Hasta La Gadget!

Just over a month ago, CyanogenMod founder Steve Kondik left Samsung, with a parting elucidation about the Galaxy S 4. The very same phone was expected to not be supported by the CM crew, leaving prospective buyers and fans of the firmware to consider their loyalties. Hope was restored when Kondik teased an image via Google+ showing the about screen for CM10.1 on T-Mobile’s version of the handset (SGH-M919). Now, he’s confirmed it’s here (and quickly done, too), with word that other variants (I9505 etc) will follow as and when hardware is sourced. Kondik claims that, while not quite perfect, that the port is complete enough to provide all core features, including, at some point, support for Android’s hover events. The nightlies are available now, so if you’ve got the right mix of Magenta and Cyan, keep an eye on the usual sources for the goods.

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Source: Steve Kondik (Google+)

Whenever there’s a new version of Android, Steve Kondik and the CyanogenMod team tend to swing into action almost immediately with plans for a major revision of the fan-favorite platform overhaul. For Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, that swing will be faster than ever. The crew’s early looks suggest that there will only be a few minor tweaks needed to merge Google’s latest with the custom Android code, making CyanogenMod 10 a relative snap to produce. The update’s release is still very much up in the air without the Android Open Source Project code available to modify; that said, device compatibility also isn’t expected to be an obstacle. Any device that can run CyanogenMod 9 should run version 10 when it’s released. As long as we’re willing to wait for a stable 9.0 to emerge first, there are few barriers to making Jelly Bean that much sweeter.

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