Upgrading Samsung Galaxy Pop/Mini GT-S5570 To Latest Cyanogen Mod 7.2.0 RC5.2 .

Cyanogen Mod 7.2.0 RC5.2 is another fast update to one of our favorite Cyanogen Mod build by squadzone. Since, the previous version CM7 RC5 had some unexpected bugs and errors the developer worked hard and fixed all/most of them so that we can get this awesome stable rom. This rom is an quick update (in cut of some features) and let's hope it will stand up to meet the awaited needs of many users. So, without any delay continue reading to find out more about this update as well as for step by step instructions on flashing this rom on your galaxy pop/mini gt-s5570 smart phone.

So, being a quick update you might think it has got not much of changes but, you will be amazed to see that this rom has got many new changes and I have listed some of them below. Also, here are some of the screenshots of this RC5.2 rom, that you can compare with your rom or with the screenshots of other roms found at this site. Also, here is a video, I did, on cyanogen mod rc5.2 rom --make sure you watch it before you flash your rom.

Cyanogen Mod 7.2.0 RC5.2

• Optimized All Apks
• Improve some Library
• Improve LDPI Layout
• Using 864Mhz OC kernel With Cyanogen Mod 9 Features
• Update to Latest Source from Cyanogen Mod Source
• Improve Tweak Kernel Again
• Calculate AHB again
• Patch Camera ( This will fix the camera orientation )
• Fix Call Waiting
• Improve Scroll and Volume Control
• Can use power button as camera button.
• Can reboot holding volume up and power
• Rebuild wifi module
• Update latest video and audio codec

After flashing and seeing through, I was not quite excited after flashing the rom -- since some of the features like undervolting and few others are removed from this build. It seems like squadzone build this rom from Cyanogen Mod sources and released it without including some of the features found in previous version -- exception to this is Tablet Tweaks feature, which is instead improved with some big icons. But, that too created another problem/bug, now if you have many icons on your status bar, it overflows to the right and hides some of your icons (You can take a look at it at this video of cyanogen mod rc5.2 rom). But, in overall it is a good rom and seems very stable maybe, being directly compiled from cyanogen mod source. So, let's flash this rom on your galaxy pop/mini gt-s5570 and see for yourself how this rom actually is. Download Cyanogen Mod 7.2.0 RC5.2 rom from Roms and Utilities page and then follow the steps after wards to flash this rom on your device.

Note : Those who have Gingerbread OS and any Custom Recovery installed on their device can skip Step 1 and Step 2.

1. Upgrade your firmware to Gingerbread using Odin Multidownloader v4.38.

2. Install any custom recovery available for Samsung Galaxy Mini/Pop. You may either have Clock Work Mod Recovery or RZ Recovery - any is fine.

3. Download update-cm-7.2.0-RC5.2-GalaxyMini-KANG-signed.zip from here.

4. Copy the downloaded file to the (root directory of) your sd-card.

5. Reboot your device to Custom Recovery (Press Home + Power Button).

6. [Optional but, Recommended] Do a Nandroid Backup of your current rom.

7. Choose Install Zip From Sd Card>>Choose Zip From SD Card option and then select the update-cm-7.2.0-RC5.2-GalaxyMini-KANG-signed.zip file you downloaded from above.

Note : If you are using RZ Recovery, choose Install Menu>>Select update-cm-7.2.0-RC5.2-GalaxyMini-KANG-signed.zip file you downloaded>>Select Wipe Data and Wipe Cache>>Choose Install update-cm-7.2.0-RC5.2-GalaxyMini-KANG-signed.zip and wait till the rom is flashed.

8. Wait till the rom is flashed/installed on your device. Once done, Wipe Data and Wipe cache from recovery menu.

9. Reboot your device from your recovery main menu.

Updates

• update-boot-camera-and-module-for-cm7.2-rc5.2.zip : Download and flash it in CWM recovery too. It is a fix for camera and other modules.
• update-framework-video-audio-codec-for-cm7.2-rc5.2.zip : Download and flash this (small update for framwork, audio and others) in CWM recovery or any other custom recovery. No need to wipe data after flashing, simply reboot. 

And, you are done with upgrading your cyanogen mod to latest rc5.2 version. Now, take some time and explorer through this new Cyanogen Mod Rom. In this rom you can overclock up to 864 MHz within from the rom (no need to flash any overclocking kernels). Also, market and Google apps are install already, however, if you feel any difficulty in configuring them then you might need to flash the google apps in CWM recovery.So, you are done just after flashing this rom and configuring it. That's all in this rom. If you tried it don't forgot to leave a short review in the comments below.