{
  "id": 15870387,
  "title": "From a Samsung Galaxy Y to 70+ Products: The Android Roots of Sunmughan Swamy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/from-a-samsung-galaxy-y-to-70-products-the-android-roots-of-sunmughan",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-21T10:06:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/sunmughan/from-a-samsung-galaxy-y-to-70-products-the-android-roots-of-sunmughan-swamy-2dag"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 2012, Sunmughan Swamy picked up a Samsung Galaxy Y and did what most people never do with a new phone: he took it apart, in spirit if not with a screwdriver. He flashed custom ROMs, learned how Android bootloaders behaved, and fell in love with the one operating system that lets a curious mind look under the hood. That phone started a journey that now spans more than 70 products built, over…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}