Starting from Nothing: My 8-Year Journey in Android Custom ROM Development and Porting DerpFest to Nothing Phone (2a)

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Venue: LT2

Language: Mandarin 國語

Level: Beginner

Target Audience: General User

What does it take to build and maintain a custom Android ROM — and keep doing it for 8 years? This talk shares the personal journey of an open-source Android developer, from early days maintaining ROMs for ASUS ZenFone and Nokia devices, to porting DerpFest onto the Nothing Phone (2a) today. Along the way, we'll cover what custom ROM development actually looks like, why the Glyph Interface on Nothing Phone (2a) made this port uniquely challenging, and what keeps developers coming back to this community. Beginner-friendly, no prior ROM experience needed.
吳運凱 Edward Wu

吳運凱 Edward Wu / Taiwan

吳運凱 Edward Wu
Education: Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan — Department of Information and Computer Engineering
Research: 8 years of experience researching the Android system
Experience: Open-source software Traditional Chinese localization, Android system and Recovery development

Current Roles

Arrow-OS Official Maintainer for ASUS ZenFone 5Z (Z01R)
ASUS Official ZenFone Series Insiders
Nothing Tech Taiwan Insiders
L10n Taiwan — Taiwan Free and Open Source Translation (L10N) Member
Android Apps Traditional Chinese Localization Contributor
OmniVision Taiwan (豪威科技有限公司) — Test Integration Engineering Intern

Past Roles


Google Developer Student Clubs @ Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan — Lead ('23–'24)
ASUS ZenFone 5 (2018) Lead Maintainer
Arrow-OS Official Maintainer for Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro (elish)
crDroid / Havoc OS Official Maintainer for ASUS ZenFone 5Z (Z01R)
Project Kaleidoscope Official Maintainer for "Redmi K40 / POCO F3 / Xiaomi 11x (alioth)" & "ASUS ZenFone 8 / ASUS_I006D (sake)"
SkyHawk Recovery Project Official Maintainer for ASUS ZenFone 5 (2018)
Nokia 8 / 8.1 Lead Maintainer
OnePlus 9R Maintainer
OpenCore Configurator Traditional Chinese Localization Contributor
SITCON 2021 Open Session Speaker — "Compiling a Third-Party Android System from Scratch!"
Intel Taiwan 2nd Campus Ambassador
COSCUP 2025 Session Speaker — "GKI Kernel: Ending the Era of Android Kernel Fragmentation"
Google GDG DevFest Taipei 2025 Session Speaker — "What I Learned in AOSP Over the Past Year: GKI, BSP, and Hacking Pixel Watch 2"

Links

GitHub: github.com/bluehomewu
Instagram: instagram.com/_920223
HackMD: hackmd.io/@EdwardWu
Twitter / X: twitter.com/EdwardWu0231291
Mobile01: mobile01.com/userinfo
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/edward-wu-56765a251