CyanogenMod 10.1 gets stable release build

The CyanogenMod team has announced that the latest version of its Android ROM—numbered at 10.1—is now finally stable enough for general release. As of now, the team doesn’t plan on releasing the ROM for devices that haven’t had release candidates of 10.1 released for them so far. To get the newest version of CyanogenMod, visit Get.cm.

The team has also announced that the build will not be available for devices that run on Tegra 2 and some of Samsung’s Exynos-powered devices. A status report for these devices will be released later this week. This includes many devices such as Samsung’s Galaxy S3 and S2.

As of now, the files for CyanogenMod 10.1 aren’t available yet, but they will be added to the servers as soon as they complete the build process.

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CyanogenMod 10.1 now gets out of the RC phase

Since the code for 10.1 has been finalised, the CyanogenMod team is moving back to its M-release cycle and will be adding new features and functionality, for instance, the recently-revealed Privacy Guard feature.

CM 10.1 is based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, whereas CM 10 was based on Android 4.1. CyanogenMod 9 is based on Android v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and while many of the ports for unsupported devices have some issues, the team counts the ROM stable enough and said that they will be maintaining the ROM and fixing any major issues that come up.

CyanogenMod’s ROMs are custom ROMs based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and come without any of the crapware that carriers or manufacturers like to add, such as extra apps or a custom UI skin. These ROMs usually incorporate additional tweaks and tools to improve performance and battery life while giving you “root” privileges – the ability to install, modify and tweak system-level apps and code in the Android operating system.