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I actually just installed CyanogenMod on my Galaxy Nexus last week, and it was easy as pie. Is there something I'm missing? Or are newer Samsung phones more fet

I actually just installed CyanogenMod on my Galaxy Nexus last week, and it was easy as pie. Is there something I'm missing? Or are newer Samsung phones more fettered?

dredmorbius 10y ago
AFAIU, the distinguishing characteristic of Nexus devices is that they're unlocked. Yes, per Wikipedia: "All Nexus devices feature an unlockable bootloader[3] to allow further development and end-user modification.[4]" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-not-rooting-its-openness.html http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-not-rooti... http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/03/galaxy-nexus-gets-rooted-forums-burst-into-applause/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/03/galaxy-nexus-gets-rooted-... Note that this still does you comparatively little good if you don't have CyanogenMod to put on it. Mind, I didn't say "no good", I said "little good". It's the CyanogenMod dev team at Cyanogen Inc who've been impacted by the layoffs. There's still the independent effort, but it's lost a major employer and investor.
- PhasmaFelis 10y ago
  Good to know. I'll keep that in mind for my next phone. Even if CyanogenMod suffers, there's plenty of other open-source Android versions out there. Unfortunately finding a clear, unbiased comparison of them is even harder than it is for different Linux distros. :(
synchronise 10y ago
I had to go through the goldcard process to flash my first Android phone, it took a while to get the right microSD card and you also had to install the Android SDK to use their flashing utilities, which wasn't the easiest thing to get up and running at the time. I got there in the end, and I'm pretty sure most newer phones can be flashed in far easier ways.
- bcraven 10y ago
  For future reference you can user the Minimal ADB & Fastboot application rather than the full ADK.
  - synchronise 10y ago
    Now, yes, but not when I was doing this for the first time.

I actually just installed CyanogenMod on my Galaxy Nexus last week, and it was easy as pie. Is there something I'm missing? Or are newer Samsung phones more fettered?

dredmorbius 10y ago

AFAIU, the distinguishing characteristic of Nexus devices is that they're unlocked. Yes, per Wikipedia: "All Nexus devices feature an unlockable bootloader[3] to allow further development and end-user modification.[4]" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-not-rooting-its-openness.html http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-not-rooti... http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/03/galaxy-nexus-gets-rooted-forums-burst-into-applause/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/03/galaxy-nexus-gets-rooted-... Note that this still does you comparatively little good if you don't have CyanogenMod to put on it. Mind, I didn't say "no good", I said "little good". It's the CyanogenMod dev team at Cyanogen Inc who've been impacted by the layoffs. There's still the independent effort, but it's lost a major employer and investor.

PhasmaFelis 10y ago
Good to know. I'll keep that in mind for my next phone. Even if CyanogenMod suffers, there's plenty of other open-source Android versions out there. Unfortunately finding a clear, unbiased comparison of them is even harder than it is for different Linux distros. :(

synchronise 10y ago

I had to go through the goldcard process to flash my first Android phone, it took a while to get the right microSD card and you also had to install the Android SDK to use their flashing utilities, which wasn't the easiest thing to get up and running at the time. I got there in the end, and I'm pretty sure most newer phones can be flashed in far easier ways.

bcraven 10y ago
For future reference you can user the Minimal ADB & Fastboot application rather than the full ADK.
- synchronise 10y ago
  Now, yes, but not when I was doing this for the first time.