always flash it with any available EDL utility and this firehose binary.
Second, new GerdaOS versions (except the next, initial one) will not be distributed as partition images or update packages. Instead, they will be built and distributed as the set of patchers for each significant partition (boot
, system
, recovery
and splash
). It will be up to the user to pull the partitions from the device and put the patched images back using the known methods (e.g. EDL with firehose).
Further development of GerdaOS will consist of the following parts:
Application part - FastSuite apps (don't require root, will be developed as standalone repos)
- Phonebook: FastContact
- Call logs: FastLog
- Launcher/homescreen: FastShell
- Keyboard: FastIME
- Messages: FastMsg
- Callscreen: FastCall (must explore the possibility of implementation first)
Application part - other apps (root-dependent)
- Wallace Toolbox upgrade to support different IMEI editing methods
- GerdaPkg revamp to a version-agnostic package installer that doesn't rely on mozApps methods
- Some VPN solution (long-term, might never be implemented)
- /etc/hosts editor based on the ad blocking list
System part
- Implement boot partition patcher for Qualcomm and MediaTek (probably extend on the 8k-boot-patcher) to root the device and replace the early splash screen
- Implement system partition patcher to remove the bloatware, remove the tracking-related settings, replace the late splash screen and replace the basic KaiOS software with the applicaiton part of GerdaOS
- Implement splash partition patcher to replace the intermediate splash screen
- Build the complete installer image for the old structure to update existing v13-based GerdaOS installations to v17 on Nokia 8110 4G
Henceforth, all issues not corresponding to this plan are going to be closed with the reference to this post.