CyanogenMod is a custom ROM based on various versions of the Android operating system.
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How to quickly lock screen to landscape?
For the use with a neoprene bracelet for running, I would like to quickly lock my Milestone 1@Cyanogenmod 7.2.0 to landscape mode.
All widgets that disable auto orientation seem to cause the phone to ...
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Android USB reverse tethering: How to fool the apps
USB reverse tethering = Cellphone gets network connection from PC via USB.
I know how to do USB reverse tethering except for one problem: Many Android apps will check network connection using the ...
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How do I set up OpenVPN on CyanogenMod 7?
I want to route all my network traffic through my home's ISP connection when I'm out in Internet cafes so I can't be eavesdropped/firesheeped.
I have an HTC G2 with CyanogenMod 7, which has OpenVPN ...
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Which files/folders on my SDCard are unsafe to delete manually?
I've had my Droid for nearly a year now, and in the process of installing and uninstalling apps, moving data to and from my SDCard, and all the various things one does with a phone the SDCard has ...
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Do custom ROMs like CyanogenMod modify your bootloader?
Does a custom ROM like CyanogenMod come with their own bootloader or does it just overwrite the /boot kernel and /system? Does the bootloader take responsibility to lock your SIM card on a carrier?
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If I set up a VPN, does *everything* go over it?
If I set up a VPN connection for Android, what gets routed over the VPN? Just web browsing? All internet connections from all apps?
In Cyanogenmod, in the Add OpenVPN config, "Advanced" settings, ...
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Why does android ignore my etc/hosts change in the browser?
I've remounted /sys as rw, added one entry to etc/hosts (e.g. 10.0.0.1 x.com www.x.com) and rebooted my device.
After rebooting, if I check etc/hosts, the entry is fine. If I ping x.com, it pings the ...
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How to restore my IMEI on Galaxy S if I don't have a backup of /efs?
I installed CyanogenMod 10 Nightlies on my Galaxy S1, coming from CyanogenMod 9.
On every reboot I get the message:
Warning! A problem was detected with your device. Your device IMEI number is ...
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How can I tell what is really draining my battery?
I know that by going to Settings > About Phone > Battery Use, I can get some idea of the applications that are using up the most of my battery. I see things like "Cell standby", "Phone idle", ...
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How can I compile native applications on my rooted phone?
I'm running Cyanogenmod 7 on my Nexus One, and I wanted to compile and run LAME on my phone. I've already downloaded the source package and have tried to ./configure it, but I'm told that neither cc ...
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How do I get the new Android Market running on Cyanogen 2.2 HTC Magic?
I'm running Cyanogen 2.2 on my HTC magic.
The Android Market is still the old version and not the one that has been discussed in the news.
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Does CyanogenMod 7.2 kernel support swap memory?
My current kernel (whatever is built into stock Froyo 2.2 ROM for Verizon Motorola Droid X) does NOT support swap memory.
Does CyanogenMod 7.2 kernel support swap memory? Does that depend on ...
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App installs result in “Process System Not Responding” message [closed]
After installing or updating an app in the newest version of the android market I receive the warning "Process System is not responding" with the option to either force close or wait. I choose "wait" ...
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How can I flash back to the stock rom for HTC EVO 4G/Supersonic using just the phone and clockwork mod recovery and/or rom manager?
I need to flash back to my stock rom for just a few minutes to get my GPS working again ...
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Can I root locked Droid 3 and flash Cyanogen
Before I purchase a Droid 3 from hong kong , I would like to know if I can apply the recently discovered root exploit on a locked phone that i can purchase there.
Pardon my ignorance in this locked ...
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How to install ClockworkMOD Recovery on Sony Xperia Neo V (MT11a)?
I have rooted my MT11a with UnlockRoot v2.4.2 and the "superuser" app has appeared. The tutorial said my phone should be requesting to upgrade 4.0.2.A.0.42 to another number ending in .62, but the ...
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SMS gone after “failed” boot due to low battery
My phone has very low battery. I powered it up and during the boot process it shuts off probably due to having no more battery.
Now I plugin the charger then I check my SMS, they're all gone.
I've ...
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Flashing Cyanogenmod9 - Kernel via Odin
EDIT: I think the question is more confusing than helpful. I leave it up simply because something else has been closed as a duplicate to this.
My problem was finally solved by flashing a completely ...
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What are the Pros and Cons to running CyanogenMod?
Can anyone that's used it list the relevant benefits and drawbacks? I'm actually more interested in the drawbacks and limitations because its not hard to find praise for it.
Edit: Ooops, I forgot to ...
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What are Cyanogenmod's profiles good for?
I just installed ICS CM9 on my Galaxy Note and I am puzzled by the "Profiles" setting. It seems to allow me to set-up different profiles (home, work, etc) and associate settings with them, eg enable ...
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Multiple update notifications from Android Market
I have recently upgraded my HTC Desire to run CyanogenMod 7. The main reason I did this was so that I could use a more recent version of the Android Market that supported multiple accounts. The ...
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How to create a custom boot animation?
How to create a custom boot animation for my Android device?
My device is an HTC HD2 with Cyanogen Mod 7 installed.
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how to use ext partition in my android?
I partitioned my MicroSD card and created 1GB ext3 partition.
What is the next step so I can use it to make the performance of my android better? It seems to me that it is mounted into /sd-ext
What ...
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How to upgrade an HTC Magic (32B DEV) from Android 1.5 to latest Android?
Last year I got a free Android phone at a Google event, and I would like to upgrade it to the latest Android version (probably with Cyanogen).
What is the quickest/safest way to do the upgrade?
It ...
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How to prevent google aggressively associating my account to my searches?
i understand they can access my searches when i'm logged in, and of course know the search terms i use, but how can i prevent them to logging searches to my account when:
i'm not logged in
and in ...
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How can I download an MP3 to my phone instead of opening it in a music player?
I'm trying to download podcast MP3s to my phone so I can listen to them in my car. Ideally, I'd like to be able to Chrome-to-Phone them from my computer at home, and then choose to download and play ...
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Does Cyanogendmod Kernel support loop devices?
Since I am failing to mount a Nandroid image and since I have read that the Kernel needs to support loop devices for that I need to know if anybody has managed to mount a loop device on CM7 or ...
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Removing files from & repackaging CyanogenMod ROM zip files
The current CM10 + GApps experience on Motorola Xoom is plagued by the size of the CM10 ROM -- there isn't enough space left after flashing the CM10 zip to fully flash the GApps zip. This results in ...
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Rooted the phone and installed cyanogenmod. How to get back Sense UI?
I have a HTC Desire comes with Sense UI when bought. I rooted it and installed Cyanogenmod. Is there anyway I can get back my Sense UI. I don't mind removing Cyanogenmod.
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Every time I plug in my phone via USB it automatically mounts the SD card
I have a Motorla Droid running CM6 (essentially Android 2.2). I'm connecting to Windows 7 machines via USB. Every time I plug in my phone via USB it automatically mounts the SD card as external ...
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Why can't my phone find pictures or music files suddenly?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace with its official CyanogenMod nightly build. And suddenly, it doesn't "see" my pictures, videos or music files. They don't show:
while selecting a notification/ring tone ...
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How can I merge contacts in CyanogenMod?
Can I merge contacts in CyanogenMod 7 like I was able to do in HTC Sense?
Let's that I have my contact 'John Smith', then I import contacts from Facebook and a new John Smith appeared. I want these ...
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I keep losing my Swype keyboard
I'm running CM6 on a Motorola Droid.
Every now and then (at least once a day), my keyboard will revert from Swype back to the Stock Android Keyboard and I have switch back to the Swype keyboard to be ...
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CyanogenMod, why doesn't Market self-upgrade?
I've bought a used HTC Magic with CyanogenMod 5 on it. It has Google Market. The market version is 1.713 - which is nowhere near the latest IIRC. In-app billing, for one thing, is not supported.
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Are there any known ways to root the new HTC Wildfire revisions?
After using CyanogenMod on my HTC Desire for some time, i wanted to root and convert the HTC Wildfire i bought for my wife early this year.
Turns out that unrevoked is currently unable to root this ...
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What are the differences between: LauncherPro “Keep in memory” and “Lock home in memory.”
LauncherPro has an option for "Keep in memory".
CyanogenMod settings has an option for "Lock home in memory".
How do these work? Do they conflict with each other? What problems might they cause? ...
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Pressing volume keys causes songs to skip
Device: Motorola Defy (MB525), running Android ICS (4.0.4), CyanogenMod 9-20121116-NIGHTLY-jordan
Issue: Whenever I'm listening to songs on any song app, If I press either volume up or down keys when ...
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Is NTFS file system supported on Huawei u8160?
I have a Huawei u8160 running Cyanogenmod 7.2 .
I have a 500GB portable hard drive which is file system is NTFS , I connected the hard drive using OTG the phone didn't recognize it at all.
So I was ...
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Partitioned sdcard not working with link2sd
I have a 4GB SD card which is partitioned into 3GB and 1GB (Well it's not 1GB it's approx. 750 MB) (I used it through my phone 'cause i didn't have a reader and i used mini tool partition wizard) then ...
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How to set bash as default shell?
When I adb into a device with Cyanogenmod, I'm presented with a nice bash shell, color prompt, and bashrc. I don't see a symlink from /system/xbin/bash to /system/bin/sh. How do they set the default ...
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Can't access my old files after switching ROM from AOKP to CM, even though they're still there
Initially I thought this was a problem with Google Play / Apollo, but I realize now that when I plug in my phone via USB, I can't see any of the many, many folders and files present on /sdcard that I ...
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OpenVPN browser tunneling
I hope I do not say silly things, or discounted, but I'm a newbie, at least for vpn.
I want use my browser to connect on my corporate intranet via VPN connection, but I'm not able to do it.
Someone ...
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How do I enable push notifications for Facebook for Android?
I'm currently running the latest stable release of CM7 for the HTC Droid Incredible and Facebook for Android 1.6.4 (released on 20 August). According to Facebook, push notifications are enabled for ...
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Disable application update notification
How can I disable certain application's update? I'm using Brut Google Map v4.6.0.4686. Since there is a new version in the market, the update notification will appear from time to time. How do I ...
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how to link contact with facebook, gmail etc?
I am on cm7 & HTC Desire. Old HTC Sence was linking my contacts with Facebook, Gmail etc. It gave me good suggestions what could be linked or an easy way how to link a contact item with some other ...
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Installation Error
I'm getting the following installation error on a few of my apps when trying to update them:
"Installation error - Unknown Reason - 18"
Any suggestions? I'm running CM6 on a Motorola Droid.
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does Cyanogenmod 7.2 Madteam release 16/6 on Vodafone 858 support USB host?
I've a Huawei u8160 which is running Cyanogenmod 7.2.
I saw in the change log that it has better support for USB mouse and keyboard and it was written beside it COMMON.
Quoted from the Cyanogenmod ...
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Why is CyanogenMod zip not being found when I try to install it?
In order to help fix my problems with USB connectivity, it was suggested to me that I upgrade my kernel and ROM. I upgraded the kernel fine, it seems, but for some reason upgrading the ROM, which is ...
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ZTE Blade can't maintain a wifi connection
I have a ZTE Blade with Android 2.3.7 (CyanogenMod 7.1). Recently, when I try to connect to a wifi network (even one that worked before this problem started) it starts to connect, tries to ...
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USB drivers for using ADB with Samsung Galaxy S on CyanogenMod 7.1?
I recently installed CyanogenMod 7.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 and I have some problems now to get ADB on my Windows 7 64-bit computer to recognize the device.
Currently, adb devices returns no ...
