[ROM][ACS] Koni's ELITE Series III - (ES3 - 03/24/11) - The evolution of ELITE!!!

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Konikub presents...







RELEASE NOTES:

• Most of the awesomeness of Series II
• Remove-Add AM/PM modification built in (Thanks JsChiSurf)
• Remove clock modification built in (Thanks JsChiSurf)
• Added Honeycomb pop up windows
• Added black themed Contacts App (Thanks JsChiSurf)
• Optimized pngs throughout the ROM
• Honeycomb themed dialer
• Smooth animated sync taskbar icon
• Taskbar date resized to match taskbar clock size (Thanks JsChiSurf)
• Taskbar ticker notifications resized to match clock & date
• Blue volume bar
• Darker blue theme throughout ROM
• Re-themed HTC animated clock
• Re-themed Rosie
• New app icons throughout ROM
• Updated Google Maps
• Updated Adobe Reader
• Updated blue/black themed market
• Updated semi-transparent themed Gmail
• Clear Lockscreen
• Removed "HTC EVO" from lock screen
• Updated Wireless Tether App 2.0.7 (semi-themed)
• Color Menus throughout ROM
• More themed notification power control icons (4G, Airplane, BT, Brightness, Data, GPS, Flashlite, Lockscreen, Ring, Screen Orientation,
Vibration, and Wifi)
• Themed Folder icon
• Honeycomb themed Google Voice (Thanks Electrodeath0)
• New emoticons
• New ELITE wallpaper
• Other bugs fixed



Flashing instructions:

1. Download ROM and Calkulin FORMAT_ALL.zip and place both on the root of your SD card.
2. Reboot into Recovery.
3. Perform Nandroid backup
4. Wipe dalvik cache, cache and data for best performance.
5. Flash FORMAT_ALL.zip....then in same recovery, flash ELITE ROM.
Reboot.



Series III is largely based upon a new look I have created for ELITE. I wanted to go in a direction that’s a little less “themed”
looking, and more like it could have come directly out of the box. My ultimate goal for the evolution of ELITE is a clean, professional look
that Sense UI started to bring to us. I do hope you like it as much as I.

A few remaining apk’s and png’s were optimized, making the ROM smaller in size, have a smoother feel, and handling even faster than its
predecessor. A few suggestions posted by you in the ELITE thread were also implemented in this series. I have themed this heavily upon
the newest version of Android “Honeycomb” while trying to maintain small pieces of Series I & II.

The Market itself gets updated from time to time and brings the themed Market back to stock green. Once an ROM release has been posted, there will not be an updated market until the next release is posted. To get around this and gain the themed market back you can...go to Menu/Settings/Apps/Manage Apps. Find Market and hit Uninstall Updates. Then either go to Titanium Pro and freeze Market Updater or a file explorer like Root Explorer that gives you read/write permission, go to system/apps and find Marketupdater.apk and rename it .bak. That will keep it from happening again.

I would like to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart…for all your continued help/support for me and each other. Especially
to the new XDA’ers who are new to flashing, and new to this ROM. What kernel is best for battery life seems to be the most popular subject,
and I appreciate those who give feedback on what is working best for you….in hopes it works best for others.


Thanks again everyone for your amazing support....



Thanks to: Aamikam for his work on optimizing all the apks and .pngs and for the best combination of animations. omegasun18 for all his hard work, contributions...and thoughts!!! Pseudoremora for the second post upkeep, and for framework mods. JsChiSurf for power control widgets mod, compact taskbar clock, 33 frame battery charging animation....and SO much more! Myn for Rosie setting app, and sound advice. Bustadroid for square glass app icons. Manup456 for wallpaper and insanly hot themed music app. Wes342 for help with animation.

Feedback is always welcome...I would love to hear your thoughts. Ideas and requests could very well make their way into ELITE Series III. Add-on's will be posted for those who wish to use other keyboards, music apps, email clients and more.

Check back often for updates to ELITE and be on the lookout for more exciting things.





Download link:

ELITE_Series_III.zip-Signed



Optional Downloads:

ES3 Themed Launcher Pro - By omegasun18
ES3_Honeycomb_Font_Weather_Clock_Widget.zip - Preview (Thanks coiledwire)
ES3_Honeycomb_Font_Weather_Clock_Widget_4x5.zip
ES3_4x5_Rosie_and_Widgets.zip-signed (Thanks omegasun18)
ES3_Messaging_Rosie_Layout.zip-signed - Preview
ES3_4x5_Message_Rosie_and_widgets.zip
Exchange_Email_Client.zip (Thanks afflaq)
Semi-Transparent_RosieMatching_Taskbar.zip-signed (Thanks nuvens)
Transparent_ES3_Rosie.zip
ES3_HTCMusic_and_Widget.zip



Themes:

Honeycomb Dreams Theme - By omegasun18
EVOELITE_Theme-Signed.zip - Preview
Boogaloo Blues -By jeffsanace


Enjoy!




- Thanks DroidDemos

::Add-ons::

NOTE:: All files are flashable and need to copied to the root of your /sdcard -- Then flashed via recovery. If anyone has verification errors (Amon_RA recovery specifically), please disable verification before attempting to flash.

**Thanks to K0nane (ACS member) for posting the mirrors and also to KitsunePaws for hosting the files for us!

1. Ubuntu fonts -- Mirror (Thanks Barnacles)

2. Transparent Genie Widget -- Mirror

3. Stock HTC EVO Keyboard -- Mirror

4. Elite Series I Splash Screen -- Mirror

5. Stock HTC Mail App (Not GMail) -- Mirror

**Credit to Konikub (The awesome creator) for 6 through 9 add-ons
6. Elite_Icons.zip

7. Alternate Htc_Mms_Elite-Signed.zip

Install instructions for Elite Series I Splash Screen::
1. Download file
2. Copy to the root of /sdcard
3. Boot into Bootloader mode
4. Let phone detect file (PC36IMG)
5. When asked to flash the file, press VOL+UP to accept
6. Once completed, press VOL+UP to reboot
7. Done, enjoy.

Pictures below::
First picture showcases transparent Genie Widget and Ubuntu fonts.

Second picture showcases Elite Series I Splash Screen.

**To show our thanks and appreciation for you guys using this ROM and anything/everything supported or created by ACS -- I've created userbars for those would like show support back to us:

Here you guys go; Instructions on how to use these below.

You can put these in your Signature area from your Control Panel::
To use this, copy/paste this code into your signature space:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/BLFjU.gif[/img*]

You'll see a * at the very end -- remove it for this actually to work and show the picture. Also, you can right click on any of the images and choose the color you want. Right click and choose Copy Image Location and that'll copy the certain color (link) you want and then paste that link in between the [img]HERE[/img] tags.

ES1 RELEASE NOTES:

• Official Sprint base 3.70.651.1 - stock kernel
• Notification power control (Thanks JsChiSurf)
• WP7 themed Gingerbread keyboard (Konikub)
• MIUI music player themed (Manup456)
• Smooth Battery Charging animation (Thanks JsChiSurf)
• “Ad-Free” app added
• Custom SpareParts
• New HTC flipclock skin (Konikub)
• Compact taskbar clock (Thanks JsChiSurf)
• Gingerbread calculator (Thanks Myn)
• Black Gmail app (Thanks virus)
• Warm themed Gmail (2.3.2) (Thanks Myn & Scarfacedag)
• Working HotSpot
• Fully themed taskbar (Konikub)
• New themed dialer skin (Konikub)
• Transparent themed Market (Thanks Pendo)
• Nexus S live wallpaper
• Hulu to support latest Flash update
• Wireless tether
• YouTube update

Looks great. Downloading now.

Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

Will flash as soon as its done downloading

Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Trying it now, looks nice

this reminds me of the good ol hero days imma have to try this bad out

Is the genie widget the thing at the top that shows the weather in the screenshot?

Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Koni. You guys have outdone yourself. This isn't a ROM ....its a work of art.. BRAVO!!!!"

Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Originally Posted by computerkid23

this reminds me of the good ol hero days imma have to try this bad out

Indeed, those days were very good.

Originally Posted by Addictedtothegreenguy

Is the genie widget the thing at the top that shows the weather in the screenshot?

Yup, that's correct. It can display both the weather and news if you'd like or have them display seperate information (personally, I prefer both).

Originally Posted by qendadar

Koni. You guys have outdone yourself. This isn't a ROM ....its a work of art.. BRAVO!!!!"

Thanks for comment, we appreciate it!