CyanogenMod

CyanogenMod is a discontinued <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> for <a href="/facts/Mobile_device/cNS1Rhvg">mobile devices</a>, based on the <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a> mobile platform. Developed between 2009 and 2016, it was <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source_software/1cHtjLCB">free and open-source software</a> based on the official releases of Android by <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a>, with added original and third-party code, and based on a <a href="/facts/Rolling_release/zBaErSFW">rolling release</a> development model. Although only a subset of total CyanogenMod users elected to report their use of the firmware, on 23 March 2015, some reports indicated that over 50 million people ran CyanogenMod on their phones. It was also frequently used as a starting point by developers of other ROMs.
CyanogenMod offered features and options not found in the official <a href="/facts/Firmware/62UVKIUK">firmware</a> distributed by mobile device vendors. Features supported by CyanogenMod included native <a href="/facts/Skin_(computing)/AY6fzl9H">theme</a> support, <a href="/facts/FLAC/TbqpHlWy">FLAC</a> audio codec support, a large <a href="/facts/Access_Point_Name/QfI9PBHm">Access Point Name</a> list, Privacy Guard (per-application <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">permission</a> management application), support for <a href="/facts/Tethering/ddHUJdgl">tethering</a> over common interfaces, CPU <a href="/facts/Overclocking/wNpjgAFI">overclocking</a> and other performance enhancements, unlockable <a href="/facts/Bootloader/6sNpcLMK">bootloader</a> and root access, soft buttons, status bar customisation and other "tablet tweaks", toggles in the notification pull-down (such as <a href="/facts/Wi-Fi/u94quCsx">Wi-Fi</a>, <a href="/facts/Bluetooth/sWAjpMrj">Bluetooth</a> and <a href="/facts/Global_Positioning_System/DKVLnzF3">GPS</a>), and other interface enhancements. CyanogenMod did not contain <a href="/facts/Spyware/NrVdv1by">spyware</a> or <a href="/facts/Bloatware/glhQsSYt">bloatware</a>, according to its developers. CyanogenMod was also said to increase performance and reliability compared with official firmware releases.
In 2013, the founder, Stefanie Jane (née Kondik), obtained <a href="/facts/Venture_funding/tIKuwjTX">venture funding</a> under the name Cyanogen Inc. to allow commercialization of the project. However, the company did not, in her view, capitalize on the project's success, and in 2016 she left or was forced out as part of a corporate <a href="/facts/Restructuring/MFt5xck1">restructure</a>, which involved a change of CEO, closure of offices and projects, and cessation of services, and therefore left uncertainty over the future of the company. The code itself, being <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open source</a>, was later <a href="/facts/Fork_(software)/D6khxhpr">forked</a>, and its development continues as a community project under the <a href="/facts/LineageOS/2EjbG71g">LineageOS</a> name.

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CyanogenMod