Cyanogen is the online handle of Steve Kondik, the man behind the first CyanogenMod ROM from way back in 2009. A custom ROM is essentially just firmware for a device that isn’t what it came out of the ...

Many devices that support the popular CyanogenMod custom ROM should be able to download the latest edition later tonight. The new build, CyanogenMod 14.1, will also be the first that will be based on ...

Phone makers may be slow to update some older phones to the latest version of Android (if they ever update them at all), but there’s a robust team of independent developers building custom ROMs for ...

CyanogenMod, despite any goings on with its original creators, is still the bread and butter of the custom ROM world. The newest version, CyanogenMod 14, is based on Android 7.0 (Nougat) and is only ...

The developers behind CyanogenMod have scrapped plans to nightly builds of their Android 7.0-based operating system… because they’ve begun development of a version based on Android 7.1 instead. In ...

The Android 7.0 Nougat-based CyanogenMod 14.1 further expands the list of supported Android devices with the recent release of more nightly builds. For this batch, the handsets included are the Nexus ...

Market analysts would say that the average turnover rate for most smartphones is two years, which is exactly how long most contracts last anyway. That is true even for Google's Nexus devices. In that ...

Custom ROM developer Cyanogen have begun releasing its Android 7.1 Nougat-based firmware, CyanogenMod 14 for the OnePlus 3. Many users prefer custom ROMs like CyanogenMod because they strip away the ...

Microsoft Corp. has passed on funding the makers of a popular custom firmware for Android called CyanogenMod, but could be readying a deal to have its apps like Bing and Cortana appear on it by ...

Android 7.1 has been off to an odd start. While the OS is already running on Google’s Pixel smartphones, it’s only available as a developer preview for supported Nexus devices. However, that’s not ...

Rita was a Managing Editor at Android Police. Once upon a time, she was a pharmacist as well. Her love story with Android started in 2009 and has been going stronger with every update, device, tip, ...

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