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CyanogenMod Windows-Based Installer Released, With Supporting Android App
Zanadou writes "CyanogenMod today released for general availability a friendly[er]-to-use Windows-based installer that will automagically (no need to first root and/or unlock the bootloader) step users though downloading, flashing and setting up an appropriate CyanogenMod version on supported Android phones. Along with this, a 'companion app' that apparently helps set up the installer is now available the Play Store, along with a newly-refreshed download page. Still no image for 'hammerhead' (Nexus 5), though."
The installer is windows only! Next step. Bundled adware.
Score!
Just upgraded, love this phone. Not terribly interested in rooting/rom'ing like I used to be, but I do like having the CM option readily available.
This is a new advance from the CM people, why throw in the dig about the Nexus5, or are you just trying to brag that you have one?
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
I can't seem to find this information but it the kernel is the biggest issue in any north american phone. Companies like Verizon and AT&T lock down the phone and it becomes incredibly difficult to replace the kernel with a custom one. My friend just sent me everything he used to unlock his just yesterday so I'll do it through his method but verizon is an ass that deserves to lose all of its customers.
tried it but my crappy tipoelcheapo phone is not supported !
Damn
But I really wish the phone technology ecosystem didn't *require* good people, like the guys at CM, to do what they do.
I'm referring mostly to the locked-down, restrictive, anti-user bullshit that defines the smartphone world. Boot loaders that are locked, software that you can't easily remove ... change any of that and you'll void your warranty, of course. When's the last time you voided a warranty on a real computer's hardware for modifying some fucking *software*?!
I should be able to pop in a micro SD card into any smartphone (yes, all smartphones should support one) and install any operating system with the right drivers.
Y'know, like a *computer* (because it is one)
Does anyone know about what apps come with Cyanogenmod (my google fu is lacking. Mostly it talks about getting the google apps).
I recently acquired a Nexus 4 (yay for the Nexus 5 creating a more vibrant market in second hand Nexi) ans was slightly surprised about the lack of apps already installed compared to my old Samsung phone.
Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but a new computer not having a GUI file manager is like a trip back to 1985 with glitzier graphics. Having to download an ad-infested and possibly privacy invading app requireing "full network access" doesn't seem like an ideal solution.
So, forgive my ignorance, but does CM provide an array of quality OSS apps for actually running the phone in addition to the base windowing system and kernel?
SJW n. One who posts facts.
I recently acquired a Nexus 4 (yay for the Nexus 5 creating a more vibrant market in second hand Nexi) ans was slightly surprised about the lack of apps already installed compared to my old Samsung phone.
The plural of "nexus" in Latin in "nexûs." (Actually, the diacritic on the 'u' should be a macron, but alas, Slashdot won't display that character.)
My €0.02.
"The body may heal, but the mind is not always so resilient." -- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
It's pretty seamless. The only way they could make it better is if they put in a revert function or at least a backup so you get your old data back
... for making Samsung phones actually usable?
They really should.
Just a reminder that Replicant is a thing that exists. It doesn't work 100% for everything (I hear camera support especially is bad), but to be fair, it is still pretty early in its life. If you are opposed to using locked down, restricted software, then using fully free software like Replicant is one way to break free from that.
or you're being way too ambitious and your grandmother is going to give up and simply bake cookies
You had to bring it up.
Actually [OS X] is BSD, and BSD is NOT UNIX.
OS X has been UNIX since 10.5 according to The Open Group.
That might work for people who happen to already live within T-Mobile's service area. Otherwise, good luck activating an unlocked phone on Verizon or Sprint or finding an affordable plan on AT&T.
for many phones (even nexus) it's impossible to do some of the steps needed to install cyanogen without issuing commands to the phone over ADB.
Then the cross-platform installer should require installation of Android SDK, which includes Android Debug Bridge, and pipe the necessary commands through the ADB executable.
roundly disappointed with the new windows and android apps that theoretically make it all happen effortlessly.
simple fraud.
downloaded everything, properly and in sequence.
you'd think that a CM equipped phone would be especially easy to wipe and upgrade.
PC doesn't see phone ready, and phone doesn't see PC ready.
Although basic recognition between phone and PC already in the bag, announced by OS.
KRAP.
waste of my time.
CM'ed Note still battery-smoking piece of junk I couldn't sell to anyone in good conscience.
I had offers on the ship for more than it's worth but couldn't sell it in good conscience with expected sub 2-hour battery life.
SHITE PIECE.
smarter to simply get a new phone.