I'm now only going to buy phones if they are supported by CyanogenMod, however, how do you know which phone will be supported the longest by the latest versions? For example my aging Wildfire now only supports CM 7.2. I was checking LG Optimus 2X since it's way more powerful (dual core and with poweful GPU) and it's still on just CM 7.2. Same goes for just as powerful Galaxy S2. Why is so? One would expect the later two to run CM9 easily...
I'd like to have a mid end phone that has a decent powerful hardware and will be able to keep up with CM9, CM10 and maybe possibly CM11, depending on when they'll be available.
I'm asking this because i'm tired of vendors thrashing support after just 1 update. Like HTC thrashed Gingerbread 2.3 support for my Wildfire saying it won't run it well. Then how come CM7.1 and CM7.2 runs way faster than their Froyo 2.2 ever did?
And because of such nonsense i don't even want to bother with stock OS, because it's all crap. But i also don't want to pick a phone that will support CM9 but won't CM10, because in that case i'll end up in the same scenario as with stock OS versions.
If you understand what i'm trying to say here...
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Which Phone To Take For Longest Cm Support?
Started by RejZoR, Jul 10 2012 06:01 AM
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mr-maw
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 09:13 AM
Well, CM9 has only had one Release Candidate as of yet: there are no phones whatsoever that have a stable CM9. I have the RC1 on my Galaxy S2, and it has worked perfect for me. The CM team is going to push another RC and then a Stable version of CM9. They have stated that Jelly Bean has no special requirements, so all CM9 devices should be in line for CM10 aswell.
To answer your question, probably the safest bet would be to get the Galaxy Nexus. Nexus devices always get the official update fastest, therefore the custom ROMs will also be more likely to appear. Lifehacker just had a good read about this stuff. Most likely Galaxy Nexus will still receive at least one, maybe two, major updates (Key Lime Pie and its successor). I wouldn't expect to see an official Key Lime Pie on Galaxy S2 or Optimus 2X.
To answer your question, probably the safest bet would be to get the Galaxy Nexus. Nexus devices always get the official update fastest, therefore the custom ROMs will also be more likely to appear. Lifehacker just had a good read about this stuff. Most likely Galaxy Nexus will still receive at least one, maybe two, major updates (Key Lime Pie and its successor). I wouldn't expect to see an official Key Lime Pie on Galaxy S2 or Optimus 2X.
