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Samsung Hires Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondik
Some nameless reader noted a surprising twist in the tale of Cyanogen, an android modder once cease and desisted by Google. "Samsung Mobile has hired one of the homebrew market's most notorious and successful Android hackers, Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondik, best known as the creator of the CyanogenMod for Android."
They're doing exactly what MS did with the Chevron team. Hire the talent to keep them from doing things you don't support while making it look like they're going to do something special for the community
I hope this doesn't mean he is no longer developing Cyanogen.
I use it.
i get a decent software for updating the galaxy tab?
So does that mean that if a company tells you to stop hacking its products, you should put it on your resume? Seems like it should lend some kind of credibility.
I guess my next mobile will be from Samsung.
Sure if "corporation policy and rules" will not kill his best intentions and innovations.
Why on earth would you mention the CyanogenMod but not link to info about it? I mean really wtf is the mod? I guess ill have to google thanks for not supporting my laziness!
.... and have him help them optimize their ROM images and the experience presented. Lets hope they don't hire him to help them lock down their ROMs, bootloaders, etc some more ....
Think about it, who else would be better at locking things down than the guy who defeats such locks all the time?
As surprising as security firms employ "crackers", sometimes known as "hackers".
They probably "just" hired someone who had competence in the area, with a CV to speak of.
And thanks for all the mods.
I fear that we'll losethe best Android mod even in a few weeks.
And that Samsung will finally get a real Android mod^H^H^Hdistribution!
Sent as ripples into the electromagnetic field. No single photon has been harmed in the process.
Cracker? Hacker?
Do you have an idea on what CyanogenMod actually is?
Sent as ripples into the electromagnetic field. No single photon has been harmed in the process.
Hire them.
Bwaaaack! Polly wanna cracker?
This is just another move on the chess board. Google bought Motorola which will invariably give Motorola the inside track on Android to some extent. Samsung realized that while their hardware has been quite good their software has been severely lacking in both quality and updates. This hire makes perfect sense, it allows them to produce higher quality software (the goal being to improve upon Google's not just dress it up pretty) with a better update policy. If they actually allow their software to be run like CM has been (and force it through the providers) then it puts LG and HTC in poor positions long term.
I'll meet you at the intersection of "Should be" and "Reality"
I own a lowly HTC Desire, unlocked and rooted, and I've used it with the stock HTC Sense as well as many other custom firmwares. I have also seen HTC Sense, Motorola Blur and stock Android on other phones
Cyanogen is by far the most advanced of all. If you really are interested in unlocking your phone's true potential, it's the only choice. My HTC Desire running Cyanogen is about twice faster than when running Sense, both in benchmarks and real world use. Maybe if HTC were to update their OS to 2.3.5 like Cyanogen, the performance differences would be reduced, but that hasn't happened yet AFAIK.
As the article states, tethering is enabled by default. And it also allows the user to select per app permissions, something even the stock Android will not do. And if you're adventurous, running the Nightlies guarantees the latest technology. It's actually not as dangerous as it sounds, because in almost 100 Nightlies only 2 or 3 were duds and restoring from backups took 15 minutes.
Whichever phone I purchase next, the main requirement is that Cyanogen supports it. For me it's even more important than camera resolution, screen size or storage space. I mean with a fast SD card and a few tweaks I can fit 100 apps on my HTC Desire.
I think he does since all he said was that Samsung hiring Kondik is as surprising as a software security firm hiring people who know how to compromise software... That is to say not at all.
I'll meet you at the intersection of "Should be" and "Reality"
I am sure he has a much better idea of what CyanogenMod is than you have of reading comprehension. Of course, that's damning him with the faintest of praise.
I thought Google was committed to keeping Android "open".
Where's the sense in offering an open platform and then sending out cease-and-desist letters to people who modify it?
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He's not the only one samsung is hiring... :) I can't say more at the moment but stay tuned :)
Namaste :)
I don't. Would be nice if the summary actually gave some background details. maybe, you know, an editor could like edit the summary and add some.
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I went to the website after reading about this to see if it was available for the Motorola Defy.
It seems like it's no longer available though.
Anyone have any insight?
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/motorola-defy
I installed DarkyROM 9.3 (froyo) a couple of weeks ago and have been pretty happy, particularly with battery life. How does it compare to Cyanogen? Any good reason to switch?
Could this be Samsung's way of hedging its bets against Google closing Android now that it is buying Motorola? Cyanogen Mod doesn't rely on any of the Google code that isn't open source so it could be forked to cut Google out all together if need be.
Not to mention the fact that the cellphone version of Android is available in its entirety in source form from AOSP
The Market application is not; it's made available only to OHA members. I've read about problems getting Market back after installing CM.
this is from 2009...
With Windows, you can search the internet and download what you need. As it is with Android.
Unless your bank won't make its check deposit application available as a downloadable .apk file. I visit Chase's page about its Quick Deposit application on my device, but all it says is "Get the Chase Mobile App from the App Store or Android Market." Specifically, "Chase Mobile App" is not clickable.
You must be new here.
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Here it is again
Thank you. I have downloaded it and will install it on my device once I can answer the following question that someone brought up last time: How should I verify that the application available from Dropbox is identical to the one that Chase distributes via Android Market and not an attempt to defraud? If Chase were distributing the .apk on Chase.com, I could do due diligence on the connection's SSL certificate. This page recommends using jarsigner.exe, but all I get from jarsigner -verify -verbose -certs com.chase.sig.android-1.apk is that it was signed with an X.509 certificate from someone claiming to be "JPMorgan Chase", not that the purported "JPMorgan Chase" in the certificate is the same entity that operates chase.com.
This shows some support on the part of Samsung for open source, although not in the way I had been hoping. I've heard that Samsung is working on a Linux-based phone, apparently with shell. Is this correct? Anyone else confirm/refute this? I heard from what seemed to be a reliable "on the inside" source a year ago, but with the way the economy is going, I wouldn't be surprised if this was a very real project that met a very real end.
Any inkling of news would be appreciated, however, since I am hoping I don't have to replace a failing N900 with another N900 bought somewhere over eBay.
404555974007725459910684486621289147856453481154 in hex is "You sank my Battleship?"
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If his first day doesn't involve forcing Samsung to cease all development of TouchWiz and all of their shitty Android UI mods then force then to stick to true ASOP. If not, why fucking bother taking the job?