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Notes from teh Official G+ Community:
A community built upon the willingness to learn, create and socialize on Android. Creators of Validus, a custom AOSP ROM with many features created in house as well as pulled from CyanogenMod, SlimROMs, Paranoid Android and others. Members are also dev/maintainers for other popular ROMs. Enjoy your stay!
Also, unofficial builds from source will not be supported. You assume all responsibility for anything that may happen and Team Validus cannot and will not be held responsible for anything that may happen to your device as a result of flashing a rom.

*FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK*
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Take a Glance through teh Ground Zero ROMs G+ Community

Validus was the first ROM to be made by the Ground Zero ROMs Community which consists of Many Additions from Several ROMs and Self-Created Additions by GZR Developers too.

Validus is an AOSP based ROM with CM Theme Engine with the DUI (SmartBar, Fling and Pulse) and many more Features from Various ROMs and Self-Made features by the Developers.

Lots of Customizations with a Dark Validus Theme powered by a Stable and Fast Kernel by @Adrian DC and teh Uber Toolchain 4.9 (ROM + Kernel) && DragonTC 3.9 to give you smooth performances.

Downloads:

My Downloads Folder on AFH
Latest Build : v9.5 RC2 || 15/08/2016 || md5 - 39437080e812f545b0e74bbe7c4df36d

Screenies:
On Attachments, Uploading Soon

Credits:

On Behalf of the GZR Community

My Wonderful Team and Community,
SlimRoms, LiquidSmooth,
Imoseyon, AICP,
Dhacker, Alex Cruz,
Chet Kener , Brock Shahan,
xxMrHyde(without him you'd still be blinded by white),
CM, Papi92,
and of course the Android Community
and the list goes on and on.....................

@Adrian DC (The Only Hard-Working XSP Maintainer)
@Zenith and @halloarno (for Testing my Builds, thank you Guys!)
My Laptop (For Surviving with a Partially Dead HDD)

Thanks to all Developers and Users who have Contributed for the Betterment of this ROM
ENJOY​

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GZR Validus MarshMallow, ROM for the Sony Xperia SP

Contributors
Arvind7352
Source Code: https://github.com/ValidusOs-M

ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked Bootloader, TWRP
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Beta Version: 9.5-RC2
Beta Release Date: 2016-08-15

Created 2016-04-27
Last Updated 2016-09-16
 

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Changelog and Notes:

ROM:

Settings -> About Phone -> Changelog

Build-Log

PRE-Alpha : 9.1 (Needed an Understanding of teh Clang Toolchain)

Alpha Build 1: v9.1 (back to normal)
Build 2: v9.1 ALPHA -> v9.2 BETA
Build 3 -> Build 4 -> Build 5 : Unofficial Weeklies with Updated Device Sources

ROM builds from the 6th One and Onwards will be Official Builds by me, on the Same AFH link. Thanks to all Xperia SP users for providing positive feedback of this ROM and Developers for Making it Official
Code: 
Build 'x' (DDMM) : Important Changes
Build 6 (0206): Official -- 9.2 BETA -> 9.3 RC1 -- r43 -> r46 -- GZR Adiutor -- Enforcing SELinux -- DespairFactor's UBERTC -- Screenshot Crop and Share Interface
Build 7 (0906): Added NFC -- Feature to toggle between adjusting Media and Phone Volume with Volume Key
Build 8 (1606): Updated Device, ROM and UberTC
Build 9 (2206): Updated Device and ROM Sources
Build 10 (2806) : SlimLauncher Working -- 9.3-RC1 -> 9.4-RC1
Build 11 (0507): Updated Device, ROM and TC Sources -- 6.0.1_r46
Build 12 (1508): Updated Device, ROM and TC Sources -- 6.0.1_r61


You need to Flash teh Previous Versions of SuperSU as, the SuperSU in the ROM zip checks for Systemless Root Compatibility, and Aborts itself coz XSP doesn't support it -- SuperSU 2.52 added back.

Y u do this?
-> Old Sony Devices uses an Old Method of Generating Boot images (-> Sony ELF)


Notes:
Stable for Daily Use
Switch to "Light" theme before Applying any CM Theme, else you may face issues.
Lockscreen Weather isn't working (Blank)

Thanks @Zenith @halloarno for Testing Initial builds.

For Android Enthusiasists

( Q )What is DragonTC?
-> DragonTC is a Custom Clang Toolchain. More info about it can be found in THIS Thread

( Q )Why Clang?

-> Clang is an Upcoming Replacement of the GCC Toolchain. Google is Adapting more and more Android Repositories to get compiled with Clang. Currently some of them are Compilable (some /external projects, /frameworks )

Advantages of it AFAIK are
-> Preservation of Code - The Original Code is retained in the Runtime Mode too, which is less possible in case of GCC.
-> Easy Debugging - Clang, when used in Compilation, provides a Easier Understanding of the Error which we Encounter. Sometimes it just tells us what to do in order to solve that Error. Thus, Clang becomes more Developer Friendly than GCC Toolchain

Currently, Clang can't be used on All Android Sources due to Incompatibility issues (with ARM AFAIK), So GCC is used in that case.

Thanks to eLinux.org -- Document
 
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New build has some things messed up due to Improper sync. But, Hardware Decoding Issues may be fixed on the Next Build. (YouTube not working && MX Player not able to use HW Decoder).

A Fresh Sync now. A New Build after my Exams.
 
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A New build with HW Decoder fixed is coming up.

Changelog:

->Pulse Customizations and Sanity Mode (Finally! :) )(thanks to teh RR Team and Varun Date)
->HW Decoder Bug Fixed
->Charging Current Value (in mAh) in Lockscreen ( Settings -> WolvesDen -> StatusBar Options -> Battery Tab -> Last Option ) (Value will appear at the Bottom with the "Charging Text")

Uploading the build as soon as I reach home (way too long -> Reached -> Uploading xD)
Probably Tuesday can be the day for Validus Weeklies.

*Hoooooowwwwwwl* Here is the Build. Report back bugs if any

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24533103863137081
 
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ROM's really great !!
one thing though when you scroll the album list in the android music app, some kind of disorientation of the list happens. This does not occur though if you use the dedicated scrolling tab on the right of the screen
 
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biswatmak said:
ROM's really great !!
one thing though when you scroll the album list in the android music app, some kind of disorientation of the list happens. This does not occur though if you use the dedicated scrolling tab on the right of the screen
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Yeah, the ROM is still in Beta stages, so try other Music Apps for now. Idk, but I don't find CM Apps, so no CM File Manager and Eleven Music Player.

Asking would be good when the ROM gets out of its Beta Phase
 
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A Week over, so a new Validus Build!

Changelog:

[*] Some Features Added

[*] AOSP tag bump ( r30 -> r43 )

[*] (Forgot to speak about this) USB Configuration is now Persistent through Reboots. The Option of Selecting USB Config has been moved from Developer Settings to Storage & USB -> Internal Storage -> (Three Dot Menu) Advanced -> *You get it there*


The Third Point as mentioned isn't a bug getting solved, but the Unchangeable USB Configuration which is a part of the MarshMallow Storage Policy (which sets the USB Config Back to Charging after removal of USB Connection)


https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24533103863138986

*Hooooooooowwwl*
 
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