The Avatar Team is proud to present:
Avatar ROM
CM based ROM for Sony Xperia Z (yuga)
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.
Avatar ROM
CM based ROM for Sony Xperia Z (yuga)
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.
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
Recent Changelog
23/10/2013 - 3.1.7 Nightly changelog
- Launcher
- Fixed a crash that would occasionally occur while scrolling in the apps drawer
- ThemeChooser
- Fixed an issue with WallpaperActivity
- Fixed an issue with ThemeMix Manager reset
- Fixed Font UI
- Added Countly support
- Changed the font display
- Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 22nd Oct.
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
Oct 4th 2013 - 4.0.4 and 3.1.4 nightly changelog
-> Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 1st october.
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.
Sep 29 2013 - 4.0.3 nightly changelog
->CM merges till Sep 26, 2013.
Sep 26, 2013 - Nightly changelog 3.1.2
- Sending Network operator Country code and Carrier id to config server Network operator
- country code and Carrier id addded for config server
- Theme downloaded to internal memory
- Some issues fix
- CM Merges Sep 23 Mid night
21/09/2013 - 3.1 Stable release changelog- Framework level changes
- MIN_THEME_ENGINE_VERSION feature added
- Lockscreen: piano theme crash fix
- Lockscreen Fixes:
- Bootloop issue fix
- piano theme fix
- defaultwallpaper issue fix
- NUll pointer check fix
- fix text size issue for xhdpi devices
- Add setting for GCM Notifier
- Settings app
- Fix derp in GCM Enabler
- Add GCM Notifier Setting
- Bazooka/Launcher
- Fixed Issues related to small shortcuts
- Fixed issues related to transparency
- add icon_title_text_shadow to colors.xml
- Fixed folder issues.
- Fixed a scrolling indicator issue
- Permanent fix for hotseat background in Landscape
- Adding dockbar background
- Fixed extra gallery icon
- Fix for HomeScreen get stuck in between
- Some changes for Hotseat for landscape
- Fixed black shadow in Landscape
- Drawer default transition -Cube In and Fixed.
- Fixing menu button crash, found in nightly build
- Fixed Removed background for dockbar, in landscape
- Removed Keygaurd bootloader package from Preferences
- Fixed By default auto rotate true
- Revert "Default drop shadow added"
- Bazooka/ManifestParser
- moving mrabbit theme recursion fix
- updating expr
- adding varType variable
- Crash Fixes with piano theme
- stringOutofIndexException Fix
- Lockscreen crash: expr string itself was null
- GCMNotifier
- Add Observer
- Add setting to enable / disable GCM
- ThemeChooser2
- Internet check while wifi connected
- Store add fix
- Keyboard not hiding issue fixed
- Search manager icon issue fix
- Schedule downloads checkbox and Showing default icon problem fixed
- Automatically install themes scheduled when WiFi on
- Fixed Featured tab is not displaying the themes during first launch
- Pause button is not displaying issue fixed
- Download manager empty issue fix.
- Hardcoded values moved to constants
- Popup menu hide and pause/resume feature fixed
- Popup menu hide fixed
- bug fix: download themes when wifi is on
- Removed unwanted Facebook share stuff.
- Send system theme as default on themeapply receiver
- System theme check based on FLAG
- Framework level
- Move to new theme.
- Add themeengine version for comptability
- Update to new theme
- Get rid of RomManager and Terminal
- Add new default theme
- Theme engine
- for mixing of themes feature
- MIN_THEME_ENGINE_VERSION feature added
- MIN_THEME_ENGINE_VERSION feature added
- ThemeManager: NB translation, PT-BR update translations, PT-PT translations
14/09/2013 - 4.0.2 Nightly changelog
- Launcher
- Fix an issue with icon scaling
- Fix an issue with transparency in drawers
- ThemeChooser
- Fix store names
- Feature: Show notifications for new themes
- Feature: Automatically install scheduled themes when wifi is connected
- Fixed a bug with featured page not loading correctly
- Fixed a bug with pause button not displaying
- Fixed a bug with the search icon
- Fixed a bug with the keyboard not hiding
- Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 13th Sept.
Nightly release 4.0[JB43] - Sep 10, 2013
Reddit (r/android) users had problem with the voulme slider coming in the middle of screen. We had the same problem too.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1ja6dg/can_we_get_the_main_volume_slider_to_not_be_in/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1l0g3o/i_made_a_mockup_of_volume_controls_that_i_would/
- Added option in settings -> Sound -> Volume Panel Positioning to move the volume slider.
- Volume slider can be moved to Top, offset from top, center, offset from bottom, bottom.
04/09/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog
- Launcher
- Fix an issue with icon scaling
- Fix an issue with transparency in drawers
- Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 3rd August.
29/08/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog
- ThemeChooser
- Feature: Automatically install scheduled themes when wifi is connected
- Fixed a bug with featured page not loading correctly
- Fixed a bug with pause button not displaying
- Fixed a bug with the search icon
- Fixed a bug with the keyboard not hiding
- Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 28th August.
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.
14/08/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog
- Launcher
- Fixed a bug with hot set for landscape
- Fixed a bug with dock disappearing in Landscape mode
- Theme Engine
- Fixed a Launch Crash
- Added support for MIN_THEME_ENGINE_VERSION
- Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 13th 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.
08/07/2013 - Nightly release 3.0.4 changelog
- Launcher
- Fixed the background now showing correctly for dock bar
- Fixed menu button crashing
- ThemeChooser
- Added Progress bar for Installed View.
- Bug Fixes.
- Removal of unwanted file downloads.
- Sorting of Store tabs
- Theming Engine: Fix crashes in some themes.
- CM merges till Aug 5th.
Nightly 3.0.3 Changelog Aug 04 2013
- Bazooka Launcher - support for themeable drop shadow
- Lockscreen - support for virtual screen tag
- Theme chooser - support for min themes engine version
- Theme chooser - support for community themes
- CM merges till 1st August
07/28/2012 - Nightly release 3.0.2 changelog
- CyanogenMod merges till July 25th 2013
- Lockscreen crash fixes due to incorrect lockscreen manifest.
- Fix contact crashes
- T9SearchCache : Fix NPE when number is null after stripping separators.
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51ef5ffcdca167a60500eb58 - T9SearchCache : Fix NPE in T9Adapter.getView when mPrevInput is null.
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51ef4e09dca167a60500eb44
- T9SearchCache : Fix NPE when number is null after stripping separators.
- Apollo crash fixes
- ImageCache: Fix NPE when there is no external storage available.
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51f2643edca167a60500f50e - ShortcutActivity : Fix NPE when there are no extras in intent.
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51ef37b9dca167a60500eb03
- ImageCache: Fix NPE when there is no external storage available.
- Toggle GCM push notifications in settings.
Note: Please don't use iPhone theme as it is causes crashes in latest ROM. We are looking in to the issue, by monday it will be fine.
Nightly release 3.0.2 - Jul 24, 2013
- Cyanogenmod fixes till july 22
- Fix crash in input method (keyboard ) BinaryDictionaryFileDumper - http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51ee2c71dca167a60500e823
07/23/2013 - AvatarROM 3.0.1 Stable release
- CyanogenMod Security fixes + update to 10.1.2
- Themechooser crash fixes
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.
Nightly release - 16/07/2013
- Launcher: Bug fixes from error reporter
- CyanogenMod changes till July 11. Includes support for exfat, ntfs partitions.
- SystemUI : Fix memory leak in Sync tile
- SystemUI : Don't recreate controllers after theme change
- SystemUI : Clear wallpaper manager bitmap during theme change, clearing significant memory
- Themechooser : Memory leak fixes. Crash fix during long press
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 experiemental features from Avatar.
We highly recommend to wipe cache/data/dalvik before flashing the stable releases.
Changelog:
Based on CM10.1.0 (General Release)
06/23/2013 - AvatarROM 2.16b release- Launcher
- Bug fixes from error reporter.
- Added percentage indicator for transparency option.
- Fixed transparency related issues.
- Broken rule UI changes.
- Changes in all rules screen buttons.
- Fixed minor issues with editing rules.
- Implemented search functionality.
- Partial fix for community themes.
- Bug fixes - New themes are sometimes not available until clearing cache.
- Bug fixes - Memory leaks.
Crashes Fixed in 2.16b
i. Lots of contact app crash fixes.
1. Invalid Call Type
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51c1c77adca167a60500684e
2. Handle null cursor in AsyncQueryHandler
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51c0d284dca167a6050065c6
3. Fix NPE when onCallStateChanged callback is called and the fragment is not active
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51c05192dca167a605006438
4. NPE in T9SearchCache.getView --
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bb69badca167a6050056f
5. Validate current tab when loading from property. Causing IndexOutOfBoundException
https://ninetology.atlassian.net/browse/NINE-1074
6. DialpadFragment: afterTextChange callback is called when there is no activity, leading to NPE. Check if activity is alive.
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bb4a80dca167a6050056b2
7. ContactSelectionActivity : IllegalStateException was thrown for DEFAULT_ACTION. Handle it.
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51b552f3dca167a6050046a2
8. CallLogNotificationsService : Handle null intent in onHandleIntent.
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51b4f4bcdca167a605004582
9. ContactDetailFragment : NPE during QuickFix
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bb16b9dca167a60500562c
ii. Settings
1. LockscreenTargets : Fix NPE in getLayeredDrawable
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bedfcfdca167a605005fa3
2. Apply cobalt theme. Settings -> Lockscreen -> Slider Shortcuts -> Select any short -> Change Icon -> System Icon -> Select Any -- crash ..
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51c07d69dca167a6050064d3
3. Settings -> Lockscreen -> Security -> Screen Lock -> Pattern -> any 3x3 suppose -> Draw something -> Press power button to lock --> crash
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bf8612dca167a6050061e7
iii. Download Manager
1. OpenHelper : Fix NPE when mimeType is null
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bfcb10dca167a6050062b5
2. Fix NPE in removeSpuriousFiles, when there is no cache dir
iv. Input keyboard
RichInputConnection : Fix NPE in setComposingRegion
http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51c125c5dca167a605006698
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.
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
Previous releases
Download Avatar ROM Sony Xperia Z (Yuga):
Nightly Release 3.x.y - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1
Nightly 3.1.8 - Oct 29 2013
Stable Release 3.x - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1
Stable 3.1 - Sep 21 2013
Beta release - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1
Link (Jun 23, 2013)
Gapps (4.2.2)
Videos:
Sample Video - checkout our MIUI style lockscreens, statusbar, messaging, etc and the smooth transition of themes:
Review by Flow-Wolf
All Videos
Credits:
- Cyanogen Team
- Trebuchet launcher
- MiUi Theme creators
You can find more information at http://www.avatarrom.com
Feature request page - https://avatarrom.uservoice.com/forums/193652-avatarrom-feature-request
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XDA:DevDB Information
[ROM][JB] [4.4] Avatar ROM for Sony Xperia Z (yuga) - Updated [Feb 17, 2014], a ROM for the Sony Xperia Z
Contributors
bippi79
ROM OS Version: 4.2.x Jelly Bean
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
Based On: CyanogenMod
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2013-06-27
Last Updated 2014-02-21
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