Yesterday, the very popular Android ROM Cyanogenmod released version 7 which is based off of Android 2.3 “Gingerbread.” I had heard that it was the most popular alternate Android ROM, but saw that for my phone there was no 4G capability in it, and I wasn’t about to install the unstable builds that were being released every night. Now there’s finally an allegedly stable version with all the good stuff so I spent a lot of yesterday getting it to work on my phone.
I had all the proper backups, but for some reason things weren’t all hunky dory and at one point everything seemed okay except for some missing apps and the fact that my phone wouldn’t turn off. Then when I rebooted it wouldn’t get past the startup screen.
But eventually I prevailed and everything seems to be working okay. I’ve convinced myself that it is indeed running faster and giving more consistent framerates during general use or when playing games. There are some slick widgets in this new version and also the free portable hotspot totally works now. Yes, and it looks like turning off an old TV when you press the power button. Hopefully this is the phone experience I’ve been waiting for.
The previous custom ROM I was using had some nice features, but I felt like my phone was kind of janky in some day to day operation. Only time will tell if this truly proves to be a better experience. Oh and battery life is supposed to be much better, that’ll probably be the biggest difference except better speed overall.
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