[ROM][4.4.x][UNOFFICIAL]Chameleon OS v0.9 [Jan 29]

jamiethemorris · Jan 29, 2014 at 10:57 PM

This is an unofficial build of Chameleon OS for the Droid DNA. I will be maintaining this as often as I can and will do my best to keep it up to date with the official release.
Note: Some of the features listed here might not be implemented in 4.4 yet.

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOUR DEVICE. IT IS YOUR PHONE, AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

Code:

Disclaimer: Chameleon OS is currently in beta. While it runs very well,
there may be things that are not completely functional. The development team is
not responsible for any damage to your device or your information.

Launcher Features

Folder icon styles: stacked, grid, or carousel
Folder sorting: alphabetically, reverse alphabetically, or by usage
Icon scaling in app drawer and on homescreen
Home screen previews, re-arrangable homescreens
Set default screen from previews layout
Add or remove homescreens from previews layout
Slide homescreens with a second finger while holding widgets and icons
Customizable gestures: slide up, slide down, pinch, and spread
Use only one homescreen or up to nine homescreens

Theme Manager

Based on MIUI's theme engine
Mix and match different themes on the fly
Theme options: Icons, Status Bar, Boot animation, Font (requires reboot), Messaging, Framework, and Ringtones
Applies native ctz files, but also will apply MIUI mtz files, not all elements will theme properly with mtz packages
Animated boot animation preview
Boot animation resolution scaling

System UI

Customizable toggles, compact or page view (or off)
Extended volume panel in page view toggles
Access status or navigation bars while in fullscreen apps by touching the edge of the screen
Circle memory meter in recents panel shows memory available and total memory
Enable the experimental Tablet UI on all devices

Messaging

Reads custom notification tones from Contacts
Revised layout: Added messaging bubbles, removed avatar icons from conversation and put one in the action bar, quick shortcut for emojis
Revised layout: Added messaging bubbles, removed avatar icons from conversation and put one in the action bar, quick shortcut for emojis

Security

Manage installed apps' permissions
Firewall included so you may now control which applications can use data / wifi.

...and more! See http://forums.chameleonos.org/threads/chameleonos-v0-8-release.387/ to find out more about whatâ€™s new in v0.8-beta

More screenshots available on our website

Check out our homepage at ChameleonOS.org and our forums
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Bug Tracker | Gerrit Review | GitHub

Code:

We would like to thank CyanogenMod for giving us an easy foundation to develop
ChaOS for mutiple devices

Instructions:

This ROM, like any other Kit Kat ROM, needs to be flashed using either the latest CWM, the updated TWRP, or MultiROM.

Updated TWRP: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23306841710657613
MultiROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2627141
CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051547
Wipe Cache / Factory Reset
Install ROM
Install GApps
Reboot

Special Thanks:
-crpalmer, danjull, zawata, and anyone else who has helped me in my ROM and kernel building adventures
-Everyone who contributed/contributes to CM for the DNA
-ChameleonOS team for... ChameleonOS

Source on github
https://github.com/ChameleonOS

DOWNLOAD:

Latest Version:
Jan 29, v0.9

Older Versions:
None yet

XDA:DevDB Information
Chameleon OS, a ROM for the HTC Droid DNA

Contributors
jamiethemorris
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

Version Information
Status: Beta

Created 2014-01-29
Last Updated 2014-01-29

jamiethemorris · Jan 29, 2014 at 10:57 PM

FAQ and Changelog

FAQ:

Q: Messaging/Hangouts keeps crashing.
A: Disable or uninstall Google Play Movies and reboot.

Q: Play Store won't download apps (or any other strange Play Store errors)
A: Make sure Google Play Movies is disabled/uninstalled, clear data and cache for Google Play Store, and reboot.

Changelog:

None yet

mike_augie · Jan 29, 2014 at 11:26 PM

Thanks for porting this ... very nice work sir :victory:

jamiethemorris · Jan 29, 2014 at 11:32 PM

There's one bug I just discovered... If you turn off the screen manually, the button backlights stay on. If you let the screen go off by itself, the backlights turn off. I'm working on figuring it out.

mike_augie · Jan 30, 2014 at 12:02 AM

jamiethemorris said:
There's one bug I just discovered... If you turn off the screen manually, the button backlights stay on. If you let the screen go off by itself, the backlights turn off. I'm working on figuring it out.

I can confirm this also .... going to go over and flash your updated bam and take it for a quick ride ...

jamiethemorris · Jan 30, 2014 at 12:53 AM

Okay I'm not really sure what to do about it... I tried removing the button brightness option from the device tree completely but it seems to have a mind of its own. Unfortunately, ChaOS doesn't have the kitkat sources posted for most of its devices so I don't know how they normally would have it set.

GrzlyAdms · Jan 30, 2014 at 1:01 AM

jamiethemorris said:
Okay I'm not really sure what to do about it... I tried removing the button brightness option from the device tree completely but it seems to have a mind of its own. Unfortunately, ChaOS doesn't have the kitkat sources posted for most of its devices so I don't know how they normally would have it set.

Darn, I was hoping you'd have a quick fix. Ive been wanting to try out ChaOS for some time now. Maybe I'll still give it a go just for kicks.

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jamiethemorris · Jan 30, 2014 at 1:03 AM

GrzlyAdms said:
Darn, I was hoping you'd have a quick fix. Ive been wanting to try out ChaOS for some time now. Maybe I'll still give it a go just for kicks.

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There have been similar issues on various devices with various ROMs from time to time, I think there's an app in the Play store meant to remedy button brightness bugs. I'm off to school now, hopefully I'll have time to work on it more tommorrow.

mike_augie · Jan 30, 2014 at 3:25 AM

Also was having issues with the clock no showing up either in center or side

jamiethemorris · Jan 30, 2014 at 3:39 AM

mike_augie said:
Also was having issues with the clock no showing up either in center or side

I'm thinking that's probably an issue with the ROM itself, but I'll look into that as well

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zawata · Jan 30, 2014 at 3:51 AM

OMG Ive been thanked!! lol
dude you've really taken over DNA development lol nice

ive never actually used chaos is it similiar to miui(which ive also never run)?

jamiethemorris · Jan 30, 2014 at 3:52 AM

zawata said:
OMG Ive been thanked!! lol
dude you've really taken over DNA development lol nice

ive never actually used chaos is it similiar to miui(which ive also never run)?

Yeah, it has similar theming capabilities

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zawata · Jan 30, 2014 at 3:56 AM

jamiethemorris said:
Yeah, it has similar theming capabilities

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cool i might give it a whirl in my spare time

jamiethemorris · Jan 30, 2014

zawata said:
cool i might give it a whirl in my spare time

Right on. I'm not sure if the theming has been added back into kit kat yet, I haven't played with it too much.

Hey have you seen anything like the button backlight issue I'm experiencing with the ROMs you've built? I thought it had to do with the overlays but now I'm not so sure

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mike_augie · Jan 30, 2014 at 12:13 PM

jamiethemorris said:
Right on. I'm not sure if the theming has been added back into kit kat yet, I haven't played with it too much.

Hey have you seen anything like the button backlight issue I'm experiencing with the ROMs you've built? I thought it had to do with the overlays but now I'm not so sure

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Just a little something to think about .. when I flashed the second time after I played with the new bam, the back light issue was gone???

jamiethemorris · Jan 30, 2014 at 12:16 PM

mike_augie said:
Just a little something to think about .. when I flashed the second time after I played with the new bam, the back light issue was gone???

Really? What the f man...

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zawata · Jan 30, 2014 at 2:52 PM

jamiethemorris said:
Really? What the f man...

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Never had an issue with button backlights
There's an overlay in the config file for capacitive button brightness
Do you have it?

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jamiethemorris · Jan 30, 2014 at 9:32 PM

zawata said:
Never had an issue with button backlights
There's an overlay in the config file for capacitive button brightness
Do you have it?

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Yeah, I tried deleting that line completely but it made no difference.

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zawata · Mar 29, 2014 at 2:48 AM

jamiethemorris said:
Yeah, I tried deleting that line completely but it made no difference.

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hey man, so i see that the rom has been pretty much abandoned, may i take over?

im really craving some chameleon right now

jamiethemorris · Mar 29, 2014 at 2:51 AM

zawata said:
hey man, so i see that the rom has been pretty much abandoned, may i take over?

im really craving some chameleon right now

Absolutely. The reason I haven't done another release it is because I couldn't figure out the button backlight problem so I kind of got frustrated and gave up. My device tree is on my github if you want to use it, just needs to be updated with the latest cm commits.

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