At the end of November the developers CyanogenMod started releasing the first batch of “nightly” CM13 firmware. Let me remind you that they were already created at Android based 6.0 Marshmallow, although in their current state they do not offer any new features compared to CM12 or CM12.1. The functionality update should happen in the next few months.

If you have already installed CyanogenMod 12/12.1 firmware on your Android device, then there is no good reason for you to install the CM13 update. As I noted above, you will not get any new features, however new firmware has many fixes and performance improvements compared to Lollipop builds.

By tradition, the CM development team offers two different options builds: “nightly” and stable. As the name suggests, the first ones are released every night by the CyanogenMod team. In other words, they have experimental features without the promise that it will work stably and there will be no performance issues.

After several weeks or even months of testing, the CM team releases a stable build for a range of supported devices. The release of the final version of the firmware takes several months, so if you don’t want to wait that long, then if you really want to, you can use the “nightly” build a few weeks after its release, since this option will probably work quite stably. If you are interested in this, you can download the “nightly” and stable versions of the CyanogenMod 13 firmware from here.

By default, CyanogenMod developers do not include any stock apps from Google due to licensing issues. Therefore, after installing the firmware, in any case you will have to use additional package Gapps to have apps on your smartphone or tablet Google Play, Maps and other services from Google. Installing the Gapps package is exactly like installing any zip file using custom recovery. Compatible Gapps package for CyanogenMod 13 (Android 6.0) can be downloaded from here.

Preparing to install CyanogenMod:

It definitely requires root rights on your Android device, as well as a custom recovery installed (TWRP, for example). There is no other option for installing CM firmware. It is better to make sure that you have the latest version of TWRP on your smartphone, since older versions of recovery are not compatible with Marshmallow firmware and you will not be able to install the CM13 zip file.

Additionally, we can recommend reading in a special forum thread the reviews of other users with exactly the same Android device, who have already installed and tested the CM13 firmware. This will give you a good idea of ​​the capabilities of the build itself and the problems that may suddenly arise.

Be sure to do this before installing the firmware backup copy all data. This includes contacts, messages, photos, music and other important documents and files. This can be easily done using Titanium Backup, although you may run into compatibility issues when trying to install it on CyanogenMod 13.

On some devices, you may have to update the bootloader and flash the radio module to the latest available versions, but be sure to do so before installing the CM firmware. Failure to comply with this condition may lead to problems with the camera and sensors. In general, your Android device is unlikely to work properly.

Step 1: Copy the CyanogenMod 13 and Gapps firmware zip files to the memory of your smartphone or tablet. I always recommend double-checking whether you have downloaded the correct version of CM firmware and Gapps package.

Step 2: After copying the files, you need to reboot your device into recovery mode. Usually, to do this, you need to turn off your Android smartphone (tablet), then hold down the volume up and power buttons at the same time. However, this method is not always suitable, and therefore, as a piece of advice, install the Quick Reboot application from Google Play and click Recovery from the suggested options in the program menu. There is another option using your computer and Android SDK, but it is more labor-intensive.

Step 3: After the device boots into recovery mode, you will need to select the commands wipe the /data and /system partitions (pictured). After this we reset the settings ( factory reset). Do not use the data clearing or clearing option internal memory devices. To format the system partition, select "Advanced Wipe" then "System" from the list of partitions. Confirm your choice by moving the slider to the right.

Step 4: Now we proceed directly to installing the CyanogenMod firmware. Click on the “Install” button in TWRP, then specify the zip file with the CM firmware that you copied in step 1. If you cannot find this file, then be sure to double-check if you are in the /sdcard subdirectory.

Step 5: Reboot your device by clicking on the “Reboot system” option. The first reboot may take longer than usual, so be patient. If the system does not boot within 10-15 minutes, then you will have to repeat the previous steps of installing the firmware.

Step 6: Once you see the desktop, give your Android device a few more minutes to fully load all the necessary processes. And after that, you will again have to reboot into recovery mode to install the Gapps package. The installation is identical, but you need to select a different zip file, which you also copied to memory in step 1.

Step 7: After installing the zip file, you can reboot the system again. You'll need to sign in to your Google account and download your favorite apps and games.

If you suddenly installed the “nightly” build of CM13, then updating the firmware to more new version will not require you to complete the installation process - you need to complete steps 4-7. This will save you from formatting system partition and data cleaning, and you won’t lose already installed applications.

Due to the fact that the CyanogenMod development team has released an installer with which you can easily install custom firmware CyanogenMod this material will explain in Russian how to do it!

First of all!

Official information on English you can read on the wiki page CyanogenMod Installer, also presented on this page Android list devices that are supported by the translator.

What is needed to install CyanogenMod firmware using the installer

1. Computer or laptop with an Internet connection

3. Disable Antivirus on the PC, as well as on Android device(if installed)

4. Original undamaged Micro-USB cable

5. Charged battery on Android device

7. Connect your Android device directly, not via a USB HUB

Instructions on how to install CyanogenMod firmware using the installer

on the device - part 1

1. Download and install from the official website Сyanogemod - the CyanogenMod Installer application http://get.cm/app

2. Launch installed application and click Begin button

2. Press the button Continue and switch the method USB connections V PTP mode(camera)

4. After a few seconds, a message will appear that you need to start CyanogenMod Installer on your computer, launch

on the computer - part 2

5. Run the CyanogenMod installer, after which it will check for installer updates

6. After which it will check if there is a connection to the Android device

7. After Android definitions device, the download of custom recovery and firmware will begin, do not disconnect the device from the PC all this time!

8. After all the necessary parts of the firmware have been downloaded, you will be prompted to install the firmware, click the button Install

Install Recovery

And then the CyanogenMOD firmware itself

In a few minutes, your Android device will have a new custom firmware Cyanogemod

After the firmware!

Once you have managed to install the CyanogenMod firmware using the CyanogenMod installer, it is highly recommended to perform a WIPE (WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET) from the Recovery menu!

Android phones are notable for the fact that they allow you to install custom firmware, which, as a rule, is superior in quality to stock Android. CyanogenMod is the most successful custom firmware, which duplicates the interface of the “naked” Android, but at the same time provides users with a significantly expanded range of functions. Below we'll talk on how to install Cyanogenmod on your smartphone or tablet.

CyanogenMod is a popular firmware that is in great demand among users. This firmware will be an ideal option if you do not want to put up with TouchWiz shells and other solutions that have never been stable and high speed work.

CyanogenMod allows users a significantly more advanced set of settings, which allows you to customize many aspects of the operating system: LED color for each application, replacing icons, changing system font, applying themes, assigning additional buttons to the lock screen, switching music with physical buttons, detailed setup sound and much more. At the same time, everything implemented for stock Android will always work correctly.

Note! By installing custom firmware, you take full responsibility for the performance of your smartphone. If the firmware is installed incorrectly, your smartphone may completely fail.

The CyanogenMod developers have put a lot of effort into making the process of installing their firmware as simple as possible. To do this you need to use special program CyanogenMod Installer, the use of which will be clear to many users even without further instructions, but we will still look at this process in more detail.

1. First, make sure that your device supports installing CyanogenMod using this application. To do this, simply follow this link and find your device in the list.

2. Once you have found your device, go to your smartphone's settings and enable USB debugging. To do this, open your smartphone settings and go to the section "About the phone" . Go down to the very end of the list and click on the item "Build number" until the system displays a message indicating that the menu "Activated for developers" .

Now go back one position. At the end of the list an item will appear "For developers" , click on it to activate the parameter "Debug mode" .

3. Go to the store Play Store or download the CyanogenMod Installer app.

4. Next, a program with the same name must be installed on the computer under Windows control by downloading it from the link at the end of the article.

5. Once you're done with the installation, launch CyanogenMod Installer on your Android device. Now you need to follow the instructions displayed by your smartphone.

6. As required by the application. Please note that at this stage you must use the original cable (not Chinese!).

7. Launch the CyanogenMod Installer program on your computer. Your device should be automatically detected on the program screen.

8. Next, the computer program will begin downloading the required version of CyanogenMod, suitable specifically for your device. Once the download process is complete, a message will be displayed on the screen "Everything is ready" , and a button will appear just below "Install" .

9. By clicking the button, the process of installing the firmware on your device will immediately begin. While the process is running, your device may reboot several times - this is normal.

10. When the firmware installation is complete, a message will appear on the computer screen "Installation Complete" . Close the window computer program.

Now the latest version of CyanogenMod is installed on your smartphone, so you can immediately proceed to setting up and studying the updated device. Enjoy using it!

CyanogenMod is one of the most popular alternative firmware for devices running the operating system. Android system. The Cyanogen Team is responsible for its creation, which created firmware that is characterized by high performance and optimization of the processes of the device on which it is installed.

Benefits of CyanogenMod

"Cyanogen" is the best alternative for owners of outdated gadgets. That is, those gadgets that can no longer be updated to the current version of Android. Owners of such devices, when flashing their device, will be able to experience all the delights latest versions Android. And this is just one of the advantages of installation CyanogenMod to your smartphone or tablet.

"Cyanogen" helps not only improve the operation of the device, but also makes interaction with it more high level. This custom firmware using shortcuts quick access, allows you to display the applications that the user launches most often on the lock screen. In addition, the user can remove the on-screen buttons, thereby increasing the usable display area.

Another advantage of this firmware is Built-in Apollo audio player. If you are not satisfied with the standard player Android and alternative players from the Play Market, then Apollo player can be the best alternative such an application. And if you don't like it appearance, then in the official catalog Google applications You can find many themes for this player.

Except Apollo into the firmware CyanogenMod included very convenient equalizer. With it, you can set up music playback through headphones, external speakers or device speakers.

Standard shell "Cyanogen" is constantly being improved and updated. It has a nice appearance and a large number of functions. But, her the main task- this is the ability to customize the launcher for yourself. Which she does very well.

Standard CyanogenMod applications:

• Camera. Not the most functional standard application this firmware. But this is not required. After all, in order to take a beautiful photo, just one button is enough.
• Contact list. A fairly convenient application that differs little from the standard Android “Contact List”. It also works flawlessly, smoothly flipping through the notebook.
• SMS client. Incoming SMS are sorted by contacts. There is a blacklist for incoming SMS from unwanted contacts.
• Audio client. The built-in Apollo player not only has simple controls, stylish design and an adequate equalizer, but also supports almost all possible audio files.
• File manager. There is also a fairly convenient standard application with which you can access the contents of root folders.
• Calculator. The standard set of applications for this custom firmware includes a very modern calculator, which bypasses the standard Android solution in terms of functionality.

CyanogenMod settings options:

• Moving the clock to the center of the status bar
• Change how battery charge is displayed
• Easy to edit shortcut icons
• Improved theme manager compared to the standard one
• Saving battery power by limiting your smartphone's access to the network
• Restricting access to personal data for some applications
• You can lock the screen using a pattern
• Adjusting screen brightness by swiping on the status bar

By using CyanogenMod You can even change the frequency of the device's processor. And not only at the time of changing the settings, but also by setting the pattern of such changes for the future. There are several schemes for this change:

• Interactive. The processor frequency changes when the smartphone exits standby mode (the screen turns on)
• Ondemand. Ability to enable a more energy-efficient, but less productive processor mode
• Userspace. Allows the user to set the processor frequency for any program running as root
• Powersave. The processor runs at minimum frequency. This significantly saves battery power on the device.
• Performance. The processor runs at maximum frequency. Device performance increases, but so does energy consumption

INTERESTING: Try the test Antutu with standard processor frequency settings and when this frequency is increased. You can increase this figure to 25%-30% .

Installing CyanogenMod

Installing custom firmware CyanogenMo d for various devices varies somewhat. Since it is physically impossible to talk about each device in the format of this article, we will stop at in a simple way installation of this software. It is suitable for devices of the line Nexus.

IMPORTANT: You cannot reflash other gadgets using these instructions. After all, the algorithm for this action for your device may be slightly different. In general, only the user is responsible for all actions with his gadget.

At least the team Cyanogen and made it easier to install its firmware on Android devices, this process must be carried out with the utmost care. One wrong action can lead to a serious error in your device, which can turn it into a brick.

There are two installation methods CyanogenMod to your smartphone. The first is to use the program Installer presented by the developer of this ROM. But this method has one, but rather significant, disadvantage. With this installation, the installer "Ciana" can “pick up” the latest, but not the most stable, firmware build for you. Therefore, it is better to install this software manually.

In order to install this firmware you need to perform three steps:

• get root rights
• unlock bootloader
• install custom recovery

We told you about how to get root rights. From this step we will begin the installation of “cyan”:

1. Download Framaroot 1.9.1, load it into the device memory and install it through the file manager
2. Now you need to launch this application and select "Install SuperSU"
3. The next step is to select any exploit available for your gadget
4. After a window with a smiley face appears on the screen, you need to reboot the device

Setting up Superuser rights

That's it, root rights have been obtained. Framaroot app can be deleted.

The second step in installation CyanogenMod is to unlock the bootloader. The easiest way to do this is with BootUnlooker. The application can be installed on your smartphone or tablet from the official Play Market application catalog.

Important point: BootUnlooker only works with Nexus series devices. If you have a smartphone or tablet of a different line, find and download an application on the Internet to unlock the bootloader for your device.

Now you need to flash the device with custom recovery. The easiest option is achieved as follows:

1. Download and install from Play Market GooManager application.
2. In the application menu we activate "Install OpenRecoveryScr..."
3. The program will ask for permission to do this. We agree
4. When a window appears on the screen with the name of the recovery file, you need to make sure that the name of the model of your device is included in the one offered by the program. This could be his international code. For example, i9300 for Galaxy S3.
5. We agree with the name and automatically go to the site where it is located required file. After downloading and installing it, the program will inform you that everything was done successfully.

Now we find the firmware for your device on the Download page. The firmware can have several versions:

• Stable- latest stable working version
• Release candidate- version in pre-release stage
• Snapshot- not fully “tested” version. There are minor bugs, but overall the firmware is stable and has several improvements compared to the Stable version
• Miliestone, Nightly And Experiments– various experimental versions that may have many bugs. You can install them only out of curiosity. Installing them is not advisable for your working device

When you find the firmware for your smartphone or tablet model, and also decide on its version, download the archive with it.

1. Upload the file (no need to unzip) into the memory of the device that needs to be flashed
2. Boot into recovery mode (hold down the power and volume down button while booting)
3. Activate the menu "Install" and find the place where you uploaded the firmware file. Click on it and confirm the installation

All you have to do is wait a little while for the firmware to install on your device and enjoy the new interface and functions. If the firmware fails, then most likely the smartphone will not boot. Don’t rush to take it to a service center or throw it away. Boot into recovery mode (power and volume down buttons) and activate Wipe mode.

IMPORTANT: After installing the firmware Cyanogenmod need to install Play Market and others Google services separately. Download the Gapps package from this link, upload it to your device and install it through recovery.

As you can see from this guide, installing custom firmware such as CyanogenMod, this is not a very difficult task. The main thing is to find the right version and recovery for your device.

"Cyanogen" is one of the most popular alternative firmware today. With its help, you can completely change the concept of ease of use of a smartphone or tablet. Thanks to her you can change standard settings on-screen buttons, status bar, quick access panel, sound and LED notifications, as well as other interface elements.

Unfortunately, as of December 31, 2016, the developer stopped supporting the firmware. But the successor to this product was the firmware LineageOS. On this moment the extreme version of the product is Lineage OS 14.1 on the base Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

Video. TOP 5 features of Cyanogenmod for which I love and hate it

We mention CyanogenMod quite often on our website. This is the firmware for those who are bored with stock Android or the firmware version with the shell from the smartphone manufacturer. This firmware is for those who lack control over their device and operating system and I want more opportunities. In other words, this is a firmware for advanced users, but it is not that difficult to install.

What is CyanogenMod

Start over. CyanogenMod is a custom version of Android that allows you to quickly change themes, create profiles for use wireless connections, supports gestures, screen calibration and many other settings. Firmware from amateur Android versions has grown into a product that some smartphone manufacturers are willing to use. One of the striking examples of smartphones running Cyanogen OS is.

How to install CyanogenMod

Today, the process of installing this custom firmware is as simplified as possible. It will not take much time and will not require root rights or special user skills. Here's where to start.

• Go to the settings section and allow installation of applications from unknown sources.
• Visit http://get.cm using your device's browser and follow the onscreen instructions.
• After downloading the APK file and installing the app, follow the instructions in the app.
• You can also use the official Windows program and quickly install CyanogenMod using a USB cable, also following the instructions.

This instruction will work for supported devices. You can find a list of these devices at this link. There is a way to install the firmware on devices not included in this list, but it, in turn, requires certain skills. Those who are able to install custom firmware and have necessary knowledge and skills, I’ve probably already tried CyanogenMod.

Based on materials from AndroidPit