Cyanogen Mod 7.1.0 RC 1 is here!

Good news for Cyanogen Mod 7 users. The CM7 7.1.0 RC1 is available already. Early reports indicate that it is a very well received version.

If you have ROM Manager installed, it will be available as one of the options under the Cyanogen option.

I installed this last night on my Desire and Desire Z (no I wasn’t overeager, just stumbling all over myself). 

I just wiped the Dalvik cache, not the data and everything is running fine.

You can view the official changelog here:

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_vendor_cyanogen/blob/gingerbread/CHANGELOG.mkdn

I’ll post my subjective changelog at a later time, but in the meantime here’s one of the best parts about it: you get the 2.3.4 software so that alone is pretty awesome.

By the way, the whole process took less than 20 minutes and it’s pretty much straightforward.

Here is the link to the main Cyanogen Mod site:

http://www.cyanogenmod.com/

And the link to the 7.1.0 is here:

http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-7-1-0-rc1

Have fun!