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AOKP merged for the Xperia Z and ZL, official nightlies should begin Saturday

AOKP, the popular ROM for women and for men who are secure enough in their manhood to use a ROM with pink unicorns in it, has merged the necessary code to support Sony's Xperia Z and ZL flagships into its github. This means official nightly support begins with the next automatically-built nightly, scheduled for tomorrow. Of course, if you don't want to wait until then and wish to build it for yourself, you might be interested to know that the official guide to building AOKP was also recently updated.

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Alpha build soup: unofficial AOKP and PAC join unofficial CM10.1 on the Droid DNA

Cid has found a pair of new friends on the DNA, as unofficial alpha builds of AOKP and PAC have now joined CyanogenMod 10.1's unofficial alpha build on HTC's latest and greatest Verizon phone. While some key functions on the phone are still being worked on, you can test these builds with functional phone, radios, GPS, WiFi and mostly functional audio. The ROMs are based on the unofficial CyanogenMod device tree currently being developed.

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CyanogenMod 10.1 release candidates are rolling out for supported devices

The Cyanogenmod team hasn't used the term "release candidate" since the Ice Cream Sandwich days of CM9, but today the team has seen fit to use it to label the latest build that has begun rolling out to supported devices. This might be the last milestone release before the 10.1.x builds start rolling out, according to the team's blog post.

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Unofficial CyanogenMod already hits the T-Mobile Galaxy S IV

Within a day of its availability online, the T-Mobile Galaxy S IV already has an unofficial build of CyanogenMod on it. Steve Kondik (Cyanogen) posted a screenshot providing proof just over an hour ago (as of the time of this writing) on Google Plus.

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Fresh Out of the Oven: CyanogenMod M3

Fire up your favorite backup app, because CyanogenMod has released it's third M series build for 10.1. Early this morning, M3 builds started popping up on the CyanogenMod download page. We haven't seen an official announcement from the CyanogenMod team, but builds are continuously being uploaded to their servers.

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Sony Xperia Z & ZL Receive CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightlies

Sony has had my attention since they announced the Xperia Z. I am still intrigued even after having read many negative reviews. As much as I love Xperia Z's design, the software was a cause of concern even though the skin is not that heavy. To allay my concerns, though, today CyanogenMod has released CM 10.1 nightlies for the Xperia Z & the Xperia ZL. CyanogenMod support is almost always a harbinger of good things to come from the development community. It not only is the most popular custom ROM, but most other popular AOSP-based ROMs run on CM's device tree.

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CyanogenMod Releases Experimental ROM for the Sony Xperia TX

Sony’s recent openness is paying off for its devices as another one joins the Xperia Z & ZL with CyanogenMod support. The CyanogenMod ROM has officially made its way to the Sony Xperia TX. CyanogenMod took to Google+ to announce that the Experimental build for the Xperia TX (hayabusa) is now live.

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AOKP MR1 Build 6 is live.

AOKP has to be one of the most feature-rich ROMs out right now, and if you're not into flashing nightlies, then the AOKP has you covered with their MR1 builds. Team Kang says "goodbye" to the Acer a510 while welcoming the Vibrant to the fold, and introduces several major new features. The team also has some big announcements coming in April, stay tuned

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CyanogenMod Adds Paranoid Android Pie Controls

CyanogenMod users are going to be getting a taste of yummy pie (no, not key lime) in the upcoming builds. The team has announced that they merged the code to implement the much loved feature from Paranoid Android: Pie Controls.

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BAMF Paradigm 3.1 - A Screenshot Tour

As many of you already know, the long-awaited Android 4.2.2 update to BAMF Paradigm arrived late Tuesday night as BAMF Paradigm 3.1. Since BAMF Paradigm is one of my personal favorites, I took the liberty of providing you with a screenshot tour. This ROM is unlike the scores of CyanogenMod/AOKP/Paranoid Android clones, hybrid ROMs and stock-plus ROMs in that there are a significant number of features, nearly all of them originally coded by Team BAMF members (in other words, very few cherry-picks).

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AOKP Releases JB-MR1 Build 5

In the early hours of the morning while you were dreaming of electric sheep, Team Kang was preparing a little treat for us all to enjoy when we woke up. That little treat is their fifth build of their JB-MR1 ROM, and while it isn't a feature heavy release, the team has added more supported devices and a couple of treats that you will definitely enjoy.

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CyanogenMod releases their M2 build

If you don’t feel comfortable flashing nightly builds and would prefer to live a slightly more stable lifestyle, CyanogenMod has you taken care of with their M series monthly builds. CyanogenMod 10.1 M2 has just hit the download servers and is ready for you to enjoy.

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Cid says "hi" to the Droid DNA - unofficial CM10 build has (mostly) working RIL

RootzWiki member drewX2 has managed to port a booting build of CyanogenMod 10 to the Droid DNA, in which one of the biggest hurdles has been cleared - it now has working Internet access (though only on 3G/4G). Calls can be made and received but sound isn't yet working (though the OP told me that text and MMS work), but this is still a huge step forward. Now that drewX2 has working radio for the DNA, a fully functional CM build could drop at any time.

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Team Kang Releases JB-MR1 Build 4

While the weekend is winding down and Monday looms on the horizon, all hope is not lost for our heroes at the Android Open Kang Project have given us a gift. Just about 2 weeks ago, Android 4.2.2 was released to the public and since then Team Kang has been hard at work getting us a build to run. Now, it is available to the public. If you own a Motorola handset on Verizon, this is your lucky build; welcome to AOKP!

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HDR Mode Added to CM10.1 (For Almost All Devices)

Never one to stop giving us awesome treats on our phones, CyanogenMod has done it again. Recently, they merged a new feature into CM10.1: HDR camera mode. While not available for all phones supported by the CyanogenMod team, they say that "almost everyone" should have this feature.

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Facepalm gives you S-Off for the Droid DNA, One XL and One S

One of the biggest rites of passage for an HTC device in the development community (aside from the obvious bootloader unlock/root/recovery/ROM/kernel common to all devices) is S-Off, which basically means full read/write access to the system, recovery and bootloader partitions. The Droid DNA, the One XL, and the One S have now reached this stage, thanks to the work of several XDA/RootzWiki members.

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Is Tuesday Tablet Time for Ubuntu?

Time is ticking away for a tantalizing new take on tablets on Tuesday, according to a teaser posted today on Ubuntu.com. While the obvious speculation is that a tablet-optimized version of Ubuntu will be announced tomorrow (probably not actually released though), little is known about what tomorrow holds.

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Android 4.2.2 begins trickling into custom ROMs

Android 4.2.2 has begun to show up in some of the most popular custom ROMs, including CyanogenMod 10.1 nightlies (all supported devices) and unofficial AOKP test builds. Those of you who have a 2011 or later Nexus device and like living on the cutting edge, be sure to fire up your Titanium (or Carbon) backups and get your 4.2.2 fix.

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Team Kang Releases AOKP JB MR1 Build 3

As we all eagerly wait for Big G to drop some 4.2.2 goodness on us, we can take comfort in knowing that the guys at Team Kang are always turning out great stuff for us to play with. Today, they pushed Build 3 of their take on Android 4.2.1 out to the masses. The new features and new devices will surely be having you do the backup-wipe-and-flash dance that we all know so well.

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ParanoidAndroid 3.0 Enters Release Candidate Stage

Well known for thinking outside of the box, the ParanoidAndroid team has been hard at work building ParanoidAndroid 3.0. Now, after many months, the team has started building release candidates for various devices. Builds for the Nexus devices are rolling out right now. And if you haven't seen the new PIE launcher system, prepare to be amazed.

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CM 10.1 ported to the Dell Streak 7

Call it the tablet that just won’t die, the Dell Streak 7 has received an unofficial version of Android 4.2 Jellybean. Dell gave up on the table last year and it has been officially stuck at Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Thanks to a group of dedicated developers, the Dell Streak 7 has seen ROMs which have brought both Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean.

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Exclusive: HTC says "keep the RUUs, just give us the domain name"

The third chapter in the HTC RUU trilogy has finally been brought to a close. James Taylor, founder of the HTCRUU.com repository of HTC ROM Update Utilities just recently let me know that HTC is no longer demanding that his files be taken down. Instead, any RUUs released for production models and custom ROMs can continue to be hosted at ruu.androidfiles.org. All HTC requires is that no test versions of its RUUs be posted, its trademarks be respected and that a disclaimer be posted stating that the site is not officially endorsed by or affiliated with HTC.

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Is HTC getting ready to crack down on Sense-based ROMs?

JMZ Software, owner of the site HTCRUU.com, was allegedly ordered by lawyers representing HTC to take down its repository of Sense-based ROMs yesterday, in what might be a bit of overkill by overly zealous lawyers, or could be the opening salvo of a global crackdown on distribution of Sense ROMs.

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AOKP releases JellyBean MR1 Build 2

About three weeks ago, Team Kang dropped us their first build of Android 4.2. It's been a long three weeks, but now they have released a second build that includes more features, more devices, and more unicorns than you can shake your official limited edition Harry Potter wand at.

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CyanogenMod Releases First M-Series for 10.1

Back in September, the CyanogenMod team started doing a monthly release of their current progress that was more stable than the nightlies they released. They called these builds "M-Series." The team stopped doing this builds when 4.2 was released to focus on getting all of their features back into the newly released code. Now, the team has decided to start the M-Series back up and has released their first M-Series build of CM 10.1.

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