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Dec

CyanogenMod 6.1 Final Released, Brings Android 2.2.1, Bugfixes, And New Features Galore

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Development, News

After spending over a month in the release candidate stages, a final (stable) release of Android's most popular ROM has just been pushed out. Cyanogen himself tweeted the news, but also mentioned one small caveat: Samsung devices (read: the Galaxy S line) are left out of the fun, with no ETA. (Update: not available for the HTC Wildfire either.)

What's new in 6.1, you ask? Oh, just a few things:

6.1.0

Common: Update to Android 2.2.1

Common: Various bugfixes from AOSP and CodeAurora

Common: ADWLauncher 1.3.3 - Ander Webbs

Common: Configurable audio focus for music app - Jonas Larsson

Common: APN cleanup (fixes many issues with GPS and MMS) - Cyanogen

Common: Use ARMv6 optimizations for DS/Hero targets - Ninpo

Common: AudioDSP updates - Antti S.

Nov

First CyanogenMod 6.1 Build For Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000 Released In Beta Form

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Development, Galaxy S, News

We have good news and bad news (x2), world. The good: the first CM6.1 build for the Samsung Galaxy S has been released. The first (and worst) bit of bad news: at this point, it looks like it's for the GT-i9000 only, and not the US versions of the SGS (though I'm no dev, so I'm not positive). The other bad news: this is apparently a very bug-laden release ("Holy crap, it's full of BUGS!").

Developers codeworkx and coolya have been working on this for quite some time, while keeping the very impatient SGS owners regularly updated on their progress via the CM forums.

Oct

[UPDATED] CyanogenMod 6.1 RC1 Is Here, Download It Now

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Development, Froyo 2.2, News

Last Updated: October 29th, 2010

After celebrating CyanogenMod 6.0 hitting the final release version for a multitude of devices, the CM team got right back to work on the next version of the largest Android ROM on the planet. 2 months worth of sleepless nights paid off, as minutes ago, Cyanogen announced a new major milestone - CM 6.1 Release Candidate 1. According to the team, the release is definitely good enough to be a daily driver, and the remaining bugs will be quickly squashed, so go ahead and fearlessly hit up the download links below.

Features

Feature-wise, Cyanogen mentions "Pedlar’s notification powerbar, insane performance boosts on all platforms (install SetCPU if you want to take it further), powerful new features in the camera app, new email features, FM radio support (contributed by the MIUI team), and a whole lot of other great stuff!

Oct

Coming Soon To CyanogenMod: Drunk Mode

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Development, News, Off-Topic

Remember when a new piece of code hit Gmail Labs called Mail Goggles - the one that made you do a few math problems before emailing somebody at pre-determined time-frames (such as late at night on the weekends)? Today, Brian was browsing the CyanogenMod (CM) Gerrit and noticed a new series of code - similar to Mail Goggles - has been added: Drunk Mode.

As I'm not a developer, I haven't the slightest idea how it works (and Brian is "in drunk mode" himself) - but I'd guess the "professional" in the description provides something of a hint. Also noteworthy: it has yet to be officially approved, although Cyanogen himself seems to be on-board with it, saying "This is hilarious and awesome, and I would take this feature..."

Now if only they could figure out something to prevent beer goggles....

Oct

T-Mobile HTC G2, Meet CyanogenMod: Video Of CM6.1 Booting On Cyanogen's G2

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Development, G2 (Vision), News, T-Mobile

Today, in the wee hours of the morning, Cyanogen tweeted what many people have been waiting for: video footage of CM6.1 up and running on his T-Mobile G2.

His explanation for how things work:

Basically what I'm doing is temprooting and rebooting all of userspace with CM on the sdcard. Gonna keep refining it while the really persistent and smart guys from #g2root keep working on a permanent root.

And there you have it. We wouldn't expect to see a release until a permaroot is established, but it looks like things are definitely moving along nicely. Video:

[Source: AndroidSPIN, Cyanogen Twitter]

Sep

CyanogenMod Looks To Continue Its Reign, Expand To Acer Liquid, HTC Wildfire, Samsung Vibrant, and HTC G2

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Captivate, Development, Devices By Manufacturer, Fascinate, G2 (Vision), Galaxy S, Liquid A1, News, Vibrant, Wildfire (Buzz)

Good news for what's likely to be a whole crapton of users: CyanogenMod, Android's most popular ROM, will be coming to a handful of new devices with CM6.1. Namely:

There will also be support for a few new devices- Acer Liquid, HTC Wildfire and Samsung Vibrant. My eye is also on the new HTC phones that are about to get released like the G2.