Join the channel @Droidspaces if you want to stay up to date with the latest changes and you're interested in this project.

From now on, this channel won’t be polluted with Droidspaces' posts :)

The full source of Droidspaces has been open-sourced under this GitHub repository:

https://github.com/ravindu644/Droidspaces-OSS

Droidspaces is my hobby project built to run Linux containers on my old Galaxy S10. Won’t be a big project like LXC or Docker..

Look how fast DroidSpaces has become 🗿

The container boots in under 1 second..! 🔥

Hell yeah 🔥

Full Ubuntu 24.04 with systemd in 152ms on Droidspaces.

Faster than you can blink 🗣️

Droidspaces x Hw Acceleration 🌚

Thanks to shedowe19, who made this possible in his fork..❤️

Out-of-the-box GPU acceleration for Mali devices using virglrenderer

CI testing:

https://github.com/ravindu644/Droidspaces-OSS/actions/runs/22533326363

Steps to reproduce:

1. Download the artifact from the CI link and install the APK.

2. Edit the container configuration using app to enable X11 and start the container.

3. Open Termux and run:

virgl_test_server_android &

4. Then run:

termux-x11 :0

(Note: :0 is the display number)

5. Enter the container and set the display:

export DISPLAY=:0

6. Set the virgl driver:

export GALLIUM_DRIVER=virgl

7. Run glxgears and check if it works in Termux-X11.

Note: You'll need to manually install packages in both the container and Termux (not mentioned here).

@Droidspaces

Rumours say Samsung removed the ability to use Download Mode in the latest One UI 8.5 update, released this week.

We thought they literally nuked it, like they nuked all the options except three in the Recovery menu, too.

But people discovered that Download Mode is still available if you enable Maintenance Mode from Device Care.

This is their new "security" feature I guess.

Samsung is secretly blocking bootloader unlocking, nuking Recovery Mode options, and restricting Download Mode, locking down hardware at the firmware level with warranty bit checks, while Google is literally fu*king Android in September 2026 ; that was not on my 2026 bingo card.

If greedy Android manufacturers act like this, there's no point in buying an Android device, and there's no difference between iOS and Android 🤡

It's a shame I even own a Telegram community called "Samsung Tweaks" - what tweaks are there to do nowadays?

It's all boring sh*t.