Cyanogen to Update OnePlus One Globally, Even in India

[kirashi]

Originally an article was posted on OnePlus' blog regarding their apparently severed ties with CyanogenMod in India over an exclusive deal with another phone company.

A more recent article has surfaced over at XDA-Developers regarding the situation stating that Indian users will indeed still receive updates to their OnePlus One phones.

There may still be an exclusive deal between CyanogenMod and the other phone manufacturers, but somehow this won't hinder updates to already existing OnePlus One owners.

 

Personally speaking, I believe phone manufacturers have a legal obligation to support and maintain their phone hardware/software for a minimum of 2 years, or for the length of your carrier contract, whichever is longer. I understand that they currently have no obligation to do so, and they decide when to "retire" a product as they manufacture it, however, it paints a bad face on both carriers and manufacturers to allow a 2 year old phone to still be purchased on a 3 yr contract, when both the carrier and manufacturer know they will be discontinuing the device before the contract is up. At least advertise support is ending, then let me decide on purchasing the product.

 

This is why I like the mandatory 2 yr manufacturer warranty on certain products sold in the European Union - it provides security and assurance to consumers' purchases.

 

 

[spoiler=Cyanogen to Update OnePlus One Globally, Even in India - Dec 04 2014] Cyanogen to Update OnePlus One Globally, Even in India

Posted December 4, 2014 at 08:30 pm by Tomek Kondrat

Just a few days ago, we talked about how Cyanogen Inc. was set to drop support for the OnePlus One in India due to a conflicting contract. According to many articles on the Web, including those from the OnePlus team, exclusive rights to use Cyanogen OS in India were transferred over to Micromax. The One’s makers then announced that they were working hard to create their own operating system that would eventually replace Cyanogen OS as a main operating system on devices produced by OnePlus. It appears that some sort of miscommunication took place between Cyanogen and OnePlus, which lead us and users around the world to confusion.

Needless to say, Cyanogen Inc. found the inaccurate uproar disturbing, and decided to release a statement to clarify a few matters that have been raised on various tech sites, including the XDA Portal. According to Cyanogen’s blog, the company will continue to provide updates for all global OnePlus One devices, including those in India. This means that the forthcoming Lollipop update will be available to download everywhere–through the usual update channels such as OTAs and factory images.

The company also shed some light regarding its goals for the upcoming months. Cyanogen has signed agreements with two Asian vendors, Micromax and YU. We can only surmise that these partnerships will result in brand new devices by Micromax and YU that will run Cyanogen OS as default. We’re glad to see that everything is now in the clear, and that there is no room for misinterpretation.

[source: Cyanogen blog] 

 

 

 

[spoiler=OnePlus One to Forgo CyanogenMod in India - Nov 30 2014] OnePlus One to Forgo CyanogenMod in India  

Posted November 30, 2014 at 05:00 am by Tomek Kondrat

It appears that the deal between Oppo offshoot OnePlus and Cyanogen Inc. dangles merely by a thread. Last week, OnePlus announced that its One model would launch in India on December 2. Unlucky for all “Flagship Killer’s” fans, Cyanogen decided to granted exclusive rights to “Cyanogen OS” over to Micromax, one of the main rivals to OnePlus in Asia.

Cyanogen’s decision came as a surprise both to OnePlus and Indian users. One of the latest OTAs (38R) included the SAR regulations required to enter the Indian market. According to One’s makers, the Indian market launch has been in preparation for a very long time. The decision made by Cyanogen doesn’t mean that the One is dropped and that cygn won’t provide Lollipop. The device will be supported over the next year. OnePlus also stated that next OTA will pack some surprises that will make “users happy.”

This weird set of events forced OnePlus’s engineers to focus on their own software. Indian devices will get the community build next month, and a stable Lollipop release will come in February that will be “stable, fast and lightweight.” The company will avoid unnecessary bloatware and skinning. The ROM will contain features requested by the community.

The announcement from OnePlus is probably a signal that the cooperation with Cyanogen Inc. may come to an end in other regions as well. It wasn’t ever set in stone permanently, but many users bought the One because of its firmware, which was light, clean, and customizable. Hopefully OnePlus will manage to keep its software in a similar spirit.

[via OnePlus Blog]

[Guest]

Just give us Lollipop already and then we'll see about India.

[terrytek]

Just give us Lollipop already and then we'll see about India.

You mean CM 12S.

[Guest]

You mean CM 12S.

Well yeah but that is basically Lollipop version