[Nexus 7 3G Android Development] linuxxxx:
CyanogenMod is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 5.0 (Lollipop), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

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CyanogenMod is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. All the source code for CyanogenMod is available in the CyanogenMod Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to CyanogenMod, please visit Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.

IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS

We will not support users and answer questions from users which:

are running a custom kernel

have flashed mods

modified system files

didn't follow our instructions word by word

are unfriendly

WIKI

Official CyanogenMod Wiki: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Tilapia_Info

INSTRUCTIONS

First time installing CyanogenMod 12.0 to your Nexus 7 or coming from another ROM:

Read the official Wiki page

Unlock your bootloader if you haven't done so already

Flash a custom recovery via Fastboot

Push GApps and the CM 12.0 zip to your device

Boot into Recovery

Perform factory reset

Flash the CM 12.0 zip from SD card

Flash GApps for Lollipop from SD card

Reboot (be patient, "optimizing apps" takes a while)

Don't restore system data using Titanium Backup!

Restoring Apps + Data might cause problems and is not recommended, avoid it if possible!

Upgrading from earlier version of CyanogenMod 12.0:

Push the new CM 12.0 zip to your SD card

Boot into Recovery

Flash the CM 12.0 zip from SD card

Optionally flash the most recent GApps for Lollipop if you encounter problems

Reboot (be patient, "optimizing apps" takes a while)

Upgrading from CyanogenMod 11.0:

Read the last paragraphs from http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/the-l-is-for-lollipop

DO A BACKUP

Push GApps and CM 12.0 ZIP to your SDCard

Boot into Recovery

Flash the CM 12.0 zip from SD card

Flash GApps for Lollipop from SD card

Reboot (be patient, "optimizing apps" takes a while)

DOWNLOADS

Official CM 12.0 builds: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=tilapia

Google Apps: https://s.basketbuild.com/filedl/gapps?dl=gapps-lp-20141109-signed.zip

Recovery (SR) : http://puu.sh/ftbeN.img (md5: 18c7841b395e5f6f04718efd65123bc0)

BUGS

Report bugs for nightly builds at https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/NIGHTLIES. Please keep in mind that bugs are expected on these builds. If you want something stable, choose the Snapshot branch.

Tilapia specific features

CMHW: Adaptative Blacklight (Nvidia SmartDimmer)

F2FS support (you can use both ext4 or f2fs, no need of patches or custom kernels)

SMS and MMS support

Tethering

MiraCast

Convert to f2fs for cm

It will wipe your data! No need of custom kernels or patches

Download the lastest twrp here

Sideload it via fastboot boot recovery.img

Go to wipe > data > Repair or Change File System > f2fs

Go to wipe > cache > Repair or Change File System > f2fs

Reboot and enjoy

FAQ

ROOT! ROOT! Give me root or i'll die!!! Where root is???

First of all do not flash any supersu/superuser/superman zip package to get root. Go to Settings>Developement Settings>Root acces > Apps Only

How do I update from nightly to snapshot and vice versa?

You must download the update manually, wipe data and flash the zip file

Can i send messages with the sim?

Yes you can send SMS

Can i use my connection to create an hotspot?

Yes you can

Are these gapps <insert random gapps package here> working with cm12?

Use the suggested package

Why today I got no nightly?

There were a build error or it means there's something wrong with the rom and I've choosen to stop nightlies until the problem gets fixed

The CyanogenMod team would like to thank everyone involved in helping with testing, coding, debugging & documenting! Enjoy!

XDA:DevDB Information

CyanogenMod 12.0, ROM for the Nexus 7

Contributors

linuxxxx

Source Code: https://github.com/cyanogenmod

ROM OS Version: 5.0.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.1.x

Version Information

Status: Nightly

Created 2015-02-03

Last Updated 2015-05-16