CyanogenMod is closed – How to download Official CyanogenMod Nighty now

The most popular CyanogenMod has been closed, now Lineage OS has over took it’s place. CyanogenMod ROMs will not be available in future as the download section is already closed, good news is that you can still download your favorite official CyanogenMod Nightly ROMs including CM11, CM13 and CM14.1 for your device.

Since CyanogenMod has closed it services and now custom ROM fans have fixed their eyes on the official Lineage OS release, still you can download unofficial Lineage OS 14.1 ROM build for some of the devices as official build will roll out in upcoming days. The Lineage OS is based on Android 7.1 Nougat and uses the CyanogenMod source code, so official Lineage OS will start it’s operation form where CM left off.

In this guide you would be able to download and install official CyanogenMod 14.1 ROM on your device. To download the official CyanogenMod 14.1 ROM you need to remember your device code name, because CyanogenMod directly stores ROM as device’s code name. If you don’t know the code name for your device just Google it and you find it there.

Once you know the code name for your device, for example, code name for ‘Galaxy S5’ is ‘klte’, now move to the CyanogenMod internet archive, press Control+F and then enter the code name for your device, you will see the results will be highlighted just grab the ROM and flash it simply via TWRP recovery.

How to download and install official CyanogenMod 14.1 Nightly on your device

Your device battery should have minimum 70% charge.

Back up important data or create a Nandroid backup via TWRP recovery.

Download the official CyanogenMod 14.1 Nightly ROM from the archive. Here

Download CM14.1/Android 7.1.x Google Apps

You need to have a working TWRP recovery on your device or you can install it following this guide.

Now follow this guide to flash official CyanogenMod 14.1 on your device via TWRP recovery.

That’s it! Stay tuned for more updates.

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