Hei, I'm Cidstech

In 2026, I successfully built Android 4.2.2 from AOSP source code for my Google Nexus 10. This was a major milestone in my journey through custom ROM development.

The build process involved setting up the complete AOSP build environment, configuring the device tree for the Nexus 10 (codenamed "manta"), resolving build dependencies, and finally compiling the entire Android system from source.

Successfully booting the ROM on the device was an incredible feeling — proving that even after all these years, the Nexus 10 could still run a clean, stock Android experience built from the ground up.

In 2025, I fixed multitouch in an iOS 7 port for the iPod touch 4th generation. The iPod touch 4G was a beloved device in the jailbreak community, and getting iOS 7 to work on it was already a challenge — but without multitouch, it was nearly unusable.

I fixed the issue by patching the multitouch drivers to work on the 4th generation iPod touch. This required diving deep into the iOS driver stack, understanding how the digitizer hardware communicates with the OS, and writing patches that properly mapped touch input events to the correct hardware interface.

This fix was a significant contribution to the legacy iOS jailbreaking community, allowing thousands of users to actually use iOS 7 on their iPod touch 4G with full multitouch support.

In 2025, I started blowing up on YouTube Shorts and TikTok with my tech content. What started as sharing my tech experiments quickly turned into a rapidly growing audience of tech enthusiasts.

I create short-form tech content covering everything from ROM development tutorials to jailbreak guides, retro tech showcases, and behind-the-scenes looks at mobile development.

With 15M+ video views and a growing community, I've become a recognized voice in the tech development and jailbreak communities.

In 2026, I successfully booted KDE Debian on my M5 iPad Pro using UTM with JIT enabled. This achievement pushed the boundaries of what mobile virtualization can accomplish.

UTM allows running virtual machines on iOS devices, and enabling JIT (Just-In-Time) compilation significantly improves performance. Booting a full desktop Linux distribution with a complete KDE desktop environment on an iPad is a testament to the power of modern Apple Silicon chips.

This project involved configuring UTM, setting up the virtual machine, installing KDE Debian, and optimizing performance with JIT to get a smooth, usable Linux desktop experience on an iPad Pro.

In 2025, I made the meme "fun fact: this ipad is older than u" — and I never expected it to become a meme at all. It was just something I posted for fun.

The meme was actually made viral by väinöreini, who took the original concept and ran with it. The meme consists of a screen recording of the original video, with someone commenting something like "no it's not sybau" using the green skull keyboard app, adding a whole new layer of humor to it.

What surprised me the most was that it wasn't only popular in the tech community. The meme spread far beyond my usual audience, reaching people who had no interest in jailbreaking or custom ROMs. It became a cultural moment that transcended its origins in niche tech circles.

From installing Windows 11 on a Poco X3 Pro smartphone to booting native Fedora Workstation on the same device with a mainline Linux kernel — I've always been dedicated to keeping old hardware alive and pushing it beyond its intended limits.

I've experimented with GSI ports on my Redmi K20 Pro, tried AOSP builds on my Samsung Galaxy S2, and contributed to the AppleInternal community with various fixes and improvements.

This philosophy — that "old" doesn't mean "obsolete" — has been the cornerstone of everything I do in the tech space.