New key software-related elements are now in the world for 3 of the most important phones from HMD Global: the new Nokia 8.1 and the older Nokia 7 Plus and 8. The Finnish brand just introduced the kernel source code for the Nokia 8.1 and 7 Plus. In case you never heard about it, it is a component what plays a primary role in the development of custom ROMs and kernels allowing to customize a phone in a radical way by completely modifying its running system. By releasing the kernel source code for Those handsets, HMD Global accomplished the GPL (General Public License) rules what say that modified source code really should always be published in readable format once it is compiled and distributed by telephones manufacturers.
However don’t expect out of the moderate custom ROM development for Nokia 8.1 and 7 Plus since presently Those devices cannot be unlocked. Sure, Nokia 8 is the only smartphone unveiled by HMD Global on which you could unlock the bootloader since September last year. Even though they are part of the Android One program promoting a stock performance with the running system, Nokia telephones aren’t quite the devices which can be considered as best for modding. Approaching to the Nokia 8 which offers more options for modding, it just received the support to the Pixel’s 3 Night Sight digital camera mode because of to a ported digital camera app.
The app we are talking about is Google Camera and the new Evening Sight function announced with the Pixel 3 line-up will allow capturing all the relevant details and clicking shiny photographs even whenever light conditions are disappointing. The ported Google Camera app is out there for all the units of the Nokia 8 with Android Oreo and Android Pie installed and it is around 110 MB. The app can even be installed on a number of other gadgets from HMD Global, including all the gadgets starting from the original Nokia 5.
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