Samsung supports modders

[diogen]

Even at 5" when compared with the latest batch of qHD (960x540) 4.3"-4.5" 1.2-1.5GHz dual cores, it will feel right at home...
Device leaks: HTC Ruby, Samsung Celox, and HTC Holiday

Diogen.

 

[isaacmorseMI]

Samsung hires CyanogenMod founder Steve Kondik | This is my next...

 

[riffjim4069]

I know a guy named Fockler who modifies all his mobile devices. Does this make him a Modder Fockler!

 

[diogen]

Samsung hires CyanogenMod founder Steve Kondik...

I think that is good news.
Samsung most likely will be the world biggest smartphone maker in 6-12 months.
It would be hard for other manufacturers to keep locking their phones' bootloaders if Samsung and HTC don't...

And CM7 is a really polished piece of software.
Running it on a Nook Color - the configurability is really amazing...

Diogen.

 

[John Kotches]

Diogen

In my experience cyanogen is better than any carrier rom. The one possible exception being the nexus phones which are pure google experience phones without the skins that the manufacturers are enthralled with.

Significant move.



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[Scott Greczkowski]

The only issue I have is the Cyanogen software hasnt been update in awhile. I am looking forward to the next update!

 

[Hall]

Cyanogen gets updated quite frequently. What do you call "awhile" ? You may need to point fingers at the ROM developer(s) for your particular phone. CM can be updated but doesn't mean every phone will see automatic updates on the custom ROM side.

 

[John Kotches]

The only issue I have is the Cyanogen software hasnt been update in awhile. I am looking forward to the next update!

There are nightly builds on most platforms.

If you mean an rc or stable release, that's true. However that just means no big changes.

It'll be interesting to see how CM fares with Steve Ks new position. If I were one of Samsung's competitors I'd be at least a little nervous. He's one of the most talented developers in the modder community.

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[diogen]

Who would have thought Sony is going to support the Cyanogen gang?

But they did!

Diogen.

 

[John Kotches]

Who would have thought Sony is going to support the Cyanogen gang?

But they did!

Diogen.

Brilliant. Now if we could just get Motorola on board.

I honestly think this type of support is beneficial for all I involved.

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[Hall]

Of the big phone players, I suspect Motorola will be the last...

Back to the article, and I didn't follow the links outside of it, it says Sony doesn't condone unlocking the bootloader, they'll help you do it !

 

[diogen]

You want to have your cake and eat it too, eh?

HTC does the same.

If you decide what gets flashed, they have the right to wash their hands if you screw up. Have to give them that...

Diogen.

 

[John Kotches]

You want to have your cake and eat it too, eh?

HTC does the same.

If you decide what gets flashed, they have the right to wash their hands if you screw up. Have to give them that...

Diogen.

Depends on what they are refusing to support. Hardware failures should still be supported. I consider this to be the same as throwing your own OS on the machine, i.e. I can install any version of RedHat / CentOS / FreeBSD / OpenBSD / Solaris etc I want. The hardware manufacturer's hardware is still supported. It should be the same for a phone. I'm not saying it is, I'm saying it should be that way.