Users of Samsung, LG or HTC devices with custom features, such as Samsung's Multi Window or LG's Floating Windows, will lose those. More recent devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the HTC One M8 aren't supported yet. If your smartphone isn't an actively supported model, it may not get updated as often, so you might get stuck with a problematic OS. The most commonly reported problem with CyanogenMod is that certain builds can be buggier than stock Android. Are there any disadvantages to CyanogenMod? According to Kondik, many devices provide an easy way to do this. You won't have to root your phone, but you'll need to be able to unlock your bootloader. Users of select Android devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S4, Google Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 can get CyanogenMod using the installer app. Device manufacturers can choose to use these apps or revert to the stock Android versions.
A Qualcomm representative said the company's software releases on those chips will now contain the Launcher, Calculator, Clock and File Manager apps from Cyanogen. In March, Qualcomm announced a collaboration with Cyanogen that will bring what it calls "the best features and UI enhancements" of the Cyanogen OS to certain Snapdragon processors.
By mid-2015, you should also be able get the Alcatel Hero 2+, a 6-inch phablet running Cyanogen OS, starting at $300. It costs $300 unlocked for the 16GB version ($350 for 64GB), and can now be bought without an invitation every Tuesday. The OnePlus One was the first phone to ship with Cyanogen OS, but initially, you needed to have an invitation to even buy it. You can either buy a device that runs Cyanogen OS out of the box, or install the open-source CyanogenMod on your existing Android phone. When Google launches new iterations of Android, Cyanogen will quickly release an updated, compatible version of CM soon after.ĬyanogenMod is also free of manufacturer and carrier bloatware, and some users who install it in place of other Android builds claim it improves device performance and battery life. "You'll probably find that devices are some of the first to get patched."Ĭyanogen devices are also frequently the earliest to get software updates. "We are very involved in the security area," Kondik said. If you text someone who's also on CyanogenMod, your messages are encrypted on the device itself if the messages are intercepted en route, they will look like gibberish. In regular Android, you can't pick and choose, but must instead accept or deny all of an app's permissions as a bundle.
You'll get a list of all the apps in your phone and can decide what kind of information - including location, personal, messaging, media, device and bootup - each title gets access to. Security features are more comprehensive than in stock Android, with a Privacy Guard tool that lets you better manage your app permissions.
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