Root Any love for Cyanogenmod's RC2?

[Banished Angel]

The end is near. For Cyanogenmod anyway. The second RC has been available for a couple of days now and i've been loving it.

What are your thoughts of the best the ROM scene has to offer until Android 4.3/5.0?

 

[Riotpump]

I love CyanogenMod. A version on it has been on all my android phones since CM7. However as you are acutely aware of the ROM scene is asleep at the wheel waiting for 4.3/5.0 currently. Which is perfect timing for them to give 10.1 RC status. AOSPA aka Panaroid Android has all the momentum again with PA 3.5 alpha and their latest gift to the community Halo. First Hybrid Engine...then PIE...now their newest baby Halo. My favorite ROM hands down.

I find it interesting that they integrated PIE into CM. Felt kinda weird seeing that, though quite a few from their community have wanted it for some time. And everyone doesn't want to have to keep LMT installed to have similar functionality. The beauty of Nexus devices is that everyone wants to make ROMs for them. Which is why so many devs use CM as the base for their ROM or port it over to their device. Looking forward to seeing what they bake into 10.2/11

 

[MacFett]

I'm running rc2 without any problems since it was released and rc1 before that.

I first had cm on my optimus v and loved it there too. Of my 4 android devices only one isn't running cm currently.

 

[Lanman1978]

Well I am running the latest Sentinel ROM which is basically CM 10.1 + the addition of many beneficial tweaks. I have to say that I am having a great experience with SR thus far. If you like CM then you should have no problem enjoying this ROM.

 

[itiscosmo]

Hi I use cm all the time as my fall back..I try all but come back to cm...been on my phones since rooting org droid and 2.1 eclair...all others are fun but cm always stable and dependable as a daily...not always cutting edge but simple fast and great battery..what more can u say when the ROM is better than stock for bug free and for being around the longest for non stock ROMs...others come and go but cm has and i hope its here a long time to come.

 

[Banished Angel]

RC3 was released yesterday and RC4 just dropped a few hours ago. Looks like a final stable release is up next.

 

[MacFett]

Flashed rc4 and somehow gmail didn't install with gapps. I'm going all weekend wondering how come I'm not getting any email.

Oops. Working great otherwise (and I realize this isn't a cm problem).

 

[keisukehonda]

Yea they tend to just include the base apps and exclude ones you can download from the play store.

 

[MacFett]

Yea they tend to just include the base apps and exclude ones you can download from the play store.

I already had gmail installed. Even if it wasn't in my gapps zip it should not have been uninstalled.

 

[Banished Angel]

My phone has been very glitchy lately. It started about a week ago on RC2 and has continued into RC4. I think i'm just going to flash back to stock and hope the rumors of an Android 4.3 launch in June are true. This phone gets OTAs straight from Google I might as well take advantage of that atleast once ha. I'll flash a custom ROM again once they get the 4.3 code merged and stable.

 

[xploPR]

My phone has been very glitchy lately. It started about a week ago on RC2 and has continued into RC4. I think i'm just going to flash back to stock and hope the rumors of an Android 4.3 launch in June are true. This phone gets OTAs straight from Google I might as well take advantage of that atleast once ha. I'll flash a custom ROM again once they get the 4.3 code merged and stable.

Thinking about doing the same. :smokingsomb:

 

[Banished Angel]

In case anyone is interested I did end up going back to 100% stock and just.. Wow.

I hate to say it, but the stock kernel beats Franco's kernel in terms of speed. Everything just seems instant (and I thought everything seemed instant before). Now keep in mind the difference is in milliseconds with maybe a second difference max, but it is noticeable. The speed boost comes with trade offs however, such as not being able to adjust the screen colors (I miss my deep blacks. Some blacks looks almost grey on stock) and not being able to undervolt (my phone runs noticeably hotter without the 100mV UV).

As for the stock ROM itself it is pleasantly bug free, but again I miss the customization custom ROMs offer. The persistent software buttons at the bottom drive me crazy by constantly taking up unneeded space.

I've decided to stay stock for the month and hope for the 4.3 update, but if it doesn't come I'll be diving back into the wonderful world of aftermarket software. Running stock has been a nice reminder of how most people experience this phone. It's not bad, but it's not at its full potential either.

 

[xploPR]

How you went back to stock? can you provide me with the steps on how to, so i could do it.

 

[Banished Angel]

How you went back to stock? can you provide me with the steps on how to, so i could do it.

The easiest way would be to download a toolkit and hit the flash stock + unroot button. The toolkit can be found here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475

*PLEASE NOTE: This will wipe everything on your phone including storage so be sure to back up anything you don't want deleted before proceeding.

 

[xploPR]

The easiest way would be to download a toolkit and hit the flash stock + unroot button. The toolkit can be found here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475

*PLEASE NOTE: This will wipe everything on your phone including storage so be sure to back up anything you don't want deleted before proceeding.

Ok thanks a lot, will make a backup before i run the tool kit.

*Edit: Just to be clear im not going back to stock because im having issues or problem with a custom roms, i just want to take advantage also of the OTA from google when they release a new version of JB.

 

[MacFett]

Flashed rc5 this morning. Good so far.

 

[MacFett]

Running RC5 and got a notification about experimental 0613. Is experimental is after RC? I'm new to the nightly scene.

 

[D-U-R-X]

IIRC, experimental is before RC (Release Candidate)

 

[El Presidente]

The Experimentals are monthly releases, RC is a stable(ish) release.

Not sure if there's much difference between the 2?

 

[MacFett]

Well goo manager is telling me it is an upgrade to rc5. May try flashing it as I'm still having problems where sometimes when I start the camera my nexus lags so bad I have to reboot it.

 

[kurtyyyyyy]

Do i need a clean flash coming from experimental version to rc5? How should i do it?

 

[El Presidente]

You should just be able to dirty flash.

No harm in doing all the needed wipes though.

 

[Banished Angel]

CM 10.1 is finished!

CyanogenMod 10.1.0 Release | CyanogenMod

 

[kurtyyyyyy]

What is different in this version?

 

[MacFett]

What is different in this version?

Here is the change log.

[Hide]Since Sat Jun 8 01:02:37 UTC 2013

device/lge/mako
•Â*9c69290 Fix android.os.cts.BuildVersionTest failure

external/freetype
•Â*38810b9 Revert "Upgrade FreeType to 2.4.10"

frameworks/av
•Â*13c5530 Revert "libstagefright: Fix incorrectness nPortIndex value for QueryCodec"

frameworks/base
•Â*4c4fbb9 SystemUI: zh-rTW translations
•Â*fae5802 core: zh-rTW translations
•Â*fbd0e5e Merge "Enable Estonian language" into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*413aebb Merge "Pie controls: Fix multi-user handling (1/2)" into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*2b46751 Enable Estonian language
•Â*fe95943 Fix DateUtils.formatElapsedTime, again
•Â*735f184 WebSettings: Move CM tag to the end of the user-agent
•Â*13dcc7b QS: Don't assume observers are registered when dealing with changes
•Â*ea2dc56 Pie controls: Fix multi-user handling (1/2)
•Â*07b7236 Revert behavior of DateUtils.formatElapsedTime
•Â*fd48397 ThemeUtils: Retain the original package name in themed UI context
•Â*1fd1050 Derp fix.
•Â*bdc2644 Merge "Hide navigation ring if no targets are configured." into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*ab2e42d Check and fail early if requested wallpaper size exceeds maximum texture size.
•Â*8995850 Hide navigation ring if no targets are configured.
•Â*cf9d958 Merge "SystemUI: NL translation" into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*836473b AssetRedirectionService: Check for permissions before running dump()
•Â*bd02ac3 Merge "Fix dock battery tile display." into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*24c0204 Fix mobile data button in power widget.
•Â*0f7452b Fix dock battery tile display.
•Â*f393bcd Don't assume any ringtone is present on external storage.
•Â*13a51ee QuickSettings : Battery initial status
•Â*fdcef68 Merge "Fix theme provider crashing for non-primary user." into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*443727a Merge "Fix a number of multi-user bugs." into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*ef9f8b9 Fix NPE in NavigationBarView during bugreport
•Â*27ecaf1 SystemUI: NL translation
•Â*0efb3dd Fix theme provider crashing for non-primary user.
•Â*b188ab3 Fix a number of multi-user bugs.
•Â*6a4355a frameworks_base: ES translations
•Â*65a98bf Finally fix incorrect flipping to quick settings.

frameworks/native
•Â*05c8ddc provide overrides for hwui memory limits for xxhdpi phones

kernel/lge/mako
•Â*f48badc msm: audio: qdsp6v2: Add size safety check to ACDB driver
•Â*6b0bcd8 perf: Treat attr.config as u64 in perf_swevent_init()

packages/apps/Browser
•Â*d707496 Browser: zh-rTW translations

packages/apps/CMFileManager
•Â*b2af340 CMFM: NL translation

packages/apps/CMUpdater
•Â*3839bdf Fix NPE in case previous attempt to download changelog was unsuccessful.
•Â*655f20b CMUpdater: RU translation update

packages/apps/Calendar
•Â*3cb4d4f Calendar: zh-rTW translations

packages/apps/Contacts
•Â*7adbda4 Contacts: zh-rTW translations

packages/apps/DSPManager
•Â*5a9ca6c dsp: Implement missing equalizer commands
•Â*599a6d2 DSPManager: NL translation

packages/apps/DeskClock
•Â*a690abe DeskClock: zh-rTW translations

packages/apps/Email
•Â*c828183 Email: zh-rTW translations

packages/apps/Mms
•Â*8c61a9a Mms: CS translation
•Â*8534062 Merge "Mms: Simplified Chinese Translations" into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*a47c8f6 Fix 'vibrate on call' option.

packages/apps/Phone
•Â*8f6a4bc Phone: correct summary of national roaming [translation]

packages/apps/Settings
•Â*781e5a8 Merge "Pie controls: Fix multi-user handling (2/2)" into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*d27944b Settings: Add translatables
•Â*341750e Pie controls: Fix multi-user handling (2/2)
•Â*131f668 Merge "Settings: Simplified Chinese Translations" into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*d3c5464 Merge "Settigns: Update Polish translation" into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*bbe76b3 Merge "Settings: ES translations" into cm-10.1-staging
•Â*1823478 Settings: NL translation
•Â*50d7e93 Settings: ES translations

packages/apps/Torch
•Â*92e34b5 Torch: Simplified Chinese Translation

packages/apps/Trebuchet
•Â*8ad7f15 Trebuchet: Fix stack effect
•Â*421c4c6 Trebuchet: Fix Landscape/TransposeLayoutWithOrientation move to default page
•Â*06e5c49 Trebuchet: Sync "maxExternal" preferences and its defaults values
•Â*dbedcf5 Trebuchet: Revert animation end
•Â*a23d981 Trebuchet: Fix fadein adjacent screens for stack transition
•Â*619c93f Workspace: Change state animation cleanup
•Â*57cba2e LauncherViewPropertyAnimator: Implement end()
•Â*47947f9 Workspace: Landscape paged view indicators

vendor/cm
•Â*c6a2a7d Bump version for release
•Â*9472479 init.cm: Fix sysinit dependencies

vendor/htc
•Â*d5b5c00 m7: update RT5501 config
•Â*6d855f0 evita: move QMI libraries to device-specific folders
•Â*df89bce ville: move QMI libraries to device-specific folders
•Â*7c77221 fireball: move QMI libraries to device-specific folders
•Â*7378962 jewel: move QMI libraries to device-specific folders
•Â*d1db4fe s4-common: move QMI libraries to device-specific folders
•Â*bc61589 fireball: use proprietary files from s4-common
•Â*7e62977 jewel: use proprietary files from s4-common, update files for 3.4
•Â*0578094 evita: use proprietary files from s4-common
•Â*0ad2ef4 ville: use proprietary files from s4-common
•Â*700dd64 s4-common: create new common vendor repo for HTC 8960 devices
•Â*370a7af evita: update C2D2 libraries
•Â*e6e3a81 evita: update modem to correct 3.17 firmware
•Â*8906b04 evita: re-add missing camera props
•Â*8242138 evita: rename camera library for camera wrapper
•Â*0bab758 evita: update C2D2 libraries Qualcomm version: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_JB_MR1.04.02.02.49.185
•Â*541dbf3 evita: update Adreno firmware Qualcomm version: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_JB_VANILLA_04.02.02.060.053
•Â*9dc3bf9 evita: update proprietary files Squashed commit of the following:
•Â*e8e4403 ville: update C2D2 libraries
•Â*9429ce9 ville: rename camera library for camera wrapper
•Â*8275dd3 ville: update C2D2 libraries
•Â*7a77efb ville: update Adreno firmware
•Â*05291e9 ville: update proprietary files

vendor/lge
•Â*d53ef22 e975: Move QMI messages to radio log

vendor/samsung
•Â*dd02b57 Merge pull request #231 from invisiblek/cm-10.1
•Â*fcfd381 jf-common: revert libcsd-client.so
•Â*2dd14d6 Merge pull request #229 from invisiblek/cm-10.1
•Â*d3ded4a add jaspervzw
•Â*e954563 add pn544fw stuff
•Â*6dc66b3 fix apexq ril
•Â*ac1fe59 fix script screwup
•Â*64c87df add more stuffadd more stuff
•Â*44cbda8 add apexqtmo
•Â*77ec274 Merge pull request #228 from sbrissen/cm-10.1
•Â*5249c89 t0lte: remove RIL blobs from common props
•Â*67cfb07 Merge pull request #227 from invisiblek/cm-10.1
•Â*fb6f562 jf: add murata nvram
•Â*a914396 Merge pull request #226 from Adam77Root/cm-10.1
•Â*a9dbad7 i9103: remove unused blobs, prepare for camera wrapper
•Â*58b0066 Merge pull request #225 from invisiblek/cm-10.1
•Â*fbc45ee d2: let's build macloader instead
•Â*f86bddf Merge pull request #224 from invisiblek/cm-10.1
•Â*f790e8f Merge pull request #223 from invisiblek/cm-10.1
•Â*db8e4c7 jf: remove macloader, we'll build it instead
•Â*87f68c0 jfltexx: fix naming derp
•Â*00dbe7a Merge pull request #222 from invisiblek/cm-10.1
•Â*9681ec7 Revert "jfltevzw: use our own rilblobs. enjoy working gps"
•Â*044d9b9 Merge pull request #218 from iurnait/cm-10.1
•Â*50f2190 Merge pull request #221 from invisiblek/cm-10.1
•Â*502fef7 jfltevzw: use our own rilblobs. enjoy working gps
•Â*d8133f3 Merge branch 'cm-10.1' of github.com:invisiblek/proprietary_vendor_samsung into cm-10.1
•Â*8c2cd9a d2r530: MD6 rilblobs
•Â*c0182df Merge branch 'jf' of github.com:invisiblek/proprietary_vendor_samsung into cm-10.1
•Â*ecda657 qcom: update c2d2 lib
•Â*044919d jfltexx: update rilblobs
•Â*6e2062d jfltexx: update rilblob
•Â*620052c d2: update c2d2 blobs
•Â*0040206 jf-common: update blobs
•Â*8e351c4 d2: fix name

vendor/sony
•Â*a492aa2 prepare for camera wrapper
•Â*1e364c0 blue-common: fix file path
•Â*0061f01 blue-common: path fix
•Â*8b6ec65 wlan: remove prima config
•Â*f9e1e11 fusion3: updated prima firmware
•Â*e350a91 pollux_windy: initial blob

vendor/tmobile/providers/ThemeManager
•Â*48ad5a5 ThemeManager: DA translation[/spoiler]

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