Install CyanogenMod 10 File Manager On Jelly Bean Android Devices

The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-based CyanogenMod 10 (CM10) is slowly but surely heading towards its final release. The latest iteration of the crowd-favorite custom Android ROM supports a host of powerful features, now including a Holo-themed, root-level file manager. If you’re rocking Jelly Bean on your Android device, here’s some good news for you. Said file management app has been extracted from CM10 nightly builds, and is now available on an XDA thread, ready to be downloaded and installed on any rooted Android device running JB. The app’s UI is somewhat reminiscent of the highly-regarded Solid Explorer. However, included within this CM10-based file manager are certain features that can put most of its counterparts to shame. Read More

New CyanogenMod 10 Messaging App Review & Installation Guide

The new Messaging app in the latest CyanogenMod 10 nightly ROMs is pretty awesome, and adds some great new features to the stock Android Messaging app. If you’re already running one of the latest CyanogenMod 10 nightly ROMs on your Android device, you have it installed already but if you are on any other ROM based on CM10, you can easily install this new Messaging app to your phone. To learn more, read on after the jump for our brief review of the new features added by CyanogenMod team in this app, the download link and the installation instructions. Read More

Install CyanogenMod 9 Stable On Your Android Device

After months of development and testing, Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich based CyanogenMod 9 Stable has finally been made available officially for many Android devices. CyanogenMod is undoubtedly the most famous custom Android ROM in the world and is amongst our top favorite ROMs here at AddictiveTIps. If you want to learn more about CM9, check out the list of major features, or install it on your own Android device, read on to see a list of officially supported phones and tablets, along with our complete installation guide and the download links. Read More

Jelly Bean Based CyanogenMod 10 Preview Available for Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II & S III

Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean-based CyanogenMod 10 Alpha Peview is now available for all four variants of Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Nexus, so those of you who can’t wait to get their hands on the latest version of the world’s most popular custom Android ROM need to wait no more to preview it right on their beloved Android devices. Details and download links for all these phones after the break. Read More

Enjoy CM9′s Apollo Music Player On Any Device Running Android 4.0 ICS

The Holo-themed default music player of the CyanogenMod 9 custom ROM for Android is quite a polished and feature-laden app that we’ve already looked at in detail. Based more or less along the same lines, Apollo Music Player is a brand new music player that comes bundled with the Nightly builds of CM9 as the ROM’s default music app. Here’s some good news for all Android 4.0 (or higher) Ice Cream Sandwich users. Apollo Music Player is now available for download on any device rocking an ICS-based ROM, and like the default CM9 stock music app, this one, too, doesn’t require your device to be rooted. Among other changes, Apollo Music Player sports a white theme by default, as compared to the sleek black theme that we saw with the previous app. There are quite a few other subtle, yet much sought-after features, which part Apollo from the ex-CM9 default music player. Read More

Motorola Atrix 4G Gets ICS Based CM9 ROM [Download & Install]

CyanogenMod 9 for the Atrix 4G hits the internet! The device has kept up nicely with the recent developments with updates and custom ROMs as well as CM7 ROMs, but the arrival of CM9 seems to be the start of bigger things to come for the Atrix 4G. That said, this release is a port and comes to the users courtesy of XDA-Developers forum member jokersax11. The ROM is said to be pretty stable but there are quite a few things broken and missing. The ROM, is after all an Alpha for now. Read More

Unofficial CM7.2 ROM For LG Optimus Me P350 [Download & Install]

The Optimus Me P350 gets CyanogenMod 7.2! While Android devices are looking forward to Ice Cream Sandwich based ROMs, the unofficial CM7.2 ROM for the P350 is an impressive feat for an other wise budget device. If you have a rooted Optimus Me P350 and want to taste some AOSP goodness, you should give this ROM a shot. If you haven’t, you should think about it. The ROM has been released by XDA-Developers forum member pax0r. More on the ROM and how you can install it, after the break. Read More

CyanogenMod 7 ROM For Motorola Droid X2 [Download & Install]

The Droid X2 gets CM7! Ok so the world is moving on to bigger things, ICS and ICS based CM9 and CM7 is more of an old news today. The Original Droid however just received a port of CM9 but this port of CM7 to the Droid X2 is actually huge, as it has now opened up the possibilities of further AOSP ports and ROM development for the device where ICS based ROMs are now very much a possibility. This CM7 ROM is based on Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread and is the Droid’s first taste of a completely Blur free ROM. Credit to dragonkillerz for bringing this out to the public and giving hope to the Droid X2 owners. Read More

CyanogenMod 9 ICS ROM For HP TouchPad [Download & Install]

The HP TouchPad gets CM9! After HP dropped the support for Web OS, Android developers have taken the device to a whole new level where we saw it running the CM7 ROM based on Android 2.3, and now as the users pinned their hopes on an ICS port for the device, the Cyanogen Team for the TouchPad have just released the ICS based CM9, which for now, is an Alpha stage right now, and there is no support available for it right now. Read More

CyanogenMod 9 Music App Released For Android ICS Devices

The final build of the CyanogenMod 9 custom ROM for Android might still be in the pipelines but users have been receiving small piece of its awesomeness at frequent intervals. First, it was the alpha version of the ROM itself, then a taste of its native launcher (Trebuchet Launcher), and now it’s the official CyanogenMod 9 Music app that has been released by the developer Andrew Neal on his website. The music player is currently available for devices running CM9 or Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and higher. It has an ICS-style default interface, but comes with the option to download and apply skins, one of which replicates the looks of Google Music. Other highlights of the player include the option to purchase and delete tracks from within the app, customizable status bar UI, gesture and motion controls, multiple attractive animations for transitions between tracks, comprehensive set of sound enhancement options (including a 5-band equalizer), and ICS-style homescreen widgets in multiple sizes. Read More

Official CM9 ROM For Galaxy S II [Experimental] [Download]

The Samsung Galaxy S II I9100 gets CyanogenMod 9 based on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich. ICS for the Galaxy S II seems quiet far away, and by that we mean, a stable ROM, be it custom or official. After a lot of ICS based ROMs surfaced for the SGS II, all which are buggy and incomplete (by no means do we undermine the efforts put into the releases by developers), it is good to see something coming in straight from CyanogenMod itself. The recent CM9 release, like the many custom ROMs before it, is a highly experimental build, that is in no way recommended to be used as a daily driver. According to the forum thread, we’re looking at a functional build of CM9 in either January or February, but heck, Android enthusiasts are never up for waiting. Read More

ICS / CM9 AOSP ROM For Motorola Droid 3 [Download & Install]

The Droid 3 gets Ice Cream Sandwich! Owners of the Droid 3, can finally taste the ICS goodness on their device thanks to XDA-Developers forum member Hashcode. The ROM has been developed using the CM9 sources as well as some of the published Moto Source from Droid 3 and RAZR. The ROM is an Alpha build right now and like a lot of ICS AOSP ROMs out there; has bugs and glitches that need to be ironed out. Read More

CM7 For Kindle Fire With Audio & In-Browser Video [Download & Install]

CyanogenMod 7 ROM for the Kindle Fire now has working audio and video. Earlier we covered a post on CM7 for the Kindle Fire by XDA-Developers forum member JackpotClavin but that ROM had quite some stuff missing, majorly audio and video support. XDA-Developers forum member whisteltop has picked up where JackpotClavin left off, with the intention of working on his build and bringing audio and video to the kindle fire on CM7. He has apparently managed to succeed in doing so and according to him, he had the ROM tested by some users who report it to function without any issues so far. Read More

Install CyanogenMod 7 On HTC Universal [How To]

HTC Universal gets CM7! This is huge news, but only if you understand and know how old the HTC Universal actually is. The device dates back to 2005 and was the first 3G capable phone released with a 3.5” VGA pivoting screen. Originally shipped with Windows Mobile 5.0, the device got a port of the Android 2.2 Froyo for it self sometimes back. Now thanks to XDA-Developers forum member notime2d8, the device has received the much popular Gingerbread based CM7 ROM. However, the project isn't fully complete with the Wi-Fi and modem/phone functions broken. Also, this ROM is meant for the 128mb RAM devices, not the 64mb ones and understandably so. If you have the 128mb model lying around and are eager and curious on trying out new stuff on your old devices despite the the phone and modem issues just because you’re an Android fan, read on after the break for installation instructions and downloads! Read More

Install CyanogenMod 7 On Kindle Fire [How To]

CM7 based on Android’s Gingerbread OS, is now available for the Kindle Fire tablet, who would have thought. A few days back, XDA-Developers forum member JackpotClavin came out with the news that that he managed to boot up CM7 on his Kindle Fire, but the ROM was not up for grabs back then. However, the ROM has been released for users to download and install on the new tablet and being CM7, there are a lot of eager Kindle Fire users out there dying to try this out on the device. Of course, a few glitches do exist since a specific kernel for the Kindle Fire has not been developed as yet. That said, the ROM has pretty much everything working and can be used as a daily driver, well almost. Read More

Install CyanogenMod 9 AOSP ROM On Nexus S

The Nexus S gets it’s first taste of CM9, the ICS based AOSP ROM! ICS ports are all the rage right now, and the team at CyanogenMod went underground to work on their new CM9, thus keeping things a wee bit. Guess what? Koush, the guy who made ClockworkMod recovery and ROM Manager possible, is working on the CM9 project for the Nexus S, and he has released his build to the users for some early testing. The ROM, still in an Alpha stage, is said to be stable enough to be used as a daily driver. Apparently almost everything seems to be working just fine, and if a few bugs do exist, the ROM is in Alpha 11 of its stage, so bear with it if you do want to give it a go. Read More

Fix Wi-Fi Reconnection Issue After Installing CM 7 On TouchPad

CyanogenMod 7 Android 2.3 Gingerbread made it to HP TouchPad couple of days back. Almost everyone, who purchased this tab for $ 99 throwaway price, is now running the CM 7 on it. Unlike other Android porting method, CM 7.1 ROM installation on HP TouchPad is simpler and anyone can get it on their tabs following this simple procedure. However the current CM 7.1 build for HP TouchPad is in its alpha stages and developers are burning the mid-night oil to rectify the issues and make it more stable. Earlier we covered a method to “rescue” Android Market after installing CM 7 on TouchPad and today we discovered a small but highly useful Wi-Fi fix.

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Install CyanogenMod 7.1 On Motorola Droid 3 [Guide]

There is some great news for Motorola Droid 3 as Hashcode, Rootzwiki Android developer, has managed to port the latest CyanogenMod 7.1 Android 2.3 Gingerbread on this phone. This CyanogenMod build for the Droid 3 is an OMAP optimized AOSP ROM based on the latest CM sources. The ROM comes with plenty of features working, but as it is still a pre-alpha, so you can expect to see some force closures and other glitches. Folks have managed to port CM on Droid 3 before as well, but the tester and user response regarding this build has been highly favorable.

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Fix Android Market On TouchPad Running CyanogenMod 7 [Guide]

HP TouchPad received some awesome CyanogenMod treatment couple of days back. Android enthusiasts didn’t waste a second and were quick to get this CM 7.1 Android 2.3 Gingerbread on their TouchPads. However, as CM 7.1 comes completely AOSP without any Google Apps or Addons, so it was bit of a trouble to install Google Apps after flashing CyanogenMod on HP TouchPad. After prolonged discussions and development at various Android forums and the official Google Code portal, there was a fix found that lets Android Market work as it should. Primarily the Android Market wasn’t showing many Apps after installing Google Apps with everything else working pretty much OK. Read More

Install CyanogenMod 7 Gingerbread On HP TouchPad [Guide]

For all of you who went for $99 HP TouchPad for the sake of getting Android are in luck! CyanogenMod 7 Android 2.3 Gingerbread Alpha build, that was demoed extensively through videos on different streaming sites, is now available for public download and installation. Compared with an early Android installation method, the procedure to install CyanogenMod 7 on HP TouchPad is lesser complicated and is do-able by virtually everyone. For those who don’t know, CyanogenMod is a custom Android based ROM that is available for select devices and is intended to enhance and optimize user experience. You can head to our detailed CyanogenMod guide and review posted here to gather more information regarding this ROM. Read More