CyanogenMod 10 Stable released for select smartphones

Some good news has arrived for those waiting for a stable release of CyanogenMod 10. Well, some good news has arrived for a select group of smartphone users. The devices that are supported include the Samsung Captivate, Galaxy S2 and Galaxy S3 as well as the LG Optimus Black.

Breaking this device list down a bit further and we have the following;

Samsung Captivate for AT&T
Samsung Galaxy S2 for AT&T
Samsung Galaxy S3 for T-Mobile, US Cellular, Sprint and Verizon Wireless
LG Optimus Black

The ROM's all measure in between 150MB and 160MB in size and can be downloaded directly from the CyanogenMod website. Perhaps more important though, CyanogenMod10 brings some goodies to include the expandable desktop mode and a built-in (root-enabled) file manager. That being said, while we are pretty sure that some will be disappointed about not having support for their device just yet, we do think the Cyanogen mod team started with a good selection — especially in the case of the Galaxy S3.

Otherwise, while we are expecting CM10 Stable to arrive for additional devices, as per the standard with Cyanogen — no timeline has been given as to when that will happen. Simply put, if you are waiting for CM10 Stable for your device, you may want to keep an eye on the Cyanogen download page (link below).

CyanogenMod breaches the 5 million user mark

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by Robert Triggs, 1 week ago

CyanogenMod, one of Android community’s favourite custom ROMs, has come a long way since the day of its inception, from starting as a one-man mod mission to now having collected over 5 million users. As…

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Ed

The first related post above states a bootloader locked Sony Xperia Z can now be rooted. Doesn’t that imply the possibility an exploit could be found for the S4?
- technology
  
  Locked bootloader can be rooted without unlocking the bootloader, The only problem with locked bootloader is that you can’t change kernel or flash a custom ROM.
  - Arsenal™
    
    well that suckz!
  - whoknowswhereor
    
    You want to stick with stock anyway. I tried pa and the gang on my note 2, stock is the smoothest, has the least bugs and most features. I still don’t agree that it is locked. Damn att.
    - technology
      
      Custom kernels helps with lags and battery issues.
  - kumar
    
    does t mobile also comes with locked bootloader?????????
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001718268245 Lashek Powell
  
  CyanogenMod founder suggests dont even try ,and so don’t even try to listen to these other Root quackes on here
- Andrew Dodd
  
  There’s a massive difference between root and being able to boot an unsigned kernel. People don’t seem to realize that rooting is not a big deal and only a tiny part of the equation on a locked down device.
  
  Rooting = easy
  Unofficial bootloader Unlock = hard
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John Mortimer

Ha uh in the UK they sending them out sim free from networks
raindog469

I’m not on AT&T, but I won’t buy a device with a locked bootloader from any carrier. Maybe I’ll switch out the ROM and maybe I won’t, but I want the option. Out of four Android devices in our house, we’ve changed ROMs on two, while the other two are rooted stock.

Granted, we’re in that supposedly tiny minority who like to actually own the devices we pay for.
http://www.facebook.com/mo.lerner1 Mo Lerner

tawkon (www.tawkon.com) did some very interesting research on this phone, and came up with some specs that aren’t covered in this article… very interesting stuff

http://tawkon.com/blog/en/galaxys4_specs
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001500774043 Joan Joles

To Root or not to Root. there’s a reason for locking the phone, the company owns the phone until the end of your contract, that’s how the US market subsidizes the phone for $200 or less. The whole piece is mute, if one is into rooting you buy an unlocked phone and get your own sim card, and choose your network, as is done in all other non US markets. What is needed is the public to cry foul to US carriers who rip off customers will stupid coverage gimmicks, while the same phone and better coverage cost a 1/3 in Europe as it does in the US. Rooted phone or no the US cost is absurd and needs to go to single stream towers.

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