Google’s Sundar Pichai announced
at the Google IO keynote event about the tech giant tying up with three
Indian smartphone manufacturers to produce Android One, a budget
Android smartphone for the masses. The project targeted handsets priced
at $100 (approx Rs 6,000) and the launch of the Android One handsets
took place last month.
However, a recent news
report stated that Micromax, one of the three smartphone partners for
Android One, will leave back Google’s Android operating system to carry
CyanogenMod’s custom Android operating system. The report also stated
that Sundar Pichai, Head of Google Android, offered to buy CyanogenMod
for a whopping $1 billion, but the latter refused the deal.
CyanogenMod
is allegedly working with Micromax India to supply their CM operating
system for the future budget smartphones. If true, it could be the end
of the Android One era sooner than it began.
Now,
XDA forums, the well-known place for Android tinkerers and custom ROM
developers, has just revealed that CyanogenMod has managed to crack the
Android One bootloader and install their own CM operating system. Though
the CM OS is presently still in beta or development stage, it is a
matter of time when the entire Android One hardware will fall prey to
the new operating system.
varun.chitre15, a
developer on the XDA forums was the man who managed to get through the
Android One handset and install the CM operating system. A majority of
the functions are working with the present mod, but the dual function
SIM and internet related stuff are still on the roadmap.
This
could seem like good news for Android One users since they can hack
into the system and replace Google’s Android KitKat with CyanogenMod’s
custom ROM for additional functionality. Android tinkerers can opt for
CM ROMs from the XDA forums.
If this deal between CyanognMod and Micromax works well, then Karbonn and Spice could follow suite soon.
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