Erfan Abdi
Official Device Maintainer at LineageOS
Tehran, Iran
Summary
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Top SchoolErfan Abdi is an embedded and systems engineer with 16 years of experience making mobile devices run Linux, serving as an Official Device Maintainer for LineageOS with a focus on Motorola hardware. He architects and operates container-based Android-on-Linux solutions (notably contributing to Waydroid’s stability and WSLg support) and builds tooling to convert phone firmware into Generic System Images. His work spans low-level vendor blob shims, camera and firmware tweaks, OTA channel management, and DevOps improvements that reduce dependencies and boost maintainability. Based in Tehran, he blends deep AOSP/device expertise with practical tooling and release engineering across LibreMobileOS, LineageOS, Ubports and Droidian. An unexpected facet: alongside technical work he’s pursuing diverse studies including medicine and computer engineering, reflecting a broad intellectual curiosity that informs his approach to problem-solving.
17 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (Sampad)Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Islamic Azad UniversityBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS, Medicine, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS, Medicine at Eastern Mediterranean UniversityDoctor of Medicine - MD, Medicine, Doctor of Medicine - MD, Medicine at IRAN University of Medical Sciences (IUMS)
English, Persian, Kurdish, Turkish
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Github Skills (30)
docker10
scripting10
architecture10
firmware10
linux10
containerization10
dockers10
system10
lxc10
script10
sys10
android10
sh10
embedded10
shell10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_motorola
Feb 2018 - Oct 2022
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:119 commits, 27 PRs, 16 pushes in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Erfan's contributions primarily involve modifying proprietary vendor files, specifically related to Motorola devices. They add shim libraries for camera blobs, modify firmware, and update vendor files, indicating a focus on device-specific customization and integration. The commits also involve importing and updating blobs, further suggesting work related to firmware and hardware adaptation within the device's system. Their work touches upon camera functionality and low-level system components.
waydroid/waydroid
Apr 2021 - Apr 2022
Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.
Role in this project:System Architect & DevOps Engineer
System Architect & DevOps EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 139 commits, 48 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Erfan primarily contributed to the system architecture and DevOps aspects of the Waydroid project. Their work involved modifying the container management system, adding restart functionality, improving binder driver loading, and incorporating WSLg support. They also updated the OTA channel URLs and dropped the dependency on the requests library. This user was responsible for improving the overall stability and maintainability of the Waydroid system.
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