CyanogenMod will give us a taste of Jelly Bean, CM10 to come after stable CM9 release

CyanogenMod has recently announced through their Google+ page that they would be working on CM7 (Gingerbread) and CM10 (Jelly Bean) after they release a stable version of CM9 (Ice Cream Sandwich). They don’t have the source for Jelly Bean yet which will be out in the next following weeks therefore they cannot really say what their release will be like. Fortunately though, Jelly Bean does not seem to be a major change over Ice Cream Sandwich and they should be able to do it without much fuzz… well, hopefully.

Anyway, most if not all devices that could run CM9 should be upgradeable. The Galaxy Tab is one of them, of course. Let’s wish the CM team the best and offer them our full support! Cheers!

VLC for Android is available for download, still in beta

I was never a fan of VLC but some people might be happy to know that VLC is now available for download, albeit in beta. There are some limitations, such as the architecture of your device’s CPU for instance, but Google Play should be able to determine if your device is compatible.

CyanogenMod 9 RC1 is out for the Galaxy Tab and numerous other devices!

CyanogenMod 9 has now release RC1 for a huge number of devices including my trusty one-and-a-half-year old Galaxy Tab! It is a lot more stable and everything seems to work now including Facebook integration in Accounts & sync which did nothing before. If you want a taste of CM9 Ice Cream Sandwich in its RC1 flavor head on to CyanogenMod’s RC downloads page and search for your device. Galaxy Tabs are marked as P1 (based on the model number of P1000). Other variants of the Galaxy Tab would have letters at the end such as P1l and P1c (P1000l and P1000c respectively) so make sure you’re getting the correct ROM by looking at your device’s model number which is found at the rear of the Galaxy Tab and other devices without removable back covers or under the battery in others.

Don’t know how to flash your device? Refer to my former post that will point you to some resources on how to do so.

Enjoy your CM9 Ice Cream Sandwich while we patiently wait for CyanogenMod to port Jelly Bean to our devices!

Make your Galaxy Tab new again: Flash ICS!

A screenshot from my Galaxy Tab showing an Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich nightly ROM provided by CyanogenMod9.

If you’re a new visitor of my blog you probably didn’t know that back in late 2010 I was chosen by Samsung to be one of their Galaxy Tab Ambassadors in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. I received a P1000 unit just before the year ended and that’s when I started promoting the first Samsung tablet which I became quite fond of. I still use it today but it has gone through a huge facelift.