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You're right. A google search found this... which isn't clearly linked from the download page, getting started page, etc): http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Release_Versioning

Cyanogenmod really needs to update their website. Everything under "stable":

https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=stable

and under "Release Candidate":

https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=RC

are the outdated 10.2 aka Android 4.3 Jellybean releases. The "Milestone" link is totally blank:

https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=milestone

There's no indication on any of those pages that you should look somewhere else.

The "snapshot" builds is when you finally start to see something modern. And snapshot usually implies 'alpha' quality... one step up from nightly, but definitely NOT something you want to be running on your real, everyday mobile device. Indeed, from the posts on the forum, it seems snapshot isn't stable. M11 had bluetooth issues, you should revert to M9. M12 has GPS and battery drain issues. Etc. I wouldn't really call that 'stable'.

Also note that this is when clicking the "Download" link right across the top on the Cyanogenmod site, which just dumps you into the kind of confusing download structure where you're supposed to understand your phone's code name (of course 'jftle' means Samsung Galaxy S4, that makes sense) and that snapshot actually means stable. They used to have a far more navigable website where you could easily see the level of support offered for your phone (stable vs milestone vs nightly) before you decided to start hacking it.

They now want you to use the CM installer which is under the "getting started" link on the main page. But the Download link should really point to a proper download page that explains things for first time visitors, not dump you off on the advanced users page with no prompting. Really not a user-friendly setup. And that's speaking as someone that used CM on my last two phones (the original G1 and the T-Mobile G2/HTC Desire Z) but never saw it work smoothly.



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