When are we getting Android 14 based Firmware?

#1

Hi Radxa-Team,
As the title says, when are we going to get A14 based Firmware for our devices ( 5b/5b+) .
As the ROM developers cooked custom firmware with many fixes, but due to A12 restrictions itself they cannot make a firmware which is free from Problems and they cannot able to fix it because of restrictions / missing drivers or maybe lack of support/ kernel restrictions.

Is it possible to release a source code of A14 die radxa devices atleast ???

Your cooperation in software support/development is highly appreciated.
I didn’t know whom to specifically ask her, that’s why I opened a new topic…I hope I get an answer as a customer.

Thank you.

#2

Android 16 would be better… since it has VM terminal now… Im assuming you can do better things with it… if it even works/worked to install a desktop environment running hardware acceleration. But I guess thats a few pixel phones away and we aint there yet for that to happen.

#3

I would be more than happy if they at least release A14 source code rather than expecting A16 which is yet to be released !!! But the real question is can you surprise/motivate the Radxa dev -team so that they do what their customers ask for.

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#4

If I could I would … but my take on android is:
Google TV Chromecast. Supported 100% by google.

While these poorly supported ports of android wont get us anywhere… and to me SBC are much more than that… I think u would be loosing your time expecting anything in return in that regard… if you spend a few hours reading about the google android sdk to make an android image and the time it takes to compile to even think of making adjustments to give it better support you would quickly understand that… its not even douable… my best suggestion would be… checking and supporting mo123 who is doing that job alone.

FYi: I dont work for Radxa. Im just a customer like yourself.

Update: But yeah apparently even the chromecast runs android 14

#5

Yeah, even I remember somewhere here I read about their(Radxa-Team) plan to release A14 based Firmware. That’s why it of curiosity I asked here while mo123 also said that the current problems/limitations in A12 Firmware are easy to fix in A14 Firmware or its already been fixed. Hence the courage to open a new topic about update…

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#6

There is a sign of A14 Firmware to be released real soon !!!
Here is the first A14 based Firmware for Rick 4D.
https://github.com/radxa/manifests/releases/tag/radxa-rock4d-20250528

Hope to get A14 Firmware for 5b+ real soon so that mo123 can also cook a custom firmware with many fixes for 5b/5b+ devices.

@mo123: is there a way how we can overclock our device in Android??

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