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CyanogenMod Powered Oppo N1 Will Be Released In December

Posted by Unknown on from the three-stickers-for-$400 dept.

sfcrazy writes "The newly incorporated CyanogenMod has secured a deal with Oppo to bring their N1 to the market preloaded with CyanogenMod. The special edition of the OPPO N1 has been customized to support all the unique features of the OPPO N1, and include extra CyanogenMod accessories."

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  1. 3G / no microSD by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I just happen to be researching my next device in another tab - I use a Verizon MVNO - the Galaxy S4 looks like the contender if I can find an unlocked CDMA version of it. I've already accepted the need for a bluetooth mini keyboard and an external battery pack to replace my Droid 3.

    Then this came up so I followed links to links to specs. "Ah, I could support CyanogenMod. I don't really need 4G for anything. I'm always in it for the underdog".

    But, "oh, no microSD slot."

    If anybody has links for how to use an unlocked S4 on Verizon prepaid, much appreciated.

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    1. Re:3G / no microSD by lexman098 · · Score: 2

      What do you even want a microsd slot for?

      More space than the manufacturers give you.

      The device will still have storage, most likely much faster than an sdcard.

      They won't have 32-64 Gigabytes of storage (which I need for music etc), and if they did they would charge you out the ass for it. 32 and 64 GB SD cards aren't exactly cheap, but at least once you've bought one you can use it in all future phones you buy. Also, it's not any slower than internal storage. In fact the 16GB of storage in my xperia T is literally another embedded SD card.

      You can simply plug your android device into a computer and use this storage as a USB drive AND your phone can use the storage at the same time.

      Yes this is how it works with SD cards too. You obviously have never tried this, and you should. It's much more convenient to have modular storage.

  2. Re:I don't even know what you're talking about by __aaltlg1547 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oppo is a Chinese phone manufacturer. OPPO N1 an Android phone that will be preloaded with Cyanogenmod, which is a fully open source, downloadable version of Android. CyanogenMod has been porting and maintaining Android for years for many brands and models of phones.

  3. File systems commonly used on SD are patented by tepples · · Score: 3, Informative

    But, "oh, no microSD slot."

    Microsoft makes $2 billion per year from patent royalties on Android devices and is assumed to spend the money on keeping its Windows Phone division afloat. Makers of devices without a microSD slot don't have to pay VFAT or exFAT royalties to Microsoft.

    1. Re:File systems commonly used on SD are patented by CastrTroy · · Score: 2

      What does an SD card slot have to do with VFAT and exFAT patents. Couldn't they just format the card with EXT4, and ignore the patents. Sure you couldn't read the SD card on your windows machine, but I'm sure most people would still find the slot useful.

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  4. Re:I don't even know what you're talking about by Enry · · Score: 2

    CyanogenMod is a custom ROM for a wide variety of Android phones. It's been around almost forever (I installed it on my OG Droid). I can forgive not saying what CM is, but WTF is an Oppo?

  5. Re:Play store? by Crudely_Indecent · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have a very recent (days old) CM 10.2 nightly on my phone and it not only works great - but I have root, play store and other google apps, I save to the SD card regularly.

    From my experience - everything you've said here is false.

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  6. Re:I don't even know what you're talking about by Grishnakh · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Articles here about Linux don't say what the hell Linux is either. Articles here about Windows don't say what the hell Windows is either. If you don't know what CyanogenMod is, then you're woefully ignorant for a Slashdotter. Maybe you could try Google.

  7. Re:I don't even know what you're talking about by drinkypoo · · Score: 2

    Not only will the Oppo phone probably come with gapps, but ROM Manager will install gapps for you. So they're in a separate zip file, but the recommended install method is to use ROM Manager so effectively CM comes with "the whole Google crap" if you want it to and not if you don't, because you can uncheck the box for gapps on install.

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  8. Re:I don't even know what you're talking about by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 2

    Oppo also makes kick ass blue ray players.

    http://www.oppodigital.com/?partner=101

  9. Re: I don't even know what you're talking about by MrHanky · · Score: 2

    In any modern browser: mark a word or phrase, right click it, choose 'search in Google|Bing' in the context menu. Even if you type 400 WPM, you just wasted several times as much time on your stupid comments than you would on doing 'research'. Not only are you a proud idiot, you're also a time waster.

  10. Re:..without the user needing to root by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    here you go:
    https://plus.google.com/106978520009932034644/posts/L8FJkrcahPs

  11. Re:..without the user needing to root by foobar+bazbot · · Score: 2

    There _are_ some rather worrying reports floating around on Steve's agenda.

    http://www.droid-life.com/2013/07/29/cyanogenmod-founder-contemplating-abolishing-root-requirements-for-custom-roms/
    https://plus.google.com/106978520009932034644/posts/L8FJkrcahPs
    http://www.landofdroid.com/2013/more-on-whats-going-on-at-cyanogenmod/

    We'll see.

    lrn2html, dumbass.

    http://www.droid-life.com/2013/07/29/cyanogenmod-founder-contemplating-abolishing-root-requirements-for-custom-roms/
    https://plus.google.com/106978520009932034644/posts/L8FJkrcahPs
    http://www.landofdroid.com/2013/more-on-whats-going-on-at-cyanogenmod/