Top Cyanogenmod quick tips and hidden settings

We’ve enjoyed using the Cyanogenmod version of Android immensely over the last year or so and have more tips to come, but these are out top tips for the excellent Cyanogenmod. Let us know if you have your own and we’ll be bring more to tip-a-day soon. Remember if you like Cyanogenmod you should donate to it!

1. GooManager Android CyanogenMod custom ROM manager
If you own a HP TouchPad and are running CyanogenMod then we’d like to draw your attention to this spiffing app: GooManager Beta.

2. How to customise the Android ICS lock screen
Bored of looking at the same Android ICS lock screen? Depending on your device some builds of Android enable you to customise the lock screen with widgets that display information like the weather and your next calendar events.

3. Access Android settings on the lock screen
Sometimes you don’t want to mess around and just need to dive in and change a quick setting without having to navigate the Android touch interface.

4. Custom screen dimming for CyanogenMod Android
Save power and get a better viewing experience by taking control of one of the CyanogenMod‘s lesser known settings the dynamic Automatic Backlight.

5. Add app shortcuts to the Android ICS lockscreen
So we looked at how you can add widget type information to your lock screen but there’s also a way of adding app shortcuts as part of the lock screen, so you can jump directly to your favourite app, to email or another useful app.

6. Get a desktop browsing experience with the Android User Agent setting
For Android ICS Google tweaked the built-in browser so it could “request” the desktop version of a website,if you were being given the but-down mobile site.

7. BBQLog – how to keep track of Cyanogenmod version changes and updates
Should you update that version of Cyanogenmod? Should you? It’s running nice and stable, but that update could fix that one niggle.

8. How to: Get USB access working with ICS CyanogenMod 9
An issue we ran into once we’d installed Ice Cream Sandwich on the HP Touchpad using CyanogenMod 9 was that we had no USB access.