23
Jul
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[Hands On] Cyanogen Mod 6 Nightly For HTC EVO 4G (07232010 release): It Rocks My World

Posted by in Development, EVO 4G (Supersonic), Froyo 2.2, News

On Tuesday, we posted that the first nightly (experimental) Cyanogen Mod 6 (CM6) build for the EVO 4G was released the night before. True to the name, CM6 has released a new build every night since, bringing bug and feature fixes. After a number of you posted comments saying that you were running CM6 without any problems (other than the known non-functional features), I decided to take the plunge.

The ROM still lacks a handful of features – such as 4G, FM Radio, and full MMS support. Still, it seemed that the number of bugs was pretty low and I was dying to switch to FroYo.

20
Jul
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[Updated 7/22]: Cyanogen Mod Nightly For HTC EVO 4G Released

Posted by in Development, EVO 4G (Supersonic), Froyo 2.2, HTC, News
Last Updated: July 22nd, 2010

[Update – 7/22 7:45 AM EST]: The unrevoked root method doesn’t work with CM6 – you must either use Toast’s method or SimpleRoot. Thanks for posting up your results guys, keep them coming!]

Cyanogen, the biggest name in Android ROMs, has released their first FroYo ROM for the HTC EVO. While still a “nightly” build, many users are reporting it is very stable. However, as with most FroYo ROMs to day, there are a number of things that don’t work just yet – although it is the only FroYo ROM with working cameras.

The more significant issues right now:

  • No sense – it’s AOSP (stock Android) with ADW Launcher running over top
  • No 4G
  • Google Apps must be reinstalled
  • No FM Radio

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There are a ton of smaller issues as well.