Comments on: CyanogenMod Lives!

By: Paul Roberts

Paul Roberts — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:48:12 +0000

@Robert it’s one of the default wallpapers in the cyanogenmod rom

By: robisaks

robisaks — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:51:10 +0000

you guys are blowing this out of proportion.

android IS open source, thats why cyan was able to create his roms in the first place. What is not open source are the apps that google created. If google did not take action, then other companies could create google experience devices without consulting google, and sell it without repercussion because they could point to cyan and say “he has been doing it for free”

the beauty of all this is that when it’s all said and done, our devices will be able to do even more then before, over coming obstacles always creates better products.

By: The Observer

The Observer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:21:58 +0000

my question is, why didnt google stop him before then if it was such a problem? i know this aint his first mod and google was like “oh my!”. maybe its because cyanogen has his own site which makes him more noticeable to google.

i say he should go back to xda and make roms wit google apps in them on the low and close his site.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:48:35 +0000

Silly question I know but does anyone know where I can get the background pic from that screen shot?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:28:28 +0000

TmoNews is actually very behind the news on this one.
Cyanogen is stumped again. According to his latest Twitter posts late this afternoon:

“The gray areas might be too gray for me. I’ve contacted a few people for help. I may need to let my stress level come down a bit.”

and

“This is about proprietary device drivers and not Google at this point. These drivers are not redistributable.”

and

“well, we are also trying to deal with the issue of htc/ti/qualcomm proprietary stuff, it’s not just google.”

So, Google was just the beginning. It opened up a Pandora’s box.

Sorry, but I think that we’ve all been so sold a bill of goods in regards to this phone (T-Mobile’s G1) and the Google Android OS. We were told we could customize, yet we can’t even install themes if we strictly follow the law.

And check this out:

http://www.google.com/search?q=t-mobile+g1

Look at the very top SPONSORED ad. It’s from T-Mobile, and it specifically says “Open Source”. That’s what many of us were led to believe. It’s anything but!

By: LaNsLyDe

LaNsLyDe — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:28:26 +0000

I can’t wait. This is a nice solution

By: JDean86

JDean86 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:38:18 +0000

Not directly related but should it be possible to put a different version of android on the Motorola Cliq that doesn’t have blur if I can’t stand it? Sorry for such a dumb Q.

Also. Can switching roms be done by downloading it via data on the phone and launching it like an app?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:49:22 +0000

I’m glad to see CMOD can continue albeit w/o adding Google’s apps into his ROM. After everything is all said and done, the mods will still perform the way we’re used to… I’m okay with that. it’s just gonna take alot of work on Cyanogen’s part!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:32:59 +0000

This article is a little misleading. Google and Cyanogen did not “reach an agreement.” Rather, Google laid down the law, and Cyanogen is doing his best to comply with it and work around it. No “agreement” was reached. Google is really sucking right about now…

By: manus

manus — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:29:08 +0000

i just put cyanogen mod on my phone like 10 minutes ago.