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This is a bit of a tangent, but is there a way to get low-level access to an Android phone's radio without installing Android? I have an old OnePlus One and I'd really like to use it as an SDR for weekend projects. Ideally, I'd have it run some sort of minimal linux installation. If such a thing exists, I'm betting someone on HN knows about it.

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I think PostmarketOS intends to be that linux installation: “a sustainable, privacy and security focused free software mobile OS that is modeled after traditional Linux distributions.” https://postmarketos.org/ No idea how easy it would be to access that radio though.

This is a fine start. Many thanks.

With the right USB adapter, you can plug an RTLSDR into an android phone.

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