Best Custom ROM for Samsung Galaxy Mini/Pop GTS_5570

CM7 Music Edition v1.1 For Smasung Galaxy Pop/Mini GTS5570
By~
Amit.
Source(YAGYA GAIRE).

After my experience of trying over more than 18 Custom Roms for my phone,Samsung Galaxy Mini GTS_5570,the best one which not only meets all our needs but also has the best quality sound and longer battery life is CM7 Music Edition v1.1.

Cyanogen Mod 7.1 recently made official for Samsung Galaxy Mini is a very good custom rom available so far for Samsung Galaxy Pop/Mini GT-S5570. While it is said to have official support for Galaxy Mini smartphone, Cyanogen Team is taking a long time to release an official stable version of cyanogen mod for galaxy mini. In such a situation, many enthusiastic developers form xda are compiling their own CM7 from the source and some are modding the compiled ones with new tweaks and User Interface Design. One such rom available for galaxy pop/mini gts-5570 is CM7 Music Edition released by crazy_k_p after modding original cm7 with his own tweaks and designs.

And here we today have Cyanogen Mod 7 Music Edition v1.1 for you to try it. It is an update to Music Edition v1.0 released few weeks ago by him. This rom is said to be optimized for optimal music experience and thus is named Music Edition. 'This is great for music lovers', says the developer. So why not try it. Here is what you have got inside CM7 Music Edition v1.1.

• Bravia Engine Enhancement.
• Bass Enhancement.
• Improved Graphics
• Darktremor APP2SD Pre-Installed
• 3D Sound Enhancement (You will have to use your earphones to feel it.)
• A New Customized Lock Screen that looks like that of Ice Cream Sandwich OS.
• Ice Cream Sandwich Style Transition Animations (Thanks to me and crazy_k_p).
• Included GAPPS.
• Included Swype --the best touch type keyboard for Android Smartphones.
• Added W8 Walkman music player app.
• Launcher Zeam Launcher.
• Added Sony Ericsson Wallpaper and Ice Cream Sandwich Wallpaper Picker with cool wallpapers.
• Added tweaks including SD Card Speed Fix, VM Heap Management Tweak, Smoothness Tweaks and Many other Tweaks to improve sound quality.
• Galaxy Nexus Style Boot Animation.
• Wait there is something more; xLoud for better music experience. Download and Flash this xLoud.zip file from CWM recovery after installing Music Edition v1.1.

You can get more details of features and tweaks at this thread post on xda. Now that you know what is Music Edition, here is how you install/flash it on your galaxy mini.

Do You Already Have Any Version/Mod of CM7? Follow these steps.

1. Download Music Edition v1.1 from this link.

2. Copy it to the root directory of your sd-card.

3. Reboot your device to Clock Work Mod Recovery (Press Home + Power Button).

4. [Optional but, Recommended] Do a Nandroid Backup of your current rom.

5. Choose Install Zip From Sd Card>>Choose Zip From SD Card option and then select the Music_cm_1.1_kp.zip file you downloaded from above.

6. Wait till it finishes installing the update zip and then Wipe your Cache (only) after it is done.

7. Reboot your device from CWM Recovery main menu.

Your device will boot up with Music Edition v1.1. Please, note that it will reboot twice itself during the ANDROID Logo. It is to activate darktremor a2sd and is normal, so don't worry about it unless it's doing the same for above 10-15 minutes, which is the total time required during the first boot. If your phone doesn't boot even after 20 minutes try wiping your data in clockwork mod recovery and reboot again.

Are You New to Cyanogen Mod? You will have to begin from the start.

1. Upgrade your firmware to Gingerbread 2.3.4 using Odin Multidownloader v4.38.

2. Install Clock Work Mod Recovery v4.0.0.5 using Odin. Latest CWM recovery v5.0.2.6 seem to have problem while flashing.

3. Follow steps 1-7 from above.

Note that you will also need to wipe data in Step 6 if you are flashing CM7 for the first time. Also, note that you won't be able to backup your Gignebread rom as it is rfs based partition and Clock Work Mod 4.0.0.5 doesn't support such backups. So, you may also skip Step 4. 

Overall, I must say CM7 Music Edition v1.1 is nice modding of Cyanogen Mod 7.1.0 rom. You can also customize other things yourself to make it look more beautiful and useful for you according to your preferences. Also, you can overclock it by using squadzone's Overclocking Kernels if you want it overclocked. Have a happy flashing. Please, feel free to share your review of Music Edition v1.1 in the comments below.

P.S. Don't forget to stop by and say thanks to crazy_p_k for this cool rom if you really love it.