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Cyanogen Inc. secures tens of millions in new funding, talks future plans

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

In the precious few month since some of the team behind CyanogenMod found themselves some backers and put together Cyanogen Inc., things have been moving fast. We saw the launch of the first smartphone with official manufacturer-blessed CyanogenMod support, even arriving in a straight-from-the-factory CM edition. We also got a streamlined CyanogenMod installer app in the Play Store, though

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Why the CyanogenMod Installer was removed from the Play Store, and how to get around it

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Joe Levi

CyanogenMod is a custom ROM that runs on many “otherwise OEM” devices. It’s a very popular ROM and is said to have more active installations than Windows Phone has. The only real downside to CyanogenMod is the relative difficulty to install it. CyanogenMod isn’t alone, all custom ROMs share the same basic steps to put them on your phone: assume the risk, oem unlock, root, flash a custom recovery image, and flash the ROM and any auxiliary packages (like GAPPS). To many of our readers, this process is something they could likely do in their sleep — but t0 the ...

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A look at CyanogenMod 11 on the Nexus 5

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Joe Levi

The CyanogenMod team has been busy getting the Nexus 5 running CyanogenMod 11. A few days ago the first milestone along the path to a stable CyanogenMod 11 was released for the Nexus 5 and a few other devices. I didn’t have much luck with it. After a few hours of troubleshooting I finally gave up and moved along to the 12/09 and 12/10 Nightlies. Both have been working quite well, but they do have some rough edges and hiccups here and there. Those are to be expected since Nightlies are ...

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iPhone 5S demand, CM pulled from Google Play, GS5 thoughts & more – Pocketnow Daily Recap

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Jaime Rivera

Pocketnow Daily gets an average of 300 to 500 comments a day, and sometimes even a thousand. We’d like to thank you all for participating in our question of the day, and we love your feedback so much, that we decided that since we can’t respond to ever single one of your comments, we should at least feature a couple in a weekly video. This is the Pocketnow Daily Recap. Since we only have 3 minutes on every Daily video to go through the hottest news, the weekly recap will serve as a more extensive discussion where we also include your thoughts on the subject. Sadly, for the sake of ...

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Apple’s iBeacon goes live, CyanogenMod 11 M1, Samsung 1080p WP8 & more – Pocketnow Daily

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Jaime Rivera

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new Asus PadFone Mini launch, and why you shouldn’t really care about it. We then talk bout CyanogenMod 11.0 M1, and what this means for the current Nexus line-up. Oppo is next as their future Find 7 plans to be the first smartphone to run the Snapdragon 805 processor, aside from a great display. Then we talk about Samsung’s plans to bring us a 1080p Windows Phone early next year, even if Samsung Windows Phones have never been hot. We end today’s show talking about Apple’s iBeacon service for Apple Stores. All ...

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CyanogenMod 11.0 M1 released for Nexus 7, the Nexus 4, Nexus 5 and Nexus 10

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Anton D. Nagy

Owners of all versions of the Nexus 7, the Nexus 4, Nexus 5 and Nexus 10 — though they have to be “actively AOSP-supported Nexus devices” — can get a taste of KitKat done the CyanogenMod-way. Today, the team has released a “Milestone 1” version of CyanogenMod 11, instead of going the old, regular, nightlies-way. This is possible, as the team puts it, because “the AOSP-supported Nexus devices should have minimal to no device specific issues (as their hardware code comes ...

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Oppo N1 availability: December 10, $599 or €449

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Anton D. Nagy

On September 23 Oppo announced the N1, and, aside from the sexy swiveling camera, the phone-maker is offering future owners a choice for the OS: either Oppo’s own ColorOS, which is basically Android 4.2, or CyanogenMod. According to the latest information from Oppo’s Google+ page, the phone will be available for purchase starting from December 10, 2013. It will set you back either $599, or €449, depending on where you purchase it from. However, there’s no word on whether the CyanogenMod-powered ...

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CyanogenMod pulled from Google Play, because Android is “that open”

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Jaime Rivera

It seems as if it was just yesterday that we were all celebrating the fact that a CyanogenMod installer became available on the Google Play Store. As the company became incorporated, it focused on making its services easier to use through the typical channels that every Android user knows in order to make it popular. This worked, and for a while we enjoyed the benefits behind it, but sadly this just came to a dramatic halt. As of today the CyanogenMod installer app was pulled from the Google Play Store. According to the CyanogenMod blog: “After reaching out to the Play team, their ...

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New CyanogenMod phone coming, new hardware partner teased

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Anton D. Nagy

The Oppo N1 is a CyanogenMod-centric smartphone but what could come next? What you want from a CyanogenMod phone might be different from what we expect to see, but, in any case, hardware diversity coupled with CM’s exceptionally tuned bits is attractive, to say the least. According to a recent Google+ post, Cyanogen Inc. does indeed have a new hardware partner. ”We’re not quite ready to lift the veils”, says the official page, so we’re still left in the dark just a bit, though ...

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What I want from a CyanogenMod phone

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

CyanogenMod is simply blowing up this fall. When the team behind the custom ROM decided to go all corporate and form Cyanogen Inc., some of us long-term fans were understandably concerned – any big change carries with it the potential for disaster, and despite all sorts of assurances, we just didn’t know what this would all mean for what to many has emerged as the custom ROM to beat. Since first getting that news of incorporation, things have been moving fast for ...

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Hardware specifics tipped for possible CyanogenMod phone

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

CyanogenMod has really been in the public eye lately, following its incorporation earlier this year. Just yesterday, we saw the official CyanogenMod Installer hit the Play Store, hoping to introduce new (and maybe less tech-savvy) users to the custom ROM, and we’ve also seen the launch of the Oppo N1, not just with official CM support, but also its own ...

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CyanogenMod Installer app hits the Play Store

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

A couple months back, we first heard about the formation of Cyanogen Inc., taking the CyanogenMod custom ROM and trying to build a business out of it. We’ve already seen efforts like the Oppo N1, available in a special CM edition and easily capable of switching between that and the phone’s ColorOS, but that’s just part of what we’ve been looking forward to. When that September announce came, we also heard that work was pending on an ...

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These devices have Android 4.4 ROMs available

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Joe Levi

Before anyone gets their hopes up, as of right this instant, the only device that has an official build of Android 4.4 KitKat is Google’s own Nexus 5. That will change as soon as Google releases updates for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10, and as other OEMs begin pushing updates to their flagship devices. HTC has already committed to releasing its updates “within 90 days“. In the meantime, Google has already pushed KitKat into the AOSP, and you know what that means: custom ROMs! Custom ROMs come in ...

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Limited Oppo N1 CyanogenMod Edition ships next month

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

Back in September, Oppo launched an extremely unusual flagship, its N1. What’s so weird about this phone? Well, aside from the rear touch panel and the rotating camera, the handset has official CyanogenMod support. At the time of Oppo’s launch announcement, we learned that users would have a choice between running CyanogenMod or the company’s own ColorOS. While that’s very true, today we hear about a special ...

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Does the new Cyanogen, Inc. have a hidden Achilles’ Heel?

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Joe Levi

You’re all aware of “open-source” software, right? According to Wikipedia, open source as a development model promotes a) universal access via free license to a product’s design or blueprint, and b) universal redistribution of that design or blueprint, including subsequent improvements to it by anyone. Essentially, it’s code that’s supposed to be contributed freely, open the the public for quality inspection, and distributed freely for virtually anyone to use or modify. ...

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