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CyanogenMod 10 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Since Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean this year at Google I/O the CyanogenMod team has started working on the newest iteration of CyanogenMod now known as CM10. CM10 is the popular CyanogenMod teams version of its custom ROM based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean that can already be seen partially working now. The CyanogenMod team did make an announcement as to why it followed their CM9 ICS ROM with Jelly Bean being CM10:

“Many have asked whether JB will be CM9.1 or CM10. Keeping with the pattern thus far, every newly named AOSP update results in a bump to the CM major version. This has the added benefit of fitting into the pattern of [insert codename position in the english alphabet] = CM version. Examples being: G is the 7th letter thus CM7, I is the 9th letter thus CM9 and J = 10″.

The CyanogenMod team has already stated that the new ROM should support any device that is currently supported by CM9. The only thing that they have to look at and probably hack is the Project Butter improvements for different types of hardware. Below are their thoughts on the subject:

“The ‘Project Butter’ enhancements to Android are much anticipated and should not be a huge pain to merge. We anticipate some breakage in existing libs but nothing that the reference board devices or some hackery won’t overcome. Essentially, if your device met our criteria for CM9 (512mb RAM, etc) and is already supported, then you should be in line for CM10. There may be some added headaches around hwcomposer, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get source”.

It looks to us like anyone with an Android phone that currently runs CM9 should be able to look forward to a CM10 ROM over the coming months. Once there is a public version from some of the more popular devices we will post the instructions as well as where to get the flashable files for CM10.

Source: CyanogenMod Google+ Page

Jelly Bean on the HTC One X

If you have to have the latest and greatest Android OS and own an HTC One X you can install Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on your HTC One X. There are some great features that have been added with Android 4.1 on the One X like the improved notification bar, offline voice recognition, updated Google search and performance improvements due to Google’s new “Project Butter”. Its all around a smoother Android experience.

The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean port comes from the new Android SDK (software development kit) and was ported by XDA member tgascoigne for the HTC One X. Keep in mind that the Android SDK version of Jelly Bean is very unstable and should not be installed on your every day phone. There are a few features that are not working in the port to the One X which are as follows: Wifi, audio, and camera.

NOTE: Backup all of your apps as the process will completely wipe your phones data out.

How to Install Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on the HTC One X:

  1. Unlock the HTC One X Bootloader (Instructions Here)
  2. Install ClockworkMod Recovery (Instructions here)
  3. Install HTC Sync drivers on your Computer (Download Link)
  4. Download the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM (Download Link)
  5. Copy the zipped ROM to your One X SD Card
  6. Download and extract Flash_Boot.zip to your Computer (Download Link)
  7. Open the file downloaded in step 4 and copy “boot.img” to your Flash_Boot folder
  8. Power off your HTC One X
  9. Hold Power + Volume Down to get into Bootloader
  10. Use volume buttons to select “fastboot” and power to select it
  11. Connect your One X to your computer via USB
  12. Go to your Flash_Boot folder and run “flash-boot-youros” to flash Kernel
  13. After complete select bootloader via the phones power button
  14. Navigate to recovery and select it to boot into ClockworkMod Recovery
  15. Select “data/factory reset”, then select yes to confirm
  16. Select “mounts and storage”, then select “format system” and confirm
  17. After complete go back to the main recovery menu
  18. Select “install zip from sdcard”, then select “choose zip from sdcard”
  19. Select the jelybean_endeavoru_tgascoigne.zip file, and select yes to confirm
  20. Wait for the process to complete and select “reboot system now”
  21. Congrats your HTC One X will boot into Android 4.1 Jelly Bean!

While this isn’t a fully functional stable ROM since its coming from an SDK port it is fun to play around with. It will still work as a phone with some cool features and give you the ability to show off Google’s newest Android OS early. Let us know what you think in the comments below.