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[ROM] VanirAOSP [official] [nightlies] [4.4.4] organized, clean, fast.

xboxfanj

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Welcome to VanirAOSP. Our mission is to deliver a clean optimized version of Android with subtly improved versions of the features you love to as many devices as possible. we've tried to incorporate and improve our features in a way that makes them more cohesive to improve the overall user experience while correcting any performance regressions and improving functionality..

What to expect:
- This is not a McCopy ROM. What goes into our build is well thought-out and not a bunch of stuff duck taped together because we could.
- maximum optimization. We do our research. We test hard. We build -fstrict -O3 globally and include a massive array of code optimizations and memory leak fixes that we write ourselves and eventually submit to AOSP or Linaro.
- originality in our source. We generate a lot of new commits being features or general code improvements. We are open source to share and improve the community but we also try to make sure we offer a unique experience.
- aesthetics.. hopefully in your opinion :p

General 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
halo (active display & lockscreen notifications are in review)
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
more to come when i feel like updating the op

Join our Google+ community for news/updates

Vanir Nightlies


Kernel: My eXcaliBur kernel with improved performance and a couple extra features, for more information, visit my thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2755044

Source: https://github.com/VanirAOSP
Kernel Source: https://github.com/xboxfanj/android_kernel_htc_msm8974

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COMMOTIO

Commotio + Vanir Features:
-based off Vanir 4.4.2

Status Bar
- Quick Setting including numerous customizations
- Customize clock display and location, customize signal bar
- % displayed in battery + circle mod
- Transparency

Navigation Bar
- Customizable buttons + colors
- Customizable height + width
- Navi Ring
- Transparency

Lockscreen
- Fully customizable targets/rotation/widgets/ and more
- Transparency

General Tweaks
- Ad blocking
- Tablet UI Chooser
- DPI/LCD changer + force tablet settings mode
- Theme Chooser: Including inverted theme
- Galaxy Nexus Parts
- ADB over network
- Bravia Engine 2.0
- Custom Carrier text
- Custom backlight
- Expanded Desktop: with different modes
- Extended Power menu
- A-GPS. - Kang PrimeDirective –> Credit happily1986
- Long press back to kill (in developer options)

Application Tweaks
- Expanded Phone: noise reduction, advanced settings, speaker proximity
- Expanded MMS including Quick Emoji
- Camera: Enhanced settings (credit CM)
- Functional Sound Recorder
- Koush’s Superuser
- Vanir Keyboard – removed tracking/logging – highly optimized

Performance Manager- Processor governor + speed
- Voltage control
- I/o Scheduler
- Disable boot animation
- Enhance recent menu

Sound
- Beats Audio
- Quiet Hours
- DSP Manager included (Credit CM)
- Volume wake / rocker music controld
- Rewritten Speaker proximity designed for Commotio/Vanir

Debloated
- All inclusive ~180 MB –> 60 MB of Bloat removed
- Fully featured LatinIME Keyboard, but only 2.2 MB (normally 16-20 MB), removed tracking/logging
- And soo much more

Butter
- Compiled with linaro keychain.
- Optimized with linaro 4.3
- GCC 4.8 w/ -O3 -fstrict-aliasing AKA highly optimized compiling for better results (like Linaro)
- Vanir.cfg – Set your CPU frequencies, colors, ZRAM, and much more. Set and once and forget; it stays on your SD card
- DHOtheory: Sets up the kernel/ROM the way I like it, then self destructs on first boot, so you can change it later
- Go-faster Axiom scripts
- Vanirice – makes everything just a bit smooth
- For every 1 user settings there are 5 power saving + performance tweaks tweaks

Theme
- TRIAGE theme – (Inspiration DroidTh3ory)

Changelog: is right beside the download

Commotio Downloads:
http://www.emccann.net/dho/3-Vanir-mirror/4-nighties/

Gapps
Banks gapps: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2 use standard

Install: Easy as 1, 2, 3
Everything is taken care of for you. No need to wipe cache.
1) Download
2) Flash it
3) Profit


XDA:DevDB Information
[ROM] VanirAOSP [official] [nightlies] [4.4.4] organized, clean, fast., ROM for the HTC One (M8)

Contributors
xboxfanj
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Version Information
Status: Nightly

Created 2014-05-25
Last Updated 2014-10-21
 

kickassdave

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Not quite up to date with AOSP fixes. But does the navbar still go mental in full screen vids?

Excited to try this :)

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kickassdave

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Camera force closes on first open.
Tried reboot and no luck.

CPU max and min frequency is the max frequency.
Need performance application to force min to 300MHz and even then it goes back after a reboot with set on boot checked.

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xboxfanj

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Camera force closes on first open.
Tried reboot and no luck.

CPU max and min frequency is the max frequency.
Need performance application to force min to 300MHz and even then it goes back after a reboot with set on boot checked.

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Try the build from the 19th.
 

cepheid46e2

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In The Ether
Press and hold vol up and power for 10 sec to force a reboot, once it turns back on, press vol down and power to get to bootloader.
It boots up to the bootloader and I can get to recovery but phone will no longer recognize internal storage. Unable to boot or install any other ROM. Can't even factory reset the deivce. Everytime I attempt to flash another ROM it indicates that /data/ cannot be mounted.
 
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xboxfanj

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It boots up to the bootloader and I can get to recovery but phone will no longer recognize internal storage. Unable to boot or install any other ROM. Can't even factory reset the deivce. Everytime I attempt to flash another ROM it indicates that /data/ cannot be mounted.
Oh, that error is really annoying, had to wipe my entire internal storage 3x yesterday. Press the format data button.
 

ayemiller

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bugs in the 5/25 build

I have noticed a couple minor bugs in the 5/25. I fresh flashed and I'm running the m8vzw. Other than these minor issues, i'm loving it! Great work!

  • Camera force crashes- even after trying to install the google camera w/ slim's camera fix.
  • Advanced reboot in developer options is checked by default, but the advanced reboot menu does not show. You have to disable and then re-enable the advanced reboot option in order to make it work.

EDIT: The fix from the carbon rom thread works to fix the camera FC's. Flash here-- http://tinyurl.com/kbeja8g
 
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PhillyFlyer

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ATT?

I just noticed Vanir/Commotio and I am PUMPED. Love your work with the LG-G2 and of course my old Galaxy S3/4.

It does seem that some are having some issues, so I wanted to know if it was safe for ATT M8 at this point?
 

kickassdave

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I know there were some issues putting people off at the moment. But has anyone tried any of the more recent nightlies.?
Is the nightly taking CM fixes? I.e. camera fixed, etc

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metalspring

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I know there were some issues putting people off at the moment. But has anyone tried any of the more recent nightlies.?
Is the nightly taking CM fixes? I.e. camera fixed, etc

Sent from my One M8 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Camera fixed, adb fixed, only major issues that might be left is the encrypted storage bug and the landscape video bug