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PSA: Google Play Services Wakelock Affects Many 5.x ROMs
Google Play Services drains batteries with wakelocks on custom 5.x ROMs. Here are the fixes from Cyanogen and the dev community in a nice, neat roundup.
Wakelocks are the bane of the battery conscious, and this wakelock bug has been plaguing Android ROMs for a while. Yes, the issue is neither new nor unique, and it won't be resolved for good until Google steps up, but the recent launches of CyanogenMod 12 and CyanogenOS (among others) have prompted a new round of interest in the Google Play Services 7.x SystemUpdateService Wakelock bug. The good news is that CM12 saw a fix folded in yesterday, and CyanogenOS should be patched by next week. The bad? Every other ROM maker still needs to account for the newest issue, and the root cause is as buggy as ever. This is not the last time we will have this conversation, but for now let's discuss the problem, point out the patches & progress reports, and bring our battery power back to fighting shape.
Unofficial CyanogenMod 12 for the Xiaomi Mi3
Developers have prepared a CyanogenMod 12 build for the Xiaomi Mi3, even without kernel source.
Xiaomi is rapidly becoming one of the most important Android OEMs. Currently, this Chinese company shares the podium with Samsung and Apple. Despite such popularity and numerous devices sold across the globe, Xiaomi refuses to publish the source code for their kernels, standing in clear violation to the GPL licensing.
Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo Receives Functional Lollipop Port
Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo received an unofficial port of CyanogenMod 12 and joined the Lollipop club!
The Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo is without a doubt a pretty nice device. Released in April 2014, this phone is essentially a re-designed version of the Samsung Galaxy S III with 1.5 GB of RAM and KitKat right out of the box. It's not that popular as its older brother, but this phone is still a nice option if you are looking for wallet friendly handset.
Highly Functional Android 5.0 Build Lands on Samsung Galaxy S Plus
Samsung Galaxy S Plus can now run Android 5.0 with a highly functional unofficial CyanogenMod 12 build.
Released in 2011, the Samsung Galaxy S Plus is one heck of an old device. Despite this, it remains privy to a very healthy dose of aftermarket development. Although having shipped with Android 2.3, support for this device has been going strong ever since--not from Samsung, but from its users. This can be witnessed with the dual boot functionality it received, and highly functional Jellybean and Kitkat landing on the device in the form of unofficial CyanogenMod 10 and 11 builds. In the face of all this active development, one really does wonder whether there’s anything the Galaxy S Plus can’t do.