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Root CyanogenMod 6.0.0-RC2

Poll closed due to new release for this ROM

  • 5 Star ROM Rating: Elite

    Votes: 15 23.1%
  • 4 Star ROM Rating: Outstanding

    Votes: 38 58.5%
  • 3 Star ROM Rating: Average

    Votes: 9 13.8%
  • 2 Star ROM Rating: Not Ready for Primetime

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • 1 Star ROM Rating: Not Usable

    Votes: 2 3.1%

  • Total voters
    65
It's in ROM Manager


But I'm getting a download error :'(

***** ROM Reviews *****


Review by emdmao
[Hide]Clockwork and sprecovery supported. Initial boot took approximately 5 minutes. All apps visible in market synced correctly (remember with froyo not all apps will show in the market, this is likely not because of the ROM rather the apps dev needs to update). Sync and apps restored in 15 minutes.

Responsiveness and speed with stock kernel was very average.

After loading jdflg's 1.2 32 v2.0 kernel I scored quadrant scores maxing at ~1590. Not the highest I've ever scored, but nonetheless very good.

Battery life is very good. After testing for 3 days I have been getting between 15-17 hours with above average use.

No custom scripts. Other features include full screen browser, native options to change notification bar/clock/date, etc colors, optional music controls on lock screen, power control widget has added option to disable data to save battery (you can still make phone calls), reboot and reboot into recovery options, disable prompt asking if you want to reboot, ability to remove clock from status bar, display battery percent, display signal strength in status bar, ability to move all apps2sd including stock apps, additional messaging settings, built-in black list.

Bugs found were some app shortcuts not displaying properly on screens after reboot, and (not sure if this is a bug or not) when using fullscreen in browser and switching bookmarks you will see two bars until the new page is loaded. No solutions found.

Limited availability of themes found here Motorola Droid Themes - CyanogenMod Forum

I flashed the black bar mod with blue battery display and appeared that it wasn't displaying correctly. (I would be at 70% but it would show full

Felt as smooth as RC1 but not as fast as other ROMs (specifically succulent desire and kangerade). Still very very good. One other thing I noticed was that the screen display seemed 'off' when running quadrant, the numbers at the bottom were cut off.

The biggest bug is with the new superuser app that this ROM comes with. It does not work correctly with set on boot apps and apps that use widgets to click (such as cachemate). You will have to open setcpu after boot and toggle the speed. The solution is to flash the older version of superuser and it will replace the newer one. Everything works fine afterwards.

I gave it a 4/5. Based simply on performance it would be 3/5, but the additional features are simply amazing and nearly make it elite. It is still release candidate so hopefully the final release we will see a little better performance and more features bumping this ROM to elite status.[/Hide]

Review by SoDroid
[Hide]Installation & Set up
Installation was very fast. The first boot took 2 minutes. Apps synced in about 11 minutes and download all but 2 apps, Pure Calendar and Ultimate Juice. The weird thing was, when I searched for Pure Calendar in the market, I could not find it. (I did not perform the market fix)I restored a version from Titanium Backup. I also restored my app data using TiBU. I tested the usual suspects, maps, Bluetooth voice dialing, and paid market apps. All seem to be working, and for some reason my maps is accurate again! Yesterday it was showing me what end of my apartment I was on. My maps location had been off by about a block for months. I used Launcher Pro to restore my screens and it was fast and easy, just replaced the widgets.

Speed and Performance with Stock Kernel
Running the stock 800mhz kernel for about a day, I felt it was very capable and fairly battery friendly. I did have to make some setting adjustments in order to achieve optimal performance, those changes are posted here. I also suggest flashing Superuser 2.1, it seems to play nicer with CM, and faster. Find it here. I did minus a half of a point due to the necessity of the tweaks and the fact that they are not explained in the OP for the rom. I was happy with the performance of the stock kernel, but admittedly I do not run 800mhz kernels. I need at least a 1ghz to keep me happy

Short Bench: 248ms
Long Bench: 637ms
Quadrant: 1073

Rom Speed with Chevy
 
It's up on ROM Manager now, and there is also a direct link here - but ROM Manager is the easiest way to get it:

http://androidforums.com/roms-droid/131710-cyanogenmod-6-0-0-rc2.html

Don't have a change log...evidently it's using the FRF91 gapps. There's also a new icon in the power widget to kill 3G data. The default superuser may still have issues w/setting permissions on boot...I'm still applying superuser 2.1 over it until things are confirmed. SU 2.1 if you want it is attached - apply from CW recovery.

Droid - maybe you can update your OP to reflect current status.
 

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It's up on ROM Manager now, and there is also a direct link here - but ROM Manager is the easiest way to get it:

http://androidforums.com/roms-droid/131710-cyanogenmod-6-0-0-rc2.html

Don't have a change log...evidently it's using the FRF91 gapps. There's also a new icon in the power widget to kill 3G data. The default superuser may still have issues w/setting permissions on boot...I'm still applying superuser 2.1 over it until things are confirmed. SU 2.1 if you want it is attached - apply from CW recovery.

Droid - maybe you can update your OP to reflect current status.


Yep, it appears to kill the data connection. Kind of cool. I wonder if it'd help conserve battery better than turning off sync (assuming you aren't using the phone outside of phone calls)?
 
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Installed and restored apps via the market fine. The new power control icon to disable 3g is a really cool idea. Still getting everything set up.

If you apply the 2.1 su does it override the su app thats included? (I did have the setcpu on boot issue with rc1, but never bothered to change anything)
 
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Same issue with Rom Manager continually informing me of an update that I cannot successfully update to.

I have cleared the download cache -- update was unsuccessful.
Re-cleared cache & selected the package from the list (not the update message) -- update was unsuccessful.

In all attempts I never had it wipe first, figured it should be able to 'update' the different files.

Will try next to clear cache, select 6-RC2 from list individually, and do a wipe/clean install...
* fingers crossed *
 
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Motorola Droid
Recovery: ClockworkMod v2.5.0.1
ROM: CyanogenMod-6.0.0-Droid-RC1

Re-installed 'ROM Manager' from Market (no update was available).
Deleted: /sdcard/download/ (entire directory)

'ROM Manager'
Download ROM, CyanogenMod, CyanogenMod 6.0.0-RC2, (Download)
Home Application = ADWLauncher
Google Apps (check)
... wait for 3 of 3 downloads to complete ...
Notifications say; "CyanogenMod 6.0.0-RC2 (1 of 3)", "Google Apps (3 of 3)"
(It skipped the "2 of 3" -- never posted any download info ... bug?)

ROM Pre-Installation
Backup Existing ROM [X]
Wipe Data and Cache [X]

Reboot And Install
Press OK to reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery and continue the installation.
[OK]

Phone rebooted, did its backup as instructed,
During install .. "Installing update...", "Welcome to CyanogenMod-6.0.0-Droid-RC2!"

Rebooted.
See the Moto 'M' (almost 20 second duration)
See the CyanogenMod 'X' flutter. (lost count -- long wait here)

Came up to a fresh install (as instructed).

Settings, About phone, CyanogenMod-6.0.0-Droid-RC2 !!! yea -- success!

I am unsure if NOT wiping would have had the same result.
 
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