[ROM][JB] [4.3] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SII(SGH-I777)-Updated [Jan 08, 2014]

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The Avatar Team is proud to present:

Avatar ROM
CM based ROM for Samsung Galaxy SII(SGH-I777)


Love the minimal feel of CM? Love the themeing capability of MIUI?
The Avatar team brings you, both combined in one ROM. Now enjoy beautiful MIUI themes on Cyanogen base.


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Details:

  • Android JB - 4.2.2
  • CM10.1

Instructions:

If it's the first time flashing avatarrom or coming from another ROM

Same as cyanogen - Link
Update your google search app from play store before using it.

Our Changes:

  • The platform for avatarrom as of now is CM10.1. The following components are changed on top CM10.1.
  • Status Bar
    • Fixed memory leaks
  • Theme Chooser
    • Google playstore like theme chooser - head here and download cool MIUI converted themes and CM themes.
  • Bazooka Launcher (market link)
    • Own launcher which is an enhanced version of Trebuchet (you can download this at the end of this post)
    • Enhanced theming by adding dockbar
    • Preview mode to edit workspaces
    • Many new Customization options.
    • Different gestures like swipe-up, swipe-down, double-tap, home-button press are added.
    • Added "edit workspace" option in menu button.
  • Messaging App
    • Changed message thread to make them themeable
    • Themeable Emoticons
  • Boot Animation
    • Themeable boot animation - the only CM ROM to do so.
  • Font Theming
    • Only ROM to support change of font without a reboot.
    • Tons of themes which change font - Eg: Buff, Simpsons, Mi_Xmas, European Gorgeous etc
  • Settings
    • Changed statistics to point to Avatar statistics server
    • OTA updater - you can check for updates to Avatar right from your device
    • Changed to support Avatar ROMs
    • Support for Gapps - download latest Gapps package as an OTA update
  • Framework
    • Integrated with ACRA Error Reporter for system wide crashes
  • Lockscreen
    • Changed to make them themeable
    • Support for complex unlock gestures
  • Weebo
    • A smart tasker kind of app which can help you to automate your device.
    • You can use exisiting rules or create your own customized rules for your needs.
    • More info - Link
  • Layout Theming
    • Themes not only change images, colors but it also can change the size, shape and position of any UI element.
    • More info - Link
  • Theme Editor
    • A tool to insulate you from all the complex operations involved in theming.
    • More info - Link
    • usage - Link

Recent Changelog

Oct 19th 2013 - 3.1.6 nightly changelog
  • Launcher:
    • Fix for Market Launcher UPDATE issue in our Avatar Rom
    • Fix for double tapped on Home button where animation was stopped in between
    • Minor fix for seekbar paddin
  • ThemeChooser:
    • Tone stop issue fix
    • null check for appcount display in store tab View
    • Feature: play tone on clicking tone select item in ThemeMixManager (Missed file added back)
    • Default Image changed
    • Boot animation and font renderer added in theme Mix
    • Feature: play tone on clicking tone select item in ThemeMixManager
    • ThemeMixmanager enabled

Sep 29 2013 - 3.1.3 Nightly changelog
  • Launcher
    • Fixed double tap Widget issue
    • Preview image fix
  • ThemeChooser
    • Fix a gap with breadcrumb text gaps
    • Fix an issue with search
  • Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 27th Septmeber.

24/08/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog
  • Launcher
    • Fixed a bug with folders not working correctly
  • ThemeChooser
    • Bug fix: download themes when wifi is on
    • Fixed a bug Theme Engine Versioning
    • Fixed a bug with System Theme
  • Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 22st August.

19/08/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog
  • Launcher
    • Fixed a bug with an extra gallery icon appearing at times
  • Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 16th August.

08/10/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog
  • Launcher
    • Black shadow in Landscape
    • Drawer default transition -Cube In and out
  • Removed icon showing for themes in installed tab and showing default gray image
  • Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 8th August.

07/28/2012 - Nightly release 3.0.2 changelog


07/21/2013 - AvatarROM 3.0.1 Nightly release
  • Update to latest cyanogenmod (till July 17) which has
    • Support for exfat, ntfs partitions
    • Some preliminary support for selinux
  • Themechooser is using action bar
  • Launcher
    • Fixed major issues and Critical crashes reported in error reporter have been fixed.
    • Some performance optimizations have been made when scrolling the workspace.

07/21/2013 - AvatarROM 3.0.1 Nightly release
  • Update to latest cyanogenmod (till July 17) which has
    • Support for exfat, ntfs partitions
    • Some preliminary support for selinux
  • Themechooser is using action bar
  • Launcher
    • Fixed major issues and Critical crashes reported in error reporter have been fixed.
    • Some performance optimizations have been made when scrolling the workspace.

Stable release 3.0 - 07/02/2013
As CM10.1 has hit the general release, Avatar Team is branching with stable and nightly releases.

Stable releases are marked as 3.0. This is the first stable release from Avatar Team. Stable releases will be weekly or bi-weekly and will be tested extensively by our testing team.

Nightly releases will kickstart in a few days. We will merge CM changes every day and it will also contain experiemental features from Avatar.

We highly recommend to wipe cache/data/dalvik before flashing the stable releases.

Changelog:

Based on CM10.1.0 (General Release)
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06/16/2013 - AvatarROM 2.15b release
  • CyanogenMod RC5 merges.
  • Fixes in Theme chooser.
  • Launcher:
    • Grid size issue fixed across all devices and resolutions.
    • Transparency setting changed(1 to 10 transparency, also moved from general to Drawer).
    • Fixed the issue with the transparent fade animation while going from Apps to Widgets.
    • Fixed some crashes.
  • Weebo:
    • New UI for editing rules.
    • Shows a dialog if rule is broken. If the rule is fine, user can directly enable/disable the rule by tapping on it.
    • Weebo icon changed.
    ***If you need the functionality of flashing Avatar ROM and Gapps in ROMS <= 2.13b, you can push the CMUpdater.apk to /system/app. ***

06/08/2013 - AvatarROM 2.14b release
  • Cyanogen Mod RC4
  • OTA Updater app can now flash with Gapps( This time also they need to do manual flashing of gapps. From next time it will be automatic if correct recovery is installed.) TWRP and unlocked clockworkmod is supported. Official locked clockworkmod recovery is not supported.
  • Lot of Theme chooser crash fixes.
  • Theme chooser gets updates from server, when the theme changes.
  • Notification for theme updates.
  • Fix for lock screen not showing music status for some themes.
  • Launcher
    • Crashes reported in error reporter have been fixed.
    • Some performance optimizations have been made when scrolling the workspace.

06/01/2013 - AvatarROM 2.13b release
  • CM merges till 28-05-2013
  • Bazooka --Custom grid size fix. Bug fixes.
  • Weebo -- UX/UI changes for location screen. Improved UI for mapping location screens.
  • Nova Launcher fix
  • Lockscreen support for new MIUI tag
  • Theme Chooser - some bug fixes
    • Service unregister crash
    • Notification added to show theme installing and installed
Previous releases


05/25/2013 - Avatar ROM 2.12b release.
  • CM 10.1 code merges till 21st May (RC2 Tag)
  • Mixing Themes - When applying a theme, you can now pick the components. Eg: If you want only the lock screen and boot animation from WP7 theme you can now choose it. We are one step closer to MiUi style of mixing and matching.
  • Rom Toolbox - Rom images will be available for download from Rom Toolbox app instantly. Fully automated.
  • Theme Chooser -
    • Support for enabling/disabling components when applying a theme
    • Improved facebook sharing and brand new gallery page (http://theme.avatarrom.com:3000/)
    • Bug fixes and improved graphics.
  • Launcher
    • Transitions in app drawer (like workspace)
    • App drawer can now be made transparent (no more black background)
    • Performance improvements in app drawer scrolling
  • Weebo
    • Ability to map a particular cell id to a location through location logs
    • Fixed bug related to mobile network not available

05/18/2013 - With more features and fixes Avatar team releasing the latest version 2.11b
  • Merged with CM 10.1 RC2 tag (May 15th, 2013)
  • Added Centre Clock feature - can be enabled/disabled from Settings
  • Made Navigation bar themeable - the resource name is nav_bar_bg
  • Made Statusbar Transparent - Default Status bar is now 25% transparent. Themes which have transparent status bar can make use of this. Seasons is one such theme.
  • Weebo
    • A 4x3 weebo widget can be added in homescreen. It displays current location and recent actions taken by weebo. This list is updated whenever there is location change or any actions are performed by weebo.
    • Fix for change of location when network is not detected
    • Removed cell-Id display from recent events logs. Remove cell-Id entries from recent events list shown in weebo.
    • Changed location tracking time options from locations page. Put a "recommanded" text for 4 hours option and removed "5 minutes" tracking time.
    • Action notifications are getting cleared now
    • Removed Actions in the notifications s when notification is cleared. When user removes notification the actions shown in notification are cleared.
  • Launcher
    • Feature to lock/unlock homescreen. Once homescreen is locked apps or widgets cannot be moved.
    • Fix a bug related to Gesture detection
  • Theme Chooser
    • Some memory leak fixes
    • Added support to share a fav theme on facebook
    Existing AvatarROM users can update via OTA from setting-> About Phone-> Avatar Updates
    More info about 2.11b release - http://avatarrom.com/update-2-11b-for-avatarrom-now-pushing-through-weebo-fixes-draw-along/

05/11/2013 - Avatar team is proud to present the 2.10b version based on the latest CM 10.1 RC base (Stable build).
  • Merged with CM 10.1 RC1 tag (May 8th, 2013)
  • Added more space between wifi and signal icons in status bar
  • Added gapps version in Error Reporter
  • Message Bubbles - Reset the bubbles similar to stock version bubble when not themed.
  • Theme Chooser - Themes now display the size of the apk.
  • Theme Chooser - Fixed memory leaks
  • Theme Chooser - Fixed download problems with some themes - cobalt blue, cobalt inferno etc
  • Bazooka --> Fixed Widget scolling issue when Widgets are placed on Home screen.
  • Bazooka --> Fixed the dockbar pages issue. You can select number of pages in Settings screen of Bazooka launcher.
  • Bazooka --> Other minor bug fixes.
  • Weebo --> Fixing the issue where files cannot be read from /mnt/sdcard/weebo folder.
  • Weebo --> Contact picker to make it simpler to select the contacts you want to call/send message to.
  • Weebo --> New categories in "All rules" callled Enabled and Disabled. This shows currently enabled/disabled rules.
  • Weebo --> Location exit condition bug fixed. You can now trigger actions when you leave a particular location.
Existing Avatar ROM Users - Hit the refresh button from "settings -> About Phone -> Avatar ROM Updates" for download via OTA
AvatarROM is now available for download via ROM Toolbox lite and pro versions. Thanks jrummy.

05/04/2013 - AvatarROM 2.9b release.
  • CyanogenMod merges till May 2nd 2013.
  • SystemUI fixes during expanded desktop (the background was not covering till the end. Also portrait - landscape transition, the notifications wouldn't expand fully)
  • ThemeChooser : Fixes for text invisible in installed themes tab for dark themes
  • ThemeChooser will not handle market links anymore and Memory leak fix.
  • Old themechooser is removed completely.
  • Launcher : Fix crash without wipe & make dockbar transperant.
  • In OTA updater show that the gapps and rom is installed if they are installed. ( Previously it used to show new or downloaded).
  • Change Cyanogen Mod Updates to Avatar Updates
  • We have a global error reporter collecting the crashes reported by the user using ACRA. Error Reporter link

04/27/2013 - AvatarROM 2.8b Release
  • Merged CM changes till 24th April ( includes Camera driver fixes for lot of devices )
  • Bazooka Launcher
    • Fixed some critical issues reported in previous build.
    • Added Gestures in workspace. A settings page also added to configure gesture actions. Different gestures like swipe-up, swipe-down, double-tap, home-button press are added. Different actions for each of the gesture can be set in preference.
    • Added ""edit workspace"" option in menu button.
    • Removed ""pinch to preview mode"". This option is currently disabled for some issues as we can go to preview mode through many other ways. It will be added later.
    • Many new Customization options."
  • Lockscreen
    • Fixed a bug
  • Fixed Settings crash on Input Method
  • Fixed Version Number problem in Error Reporter
  • Theme Chooser
    • Removed Old theme chooser
    • enabled Total download count of themes
    • Sorting themes based on download count
    • Sorting themes based on date
    • Settings App now launches the new Theme chooser

04/19/2013 - AvatarROM 2.7b Release
  • Merged with CM 10.1 M3 build( 14th April )
  • Changed Error Reporter to send requests to server instead of a google document
  • New Theme Chooser fixes
  • Weebo fixes
  • Support for layout theming

Existing AvatarROM users can update via OTA. Go to Settings-> About Phone-> Avatar updates and hit the refresh button.
Known issues
Update Google search and Google voice from playstore after installing the Gapps.

04/06/2013 - AvatarROM 2.6b Release
  • Full support for OTA
  • Merged with latest CM 10.1 base (Upto Apr 3rd, 2013 - Includes Paranoid style pie control, new Super user app etc)
  • Changes in the framework to redirect trebuchet and android launcher resources from CM themes to Bazooka launcher
  • Fixed launcher menu settings in app space
  • New ThemeChooser - Bug fixes, Performace improvements and new features like download count, caching etc
  • Performance improvements in theming engine
  • Weebo fixes
  • Disabled driving rule in weebo as it was causing lot of confusions

03/31/2013 - AvatarROM 2.5b Release
  • Latest CM 10.1 code merges for 2.5b release(upto Mar 28th 2013)
  • Included new theme chooser based on Aptoide(Alpha release)
  • Lockscreen - Enable/Disable vibration when unlocking from settings -> Lockscreen -> Screen Security -> Vibrate
  • Launcher - Option to edit workspace in menu
  • Weebo - Bug fixes and now you can create your own rules (see - http://avatarrom.com/weebo-rules/)
  • OTA - Full support from client side. Next update will be via OTA.
  • General bug fixes

03/24/2013 - AvatarROM 2.4b (CM10.1)
  • Latest CM 10.1 code merges for 2.4b release( upto Mar 22nd 2013)
  • Two new themes (MiUi v5 and Pink theme)
  • Weebo and status bar fixes.
  • Weebo adding actions in log.
  • Performance improvements in animations.

03/15/2013 - AvatarROM 2.3b Release
  • Latest CM 10.1 code merges ( upto Mar 13th 2013)
  • Fix Settings -> About phone -> Status crash
  • Usual bug fixes

03/09/2013 - AvatarROM 2.2b Release
  • Latest CM 10.1 code merges (upto Mar 7th 2013)
  • Bug fixes from 2.1b Avatar Release
  • Integrated Weebo
  • Changes to make toggles screen more themeable
  • Chages in Error Reporter to point to new document

03/02/2013 - AvatarROM 2.1b Release
  • Latest CM 10.1 code merges (upto Feb 27th 2013)
  • Bug fixes from 2.0b Avatar Release
  • Small tweaks for battery.

Download Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SII(SGH-I777) :


Nightly Release 3.x.y - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1
Nightly 3.1.8 Oct 29 2013
Stable Release 3.x - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1
Stable 3.0
Beta Release - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1
Link(Jun 23,2013)
Gapps (4.2.2)


Stable Release - Android version 4.1.2 based on CM10

Link(Feb 27,2013)
Gapps

Videos:

Sample Video - checkout our MIUI style lockscreens, statusbar, messaging, etc and the smooth transition of themes:


Review by Flow-Wolf


All Videos

Credits:

  • Cyanogen Team
  • Trebuchet launcher
  • MiUi Theme creators

If there are any errors let us know in the comments or file the bug at http://issues.avatarrom.com

You can find more information at http://www.avatarrom.com

Feature request page - https://avatarrom.uservoice.com/forums/193652-avatarrom-feature-request

Now you can follow us on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter here.
 
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sykoj82

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Thank you for the rom!

Sent from my SGH-i777 using XDA Premium

---------- Post added at 08:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:13 AM ----------

OK...after flashing...I get a black screen phone won't boot... kernel issue...so what I did was to reboot into recovery, flash kernel cleaner, then flash siyah 4.33...that worked...

So the kernel included with this ROM needs to be fixed. Other than that so far its nice ROM..

Sent from my SGH-i777 using XDA Premium
 
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RatusNatus

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Ops, new ROM on the area.
I'll check it later since I'm out of Internet till next year.
This one looks real good. Thanks for releasing this.

Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda app-developers app
 
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bippi79

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ChangeLog

Jan 12, 2013

1. Added a setting in Settings->Performance->Urandom to enable/disable Seeder 1.3.1 entropy generator (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1987032)
2. Performance improvement when applying theme (Fastest when compared to CM/MiUi)
3. 5 New themes (T3, MiBadge, Steel, ThreeDView, Metalbuild)
4. Fixed Out of Memory errors in SystemUI
5. Fixed crashes in lockscreen
6. Scrolling effects and performance tweaks in launcher
 

linuxrick

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Detroit
This ROM is awesome!! Ive been using it for over a week and it's so smooth and reliable! One thing I noticed though, when I send an image via text/mms it turns the image sideways. Anyone else having this issue or did I drop my phone one too many times?
 

Phalanx7621

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Re: [ROM][JB] [4.1.2] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SII(SGH-I777) - Updated [Jan 12,

This ROM is awesome!! Ive been using it for over a week and it's so smooth and reliable! One thing I noticed though, when I send an image via text/mms it turns the image sideways. Anyone else having this issue or did I drop my phone one too many times?

Are you taking the pictures in portrait mode or landscape? If you take it in portrait (with the phone upright) it will automatically rotate it.
 

bludiamond

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This ROM looks great but I can't get it to install, I've tried two different kernals and I always get an install aborted. Any idea what I need to change?
 

linuxrick

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Re: [ROM][JB] [4.1.2] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SII(SGH-I777) - Updated [Jan 12,

Yes that's exactly what's going on, OK must be normal for the ROM. Not a fan of it but I like this ROM so much, others can rotate when they receive it.

Thanks!


Are you taking the pictures in portrait mode or landscape? If you take it in portrait (with the phone upright) it will automatically rotate it.



Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
 

linuxrick

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After some more testing, looks like a screenshot sent via text/mms sends in portrait mode, but as mentioned above camera photos are sent flipped on their side.

On a sidenote... BT connects almost instantly in my car! Pandora and Music both connect and operate without issues at all! Same goes for BT and wifi tethering which seem to be problematic in some other ROMs.
 

sk8ordie0

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Re: [ROM][JB] [4.1.2] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SII(SGH-I777) - Updated [Jan 12,

After some more testing, looks like a screenshot sent via text/mms sends in portrait mode, but as mentioned above camera photos are sent flipped on their side.

On a sidenote... BT connects almost instantly in my car! Pandora and Music both connect and operate without issues at all! Same goes for BT and wifi tethering which seem to be problematic in some other ROMs.

All custom ROMs set the pic in landscape when the camera is snapped in portrait. Just something we sacrifice to have amazing ROMs like this one! :) just use camera in landscape mode. :silly:

Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
 

Phalanx7621

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Re: [ROM][JB] [4.1.2] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SII(SGH-I777) - Updated [Jan 12,

All custom ROMs set the pic in landscape when the camera is snapped in portrait. Just something we sacrifice to have amazing ROMs like this one! :) just use camera in landscape mode. :silly:

Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2

And five posts above yours....I said the same thing.
 

bippi79

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ChangeLog (Feb 02, 2013)

  • Performace improvement in launcher, lockscreen.
  • Bug fixes in frameworks and statusbar.
  • Fix for OOM (out of memory) issues when applying new themes.
  • Graphics fix for already existing themes
  • Partial Support for font theming
 
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Eduardo9309

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This ROM is awesome!! Ive been using it for over a week and it's so smooth and reliable! One thing I noticed though, when I send an image via text/mms it turns the image sideways. Anyone else having this issue or did I drop my phone one too many times?

hi, how about you rom experience? is the battery and perfomance good? are there bugs?
 

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    The Avatar Team is proud to present:

    Avatar ROM
    CM based ROM for Samsung Galaxy SII(SGH-I777)


    Love the minimal feel of CM? Love the themeing capability of MIUI?
    The Avatar team brings you, both combined in one ROM. Now enjoy beautiful MIUI themes on Cyanogen base.


    imagesforxdaforum011.gif




    Details:

    • Android JB - 4.2.2
    • CM10.1

    Instructions:

    If it's the first time flashing avatarrom or coming from another ROM

    Same as cyanogen - Link
    Update your google search app from play store before using it.

    Our Changes:

    • The platform for avatarrom as of now is CM10.1. The following components are changed on top CM10.1.
    • Status Bar
      • Fixed memory leaks
    • Theme Chooser
      • Google playstore like theme chooser - head here and download cool MIUI converted themes and CM themes.
    • Bazooka Launcher (market link)
      • Own launcher which is an enhanced version of Trebuchet (you can download this at the end of this post)
      • Enhanced theming by adding dockbar
      • Preview mode to edit workspaces
      • Many new Customization options.
      • Different gestures like swipe-up, swipe-down, double-tap, home-button press are added.
      • Added "edit workspace" option in menu button.
    • Messaging App
      • Changed message thread to make them themeable
      • Themeable Emoticons
    • Boot Animation
      • Themeable boot animation - the only CM ROM to do so.
    • Font Theming
      • Only ROM to support change of font without a reboot.
      • Tons of themes which change font - Eg: Buff, Simpsons, Mi_Xmas, European Gorgeous etc
    • Settings
      • Changed statistics to point to Avatar statistics server
      • OTA updater - you can check for updates to Avatar right from your device
      • Changed to support Avatar ROMs
      • Support for Gapps - download latest Gapps package as an OTA update
    • Framework
      • Integrated with ACRA Error Reporter for system wide crashes
    • Lockscreen
      • Changed to make them themeable
      • Support for complex unlock gestures
    • Weebo
      • A smart tasker kind of app which can help you to automate your device.
      • You can use exisiting rules or create your own customized rules for your needs.
      • More info - Link
    • Layout Theming
      • Themes not only change images, colors but it also can change the size, shape and position of any UI element.
      • More info - Link
    • Theme Editor
      • A tool to insulate you from all the complex operations involved in theming.
      • More info - Link
      • usage - Link

    Recent Changelog

    Oct 19th 2013 - 3.1.6 nightly changelog
    • Launcher:
      • Fix for Market Launcher UPDATE issue in our Avatar Rom
      • Fix for double tapped on Home button where animation was stopped in between
      • Minor fix for seekbar paddin
    • ThemeChooser:
      • Tone stop issue fix
      • null check for appcount display in store tab View
      • Feature: play tone on clicking tone select item in ThemeMixManager (Missed file added back)
      • Default Image changed
      • Boot animation and font renderer added in theme Mix
      • Feature: play tone on clicking tone select item in ThemeMixManager
      • ThemeMixmanager enabled

    Sep 29 2013 - 3.1.3 Nightly changelog
    • Launcher
      • Fixed double tap Widget issue
      • Preview image fix
    • ThemeChooser
      • Fix a gap with breadcrumb text gaps
      • Fix an issue with search
    • Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 27th Septmeber.

    24/08/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog
    • Launcher
      • Fixed a bug with folders not working correctly
    • ThemeChooser
      • Bug fix: download themes when wifi is on
      • Fixed a bug Theme Engine Versioning
      • Fixed a bug with System Theme
    • Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 22st August.

    19/08/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog
    • Launcher
      • Fixed a bug with an extra gallery icon appearing at times
    • Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 16th August.

    08/10/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog
    • Launcher
      • Black shadow in Landscape
      • Drawer default transition -Cube In and out
    • Removed icon showing for themes in installed tab and showing default gray image
    • Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 8th August.

    07/28/2012 - Nightly release 3.0.2 changelog


    07/21/2013 - AvatarROM 3.0.1 Nightly release
    • Update to latest cyanogenmod (till July 17) which has
      • Support for exfat, ntfs partitions
      • Some preliminary support for selinux
    • Themechooser is using action bar
    • Launcher
      • Fixed major issues and Critical crashes reported in error reporter have been fixed.
      • Some performance optimizations have been made when scrolling the workspace.

    07/21/2013 - AvatarROM 3.0.1 Nightly release
    • Update to latest cyanogenmod (till July 17) which has
      • Support for exfat, ntfs partitions
      • Some preliminary support for selinux
    • Themechooser is using action bar
    • Launcher
      • Fixed major issues and Critical crashes reported in error reporter have been fixed.
      • Some performance optimizations have been made when scrolling the workspace.

    Stable release 3.0 - 07/02/2013
    As CM10.1 has hit the general release, Avatar Team is branching with stable and nightly releases.

    Stable releases are marked as 3.0. This is the first stable release from Avatar Team. Stable releases will be weekly or bi-weekly and will be tested extensively by our testing team.

    Nightly releases will kickstart in a few days. We will merge CM changes every day and it will also contain experiemental features from Avatar.

    We highly recommend to wipe cache/data/dalvik before flashing the stable releases.

    Changelog:

    Based on CM10.1.0 (General Release)
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    06/16/2013 - AvatarROM 2.15b release
    • CyanogenMod RC5 merges.
    • Fixes in Theme chooser.
    • Launcher:
      • Grid size issue fixed across all devices and resolutions.
      • Transparency setting changed(1 to 10 transparency, also moved from general to Drawer).
      • Fixed the issue with the transparent fade animation while going from Apps to Widgets.
      • Fixed some crashes.
    • Weebo:
      • New UI for editing rules.
      • Shows a dialog if rule is broken. If the rule is fine, user can directly enable/disable the rule by tapping on it.
      • Weebo icon changed.
      ***If you need the functionality of flashing Avatar ROM and Gapps in ROMS <= 2.13b, you can push the CMUpdater.apk to /system/app. ***

    06/08/2013 - AvatarROM 2.14b release
    • Cyanogen Mod RC4
    • OTA Updater app can now flash with Gapps( This time also they need to do manual flashing of gapps. From next time it will be automatic if correct recovery is installed.) TWRP and unlocked clockworkmod is supported. Official locked clockworkmod recovery is not supported.
    • Lot of Theme chooser crash fixes.
    • Theme chooser gets updates from server, when the theme changes.
    • Notification for theme updates.
    • Fix for lock screen not showing music status for some themes.
    • Launcher
      • Crashes reported in error reporter have been fixed.
      • Some performance optimizations have been made when scrolling the workspace.

    06/01/2013 - AvatarROM 2.13b release
    • CM merges till 28-05-2013
    • Bazooka --Custom grid size fix. Bug fixes.
    • Weebo -- UX/UI changes for location screen. Improved UI for mapping location screens.
    • Nova Launcher fix
    • Lockscreen support for new MIUI tag
    • Theme Chooser - some bug fixes
      • Service unregister crash
      • Notification added to show theme installing and installed
    Previous releases


    05/25/2013 - Avatar ROM 2.12b release.
    • CM 10.1 code merges till 21st May (RC2 Tag)
    • Mixing Themes - When applying a theme, you can now pick the components. Eg: If you want only the lock screen and boot animation from WP7 theme you can now choose it. We are one step closer to MiUi style of mixing and matching.
    • Rom Toolbox - Rom images will be available for download from Rom Toolbox app instantly. Fully automated.
    • Theme Chooser -
      • Support for enabling/disabling components when applying a theme
      • Improved facebook sharing and brand new gallery page (http://theme.avatarrom.com:3000/)
      • Bug fixes and improved graphics.
    • Launcher
      • Transitions in app drawer (like workspace)
      • App drawer can now be made transparent (no more black background)
      • Performance improvements in app drawer scrolling
    • Weebo
      • Ability to map a particular cell id to a location through location logs
      • Fixed bug related to mobile network not available

    05/18/2013 - With more features and fixes Avatar team releasing the latest version 2.11b
    • Merged with CM 10.1 RC2 tag (May 15th, 2013)
    • Added Centre Clock feature - can be enabled/disabled from Settings
    • Made Navigation bar themeable - the resource name is nav_bar_bg
    • Made Statusbar Transparent - Default Status bar is now 25% transparent. Themes which have transparent status bar can make use of this. Seasons is one such theme.
    • Weebo
      • A 4x3 weebo widget can be added in homescreen. It displays current location and recent actions taken by weebo. This list is updated whenever there is location change or any actions are performed by weebo.
      • Fix for change of location when network is not detected
      • Removed cell-Id display from recent events logs. Remove cell-Id entries from recent events list shown in weebo.
      • Changed location tracking time options from locations page. Put a "recommanded" text for 4 hours option and removed "5 minutes" tracking time.
      • Action notifications are getting cleared now
      • Removed Actions in the notifications s when notification is cleared. When user removes notification the actions shown in notification are cleared.
    • Launcher
      • Feature to lock/unlock homescreen. Once homescreen is locked apps or widgets cannot be moved.
      • Fix a bug related to Gesture detection
    • Theme Chooser
      • Some memory leak fixes
      • Added support to share a fav theme on facebook
      Existing AvatarROM users can update via OTA from setting-> About Phone-> Avatar Updates
      More info about 2.11b release - http://avatarrom.com/update-2-11b-for-avatarrom-now-pushing-through-weebo-fixes-draw-along/

    05/11/2013 - Avatar team is proud to present the 2.10b version based on the latest CM 10.1 RC base (Stable build).
    • Merged with CM 10.1 RC1 tag (May 8th, 2013)
    • Added more space between wifi and signal icons in status bar
    • Added gapps version in Error Reporter
    • Message Bubbles - Reset the bubbles similar to stock version bubble when not themed.
    • Theme Chooser - Themes now display the size of the apk.
    • Theme Chooser - Fixed memory leaks
    • Theme Chooser - Fixed download problems with some themes - cobalt blue, cobalt inferno etc
    • Bazooka --> Fixed Widget scolling issue when Widgets are placed on Home screen.
    • Bazooka --> Fixed the dockbar pages issue. You can select number of pages in Settings screen of Bazooka launcher.
    • Bazooka --> Other minor bug fixes.
    • Weebo --> Fixing the issue where files cannot be read from /mnt/sdcard/weebo folder.
    • Weebo --> Contact picker to make it simpler to select the contacts you want to call/send message to.
    • Weebo --> New categories in "All rules" callled Enabled and Disabled. This shows currently enabled/disabled rules.
    • Weebo --> Location exit condition bug fixed. You can now trigger actions when you leave a particular location.
    Existing Avatar ROM Users - Hit the refresh button from "settings -> About Phone -> Avatar ROM Updates" for download via OTA
    AvatarROM is now available for download via ROM Toolbox lite and pro versions. Thanks jrummy.

    05/04/2013 - AvatarROM 2.9b release.
    • CyanogenMod merges till May 2nd 2013.
    • SystemUI fixes during expanded desktop (the background was not covering till the end. Also portrait - landscape transition, the notifications wouldn't expand fully)
    • ThemeChooser : Fixes for text invisible in installed themes tab for dark themes
    • ThemeChooser will not handle market links anymore and Memory leak fix.
    • Old themechooser is removed completely.
    • Launcher : Fix crash without wipe & make dockbar transperant.
    • In OTA updater show that the gapps and rom is installed if they are installed. ( Previously it used to show new or downloaded).
    • Change Cyanogen Mod Updates to Avatar Updates
    • We have a global error reporter collecting the crashes reported by the user using ACRA. Error Reporter link

    04/27/2013 - AvatarROM 2.8b Release
    • Merged CM changes till 24th April ( includes Camera driver fixes for lot of devices )
    • Bazooka Launcher
      • Fixed some critical issues reported in previous build.
      • Added Gestures in workspace. A settings page also added to configure gesture actions. Different gestures like swipe-up, swipe-down, double-tap, home-button press are added. Different actions for each of the gesture can be set in preference.
      • Added ""edit workspace"" option in menu button.
      • Removed ""pinch to preview mode"". This option is currently disabled for some issues as we can go to preview mode through many other ways. It will be added later.
      • Many new Customization options."
    • Lockscreen
      • Fixed a bug
    • Fixed Settings crash on Input Method
    • Fixed Version Number problem in Error Reporter
    • Theme Chooser
      • Removed Old theme chooser
      • enabled Total download count of themes
      • Sorting themes based on download count
      • Sorting themes based on date
      • Settings App now launches the new Theme chooser

    04/19/2013 - AvatarROM 2.7b Release
    • Merged with CM 10.1 M3 build( 14th April )
    • Changed Error Reporter to send requests to server instead of a google document
    • New Theme Chooser fixes
    • Weebo fixes
    • Support for layout theming

    Existing AvatarROM users can update via OTA. Go to Settings-> About Phone-> Avatar updates and hit the refresh button.
    Known issues
    Update Google search and Google voice from playstore after installing the Gapps.

    04/06/2013 - AvatarROM 2.6b Release
    • Full support for OTA
    • Merged with latest CM 10.1 base (Upto Apr 3rd, 2013 - Includes Paranoid style pie control, new Super user app etc)
    • Changes in the framework to redirect trebuchet and android launcher resources from CM themes to Bazooka launcher
    • Fixed launcher menu settings in app space
    • New ThemeChooser - Bug fixes, Performace improvements and new features like download count, caching etc
    • Performance improvements in theming engine
    • Weebo fixes
    • Disabled driving rule in weebo as it was causing lot of confusions

    03/31/2013 - AvatarROM 2.5b Release
    • Latest CM 10.1 code merges for 2.5b release(upto Mar 28th 2013)
    • Included new theme chooser based on Aptoide(Alpha release)
    • Lockscreen - Enable/Disable vibration when unlocking from settings -> Lockscreen -> Screen Security -> Vibrate
    • Launcher - Option to edit workspace in menu
    • Weebo - Bug fixes and now you can create your own rules (see - http://avatarrom.com/weebo-rules/)
    • OTA - Full support from client side. Next update will be via OTA.
    • General bug fixes

    03/24/2013 - AvatarROM 2.4b (CM10.1)
    • Latest CM 10.1 code merges for 2.4b release( upto Mar 22nd 2013)
    • Two new themes (MiUi v5 and Pink theme)
    • Weebo and status bar fixes.
    • Weebo adding actions in log.
    • Performance improvements in animations.

    03/15/2013 - AvatarROM 2.3b Release
    • Latest CM 10.1 code merges ( upto Mar 13th 2013)
    • Fix Settings -> About phone -> Status crash
    • Usual bug fixes

    03/09/2013 - AvatarROM 2.2b Release
    • Latest CM 10.1 code merges (upto Mar 7th 2013)
    • Bug fixes from 2.1b Avatar Release
    • Integrated Weebo
    • Changes to make toggles screen more themeable
    • Chages in Error Reporter to point to new document

    03/02/2013 - AvatarROM 2.1b Release
    • Latest CM 10.1 code merges (upto Feb 27th 2013)
    • Bug fixes from 2.0b Avatar Release
    • Small tweaks for battery.

    Download Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SII(SGH-I777) :


    Nightly Release 3.x.y - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1
    Nightly 3.1.8 Oct 29 2013
    Stable Release 3.x - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1
    Stable 3.0
    Beta Release - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1
    Link(Jun 23,2013)
    Gapps (4.2.2)


    Stable Release - Android version 4.1.2 based on CM10

    Link(Feb 27,2013)
    Gapps

    Videos:

    Sample Video - checkout our MIUI style lockscreens, statusbar, messaging, etc and the smooth transition of themes:


    Review by Flow-Wolf


    All Videos

    Credits:

    • Cyanogen Team
    • Trebuchet launcher
    • MiUi Theme creators

    If there are any errors let us know in the comments or file the bug at http://issues.avatarrom.com

    You can find more information at http://www.avatarrom.com

    Feature request page - https://avatarrom.uservoice.com/forums/193652-avatarrom-feature-request

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    ChangeLog (Mar 31, 2013)


    03/31/2013 - AvatarROM 2.5b Release
    • Latest CM 10.1 code merges for 2.5b release(upto Mar 28th 2013)
    • Included new theme chooser based on Aptoide(Alpha release)
    • Lockscreen - Enable/Disable vibration when unlocking from settings -> Lockscreen -> Screen Security -> Vibrate
    • Launcher - Option to edit workspace in menu
    • Weebo - Bug fixes and now you can create your own rules (see - http://avatarrom.com/weebo-rules/)
    • OTA - Full support from client side. Next update will be via OTA.
    • General bug fixes
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    Avatar Team is proud to present the first beta release of Layout Themeing.

    We all have seen how themes change images, icons, drawables, colors etc. But this is the first time you will see how a theme can change the position of UI elements (buttons, labels, etc). Never before an attempt like this was made in the history of Android.

    Eg: "Close all apps" button in the recent apps list is on the top-right corner. If you are a left handed user, reaching the top-right corner on a 5 inch phone is not easy. With layout theming, you can move the position from top-right to left-bottom.

    Demo:

    Lets take up a simple example. We have seen different version of dialer in different operating system. By applying a theme, we can now have the exact same dialer in Android. Not only the buttons look the same, it is also positioned at the exact location.

    System UI (System app) - Link
    Iphone style (Theme) - Link
    Circular dialer (Theme) - Link
    Blackberry dialer (Theme) - Link
    Recent apps (Theme)- Link

    Install Instructions:

    1. Push the systemUI.apk to /system/app (Eg: "adb push systemUI.apk /system/app")
    2. Install the themes as any normal android application (Eg: "adb install -r iphone.apk")
    3. Go to theme chooser and apply your preferred theme
    4. Open the dialer and check out how look and feel changes which each theme.

    Some Surprises

    1. Check out the clock position on the status bar. Yes it is centered. We can move anything to anywhere.
    2. In the recent apps theme, we have moved "Close all apps " in the recent apps list from top-right to bottom-left

    Layout themeing will be part of AvatarROM soon and we are working on some cool concepts. We would love to hear what you want to see in layout theming. Post your ideas in our feature request page.


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    Explanations and facts. Our status as of now.

    Lately there has been a lot of confusion as to our approach to AvatarROM and the support scenario for all the various devices. We have had a lot of negative, and must I say, important feedback, and we have also seen a slight wane in our download numbers.

    First off the bat, let us lay it out there in front of you that AvatarROM is still up and running and very much alive. There have been a few problems lately, but more about that later. We would like to ensure to our users that our development pattern is still chugging like a well oiled machinery and soon things will be right back on track.

    We received a lot of flak for the last 4.3 build that we came out with, which actually had a major flaw in the lockscreen, putting devices into continuous bootloops. Our immediate solution was to advice users not to upgrade at all, and to those who had, to downgrade to the previous build. Although we ended up promising users that we will soon release a new build, unfortunately it never ended up happening. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have not been able to push out a new build to our users, nor have we released any update for all those devices still on 4.2.2. The good news though, is that we will soon have a new build up and running. We are working on it and it should see the light of day soon.

    The second problem, and in a way, a more grievous one was that a lot of older builds and in some cases, all the builds for specific device models got erased from our servers, as a result of which new users were never able to download our ROM. This lead to a lot of confusion, and in some cases, agitation that we might be wrapping up, which as we cleared up, is not the problem. We were trying to tweak the back- end servers and in the process, lost a lot of those older images. By the time we could salvage them, it was too late. Currently we are in the process of tweaking the servers (really carefully) and make sure that most of those missing builds are available.

    So yes, in a nutshell, we really dropped the ball this time. We will like to thank all our users who stood valiantly alongside us, even though aware of the issues. We are looking into solving all these problems and should be able to alleviate them altogether in the coming days. So please be patient, just for a few more days.

    Thanks
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    Please take out"install clock work mod recovery" from installation instructions as to not confuse people. CWM is built into our kernel, we don't install it separately.:)