On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 12:04:56AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
The Google account is simply a means to get the apps I want from the Play store and not much else. You can also flash your phone with a stock CyanogenMod ROM, with neither Google Apps nor Cyanogen (?) Apps, and be Free(tm). Add F-Droid, and all needs are pretty much catered for, with no account anywhere. Yes, which phone did you mean the OnePlus One or the Nexus 6P --
Most of the common ones. I have a Nexus 5 ATM, had various other brands before. First thing I do is clean them up and flash CM on them. Oh like any other computer.
I've got an S3 running a CM version that was supposed to be getting updates monthly; that stopped almost immediately -- people seem to move on too quickly. Would have liked that phone to get a bit more life. It's still good, nice screen and in very good condition, so it is not a junker by any means, but probably best suited to offline use or WiFi without any SIM.
There is definitely more support on the more standard phones with CM,
that's sure. However, you could also see if a newer version of CM would
actually work for you, sometimes they just start working on maintaining
the next release, and gradually forget about the one you might be
running.
Or build updates yourself (: Not as nice, but that's the entire point:
you CAN actually do it!
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Olivier Mehani