Cyanogen has just hired two important industry veterans in a bid to help it compete with competitors like Google. Earlier this year, the company CEO Kirt McMaster has expressed his desire to create a pure Android OS without any influence of Google. It looks like the company has made some important hires to achieve its long term goals.

The first hire is from Amazon, Stephen Lawler who was previously the Engineering leader at the company. Now, he will join Cyanogen Inc. as the Senior Vice President of Engineering. The second hire is Karthick Iyer who will now act as the Vice President of Global System. Before joining the company, Iyer was working as the Qualcomm Android Engineering lead.

Both these individuals bring years of valuable experience to the company. Lawler worked for almost 15 years at Microsoft at various top levels positions in departments like Bing Maps, Bing Mobile, MSN etc. On the other hand, Iyer has over 18 years of experience working at Qualcomm. He has experience leading a team who worked on Android solutions at the chipset level.

“Our focus continues to be evolving the Android platform and driving innovation in mobile computing,” said Kirt McMaster, Co-founder and CEO of Cyanogen Inc. “Signals, services and systems are at the heart of building an evolved computing platform. Both Lawler and Iyer respectively are world class leaders in these areas, each having scaled some of the most successful computing and services platforms. Lawler brings a wealth of technical leadership in mobile, mapping, location, search, and cloud services. Iyer has deep expertise in end-to-end Android development. Both understand how to optimally scale engineering organizations.”

Cyanogen is making a lot of moves lately and has even signed a deal with Microsoft. With such valuable hires, we can expect to hear more about the company pretty soon.

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Ulefone has managed to make a mark in the crowded Chinese smartphone market. The company boasts of the latest Android operating system with the all its latest models, the Ulefone Be Pro, Be Touch and Be Touch 2 coming with the Android 5.0 Lollipop versions.

The company has always pre-installed stock (pure) Android OS on its devices, but it looks like Ulefone has decided to take the next step by making custom third party ROMs available for its latest Ulefone Be Touch 2 smartphone.

To start off, the company will develop one custom ROM for its flagship, which will most likely be the most voted ROM. In a recent survey conducted by the company on its Facebook page, MIUI and CyanogenMod got the maximum number of votes followed by other ROMs like EMUI and Flyme. Once the first ROM is fully developed for the phone, it will start with the second one.

“People want a that provide different interaction experiences and variable themes, and in the same time, they want it to be light for best performance. We’ll take both the factors into consideration and make something people feel inspiring and good to use simultaneously ”, said Ulefone CEO Jason Liu.

Given that CyanogenMod has a lot of features to offer, we expect the company’s first custom ROM for the Be Touch to be CM. The second one could be MIUI.

Anyways, we will keep you guys updated with more information pretty soon. So, stay tuned!

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When OnePlus One first hit the markets, the device came with the much loved Cyanogen OS. However, in the later months, the strong partnership between the two companies started to weaken. Cyanogen tied up with the Indian manufacturer Yureka exclusively, which meant OnePlus Ones shipped in India was not be officially supported by Cyanogen. This put OnePlus in a tricky position which eventually led to the birth of the Oxygen OS.

Now, it looks like Cyanogen has decided to terminate its partnership with OnePlus. Speaking at the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, OnePlus CEO Kirt McMaster and founder Steve Kondik said a few things about the company’s plans for the future and it didn’t involve OnePlus.

Steve said that both the companies had different visions for their software which eventually led to clashes when each one tried to go on with their own visions.

That’s probably the last you will see from that partnership.” … “Two new companies are trying to do crazy stuff, a lot of people collide.”

But CEO Kirt is of the opinion that OnePlus’s success have been mostly led by its Cyanogen OS. He said that the company built its brand with the backing on his company.

Without Cyanogen, OnePlus would have sold like one device in international markets,” … “Essentially they built their brand on the back of Cyanogen.” – Kirt McMaster

Cyanogen has other big plans as the company aims to partner up with a brand that can expand much quicker than OnePlus into international territories. The company has not revealed any specific names, but it is said that the likely partner could be another Chinese company.

Meanwhile, OnePlus Ones will still be supported by Cyanogen but OnePlus will soon release its new OxygenOS to its users.

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With the new and exciting announcement forearming us with the features of Android L, it is fair to ask what this means for the OnePlus One owners who will need to rely on CyanogenMod to bring the OnePlus One to the party. So will there be a delay between the release of Android L and the availability of it to OnePlus One users? There will be a short delay, but the developers are used to doing this sort of thing and getting it out there quickly and especially considering they are working with the manufacturers. Of course the actual length of time depends on how much of a departure the Android L is from the current version. It is estimated, based on what little we do know, to take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months.

It is possible to see some less stable modifications come out early but for a stable and reliable version, it could take a couple of months or even a little longer, so it depends how much of a risk you would like to take when you go for the update. Ultimately only time will tell and at any rate, most people are more concerned about when they will get hold of the handset much more than they are in a hurry to update it.

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Xiaomi has own user interface that called as MIUI, that’s the nice suer interface but now, the third party Android ROM, CyanogenMOd has been adapttation for Xiaomi smartphone.

CyanogenMod has been adopt by OPPO and OnePlus One smartphone, and now CyanogenMod has also ready to support Xiaomi smartphone, since the Xiaomi has several flagship smartphone that popular in domestic market and also global market recently.

CyanogenMod has drop to the three model of Xiaomi smartphone. And now after CyanogenMod release their new CyanogenMod 11 version based on Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system. But both version is available as the nightly update. And this version is still update until CyanogenMod release the stable version.

Here is the CyanogenMod 11 for Xiaomi download
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=aries&type

Note: Xiaomi two native support for dual system, you can open the “True Dual Boot” (TDB) in Recovery, the data can be divided into partitions, and then install MIUI, CM11, and share SD card partition, but note that this option will switch for Reset the phone.

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The CyanogenMod 11 or also called as CM11 is built based on Android 4.4 KitKat, this system has ben launched for long time, the new version and update has been released for new features, more stability and bug fixes.

Recently, CyanogenMod team has officially released CM11 M7 version, this version is known as the most reliable, most stable CM11, fixes some previously existing Bug, and improved in low memory (512MB) experience on the device.

The new CM11 M7 will also be based on the final version for Android 4.4.2, starting from the next version of M8 will be adapted based on Android 4.4.3, but the initial stability may be better to version M7.

CyanogenMod website currently has a list of about 30 models can be upgraded to CM11 M7 Edition, while the other devices will continue to be released in the near future.

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=snapshot

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Oppo Find 7a is a robust phone with high specs. It comes equipped with its operating system based on android. The OnePlus One has a connection with Oppo as the OnePlus One smartphones are manufactured in the same facilities as the Oppo smartphones. The internal hardware is same so does the firmware found on both the phones. They are so similar, as through a little bit of tweaking you can install CyanogenMod OS on Opppo Find 7a. CyanogenMod is OS that runs on OnePlus One. Let’s have a look that how to install CyanogenMod ROM on Oppo Find 7a.

First thing you need to do is to flash the ROM. To do this you need to install a custom recovery such as TWRP or ClockworkMod. Install the ROM at the source link you found through recovery. These source links are also available at android forums and sites. Search by installing CyanogenMod ROM on Find 7a and you would find two source links that you have to insert. Then install the OTA found at the second source for fixing sound problems.

Through this you can enjoy the benefits of CyanogenMod on Oppo Find 7a. Although there are some problems that needs to be fixed by the android community. The first issue is that the photos taken from back camera will appear upside down. Voice wake is also not available, similarly NFC would not work. The software shows that only 3GB of storage space is available. These are few issues, if you can put up with these issues than go ahead and install CyanogenMod on Oppo.

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OnePlus One is the one of Chinese smartphone that running with CyanogenMod ROM, the phone is very unique since the slaes is available through invitation method.

And now OnePlus has been rolling out the Kernel Source for OnePlus One smartphone, the phone has running with CyangenMod 11S this is the custom ROM which used Android 4.4.2 KitKat based operating system. With this kernel source, talented ROM developers should now be able to build a standard AOSP or CyanogenMod release.

For a while now, the OnePlus One smartphone is sold with invitation method,so we have to waiting to get one. Fot your reminder the OnePlus one smartphone is available in two model, the 16GB version is offers with $299 USD while the 64GB version is offers with $350 USD price tag.

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Oppo has a name of its own in the market of providing “different” Smartphone’s from its rival companies. These smart phones appeal to CyanogenMod users.

Oppo in the past have given Smartphone with CyanogenMod and was expected to do the same yet again. But the fans were disappointed as there are no talks of Find7 having CyanogenMod. Some images of the Smartphone with CyanogenMod are available on Chinese social network site Weibo though. This indicates that Find7 will be offered with popular ROM in near future. This however does not confirm that ROM will be given by Oppo on the device by default.

Oppo is still considering CyanogenMod for the Smartphone. The software and hardware specification of the Smartphone having to allow 50MP photos is known.

It has a 5.5-inch Quad HD 2560 x 1440 display, a Snapdragon 801 2.5GHz quad-core processor that hides under the hood. The actual camera of the Smartphone is 13MP and it uses Sony sensor that can take 10 photos in a row with a single 50 MP equivalent image.

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Some people is waiting for the OnePlus smartphone launching, and now we also heard that the OnePlus One smartphone will be hit the market on April 23rd, this year.

After we’ve covered the news about the OnePlus user infterface that leaked as the lock screen display, the phone is confirms to uses CyanogenMOD ROM with fredh UI.

And we have got the new informatione recently, the OnePlus smartphone will also hit the European market, the price is also revealed with reach €350, it’s seems the little pricey since electronic products is always getting higher price when hit the Europe.

CEO Pete Lau has said that the European market has shown a lot of interest in the device, so the price will significantly undercut the competition. In US dollars, that’s around $480. It’s a bit higher than the previously announced under $400 price point, but the US price could be a bit cheaper. We do sometimes get cheaper electronics here in the States.

Pete Lau fomerly work at OPPO and now he built his own company and ready to intriduce the OnePlus One smartphone will packs with 5.5-inch 1080p screen, sports with 13 megapixel camera which has f/2.0 aperture, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, powered by 3100mAh battery capacity.

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There is many reason why Android 4.4 KitKat did not come to our Android device, because, some device that running with mediaTek chipset did not provide appropriate upgrade to Android 4.4 KitKat.

Finally, there is domestic smartphone manufacturer has successfully upgrade their system to Android 4.4 KitKat using CyanogenMod 10.2, and now the device that using MediaTek MT6589/MT6589T is capable to using higher version of Android.

Some people in XDA Developer forum has been built the Custom ROM based on CyanogenMod 11 that targeting for device which powered by MediaTek MT6589 processor, and now they ready to update their Android to KitKat.

Here is Installation guide, taken from XDA Developer Forum:
– Install new CWM linked in this thread (for installation see in: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show….php?t=2440304 ) – if you Do not have it yet, make sure you backup recovery.img
– Make a backup with CWM – you will want to go back to stock, don’t blame me if you don’t have a backup!!!
– Copy the cm_stairway-otaXYZ.zip to the phone and flash the zip with CWM
– Copy the gapps to Phone and install the ZIP (see: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps – this is CM11)
– Wipe

Downloads:
http://goo.im/devs/chrmhoffmann/wiko…OFBUGS-0.1.zip
md5sum: bea8501261f81702d50974404464dc7d

CWM for KitKat: http://goo.im/devs/chrmhoffmann/wiko…way-kk-0.1.img
md5sum: f872c48b080eddd4316c47c72418b6b6

Sources:
Kernel: https://github.com/chrmhoffmann/andr…_wiko_stairway
Device: https://github.com/chrmhoffmann/andr…_wiko_stairway
Android: https://gerrit.omnirom.org/ # / q / topic: mt6589, N, z – More to Come

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CyanogenMod the one of Android Custom ROM developer is now has doing partnership with Shuame, the CyanogenMod is now offers real-time synchronization for newer update.

With this partnership, CyanogenMod is now available in Shuame website and the user can download the various version of CyanogenMod ROM for their handset, and the CyanogenMod custom ROM is ready to download directly.

With this partnership, the Chinese Android user can download the CyanogenMod without problem, while the download speed is increase and the ROM update is also available including Nightly version along with Stable release version.

Through the Shuame website,the user of Samsung Galaxy series, OPPO N1, HTC One and ather 200 smartphone model can download the CyanogenMod ROM from  http://www.romzj.com/zones.html

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Faea invite some programmers work on Cyanogenmod ROM for a few weeks, but there isn’t any resolution until today. A Faea F2s  screenshot is appeared with Cyanogenmod ROM. It is really big step on the process, maybe Cyanogenmod ROM will arrive soon.

Faea F2s is Android phone with NFC feature, along with MTK MT6589T quad-core processor. The specs is not top level now, but this company still keep working on open source project as promised. It’s more difficult to get a resolution on Cyanogenmod ROM than Qualcomm processor, Cyanogenmod has no experience on MTK processor yet. I hope may succeed soon, and bring the Cyanogenmod ROM to other phones which built-inMT6589 processor.

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The former OPPO’s vice president, Liuzuo Hu said that he will have a major initiative next week, when it established the One plus smartphone branded will meet developer exchange, then Cyanogen and Chief Creative Officer CTO Steve Kondik will also visit the scene.

I wanted to increase the speed of technology, should not be released next Monday, the first equipped with a customized version of CyanogenMod ROM. But still there is news that one plus technology with CyanogenMod ROM will be officially released in the first half of this year, including software level by Cyanogen team is responsible, while the hardware is responsible for the development by a Canadian technology.

The OnePlus One will be built completely around CyanogenMod. The company is developing a custom version of the software with special features and tweaks.

The OnePlus One is due to debut in the first half of this year, with a limited launch in “selected markets” initially, but with the aim of broadening availability down the line. A Canadian technology and Cyanogen team in turn will bring what we do not like surprises?

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Faea is just new Android phone brand from China, and only a few model on sale now. Their Faea F1 is the world’s cheapest NFC phone, and Faea F2s own better FHD screen and faster MediaTek quad-core processor. Faea decide to release full source code to all developers as Thanksgiving Day gifts.

Faea has plan to compile CyanogenMod ROM with official team, the team leader Jef Oliver (Head of Developer Relations & Legacy, CyanogenMod) has a little difficult to port the official ROM, so Faea decide to release all source code to all developers who want to help them. As we known, CyanogenMod is the most popular unofficial ROM on Android operating system, but there is no ROM on MediaTek processor yet, although there is tons of China phone used this company processor. Faea F2s hope to be first, but still in processing after 2 months effort.

Faea has released the source code on their official site, all developers may download it now if you are interested in the original MediaTek source code.

Here is relative link: http://www.faeamobile.com/opensource

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Steve Kondik is the man behind the CyanogenMod ROM, he has hire by OPPO to built the new ROM for OPPO N1 global version, and now CyanogenMod ROM is available in Google PlayStore.

So, you can inject the CyanogenMod ROM to your device with very easy step without rooting your Android device. Unfortunately, for a while now, there is only limited device that can injected by CyanogenMod ROM such as Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, Samsung Galaxy S II, S3, S4, Note, Note II and HTC one.

This installer will help users to prepare Android smartphone device. This installer will direct CyanogenMod Android smartphone users in the debugging of ADB or move the file transfer protocol of MTP to PTP if needed. The rest, flash custom ROMs made by desktop applications.

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Although Faea is new phone brand (As I known, in fact, this factory has more than 3 years OEM phone manufacturing experience), but their phone is very impressive and made the cheapest NFC phone. Today, we have gotten a picture from official about the next generation phone, there is only a phone like Samsung Galaxy S4, but some water on the phone, and some words: Love you, whatever rain or shine. This picture maybe hint that the new phone has waterproof feature.
We have no more information about this new phone, maybe it will named Faea F3 according to their former model. The phone looks same with Samsung Galaxy S4 or Mega 6.3.

Faea is different with other China phone factory, they make something for user request. They are working with CyanogenMod on a open source project and will release CyanogenMod ROM soon. It will be first Cyanogenmod phone than OPPO N1.

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Recently, there is some big news about CyanogenMod, the new company is found a few days ago. The founder Steve Kondik also will take part in the OPPO N1 launching event in Beijing on September 23th. We also get news from Faea, they also is cooperate with CyanogenMod for a real open source project, and port a CM10.1 ROM for their Faea F2s flagship phone. Which will be the first CyanogenMod partner phone? We will get answer soon.

OPPO N1 is different phonoe with Faea F2s, maybe CyanogenMod want both high-class and middle-class phone for different users. I think it's very good news for CyanogenMod community.

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Steve Kondik is the founder of CyanogenMod is a rock star in the Android community. Almost 2 years ago, Kondik officially joined with Samsung to help the Korean tech giant makes their Android products look ‘awesome’.

Now, after nearly two years of joining and the latest generation of Samsung Galaxy S lineup, Kondik decided to resign from Samsung. Kondik said that the experience of working with Samsung is very nice, but she felt that now it was time to try the new things.

Kondik also did not forget to convey the impression to the Galaxy S4:

“I was playing around with the Samsung Galaxy S4 before leaving. I am a big fan of the S3 and I use it every day, so I’m pretty happy with what is presented in the S4. Although no major design overhaul, but the device feels more solid than the S3.

In terms of specs, this device is far beyond any other device on the market. There are also a number of unique features that has a lot of potential as a touchscreen that can track floating gesture commands and a IR blaster. The benchmark score is also well above the other devices, so it should be able to run any application with a very, very smoothly.”

Kondik favorite feature is the ‘hover’ preview, which you can refer to display an email without having to touch the screen to show a preview of the content of the email. Interestingly, Kondik it is very annoyed with the Smart Scroll so he prefers not to activate the feature.

Kondik wrote, “TouchWiz has become a bit more consistent with the latest upgrade. There are no more jarring mismatches in different parts of the OS, and it’s been lightened up a bit and has a clean “flat” feel. Unfortunately, it feels like it has been sent a few years back in time to the Froyo days. Say goodbye to all of the nice touch-friendly ViewPagers and say hello again to a fully tabbed UI . You’ll also enjoy the seemingly endless onslaught of popup windows and modal ‘Loading…’ dialogs. UI performance is average.”

Kondik indicated that CyanogenMod seems to be compatible with the Galaxy S4 Snapdragon chipset.

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