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[ROM] Unofficial Thread For CyanogenMod 7 Nightlies Discussion (Final OP Update 7/21)

Well guys, it's a sad thing to have to say, but I've finally made the decision to move on from the Hero. Currently, I now own an EVO 3D and loving it to pieces. The Hero has been a ridiculously resilient phone. What's been done with it is nothing short of incredible. It's gone through and will probably continue to go through every version of Android that we've thrown at it.
It's been a great deal of fun being at this section of XDA, but now I must take my leave. Thank you to everyone who made my phone experience what it was.
The links in this thread should remain accurate with no need to change them, but I will not be updating it when major versions come out or if RCs come out.
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Links
ROM: http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=heroc
Gapps: Universal GApps Package
Changelog: cm-nightlies by appspot
F.A.Q.
What is this?
CyanogenMod is an aftermarket firmware for a number of cell phones based on the open-source Android operating system. It offers features not found in the official Android based firmwares of vendors of these cell phones. It is community built, and open source, the heart of what Android stands for. The current version of Android that CyanogenMod is built on is 2.3 (Also known as Gingerbread)
DISCLAIMER: This is not my work. I did not help build CyanogenMod in any way, shape or form. Do NOT donate me or thank me with the assumption that I had any part in dev'ing this. I simply created this thread to help you keep track of the nightlies.
Any accidental donations given to me because of this thread will be promptly returned.
The real people you should be donating to is jaybob (if you can help us convince him to add a donate link for his hard work), Decad3nce, and of course, Darchstar himself.

Darchstar!? and Deca? and jaybob? and possibly some asop on the side?
oh man, these CM7 nightlies are gonna kick ass.

MrDowntown12 said:
Darchstar!? and Deca? and jaybob? and possibly some asop on the side?
oh man, these CM7 nightlies are gonna kick ass.
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I know, I can't wait to see what comes out of it

LiquidSolstice said:
I know, I can't wait to see what comes out of it
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thanks for this and for what is to come. is this going to be the thread we need to follow for 2.3 gb for now on.

so I don't have to weed through a million pages, how functional are the current builds (even non CM) at the moment? i.e. will I be on my 6.1 for a while yet? I can't imagine we can push these phones much further. Much faster and better than stock for sure, but still laggy for what I do.

danibri82 said:
so I don't have to weed through a million pages, how functional are the current builds (even non CM) at the moment? i.e. will I be on my 6.1 for a while yet? I can't imagine we can push these phones much further. Much faster and better than stock for sure, but still laggy for what I do.
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Nightly builds of CM7 for the heroc have not been released yet, this page is more of an anticipation/preparation thread for when they do.

I just want to say "thanks" in advance to those of you who are working to make my phone better. This has been a fun ride so far...
Pete

danibri82 said:
so I don't have to weed through a million pages, how functional are the current builds (even non CM) at the moment? i.e. will I be on my 6.1 for a while yet? I can't imagine we can push these phones much further. Much faster and better than stock for sure, but still laggy for what I do.
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From my experience the 2.3.2 rom posted by aosp has everything working save the camera (this can be fixed by using a third party camera such as camera 360) and there is a small issue with streaming videos that only allows one to watch a few videos before a reboot is needed.

damiandarkwater said:
From my experience the 2.3.2 rom posted by aosp has everything working save the camera (this can be fixed by using a third party camera such as camera 360) and there is a small issue with streaming videos that only allows one to watch a few videos before a reboot is needed.
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The camera works, refer to:http://romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page for the most recent releases to date among a wealth of other information.

silberj said:
The camera works, refer to:http://romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page for the most recent releases to date among a wealth of other information.
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Camera 360 improves the picture quality but the stock camera works fine too.
Glad to see CM7 coming, I'll have to watch for the official thread and see how it goes. I'm loving the aospCMod version right now though, smooth as butter and absolutely no issues at all so I'll stick with it for now.
Sent from my sexy aospgingermod Heroc

LiquidSolstice said:
If you're having issues with the other Gingerbread build here, or are just interested in a pure CyanogenMOD ROM straight from the source, I'd figure I'd reassure everyone that the official CM7 builds are coming soon, and darchstar will maintain them. I've opened up this thread in anticipation of his first nightly.
For those who need proof that darchstar is indeed coming back, I quote this post from the CM Forums, by Moderator ciwrl:
Source for the above post is located here.
Here are the links listed. NO NIGHTLIES ARE UP AS OF 2/17/11. They are here for when the nightlies do go up, so you can check them.
** These CyanogenMod builds are highly experimental and unsupported.
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** Please refrain from submitting bug reports for any issues
** you may encounter while running one of these builds.
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** Submitting bug reports on nightly builds is the leading
** cause of male impotence.
Download: http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=heroc
Gapps: http://android.d3xt3r01.tk/cyanogen/gapps/gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip
Changelog: http://twitter.com/cmsrc
I will be checking the CM7 forums every day for updates from Darchstar and will update this post as soon as I know more.
DISCLAIMER: This is not my work. I did not help build CyanogenMod in any way, shape or form. Do NOT donate me or thank me with the assumption that I had any part in dev'ing this. If you'd like to thank me for keeping you upadted, that's your choice, either way, it does not bother me.
Any accidental donations given to me because of this thread will be promptly returned.
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Darch is coming back! This is huge news!

since i can't (and no one else) seems to be able to figure out how to get data2ext to work on a sense rom........i'm going to switch to gingerbread once the default camera has just as good as quality or better quality than the sense camera i'll be making my switch then. but until then i'm with the setup in my signature

Can't wait. Just came back to nightly #188 thi king we'd have more love here.

I'll be looking for an official thread posted by Darchstar.

Mmm... I knew that we would eventually get cm gingerbread. I can hardly wait!
Sent from my HERO200 using Tapatalk

It looks like the first nightly is up: http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=heroc

BlaqkAudio said:
It looks like the first nightly is up: http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=heroc
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Yup, dl'ing now.

Thread updated.

So, what will be the difference between this and aospCMod? Will it take a while for darchstar to get to where aosp is now? I just want some distinction between the two.

c00ller said:
So, what will be the difference between this and aospCMod? Will it take a while for darchstar to get to where aosp is now? I just want some distinction between the two.
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From what I know, the dev is totally independent, but darch had the kickstart of help from Deca and jaybob, both extremely talented devs themselves, so we'll see where it goes.
EDIT: Flashing the first build now, we'll see how it goes

Nightly Builds

What is the purpose of a nightly (high frequency of updates) build?
I'm currently using AmeriCanAndroid AOSP HD2 GB233 CM7, but used to use HD2ONE v3.6.
Apart from rapid updates, why not just release something monthly that might not have as many bugs as the nightly release? HD2ONE seemed stable enough, less the bluetooth, but a good deal of updates form AmiCanAndroid seem to need special tweaking.
I'm not entirely new here. I've been using android on my HD2 for a while and pretty much understand how to get myself up and running. So I'm trying to post for access to the developers forum, but with some legitimate questions here in the Q&A...

Nightly builds are just a progression of the development process from one Release Candidate to the next. It's a way of incorporating and then testing new fixes and features as they become available.

[Q] whats the difference between CM7 and nightlies

not entirely sure whats the difference between the two?

kyhassen said:
not entirely sure whats the difference between the two?
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I'm a sense guy,so not much exp. with cm. My foggy memory believes that cm7(rc for release canidate) is ready for everyday use public consumption. Nightlies are built by(here's where my memory goes! Gimme a break I'm old!) a bot which fixes and changes things,which may or may not break other things. That about the extent of my knowledge on this. The experts on this should be on they're way. lol

I'm no expert but the cm7 stable is android 2.3.3 the cm7 rc-1 is 2.3.4 the latest nightlies are 2.3.5.. I recommend the nightlies, they are more stable in many ways than the stable version of.. The latest is #179
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This is standard software development stuff.
"Nightlies" are like alpha level software containing the absolute latest bug fixes and new features for an existing program with little or no testing outside of the developers. Whether the various features and fixes are compiled by a daemon or not is irrelevant. Some nightlies are very stable with few bugs, some are bug riddled garbage. I'm currently using the CM7 nightly from 9-1, and I've found it to be very stable and only had one or two small issues.
The experimental releases are release candidates, which is just a friendly term for a late stage beta. Generally, they may contain more bugs than what should be released, but the developers released them into the wild because they believed the to be close to ready for release and needed more people would test them.
A Stable version is just that, stable. It has been extensively tested and either has no bugs, or has only minor bugs that have all been well documented.
Which should you use?
You've got a few sensible options.
a. Stick to stable releases. You'll miss out on the latest and greatest developments, but your shift will be as stable and reliable as possible.
b. Install every nightly as they come out. (they don't actually come out every night, we haven't had a new one since 9-1) If you get a bad one, which happens, just roll back to the last one that worked for you. You will spend a lot of time messing with your phone and will have to deal with bugs, but you'll always get to try out the latest and greatest. Just be sure that when you have bugs, you share useful bug reports with the developers.
c. Start with the stable. If you find there are things broken that you don't want to miss, go through the changelogs and forums to find a more or less stable nightly that has what you're missing and move to it. Stay there until there's another stable release.

wow thank you guys for the usefull information. I'm normally a sense rom guy so this is kinda a new ball game for me. I decided to go with this due to I hear its way faster and has more space .
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[Q] Are CM10 nightlies better than stable?

Just a quick question. The stable CM10 for our vzd2w devices is dated for 11-13-2012. I feel I should know this, but I am wondering, are the nightlies, say, for today, 12-08 more stable than the stable candidate released almost a month ago?
Is that the point of nightlies? To fix bugs and improve anything on previous candidates?
Do nightlies sometimes present with new issues/bugs?
Again, I know I should know this, but I NEED clarification as a search of any kind leads me to the nightly download site or ROMs based on the nightly releases. These questions are not addressed.
Thanks for your replies!!

tcsheen said:
Just a quick question. The stable CM10 for our vzd2w devices is dated for 11-13-2012. I feel I should know this, but I am wondering, are the nightlies, say, for today, 12-08 more stable than the stable candidate released almost a month ago?
Is that the point of nightlies? To fix bugs and improve anything on previous candidates?
Do nightlies sometimes present with new issues/bugs?
Again, I know I should know this, but I NEED clarification as a search of any kind leads me to the nightly download site or ROMs based on the nightly releases. These questions are not addressed.
Thanks for your replies!!
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In general the nightlies are completely usable. They are used as a means for the cm10 team to test new features, and attempt to squash bugs. With software development when changes are made it is not uncommon for new and unforseen bugs to arise, its sort of a game of cat and mouse. Because of this, every so often things that had worked fine previously become broken in one nightly and are then promptly fixed in the next. For the last month or more the cm10 nightly builds have suffered from a host of bluetooth, microphone, nfc, and screen wake issues that seem to vary in severity from one nightly to the next. Some of these problems have been found to have flashable fixes, others do not. For many, myself included, this is the simply the price of being on the cutting edge of Android development. If this doesn't sound appealing then perhaps the stable builds are the way to go. Keep in mind that although the stable builds tend to be more reliable, they do have their fair share of bugs and glitches, some of which have since been sorted out on the nightlies. Either way cm10 is a far slicker experience than touchwiz, and in my opinion, the way to go. Just an fyi, I have dirty flashed one nightly to the next without incident, and if thats the route you decide to go it could save you some time.

i think stable is better... nightlies can work or not, so hit and miss....

I have personally never had a problem with the CM10 nightlies, and I have been using them for a couple of weeks now. But your experience may vary depending on your setup.
Good rule of thumb is if you're not prepared to deal with any issues that could arise then stick with stable. I always seem to have a few builds on my SD card and a titanium backup in case things really go sideways on me.

It depends on what your priorities are with this phone. For example the same 11/10 nightly was the last one without the bluetooth low bass bug, but but the 12/06 and newer nightlies have improved data drops for a bunch of people. If you rely on mobile data a lot the 12/08 nightly might be the one for you to try, but if you do a lot of bluetooth streaming then maybe the 11/10 nightly would work best for you.
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CM10
I switch from ICS to CM10 nightlies, which was for the most part a great daily driver. Then I flashed the new Jellybean leak and battery life was great (50% more than CM10) but I lost bluetooth. Last CM10 I used was in mid October. Has the battery life improved in the last 2 months?

[Q] CyanogenMod

So CM10.1 recently got an update to the m1 snapshot and I was wondering what's a milestone snapshot? Never knew what it is and how is it different from stable?

danshuynh said:
So CM10.1 recently got an update to the m1 snapshot and I was wondering what's a milestone snapshot? Never knew what it is and how is it different from stable?
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Cyanogenmod said:
Something we have learned over the past few months is that if you don’t release, someone else will do it for you. Since we are open-source, we absolutely encourage it! Unfortunately, the quality of unofficial builds can vary, and we are serious about quality. Of course nightlies are always available, but we realized that having something that is a bit more stable on a more frequent basis is important. Starting now, we are rolling out our M-Series releases. M-Series builds will be done at the beginning of every month. We did a soft freeze of the codebase for the last week, blocking new features in order to stabilize. Our plan is to continue this (assuming that the response is good) up until stable release, and onward.
We aren’t exactly sure what M stands for. “Monthly”, “milestone”, or perhaps “MINE ALL MINE!”. Whatever it is, I hope that we are meeting the needs of community.
M-Series builds will be available under the EXPERIMENTAL tag. The filename will include the date stamp as well as the M version. These builds should be stable enough for daily use, and we encourage feedback and bug reports.
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http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/cyanogenmod-10-m1