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AI Astra ports dual-screen phone from Android 9 to Android 17

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A user is leveraging an AI named Astra to port a niche Hisense A6L dual-screen phone from Android 9 to Android 17. This complex task involves gaining root access, extracting phone backups, customizing fast boot, and building both Android and its kernel. Astra has demonstrated impressive capabilities by overcoming numerous bugs, including fixing USB connection issues and kernel crashes, and even reverse-engineering the original kernel to resolve problems. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's potential in complex software porting and reverse engineering for niche hardware.

RANK_REASON AI assisting with a specific, complex technical task on a niche product.

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AI Astra ports dual-screen phone from Android 9 to Android 17

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  1. r/singularity TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/PaddleStroke ·

    Astra is porting my dual screen phone from Android 9 to Android 17

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have this Hisense A6L, a phone that is not mainstream at all, it released only in China. And which has some very specific hardware since it has 2 screens. One LCD and one Eink.</p> <p>I love it, but it's stuck on Android 9. And this is causing …

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