The other day we brought you the news that CyanogenMod 7 RC1 had been released, bringing Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) goodness to a number of Android powered devices that, according to their manufacturers and other sources, may never have been updated to 2.3 (much less 2.2).
Without going to lengthy detail, CyanogenMod 7 is a community developed custom ROM that allows you to experience the cutting edge of Android on a variety of handsets. It’s based on Android 2.3.2, contains a number of performance and battery life tweaks, and is customisable in just about every way.
What’s more impressive, though, is the growing list of devices now supported! There’s 17 devices capable of running RC1.. count them, 17!
Warning: Flashing custom ROMs to your Android handset is not for the uninitiated. If you do it wrong, you can brick your device and render it useless as anything more than a mere paperweight. Proceed with caution, follow the instructions carefully, and backup your data, and you should be fairly safe.
Here’s a list of the now supported devices, and links to the CyanogenMod forum where you can check the release notes and download to your heart’s content.
- Nexus One CM7 RC1
- CDMA Desire CM7 RC1
- GSM Desire CM7 RC1
- Desire HD / Inspire CM7 RC1
- Droid Incredible CM7 RC1
- EVO 4G CM7 RC1
- myTouch 3G Slide CM7 RC1
- myTouch 4G CM7 RC1
- Desire Z / G2 CM7 RC1
- Aria CM7 RC1
- Legend CM7 RC1
- Wildfire CM7 RC1
- Tattoo CM7 RC1
- Geeksphone One CM7 RC1
- ZTE Blade CM7 RC1
- Nexus S CM7 RC1
- Viewsonic G-Tablet CM7 RC1
Only downside to this ROM is that HTC Music Player is deleted.
No more Dolby Mobile 🙁
Other than that, pretty awesome ROM!
Make sure you add the Google Apps back in as well, available as a separate download to the ROM.
Runs well on HTC desire. Very fast, two days and no issues.
Gingerbread rocks
Put it on my Wildfire, runs fast but crashes often.
What are chances to see it on Samsung Galaxy S?
I’m sick of the lags and crashes on the 2.2 and gave
up on getting 2.2.1 through Vodafone.
Install 2.2.1 by changing product code, no lag, well worth it. There is an experimental CM7 build for Galaxy S (http://goo.gl/wFgn8) , no ETA on RC1 or a stable release. But it wont be long.
Looks like Cyanogen is a fan of HTC / Qualcom.
Anyone here ever put CM6 (or any other rom) onto an Australian HTC Dream? I am considering doing it for mine but have been hesitant and not sure if it’d make much difference from stock 1.6, considering the aged hardware.
Do it. I have my HTC dream from Optus running 2.2.1 at the moment. Much better than stock 1.6
@brad how did you root your dream, z4, odin, some other method?
oh i did it the old school way.. altered the goldcard of an sd card and installed the british g1 signed rom and rooted using the terminal haha. Prob easier ways now…. check out XDA
Have you managed to root your htc dream? If so, how?
Anyone here ever put CM6 (or any other rom) onto an Australian HTC Dream? I am considering doing it for mine but have been hesitant and not sure if it’d make much difference from stock 1.6, considering the aged hardware.