[LeEco Le Max 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] abufrejoval:
It works well, hope it will live and thrive despite the flame war

I bought my first LeMax out of frustration: Nobody else would sell me a big, fast, hi-res Android device for a budget price!

Google is going crazy with their Pixels, Samsung squeezes (Edge) and burns money and phones, most Chinese spend more on bloat and lock-in than on security and longevity.

I want CM (or similar) for privacy and control and I won't accept any root but myself. I want long term support because even if I don't personally use a device after a couple of years, I'm used to pass them on to my big family, who generally are quite happy about my discards. But since they live in my (WiFi and financial) network, security is as important as it is lousy on Androids: I want to hit a sweet spot somewhere between "flat Internet denial (wife)" and "I'll click anything gay or shiny (teenage kids)"

I also wanted something I could use as a mobile PC (big screen, Ethernet, keyboard & mouse) and a device which would support 'virtual big screen' (aka magnifying headset) as well as mobile VR (magnifying headset with 'sauce').

When I stumbled across Le Max 2 I was thrilled, did a short check on XDA if CM was available, saw something there and ordered (can't always afford to research deeply).

When I got the device, I quickly put the only available CM from those Spanish guys on it and was quite happy with how well it worked in general. I was so happy I blabbered and quite quickly I had three more people ordering after me, my son, his girlfriend and her father...

Now I can deal with my son being unhappy, but his girlfriend and her father, that's like killing grandchildren!

So I've spent some hours today, trying to follow up on what is happening with Le Max and CM type ROM support and I'm quite afraid I've entered a war zone.

Where I was expecting to find lots of people secretly revelling in the great (and evidently economically suicidal) deal offered by LeEco and happily producing ROMs for their jewel, I find them playing war, torching instead of coding....

I can't tell who's right or wrong, I'd only remark that Chinese aren't born with "Copyright" engraved into their mind and that imitation is considered a form of showing respect in Asia.

As a German and thus guilt expert I'd also want to remark that the original purpose of "Made in Germany" was to keep English patriots from keeping German knock-offs in the 1800's.

As a user who wants to keep his family safe and happy I simply ask you to concentrate on making Le Max the better mobile personal workstation.

And after some extensive testing today I'd pronounce Mokee as currently the most stable, performant and up-to-date ROM for Le Max: It's functionally just as good as the TeamSpain CM13, but passes the latest Zimperium Stagefright vulnerability tests.

What I also like about Mokee in general is that they seem to try to provide a volunteer alternative to Cyanogenmod, which after all experienced some big money hijacking attempts. I like how they try to go beyond the kernel and augment the standard (Chrome) based browser with security and filtering and provide Android tools to manage junk apps and services.

I like that Mokee is trying to be sustainable using a donation based approach, which should help avoiding Cynogenmod type risks and temptations.

And I very much like that forward thinking Chinese people are doing that: Most likely they are facing opposition from just about everyone in China, from the party to entrepreneurs like Jia Yueting, who couldn't be less interested in Mokee to succeed.

Please cut them some slack, please show patience if they are more eager to make things work than to conform to copyleft or the rules of open source.

I want my son's girlfriend and her father to be happy and safe using the economical and great Max 2 and I'll thank and donate happily to whoever makes it happen.