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| CyanogenMod 9 reaches stable |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by curio on 2012-08-10 14:57:09 |
| "ICS, we hardly knew ye. Builds for CyanogenMod 9 stable will be rolling out to our servers tonight. As noted before, this will be the end of the line for the ICS branch of our code; only critical bug fixes will be merged moving forward. [...] Tonight's release is for the majority of our ICS supported devices, the stragglers will catch up, and we will leave the door open for merging in additional devices from maintainers, external and internal. The team itself, will focus solely on Jelly Bean and maintenance of the CM 7 codebase." Already running the CM10/Jelly Bean previews on my SII, and while clearly not as polished yet as CM9, it works just fine. Great work. |
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| RE[2]: Amazing |
| By Spiron on 2012-08-11 01:08:50 |
| If you go to the CyangenMod wiki there should be a page for you phone that has details on how to both root and then install CyanogenMod onto it |
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| RE[3]: Stable tree nice for family |
| By galvanash on 2012-08-11 05:20:25 |
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> Because usually CM is more stable than what is provided by the OEM or carrier Totally agree. I have been running unofficial builds of CM9 for the ATT Galaxy Note for the last 2 or so months, and just upgraded to the official nightlies. I have zero problems with it, runs like a well oiled machine. I could easily see the advantage of giving a non-techy a phone running CM - it is by far a better, more uniform UI than the stock Touchwiz mess that Samsung ships with the device. I am totally sold on CM now. As Thom mentioned in an article a while back, Samsung, HTC, etc. should all just give up and adopt CM... |
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| RE[3]: Amazing |
| By tuma324 on 2012-08-11 11:13:35 |
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> If you go to the CyangenMod wiki there should be a page for you phone that has details on how to both root and then install CyanogenMod onto it Already installed it, thanks. Installing it was as simple as: 1- flashing the phone with recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4- i9100g.tar (can be done with Heimdall or Odin) 2- copy CM9 and google apps into the phone mass storage. 3- Reboot the phone into the Recovery mode (vol up + home key + power button), wipe everything (cache, etc), execute the CM9 zip file, install it and also install the gapps. I'm really happy with CM9. Kudos to the devs. Edited 2012-08-11 11:14 UTC |
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| RE[3]: Stable tree nice for family |
| By TusharG on 2012-08-11 14:41:07 |
| Crap app installation on mobile is not applicable in India. We get all unlocked contract free phones from shop. Yet we prefer may prefer to install Cyanogenmod just for fun purpose. |
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| RE[4]: Stable tree nice for family |
| By JeeperMate on 2012-08-11 17:26:20 |
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Yup... That's practically the norm outside of USA. Carrier-injected crapware isn't the norm here either, where virtually no carrier offer subsidized phones. Manufacturer-injected bloatware, however, is an entirely different story. Thus, I see CyanogenMod as a necessity rather than fun. In fact, I'd be swearing at every Android device ever made if CyanogenMod didn't exist. Edited 2012-08-11 17:28 UTC |
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| RE[5]: Stable tree nice for family |
| By Delgarde on 2012-08-13 04:03:39 |
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> Manufacturer-injected bloatware, however, is an entirely different story. Thus, I see CyanogenMod as a necessity rather than fun. In fact, I'd be swearing at every Android device ever made if CyanogenMod didn't exist. Yeah, that's the major motive for those of us not living in the US... getting a version of the OS that's designed to be used, rather than designed to make the manufacturer's product look different from everyone else. |
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| RE[4]: Stable tree nice for family |
| By WorknMan on 2012-08-13 10:57:27 |
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> Crap app installation on mobile is not applicable in India. We get all unlocked contract free phones from shop. Yet we prefer may prefer to install Cyanogenmod just for fun purpose. Yeah, even on a pure Google device like the unlocked Galaxy Nexus, you can get a lot more functionality from custom roms than you can the stock one. For example, Codename is a fully-featured Jellybean rom that myself and my friends are currently running. It has so many cool features that once you try it, you'll probably never go back to stock :) I haven't tried CyanogenMod on my Nexus - although that rom is probably a godsend on other devices, on the Nexus (where the rom developer scene thrives), it's usually behind the competition. |
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| Not ready yet |
| By Neolander on 2012-08-14 16:18:05 |
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Just gave CM9 a try on my Xperia Mini Pro, and it is very not what I would call stable at this point. The phone gets extremely hot, Chrome crashes all the time, Google Play won't even download software... Not ready for everyday use, as far as I'm concerned. I have to admit though. Even if it has to roast my hand to achieve this, ICS is pretty nice, with the smooth performance and the improved lock screen, at little RAM cost. Too bad the FreeXperia build itself is still not ready. Guess that I can only blame the horrible way ARM manage their architecture. Edited 2012-08-14 16:40 UTC |
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| RE: Not ready yet |
| By zima on 2012-08-17 23:45:18 |
| To be fair, that "horrible way ARM manage their architecture" is kinda part of of the reasons for its wide adoption... |
| - Score: 2 |
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