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To avoid confusion, CynagenMod will still be available, but I don't know how long it can continue without Cyanogen Inc. Cyanogen Inc. is what is shutting down.
by otalp 10y ago
To avoid confusion, CynagenMod will still be available, but I don't know how long it can continue without Cyanogen Inc. Cyanogen Inc. is what is shutting down.
But this probably means no more OTA updates for current OnePlus's
- Fej 10y agoOnePlus phones haven't used Cyanogen in a while. They run OnePlus' skin, OxygenOS.
- justincormack 10y agoSome of us still have the earlier models that do. (Although it seems they now ship Oxygen backports for the One)
- laggyluke 10y agoThe only model released with CyanogenOS was OnePlus One.
- dorfsmay 10y agoI do. Is there a way to "upgrade" to oxygenOS? Or even re-install with oxygenOS?
- justincormack 10y agoYes see https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oxygenos-2-1-4-for-the-oneplus-one.425544/ https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oxygenos-2-1-4-for-the-on... Given this news will probably try this.
- franciscop 10y agoI used Oxygen OS on my One Plus One since it was released and love it. Feels much lighter than CyanogenMod. Also, I think only old Oxygen OS are available and no newer ones
- Tajnymag 10y agoOxygenOS is actually base on AOSP base. It's not just a skin. It's an Android flavour built from scratch
- ntauthority 10y agoand unlike CM (unsure about COS) they do not transparently provide any of their patches to the Android components or other non-vendor-NDA addons that they include in their image. that isn't exclusive to OP, though, of course - every other vendor I can imagine does the exact same to any non-hardware customizations they apply to the OS.
- djsumdog 10y agoThis has to do more with Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) and their terrible restrictions. A company can't distribute a phone with Gapps if they product Amazon Fire devices. Samsung even got shit for using Skyhook instead of Google for location services (Skyhook is still battling this in court): http://penguindreams.org/blog/the-philosophy-of-open-source-in-community-and-enterprise-software/ http://penguindreams.org/blog/the-philosophy-of-open-source-...
- Oletros 10y agoSkyhook lost the suit against Google in 2014
- j0rd 10y agoOriginally OnePlus One shipped with CyanogenOS, but the Cyanogen Inc fuct up and sold exclusive rights to CyanogenOS to a domestic carrier in India. This blocked the sale of OnePlus One phone in India until this could get resolved. OxygenOS was the answer to this. Fork of Cyanogenmod with some rebranding and a few added things. Personally I bought the OnePlus One because it came with Cyanogen. I wasn't happy with all the added cruft in CyanogenOS, so I reflashed to Cyanogenmod soon after a stable version was available. I'm currently using OxygenOS on my OnePlus 3, but will flash to Cyanogenmod eventually to run more bleeding edge and get some features back that I miss. This shouldn't effect OnePlus 3 as they terminated thier agreement with Cyanogen Inc after the India licencing problem.
- bogomipz 10y agoJust to clarify, OnePlus is completely unaffected by this? I've been considering buying a ONePlus recently which is why I ask.
- problems 10y agoYes, their stock Oxygen OS ROM is quite stable and you should be perfectly happy with it, there's a pretty good community around it even if CyanogenMod were to completely vanish too. OnePlus has had some build quality issues when they were first setting up their supply line, but lately I've had very good luck with their devices. Great specs for cheap, like the Nexus line used to represent.
- bogomipz 10y agoExcellent, thanks for the clarification. I'm looking forward to making this my next phone. Cheers.
- manojlds 10y agoOnly OnePlus One came with Cyanogen. They have released 4 phones since then.
- bhouston 10y agoOnePlus 3 is underated, it is awesome. I have a Google pixel XL and the OnePlus 3 is as fast but thinner and lighter and about half the price. I wish them. More success.
- abustamam 10y agoI have the 3 and I love it. I can't compare it to a real flagship (like Galaxy or Pixel) but for $300 I got a really great phone that people always comment on.
- dagw 10y agoNot only do I completely agree, but I'd also choose my OnePlus 3 over my old Galaxy S6.
- at-fates-hands 10y agoYou can throw my vote in for the OnePlus. I used to switch phones pretty regularly and since getting my OnePlus 2, the only phone I'd upgrade to would be the 3 or the new 3T. The one thing I absolutely loved was not having all of the bloat of the carrier apps on the phone when you get it. Totally stripped down and fully customizable.
- jasonkostempski 10y agoI don't know much about the team behind Cyanogen, i just know i love it and don't want it to die but it looks like management is starting to make some silly calls. I'm definitely getting that abandon ship feeling I've learned to trust over the years. Are there similar projects worth looking into? Ill go back to my Nokia 8210 before i go back to vendor controlled Android.
- mtreis86 10y agoI have had CyanogenMod on my phones for the past few years of nightlies. I am sad they are dissolving. Other roms I liked: http://en.miui.com http://en.miui.com has some nice UX http://paranoidandroid.co http://paranoidandroid.co is nice if you want security http://aokp.co http://aokp.co has been around for years and stays cutting edge
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- Tajnymag 10y agoAs you've been using nightly builds, you haven't been using Cyanogen, but been running Cyanogenmod. CyanogenOS is closed source fork of Cyanogenmod. Available for only certain devices. That means that Cyanogenmod is actually a good alternative to Cyanogen
- mtreis86 10y agoAh, correct. I have been using Cyanogenmod, not CyanogenOS. I will update my post.
- problems 10y agoNothing about paranoid android was security oriented to my memory. They used to have some cool features like HOLO and dynamic DPI switching, but basically lost all of that as android versions came out and they didn't keep up.
- h4waii 10y ago
- sigmar 10y agoFor the record, Cyanogenmod existed for 4 years before cyanogen inc. We will have a short transition period as 'inc' shuts down and cyanogenmod is rebranded, but cyanogen himself says he is happy to rebrand (https://twitter.com/cyanogen/status/804890637505966081 https://twitter.com/cyanogen/status/804890637505966081)
- bobbyd3 10y agoThe big question I have is regarding the current CyanogenMod nightly builds. Will Cyanogen continue to run the build servers for the time being or will a current user need to setup an Android build environment for any newer CyanogenMod ROM builds?
- greglindahl 10y agoThe article is only 2 sentences long, and says no: "all services and Cyanogen-supported nightly builds will be discontinued no later than 12/31/16"
- bobbyd3 10y agoThanks. Yup. https://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/a-fork-in-the-road https://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/a-fork-in-the-road
- manojlds 10y agoYou mean OnePlus Ones
- kopijahe 10y agoCyanogenMod only available until December 31st. [1] [1] https://www.xda-developers.com/the-death-of-cyangenmod-and-whats-in-store-for-the-future/ https://www.xda-developers.com/the-death-of-cyangenmod-and-w...