CM 7.2 RC2 builds for several devices released, others to follow soon

Just days after detailing the future of CyanogenMod 7 and ensuring us that they will continue work on the Android 2.3 software builds beyond CM 7.3, our favorite independent dev team has already released a number of custom 7.2 RC2 ROMs for several Samsung, LG, and Sony devices.

CyanogenMod 7.2, based on Android Gingerbread, is not yet final and needs additional work, but if you’re eager to get a taste of the software package and you have one of the supported devices, you can go ahead and download the builds from this link.

The LG Optimus Black P970 is one of the most recognizable names on the list of devices that already have custom CM 7.2 builds released, but you will find a number of Galaxy S variants, as well as the LG 2X and 3D on the list.

You might have some trouble recognizing all the devices on the CM 7.2 support list, as the hacking team hasn’t taken the time to write the full name of any phone, but I’m pretty sure that you know your gadget’s codenames well enough to distinguish them for similarly named products. If however you’re not 100% sure that your Optimus One is the same device with the “p500″ listed on the CM website or you have any other uncertainties, hit us with a comment and we will surely be glad to help you out.

The CM 7.2 software package comes with a lot of “goodies” that are nowhere to be found in the official 2.3 Gingerbread builds. So, if you want to take your phone to the next level and you’re sure that you won’t receive an ICS update anytime soon, you should seriously consider flashing this ROM. It won’t be as cool, functional, and user-friendly as Ice Cream Sandwich, but it’s surely the next best thing to Android 4.0.

The entire CM 7.2.0 changelog is available at this link here, so if you’re not quite sold by the idea of flashing a custom ROM, you should check out the full list of improvements and added features and I promise you that you’ll start seeing things in a different light. On the other hand, you should still watch out for bugs and unexpected glitches, which is normal, considering that the CM 7.2 project is not yet final.

When we will see a final version of the 7.2 build is still unknown, but I personally expect the guys at CyanogenMod to wrap up their work in a matter of weeks or a couple of months, at the latest. After all, the project has been in the works since January. In addition, the 7.3 build has been confirmed and should enter development soon.

Will you be trying out CM 7.2? Have you already tried it? Are these guys the absolute heroes of the Android development world or what?

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.