[ROM][HD+] Slim-ovation-5.1.alpha.0.1-UNOFFICIAL

[Jon Lee]

I decided to put up or shut up.
Alpha is in the title, but I guess I will call this first version a developer preview edition.
Thanks goes to Hashcode, without whose original work, this would not be possible.

ROM: http://www.mediafire.com/download/zq55o2ec9wbzzh2/Slim-ovation-5.1.alpha.0.1-UNOFFICIAL-20150709-1624.zip
MD5: http://www.mediafire.com/download/k616385vb78cfbv/Slim-ovation-5.1.alpha.0.1-UNOFFICIAL-20150709-1624.zip.md5sum

I haven't had much time to play with it (no zram script, etc). I expect to improve this some with time.

https://github.com/SlimRoms/platform_manifest
I'm sure everyone knows what kernel I used and where to find the latest source...
BUT, this is what you want.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/yuukg3kofubfpap/omap4.tar.gz

I will post complete kernel and device source within a day or so for whoever wants to build this.




XDA:DevDB Information
Slim-ovation-5.1, ROM for the Barnes & Noble Nook HD, HD

Contributors
Jon Lee, Hashcode
ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Testing
Current Beta Version: 20150709-1624
Beta Release Date: 2015-07-09

Created 2015-07-10
Last Updated 2015-07-09

 

[Jon Lee]

system - ext4
data & cache - ext4 or f2fs

 

[twiztid_]

Is it Christmas already? Will be testing this ASAP
Setting it up now, so far so good. It seems to have fixed the audio issue with Amaces CM12, where keyboard sounds aren't affected by volume. Will keep updating as I use it.
Getting some graphical glitches when rotating the screen, and a few missing items in the Settings window, but not too bad so far.
There is a frustratingly large number of settings missing, compared to CM12, from status bar options to the power menu. Hopefully, these can be added later on.

 

[Jon Lee]

Given a little time, I think I can fix the rotation graphics glitches.
(I'm going to try some omapfb/dss kernel boot arguments and try to get rotation out of system/build.prop).
There's lots of other little things to play with.
Noticed it won't retain my wi-fi password through a reboot.
I had read something about a new secure storage container to retain secrets?
Settings... I'm sure that's slimrom's "slimming"...

The graphics side of things held me up for a long time. That's mainly what I'm concerned about right now.

 

[Jon Lee]

As promised, here's a source dump and another test build.

device_bn
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3a4c321rta43ezm/slimlp_device_bn.tar.gz

hardware_ti_omap4
http://www.mediafire.com/download/1c2py11c95b7p3d/omap4-20150713.tar.gz

kernel
http://www.mediafire.com/download/g2dh13gj93fvun7/kernel-20150713.tar.gz

ROM: http://www.mediafire.com/download/a...on-5.1.alpha.0.1-UNOFFICIAL-20150713-1918.zip

MD5: http://www.mediafire.com/download/9...alpha.0.1-UNOFFICIAL-20150713-1918.zip.md5sum

If anyone wants to build this and be added to the contributor list, let me know....
It shouldn't take too much to polish it up.

 

[ieatabiscuit]

I'd love to, but when it comes to baking my own ROM, I'm very much the nubcake. I WILL offer my hardware to be a test subject though. I have a spare on hand that is not a daily driver.

 

[ieatabiscuit]

I will go ahead to say that at first glance, it is very smooth, and responsive. I'll give it a couple days, see how it does as if used as normal, and work from there.

 

[vinceweis]

I tried to flash this, but it seems to have an endless boot. I waited about 30 minutes and lost patience. Do I need to flash something else first, like extracting the boot.img? At one point, I wiped everything including cache, system, data, internal sd, and had a pretty blank slate. I am using TWRP 2.8.7.0 and 2.8.7.1. Also tried f2fs on cache and data and ext4. I must be missing something.

 

[ieatabiscuit]

Was going to ask which device until o read the list you have. M8 s a on CE phone, I love mine with the same ROM! I don't know why it would not boot fornyou though, unless you have system set to f2fs by mistake, as this ROM does not support it on system like @amaces does. Maybe if younused his, and hopped to this one, that little bit was overlooked?

 

[ieatabiscuit]

Here's what I got so far: when changing between land scape, and portrait there is some graphical distortion, and a touch of lag which clears up after about a second. There is no advanced reboot option, and when I sure down, it reboots instead. When multitasking, there is a general UI lag which clears up spoon after., and it does not save WiFi information so you have to reenter WiFi information after every boot. So far, aside from slims slimming causing a desire for menu options, and theming, this is all I found.

 

[DarkWolffe]

Is this in continued development?

 

[Jon Lee]

Is this in continued development?

No, unless someone wants to take over. Basically it was an experiment for me to see if graphics in lollipop could match that of cm10(.2). In short the answer is they can't... (without a ducati upgrade).
The other reasons are twofold. First, the lollipop browser completely sucks (I know, there's alternatives).
Lastly, I don't believe I would ever achieve the level of performance as I have with my yellow kernel 10.2 ROM (which is my daily driver), this again is related to the ducati.

I would like to take another stab at a kitkat ROM and see if I can incorporate some of the stuff I have picked up recently.
I would have updated liquidsmooth, but they have already pulled kitkat source. So I am debating which ROM repo to use (I'm thinking probably Carbon 4.4? Tabletui is important to me...)

 

[neonleon29]

Hey Jon, I'm excited to hear you might be building a Kit Kat ROM. Would like to try one that has your improvements such as no screen flicker and still be able to use screen casting. Looking forward to your build.