CyanogenMod 6.X is getting closer

I'm using the 3D gallery and I didn't notice any diff between magic and the Liquid E. you need to remember that the ROM is made for G1/MT3G which both have less memory than the Magic. CM 6.x will also include ADWLauncher in place of Launcher2 and IMO is a much better launcher anyway.

egemenbor said:

just out of curiosity did you have to change the radio that you had in your tutorial? or is it a matter of loading it on to a sd card (goldcard again?) going into the recovery and the flashing the new rom?

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No Goldcard or radio change required. Once you're rooted and running cyanogen, it's just a matter of flashing the new ROM, ebi1/32A kernel port and a compatible Google apps package.

CyanogenMod is designed for EBI0 radio where ours is a EBI1, thus the requirement for the kernel port.

Cyanogen received a C&D order from Google last year so he could no longer include proprietary Google apps in his ROM any more. That is why when you first flash CM you need to also flash the Google apps package as well. Once you have the apps installed, during any update the ROM will backup the apps, install itself and then restore the apps. This is assuming that it's within the same Android version. With the change from 2.1 to 2.2, some of the apps from 2.1 are no longer compatible thus requiring the flashing of a new apps package.

I haven't posted any links to this stuff because anybody that needs to be shown where to find the nightly builds probably shouldn't be playing around with them. Anyone who's into experimentation on the bleeding edge probably already knows where/how to find them. These nightly builds are what you would call pre-alpha and are mostly for the dev's to check out the previous days changes/additions. When Cyanogen and the team are ready to "Beta" test the ROM you'll find links to the test roms in the forum over at cyanogenmod.com

If anybody is really insistent on test driving this ROM, you'll be able to find links to the files in the forum at XDA-Developers.com or in the CM 6.x thread over at CyanogenMod.com. If you decide to go down this path, just remember that nandroid backup is your freind.

gbd

CM 6.0.0 RC1 is out, This is not a stable release but the first of the Beta releases. Everything seems to be working but it does have a problem with Force Closing on the Market.

I tried to install it over my CM5 but it just ended up in a boot loop. I had to do a wipe before I installed CM6, Kernel port and new Gapps.

gbd

pir8 said:

Does this require the same gold card hack which you had posted on the blog GBD?

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Once your phone is rooted you don't need the goldcard to change the ROM, the goldcard was required to enable running of the RUU's. Since flashing of the ROM is done from recovery, you're good to go without it.

If not rooted, just substitute the CM files in my guide with the 6.0.0 files and then follow the rooting procedure. There is no link on the CM6 download post for the kernel port but you can get it from Brian Crook's site Index of /android/cm-ports