With the breakup and shut down of Cyanogen Inc, CyanogenMod — Android's most popular ROM — is also being discontinued. Of course, the advantage of an open source project is that it never really dies, ...

The folks formerly designing and releasing CyanogenMod now working on Lineage OS have revealed their stance on SafetyNet. This is an Android safety precaution made by Google to stop users working with ...

While CyanogenMod has come to an end in its current form, it is not forgotten. In fact, the popular third-party ROM has been re-launched and now lives on in the form of Lineage OS. Meaning that if you ...

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Lineage OS is no longer officially supported on 30 phones and tablets. The developers pulled support due to the devices having inactive maintainers. Unsupported devices include the Moto G4, Redmi Note ...

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It wasn’t long ago that any new custom ROM would primarily be installed on Nexus devices. After all, Nexus was the smartphone family of choice for modders, developers and others with a penchant for ...

LineageOS is undoubtedly one of the most popular third-party ROMs available for Android smartphones. It supports more than any other ROM out there and now includes LineageOS 16 Android Pie-based ...

In the world of third-party ROMs, LineageOS has become one of the go-to options. Sadly though, the Android 10-based LineageOS 17.1 is now being dropped from the official build roster in favor of ...

We often rely on our devices' operating systems to keep us safe from malicious apps and people but what if the operating itself gets compromised behind people's backs. That's the almost nightmarish ...