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Right now this place is just to collect info about the current status of the Cyanogenmod-On-The-HTC-One-M8s Port, in order to prevent me from going totally crazy. I came close, which is clear from the hilarious jokes that follow. 🐸
Want to help out? Please do! Just create an issue or whatever, then again, if you got on this wiki you probably know what to do. If not, you can also contact me (voidzero) on Freenode IRC.
This is the wiki of a Github repository in which I aim to get the Android distribution Cyanogenmod, version 12.1, to work on the HTC One M8s phone. That phone is not the same as the HTC One M8! It's better, much better!
Yes. It has to. Because I paid big bucks for that phone, that's why.
Cyanogenmod on the HTC One M8s? Man, I wish! But unfortunately, up until now the answer is still no, it doesn't. Cyanogenmod does exist for the HTC One M8 but like I said, that's a very different phone!
You and me both, so join the club!
Recently (I think somewhere around July, 2015) HTC released a phone with the unfortunate name One M8S. At face value you'd think there isn't much different between this phone and the somewhat older M8, but, nothing could be further from the truth.
First of all, the camera is different: it's a whopping 13 megapixel camera, instead of a 4 mega-ultra-whatever. But not to fret: the M8s still has the 'duo' camera feature, that enables you to change the focus of a photo after taking it. Impressive right? Yeah. It was one of the M8's key selling points, and it will bring you at least 15 minutes of pleasure after which you'll probably stop caring for it altogether.
But of cores! There's also some stuff that will keep you happy for more than just 15 minutes. Whereas the One M8 has a cute little 32 bit Snapdragon 801 quad core processor, the M8s packs a 64-bit, octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor! Cowabunga!
(By the way, they call this a little BIG processor because four cores run at a lower speed and lower power consumption, and four at higher speed/higher power consumption. Meaning your phone won't drain as fast.)
Thirdly, the battery was somewhat improved: from 2600mAh (One M8) to 2840mAh (one M8s).
Cyanogenmod is currently not available! But in this repository you will find my effort to change this.
The contents of this repository's main branch cm-12.1-tomato is, as the name implies, very tasty. More importantly, the hardware for this phone is very similar to the Yu Tomato. So that is what the current files are based on, rather than on the official 32-bit CM12.1 sources for the HTC One M8, or the unofficial 64-bit CM12.1 sources for the HTC One M9.
No problem, we all do. Just file a new issue in this repo and if it's appropriate, I'll add it to the wiki.
I'll be honest: I haven't the slightest idea, I'm not a lawyer. It will probably have to be sorted out if this will ever become an official port. Or maybe no one will ever care. Regardless, I'm just a guy who's doing this out of love for Cyanogenmod and HTC, who was stupid enough to buy a phone for which no port currently exists. I'm not making money out of this, in fact, I've probably already spent too much time trying to get it all to work.
Oh, totally.