CyanogenMod and the Death of the Android ROM

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Today we've got another special episode! Don't worry, there will be another regular episode on Friday. In today's episode David tries to find out what happened to Android ROMming? There was a time when flashing the latest nightly on your phone had an entire community built around it, but those days disappeared.. rather suddenly. What happened? We investigate. • Chapters • 00:00 What is ROMming? • 11:44 Rich Miner has entered the chat • 14:25 What phones were like at the time • 17:00 How Google got Android • 26:55 XDA • 29:48 Ads • 33:39 Cyanogen • 46:12 Carl Pei has entered the chat • 49:17 Early Android • 01:05:50 OnePlus letter from Carl Pei • 01:08:32 A Cyanogenmod phone? • 01:13:50 A fork in the road • 01:14:28 Ads • 01:15:13 The birth of Lineage OS • 01:26:40 Why ROM now? • 01:41:15 Winner of the episode • Special thanks to: • Mishaal Rahman: / mishaalrahman • Rich Miner: / richminer • Stefanie Kondik: / cyanogen • Lineage OS team: https://lineageos.org/ • Links: • Rich Miner History of Android: https://bit.ly/richminerhistoryofandroid • Mr. Mobile When Phones Were Fun - Sidekick: • When Phones Were Fun: The Sidekick (2... • ZTE article: https://bit.ly/ztetradeban • Shop the merch: • https://shop.mkbhd.com • Instagram/Threads/Twitter: • Waveform: / wvfrm • Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast • Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd • Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manga... • David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel • Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 • Ellis: / ellisrovin • TikTok: • / waveformpodcast • Join the Discord: • / discord • Music by 20syl: • https://bit.ly/2S53xlC • Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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