CyanogenMod Installer Release
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(I'm quite annoyed by the current developments in cyanogenmod: Less and less is open source as it seems...)
And then I had to also install gapps by using the Clockwordmod recovery mode.
A gigantic pain in the ass! I wish I would have attempted this tomorrow, would have saved me a ton of trouble!
I'm pleased to see them making the install process easier. I wasn't quite heart-in-mouth since it was a £50 second hand and spare phone, but it was still pretty long winded and there were too many opportunities to brick the thing.
Because of the resistive touchscreen, I literally had to type using a pen[1] to push the keys, as my fingers (in fact, thumbs since that's what we actually type with on phones) would always hit the wrong key. Once I used the corner of a ruler as I didn't have the pen handy - scratched the screen really badly.
[1] retractable with the pen tip retracted.
My wife had some major surgery and was in recovery trying to text me and I though they'd broken her - turned out to be the phone.
Let alone the instructions/warnings/risks, I know many Android users who barely go through the permissions they grant an app during installation.
A little off topic, but an instance that I thought impressed the gravity of the risks and partly cracked me up was the warning on Alpharev [1] "Warning: Make sure you have read all the warnings below before attempting to run this utility!"
There's a reason for this. I do go through the permissions that apps ask for, which is why I end up never upgrading any apps.
The hugest problem is that the permissions are all ridiculously open-ended. There are apps that ask for permissions there's no reason for them to have; that's not what I'm complaining about here. I've installed apps where every permission they ask for is something they obviously need in order to function at all -- or, I should say, includes something they obviously need in order to function. The permissions are so inclusive that every app is allowed to do terrible things if it's able to function at all. This isn't an improvement over the windows XP model of "everything runs as administrator".
And so, if you're going to be installing apps, there is no reason to read the permissions they request. Any permission you give is enough for the app to screw you over 1000 different ways.
I think that for the most part, it's a risk.. the first few years of tablets really needed third party updates, because first party were horrible.. same for some phones. I also find that mfg skins are equally bad. That said, clear warnings, even multiple warnings are important.
When I rooted my G1, IIRC, there were several downloads I needed.. downgrade X, upgrade Y, root, upgrade X, install C, then B, then R... then apply GAPPS, etc. It was very unnerving, and that was important for me to triple check everything. I needed the extra functionality... While, as a user, I appreciate a click/next/next/done experience. It just depends on the risks.
Note: I have the same paranoia when updating a computer CMOS/BIOS
It is linked from the blog entry, but I cannot find the windows side installer linked from their homepage while the android side software is.
This sort of oversight is incredibly frustrating for me, and I consider myself fairly technically capable... I can only imagine that this is even more frustrating for more typical users.
Ah, now I see what you mean. I'd say they're waiting to move it out of "beta". The level of stupid questions they get already is reasonably high, so this may be a way of reducing their support load.
How about no?
A user that doesn't trust the developers of Cyanogenmod enough to turn of AV(or add to AV-ignore-list) during install, is a user that shouldn't be using Cyanogenmod to begin with imho.
Where's the install step that asks the user to verify the origin and hash of the installer binary? Why can't I see the source of the installer? Where are the GPG keys?
It's not just some game you're downloading, it's a ROM for the device you're (statistically) putting the details of your life into. Trust? Don't get me started.
Edit: >beta.download.cyanogenmod.org uses an invalid security certificate. >The certificate is only valid for the following names: > *.cyanogenmod.org , cyanogenmod.org
It's really not worth it; you're going to have a bad time unless you take care to not install junk. (junk may include all microsoft and adobe software ...)
I suppose I should add the disclaimer that I've used primarily linux for 6 years and rebooted into OS X for gaming for a couple years now. But I've seen it all with Windows + AV, I've serviced computers for common folk, and we still see stories on HN about AV accidentally quarantining a dll needed to boot.
AV used to kill performance, but if you have even a mid-range system nowadays its rarely very noticeable, especially if you have an SSD.
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