ParanoidAndroid goes on hiatus, unclear whether it is permanent

One of the developers for the custom ROM ParanoidAndroid recently posted on his Google+ page “ParandoidAndroid is dead.” This seemingly confirmed what many users had started to suspect after OnePlus hired away many of the ParanoidAndroid developers earlier this year to work on their OxygenOS ROM. Despite the indication that the project is dead, there is still a faint glimmer of hope that some users are hanging on to.

Following the original cryptic message, development team member Andre Saddler followed up by noting ParanoidAndroid could “rise from the dead” if new, experienced developers and coders came on board to help the development team that remains.

In response to all of the consternation this move has created for fans of the custom ROM, one of the project leads, Matt Fleming, indicated there are no plans at present to shut the whole project down. The distribution network, blog, web site, and other assets will continue to operate for the foreseeable future, there just won’t be any updates. The last update completed by the team was an Android 5.1 Lollipop based version of the ROM for Nexus devices.

Fleming added that, “I cannot say officially that we are indeed dead, as I would love to see where 2016 brings us…I, for one, will hold out hope on revitalizing the project at some point.”

If you are a ParanoidAndroid user, do you plan to stick with it and hope for the best or will you start looking for a replacement?

sources: Andre Saddler (Google+ – post 1, post 2), Android Authority

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