Software Update: CyanogenMod 10 M1

CyanogenMod is an open source operating system for smartphones and tablets. It is based on a bare-bones version of Android and adds additional functionality, including root access, shortcuts in the notification bar, an expanded lockscreen, and various themes for the interface. Furthermore, there are often performance improvements compared to the software supplied by a manufacturer.

Currently, version 7 based on Android 2.3 and version 9 based on Android 4.0 are stable and version 10 based on Android 4.1 is in development. Unofficial builds, also called nightlies, are released almost daily, but they are not always stable. To improve this, there is now a code freeze for the last week of the month, so that a more stable build than average can be available at the beginning of each month. The first M-build, which by the way is still released under the experimental banner, has now become available.

CyanogenMod 10 :: M1

Something we have learned over the past few months is that if you don’t release, someone else will do it for you. Since we are open source, we absolutely encourage it! Unfortunately, the quality of unofficial builds can vary, and we are serious about quality. Of course nightlies are always available, but we realized that having something that is a bit more stable on a more frequent basis is important. Starting now, we are rolling out our M-Series releases. M-Series builds will be done at the beginning of every month. We did a soft freeze of the codebase for the last week, blocking new features in order to stabilize. Our plan is to continue this (assuming that the response is good) up until stable release, and onward.

We aren’t exactly sure what M stands for. “Monthly”, “milestone”, or perhaps “MINE ALL MINE!”. Whatever it is, I hope we are meeting the needs of the community.

M-Series builds will be available under the EXPERIMENTAL tag. The filename will include the date stamp as well as the M version. These builds should be stable enough for daily use, and we encourage feedback and bug reports.

Tonight’s M1 build is available for these devices:

• Galaxy Nexus GSM (maguro)
• Galaxy Nexus NPO (toro)
• Galaxy Nexus Sprint (toroplus)
• Galaxy S2 GT-I9100G (i9100g)
• Galaxy S (galaxysmtd)
• Galaxy SB (galaxysbmtd)
• Captivate (captivatemtd)
• Galaxy S3 Sprint (d2spr)
• Galaxy S3 NPO (d2vzw)
• Galaxy S3 AT&T (d2att)
• Galaxy S3 TMO (d2tmo)
• Galaxy S3 US Cellular (d2usc)
• Nexus S (crespo)
• Nexus S 4G (crespo4g)
• Galaxy Note AT&T (quincyatt)
• Google Nexus 7 (grouper)
• Sony Xperia Acro S (hikari)
• Sony Xperia S (nozomi)

In standard CM style, we will continue to add devices as time goes on up until our stable release.