CyanogenMod 7.1 Android Released

CyanogenMod Team has just released CyanogenMod 7.1 based on Android 2.3.7. The previous version (7.0.3) was released on the 6th of May 2011.

CyanogenMod 7.1 Changelog

Common: Android 2.3.7 (Google)
Common: Bluetooth mouse support – Scott Brady
Common: Improve notification swipe-to-clear – Evan Charlton
Common: Improve album-artist support in media scanner – Paul Crovella
Common: Profile improvements and bugfixes – Martin Long, Danny Baumann, Robert Burns
Common: RTL text improvements – Eyad Aboulouz, Eran Mizrahi
Common: Wake on volume key option – Sven Dawitz
Common: Support for revoking application permissions – Plamen K. Kosseff
Common: Latest Superuser app – ChainsDD
Common: Control brightness by sliding on statusbar – Danesh M
Common: Add “copy all” to context menu – Danesh M
Common: Lockscreen haptic and statusbar indicators toggle – Danesh M
Common: Nicer timepicker/datepicker – Jiri Tyr
Common: Configuration 0/90/180/270 rotation – Jonas Larsson, Scott Brady
Common: DSP Manager bugfixes and improvements – Antti S Lankila
Common: Support for launching apps via gestures in the background – Jiri Tyr
Common: Option to hide hold button during call – Roberto Leinardi
Common: Allow using wildcards for call blacklisting – Nihanth Subramanya
Common: Option to allow in-call lockscreen to match main lockscren – Sven Dawitz
Common: Option to notify about incoming call only in background when screen is on – Pavel Kucera
Common: ADWLauncher- Transitions, catalog improvements, bugfixes – John Van Etten
Common: Optional GMT correction for SMS/MMS timestamps – Terry Hau
Common: Add FM Seek for TI devices – KalimochoAz
Common: Add FM support for SI4708 devices (Blade, V9, Racer) – Stéphane Konstantaropoulos
Common: Add FM seek implementation to FM application – Tom Giordano
Common: Show current FM status on lockscreen – Tom Giordano
Common: Camera touch-to-focus – cyanogen, arcee, m0viefreak, Danny Baumann
Common: Screenshot feature via power menu – arcee
Common: WEBP backport – Vikas Arora
Common: Add CM copyright noticies – arcee
Common: Skia/Zlib/libcore ARM optimizations – 0xlab
Common: Bluetooth tethering – Stéphane Konstantaropoulos
Common: Lockscreen widget alignment – Danesh Mondegarian
Common: Lockscreen calendar – David Morgan
Common: AVRCP 1.3 support – Qualcomm (bugfix by Danny Baumann)
Common: LED notification overhaul – Danny Baumann
Common: System-wide DNS cache – Google, SEMC
Common: Headset icon toggle – Cameron Pickett
Common: FM seek support – Emilio López, Tom Giordano
Common: Editable event fields in Contacts app – Danny Baumann
Common: Remove compromised CA from system certs – Guardian Project
Common: Mute camera shutter option – George Maizel
Common: Camera timer – Danesh Mondegarian
Common: “Mark all read” option in MMS – Vinod Surendran
Common: “eat” pushes fresh brunch/breakfast to device – Ricardo Cerqueira
Common: Customizable account color chip in Email – copolii
Common: “Rings” lockscreen – Valera Trubachev
Motorola, HTC Click: Speed up photo recording – Emilio López
Motorola, HTC Click: Add Geolocation to photo app – KalimochoAz
HTC Click: Upgraded kernel from HTC 2.6.29 to 2.6.35
HTC msm7x30 devices: 2.6.35 kernel and updated userspace
HTC Wildfire: 2.6.35 kernel – Arne Coucheron
HTC Desire (c)/Incredile S(w)/ Desire HD/ Aria: On charge notification led – Richard Antony Burton
HTC Desire HD/ HTC Desire HD 4G: Kernel update 2.6.35.14 and more, voodoo implementation, BLN, BLX…
HTC Encore: Update kernel from 2.6.29 to 2.6.32 – Dalingrin,Fattire,Verygreen
HTC Encore: New GPU drivers and userspace libs
HTC Encore: Adjustable clockspeed and voltage – Dalingrin
HTC Encore: Backport 2.6.35 Bluetooth – Fattire
HTC Encore: Working mem sleep
HTC Encore: USB host support – Verygreen

Newly Supported Devices:

HTC Desire S
HTC Incredible S
HTC Incredible 2
LG Optimus 2X and T-Mobile G2x
Motorola Backflip (Motus)
Motorola Cliq / Cliq XT
Motorola Defy
Motorola Droid 2
Motorola Droid X
Samsung Captivate
Samsung Fascinate
Samsung Mesmerize
Samsung Showcase
Samsung Vibrant
Samsung Galaxy S
Samsung Galaxy S2 (multiple carriers)
Sony Ericsson Xperia X8
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
ZTE V9

There are also other devices currently in beta such as HP Touchpad and LG Optimus 3D that will receive a CM7.1 release within the next few weeks.

Go to the devices page to download the ROM corresponding to your devices and read the installation instructions.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.