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Apr

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[Updated] CyanogenMod 10.1 M3 Releases Are Fresh Out Of The Oven, Get 'Em While They're Hot

Posted by Cody Toombs in News

It's that time again! Earlier this morning, the latest M-Series releases from CyanogenMod began rolling out. At the time of this post, no official list has been posted of devices that will receive the M3 blessing, but new builds will be rolling out as they are ready. This will be the first M release pre-loaded with Koush's Superuser app.

Update: We're hearing reports of the SIII builds causing some issues (bootlooping, etc.), so if you plan on flashing it, tread carefully.

Supported Devices (so far):

Google Nexus 4
Google Galaxy Nexus (gsm, Verizon, Sprint)
Google Nexus S
Google Nexus S 4G
Google Nexus 7 (wifi and 3g)
Google Nexus Q
Samsung Galaxy Note (AT&T, T-Mobile US)
Samsung Galaxy S III (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile US, Verizon, Metro PCS)
Samsung Galaxy S II (G, T-Mobile US, AT&T LTE)
Samsung Epic 4G
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1"
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" (wifi and 3g)
HTC One X
Hardkernel ODROID-U2
LG Nitro HD / Optimus LTE
LG Optimus LTE (SKT)
LG Optimus L9
LG Spectrum
Acer Iconia A700

If you already have an older version of CM running on your device, go to Settings -> About phone -> CyanogenMod updates -> Check for Updates.

Apr

[Update: Never Mind!] CyanogenMod Will No Longer Allow Opting Out Of CM Stats – Cyanogen Says To Chill

Posted by Ryan Whitwam in News

Update: So, scratch all that. Steve Kondik took to G+ today to say that CM will return the opt-out option and will not require users to share data. Though it's with a heavy heart, it seems. Expressing some exasperation, he had this to say on the matter:

It's incredibly frustrating that a handful of incredibly vocal users are ready to "fork" over the issue. News flash: there are already a hundred forks of CM... In the end though, we should respect everyone's wishes here.

CyanogenMod is one of the most popular Android ROMs as far as anyone can tell. It's actually hard to know for sure.

Mar

[Breaking] Steve Kondik (Cyanogen) Leaves Samsung After Less Than Two Years On The Job

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Development, News, Samsung

Steve Kondik, the founder of CyanogenMod, needs no introduction. This man is a star in the Android community and a true Nexus warrior (hi, /r/acj!). 19 months ago, in August of 2011, he joined Samsung to change the world and make beautiful mobile babies together. Today, he's a free man once again, as he announced his departure from the company via a Google+ post on his Galaxy S4 impressions minutes ago:

On the Galaxy S4

I got to spend some quality time with the S4 (final hardware) before I left Samsung. I'm a huge a fan of the S3 and use one everyday, so I was quite pleased with the S4.

Nov

After A Brief Scare, CyanogenMod's Website Is Back In Order, No Hostages Taken, Nor Money Extorted

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in News

Earlier on Wednesday, there was a bit of a scare when CyanogenMod wrote a blog post instructing users to transition to cyanogenmod.org instead of the .com address the group has used up until now. As the story goes, a member of the team donated the domain back in the early days and had managed it ever since. Until recently when control of the domain was in question during a dispute with said user. According to the original post, this person was asking for a substantial fee for the address, as well as access to Google Apps accounts that managed a number of public-facing email accounts.

Nov

[Updated] Final CyanogenMod 10 Stable Builds Being Released

Posted by John Thompson in Development, Jelly Bean 4.1, News

After numerous nightly and monthly builds, CyanogenMod 10 is finally ready for its stable release. The custom ROM is already available to download for the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE, LG Optimus Black, and the Samsung Galaxy S III (both Verizon and Sprint models).

The latest version of CyanogenMod includes a number of new features, such as an 'expandable desktop' mode, and a built-in, root-enabled file manager, as well as support for new devices.

If you can't see a stable build of CyanogenMod 10 for your device just yet, hang tight, as some builds have been failing. Hopefully, the issue will be addressed soon, but we aren't sure how long this might take.

Nov

CyanogenMod Incorporates A Root-Enabled File Manager Into Its ROM, Available In The Latest Nightly Builds

Posted by John Thompson in News

The CyanogenMod team has been making good progress towards the latest, stable version of its ROM - CyanogenMod 10 - but there's still time for more features to be added before its eventual release.

One of those features is a root-enabled file manager, which was announced on the Cyanogen Google+ page a few hours ago. Judging from the screenshots, it looks to blend in seamlessly with other CyanogenMod features and the rest of the Android OS, with a really nice looking interface.

When you're browsing through your files, you will be able to choose between three access modes: Safe mode, Prompt User mode and Root Access mode.

Sep

CyanogenMod Announces New Monthly M-Series Releases, Begins By Offering Up CM10 M1 For Select Devices

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Development, News

Tonight, when everyone else is sleeping, the folks over at CyanogenMod are hard at work, as always. The team just announced a brand new addition to the slew of CM releases: M-Series. From now on (provided the community approves), the team will begin rolling out builds that are "a bit more stable" at the beginning of every month. Prior to this initial release of CM10-M1, the group did a "soft freeze of the codebase" in an attempt to stabilize the builds, so these should be more reliable than your average release.

Here's the list of devices that builds are currently available for:

Galaxy Nexus GSM (maguro)

Galaxy Nexus VZW (toro)

Galaxy Nexus Sprint (toroplus)

Galaxy S2 GT-I9100G (i9100g)

Galaxy S (galaxysmtd)

Galaxy S B (galaxysbmtd)

Captivate (captivatemtd)

Galaxy S3 Sprint (d2spr)

Galaxy S3 VZW (d2vzw)

Galaxy S3 AT&T (d2att)

Galaxy S3 TMO (d2tmo)

Galaxy S3 US Cellular (d2usc)

Nexus S (crespo)

Nexus S 4G (crespo4g)

Galaxy Note AT&T (quincyatt)

Google Nexus 7 (grouper)

Sony Xperia Acro S (hikari)

Sony Xperia S (nozomi)

As always, nightlies will continue to be available, but for the slightly less adventurous among you, this effort should provide a healthy middle ground between bleeding edge, and waiting on stable RCs for your device.

Sep

CyanogenMod Introduces Quick Message Pop-Ups, Notification Shade 'Quick Reply' Action On The Way

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Android OS, Development, Jelly Bean 4.1, News

A couple of days ago, the CyanogenMod team announced via Google+ a new feature merged to CM's Jelly Bean code branch – Quick Message. In case you missed it, Quick Message is a feature (built by David van Tonder) that displays a pop-up notification upon receipt of a new SMS message, offering the ability to reply from within the pop-up, view the message in Android's Messaging app, swipe to another new message, or close the notification.

Today, van Tonder (along with CyanogenMod) announced even further enhancements to the feature, primarily influenced by user feedback, adding a "Quick reply" option to SMS messages' actionable notifications.

Aug

CyanogenMod 9 Is Coming To The HTC EVO 3D (GSM), Nightlies Now Available

Posted by John Thompson in EVO 3D (Shooter), News

When CyanogenMod 9.0 stable was released a couple of weeks ago, the list of supported devices was dominated by Samsung and Sony Ericsson phones. Fortunately, the team has been hard at work since then to bring the popular firmware to as many devices as possible, and HTC EVO 3D owners will be glad to know that they can download a nightly build of CM 9 right now.

The build is currently available only for GSM models of the device, with CDMA remaining unsupported at the moment. Hopefully, as development progresses a little more, it will become available for both varieties of the phone.

Jul

CyanogenMod 10 Preview Builds Available For Galaxy S III On AT&T, T-Mobile, And Sprint

Posted by Eric Ravenscraft in Galaxy S III, News

CyanogenMod 10 is still cooking, and heck, CM9 isn't even fully baked for all devices yet. That hasn't stopped Steve Kondik, aka the guy who puts the Cyanogen in CyanogenMod, from posting preview builds of CM10 over on XDA for the AT&T and T-Mobile Galaxy S III variants. Plus, a third preview build being posted for the Sprint version by another developer. Keep in mind, of course, that "preview build" translates into "absolutely nothing is guaranteed to work." It is exciting, nonetheless.

The threads go out of their way to point out that CM10 isn't even close to being ready to ship and that just about everything that could go wrong probably will.