What is CyanogenMod? CyanogenMod Features

What is CyanogenMod?

CyanogenMod is an aftermarket firmware for a number of cell phones based on the open-source Android operating system. It offers features not found in the official Android based firmwares of vendors of these cell phones. CyanogenMod is an open source replacement firmware for smart phones and tablet computers based on the Android mobile operating system. It offers features and options not found in the official firmware distributed by vendors of these devices.

CyanogenMod Features

CyanogenMod features supported by CyanogenMod include native theming support, FLAC audio codec support, a large Access Point Name list, an OpenVPN client, an enhanced reboot menu, support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and USB tethering, CPU overclocking and other performance enhancements, soft buttons and other "tablet tweaks", toggles in the notification pull-down (such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS), app permissions management, as well as other interface enhancements. According to its developers, CyanogenMod does not contain spyware or bloatware. CyanogenMod is also stated to increase performance and reliability compared with official firmware releases.

Lock screen Gestures

Gestures is the ability to “draw” out anything you wish onto your lock screen which will then launch an application or phone activity that is associated with that drawing, similar to Google’s Gesture Search app.

Phone Goggles

Phone Goggles provides to the end user the ability to filter its outgoing communications and avoid any unwilling call or SMS to be sent. Several settings can be configured: the way the user will be informed that his communication has been blocked (and whether or not is allowed to unlock the blocking), the period during which the communications will be filtered, the type of phones that will be filtered (Work, Mobile, Other)

OpenVPN

• tunnel any IP sub network or virtual ethernet adapter over a single UDP or TCP port,
• configure a scalable, load-balanced VPN server farm using one or more machines which can handle thousands of dynamic connections from incoming VPN clients,
• use all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to protect your private network traffic as it transits the internet,
• etc

Incognito Mode

For times when you want to browse in stealth mode, CyanogenMod offers the incognito browsing mode.

Themes Support

Theme manager lets you build a single apk that can theme the ENTIRE system

DSP Equalizer

Gives enhanced sound processing capabilities. A simple application called DSPManager is provided to adjust the new audio parameters such as bass boost, 5 band equalizer, virtual room effect for all system audio.

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