The folks behind CyanogenMod have been building custom firmware for Android phone and tablets for about as long as anyone, and the team has earned a reputation for offering stable software that looks ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

In order to fully appreciate what the CyanogenMod team has accomplished with their new installer, here’s a rough overview of what installing an Android ROM has typically been like in the past. It’s ...

Generally speaking, flashing a custom ROM onto your phone is a fairly simple, straight-forward process — once it's rooted and a custom recovery image installed. With CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) there's a ...

The Yu Yureka is advertised as a phone that loves to be tinkered with; in fact, as many of you might know, it comes with the erstwhile community ROM known as CyanogenMod. The OnePlus One may be the ...

The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet ships with a custom version of Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread. But it doesn’t include the Android Market and it has an unusual app launcher and home screen and only ...

The CyanogenMod (CM) team has recently started rolling out a bunch of CyanogenMod 12.1 Nightly ROM builds for the OnePlus One (aka bacon), which can be installed on top of existing CM12 ROM. Users ...

CyanogenMod CM7 brings Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" to a wealth of devices, including the original Motorola Droid. Has your Android smartphone's OS gotten long in the tooth? Thinking about upgrading to a ...