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CyanogenMod for Droid V5.0.6.2 (19/04/2010)

Created by Koush at Cyanogen

Features:

* Clean shutdown/startup system
* NO APPS2SD. I’ve implemented a hack that will store the dalvik-cache of system apps in /cache, which saves you ~40MB on /data. A better APPS2SD system is being worked on by Chris Soyars
* Built in USB tether
* ARM NEON optimizations from 0xdroid and Qualcomm
* Includes BusyBox, htop, nano, powertop, openvpn, bash, and all engineering commandline utilities
* FLAC audio support from Kenny Root
* Phone enhancements from Cytown
* Contacts enhancements from Wysie
* Perform zipalign-on-install of applications
* DeskClock tweaks- longer autosilence and “require unlock” option
* Huge collection of ringtones and audio
* All available locales are included thanks to PsychoBoy
* 360-degree auto-orientation by Optedoblivion
* OpenVPN integration thanks to James Bottomley
* Many other bugfixes and tweaks from AOSP contributors

All source code is available at the Koush Github

—- 5.0.6.2-Droid

* Add fstab to /system/etc

* Remove Google Apps which accidentally ended up in the build.

—- 5.0.6.1-Droid

* Fix wifi for those using the default kernel

—- 5.0.6-Droid

* Fixed MMS Videos (PDR447, slayher, DroidMod all had a hand in this)

* Fixups to 4/5 column launcher

* Fixed ##program menu

* Fix fstab bug (DroidMod)

—- 5.0.5.7-Droid

* Fix Launcher2.

—- 5.0.5.6-Droid

* Removed Launcher2 until fixes can be made.

* Minor release to include new ESE81 drivers and renderscript backport.

—- 5.0.5.4-Droid

* Add bash, irssi, nano, htop and other binaries that were missing from the previous release.

Bugless Beast ROM -current version v0.9 ESE53

Created by Pete at Alldroid.org

Added & Included:
-2.1 ESE53 Base
-Zipaligned & Compressed Images for all Apps
-Corporate Calendar (credit to Pete)
-2.1 Desk Clock
-2.1 Keyboard with voice input
-2.1 Gallery 3D, MultiTouch, Picasa Syncing
-2.1 Music App
-2.1 News and Weather App
-2.1 Interactive Live Wallpapers (modified by Pete)
-2.0.1 5 Screen Launcher (credit to xeudoxus)
-Huge Library of System Audio (credit to Pete) *All 2.0 & 2.1 Sounds*
-Native MultiTouch Browser
-HQ Video Recording Tweak (credit to Fede)
-HQ YouTube Default Tweak (credit to xeudoxus)
-Longer Duration Between Wifi Scans Tweak *Battery Saver* (credit to Pete)
-Default Droid “hidden” wallpaper (credit to Pete)
-Version Information In Settings > About Phone
-G1 Sound Recorder App (credit to Pete)
-OverClocked Low Voltage 600 MHz Kernel (credit to AdamZ)
-Wireless Tethering
-Completely Deodexed System
-FLAC Support (credit to Kenny Root)
-SuperUser App
-Disabled OTA Updates
-Flash Image
-Busybox

Removed:
-Visual Voicemail (download from the Market)
-Facebook (download from the Market)
-Maps (download from the Market)
-Voice (download from the Market)
-Goggles (download from the Market)
-Amazon MP3
-30 Broken .jpg wallpapers that were left in Launcher.apk

Theme:
-Modified Stock Theme (credit to Pete)
-Transparent Notification Window
-Transparent App Drawer Handle
-Removed Google Logo from search widget
-Removed Google Logo from maps
-Removed Weather Channel logo from News & Weather app

Installable Add-on Apps: Click To Download
-Milestone Weather Widget
-Milestone Phone Portal

Bugs:
-Users not reading the F.A.Q.
-Users not reading the Change Log

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SholesMod v-

The team behind SholesMod are having hosting issues at the moment.  As soon as everything is resolved, we’ll have further into on this custom ROM.