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From the GitHub README:

"If you use the VMOS Pro Android 5.1 ROM for internal use, commercial profit or uploading to the app market without authorization, we will collect evidence and report to the police (copyright infringement) or prosecute. Anyone who reports unauthorized or illegal use of VMOS Pro Android 5.1 ROM code to develop products will be rewarded upon verification. We will keep the identity of the whistleblower confidential!"

The repo has no license, so it's not open source. I think Microsoft Windows has an implicit similar warning.

I'm not sure what this project does exactly. IIRC Android has a mix of GPL for the kernel and Apache for the userspace. If they modify only the Apache part, I think it's legal to release with a proprietary licence.

Inconsistent punctuation; grammar mistakes; copyright @2019 notice on the bottom.

I do not trust this a single bit.

The original Chinese website has a more recent 2024 copyright and much more content: https://www.vmos.cn/ - copyright years on websites are completely useless, people should stop doing that.

That repos haven't been pushed in a number of years is slightly supsicious, although they could just have taken things internal.

(Open source licenses do not require pushing to public github, only that someone obtaining the application can also obtain a copy of the source used to make it - can be an inquiry leading to a flashdrive by snailmail.)

It is a Chinese website, I suspect the translation was done by a human not very proficient with English

> Unlimited Small RAM

> Running two social accounts;Dealing with life and work in one device...

> Various ROOT games supportable. Mobile phone enthusiasts must.

> No influence to front desk operation,totally independent system.Never disconnect.

> Define your own height,width and DPI,and record the resolution you set before.

Pretty funny seeing all the copyright warnings, can't help but wonder if anyone actually pays attention to those. You think using stuff like VMOS is even worth it when Android already has so many built-in features for separating accounts?

> Two Accounts Online > Running two social accounts;Dealing with life and work in one device...

Work profiles and user accounts are a thing on Android, I'm not sure why that's the first bullet point.

Neither work profiles nor this will protect you if your device is subpoenaed. That’s why I have two separate physical devices (well, 4 if you include laptops). You should never mix work and personal devices.

Fine, if they are company provided. But I will not buy a phone (and SIM card) myself for work usage. When I possibly can I make calls with the work landline phone, but it's not always possible (or I have to have customers send me messages on WhatsApp etc) so I use my personal phone.

Not something I like since there are customer that calls you even outside office hours (but I just block that calls).

I enjoy how on this website, the first panel has text styled to look like default times new roman, and the rest are styled with a helvetica-like

I don't enjoy how a single scroll wheel tick moves an entire screen...

How is this compared to Samsung Knox?

why not use profiles provided by android?

This can emulate (more like chroot) older Android versions.

I remember using it to run some Lolipop (Android 5) games that are no longer working since Android 7-9.

Some people use VMOS to sandbox apps that require google services, so their main Phone OS stays clean from this garbage.

Also, since Huawei is famously prohibited from using google services on their devices, Huawei users often use VMOS to circumvent this restriction for selected apps that wont work without GMS.

slop in a can