Re: Move along nothing to see
Want Android 7.1 on a Nexus 6? Go with LineagesOS
Still suffering from the Cyanogemod problem, that its great for devs and hardened tinkerers willing to risk bricking their phone, but as clear as mud for the rest of the planet. Depends on what success looks like for LineagesOS, but if those behind it want people to install and use it, they need to attend to three key failings:
1) What the software is and does - Android equivalence, fit with Google Play and Google apps - this just isn't obvious from the web site, and Wikipedia is better but fairly scant.
2) How to install it - clear simple instructions that an intelligent person can follow.
3) The install process needs to be far easier and more automated, since it appears to be the same convoluted series of additional packages and libraries that need installing. I have played with Cyanogenmod and Android sideloads in the past, and if I'm finding it tedious and problematic, then there's little chance that the masses will be able to use it.
And I've even got suitable handsets kicking around that I could try it on, I'd take the risk, but the whole process is just too clunky, time consuming and in my experience falls over at one step or another. One click install needs to be the ambition for the project, and in 2017 I don't think that's a big ask is it?