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Until version 4.1.11.1, CyanogenMod included proprietary software applications provided by Google, such as Gmail, Maps, Android Market (now known as Play Store), Talk (now Google Chat), and YouTube, as well as proprietary hardware drivers. These packages were included with the vendor distributions of Android, but not licensed for free distribution.
This is a list of Android distributions, Android-based operating systems (OS) commonly referred to as Custom ROMs or Android ROMs, forked from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without Google Play Services included officially in some or all markets, yet maintained independent coverage in notable Android-related sources.
Android-based devices do not appear on this list because of the heavy use of proprietary components, particularly drivers and applications. [ 7 ] [ 1 ] [ 8 ] There are numerous versions of Android which seek to replace the proprietary components, such as LineageOS (successor to the now-defunct [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Cyanogenmod ) and Replicant , that can ...
Making CyanogenMod the third major mobile ecosystem is a lofty goal, but the minds behind the custom Android ROM have just made it easier for smartphone users to join their ranks. Rather than ...
Since Motorola won't provide further updates for the Flipout, CyanogenMod 7.2 (Android 2.3.7) is used to update the device beyond official releases. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Work was carried out at Xda-developers to update the Flipout to Android Gingerbread .
Like CyanogenMod, the LineageOS project is developed by many device-specific maintainers and uses Gerrit for its code review process. It also retained the old versioning format, where the major version number corresponds to the place in the alphabet of the first letter of the codename (and of the commercial name for Android versions prior to 10 ...
This is a list of Android launchers, which present the main view of the device and are responsible for starting other apps and hosting live widgets. Application name Developer
The CyanogenMod Team received source code from HP and started working again on the TouchPad tablet port. [53] PhoneNews.com reported, "The Android kernel was based on Qualcomm’s reference Android source code, and was used by HP internally to accelerate the release of the TouchPad.