More Reading

Post navigation

152 Comments

  • I want someone to brand using the little alien on the gmails spam button. Anyone know what he’s called?

  • Honestly, I love it. The old one made me feel like I was using an OS built by a fifteen year old. I welcome this change.

  • Sorry. Looks pretty silly to me. Seems like a child of an alien instead of an “Android”.

    Certainly doesn’t seem up to the level of the products they create.

    With so many other great Android logos out there, I am pretty disappointed with this one.

  • not surprising. Developers who are great at programming suck donkey balls when it comes to aesthetics and designing. 

  • Seriously doesn’t feel at all like Android, reminds me more of Playmobil figures

    • In the note attached to the designer’s (I really don’t want to call him a designer because it’s obvious that he really isn’t one) he said that is where he got his inspiration from for this scribbling. From the Playmobil figures. He described the Playmobil figures as “super cute”. Kind of makes you question what the whole approach to the logo in the first place was. I want to make a super-cute-doll-like logo for this? That doesn’t make sense to me.His other inspiration mentioned was the Limbo game.To me it looks more like E.T. or an alien than an Android or robot.

  • And here I thought the CM team was busy cranking out the first stable G-Nex mod, it turns out they are spending more time on Photoshop than Python…. smh

  • HATE IT.  Looks more like ET.  There were a lot of better submissions from what I saw but whatever it’s not my project and I will continue to try it but now I have a new reason to theme it and tear that logo out.

  • i personally like logos better than mascots, what are we, a sports team?  I liked sub# 3 personally.

  • Why don’t they do a contest to have some of the Android Community talented graphic designers and have them make a few, and have Cyanogenmod get back to the Coding 😛 

  • Little Big Planet anyone? Comparing to the other entries, this one seems the best.

  • Agreed, this isn’t the best one out of the pictures they have… there were two others that looked way better IMO…

  • I dig it. Very clean, very iconic and recognizable. I think its also a better shade of cyan over all, easier on the eyes and more inviting.

  • Go for being different. I respect it and I am sure he will represent them well. Now to see him in a boot animation…

  • I looked through all of the other options and i personally think they could have went with some of the others. But I really do like the personality of this one. at first i didn’t but it grew on me fast.

  • I like the ‘O’ being incorporated into the mascot but I think this looks more like an alien than anything else. I’m not such a fan of it.

  • I think it’s rad…. I can’t wait to rock that… Damn I want a tshjrt

  • Wasn’t overly fond of it when this post first went up… But honestly, the more I look at it, the other submissions, and the old logo, the more this one grows on me.

    The most important factor, to me, is that it’s clean and professional. I would like to see the world of Android modding, or at least the use of Android mods, move from a primarily enthusiast pursuit to a more mainstream activity. While that may be something of a pipe dream, having what is widely regarded as the most professional mod out there actually LOOK the part is exceedingly important.

    That logo there is something you could put on a business proposal. Something you could use on letterhead.

    Seems like a small thing, but that’s a major step.

  • Not to knock the artist and his effort, but it’s a little too creepy alien and not enough friendly android for my taste.

  • This just doesn’t have the loveable quality that Andy the skating Android seemed to have…

  • I think it looks horrible to be honest. That doesn’t look anything like the OS’s mascot that they’re supporting.

  • People don’t like change. I don’t mind the new logo. Not saying it’s an amazing logo, but I’m glad they are moving away from the skateboarding android.

  • I think without andy in there most out of the loop android users might not know what CyanogenMod is for. They should have kept Andy and used him differently.

    • This just sounds dramatic. How does this mean that they are out of the loop with android users?

  • All it needs is to be riding a skateboard to match the previous crap logo.

  • Absolutely Hate it. Liked the old one better. I understand why they changed, just think this one is horrid. I officially prefer the pink unicorn now

  • very ugly mascot/logo. looks like an alien. Maybe something different. Really.

  • so is this just one of the submissions that DL chose to make the image for the article or did the CM team actually choose this one? not a fan…

  • Looks like a little kid drew that. What about their previous logo but with more a ICS touch to it..

  • Reminds me of Randy the assistant trailer park supervisor on THE TRAILER PARK BOYS SERIES

    • I would rather see a picture of his big ass hamburger filled gut than this alien abomination above.

  • why not Candy – she’d be a tasty addition to the Android line up.  and she’d look a whole lot better than rAndy the alien robot.

  • Lacks personality and reminds me of a hair plug pin.. They should do a variation of Andy while being different. 

  • As a new mascot it’s meh… But it fits perfectly with the Android Holo theme.

  • Should have just made a different variation of the original Android. This one sucks IMO. 

  • I’m not a fan. Also, I don’t see too much robot in Randy so that could be it…however, I don’t really care. CyanogenMod is OG. They do work of the highest quality and that ugly fellow isn’t going to change my opinions. AOKP has an angry rainbow-maned pink unicorn that I abhor, yet I look that bastard in the eyes contently every day when I turn my phone on.

  • Well, you get what you pay for….and it this case it shows. There is a reason why designers get paid to make logos. 

    • As a designer I approve of this message.  Just because someone has Photoshop, Illustrator etc, etc doesn’t mean they should be using it.

      • +1 My company did a website redesign which included business and IT staff (such as myself) and it came out looking half baked.  As soon as we hired a professional designer the website looked 100x better on his first draft.

  • Anyone know of a ICS rom that works on droid r2d2? There are some that work on the droid 2 regular, but when I try it on the special edition, I just get stuck on moto logo, no matter which rom I try. I am wondering if I am maybe using the wrong kernel? But the funny thing is, I am using the droid 2’s sbf file, rooting and then installing the rom from there. Do I need a gingerbread kernel? I have heard someone else on a forum say that they couldn’t get any droid 2 ics roms to work on the r2 special edition. Just wondering if anyone has any insights on this. 

    I had a og droid originally, I was just a huge SW fan so when I had an early upgrade I got the r2d2. I actually go around without the case. And I have never had anyone make fun of it, on the contrary everyone thinks it’s really cool and unique, lol. 

  • Anyone know of a ICS rom that works on droid r2d2? There are some that work on the droid 2 regular, but when I try it on the special edition, I just get stuck on moto logo, no matter which rom I try. I am wondering if I am maybe using the wrong kernel? But the funny thing is, I am using the droid 2’s sbf file, rooting and then installing the rom from there. Do I need a gingerbread kernel? I have heard someone else on a forum say that they couldn’t get any droid 2 ics roms to work on the r2 special edition. Just wondering if anyone has any insights on this. 

    I had a og droid originally, I was just a huge SW fan so when I had an early upgrade I got the r2d2. I actually go around without the case. And I have never had anyone make fun of it, on the contrary everyone thinks it’s really cool and unique, lol. 

  • No, that looks pretty dumb really. There’s no way to just use the mascot/emblem and realize that its Android or Cyanogen Mod.

  • It’s O.K. Hopefully someone polishes it up. Really don’t like the font or the placement of it over the body of rAndy. Just makes the whole thing look kind of cheap and odd to the eyes.

    Personally I liked submission #9 the best.

    Submission #4 had potential. I don’t really understand what that thing is in the middle or how it has any relevance…but I think someone that knew what they were doing could take that and make it into something.

    Am I the only one that felt that there really wasn’t much worth choosing from after looking through the submissions?

  • Something about it (probably the blue color and the circle in his chest) that reminds me of Portal as well.

  • Did anyone look at the rest of the options?  This one is one of the few that will look good in all types of uses.  Some look good in one or another, but across the board use is something most do not consider when designing new logos.  At least they considered this. And thankfully didn’t pick one of the ones that had flagrant rip-offs of other logos. I thought the Kang-aroo one was pretty smart idea though.

    Not too busy, minimalist, clean design, nice contrast.  Good design IMO.

  • I like it.

    At first glance it seems too simple. But if you sit and look at it, and try to imagine the splash screen and the animated logo, it works. It differentiates the CM Rom. Almost like a more mature android as compared to the cuter, rounder Andy. All the customization and enhancements the CM team brings to stock Android, I’d say a matured OS calls for a more mature mascot.

    (I really didn’t like the skateboarding Andy.)

  • II liked skateboarding Andy better… BUT I can just change it myself at, least the boot animation. That’s the beauty of open source and root 🙂

  • Do NOT like it one bit. There’s no substitute for the best and that’s the Android mascot. If they change the mascot to something like above, they are damn fools.

  • I like it. Simple, more advanced than our regular little Android (even though I love the original), which shows a sort of evolution of Android.

  • The hands remind me of wrenches…. The better to tweak things under the hood…  I approve!

    • And CyanogenMod has grown from a fun ROM to the most widely used ROM on the planet. I don’t use it because it’s fun to tinker, but rather it makes my BUSINESS phone more stable and reliable.

  • rAndy at least needs antennae to tie it to their roots.  Typical logo updates at least incorporate a few key parts of the original so they do not lose already established brand recognition.

    • exactly what i thought!  I was always partial to the bipolar robot from the Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy myself, or Kryton from red dwarf

    • @George264:disqus my fŕiënd’ṡ sṫëp-aunṫ makës $68 an ħôüŕ ôn ṫhë ċômpüṫëŕ. ṡħë ħas bëen laid ôff Fôŕ 6 mônṫhs büṫ Laṡṫ mônṫh hëŕ ṗaỳ ċheċĸ waṡ $16957 jüṡť wōŕĸing on ťhe ćōmṗuťeŕ Fōŕ a feẃ hōuŕṡ. Heŕe’ṡ ťhe ṡiṫe ṫō ŕead mōŕe.. http://shrt.st/2dyu

  • i don’t like it,  but then again none of the other options really wow’ed me.

    however, i appreciate CM’s effort to establish a name for itself.

  •  Is it weird that I’m glad the new Cyanogen logo isn’t Cyan? I really hate the color Cyan.

  • Randy makes me think of one of two things. One is Aziz Ansari doing his Randy schtick or Mike Myers as Austin Powers saying “Do I make you Randy?” Essentially, I disapprove.

Comments are closed.

Related Posts

back to top