Cyanogenmod 10.1 RC1 Starts To Roll Out To Devices Near You

New submitter Noitatsidem writes "Good news for Cyanogenmod users, according to their blog it looks like 10.1 is nearing its stable release. 'We haven't used the "Release Candidate" nomenclature since the ICS days, but we feel the 10.1 branch is quickly approaching the point where a "final" build is due. To prepare for that eventuality, RC1 builds for CyanogenMod 10.1.0 are now landing on our servers! This will be one of (if not the last) milestone releases before a 10.1.0 is pushed out. These builds will appear as they complete the build process and, as always, you can download the builds via get.cm!' Android Police speculates that this is due in part to the rumored release announcement of Android 4.3 given at Google I/O 2013 which is taking place in (now) less than one week. Looks like the Android community will have a lot to talk about in coming days!"

Comments

Erm, yeah... "some" devices.

[jez9999]

My device (HTC Desire S) still only has "official" support for Cyanogenmod 7. Slightly out of date, I'd say. Actually, most devices aren't going to get CM10 for a long time, if ever. Just a few ones the devs happen to like.

Re: Erm, yeah... "some" devices.

[alen]

How old is the desire s now?

Smartphones age in dog years

Re:Erm, yeah... "some" devices.

[Charliemopps]

Cyanogenmod is its own flavor of android. If your particular phone has been modified in such ways that it needs a special flavor of android to work (and granted, most do in the US) then you will need a special flavor of Cyanogenmod. This is not the CM communities problem, nor are they the ones working on your port. Getting it to work on your phone likely isn't nearly as complicated as you think it is (I had to hack one together myself) though you risk bricking your phone if you're not careful. There are less deadly mistakes as well, like getting the modem or media texting screwed up and not realizing that your boss has been trying to call you for 2 days strait. But you can do it yourself if you want.

Your best bet is to buy a phone that doesn't have a contract and has vanilla android on it. Then you wont need these special builds.

Re:Erm, yeah... "some" devices.

[danbob999]

The Desire S was not a very popular smartphone. The Galaxy S is older and supported.

Re: Erm, yeah... "some" devices.

[kthreadd]

So true. It's a shame that the original manufacturer won't support a device that came out just two years ago (HTC Desire S came out in 2011 if I'm correct).

It's sad that the open alternative can't support it.

In the meantime, the latest version of Apple iOS supports iPhones released back into 2009 with iPhone 3GS. If you bought the latest iPhone available in 2009, you would still get the latest OS today almost four years later.

I *really* hope that the phone manufacturers will just drop the idea that everything that's not an x86 has to be specialized locked down hardware. It's a computer, start treating it like one.

Re: Erm, yeah... "some" devices.

[mspohr]

Problem with iOS upgrades is that the phone becomes crippled by bloatware and you need a new phone.

Cyanogenmod is a great project!

[Fifth of Five]

I've been running 10.1 experimental on my HP TouchPad for a while and it's been fairly stable. Can't wait for the RC! My company has resurrected about two dozen TouchPads thanks to Cyanogenmod. Ghu love the folks who put their time and effort into this project!

Re: permission spoofing?

[SGT CAPSLOCK]

It isn't officially supported, but it is possible to patch CyanogenMod to allow information/permission spoofing. Research "openpdroid" (newest), pdroid2 (unmaintained), or pdroid (abandoned) for more info, as well as the "autopatcher" on XDA forums for a tool to patch already packaged CM/etc ROMs.

I actually liked ICS better than Jelly Bean

[Picass0]

CM specific - Some of the release canidates suffered from echos during calls, poor mic pick up. If you notice the other party on your call having problems hearing you speak it's a known issue on some devices.

Stability and battery life have been very good w/ recent CM 10.1 RCs.

This isn't unique to Cycanogenmod but I HATE how JB handles Wallpapers now. Whatever image you pick is cropped in the shape of a "t". WTF? There's live wallpaper apps that workaround this, but it's a stupid change. BOOOOooooo.....

Re:I actually liked ICS better than Jelly Bean

[Ravadill]

Try Quickpic (free on google play) not only is it the best image viewer I've used, it also has it's own set as wallpaper feature that lets you crop images as a standard rectangle, or you can use Nova launcher (also free on play) which will let you set wallpapers as the standard T or as a square.

Re:And on a well-edited nerd news site

[meddle99]

News for nerds. Any decent nerd knows what cyanogenmod is. If every term was explained in every article, nobody would want to read them. TFA also does not explain "Amdroid", "ICS", or "Android." Consider what a boorishly long article it would be if it did. CNN and Fox News don't explain the word "sequestration" or "murder" in every article. There is a certain level of understanding you expect your audience to have.

Re:Would it kill you to define "Cyanogenmod"?

[drinkypoo]

Yes, yes, I know - "if you don't know you shouldn't be allowed to read Slashdot" - but then that's exclusionist bullshit, obviously.

That would be exclusionist bullshit, but that is not the bar. How are you getting along with that straw man? The bar is if you can't use Google and Wikipedia, you shouldn't be allowed to use the internet. There is just no risk that if you ask google or wikipedia what cyanogenmod is that you will not find out immediately. If asking wikipedia doesn't even lead to a disambiguation page, then you have no excuse for not being able to find out what it is. If it doesn't mean anything to you when you read the summary, then the story is not for you. Move on, and quit your juvenile bitching.

Re:And on a well-edited nerd news site

[ozmanjusri]

Select unfamiliar word, right-click and select "Search Google for unfamiliar word" from the context menu.

I wish

[kelemvor4]

I wish some company would just sell a phone with cyanogen on it stock.

Re:I wish

[bemymonkey]

Just buy the current Nexus (in this case, the Nexu 4) phone. CyanogenMod is pretty much tweaked stock Android, which is exactly what you get on a Nexus, and the CM team develops on the current flagship Nexus, so you'll be getting the latest CM versions for as long as possible, and installation of CM on a Nexus is easy as pie.

Re:Bug Alert

[Anastomosis]

Android: Highly likely to be the most popular smartphone OS among slashdot readers.
Cyanogenmod: One of the most popular (if not the most popular) ROMs for Android.
Not so obscure.

Re:Looking forward to 4.3

[keneng]

while you're at it, install the f-droid and lildebi android apps. This will permit to install full debian onto your cyanogen. After that you can install golang into your debian.

Not as happy with CM as I could be.

[aussersterne]

I switched to Android from iOS earlier this year specifically to get a bigger screen and widgets (Galaxy Note).

The Samsung ROM was horrifically slow and ugly and filled with unremovable apps I didn't want, plus it contacted the AT&T mothership constantly even though I don't use AT&T and the phone is unlocked.

So I downloaded a CM10.1 experimental build. It was guaranteed to spontaneously reboot during the first 5-10 second of any placed or received call.

So I wiped and downgraded to CM10 stable. This one lets me make calls, but randomly reboots at least half a dozen times a day.

My first experience with Android phones (and it has been expensive in terms of learning curve to get rooted/installed) has not been pleasing. Android may be more flexible, offer larger screen devices, and have more active hacking community surrounding it, but first and foremost, I want to be able to rely on my device.

I'm now trying to decide whether to revert back to the Samsung ROM (Jelly Bean was finally just released for the i717 on the 3rd) and see if that restores the stability of the original Samsung ROM (though no doubt it will also restore the ugliness, slowness, and bloat) or try out a CM10.1 nightly...or just sell the device and get another iPhone and jailbreak it, even without widgets and a big screen.

I should say that my experience with cheap-ass Android tablets from China has been much better. They run stock and are stable and fast. But the phone thing is killing me.

Re:Not as happy with CM as I could be.

[Threni]

Depends on your budget/requirements. Why not get an S3/S4 or Nexus 4? I've stopped playing with Cyanogenmod because I have an S3 which a) isn't supported very well by Cyanogenmod, but more importantly b) doesn't need a replacement OS. The Nexus 4 is plain Android, but it's plain Android 4 which is great, and you'll get any updates first. But Android is more or less done now - once you're on some flavour of 4 (4.1/4.2) you're good to go. Fragmentation/worrying about rooting/bricking etc is only a problem/issue if you've got some older phone which is stuck on Android 2.x and you're too cheap to get a new smartphone (or just don't need one - but this is Slashdot after all!).

Re:And on a well-edited nerd news site

[magic maverick]

This doesn't work in Lynx. Do you have another method?