CM7 port [Alpha 4] by PsychoGame for Galaxy Y (Bluetooth working!)

Greetings, fellow Cyanogenmod fans! It's been a while since the last post regarding CyanogenMod7 has been posted here. In this post I am going to introduce you to PsychoGame's port of CyanogenMod7 for the Samsung Galaxy Young.
From the looks of his xda thread, he sure knows what he is doing and his progress is actually going well. This release has Bluetooth partially working from what I read on his thread, I couldn't get the chance to test it personally though. If you want to, you can also read this xda post on how to be able to share files, I believe that actually fixes the whole Bluetooth issue but like I said, haven't tested anything personally.

As for the performance, bugs and such on this rom, the only problem I could see was the screen flickering from time to time. Games such as Angry Birds and Pou managed to be playable without any force-closes (Pou used to force close on Madteam's CM7).

So below I am going to list the working/not working features of the release I am about to share with you (Alpha 4):

Working:

• Audio
• Bluetooth (Partially: Not usable yet, but the device is able to scan for other devices and is also found by other bluetooth devices) - UPDATE: Please refer to this xda post to be able to share files!!
• Camera (Partially: Can take pictures but unable to record film material For more info look at: "known bugs")
• Display "Hardware Accelerated" (Also with some small bugs and glitches, look at "Known bugs")
• GPS
• Input
• Lights
• Network interfaces (Mobile internet)
• Power management
• Radio (Phone "Incoming and Outgoing calls")
• Sensors
• Storage
• Vibrator
• Wifi

Not working:

• Media, media_profiles.xml is included, but the OMX interface still needs to be properly ported which is a WIP

Known bugs: 
Unfortunately the popular random screen flickering bug is still here, aswell as the camera showing a white screen even though it is able to take pictures, you can't preview them from the camera app.

Downloads:
Download CM7 Alpha 4: Click here.
Download PsychoGame's kernel (You need this to boot CM): Click here.
Download Gapps (Play Store, GTalk, etc.): Click here. 

So first of all, I would recommend that you safely download the CM7 zip file to your sdcard and then flash the kernel, because it is possible that after flashing the kernel, you will be stuck on yor GALAXY Y logo and won't be able to boot int your ROM to later paste it there.

Installing the kernel:
Step 1:
Download Odin 1.85: Click here.
Download the boot1.tar (PsychoGame's kernel) file to your computer.

Step 2:
Boot your Galaxy Y into Download mode by holding the Volume down + Home + Power/Lock button.
Once you are there, press Volume up until you go to the screen where it says something like "Downloading"
In the mean time, connect your Galaxy Y with your USB cable and start the Odin program.

Step 3:
Now it's time to setup Odin. Once you start it up, you should see in the ID:COM boxes a yellow box indicating that your phone is connected to a port. Please refer to the screenshot below:

Click on the PDA button and locate the boot1.tar file which you downloaded to your computer. Select it, and press Start in the Odin program. Wait for it to flash the kernel to your phone and in the end, the first box should become in green color saying PASS! or something of the sort.

You have now succesfully installed the kernel and may unplug your phone.
Now take off your battery, insert it back in and from here, follow the ROM installation guide below, I have made a video for it.

Installing the ROM:

And there you have it. This release is absolutely stunning, well working and might just be good enough for daily use.

Source:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2117104
 

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