Hot on the heels of news that Cyanogen OS is effectively dying at the end of the year, the developers of the open source CyanogenMod operating system have announced the end of that project as well… kind of. The team plans to fork the existing CyanogenMod code, eliminate reliance of Cyanogen services, make some other […]
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RIP Cyanogen OS: Company to shut down services, end nightly builds by Dec 31st
Don’t like the version of Android that comes on your phone or tablet? In many cases you can replace it with a custom ROM, which is typically a modified version of Android built by volunteers. For years, the developers of CyanogenMod have offered a popular, open-source, community-developed version of Android for dozens of phones, tablets, and […]
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Reports suggest Cyanogen OS as we know it may be done
CyanogenMod is an open source operating system built on top of Google Android that’s developed by a community of independent developers. It’s one of the oldest, and most popular custom ROMs that users can install on a wide range of phones and tablets as a replacement for the software that came with their devices, and […]
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Cyanogen OS goes modular: Offers phone makers option to license specific features
When Cyanogen Inc launched a few years ago, the company’s goal was to leverage the success of the popular CyanogenMod line of custom ROMs for Android smartphones and tablets to create a commercial operating system that could be licensed to phone makers. Part of the selling point for users was that Cyanogen OS would basically […]
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Report: Cyanogen Inc could shift from operating system to apps
It’s been nearly three years since a group of CyanogenMod developers announced they were forming a company to take what they’d learned about developing custom ROMs for Android and create a commercial Android-based operating system that phone makers could license. Now it looks like Cyanogen Inc may be making some major changes. Android Police reports […]
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Cyanogen OS 13.1 brings Microsoft, Twitter, and other Mods to Android
Plenty of smartphones ship with customized versions of Google Android with modified home screens, cameras, and other features. And a lot of phone makers and wireless carriers like to pre-load some apps on phones. But the developers of Cyanogen OS are taking things a bit further with the idea of Mods, which are tightly woven […]
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Cyanogen introduces MOD, gives third-party apps tighter integration into Android-based OS
Comments Off on Cyanogen introduces MOD, gives third-party apps tighter integration into Android-based OSCyanogen Inc is a for-profit company that produces a custom version of Android that’s distributed on a handful of smartphones. But the developers at Cyanogen started out working on a community-supported, open source Android ROM called CyanogenMod… which still exists. So it’s a little odd that the latest product from Cyanogen is called MOD… because that’s […]
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CyanogenMod users can now install Cyanogen OS apps
CyanogenMod is an open source, custom version of Android developed and maintained by a community of volunteers, while Cyanogen OS is a commercial operating system developed by Cyanogen Inc… a company founded by some of the lead developers of the open source project. In other words, while you can install CyanogenMod on dozens of Android […]
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Wileyfox launches line of mid-range phones with Cyanogen OS
A new UK-based company called Wileyfox is getting into the smartphone game with two new phones designed to offer decent specs at a reasonable price. The Wileyfox Swift is a $200 phone with a 5 inch, 720p display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor, and a £129 ($204) price tag, while the Wileyfox Storm is a £199 ($314) […]
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Zuk Z1 smartphone launching internationally in September (with Cyanogen OS)
The ZUK Z1 is a smartphone with a 5.5 inch, full HD display, a USB Type-C reversible charging port, 3GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a 4,100 mAh battery. Those specs are pretty good, but the most impressive thing about the phone may be its price: it sells for about $284 in China. Don’t […]