[ROM][4.0.4] Slim ICS (SGS2) - Clean, Simple & Fast (57MB)

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krarvind

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Fellas, thanks for the appreciation and support. Slim Bean is what is called and have been out for some devices as 1.0 and 2.0 is ready for most devices but i wanted to see if i can get s2/s3 to get to the same state. S2 is giving me some hard time and AvRs some heart ache's. He had to Odin twice to recover his phone. My test S2 phone needs fixing. Will continue to work on it and with AvRs, we will get it working. When, i can't answer that. I was hoping for 2.0 but might have to wait. Let's see. Cheers
 

nguyenson91hp

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Cheer!...amen!..=))
Used Slim 4 a long time and can't wait to check out Slim Bean...
Using Siyah dualboot, primary 4 Slim ICS and a slot for JB experiment..pretty cool..right?
 
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AvRS

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Fellas, thanks for the appreciation and support. Slim Bean is what is called and have been out for some devices as 1.0 and 2.0 is ready for most devices but i wanted to see if i can get s2/s3 to get to the same state. S2 is giving me some hard time and AvRs some heart ache's. He had to Odin twice to recover his phone. My test S2 phone needs fixing. Will continue to work on it and with AvRs, we will get it working. When, i can't answer that. I was hoping for 2.0 but might have to wait. Let's see. Cheers

As krarvind has said above, we've been testing the last couple of nights to try get it working and unfortunately both attempts have failed resulting in me having to try everything the first time to try restore my phone but at least the second time I was prepared with my previous lessons. Basically I had to use ODIN to flash a PIT file to repartition, flash a stock firmware and kernel in order to get it back to a usable state in order to restore my previous CWM backup of Slim ICS. We're not sure exactly yet why this happened both times as we used different kernels each time but it probably had more to do with me being tired and maybe missed something. I'll be attempting a few things tomorrow night when testing resumes but when it's working I will be detailing exactly what needs to be done and what shouldn't be done, so take my learnings as a pre-warning that you should always read the instructions and if you have to go through what I did then you will receive no support as will show you didn't follow the working instructions and me going through it and telling you should be enough to put you off taking shortcuts.

Also take into consideration krarvind and I could've simply said testing is happening and it'll come when it's ready but instead we chose to be honest and tell you exactly what we've been doing and the results. Please be patient and you'll get something worth waiting for, we test so you don't have to :)

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gkassar

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just a question ... NOT a suggestion

ok guys ... i hope i don't get hammered now :fingers-crossed:

i am literally in love with the Slim ICS ROM & that's a statement that i dare to make after flashing & trying over 8 different ROMs

so... this question is for any picky helpful developer ready to guide a non-developer (though I am a good themer / photoshopper) into customizing something within the ROM just for my own visual appeal :silly:

so, the actual question:

under System Settings, there are several categories - a special Slim ICS category is labeled QUICK LINKS and underneath this category there is the ASS, Device Settings and Themes. soooo, what I want (just for my personal picky sick visual appeal) to rename the QUICK LINKS -> ADVANCED SETTINGS and the ASS -> SLIM SETTINGS :p

is that doable??? and is it fairly easy to do??? is there a couple of XML files that I can edit and achieve this awkward desire of mine????????

thanks in advance for anyone who can help

PS i don't want to crowd this thread - so u can PM me

thanks again

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krarvind

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ok guys ... i hope i don't get hammered now :fingers-crossed:

i am literally in love with the Slim ICS ROM & that's a statement that i dare to make after flashing & trying over 8 different ROMs

so... this question is for any picky helpful developer ready to guide a non-developer (though I am a good themer / photoshopper) into customizing something within the ROM just for my own visual appeal :silly:

so, the actual question:

under System Settings, there are several categories - a special Slim ICS category is labeled QUICK LINKS and underneath this category there is the ASS, Device Settings and Themes. soooo, what I want (just for my personal picky sick visual appeal) to rename the QUICK LINKS -> ADVANCED SETTINGS and the ASS -> SLIM SETTINGS :p

is that doable??? and is it fairly easy to do??? is there a couple of XML files that I can edit and achieve this awkward desire of mine????????

thanks in advance for anyone who can help

PS i don't want to crowd this thread - so u can PM me

thanks again

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Decompile settings. apk change ass to slim settings. Recompile

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nguyenson91hp

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Come on!..AvRS and kravind..you need to sleep enough..as BillGate said..
Anyway..sometime i get a f***ing hard case and stuck....all you have to do is stop...check it from the beginning..line by line with a cup of coffee ,..wish you a good health to success..cheers!!:highfive:
Hail Slim!!!!
 

danishjamil

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I'm Stock ICS 4.0.4.. I Installed CWM Recovery Touch and then installed i9100_4.2.zip.
then Slim_Common.zip.
and then wiped cache and data. when i clicked reboot system, I'm Unable turn my device on. It's not charging, CWM, or odin also not working.
Consider it dead. What shud i do?
 
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Krarvind, Avrs => We love you guys, thanks for making this most awesome of all roms possible :good:
 

kufor

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I'm Stock ICS 4.0.4.. I Installed CWM Recovery Touch and then installed i9100_4.2.zip.
then Slim_Common.zip.
and then wiped cache and data. when i clicked reboot system, I'm Unable turn my device on. It's not charging, CWM, or odin also not working.
Consider it dead. What shud i do?

Why did you wipe data after flashing the SlimICS? What sense does it make?
You just basically removed the Android from your phone. :)

Just get to Recovery mode by pressing Volume Up + Home + Power button, hold them until you get to Recovery mode.
Then flash again SlimICS as suggested by the almighty ROM creator. ;)

Next time ... think twice.
Cheers.
 

ngagephone

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Why did you wipe data after flashing the SlimICS? What sense does it make?
You just basically removed the Android from your phone. :)

Just get to Recovery mode by pressing Volume Up + Home + Power button, hold them until you get to Recovery mode.
Then flash again SlimICS as suggested by the almighty ROM creator. ;)

Next time ... think twice.
Cheers.

What wipeing data does not remove the Rom.

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    IMPORTANT: FEATURE REQUESTS WILL BE IGNORED, MY BETA TESTERS WILL DO THAT DIRECTLY TO ME.

    Key features:
    • Fully built from AOSP sources with some cherry picks from CM and AOKP team,
    • Easy to customize features (thanks to AOKP team) via ASS (Advanced Slim Settings)
    • ROM - 57MB
    • Slim Common - 20MB
    • 5 languages ( en, fr, de, it and es. No new languages will be added)
    • Lightning Launcher
    • Lockscreen Options ( Calendar, Weather etc, check via ASS)
    • Screenshot via Customizable Nav Bar
    What Works:

    • Everything for daily use
    Supported Devices here, no extra devices for now ( and NO PORTS of Slim ICS):

    Removed apps here, download it via my OTA app

    Credits here

    Source:

    https://github.com/krarvind/

    Rest:
    http://source.android.com

    Latest version, Download Links and Change Logs : Go Here


    Discuss the rom here in xda and Hit Thanks if you try the rom and like it .
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    Themes and Mods:

    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663359

    Thanks to
    O_tiger
    _Garry_
    cyberboob
    AvRs and whoever else i missed

    SGS2 Slim Features:

    http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26229895&postcount=2487

    Big Thanks to AvRs
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    Latest Slim Features guide

    Hi all, here's a little guide to all the latest new features in Slim ICS for the S2.

    System Settings:

    When you open System Settings you will notice the options under quick links, these give you access to further customise/control your experience. You have ASS, Device Settings (aka Galaxy S II Settings) and Themes which are explained below in further detail.

    Settings.png


    Device Settings/Galaxy S II Settings:

    On top of your normal Radio, Screen and Sensors tabs you now have a new tab, "Backlights" which is now where you can go to control how your menu and back key backlights work including BLN.

    Backlight settings:

    Backlight Timeout – This allows you to choose between multiple preset times, always on and always off for when you press either back or menu (see screenshot above).

    BLN Light – This just controls whether BLN notifications are on or off.

    BLN Timeout – This is the time that the BLN notification will continue to notify you before timing out, again giving a set number of presets for you to choose from (see screenshot above).

    BLN Breathe – This is one of 3 combinations of BLN pattern. When selected the breathe effect mimics a pulsing/breathing pattern.

    BLN Blink – This is the standard blink BLN pattern with the backlights repeatedly turning on and off.

    BLN Fade – This refers to the backlights and how they turn off after the preset backlight timeout period. If ticked, once your backlight timeout period has passed the lights will fade down as opposed to just turning off in the normal way.

    BLN Battery Limit - Set a value that BLN will no longer notify you below (default is 20%).

    BLN Enabled Charging - Set whether to automatically enable BLN while charging.

    NOTE: If BLN Breathe and BLN Blink are unchecked then you will get the lights on fixed with no pattern. You need to make sure only one of the 2 patterns are selected as otherwise you will get one or the other but I’ve not done enough tests to see which takes priority over the other.

    Backlights5.png


    Themes:

    This is the CM9 theme engine that allows you to set a chosen theme that you have downloaded as in CM9. This is an unsupported feature and only included due to popular demand but has been tested with a couple of select themes so does in fact work. Still please use with precaution as not all themes may be compatible with Slim and we can't guarantee 100% usability.

    Themessmall.png


    Camera:

    When you now bring up the camera settings you will see a storage option, this allows you to choose whether you use ‘Internal’, ‘SD Card’ or ‘USB Storage’ to save your pictures. The same option is available when you change to video camera and choose settings. You also now have 'Timer mode' which allows you to set a preset time before the picture is taken.

    Camerasmall.png


    Desk Clock:

    For those (like me ;)) that use the stock desk clock app for your alarms, if you go into alarms and choose settings you will see a new option called ‘Flip action’ as per the 1st of the 2 screenshots below. When selected this gives you the option to turn/flip your phone onto its screen in order to either snooze or dismiss the alarm in progress (see 2nd screenshot below to see options).

    Alarmsmall.png


    Kernel:

    Slim ICS is now using myfluxi’s Fluxi XX Kernel ICS sources, so is a kernel compiled from the latest sources at the time of ROM build with krarvind's modified touch recovery, not myflux's recovery.

    As of xxTweaker beta 5 or 6 myfluxi has made it possible for xxTweaker to now be compatible with kernels built from his sources (such as the stock Slim ICS kernel). Always check to see if the location "/customkernel" exists with an explorer and if it does that the file "fluxi_compatible" exists within it. If it doesn't include these then create the folder "customkernel" in root and an empty file called "fluxi_compatible" and xxTweaker will then work.

    Alternatively if you wish to use myfluxi's own kernel you can get it from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1644648.

    Remember backlight settings are already available within device settings and performance CPU settings can be controlled by ASS – Performance so the choice is yours. For the backlight settings, the app which you set the options in last is the one that takes priority and will be the settings used.

    Also we still seem to be having issues with backlight/BLN settings sticking on reboot so you will have to reset them if you reboot. To overcome this you can add my init.d script to /system/etc/init.d and set permissions to rwxr-xr-x (755). Once added you can then open it up using text editor (most file explorers should allow this) and modify the settings as you wish as it's set with what I use currently.

    Both MTP and UMS work both in the ROM and recovery for /sdcard and /emmc.

    Apollo Music:

    Apollo is now the default music player compiled from source. You can read all about it here.

    It's really easy to navigate, use and adds the convenience of lockscreen controls which the previous included music player didn't have. When you start playing music you'll realise a notification icon in the status bar and when you exit the player it remains until you press the "X" beside the notification controls for easy resume as shown below. It's still in early release so I'm sure will only improve.

    Apollo.png


    Quiet Hours:

    This is accessed via Settings -> Sound -> Quiet hours

    This setting allows you to set a time period that your phone will mute selected sounds. The options available currently are "Mute notification sounds", "Mute phone ringtones" and "Disable vibrations" as can be seen in the screen shots below:

    QuietMode.png


    Slim Gapps:

    Now the ROM is even "slimmer" ;) all you need to do is install this zip along with base and essentials and you'll have all the main Gapps that were previously available. Included apps are as follows:

    ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk
    Gallery.apk
    Gmail.apk
    GoogleBackupTransport.apk
    GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk
    GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk
    GoogleLoginService.apk
    GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
    GoogleServicesFramework.apk
    PicasaSyncAdapter.apk
    Talk.apk
    Vending.apk
    Email.apk
    Exchange.apk

    MMS.apk:

    The restriction of 4 SMS's in a single message before automatically being converted to an MMS message has now been removed and raised to the maximum 15 message limit available in the AOSP MMS app. This saves you from being charged for an MMS when you've just got a lot to say ;)

    Clock settings:

    Accessed via Settings -> ASS -> Clock - this allows you to customise your status bar clock with a selection of options as below:

    Clock Style: This allows you to choose the position of your status bar clock, between right or centre aligned or remove it altogether.

    AM/PM Style: Select between 2 different sizes of AM/PM or don't show.

    Day of the week: Select between 2 different sizes of abbreviated day e.g. Thu.

    Clock colour: Using the colour selector you can further customise your clock.

    Enable alarm icon: Allows you to show or hide the alarm icon from the status bar.

    Clocksettings.png


    Statusbar notification count:

    Accessed via ASS -> Statusbar subcategory -> General as shown above in first screenshot of clock settings. You then need to scroll right to the last option and tick "Show notification count". When you have 2 or more notifications you will get a blue circle with the count at the corner of the notification icon.

    SBNotif.png


    Current work in progress and important notes for next version can be found at:

    http://www.slimroms.com/apps/blog/
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    Fellas, thanks for the appreciation and support. Slim Bean is what is called and have been out for some devices as 1.0 and 2.0 is ready for most devices but i wanted to see if i can get s2/s3 to get to the same state. S2 is giving me some hard time and AvRs some heart ache's. He had to Odin twice to recover his phone. My test S2 phone needs fixing. Will continue to work on it and with AvRs, we will get it working. When, i can't answer that. I was hoping for 2.0 but might have to wait. Let's see. Cheers
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    We got slim bean fellas. Coming soon. I had to use modifications in system/vold, recompile.

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