What is Android GSI?

In today's video, I explain in layman's words "what is Android GSI?"

GSI is basically Generic System Image that can be installed on ANY Android device running Android 9.0 or higher.(or phones that came out with Android 9 or higher) These newer Android phones all support Project Treble and can flash a GSI. Now, the problem is that flashing GSI isn't all that easy and requires a meticulous, special method for each brand of Android smartphone. In fact, installing GSI is probably harder than getting the hottest girl in your class to a date. Even Google's own Pixel smartphones have different methods of installing for each of the Pixel phones. E.g. Pixel 2 GSI installation method is completely different from Pixel 3 & 4.

While Google has tried to really bring new way of allowing older phones to upgrade to the latest Android OS, they did not give everyone a backward-compatible method of installing GSI, thus causing massive headaches and sleepless nights for Android developers. It is a big giant mess out there but once we can figure out how to flash GSI and make it boot for an Android device, the good news is that you can flash all of the GSI out there already and make your phone super, duper fast.

See more stuff on GSI here:

How to Install Android 10/11 GSI on Galaxy S10/Note 10/A Series:

Android 11 on Galaxy S9:

How to Install GSI on ANY Project Treble Supported GSI:

Universal GSI Auto Installer for Pixel 3 & 4 series:

GSI Auto Installer for Pixel 3 & 4 series:

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[lifehackerhansol]

Meanwhile my Galaxy S4 in the background limping along:

[stans]

GSI
generic system image (GSI) is a system image with adjusted configurations for Android devices. It's considered a pure Android implementation with unmodified Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code that any Android device running Android 8.1 or higher can run successfully. GSIs are used for running VTS and CTS-on-GSI tests.

[jeremybaker]

Madmax from 🇬🇧 is back! I love it! The channel seems to have a breath of fresh air lately

[RichardRatner.]

Yes! Your British accent is spot on, kindest regards as ALWAYS Richard U.K

[bl]

Loving these accents in the videos XD

Thanks for the information zedomax!

[HemanthJabalpuri]

In simple terms A GSI is like an computer os iso which is only one file that can be flashed on different devices having different hardware!

[David-Dingo]

Great video max, good info, and silly at times too. Thanks

[UserHD]

I tried gsi before and it was pretty unstable back then but I hope it got better

[SeptienPatterson]

This is useful information. I’d buy a 5T to use in 2020

[MrFloryn]

You will keep adding new accents ? LoL ! I laughed a lot when I saw the intro. Thanks for teaching me something new. Had no idea what GSI is. Will you do videos again like in the past ? I mean when you took phones apart, show us how good cameras are, just like you did with Nexus 6P and all the other crazy things ? I miss those videos a lot and I love your channel a lot.

[gregoryaul]

dude Max I love this video it's awesome you did a great job you're doing a great job with your programming awesome man you're doing good stuff

[nikkoXmercado]

2:23 But Pixel 1 doesn't have Project Treble since it launched in 2016 with Android Nougat.

[davidguido]

What's good Max! Great informative video! Later!💯👏🎸 🤘

[dafyddr]

Great video Max.. I was also ignorant of GSI, now I'm a born again GSI guru lol.. Now I have been a creep, can I have your T-shirt !

[SEGHIIR]

i have bad news smartphones launching with android 10 will never accept gsi rom.
I tried everything impossible to mount the system partition. Dynamic partition bro .
only .zip files can be flashed, .IMG files not possible.

[Stake_sahil]

Hey brother forgot every thing I'll try to explain you what happened to my pixle 3 I'll rest the phone and boot the phone but when I connect my phone to my broadband internet it's says that entr the I'd which is google.com and it's is related to g suit account how to open it can you please help me 🙏

[WhatzHappeningNow]

7:15, What's the phone in the front, is it a pixel 3? Also yeah I am planning to get a OnePlus 5t lol.

[Carxstreetaccounts]

lol thank you answering my comment lol I'm honored lol and i love your accents lol thank you man I've been following you since galaxys3root lol thank you man youre awesome I just got a pixel 4xl but not much rom development for it and i also have a galaxi s20 ultra and a oneplus 8 and 8pro thanks max youre the

[UltraCenterHQ]

I really wish all Android phones worked like Windows computers. You can just use the latest version and get the original drivers even if it's old

[sravankalasapati]

I am using derpfest bare edition android 10 rom in my OnePlus 5t 😍.... Smooth AF... BTW which rom are u developing?