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CyanogenMod 9 shows off new logo and boot animation

By Michael Crider
on 21 Feb, 2012

CyanogenMod 9, the Ice Cream Sandwich update to the most popular family of custom ROMs out there, is nearing completion. And as with any major launch, albeit with a more user-group feel, they need a shiny new logo and intro animation to show off. To that end, the CM team has posted both the CyanogenMod 9 logo and the boot animation on YouTube. THe new animation keeps the classic Cyanogen "skating Android" and builds upon the radial CyanogenMod 7 logo/animation. The animation file itself isn't available just yet, but it should be coming in a few weeks at the latest ,and of course it'll be packaged with all official CM9 builds.

Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets its first official CyanogenMod 9 pre-alpha

By Michael Crider
on 20 Feb, 2012

Development on CyangoenMod 9, the Ice Cream Sandwich version of the popular family of custom ROMs, is still in heavy development. While official releases from the CyanogenMod team are rare, the lead developer Steve Kondik posted a link to the first Alpha version of CM9 for Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1. While technically still an alpha, everyhing seems to be working with the exception of the camera. You can download the ROM here, and rooted users can flash it via the recovery of their choice.

CyanogenMod 9 for the HP TouchPad gets nightly updates

By Michael Crider
on 16 Feb, 2012

Thought you'd seen the last of everyone's favorite firesale mod platform? Think again. The CyanogenMod team's Ice Cream Sandwich update for the HP TouchPad has unofficially graduated from major beta releases to nightly updates. Those with the inclination to try the latest and greatest in community-authored open source code can now flash updated ROMs every day, courtesy of the folks at TeamWin. They're syncing the latest Alpha build with nightly addition to CyanogenMod 9's code, added to the main branch daily, then posting them on their own. You check the download page here to see the latest files.

LG G2x and Optimus 2x receive CyanogenMod 9 ICS builds, touch recovery

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Feb, 2012

If you are rocking the T-Mobile LG G2x or the Optimus 2x we have some good news today. The awesome developer Ricardo Cerqueira who brought us CM7 to both devices has been working hard and has just released CyanogenMod 9 Ice Cream Sandwich builds for both dual-core Tegra 2 phones. Hurray! Ricardo has been sharing all the details and progress over on his Google+ page.

Unofficial Google Apps updated for CyanogenMod 9 and other ICS ROMs

By Michael Crider
on 10 Feb, 2012

If you're reading this, you're probably aware that Google publishes Android as an open-source operating system, allowing anyone to modify the code, customizing it for different devices or ROMs. What you may not know is that all the Google apps on certified Android phones, like Gmail, YouTube, Goolge Calendar, and of course the Android Market, are closed-source, and can't be modified without breaking Google's copyright. Ever since Ice ream Sandwich ROMs started popping up, ROM flashers have been using some cobbled-together Google Apps packages that are decent, but sometimes lacking new Ice Cream Sandwich features. Now a new and unofficial Gapps.zip package is available for CyanogenMod 9 and other Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs.

Android Community Evening Wrap-Up: February 7, 2012

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 7 Feb, 2012

We had quite a few great stories hit the feed today, especially when Google announced their Chrome browser's Beta release! At this time it doesn't have Adobe Flash support, but it is blazing fast - and offers a great tabbed browsing experience. You can check out our hands-on with it here. We give it a try on both the Galaxy Nexus and ASUS Transformer Prime.

HP releases source code for its internal TouchPad Android kernel to CyanogenMod

By Michael Crider
on 7 Feb, 2012

Right about the time that HP ran its now legendary TouchPad fire sale, a few lucky customers received TouchPads inexplicably running Android. Apparently the PC manufacturer had been testing Gingerbread builds on its tablet (which runs Palm's WebOS natively). As a show of solidarity to the development community, HP has now released the source code for its own internal version of the Android kernel to the CyanogenMod team. CyanogenMod maintains the most popular TouchPad Android port, CyanogenMod 7 Gingerbread, as well as the new CM9 Ice Cream Sandwich. You can read all the juicy details over at RootzWiki.

Cyanogen details progress of CM9 — more device support coming soon

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Feb, 2012

Today our favorite Android developer Steve "cyanogen" Kondik has just updated everyone with a few details and essentially a progress report of their popular CyanogenMod 9 project. While most of us are currently running Android 2.3 Gingerbread with CM7, many are patiently awaiting CM9 to officially land for their devices. Today Cyanogen himself had a few details to share with everyone on their official blog.

CyanogenModApps.com is not endorsed by CyanogenMod

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 24 Jan, 2012

The CyanogenMod team is planning to create an 'Android Market'-like application to easily find root applications for your devices. This is a great idea, and even indexing root applications by device compatibility would be a great help to anyone willing to load them to their device. Well, it turns out the website www.cyanogenmodapps.com is in no way connected to the CyanogenMod team.

Android Community App of the Week: DSP Manager

By Michael Crider
on 20 Jan, 2012

There's nothing more annoying than a smartphone with a weak speaker. Whenever I'm reviewing a new Android phone, I always check the external speaker volume, because it's become an essential buying point for many readers. If you're stuck with a phone that has a tiny, weak speaker, (like most of Samsung's phones, unfortunately) you're not out of luck. DSP Manager is a non-Market app that allows you to set up a custom equalizer setting, and with the right tweaks, raise your speaker volume to almost twice its normal output.