After Friday’s bombshell concerning the LTE Galaxy Nexus losing official
AOSP “support” from
Google was barely addressed, a somewhat deeper explanation as to what this
means has finally
been delivered. According to Android engineer Dan Morril, the device is
still a supported “Nexus”
device for “everyday use” and will receive updates and all that jazz.
Google is just now making it
public that they can’t lock down licenses for CDMA binaries like they do
with GSM, therefore they
cannot distribute them. So to have their developer pages represented
appropriately, they have to
say that “no CDMA devices are supported.”
Full message below.
Hi, all! Thanks for all the questions. Here’s a quick omnibus to answer the
questions folks have
asked…
First, just to be clear this change is only related to AOSP support for
these devices — that is,
personal custom builds. These are obviously still officially- supported
Nexus devices for everyday
use, they will receive official software updates, and so on. Similarly,
these are still fully -
supported development devices for app developers.
Second, as I noted at the top of the thread, Nexus devices will still have
unlocked bootloaders,
and we’ll continue to make available as many of the closed-source binaries
as we can. CDMA
support in AOSP has always been more challenging than GSM, and this change
is a reflection of
that reality.
On that topic, here’s a quick clarification on the core issue. Every device
has a number of closed-
source software packages included on it. Though Google distributes some of
these binaries for
Nexus devices for use with AOSP, Google does not own the software. Rather,
this software is
variously owned by the device manufacturer, the carrier, and their
suppliers. We try to get
distribution rights for as many of these binaries as possible, but in some
cases it is difficult or
impossible to obtain these rights. (CDMA specifically has a tricky history
of intellectual property.)
Combined with the technical issues of needing to sign the apks correctly,
this has prevented us
from obtaining the distribution rights we need to support these devices in
AOSP.
Finally, we will of course continue to work on improving support. If we can
resolve these issues,
we’ll certainly restore CDMA support to AOSP. In the meantime, we’ve
updated our docs to be
more accurate about the degree of support.
Again, CDMA is simply a pain in the ass.
But what about our custom ROM community? This shouldn’t ruin the experience
for our ROM
developers either in case you were wondering. From what I have been told,
these CDMA binaries
are usually pulled from the devices themselves, so if Google isn’ t
distributing them, things should
still be fine (as long as they know what they are doing). When new source
is dropped, it can still
be used for the LTE Nexus (“toro”). The thing here, is that the title of
being “supported” isn’t there
for now. I think we can all live with that as long as we continue to
receive support like we
expected when we bought this phone.
If you want even more technical details on this CDMA licensing issue,
Jean-Baptiste Queru has
you covered .
Funny thing is, a blog post over at their Android Developers site before
they made this change
would have solved this all. We can talk about the action bar and the death
of the menu bar, but
not talk about a pretty massive re- classification of what it means to be
an AOSP device?
Interesting.
On Feb 7, 2012 9:23 AM, "Eko Prasetiyo" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Baca ini dulu deh
>
>
> www.droid-life.com/2012/02/06/google-offers-further-clarification-on-why-they-removed-support-for-cdma-devices-in-aosp-like-the-galaxy-nexus/
> On Feb 7, 2012 7:19 AM, "Andi - leo5354" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> **
>> Jadi inget soal thread yg mengemukakan alasan kenapa TSnya benci Android
>> Salah satunya karena dia melihat ada masalah dalam kompromi dgn operator
>> soal open source
>> Sekarang terbukti kan kalau analisanya ngga salah
>> To work, to sweat and to struggle is the enjoyment and achievement of life
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: * budianto <[email protected]>
>> *Sender: * [email protected]
>> *Date: *Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:00:01 +0700
>> *To: *<[email protected]>
>> *ReplyTo: * [email protected]
>> *Subject: *[id-android] google menghentikan layanan terhadap hh cdma
>>
>> dear suhu dan master,
>>
>> maksud-nya link dibawah ini apa yah? hoax kah?
>>
>>
>>
>> ==================================================================================================================
>>
>>
>> http://djsite.blogdetik.com/2012/02/06/benarkah-google-akan-menghentikan-dukungan-penuhnya-terhadap-perangkat-android-berbasis-cdma/?query-string
>>
>> *Adakah diantara anda yang saat ini menggunakan Gadget Android berbasis
>> CDMA? *Semisal Samsung Galaxy Nexus atau Motorola XOOM? jika ada,
>> pertanyaan saya selanjutnya adalah, *sudahkan anda mendengar berita
>> terbaru dari Website resmi Developer Android yang mengatakan bahwa
>> kemungkinan besar Google akan menghentikan dukungan penuhnya terhadap
>> Perangkat Android Berbasis CDMA dan tidak akan lagi menyediakan Update
>> resmi untuk perangkat Android berbasis CDMA?* Jika belum, saya
>> persilahkan anda untuk mengunjungi link berikut ini: *Source 
>> Android<http://source.android.com/source/building-devices.html>
>> * dan tolong jangan langsung “shock” ketika anda sampai pada kata-kata: *No
>> CDMA devices are supported*, karena terhitung 4 hari lalu, Google memang
>> sudah mulai menghapus semua referensi dan dokumentasi resmi yang selama ini
>> mereka sediakan untuk ponsel dan tablet Android berbasis CDMA dari situs
>> resmi Open Source mereka itu, bahkan termasuk Source Code dan factory
>> ROM-nya.
>>
>> *—*
>>
>> Padahal, klo kita mau ngomongin Device Android berbasis CDMA, Seperti
>> yang sama-sama kita tau, selama ini Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus justru
>> termasuk salah satu handset Android yang cukup menonjol dibandingkan
>> handset Android lainnya. Bahkan saking spesialnya handset yang satu ini,
>> banyak pengamat bahkan menyebutnya sebagai bagian dari situs Google yang
>> dilabeli dengan “Code Name”*Toro*.
>>
>> —
>>
>> Sayang, ke-spesialan yang diberikan Google terhadap gadget tersebut
>> justru harus berakhir ketika gadget tersebut sedang naik daun dimata para
>> pemiliknya, bahkan hanya berselang seminggu setelah secara resmi Google
>> memberikan update resmi untuk Gadget tersebut ke OS terbaru Android 4.0
>> yang lebih dikenal dengan nama Ice-Cream Sandwich. Dan hari ini, di situs
>> resmi developer Android-nya, Google hanya dapat menuliskan kalimat berikut
>> ini untuk anda para pemilik Samsung Galaxy Nexus dan Device Android lain
>> berbasis CDMA: *“archived, for reference only.”*
>>
>> *Dan untuk alasannya?* hingga saat ini, Google bahkan belum mampu
>> memberikan alasan apapun di situs resmi Developer Android-nya itu. Dan klo
>> anda coba cari berita terkait hal inipun, bisa saya pastikan masih sangat
>> sedikit Portal berita luar yang mengabarkan hal ini karena pihak Google
>> Inc. sendiri memang belum mau memberikan klarifikasi apapun. Dan bahkan
>> kemungkinan besar belum ada portal berita Indonesia yang sempat
>> mengabarkannya karena seperti yang anda tau, mereka masih sangat sibuk
>> mengabarkan sinetron panjang “Partai Si Biru” hahaha…
>>
>> Namun untuk meredakan luapan emosi dari para User Gadget Android berbasis
>> CDMA yang mempertanyakan hal tersebut, melalui halaman *Android
>> Contributors Google 
>> Groups<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21topic/android-contrib/phz3S5ZdveU>
>> *. Google akhirnya menjelaskan bahwa perusahan mereka memang telah
>> secara resmi menghapus perangkat CDMA dari dukungan dokumentasi resmi
>> mereka, dengan alasan bahwa teknologi dan perangkat lunak yang dibutuhkan
>> untuk membuat Gadget-gadget Android berbasis CDMA dapat berjalan
>> sebagaimana mestinya memang sudah tidak tersedia dalam bentuk Open Source,
>> melainkan hanya tersedia dalam bentuk Closed-Source, yang mereka akui sudah
>> sangat bertentangan dengan keinginan mereka untuk menjadikan Android
>> sebagai sebuah OS(Sistem Operasi) yang bersifat Open Source atau terbuka.
>> Dan sebagai contoh, mereka menjelaskan bahwa untuk menginstall file APK
>> saja, Gadget-gadget yang berbasis CDMA harus terlebih dahulu melalui tahap
>> “digitally signed” oleh operator masing-masing yang jelas sudah sangat
>> bertentangan dengan visi dan misi Android sebagai Open Source. So, intinya
>> Google hanya ingin mengatakan bahwa mereka sudah tidak dapat lagi
>> mengontrol perangkat lunak yang berjalan di Gadget Android berbasis CDMA
>> karena setelah berpatokan pada “principles of “Nexus” dan developer
>> devices”, mereka justru mendapati bahwa CDMA tidak memenuhi syarat untuk
>> tetap mendapat dukungan penuh dari mereka, dan untuk lebih jelasnya berikut
>> kutipan resmi mereka:
>>
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