The alternative Android build has attracted a lot of usage, along with venture-capital funding, but tech enthusiasts remain the core user group. December 23, 2013 6:29 AM PST Cid, the CyanogenMod mascot (Credit: CyanogenMod) CyanogenMod, a version of Android popular among those unhappy with the operating system that came with their phones, has now been installed more than 10 million times. According to the CyanogenMod statistics site, which tracks installations, there have been CyanogenMod got its start as an enthusiast project built from Google's Android Open Source Project -- the public releases of Android's source code, updated each time Google releases a new version of the OS. Now, though, Cyanogen is a company with venture-capital funding, and it's getting more attention with Oppo N1 phone support and employee hiring. Related stories Google gives thumbs-up to first Cyanogen phone CyanogenMod raises $23 million Why Android won't be getting App Ops anytime soon Nightly CyanogenMod tightens SMS security Oppo sets N1 swivel-cam Android phone price at $599 As of 6:15 a.m. PT, there were 10,028,044 CyanogenMod installations. Cyanogen periodically scrubs out devices that haven't checked in within 90 days so devices that no longer use the OS aren't counted. The most popular version is the cutting-edge nightly build of CyanogenMod 10.1, which is built each day with the latest updates. That suggests CyanogenMod's stronghold remains with the technophile crowd. That's not a surprise -- installing a new operating system isn't for the faint of heart. Cyanogen has been trying to ease the process with CyanogenMod installer app, but Google evicted the app from the Google Play service. Via Android and Me Google has approved Cyanogen's plan to ship CyanogenMod on an Oppo N1. (Credit: Cyanogen)
The alternative Android build has attracted a lot of usage, along with venture-capital funding, but tech enthusiasts remain the core user group.
Cid, the CyanogenMod mascot
(Credit: CyanogenMod)
CyanogenMod, a version of Android popular among those unhappy with the operating system that came with their phones, has now been installed more than 10 million times.
According to the CyanogenMod statistics site, which tracks installations, there have been CyanogenMod got its start as an enthusiast project built from Google's Android Open Source Project -- the public releases of Android's source code, updated each time Google releases a new version of the OS. Now, though, Cyanogen is a company with venture-capital funding, and it's getting more attention with Oppo N1 phone support and employee hiring.
Related stories
- Google gives thumbs-up to first Cyanogen phone
- CyanogenMod raises $23 million
- Why Android won't be getting App Ops anytime soon
- Nightly CyanogenMod tightens SMS security
- Oppo sets N1 swivel-cam Android phone price at $599
As of 6:15 a.m. PT, there were 10,028,044 CyanogenMod installations. Cyanogen periodically scrubs out devices that haven't checked in within 90 days so devices that no longer use the OS aren't counted.
The most popular version is the cutting-edge nightly build of CyanogenMod 10.1, which is built each day with the latest updates. That suggests CyanogenMod's stronghold remains with the technophile crowd.
That's not a surprise -- installing a new operating system isn't for the faint of heart. Cyanogen has been trying to ease the process with CyanogenMod installer app, but Google evicted the app from the Google Play service.
Via Android and Me
Google has approved Cyanogen's plan to ship CyanogenMod on an Oppo N1.
(Credit: Cyanogen)
