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[ROM][4.4.4] Dirty Unicorns 7.9 Official v2

thereald

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Dirty Unicorns is a custom ROM built with stability in mind and optional customization. The idea to start this ROM began out of pure boredom around 4.1.2 on the EVO 3D and later turned into a form of an addiction (a good one) to see where we could go from there. We have since expanded to more devices to include the HTC One, Nexus 5, SGS4 and many more. We quickly realize that users loved what we were doing as well as other developers because it was done the right way. We've always had fun doing it and take pride in knowing that we've done it without having to bug the end user for donations to pay for server costs and/or any of those sob stories you hear. This ROM is 100 percent free and will remain that way.​

Those wanting to use our ROM as a base are more the welcomed to do so but please maintained the credits/thanks below, do not ask for donations as it wouldn't be fair to do so considering and let us know as we often like to contribute to other projects.



As stated above, we love to maintain authorship but we also like to publicly praise those that have helped us along the way with our wonderful project. With that said, this wouldn't be possible without the work and help of those listed below :) THANK YOU ALL!!

| OmniROM | AOKP | CM | ChaOS | Paranoid Android | Slim ROMs | Preludedrew | Team Black Out | Official Testers / Translators |

Please check our gerrit/github for full credits/thanks of individual contributors​
Believe it or not, we are human and we do forget things. If we have left someone out of the credit/thanks list, just PM us and we'll gladly add on to the list.



Code:
-- [b]Theme chooser![/b]
-- Heads up
-- Built-in ad blocker (able to update hosts on the fly)
-- Ability to disable FC notifications
-- Enable pointer/user microphone options (screen record)
-- Download Center (Gapps, Xposed, etc)
-- Ability to force Expanded Notifications
-- Over 100 cloud based wallpapers
-- Facebook Sync Hack
-- Immersive mode
-- Hot Reboot In Power Menu
-- Appbar (app sidebar)
-- Customizable Quick Settings
-- Customizable power menu
-- Customizable lockscreen shortcuts
-- App Ops access in Settings
-- TRDS (built in theme in settings)
-- Statusbar Clock options
-- NavBar Options
-- Halo (multi-tasking tool)
-- Halo size/color changer
-- Hardware key remap mod (only for HW button devices)
-- Battery Bar / Circle batteries
-- Network speed indicators in statusbar
-- SuperSU (chainfire)
-- Build.prop mods
-- Init.d Tweaks
-- Active Display (Moto X notifications)
-- ListView Animations
-- Custom System Animations
-- Toast Animations
-- Custom BusyDialog
-- Advanced Low Battery Indicator options
-- ScreenShot QuickTrash
-- Color Changing PhaseBeam
-- Gesture Anywhere
-- Button Light Notification
-- Statusbar Color options
-- OmniSwitch (multi-tasking tool)
-- Driving Mode 
-- Lockscreen theme options
-- Lockscreen notifications / options
-- System App Remover
-- Identicons
-- Suspend Actions
-- Wakelock Actions
-- SlimROM based recents
-- Contextual notification panel headers
-- SlimROMs privacy guard
-- Blacklist calls/sms
And much much more, just take a peek into Dirty Tweaks and ENJOY!!!


- https://github.com/DirtyUnicorns-KitKat/android_kernel_samsung_jf


- Make sure you have TWRP or compatible recovery for kitkat.
- Wipe everything (system, data and both caches)
- Flash ROM and Gapps reboot and enjoy.


-- Have not seen any issues but if you do, please provide as much information as possible and/or a logcat


Code:
 [b]v7.9 - 21-08-2014[/b]
- MIUI Style carrier text in the statusbar
- Bring Slim Recents up-to-date with SlimROM
- Show notification when charging
- Modify Location Tile
- Filter spam notifications
- Move Dark UI into themes
- Theme chooser fixes
- Toggle boot audio on and off
- Add ability to play audio to Boot Animation
- New shutdown animation and busy dialog
- 6-bar signal icon style
- Overscroll effects
- Add moar Gapps to the Download Center
- Camera2: Make navigation bar and status bar transparent
- User defined wifi/usb tether network
- Toggle nav bar through power menu
- Add hardware tunables for some devices
- Show plugged type (AC / USB) on QS battery tile
- Option to always show heads up in expanded mode
- Option to disable heads up in lockscreen
- G+ system ui f/c fix
- DU Neon Clock
- Add option for setting device phone number
- Removed redundant features from tablets

[b]v7.8 - 02-08-2014[/b]
- Update to android-4.4.4_r2
- New Bootanimation
- Left handed navbar during landscape mode
- CPUFreq Tile
- Fix hot reboot
- Fake Id vulnerability fix
- Allow changing theme to Holo.Light without crashing
- Themes: Make notification list bg themeable
- Move LCD density from build.prop to it's own category
- Fix holo dark background
- DU about app: Add/Remove People/Devices and General Cleanup
- Moar Double tap to sleep options
- Back to kill app mod
- Fix crash when set .gif as wallpaper
- Fix themes not sticking on reboot if using Xposed framework
- Weather panel
- Fix SwiftKey disappearing issue
- Fix QS layout for camera tile

[B]7.7 - 07-07-14[/B]
- Updated the ASCII art for flashing
- Theme chooser
- Heads up
- Ability to disable immersive messages
- Blacklist/configureable timeout for heads up
- New sound recorder
- Roboto Fonts from Android L
- Updated SuperSU to v2.01
- Many "under the hood" changes

[B]7.6 - 06/29/14[/B]
- Redesigned the Dirty Tweaks
- Some security patches for smdk4412
- Apollo updates

For a more detailed changelog, feel free to check out our Gerrit 
[URL]http://gerrit.dirtyunicorns.com/#/q/status:merged,n,z[/URL]

DOWNLOAD - DU_jflte_4.4.4_20140908-1007.v7.9-OFFICIAL_V2.zip


WEEKLIES CAN BE FOUND HERE - http://download.dirtyunicorns.com/

GAPPS -
PA 0-Day Gapps
Banks' Gapps
DU TBO Gapps


Google+ community - https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109738128866939227235
Please keep in mind that in our Google+ community, we like to post test builds to fix bugs and/or gauge what the user would like to see in this ROM.
With this said, if you would like to test out an experimental build (might not be stable) please check out our G+ community.

Github source (4.4.4) - https://github.com/DirtyUnicorns-KitKat
Gerrit review - http://gerrit.dirtyunicorns.com/
Jenkins - http://jenkins.dirtyunicorns.com/

If you would like to submit a patch to our ROM, please use our gerrit as pull requests often go unnoticed.
All patches are welcomed and reviewed in a timely matter :)

For more screenshots, please visit this imgur gallery - http://imgur.com/a/KRhfq#0


PLEASE DO NOT MIRROR ANY VERSION OF THIS ROM!
- IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE LINKS, JUST LET ME KNOW!


XDA:DevDB Information
Dirty Unicorns, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S 4

Contributors
thereald, thereald
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Stable Version: 7.9 v2
Stable Release Date: 2014-09-08

Created 2014-08-31
Last Updated 2014-09-08
 
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thereald

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A small statement from my side:
I may not always have time to check my threads. I usually stay on top of things, but real life happens and real life is even more important to me than everything else, especially my family !

When reporting bug's, or requesting new features, the best way to make sure your heard, and a sure fire way to get things done is using our Jira site. There's always someone monitoring this, so if I'm tied up, there's a good chance that by reporting here, your issues will be resolved quickly. Remember, before you post anything, take into consideration what your issue is:

-- Could it be a gapps issue?
-- Are you running a different kernel than the one provided that could be causing problems?
-- Are you running any unsupported Xposed modules?

If not, use this tool to your advantage and make life easier for us all! You need to create a simple user name and password to access the site. It'll only take a few seconds, and Neither of these can be seen by us, it's just a security measure.

Here's a link to the site: http://jira.dirtyunicorns.com/browse/DU-60?filter=-3

Please make sure before posting a bug or/and a feature request in JIRA, that no one else has already posted it before.

And do all of us an favour and respect the following:
-- No asking for ETA's
-- No asking for integrating Hover, cause we will NEVER integrate Hover into the rom !
-- We don't accept any form of donations
-- Don't think you are an customer and we own you a thing, cause we don't own anything to you guys
-- Don't ask for ART support, yes you can use ART within the rom, but don't ask for support when running into any issues
-- When you're going to post an bug in JIRA, please provide us as much information as you can and grab a logcat if it's needed

I don't have the experience and the acknowledgement as Jake and others of our team, I will work hard to get into that stuff as soon as possible, but this will definitely take some time, also i'm doin graphics for Dirty Unicorns, have my real life & my family, so if you respect all those things we will be fine !!!
 
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ShinySide

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I have to say.... I haven't been running AOSP ROMs in about 6 months since I stopped doing Carbon builds and just came back to the aosp side and gotta say.... Really enjoying Dirty Unicorn. Nicely done to the DU team and maintainers. Keep it up :thumbup:
 

lalit.kultham

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Otherwise a great rom. But it won't allow me to change lockscreen wallpaper no matter what I do.
Using 7.9
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Free mobile app
 
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thereald

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Otherwise a great rom. But it won't allow me to change lockscreen wallpaper no matter what I do.
Using 7.9
Sent from my GT-N7100 using XDA Free mobile app
Feel free to try my latest testbuild on my homepage, working flawless there, but keep in mind that this thread nothing has to do with my testbuilds !
 
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Frankenscript

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I just want to chime in and thank you and all the DU devs for the incredible work you're all doing.

I'm on v. 7.8 (a weekly build from August) and continue to follow the development but I'm so happy with the status quo I'm not in a hurry to take an update. I'll sit back and watch the fun!

This is truly an awesome ROM!

Marc
 
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