[android] [Android] Why Cyanogenmod rocks

[SimpleSi]

last weekend, I rooted and installed Cyanogenmod for my HTC desire as I had run out of room for apps and wanted to regain the space occupied by HTC Sense.

 

(And of course, to stop being publicly humiliated by Domino )

 

That's worked out great and a side effect of doing it has been a great increase in battery life - e.g. I use it all day and its not on red level down the pub in the evening

 

(Could just be due to clearout but its a fact anyway )

 

But I've just discovered that you can bypass the need to use 2 hands to switch the thing out of standby by designating the trackball switch to do the same job - hallelujah !!!!!

 

A 1000% increase in user friendliness and worth the price of admission alone

 

Si

Edited April 21, 2011 by ZeroHour

[Domino]

(And of course, to stop being publicly humiliated by Domino )

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I don't know what you mean

 

Have you also tried enabling the lock screen gestures? For instance I've one which turns the torch function on or off after drawing a curve on the screen - handy for fumbling in the dark

[LosOjos]

handy for fumbling in the dark

 

Matron!

 

OT: CyanogenMOD does rock, doesn't it? One of my favourite things about it is the ability to add shortcuts to the notification bar to turn on/off various settings like WiFi and Bluetooth - just makes using the phone that little bit more intuitive

[aerospacemango]

Cyano definitely ROCK!

 

Just put their 2.2 Froyo build onto my LG GT540, and it is awesome!

 

And people said it couldn't be done!

[LosOjos]

I'm trying out a different ROM at the minute - Oxygen. Battery life isn't as good, but I have so much free space now! With all the apps I had installed on Cyano, I had 15mb free space left, with Oxygen I have about 120mb free space!

[CyberNerd]

just installed cyanogen this weekend. looks good - after I had figured out how to get it out of a 30min reboot cycle!