Date With Techie

Last week we saw an unofficial Android Kitkat goodness landing on Sony Xperia Ion. Today we have one more Sony device added to the unofficial CyanogenMod 11 support list. This time it's the Sony Xperia M getting the developer attention. Thanks to XDA Senior Member PecanCM for this CyanogenMod 11 based Android 4.4.2 Kitkat port.


The build has been labeled as alpha, but seems surprisingly stable and highly functional. Everything including the calls, GPS, video recording, Bluetooth, WiFi, sensors, audio, etc works fine.

The build put forward by PecanCM doesn't work with the dual sim variant of Xperia M. But that isn't the end of hope, XDA Senior Member ansebovi offers a workaround at his XDA thread.

To check PecanCM's Android 4.4.2 port for Xperia M, visit the original thread at XDA.

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The CyanogenMod Team started this year wonderfully by making way for the CM 11 Milestone2 builds for over 65 devices. Today it's something different coming out from them. A few hours before, the CM Team in their Google Plus post publicized about a major update for the CyanogenMod cLock widget. The update comes in with a lot of new enhancements and bug-fixes.


The new goodies in the cLock includes:

• Weather forecast popup when tapping on the weather panel
• Updated weather icons to give a correct portrayal of the current condition
• OpenWeatherMap; a newly added weather source  
• Weather Icon pack support
• Extended language support (Arabic, Turkish, Slovenian)
• Updated all app icons and added XXHDPI & XXXHDPI resources.

OpenWeatherMap seems to be a bit buggy in it's geolocation API as it shows different locations for the same co-ordinates.

Note: The developer adds that the cLock and Chronus (Play Store clone of cLock) uses the same Weather Icon pack format and API, and he'll be pushing a sample icon pack on github. So that the interested can create their own Icon packs and get them to the Play Store.

Source: CM Google Plus post

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The recent releases from the XDA forums like the unofficial CyanogenMod 11 port for Sony Xperia Ion makes it a point that the developer folks have been busy with devices which remained dead without any OS updates for a long. This time it is the Samsung Galaxy S Plus getting the unofficial Android 4.4.2 Kitkat goodness. The very last time an official update landed on this device was when it got upgraded to Android 2.3.6 and was later discontinued by the manufacturers. XDA Recognized Developers CastagnaIT, Christopher83, educk & ivendor, and Recognized Contributor krislibaeer have joined hands to form DevConnection_Team which now has given birth to a stable CyanogenMod 11 port for Galaxy S Plus.


The port is in it's beta and seems to be a highly functional daily driver. The calls, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, audio, WiFi tethering and a lot more works good. Minor issues are there with the AOSP keyboard, which can be considered negligible.

For more detailed information about this Android 4.4.2 Kitkat Port visit the original post at XDA.

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The priority concern of most Android users after putting hands on a new custom ROM is to fetch an appropriate GApps (Google Application) package. It always causes a problem for many users to find the correct GApps suitable for the installed version. The scene got a bit more worse when goo.im stopped hosting the updated GApps since the Android 4.4 Kitkat release.


Thanks to XDA senior member ebildude123 for introducing GApps Manager, a handy app which let you download the GApps package suitable for your Android version with ease. This app supports all the Android versions since Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread. It is even congenial with the new ART (Android Runtime) compiler which was introduced in Kitkat to replace the dalvik cache.

The GApps manager is available for download at the Google Play Store. The developer also attaches an APK file at the application thread for those who are running without GApps and thus the Play Store.

Happy Flashing!

Here comes the first official release from the CyanogenMod Team in 2014. The guys at CM have finally managed to push out the CyanogenMod M2 builds to it's users to cherish the first weekend of this year. 

If you are a Sony Xperia Ion user then you must have definitely felt disappointed since your device has not received any official or unofficial stable OS updates since the official Android 4.1.2 update. There is something yummy coming out for you from XDA Senior Member MrGezz and Recognized Developer RaymanFX. The combined efforts of both these guys have resulted in an unofficial CyanogenMod 11 built for Xperia Ion.


This Android 4.4 Kitkat build comes in with high stability and will surely serve as a daily driver. Bugs have been found with the LED indicator which doesn't light up while the device is plugged in for charging. You may also see that the the battery percentage doesn't appear correctly in the status bar; which doesn't mean that your device is not getting charged.

If you consider the above said bugs negligible, then move to the source thread at XDA to give a try.

Happy Flashing! 

The Galaxy Note 3 users can now prepare themselves to try CyanogenMod on their device soon. A few hours before the CM team in their Google Plus post mentioned about the release of CyanogenMod source code for the various models of Note 3 making way for official CM nightlies which can be expected soon.

Image credits: Android Police

The kernel and ROM code lands for the Note 3 international, T-Mobile and Sprint models but not for the AT&T and Verizon variants yet. So if you are smart enough, then give a try building the ROMs from the source.

Source: CM Google Plus post

The spotlight enjoyed by custom Android builds recently, emphasizes there importance among the Android users. It is quite because of the extra features which they offers. The Android Open Kang project (AOKP) has now extended their support to 10 more devices with the Android 4.4.2 Kitkat based ROMs.

You might have heard about the CyanogenMod edition Oppo N1 which is proposed to come out to it's users shortly. Along with that Oppo had also mentioned about an official CyanogenMod ROM for the standard edition N1. Here comes the goodie, it's time to replace the default Android 4.2 based ColorOS on your Oppo N1 with an official CyanogenMod 10.2 ROM.


Before starting the installation procedures, just make sure that you are on your stock firmware and stock recovery. If not, XDA Recognized Contributor Harfainx offers a solution; head over to his stock recovery thread at XDA to revert back to the stock.

Once you are on stock, then visit the official website for the installation instructions and the CyanogenMod ROM package.

Happy Flashing!

The developer world usually gives no attention to small Android devices with less hardware specifications while rolling out new custom ROMs. It is usually because of the device's poor performance resulting from the low end hardware which makes it unfit for the newly released goodie.


Anyway, the Sony Xperia Tipo users seem to be a bit lucky to have an unofficial CyanogenMod 11 port which enables them to taste the very new Android 4.4.2 Kitkat. If you are a Xperia Tipo user who feels blessed with this released then thank, XDA senior member srl3gx for it.

The ROM being at it's primary phase cannot be given a daily driver label; the GSM, WiFi, camera, vold managed partitions and a lot more are still non-functional. The audio, Bluetooth, display & touch seems to work fine.

To have a bite of Kitkat on your Tipo, visit the source thread at XDA.