What is the difference between these two ROM threads? Are the Nightlies more updated than the the RC1? Is the RC1 just a more stable release?
Just curious on the major differences between the two.
Thanks
Frank
Nightlies are just that, nightly builds that incorporate the newest changes. RC1 is RC1 and will not change but it should be more stable than the nightlies (in theory)
RC1 can be seen as a nightly that the CM team has deemed stable enough to be called a release candidate. However, RC1 has several issues which were fixed in the later nightlies and thus the latest nightlies are a better option than RC1.
Yep the nightlies are the builds that are automatically generated each night and the RCs are chosen from the most stable nightly
Q&A forum or the nightly thread would have been a better place for this, rather than starting a whole new thread
steviewevie said:
Q&A forum or the nightly thread would have been a better place for this, rather than starting a whole new thread
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Dang it! I look in Q/A first and for some reason didn't find a post there...now you mention this to me and I did find a post with the same question.
At least I'll/we'll get more input...maybe. Thanks!
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Ok sorry if this question is noobish but what is the difference?
They are both cyanogenmods but two different Download Thread.
Nightly's are not offically released by Cyanogen and RC's are, but they are both compiled by the same team. Plus RC's are considered stable enough for official release.
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Nightlies are what CM7 RC1 is based off of. It essentially IS one of the nightlies. The nightlies are automatically built by a bot every night at the same time so that all the changes made that day are packaged into a rom and that is what becomes the next nightly.
The nightlies will continue to be built becauase RC1 means release candidate and is not considered stable.
They will eventually release an official CM7 Stable.
G1ForFun said:
Nightlies are what CM7 RC1 is based off of. It essentially IS one of the nightlies. The nightlies are automatically built by a bot every night at the same time so that all the changes made that day are packaged into a rom and that is what becomes the next nightly.
The nightlies will continue to be built becauase RC1 means release candidate and is not considered stable.
They will eventually release an official CM7 Stable.
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LOL "Built by a Bot Every Night" You made it sound so leet lol. I always it was some dude who just updates it and put it on.
But thanks. I am using RC1 right now everything is working so far. My last nightly was giving me reboot when i open my keyboard.
Also, you can always continue to flash the next versions of nightlies over the RC1, as other improvements and changes are made.
martonikaj said:
Also, you can always continue to flash the next versions of nightlies over the RC1, as other improvements and changes are made.
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So the nightlies folowing an RC are based on the RC or on the previous nightly?
Ummmm.... which one should I flash??
Oh and why
Thanks =)
The Nightly's has fixed some issues in the last RC. Flash the Nightly.
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The latest nightly obviously is more up to date, and it of course has the fixes that the RC2 doesn't. I don't think anyone will tell you that it's any more or less stable than the RC2. For most people, the GPS has been fixed in the last few builds as well.
If I had to give a recommendation I'd say flash the nightly, the RC2 is quite old at this point as far as builds go.
Which to flash
I believe you have to flash RC2 and then the latest nightly over it, but I could be wrong on that, its just what I always have done. In fact I suggest you flash the new nightlies every time they come out. There have been a couple of times where the new nightly has screwed up more then it has fixed but the majority of the time its an improvement. Actually let me correct myself. usually I don't notice a difference however if you read the discussion forum for the nightlies then you see the problems that people had been having and are being fixed so its nice to know that if you had tried what they did it will now work
what exactly is the purpose of the cm nightly roms? sure they're auto-compiled from the cm github, and with each release there are new fixes, corrections, etc. so they're more updated than the stable, but what function do they serve?
is it a developer's testing version or something?
teh5abiking said:
what exactly is the purpose of the cm nightly roms? sure they're auto-compiled from the cm github, and with each release there are new fixes, corrections, etc. so they're more updated than the stable, but what function do they serve?
is it a developer's testing version or something?
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CM nightly builds usually have the latest and greatest versions of kernels, apps, etc. on them. As a result, some of what you see on the nightlies won't make it to the RCs or the Stable builds.
Didn't you answer your own question in the OP?
The nightly builds include the latest additions/fixes/corrections to CM7, over and above what the RC and Stables have.
They're for people who want to have the absolutely most up-to-date build of CM7 on their device. In many cases there are large fixes and upgrades in the nightlies that you can have weeks ahead of them being integrated into a RC or Stable release. If you flash nightlies then you just upgrade your ROM a few features at a time, rather than 30 features all at once moving from one Stable to another.
Nightlies aren't usually recommended for the new user unless you're adventurous. Although they're generally stable (sometimes moreso than the 'Stable' release), there are inherent issues with flashing the newest ROM version every night. If you're willing to take it on you can but there's no guarantee that they work as you'd expect.
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Didn't you answer your own question in the OP?
The nightly builds include the latest additions/fixes/corrections to CM7, over and above what the RC and Stables have.
They're for people who want to have the absolutely most up-to-date build of CM7 on their device. In many cases there are large fixes and upgrades in the nightlies that you can have weeks ahead of them being integrated into a RC or Stable release. If you flash nightlies then you just upgrade your ROM a few features at a time, rather than 30 features all at once moving from one Stable to another.
Nightlies aren't usually recommended for the new user unless you're adventurous. Although they're generally stable (sometimes moreso than the 'Stable' release), there are inherent issues with flashing the newest ROM version every night. If you're willing to take it on you can but there's no guarantee that they work as you'd expect.
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No what I meant was what purpose does it serve?
Is it supposed to be a developer's version of the CM7 ROM to see what new additions work and what still needs fixing and such.
teh5abiking said:
No what I meant was what purpose does it serve?
Is it supposed to be a developer's version of the CM7 ROM to see what new additions work and what still needs fixing and such.
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I would imagine even though we are not allowed to report bugs the CM devs to use the nightly builds to find and fix bugs.
cjward23 said:
I would imagine even though we are not allowed to report bugs the CM devs to use the nightly builds to find and fix bugs.
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Yes generally this.
In ratio to how many people use it to be on the cutting edge, id say the ones who actually use it for dev purposes is highly negligible lol.
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I was wondering if there are anymore e4gt devs that produce the best roms nigntly? If you guys know any please share their link where you can find their nightly roms.
I'd like to start off by sharing my favorite nightly flashable rom:
CyanogenMod 9
http://goo.im/devs/Shabbypenguin/E4GT-Nightlies
unofficial AOKP by chris41g
http://goo.im/devs/chris41g
shabby builds these roms from the TeamEpic source nightly until we are a supported device.. then CM will build them nightly.. so yes, they are the same as Darchstars releases
cool, so they're as official as we can get until its officially supported.
are there any other nightly links you guys know of? AOKP? AOSP builds?
I came accross chris41g's more than nightly page, can't find any forum discussion on this AOKP rom I'm about to flash though but he's a good developer so I'm sure it's great.
http://goo.im/devs/chris41g
I've been running PlayfulGod's CM11 Unofficial for the past couple days with success. I see that CM11 "official" nightly builds are now available, but PlayfulGod is still updating the unofficial build.
Just wondering if there is a changelog for the nightly builds similar to what PlayfulGod has on his thread? I'm not clear what the differences between these versions are. I'm new!
If you read the threads, you should be able to find out what the unofficial builders cherry pick that aren't in the official builds. All it takes is a little bit of reading.
For the most part, there are not going to be any drastic changes - they are on the same base after all.
kaijura said:
If you read the threads, you should be able to find out what the unofficial builders cherry pick that aren't in the official builds. All it takes is a little bit of reading.
For the most part, there are not going to be any drastic changes - they are on the same base after all.
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Yes you're right .. i think the unofficial is the best than nightly .. because nightly just beta tester before official ...