cyanogen os

[Glaucus]

Is there any rumours of any new phones coming out this summer, especially any ~6" ones obviously running cyanogen os.

If not is oneplusone still the best one to try out, I believe it gets all the updates first?

Want to give the platform a try before hp elite x3 out towards the end of the year.

 

[Skeeter]

If your looking at the OnePlus One then your obviously open to any large phone from the last few years, in which case don't look for ones that ship with CyanogenMod, and instead just check the CM site to see what phones have a ROM available, which wil be most.

 

[Glaucus]

mod doesn't have the integration though. like cortana

 

[Armageus]

Wileyfox Storm might be a good interim option ~£199 for Mid range 5.5" running Cyanogen.

https://www.wileyfox.com/storm/

 

[Skeeter]

Ah ok, if your after Cortana then your options are much more limited for now.

 

[Glaucus]

Wileyfox Storm might be a good interim option ~£199 for Mid range 5.5" running Cyanogen.

https://www.wileyfox.com/storm/

unfortunately only swift or one plus one have cos 13 and one plus one seems to have had it for ages, with swift more recently and no idea when any of the other phones will get it.

 

[Glaucus]

well oneplus one has arrived, anything deemed as essential, anything I should do.

 

[Christmas themed thank]

Make sure it's up to date with the software.

 

[Kanpai]

What made you come back to Android Glaucus? From what I've seen you seemed to dislike it quite a bit in the past.

 

[Glaucus]

I did, find out if I still do.

View ranger and bank app mainly.

Still dislike the Ui, mainly how widgets don't fit neatly together and all look different.

 

[Christmas themed thank]

When you say don't fit neatly together, what do you mean? You can resize them to go next to each other.

 

[Glaucus]

There's massive gaps between them and they seem to have minimum sizes if I try to make the box smaller it just resets.

Ma arrow launcher improves the general Ui, but not widgets. Worst one is rain alarm widget it terrible.

 

[Christmas themed thank]

I don't use widgets tbh, never really saw the appeal.

How are the apps?

 

[silverblack]

You should try Nova launcher,it lets you resize any widgets.

 

[Glaucus]

The apps are fine, just the widgets suck, maybe I can find better third party ones/alternatives for some. It's why I like wp, the live tiles fit neatly and same design language.

Best app so far is lastpass the integration is great.

 

[Glaucus]

2 bits I have all my calander on an outlook account how do I add such an account.

if I go to settings > accounts > outlook I have it listed there but only an option for sync contacts.

it also has a sync error

and i'm getting notifications but how do I get a number by the app icon, like missed phone call, messages, whats app etc.

 

[kona786]

You should try Nova launcher,it lets you resize any widgets.

Resize, overlap and tight grid sizes all help with nova.

 

[Christmas themed thank]

You can't get a badge icon by default. I think only Sony phones do that.

 

[Matteysan]

2 bits I have all my calander on an outlook account how do I add such an account.

if I go to settings > accounts > outlook I have it listed there but only an option for sync contacts.

it also has a sync error

and i'm getting notifications but how do I get a number by the app icon, like missed phone call, messages, whats app etc.

I know Nova has number icons. Not sure if it is a Nova Prime feature though. 50p at the moment too!

 

[silverblack]

The apps are fine, just the widgets suck, maybe I can find better third party ones/alternatives for some. It's why I like wp, the live tiles fit neatly and same design language.

Best app so far is lastpass the integration is great.

This will be right up your street

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lx.launcher8&hl=en_GB