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CyanogenMod 7 running strong, Installed on over 200,000 devices

By Cory Gunther
on 4 May, 2011

For those that may not be keeping score of our favorite ROM developers CyanogenMod, I have been watching for you and I can now say it looks like they have hit a pretty large milestone. 200,000 users running CyanogenMod 7. That is extremely impressive for the guys from TD. This all started back on the G1 and has grown into something larger than any of them had ever expected. This is only for CyanogenMod 7, this doesn't count users that for some reason may still be on CM6, or even CM5 from the good ol days.

TouchWiz 4 ported to Samsung Galaxy S

By James DeRuvo
on 26 Apr, 2011

The gang at XDA can't be stopped. This time, taking TouchWiz 4 and they've ported it to the Samsung Galaxy S. Now before you think, "oh cool, I've been wanting to do the whole rooting ROM thing," give it a second thought. The average user just cutting their teeth on custom ROMs may want to stay clear or at least wait on this one, it's not for the faint of heart.

HTC EVO Gingerbread 2.3 build has just leaked

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Apr, 2011

We have a little treat that just appeared. That treat is some Gingerbread cookies or some sort of Gingerbread. Yes you heard it right. Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the HTC EVO has just leaked. It has Sense UI and all, probably an insider source leak, so that is a good thing.

CyanogenMod 7 Stable build finished, Get some Now!

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Apr, 2011

The time has come yet again, don't get to excited because the TD servers are getting hammmmmered. That is the sound of hundreds of thousands of people all downloading CyanogenMod 7 for their Android device of choice. CM is now on over 30 devices so there is plenty of happy people around tonight.

CyanogenMod 7 is at it again with RC4 now available

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Mar, 2011

If you haven't seen all the twitter posts over the last few days then you probably don't know that the CM team has just released the RC4 of the ever so popular CyanogenMod. Hopefully you are all aware of what CyanogenMod is by now. If you don't you should head over to their site posted above and check it out if you love Android.

Particle Ring Boot Animation for Shiny Justice

By James DeRuvo
on 8 Mar, 2011

XDA Developers love to tinker with their Android phones and publish their results. And this one is one of my favorites. XDA user "Aph" has taken a cool particle ring animation he found in another thread and has tweeked the CM7 boot animation to make it really smooth. The result is our favorite little robot standing in a ring of plasma energy.

MIUI Developers For Android about to Drop Gingerbread ROM

By Cory Gunther
on 3 Mar, 2011

MIUI is a very sleek, smooth, and clean user interface and ROM for Android. You have probably heard of them, or seen video's of their UI. Just like CyanogenMod, and MoDaCo, they build Rom's and have a pretty large following. They are lovers of Android that have developed a completely unique spin on Android and it's UI. Hold on though, Get ready for whats next!

HTC Wildfire S Dump and ROM (plus HTC HuaShan as a bonus!)

By Chris Burns
on 2 Mar, 2011

Man oh man has the HTC Wildfire been getting around lately. Last time we spoke with her, she was getting a bit of the ol' Android 3.0 Honeycomb installed for a lookaround, now we see she's got a whole dump and ROM available for the public. Would you like to see it? Would you also like to get your hands on the same stuff for the HuaShan? Lets have a look-see and find out what we can find!

HALO Reach Bootscreen for you Master Chief Android Fans

By Chris Burns
on 10 Feb, 2011

Oh the little things, they're really what gets us pumped up in the morning. This is one of them, and I'm sure you HALO fans will at least take a peek at if not use the following boot screen for all eternity. This is a bootscreen created by XDA Developer Chackanug who says he's been at work for 4 weeks putting together this epic bit of loveliness. Grab it instantly and never let go.

Android gets bricky with custom Lego ROM

By James DeRuvo
on 8 Feb, 2011

A trio of developers have created a playful custom Android ROM that's based on the world of LEGO. Beezy, KSmith and Nick7 worked up the ROM for the Sprint Optimus S and have given the user the modular ability to choose any tweaks and theme edits they want. And the beauty is, there's no tedious trial and error to see what features play together or not.