[ROM] [KK 4.4.4] VANIR AOSP & COMMMOTIO

[mcgi5sr2]

OK so before we start let me make something abundantly clear, I am posting this up here on behalf of the Vanir AOSP team, as their ROM is awesome, and it took me longer than the first google to locate it etc etc. There is a link at the bottom of how to find them on G+ and communicate directly with the team. THIS POST ONLY TO CONVEY FILE LOCATIONS FOR OTHERS WHO WISH TO TRY THIS ROM. I will keep it uptodate so that anyone on the S3 can get to it.

Vanir was founded on the premise of performance tuning Android. It is based on AOSP, but include features (many of which have been rewritten to be more efficient) from other ROMs.

The webkit, chromium, and skia are aosp/master merged with codeaurora, with linaro fixes on top.

BY LINARO, it means "-O3 -fstrict-aliasing".... not just switching toolchains. At Team Vanir, THEY GO HARD.

Youtube video of 4.4.2 (old)

Features
stock mode - ability revert to stock AOSP code with the exception of a few custom features we chose to keep active
enhanced performance.. longer uptime with less slowdown
custom written CRON and init.d.
UI and graphics improvements
custom navbar, navring, and hardware key features
improved notification handling (active display & halo are in review also)
usability improvements like power reboot menu and sound
animation control
Improved Vanir keyboard
CM's profiles & quicksettings
additional quicksetting tiles
immersive mode
statusbar mods
clock & battery mods
lockscreen blur and other mods
soon to come -> quick cam and flash notifications
busybox, embedded root, init.d, cron etc
yatta yatta yatta

COMMOTIO
Commotio is DHO recook of VANIR-AOSP with cutom features, script changes and themes
check DHOs XDA tread for more info

Credits
Thanks to Peter Alfonso, CM, the Fruits & Veggies Project, Rascarlo, Pawitp, AOKP, GaryD9, Androcom, Chevycam94, Team EOS

Instructions
First time, be gentle:
1. If coming from any other ROM, do a factory reset and wipe /system
2. Proceed with "been around the block instructions"

Been around the block:
1, wipe dalvik and cache
2. Flash ROM
3. Flash Gapps
4. Reboot


VANIR AOSP
http://www.emccann.net/nuclearmistake/VanirAOSPNightlies/i9300/

COMMOTIO
http://www.emccann.net/dho/3-Vanir-mirror/4-nighties/4.4/08-01-2014_nightly_444/

GAPPs
http://www.emccann.net/dho/5-Gapps/Kitkat/

Talk to the Team
https://plus.google.com/communities/111378032131473754160
Or
#vanir on freenode

Donations
If you would like to thank us for our hard work, you can do so here, or you can find Donation links for all of us in the About Team Vanir section of Settings in the ROM:
NuclearMistake
Sonicxml
DHO
PrimeDirective
Styr

XDA:DevDB Information
VANIR AOSP COMMOTIO, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S III I9300

Contributors
mcgi5sr2, DHO, NuclearMistake, SonicXML PrimeDirective Styr
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
ROM Firmware Required: Galaxy S3 I9300
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Testing
Current Stable Version: 082814
Stable Release Date: 2014-09-01

Created 2014-09-01
Last Updated 2014-09-03

 

[SignalX]

will try it, thanks for this mate
it's always good to see new roms

 

[Neorpowa]

Screenshots?

Any screenshots available? I'm totally willing to test when the screenshots have been released

 

[mcgi5sr2]

Any screenshots available? I'm totally willing to test when the screenshots have been released

Hey Neorpowa,
Rom doesn;t really need that much testing as it is already very stable. Thanks for the offer though

 

[ehrosking]

S0me Screensh0ts... T0 see h0w beauty it is...


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[szunyi77]

Hello
I have this thread has already been created in March, I hope you do not mind.

[ROM][KK][4.4.4]VanirAOSP [Nightlies] Galaxy SIII I-9300

 

[mcgi5sr2]

Hello
I have this thread has already been created in March, I hope you do not mind.

[ROM][KK][4.4.4]VanirAOSP [Nightlies] Galaxy SIII I-9300

Hi @szunyi77 ,
sorry didn't mean to double your post. PMed you for resolution, and with info.
As for screens shot I added your cool video link to satisfy for now.
regards

 

[szunyi77]

Hi @szunyi77 ,
sorry didn't mean to double your post. PMed you for resolution, and with info.
As for screens shot I added your cool video link to satisfy for now.
regards

okay, I was just told ..
Very good rom, I used to try. :good:
Excuse my ignorance, but what's the COMMOTIO ?

Do you have a stable release? Which version should I use, which is stable and there is no problem?

 

[mcgi5sr2]

okay, I was just told ..
Very good rom, I used to try. :good:
Excuse my ignorance, but what's the COMMOTIO ?

Do you have a stable release? Which version should I use, which is stable and there is no problem?

Commotio is a second rom built on the base of Vanir AOSP. Essentially it is the same underneath, but some people prefer the extras it has. Install either ROM and see which one you prefer yourself. AFAIK all the latest releases are stable.

 

[gtsfreak]

It's so good to see more Roms coming to i9300:thumbup:

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[DHO]

Rumor is the i9305 are having some issues? But i9300 doing great

If so, please report in

Please help us, help you.


Tag me if bug reports. Its the only notification that XDA sends me. Or better yet reports of things working

 

[Hbohd]

Rumor is the i9305 are having some issues? But i9300 doing great

If so, please report in

Please help us, help you.


Tag me if bug reports. Its the only notification that XDA sends me. Or better yet reports of things working

It was me who reported not working i9305's version

I tried once to grab a logcat and it didn't work, terminal continously waiting for device, while phone was looping Samsung logo. Is there any other way to do it? I will try anyway, maybe this time it will work...

Or.. would a logcat with a custom kernel help a little bit? Even if it booted there was not working cell network. However, then at least I could log anything

Apart from that.. What do you think about a feature to "swipe notification/app from recents to left to open it in floating window"? I think it gives great multitasking possibilities, somehow replacing halo (in my opinion).

 

[DHO]

It was me who reported not working i9305's version

I tried once to grab a logcat and it didn't work, terminal continously waiting for device, while phone was looping Samsung logo. Is there any other way to do it? I will try anyway, maybe this time it will work...

Or.. would a logcat with a custom kernel help a little bit? Even if it booted there was not working cell network. However, then at least I could log anything

Apart from that.. What do you think about a feature to "swipe notification/app from recents to left to open it in floating window"? I think it gives great multitasking possibilities, somehow replacing halo (in my opinion).

You need to grab a log with adb

Just like when you root your phone with a USB cable to your computer... but type adb logcat

 

[srv.abhishek]

Commotio is a second rom built on the base of Vanir AOSP. Essentially it is the same underneath, but some people prefer the extras it has. Install either ROM and see which one you prefer yourself. AFAIK all the latest releases are stable.

i tried both but apart from some visual differences I could not find any difference.. commotio B70 is still little unstable . i have applied a theme and the in call UI is crashing.. Vanir is comparatively more stable.

 

[lmulli]

Any chance you could use a different naming convention for the nightly Commotio Roms only the past 4 or so that I have downloaded all have the same filename which makes it difficult to identify which is the newer one in CWM when installing and I want to keep the older ones in case something doesn't work. (and before someone replies with a smart comment about deleting or renaming them via a file manager app manually, I am aware thank you but sometimes you just want to flash...) Possibly add the date of compilation into the filename? Thanks.

 

[EliteDrOiD]

Hi this rom is omni or cyanogen

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 mediante Tapatalk

 

[Hbohd]

You need to grab a log with adb

Just like when you root your phone with a USB cable to your computer... but type adb logcat

Ehh.. I've tried to do it, but I got no log. The sad truth is that I couldn't get any logcat until the phone boots When it boots with my other configuration, logcat worked.

So I think I have to retreat. But why on earth it works great on i9300, but not on i9305? :/

 

[DHO]

Ehh.. I've tried to do it, but I got no log. The sad truth is that I couldn't get any logcat until the phone boots When it boots with my other configuration, logcat worked.

So I think I have to retreat. But why on earth it works great on i9300, but not on i9305? :/

Hard to say, I need some place to start. It's likely something easy to fix....

---------- Post added at 09:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:15 PM ----------

Ummm yeaa,...

I think I found it

---------- Post added at 10:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 PM ----------

Ehh.. I've tried to do it, but I got no log. The sad truth is that I couldn't get any logcat until the phone boots When it boots with my other configuration, logcat worked.

So I think I have to retreat. But why on earth it works great on i9300, but not on i9305? :/

Test build up in 9/10/2014 folder
I would says a pretty damn probability of working.

 

[Hbohd]

Hard to say, I need some place to start. It's likely something easy to fix....

---------- Post added at 09:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:15 PM ----------

Ummm yeaa,...

I think I found it

---------- Post added at 10:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 PM ----------



Test build up in 9/10/2014 folder
I would says a pretty damn probability of working.

Just saw 'atomic derpage'

Downloading, will get the answer in a while.

#EDIT
Yeah, finally it works! Pretty damn probability was really high today

Now it's time for testing. Maybe it's not THAT feature-packed like other roms here, but vanir definitely has its own taste

#EDIT2

Few interesting things that might be added to vanir:

- statusbar's clock needs a date next to it (not to feel lonely)
- slimrom's heads up (because they are taking heads up experience to a completely new level) with an option to launch it in floating window (just imagine these multitasking possibilites!!!) and reasonable 'disable on lock screen' feature
- why not to extend multitasking possibilities more and more? https://gerrit.paranoidandroid.co/#/c/4219/
- these are less spectacular, however still might be useful: adding ios-like carrier label in statusbar, battery qs tile showing whether you are charging with AC or USB, removing unneeded keyguard test activites (why would we need something useless?)

I know that vanir isn't such kind of a ROM that you ask for something and simply get it. However, these pointed changes may only improve its greatness and probably encourage more people to use it and stick with it. Also, you developers should feel the difference after applying some of these features

 

[DHO]

Just saw 'atomic derpage'

Downloading, will get the answer in a while.

#EDIT
Yeah, finally it works! Pretty damn probability was really high today

Now it's time for testing. Maybe it's not THAT feature-packed like other roms here, but vanir definitely has its own taste

#EDIT2

Few interesting things that might be added to vanir:

- statusbar's clock needs a date next to it (not to feel lonely)
- slimrom's heads up (because they are taking heads up experience to a completely new level) with an option to launch it in floating window (just imagine these multitasking possibilites!!!) and reasonable 'disable on lock screen' feature
- why not to extend multitasking possibilities more and more? https://gerrit.paranoidandroid.co/#/c/4219/
- these are less spectacular, however still might be useful: adding ios-like carrier label in statusbar, battery qs tile showing whether you are charging with AC or USB, removing unneeded keyguard test activites (why would we need something useless?)

I know that vanir isn't such kind of a ROM that you ask for something and simply get it. However, these pointed changes may only improve its greatness and probably encourage more people to use it and stick with it. Also, you developers should feel the difference after applying some of these features

Thanks for the great testing, and probing me to find that bug.

I"ll look over the feature requests. You never know what will be cooked in