Download Firmware CyanogenMod 11 M7

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 11 is based on Android version 4.4.x 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. The seventh so-called Milestone build has now been released and the release notes for this release look like this:

CyanogenMod 11.0 M7 Released

Release day is here again, with CM 11.0 M7 hitting the download servers. Last week’s post included the highlights from the changelog, but we’ll it again for those of you who prefer tl;dr.

• Common: Theme Chooser UI Overhaul
• Common: Calculator app redesign (courtesy Xlythe)
• Common: Performance Profiles
• Common: Improved theming performance on low memory devices (~512MB RAM or less)
• Trebuchet: Move settings to new slide-out panel
• Trebuchet: Consolidate settings for home and drawer options
• Media: Add FFMPEG support (expanded media format support)
• Bluetooth: Improved support for new car audio systems and docks
• Various small bug fixes, global and device-specific

The non-device specific code was branched on May 22nd, giving us a bit longer than usual for our stabilization period. Device specific code was branched on May 31st. For those of you who jump between nightlies and M releases, the May 22nd branch point is the one you should be paying attention to.

To get ahead of the inevitable questions, this release is based on Android 4.4.2. The 4.4.3 source has been merged into CM for nightlies, but given the source code was only made available last week, we chose not to rush the new code into the stable branch. There will be plenty of things to address with 4.4.3 in time for our M8 release next month.