Stable Release Of CyanogenMod 7.1 With Support For Android 2.3.7 On 68 Devices Is Finally Out; CyanogenMod 9 Is Up Next

October 10th, 2011

Andrew Campbell

CyanogenMod is without a doubt the most common name in Android ways. The wonderous wizards has now released a stable build of CM7.1 which includes Android 2.3.7 on an astounding 68 devices. Having ROMS for 68 devices is impressive by itself but when you produce the SAME working ROM for ALL of those devices, well, now we are at incredible. It’s been a long road, I first starting using CM7 on my Nook Color and was hooked ever since. Now I have it running on my Ascend and it is beautiful!

Ht te break to see what more has come to light as well as the Cyanogen session from the Android BBQ.

Discuss it in the forums

So what’s new with CM7.1? These devices are now supported:

HTC Desire S, Incredible S, Incredible 2
LG Optimus 2X and T-Mobile G2x
Motorola Backflip (Motus), Cliq / Cliq XT, Defy, Droid 2, Droid X
Samsung Captivate, Fascinate, Mesmerize, Showcase, Vibrant, Galaxy S, Galaxy S2 (multiple carriers)
Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, Xperia Mini, Xperia Mini Pro, Xperia Neo, Xperia Play, Xperia Ray, Xperia Arc
ZTE V9

Coming soon:

EVO 3D
HP Touchpad
Optimus 3D
and others

New Features and bug fixes:

Bluetooth mouse support
revoking app permissions
camera touch-to-focus
native screenshots in the power menu
upgraded kernel and Android v2.3.7

View thier changelog

Cyanogen 9

The Honeycomb source code will not be released. Thus, we will likely not see a version 8 and go right to CM9 with the soon to be released ICS code (soon as Google does it).

Get CM7.1

Download ROM Manager for your device from the Android Market or directly from CyanogenMod

Flash the newest gapps (Google Apps) also, get that here or from ROM Manager

via Android Police

Andrew Campbell

Andrew is the Asst. Editor in Chief and product reviewer for AndroidNerds. Formerly an editor for NerdBerry he became and Android guy back in 2011 and never looked back. He loves talking tech to people so feel free to contact him at andrew@androidnerds.net or Gtalk at ajcampbell31(at)gmail.com or any other social networking sites.