Cyanogen Mod 7.1.0 for Samsung Galaxy Mini/Pop has gone through many releases in the process of its evolution into a stable build. Adding to the list is a recent build named update-cm-7.1.0-GalaxyMini-KANG-signed-17112011.zip, released on November 17 which promises to fix most of the bugs available on previous releases of cyanogen mod. Along with some added features and apps in this release is the addition of various tweaks to improve the performance and speed of the rom. With these editions this rom has dropped the support of Overclocking Kernels released for previous versions of cyanogen mod. But, the developer said he will be working on OC Kernels once the rom gets stable.
Let's Look at some of the features or additions to this rom. You can find detailed descriptions of these new additions and join discussions at this thread on xda-developers forums.
- Support two-way recording with the help of third party apps found at xda-forums.
- Added Fontswap
- Clean Cache with added zcache.
- Tweaked Kernel to improve the speed and remove lags.
- Added smart CPU which will mange the clock frequency automatically for you for successful boots after overclocking your galaxy mini gts-5570.
- Tweaked some parts of Kernel for improved performance and decreasing lags.
- Optimized all apks.
This was just the overview of change log for Cyanogen Mod 7.1.0 latest release. Now it's time to flash and see how good it looks in your galaxy mini. Read the instructions below carefully to flash it on your galaxy pop/mini gts5570 smartphone.
Already Have Cyanogen Mod on Your Mini? Follow these steps:
1. Download Latest Cyanogen Mod 7 from this link.
2. Copy it to the root directory of your sd-card.
3. Reboot your device to Clock Work Mod Recovery (Press Home + Power Button).
4. [Optional but, Recommended] Do a Nandroid Backup of your current rom.
5. Choose Install Zip From Sd Card>>Choose Zip From SD Card option and then select the update-cm-7.1.0-GalaxyMini-KANG-signed-17112011.zip file you downloaded from above.
6. Wait till it finishes installing the update zip and then Wipe your Cache (only) after it is done. You can also wipe data but it will delete all your apps and data so you might need to go through an extra step of restoring it from a Nandroid Backup or Titanium backup which you have made one before.
7. Reboot your device from clock work mod recovery's main menu.
Your device will boot up with latest cyanogen mod 7.1.0. Please, note that it will take some time (around 10-15 minutes) during first boot. If your phone doesn't boot even after 20 minutes try wiping your data in clockwork mod recovery and reboot again.
Are You New to Cyanogen Mod? You will have to start from beginning:
3. Follow steps 1-7 from above.
Note that you will also need to wipe data in Step 6 if you are flashing CM7 for the first time. Also, you might need to skip Step 4 since clock work mod doesn't support backups of stock roms.
This is a clean cm7 rom released for stable build so, it is obvious you will need to add additional components via flash able zips. You will need to flash latest gapps and Darktremor's APP2SD Script manually. Note that you don't have to partition your sdcard if you have partitioned it once, so only flash app2sd. One advantage with this update is you won't need to copy cifs.ko and tun.ko to /system/lib/modules folder; they are per-compiled. Also, this rom/firmware can only be overclocked upto 653 Mhz at the moment but newer Overclocking Kernels are on their way.
Overall, I will have to say it has many improvement since it's first release and is now a good time to upgrade. It has almost all bugs fixed and wifi and GPRS or 3G are also working fine on this update. The performance is improved greatly and rom is very smooth to use. Also, while installing gapps from recovery make sure you mount system and data in Mounts and Storage option of your clock work mod recovery. If you have any problems please post them in the comments below. Also, you are welcome to give your own short review of this update through the comments.
UPDATE!!! November 21 Overclocking Kernels for this latest release of cm7 are available for download. Please download and flash them if you want to overclock your galaxy mini which is running this latest release of cm7.
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