Cyanogen has just announced via the CM blog that CyanogenMod 7 Release Candidate 2 is rolling out now for supported devices. The team has managed to work in the changes found in Android 2.3.3, and this is the first RC to pack WiMAX for the EVO (previously it was only found in nightlies). CM7 has been feature-frozen with RC2 as well, meaning the team will focus on fixing bugs from this point on.
CHANGELOG
7.0.0
- Common: Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) - Google
- Common: Fixes and changes from AOSP master - Various
- Common: ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0: Koush, Cyanogen, Zinx
- Common: Themes engine - T-Mobile
- Common: Performance enhancements for Qualcomm hardware - Code Aurora
- Common: New boot animation - 73v1n - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYXiKWwp0DQ
- Common: Fix readahead values for NAND/MMC devices
- Common: Revamped notification widget - cvpcs
- Common: Updated various graphics for GB style - blunden
- Common: DSPManager updated for 2.3 - alankila
- Common: Restyled music app and forward-port of features - Jason Asher
- Common: Rotary answer in Phone app - James Peterson
- Common: BT VoiceDialer fixes - Matthew Sparby
- Common: Calendar enhancements - James Peterson
- Common: Stagefright fixes for 7x30, 8x50, and 7x27 - Zinx, arcee, Cyanogen
- Common: Pacman package manager - Kmobs
- Common: Workaround for unknown phone number - Jiri Tyr
- Common: Trackball answer/hangup - Juan Rodriguez
- Common: CMParts reorganization - Robert Burns
- Common: Optional screen on/off animations - Diogo Ferreira
- Common: New browser incognito mode - optedoblivion
- Common: New trackball/trackpad wake - Zinx, Cyanogen
- Common: Legacy sensor/GPS support - arcee
- Common: Enabled v8 javascript engine on armv6 (msm7227/msm7225) - arcee
- Common: Customizable overscroll - arcee
- Common: Torch cleanup - defer
- Common: 2D compositor backwards compatibility - arcee
- Common: OpenGL backwards compatibility - Zinx, Cyanogen, Sileht, ezterry
- Common: SMS templates using gestures - Riccardo Ciovati
- Common: Phone Goggles - David Bidorff
- Common: Option to always show battery percentage on lockscreen - Robert Burns
- Common: CPU frequency/scaling control in CMParts - Robert Ramiega
- Common: Option to pause/play music with camera button - cvpcs
- Common: Allow SIP User-Agent configuration - arcee
- Common (non-HTC): Fixed mobile connection suspension - arcee
- Common: New music widgets - Jason Asher
- Common: Updated FLAC support - cvpcs, Cyanogen, kroot
- Common: Updated wallpapers - Fitsnugly, Prash
- Common: Customizable search/long-press search - Sven Dawitz
- Common: New lockscreen styles - Rotary Revamped (default) and Lense - Sven Dawitz, Stefano Pignataro
- Common: Customizable app launcher on rotary lockscreen - Sven Dawitz
- Common: Now playing and album art on lockscreen - kmobs
- Common: GPS fixes - CodeAurora, arcee
- Common: Breakfast/Brunch - arcee
- Common: Statusbar battery percentage with mini icon - Sven Dawitz, design by Jazz Kalsi
- Common: SMS split for braindead carriers - Mike Wielgosz
- Common: CMParts cleanup - Sven Dawitz
- Common: Notification profiles - Martin Long
- Espresso/Legend: Enabled native WiFi tethering - Cyanogen, OMAPZoom.org
- Z71: Enabled MPEG4/AAC video recording - arcee
- Z71: Enabled native WiFi tethering - arcee
- Passion/Bravo/BravoC/Supersonic/Inc: Kernel 2.6.37 - Google, Cyanogen, defer, Kali-, toastcfh, slayher
- Vision/Glacier/Espresso: WiFi calling compatibility and optimization - Zinx
- Vision/Glacier/Ace: Unified kernel - HTC, Cyanogen, Zinx, Kali-, defer
- Vision/Glacier/Ace: Fix FM radio on 2.3 - Zinx
- Vision: Only install WiFi calling on TMUS devices - attn1
- Espresso/Legend/Liberty: Unified kernel - HTC, Cyanogen, attn1, jznomoney, Alex Hofbauer
- Supersonic: WiMAX support - HTC, Shinzul, toastcfh, shift, #teamwin, Cyanogen
- ONE: Enabled native WiFi tethering - arcee
For those who don't know, CyanogenMod is the largest and most popular custom ROM for Android. It's based off Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code, but fitted with tons of improvements that kick things up a notch.
To download, head on over to the CyanogenMod Devices page, pick your poison device, and download the RC from the Experimental Builds. Alternatively, you can download straight from the mirror network.
[Source: CyanogenMod]