OnePlus One-India subcontinent
come to a conclusion, but not in a good way
for prospective owners of the device in the
subcontinent.
It turns out the situation is exactly like
OnePlus said it would be - Cyanogen will
not be updating the OnePlus One units sold
in India. This has now been clearly stated by
the software company itself. Only people who
buy the 'global' version of the OnePlus One
will get continued support from Cyanogen. Those
who buy the Chinese variant of the phone will see
it run Color OS as before, while those who buy
the Indian variation will have it delivered
running CyanogenMod 11S like the global model,
but won't be getting any updates to that ROM.
OnePlus has committed to fast tracking development
of its own ROM for the Indian OnePlus One,
and a first alpha release should come soon -
with a more stable iteration planned for February.
This ROM will be based on Android 5.0 Lollipop,
will allegedly be bloat-free, will retain Google's
Material Design, and will be flashable on the phones
that shipped with CyanogenMod. Initially, OnePlus
said Cyanogen, Inc. did an exclusive deal with
Micromax for the Indian market. And this meant
that the custom ROM company would not be providing
updates for OnePlus One units sold in India where sales
began last week. Then, a few days ago, Cyanogen issued
a strangely worded blog post which seemed to imply that
it would actually support India-sold OnePlus One devices.