Download Firmware CyanogenMod 10.2.0

CyanogenMod is an open source operating system for smartphones and tablets. It is based on a bare-bones version of Android and adds additional functionality, including root access, shortcuts in the notification bar, an expanded lockscreen, and various themes for the interface. Furthermore, there are often performance improvements compared to the software supplied by a manufacturer.

CyanogenMod version 10.2 is based on Android version 4.3.1 and is still under development. Unofficial builds, also called nightlies, are released almost daily, but they are not always stable. To improve this, a code freeze is set every few weeks, so that a more stable build than average can become available shortly afterwards. Shortly after the release candidate of CyanogenMod 10.2, the first final release builds have now become available and the developers will focus on CyanogenMod 11, based on Android version 4.4 ‘KitKat’.

CyanogenMod 10.2.0 Release

With the release of CM 10.2.0 we end our foray into Android 4.3-land and planned releases based on that code. We will of course continue to provide hot-fixes, security patches and similar as needed. The device roster for this initial run includes all devices that received an RC1.

echoing the RC1 post, make sure you update your third party addon zips. As a cursory note, for those of you coming from 10.1 or earlier, if you notice your Phone app reports as ‘not installed’: simply remove the shortcut and re-add it from your application drawer.

As we’ve done with similar ‘end of branch’ releases, this marks the point where the team will shift focus solely to CM 11 and Android 4.4 (KitKat) code. CM 10.2 nightlies will continue and as we ramp up CM 11 nightlies, device maintainers will signal which devices are ready to make that jump as well. Whether you prefer stable, almost stable or bleeding edge, all of you will have something to flash very soon!

Some additional administrative items. We’ll soon be retiring the ICS branches from the nightly rotation. There are less and less changes going into that branch, and with CM 11 nightlies on the horizon, it makes more sense to task the buildbots to actively changing branches instead (ie 10.0 and above).

We’ve also made a change to the release tagging process. For those of you who like to build for releases for yourself, note that all but the device repositories themselves are being built off of a new ‘stable/cm-10.2’ branch in our source. Think of ‘cm-10.2’ as the development branch and ‘stable/cm-10.2’ as the release branch. Just pass the relevant arguments on sync to decide which you prefer. This change has no impact to gerrit or any code contributions.

Happy Flashing