The popular CyanogenMod ROM modding scene has formally ended its support for a wide collection of devices operating on the outdated Snapdragon S1 chipset.
Devices running on the Qualcomm QSD8x50, MSM7x25, MSM7x27 and MSM7x27T SoCs will no longer be taking advantage of further innovations beyond Cyanogen 7.x ROMs based on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, thus reaping benefits from Ice Cream Sandwich by the CyanogenMod team.
The more famous handsets, which unfortunately fit in the above criteria, include the HTC Nexus One, Samsung Galaxy Ace, HTC Desire, HTC EVO 4G, and LG Optimus One.
HTC Nexus One with CyanogenMod 7 (Gingerbread-based)
The CyanogenMod team has reported that the reason behind such expulsion from its registry is that the devices have insufficient support in some areas like media libraries, compatibility with ICS, and the standards that are necessary to allow Android 4.x+ to run, which would not contribute to a smooth-running user experience. Briefly stated, it means that it lacks the needed hardware.
The following is a complete list of devices removed from Cyanogen’s registry:
- Google Nexus One
- HTC Aria
- HTC Desire
- HTC Droid Eris
- HTC Droid Incredible
- HTC Evo 4G
- HTC Hero
- HTC Hero CDMA
- HTC Legend
- HTC MyTouch 3G
- HTC Wildfire
- HTC Tattoo
- Huawei IDEOS
- Huawei U8220
- LG Optimus Chic
- LG Optimus One
- LG Optimus Hub
- LG Optimus Pro
- Motorola BACKFLIP
- Motorola CLIQ
- Samsung Galaxy Ace
- Samsung Galaxy Fit
- Samsung Galaxy Mini
- Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini
- Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
- ZTE Blade
Some affected users will obviously get disappointed with this report, but the team has made a promise to review the subject if a solution, which allows the devices to pass successfully the Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) when running ICS, happens to present itself.
Meanwhile, xda-developers.com has offered its service for users to try out various experimental innovations found on its site. However, the CyanogenMod team is not in favor with the work of other ROM developers on the site, as it firmly believes that their innovations usually fail CTS and may eventually produce concerns with various applications.
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