Android firmware CyanogenMod reaches 2 million installations

Cyanogenmod, a custom version of the Android operating system for smartphones and tablets, is the border of the two million active users have already passed. In January, the number of active users still on completed. n million.

In total there are just over one million official installations in circulation and as many kangs, distributions made by users themselves compiled from source. That means that the custom rom to grow rapidly; only five months ago, the milestone of one million active users broken.

From the onlinestatistieken findings show that about half of the official installations, go to the 9.0 version of the firmware, which is based on Android 4.0.x. The other half runs still version 7.x, with Android 2.3.x as a basis. The most popular device among Cyanogenmod users is the HTC Desire, followed closely by the Galaxy S II from Samsung.

Cyanogenmod is based on official Android source code from Google and adds additional features as standard root access, the shortcuts in the notification bar, an extensive lockscreen and different themes for the interface.