CyanogenMod 6.0 released [LWN.net]

The long-awaited CyanogenMod 6.0 release is out, bringing a bunch of new features to several different Android platforms. "This is our first stable release based on Android 2.2, and weve hit our target list of devices. Im completely amazed at what this project has become and the community that has developed around it, and its only just getting started."

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CyanogenMod 6.0 released

Posted Aug 29, 2010 2:59 UTC (Sun) by Burgundavia (guest, #25172) [Link] (3 responses)

From a marketing perspective, I wonder if Cyanogen should drop the Mod part of their name, because the word "mod" has some negative connotations when it comes to hardware (and is associated with sometimes-illegal mod chipping of consoles)

<joke>
Ubuntu should start an Android deriv with the tagline "Android for human beings".
</joke>

Cyanogen

Posted Aug 29, 2010 16:51 UTC (Sun) by Webexcess (guest, #197) [Link] (2 responses)

Cyanogen is the person, no?

Cyanogen

Posted Aug 29, 2010 17:13 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Uhm, cyanogen is a deadly gas :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanogen

Cyanogen

Posted Aug 31, 2010 20:05 UTC (Tue) by hawk (subscriber, #3195) [Link]

It is indeed the nick the main developer, Steve Kondik, goes by.

CyanogenMod 6.0 released

Posted Aug 29, 2010 19:19 UTC (Sun) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link] (1 responses)

Works well on my G1. Better somewhat then the previous version. The browser is a massive improvement. This was the first time I tried 'ROMmanager' instead of doing it manually and it worked out pretty well.

One thing that I noticed what that the JIT stuff was disabled by default. Once I found the performance options for cyanogenmod in the settings I was able to enable it with a reboot. After that then emulators seem to work a bit better, but I don't see much of a huge improvement.

Another odd thing that I've noticed is that sending files to Android over bluetooth is that sometimes it won't work for certain file extensions. I've noticed 'unknown errors' for *.bin and *.apk files, but if I encase them in zip then they work fine.

Only wish I had more RAM. :(

CyanogenMod 6.0 released

Posted Sep 2, 2010 18:57 UTC (Thu) by lab (guest, #51153) [Link]

I believe the Jit is turned off by default on the G1 specifically because of this device's constrained hardware.

CyanogenMod 6.0 released

Posted Aug 31, 2010 17:53 UTC (Tue) by Kamilion (subscriber, #42576) [Link]

Works great on my moto droid! Yummy 800Mhz and everything's smoooth. Dolphin HD + Flash 10.1 = Wow! Nice to be able to hit albinoblacksheep's desktop version and play the old animutations.

CyanogenMod 6.0 released

Posted Sep 2, 2010 9:46 UTC (Thu) by pivot (guest, #588) [Link]

Wish they'd fix the gapless playback issue.