Alps Android ((install)) -

If you are downloading firmware or custom kernels for a MediaTek device, . For example, don’t flash a boot image built with ALPS.W12 onto a phone whose vendor partition expects ALPS.W10 . The hardware abstraction layer (HAL) interfaces will change, resulting in a hard brick (a device that won’t boot).

: Many wireless peripherals use a simplified version of this stack for connectivity. The Risks of "Generic" Android alps android