After long wait, CyanogenMod team is nearing the completion of version 7.1 of their custom ROM for Android devices. Today team released 7.1 RC1, which is available for a score for devices. Based on Android 2.3.4, 7.1 RC1 brings a lot of new tweaks and improvements. If you have using nightlies then you would have seen them, if not find the full change-log below.
This release also adds support for several new devices, which include Samsung Galaxy S, Captivate, Vibrant, LG Optimus 2X/T-Mobile G2x, HTC Incredible S, and Motorola CLIQ/CLIQ XT.
Changelog:
- Common: Android 2.3.4 (Google)
- Common: Bluetooth mouse support – Scott Brady
- Common: Improve notification swipe-to-clear – Evan Charlton
- Common: Improve album-artist support in media scanner – Paul Crovella
- Common: Profile improvements and bugfixes – Martin Long
- Common: RTL text improvements – Eyad Aboulouz, Eran Mizrahi
- Common: Wake on volume key option – Sven Dawitz
- Common: Support for revoking application permissions – Plamen K. Kosseff
- Common: Latest Superuser app – ChainsDD
- Common: Control brightness by sliding on statusbar – Danesh M
- Common: Add “copy all” to context menu – Danesh M
- Common: Lockscreen haptic and statusbar indicators toggle – Danesh M
- Common: Nicer timepicker/datepicker – Jiri Tyr
- Common: Configuration 0/90/180/270 rotation – Jonas Larsson, Scott Brady
- Common: DSP Manager bugfixes and improvements – Antti S Lankila
- Common: Support for launching apps via gestures in the background – Jiri Tyr
- Common: Option to hide hold button during call – Roberto Leinardi
- Common: Allow using wildcards for call blacklisting – Nihanth Subramanya
- Common: Option to allow in-call lockscreen to match main lockscren – Sven Dawitz
- Common: Option to notify about incoming call only in background when screen is on – Pavel Kucera
- Common: ADWLauncher- Transitions, catalog improvements, bugfixes – John Van Etten
- Common: Optional GMT correction for SMS/MMS timestamps – Terry Hau
- Common: Add FM Seek for TI devices – KalimochoAz
- Common: Add FM support for SI4708 devices (Blade, V9, Racer) – Stéphane Konstantaropoulos
- Common: Add FM seek implementation to FM application – Tom Giordano
- Click, Motorola: Speed up photo recording – Emilio López
- Click, Motorola: Add Geolocation to photo app – KalimochoAz
- Vision/Glacier/Ace/Speedy/Vivo: 2.6.35 kernel and updated userspace
- Buzz: 2.6.35 kernel – Arne Coucheron
You can download the latest release directly from ROM Manager or from here.
