G+_Marlon Thompson Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Will this change your mind about buying the S4. I still expect roms to come from other developers. But I'm so over rooting and ROMing right now I don't see the real benefit EDIT/UPDATE: Thanks Brian Bishop for your comment. Here is a more comprehensive article on the whole kerfuffle http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s4-not-cyanogenmod-support-174322/ UPDATE 2: this is even better as the developer contributes in the comments section http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/03/19/team-hacksung-expresses-frustration-with-exynos-but-neither-confirms-nor-denies-plans-for-cm-on-gs4/ http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/19/cyanogenmod-will-not-support-the-galaxy-s-4/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Courtney Roebuck Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 That's a bit of an extreme conclusion at the end of the article. This is one group and you (author) presume the entire dev community traipses after them as they go? Maybe it's just incindiary writing and if so kudos because you got me. And a far as the dev comm-- maybe cyanogen stepping away is just creating a void for someone else to step up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Marlon Thompson Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Yep Courtney Roebuck I was trying to provoke some discussion but I haven't rooted my S3 yet and I don't plan on it. Though like you I believe that other developers will step in but also I don't think Samsung has any incentives to be as open to the developer community as they were with the original Galaxy S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Robert Nazarian Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Rooting and ROMing is still a very small percentage of the population. I can't see this news affecting sales all that much. They are going to sell more Galaxy S 4's than III's anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brian Bishop Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Cyanogen Mod posted a statement that this isn't correct and is just the view of one developer, and that one developer does not speak for the community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brian Bishop Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 That being said, if no CM on SIV, then no SIV for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Robert Nazarian Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Holly M. Paddock Rooting/ROMing isn't for most people and if someone wants to get into it, I say get a Nexus device. Since it's setup for that, it's not all that hard. Other devices end up being a bigger pain since it's always a fight with the manufacturers trying to keep things locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Robert Nazarian Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 With Nexus devices, there's always a way to get it back even if it's bricked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_TechInTheRealWrld Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 This actually might factor into my decision about whether or not to get an S4. I would probably root and rom it, and the great thing about Galaxy devices is that they get a lot of development support from the XDA community, CM being a huge part of that support. Without it, I'd be stuck with Touchwiz. And I prefer to go with a rom that's closer to the Nexus experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Craig Lambert Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Everything is not as it seems apparently... https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CyanogenMod/posts/7jywLJdswki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Karie Roper Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Almost 3 years ago I had the Samsung Captivate. I rooted it which after thoroughly reading the how to info on Xda made it pretty easy. I put changed roms about every week and never had a problem. When I had a problem is when I got an official ATT update and brickex the phone. Of course I was 2 weeks over the year since I bought it and ATT made me pay the insurance to get a new phone. I got the Infuse and then last year got the SGS3. My laptop crashed before I got it or I would root this one. If you research how to root and do exactly as it says it is no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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