[ROM][JB] [4.2.2] Avatar ROM for Motorola Droid 3 (solana) - Updated [Nov 30,2013]

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i got the rom to boot in ss slot 1 as well but anyone know how to get service for cdma? because there is no service what so ever and i have no problems what so ever with any of the gingerbread roms on cdma? is there something specific that needs to be done? or like any files or numbers i need to change? i also have a droid incredible 2 and to get a gsm rom to work on cdma all i had to do was change up a few numbers and files? but the framework is different and my droid incredible 2 is s-off so i can tweak it more than that of the droid 3 with the locked bootloader. any help would be appreciated.
 
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Request for the solana versions of the ROM

bippi79 said:
Posted 4.4 version of avatar, because of some known defects removed change log and links.

Thanks,
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I have been trying to locate the 3.x versions for solana and I have not been successful for the past few days. Are they lost forever? In the avatarrom.com website, I see no entries for solana devices.
 
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Looks like all links to this ROM are dead, host domain is down, etc. Vaporware.
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Sorry man. I did look around for you a bit, but I don't have any copies left. I did Google around the name of the zip (avatar-2.5b-439-20130330-solana_ota_signed.zip). Maybe you'll have better luck looking. You could try variations of the file name with appropriate dates for nightlys or pushes.

I would try the Steeldroid ICS ROM. That thing worked as my daily driver for a long time.
 
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joefuf said:
Sorry man. I did look around for you a bit, but I don't have any copies left. I did Google around the name of the zip (avatar-2.5b-439-20130330-solana_ota_signed.zip). Maybe you'll have better luck looking. You could try variations of the file name with appropriate dates for nightlys or pushes.

I would try the Steeldroid ICS ROM. That thing worked as my daily driver for a long time.
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Appreciate the thoroughness and reply -- I did the same (exhaustive Google). I just went with JB 4.2.2 from Cyanogenmod instead.

I'm just poking around with the DROID 3 again for nostalgia. My daily device is my Galaxy Note 3 still, but I had done plenty of dev for the DROID 3 in its day and decided to play with it today. :)
 
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Appreciate the thoroughness and reply -- I did the same (exhaustive Google). I just went with JB 4.2.2 from Cyanogenmod instead.

I'm just poking around with the DROID 3 again for nostalgia. My daily device is my Galaxy Note 3 still, but I had done plenty of dev for the DROID 3 in its day and decided to play with it today. :)
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Ah good deal man. I was feeling some empathy for you after going through an exhaustive search and stuff myself over the last two days.

Yeah, it was good phone. With the amount that we depend on them, I'm surprised it lasted me about two years. Still got it tucked away for nostalgia along with my OG Droid.
 
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joefuf said:
Sorry man. I did look around for you a bit, but I don't have any copies left. I did Google around the name of the zip (avatar-2.5b-439-20130330-solana_ota_signed.zip). Maybe you'll have better luck looking. You could try variations of the file name with appropriate dates for nightlys or pushes.

I would try the Steeldroid ICS ROM. That thing worked as my daily driver for a long time.
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joefuf said:
Ah good deal man. I was feeling some empathy for you after going through an exhaustive search and stuff myself over the last two days.

Yeah, it was good phone. With the amount that we depend on them, I'm surprised it lasted me about two years. Still got it tucked away for nostalgia along with my OG Droid.
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Cheers! I've got my OG Droid sitting on my desk too, with three charging docks. Also a Galaxy Nexus LTE. I won't let the wife take em ;)
 
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    The Avatar Team is proud to present:

    Avatar ROM
    CM based ROM for Motorola Droid 3 (solana)


    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
    ​

    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.

    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 experimental features from Avatar.

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

    Changelog:

    Based on CM10.1.0 (General Release)

    ​

    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.

    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

    03/26/2013 - 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

    03/02/2013 - 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 Motorola Droid 3 (solana) :


    Nightly Release 3.x.y - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1
    Nightly 3.1.8 Oct 30 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)
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    Videos:

    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/forums/193652-avatarrom-feature-request

    Now you can follow us on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter here.
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    bippi79
    bippi79
    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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    bippi79
    bippi79
    2.9b release


    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
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    bippi79
    Reserved
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    Endoroid
    Endoroid
    Originally Posted by Endoroid<br />
    You must be new around here. Droid 3 is unlikely to have a working camera on anything above gingerbread, ever. <br />
    <br />
    This is right from the second post of cm10.1 thread<br />
    <br />
    <b>CAMERA NOTES:</b><br />
    ** I would never expect the camera to be fully functioning. I am working several avenues to get a functional camera on the Droid 3, but they're all sketchy at best. Just know that if you choose to flash custom ROMs w/ newer OS versions: You won't have a camera.<br />
    ** Did I say don't expect the camera to be fixed? If it was to be fixed, trust me, you'll see me all over the boards, twitter and the social universe telling people about it.<br />
    ** There are other devs now working on the kexec kernel and it's possible that they can get some basic camera functionality through kernel drivers. It's quite complicated and there are no public data sheets which describe the sensor functions in great detail for our devices.<br />
    ** Don't expect the camera to be fixed<br />
    <br />
    Sent from my GT-P5110 using xda premium
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    My ics by hashcode has camera so you are wrong! mwahahaha<font color="Silver"><br />
    <br />
    ---------- Post added at 09:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:11 PM ----------<br />
    <br />
    </font>I have a question : how can you guys acutally use this rom ? ( I DO NOT SAY IT SUCKS OR SOMETHING IT IS EPIC ) but i can't get more than an hour of usage with minimum tasks , on ics by hashcode it is ok for a full day with just one refill but this rom does drains fast like a mother****er<br />
    <br />
    Can someone post pictures of their battery stats after 1 day of usage ? <br />
    <br />
    Please
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    That's a hack that made that work. Record a video. Scan a qr code. It's not a fully functional camera. I'm pretty sure that ics still uses a GB kernel, which is why it gets some functionality. Newer roms use the appropriate kernel, for which there is no camera support. That ics is the exception, so don't hold your breath waiting to see camera functionality on more roms.

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