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CyanogenMod downloaded 10 million times as it begins to go legit

As reported on Engadget.

BY STEVE DENT

Though CyanogenMod has gotten plenty of ink lately for its Oppo N1 hookup andGoogle Play approval, it’s still first and foremost a modding outfit. In fact it just marked 10 million downloads of its custom Android ROMs, according to its latest stats. That marks a lot of folks wanting to un-skin some models, or give others like Samsung’s Galaxy S (shown above) new life. That model, along with the Galaxy SII and SIII were the most popular devices to mod, a reflection of their popularity and perhaps users’ disdain for TouchWiz. It helps that you can now skip difficult command-line installs, thanks to OTA updates and new desktop and mobile apps. Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re going to install CyanogenMod’s Android 4.2.2 ROM on our Galaxy S — a device officially unsupported since the Gingerbread era.