[ROM][JB] [4.2.2] Avatar ROM for Samsung Nexus S (crespo) - Updated [May 25, 2013]

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The Avatar Team is proud to present:

Avatar ROM
CM based ROM for Samsung Nexus S (crespo)


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.

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

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

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-fo...es-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 Release

• 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.
• Adding weebo actions to logs.
• Performace 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 battery tweaks for battery.

Download Avatar ROM for Samsung Nexus S (crespo) :

Beta Release - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1

Link(May 25,2013)
Gapps (4.2.2)

Stable Release - Android version 4.1.2 based on CM10

Link(Feb 24,2013)
Gapps

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



Review by Phone tech kid



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/foru...eature-request

Looks great

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Really like this ROM, is it possible to contribute to this?

Will try this later

Jelly Bean 4.2.1 (JellyBro) / Matr1x / Apex Pro / BreezeHD theme / UCCW

Wow, great concept. Always loved the feature set of CM and theme of MIUI and wished they were combined (plus, Nexus S can't multitask well when running a heavier rom like MIUI). Do add in a note on anything that non-developers can do - docs/guide, promotion etc. Always willing to help.

seems promising ROM..

gonna try later..

hope it will be build based on 4.2.1 too..

We will release 4.2.1 updates in coming weeks

Originally Posted by triosakti

seems promising ROM..

gonna try later..

hope it will be build based on 4.2.1 too..

Going to try it when I get home!

Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2

Originally Posted by bippi79

We will release 4.2.1 updates in coming weeks

This ROM is promising. So will definitely wait and try the 4.2.1 as soon as it is released.

ChangeLog

Jan 12, 2013

1. Added a setting in Settings->Performance->Urandom to enable/disable Seeder 1.3.1 entropy generator (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....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

tnx!! will try this! hope it satisfies my needs

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where can i download gapps?