HIMANSHU
“Continuous learning is the key to limitless growth.”
Himanshu Kumar
Android ROM Developer & Systems Engineer
Building custom Android ROMs, kernels, and system-level tools.
- •From device trees to vendor blobs, I craft custom ROMs that bring the latest Android experience to unsupported devices with optimized performance and stability.
- •Currently maintaining AfterlifeOS, ProjectHelixOS for Xiaomi Everpal.
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Custom ROM Developer
AfterlifeOS, ProjectHelixOS maintainer · Xiaomi Everpal (Redmi Note 11T 5G)2025 - Present
Open Source- Maintaining AfterlifeOS, ProjectHelixOS (Android 16) for Xiaomi Everpal, including device tree, kernel, and vendor blobs from scratch
- Built and configured complete device trees with proper hardware abstraction layers for MediaTek MT6833 (Dimensity 810)
- Set up OTA update infrastructure with custom server for seamless over-the-air updates to end users
- Optimized kernel configurations for improved battery life and performance, with custom governor tuning
AndroidLinux KernelCMakefileShellAOSPDevice Tree
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Systems & Tools Engineer
Building developer tools and automation scripts2025 - Present
GitHub- Developed Payload-Dumper — a Python tool for extracting Android OTA payload.bin files, starred by 5+ developers
- Created Gofile Upload Script — a bash utility for automated file uploads to Gofile.io with API integration
- Built Hackintosh EFI for Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 1 (Intel) — tested on macOS Sequoia and Monterey
- Contributed to open-source tooling around Android ROM development workflows and CI/CD pipelines
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Kernel Developer
Custom kernel builds for MediaTek platforms2026 - Present
GitHub- Forked and maintained custom kernel for Xiaomi MT6833 (Dimensity 810) with performance optimizations
- Applied custom patches for improved I/O scheduling, memory management, and thermal throttling
- Configured kernel build system with proper defconfig management and CI/CD integration
- Collaborated with other ROM developers on kernel upstream patches and backports
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Projects
GitHub Activity441 GitHub activities in the last year
Open Source Contributions
Signed build support for vendorsAfterlifeOS/vendor_signed
frameworks: base: Add custom display cutout handlingProjectHelixOSS/android_frameworks_base
vendor: helix: Update prebuilts for MTK platformsProjectHelixOSS/android_vendor_helix_prebuilts
vendor: helix: Configure default props for EverpalProjectHelixOSS/android_vendor_helix
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