[android] 4G Smartphone on a budget - Recommendations?

[Arthur]

I've had a look around and can't find a download anywhere, does anyone know if there is a Cyanogen repository out there on the interwebs I can get one from?

Don't waste your time with CyanogenMod. Use Lineage OS instead (which is CMs successor) or do what @Mayki5 mentioned and be patient.

 

Downloads for the Wileyfox Swift are here: https://download.lineageos.org/crackling

[Dos_Box]

Don't waste your time with CyanogenMod. Use Lineage OS instead (which is CMs successor) or do what @Mayki5 mentioned and be patient.

 

Downloads for the Wileyfox Swift are here: https://download.lineageos.org/crackling

 

I intend to use LinageOS and have already downloaded it. The problem is that the device preperation (root, TWRP) requires you to have a Cyanogen recovery image.

[Arthur]

To root the device you need the Cyanogen recovery image. This is where the fail is.

Do you not get an option to enable root under Developer Options?

 

www.cyanogenmods.org/forums/topic/enable-root-access-cm13cyanogenmod-13-roms/

[Dos_Box]

WileyFox are pushing OTA updates that will replace the Cyanogen image with a stock Android one. Should happen within the next two months for older WileyFox phones, but they are committed to getting them all updated.

 

Many thanks for that heads-up. It ould be best to wait for this then, especially as the device is for my son it it would be better to have the official support rather than try and treat the Swift like an unsupported device.

Incendentally, I would highly recommend looking at one of these in Amazons Warehouse deals if you have a child in need of a phone. Very cheap and great performance for the price.

 

Hidden on their site:

 

WHAT OPERATING SYSTEM DOES WILEYFOX USE?

 

As of April 2017, the Swift 2 range started the roll out the latest version of Google's latest OS, Android Nougat 7.1.1. Our Swift range will follow by the end of April and Storm in May. The Spark Range will be updated to Nougat 7.0 in June.

Edited April 28, 2017 by Dos_Box