[Vibrant Android Development] neobuddy89:
CyanogenMod is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 4.4 (KitKat), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/

CyanogenMod is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. CyanogenMod does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

All the source code for CyanogenMod is available in the CyanogenMod Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to CyanogenMod, please visit out Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.

What are UNOFFICIAL builds? A version of CyanogenMod not compiled by CyanogenMod's build servers and may contain code not yet committed to the repository. If you find bugs/issues you can/must discuss here (do not submit nightlies bug on CyanogenMod issue tracker).

Downloads

Latest build:

http://www.mediafire.com/?mzjrx8sxmigzl

Google Apps:

PA Team: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942

CM Team: http://d-h.st/users/dhacker29?fld_id=27426

Installation

- First time flashing CM11 to your Galaxy S (or coming from another ROM)?

Root your device and install ClockworkMod Recovery.

Reboot into Recovery using 3-button-combo

Do a Nandroid backup!

WIPE (wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache partition)

Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery

Optionally install the Google Addon

- Upgrading from CM7/CM9?

Do a Nandroid Backup!

WIPE (wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache partition)

Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery

Optionally install the Google Addon

- Upgrading from CM10/CM10.1?

Do a Nandroid Backup!

Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery

Optionally restore /data from Nandroid Backup (the update will wipe your /data)

Optionally install the Google Addon

- Upgrading from CM10.2?

Do a Nandroid Backup!

Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery

Optionally install the Google Addon

- Upgrading from another build of CM11?

Do a Nandroid Backup!

Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery

Note: The partition layout of CM11 is the same as CM10.2.

Known Issues

Please do not report bugs if it is already listen in the list of known issues

Display issues in Browser & other embedded webviews (Google Chrome works fine)

No access to TV-Out menu

Layout issues in lockscreen

Can only mount 1 sdcard on PC

Menu soft-buttons appearing where they shouldn't

Some CyanogenMod features a missing - please do not file bug reports for those.

Color calibration & vibration intensity does not get saved

Users of CM9/CM10/CM10.1 may have to upgrade to CM10.2 first if they face

set_metadata_recursive

error during install

Reporting Bugs

You are allowed to report bugs only in this thread. Before reporting a bug, please make sure you are running as stock as possible. This means no custom kernel, no custom framework modification, etc. If you are using any of the above modifications, please flash the rom again to get rid of the modifications before reporting.

REPORT BUGS IN THIS THREAD ONLY

Grab a logcat right after the problem has occurred. (Please include at least a few pages of the log, not just the last few lines, unless you know what you're doing.)

If it is a random reboot, grab /proc/last_kmsg. (Do not bother getting a logcat unless you can get it just before the reboot. A logcat after a reboot is useless)

If the problem disappears after running "setenforce 0" from a root shell, grab /data/misc/audit/audit.log

Remember to provide as much info as possible. The more info you provide, the more likely that the bug will be solved. The following is a useful format to follow. Note: If you can provide the latest night/build that the bug didn't exist, it would greatly help in tracking down what caused it.

What is your--
Phone model:
Radio (baseband):
CM version:
CM Download url:
Gapps version:

Did you--
wipe:
restore with titanium backup:
reboot after having the issue:

Are you using--
a task killer:
a non-stock kernel:
CMSettings/Performance settings (other than stock):
ART Runtime:
other modifications:

Provide any additional information (observations/frequency of problem/last version it worked on/etc) as needed:

FAQ

Why is there no transparent status bar/lockscreen widget/"OK Google"?

Those features have been disabled by Google for low RAM device in order to save RAM. You can try enabling it by removing "ro.config.low_ram=true" from /system/build.prop, however, it is not an officially supported setup.

Changelog

20131116

Initial release

Credits:

Nelson - Team Passion - Join Us on FB for Android related and friendly discussions!

FaultException, Pawitp and CyanogenMod Team

All users and developers contributing to development

Enjoy!