CyanogenMod / MIUI / Replicant / Android

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CyanogenMod is an unofficial  firmware available for more than eighty mobile phones and tablets based  on the open source operating system Android. It offers features not  found in the official Android based versions supplied by the  manufacturers, including, among other improvements:

     Support for Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
     Multi-touch
     Compressed cache (compcache).
     A long list of APNs.
     Reset menu
     Support for tethering via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB.

CyanogenMod ensures that your changes improve performance and reliability compared to the official version of the software.

CyanogenMod developers voted against the protection of user privacy, arguing that manufacturers feel annoyed.

Development

Shortly after the introduction of the HTC Dream terminal in September  2008, the Android developer community found a method to obtain superuser  (root) on Android's Linux subsystem (procedure known as 'rooteado' the  device) .6 This finding combined with the open source nature of Android,  as to alter the original firmware and reinstall on the phone at will.

The latest version of CyanogenMod is based on Android 4.2.x (Jelly  Bean). Lots of modified code are written primarily by Cyanogen (Steve  Kondik) but include contributions from the xda-developer community  developers7 (such as improved browser) and other contributors to  project.8

Cyanogen also maintains the recovery image used in combination with  CyanogenMod. Provides a special boot mode that is used to back up and  restore the device software, or repair and upgrade the firmware.9 is an  essential integral methods rooteado "one click" available for most  current Android devices .10 11

CyanogenMod Updater application allowed users to receive notifications  of updates, download and install them on your terminal. It was available  through the Android Market and was developed by Garok89 (Ross  McAusland) and Firefart (Christian Mehlmauer) from the xda-developers  community, based on Sergi JF Velez-Updater. Now is the Manager12 ROM  application that best meets these tasks. The application, developed by  Koush (Koushik Dutta) is also available in the Market, and is integrated  into CyanogenMod.

Controversy about the license

Until version 4.1.11.1, CyanogenMod included several closed source  applications Google, like Gmail, Maps, Market, Talk and YouTube, as well  as several proprietary drivers. These packages are included in the  original distributions of Android, but prevented their licenses freely  distributed. When Google sent a cease and desist letter to the head of  development of CyanogenMod, Steve Kondik, in late September 2009,  complaining about the situation, the development was interrupted for a  few days.13 14 15 16 Many users reacted CyanogenMod hostile Google, and  many believed that Google's legal threats contravened their own  interests and violated his casual corporate motto: "Do not be evil" ("Do  not be evil") .17 18 19

This action by Google also generated reactions in different media such  as PC World, 20 The Register, 21 The Inquirer, Ars Technica 22, 23 and  eWeek.16 ZDNet24 25

After a statement explaining his posición26 Google and the subsequent  negotiation between Google and Cyanogen, it was decided that the  CyanogenMod project could continue, provided that no proprietary  components incorporated in conflict.27 28

As satisfactory solution, it was determined that proprietary  applications supplied with the original software could be copied to the  phone before the modification, and then restored in the system with  CyanogenMod without infringing any copyright. Nevertheless, as a result  of the dispute, some developers have decided to start creating open  source applications that replace those provided by Google.29

Cyanogen also warns that although Google dispute is closed, there are  still potential licensing issues regarding proprietary drivers which are  distributed with their modificación.30

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MIUI (pronounced "miyuai")

Is a  unofficial firmware for smartphones based on the open source operating  system Android developed by Xiaomi Tech has a modified user interface  that eliminates the Android application drawer and has been compared  with the Apple.2 iOS includes additional features not found in Android,  including switches in the notification window, new applications such as  the music player, image gallery or camera, and dialer contacts showing  altered that match the user dials numbers while

Development

MIUI is based on the source code of Android 2.3.7 and CyanogenMod 7.1  now also developed for later versions as: Android 4.0.4 and 4.1.2 and  Jelly Bean novel was originally developed by the Chinese company Xiaomi  Tech.4 Xiaomi MiTalk added several applications such as (a clone of  BlackBerry Messenger), Minotes, MIBackup, MIGallery MIMusic and to  improve the interface.

Updates usually are released every Friday. MIUI is then translated and  ported to unofficial versions in other languages ​​by independent  developers. The list of translations can be found at the official site  of MIUI.

Reviews

The modified operating system has been criticized for being similar to  iOS Apple.6 Due to the fact that MIUI is developed in China, some  features that are not relevant to the Chinese market, such as support  for WiMax, are not available on MIUI and as you can not access the  source code, it is possible for third parties to add support for these technologies.

supported Devices

• Acer liquid
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire]HTC Desire - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• HTC Desire HD
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire_S]HTC Desire S - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• HTC Desire Z
  
• HTC Droid Incredible
  
• HTC EVO 4G
  
• HTC HD2 Leo
  
• HTC Incredible S
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Sensation]HTC Sensation - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_One_S]HTC One S - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_One_X]HTC One X - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• HTC EVO 3D
  
• LG Optimus 2x
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Defy]Motorola Defy - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Milestone]Motorola Milestone - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• Motorola Razr MAXX
  
• Motorola Atrix 2
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One]Nexus One - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_S]Nexus S - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_7]Nexus 7 (2012) - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei_Ascend_P1]Huawei Ascend P1 - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• Huawei Ascend D1
  
• Huawei Honor
  
• Huawei Honor II
  
• Nook Color
  
• Samsung Captivate
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S]Samsung Galaxy S - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II]Samsung Galaxy S II - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_III]Samsung Galaxy S III - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Nexus]Galaxy Nexus - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note]Samsung Galaxy Note - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• [ame=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_II]Samsung Galaxy Note II - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre[/ame]
  
• Samsung Vibrant
  
• Xiaomi MI One
  
• Xiaomi MI Two
  
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo/Neo V
  
• Sony Ericsson Xperia S
  
• Sony Xperia Arc S
  
• ZTE Grand X U970
  

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Replicant (operating system)

Replicant is a free  software clone Android, eliminating components and proprietary APIs  SDK.2 Try replacing the drivers (drivers) required proprietary hardware  drivers on some phones with free and abierto3 code

His name is a pun on replicating, a variant of an android robot (synonym = bioroid) in the film Blade Runner.

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Android

Android  is an operating system based on Linux, designed primarily for touch  screen mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets initially developed  by Android Inc., which Google supported financially and later bought in  2005.11 Android was introduced in 2007 with the founding the open  Handset Alliance: a consortium of hardware, software and  telecommunications to advance open standards for mobile devices  móviles.12 the first Android operating system was the HTC Dream and was  sold in October 2008.

Was  initially developed  by Android Inc. , a firm purchased by Google in  2005.14 It is the main  product of the Open Handset Alliance, a  conglomeration of  manufacturers and developers of hardware, software and  operators  servicio.12 units sold Android smartphones located  in first place in  the United States, in the second and third quarters  of 2010.15 16 17  with a market share of 43.6 % in the third trimestre.18  Worldwide  reached a market share of 50.9 % during the fourth quarter of 2011, more  than twice the second operating system ( Apple iOS , Inc. ) with more  cuota.

It has a large community of developers writing applications to extend  the functionality of the devices. To  date, it has already reached  1,000,000 applications ( of which two  thirds are free and compared to  the App Store cheaper ) available for  official application store  Android : Google Play, regardless applications  other unofficial Android  stores as Samsung App Store Google Apps  Samsung.20 21 Play is the  online app store run by Google , though it is  possible to obtain  software externally. The  programs are written in the programming  language Java.22 However, there  is a malware free operating system ,  but most of it is downloaded from  sites

The  Android system announcement was made on November 5, 2007 along with  the  creation of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 78  companies for  hardware , software and telecommunications dedicated to  developing open  standards for devices móviles.24 25 Google released  most Android code under the Apache License , a free license code and  abierto.

The  structure of the Android operating system consists of applications   running on a Java framework for object-oriented applications on the  core  Java libraries on a Dalvik virtual machine with runtime  compilation . Libraries  written in C include GUI manager (surface  manager) , a framework  OpenCore a SQLite relational database a  programming interface API OpenGL  ES 2.0 3D graphics , WebKit rendering  engine , SGL graphics engine , SSL and Bionic C library . The  operating  system consists of 12 million lines of code including 3  million lines  of XML , 2.8 million lines of language C , 2.1 million  lines of Java ,  and 1.75 million lines of C + + .

Etymology

Both the name Android ( Android in Spanish ) as Nexus One hint at the  novel by Philip K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep , which was  later adapted for film as Blade Runner. Both the book and the film  focuses on a group of androids called replicants - 6.27 Nexus model

The logo is the robot "Andy" .
Acquisition by Google

In  July 2005 , Google acquired Android Inc. , a small company in Palo   Alto, California founded in 2003.11 Among Android 's co-founders who   went to work at Google are Andy Rubin (co -founder of Danger) , Rich   Miner 28 (co -founder  of Wildfire Communications, Inc. ) , 29 Nick  Sears (once VP at T-  Mobile) , 30, and Chris White ( who headed design  and interface  development at WebTV ) .31 at the time, little was known  of  the functions of Android Inc. that developed outside phone software   móviles.11 This led to rumors that Google was planning to enter the   mobile phone market .

At  Google , the team led by Rubin developed a mobile device platform  based  on the Linux kernel was promoted to device manufacturers and  operators  with the promise of providing a flexible, upgradeable system .  It  was reported that Google had already lined up a series of hardware  and  software manufacturers and traders said it was open to various  degrees  of cooperation on their part.

The  speculation that Google 's Android system would enter the mobile  phone  market increased in December 2006.35 BBC reports The Wall Street  Journal  noted that Google wanted its search services and applications  on mobile  phones and it was very committed . Print and online media  soon reported that Google was developing a phone using your brand.

In  September 2007 , " InformationWeek " broadcast a Evalueserve study   reporting that Google had applied for several patents in the area of   telephony móvil.

Open Handset Alliance

On  November 5, 2007 the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of several   companies among which are Texas Instruments, Broadcom Corporation ,   Nvidia , Qualcomm , Samsung Electronics , Sprint Nextel , Intel , LG ,   Marvell Technology Group , Motorola , and T -Mobile ,  was released in  order to develop open standards for devices móviles.12  Along with the  formation of the open Handset Alliance, the OHA released  its first  product , Android , a platform for mobile devices built on  Linux  version 2.6 .

On  December 9, 2008 , it was announced that 14 new members would join  the  Android project , including PacketVideo , ARM Holdings, Atheros   Communications, Asustek , Garmin , Softbank , Sony Ericsson , Toshiba ,   Vodafone and ZTE.

History of updates
Main article: History versions of Android .

Android has seen numerous updates since its initial release . These  updates to the base operating system typically fix bugs and add new  features . Generally  each update of the Android operating system is  developed under a code  name of an element related to desserts in  alphabetical order .

The  repeated appearance of new versions , in many cases , they fail to   function properly in the hardware designed for previous versions , make   android is considered one of the promoters of planned obsolescence .

Android  has been criticized many times by fragmentation suffering  terminals not  being supported with constant updates by the various  manufacturers . It  was  believed that this situation would change after a Google ad which   stated that manufacturers undertake to apply updates at least 18 months   since its release , but this ultimately never materialized and the   project was canceled

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Auto compiled builds of the latest CyanogenMod source


Downloads

Latest build: CyanogenMod Downloads
Google Apps: Goo.im Downloads - Browsing gapps
Please use Goo.im Downloads - Downloading gapps-jb-20130729.zip

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Installation

- First time flashing CM10.2 to your Galaxy S (or coming from another ROM)?

• Root your device and install ClockworkMod Recovery.
  
• Reboot into Recovery using 3-button-combo
  
• Do a Nandroid backup!
  
• WIPE (wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache partition)
  
• Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery
  
• Optionally install the Google Addon
  

- Upgrading from CM7/CM9?

• Do a Nandroid Backup!
  
• WIPE (wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache partition)
  
• Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery
  
• Optionally install the Google Addon
  

- Upgrading from another CM10/CM10.1/CM10.2 prior to 20130816 Build?

• Do a Nandroid Backup!
  
• Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery
  
• Optionally restore /data from Nandroid Backup (the update will wipe your /data)
  
• Optionally install the Google Addon
  

- Upgrading from another CM10.2 Build?

• Do a Nandroid Backup!
  
• Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery