Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm new to Android. I understand that
although the Nexus S is built by Samsung that it has a stock
standard Android image (whatever that means) and so it
considered a "pure" Google phone. If I were to buy any Android
phone and install a clean Android image from source (I assume
this is possible... I heard it is fully open sourced) then do I
effectively get a "pure" Google experience a la the Nexus S?
Compared to the Nexus S, would I be lacking anything (software-
wise)?  share|improve this question  migrated from superuser.com
Aug 11 '11 at 5:48   you'd be missing the drivers. –  Sathya Aug
11 '11 at 5:47  1 Answer 1  In short, you can't just install a
stock image from the Google source on any phone because to
produce an image, you need all the drivers for the individual
phone's hardware. If you can get hold of these, then it is
possible to build a stock image but a lot of manufacturers don't
release them.  For simpler solution (if you don't want a Nexus S
or Nexus One) get a phone th