[ROM][VS985][6.0.1] Team OctOS Oct-M

[red3razor]

Disclaimer: OctOs is a WIP. It has been evaluated as being stable, and is suitable for daily use in most cases. While it may be considered stable, there may be unknown bugs. The development team is not responsible for any damage to your device or your information.

Team OctOs presents Oct-M.​

We maintain a current release record and change-log on our website: http://www.teamoctos.com

- Please Do Not Mirror our files without talking to us. We can do that ourselves should we desire to. -​

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is this Android 6 (Marshmallow)?
A: Yes, this is Android 6.0.1

Q: What code is OCT-M based on?
A: Starting with Oct-L, we've rebased OctOs on the CyanogenMod 12 code. Oct-M is based on CyanogenMod 13.

Q: What happened to AOSP?
A: All Android code is based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Under previous releases, we tried very hard to limit the number of "Not from Google directly" repositories that we used. Unfortunately, issues with devices, the need for Code Aurora Foundation (CAF) repositories for Qualcomm devices, and compatibility issues meant fighting code more often than not. We decided that since the code-base for many repositories were the same across most ROMs, picking a starting point to build the user experience on outweighed the desire to craft code from scratch, or fix broken code to make it work with other changes we already had.

Q: Why isn't there XYZ feature.
A: Shoot us a Suggestion if you want to see something added. While we are not going to promise to implement, we will always look into it

Q: But XYZ and all the others have..
A: ROM developers build something they want to use. The ROM developer that includes something they won't run implies less than 100% effort to ensure it does work. As a team, we have similar goals and objectives. If XYZ ROM has a feature you want, and we don't include (or don't want to include), feel free to use XYZ ROM, or build your own custom version of Oct-M.

Q: Superuser or SuperSU?
A: Team OctOs uses SuperSU and is installed automatically.

Bugs:
Bugs happen. Our testers are very good at breaking things, but no where near as good as the rest of the Android public. In order to investigate and fix issues, we need the help of the users who are going to report them. The Android OS has many nifty features to help us in this, but only if we can engage the user to assist us.

Logs, Logcat, and the Android Debugging Bridge (ADB)
Like any other OS, Android has multiple log files that are generated and record the goings-on of the system. As a user, you have two basic ways to view and pull these to send to us. Without the information in the logfiles, there simply is not a whole lot of information to go on.

Log file APKs
Team OctOs recommends SysLog from the Android Market. This application will allow you to selectively pick any (or all) of the system logs, compress them into a .ZIP file, and allow you to save, email, move to your Copy/DropBox/Cloud Storage account, etc.

ADB Logcat
The Android Debugging Bridge (ADB) is a powerful tool available from Google as part of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK). Used for many things, being able to selectively see, in real-time, what your device is doing cannot be downplayed. While there is more setup involved, if you are doing consistent ROM flashing, you really should invest the time to get setup properly to do it.

ADB Logcat tutorial here: How to create a logcat log


Basic Instructions:

1. Download ROM .zip file and MD5 file, and grab your favorite Opengapps package http://opengapps.org/
2. Reboot to Recovery (Note: Use Reboot to Recovery from Power Menu, Hardware-based boot to recovery, or adb reboot recovery - ROM Manager or similar software is NOT supported)
   --- TWRP is the ONLY recovery Team OctOs uses - We do not support flashing on CWM ---
3. Factory Reset from TWRP
4. Flash ROM and GApps .ZIP files
5. Reboot

The Oct-M ROM installation script will automatically wipe /system, /cache, and /data/dalvik-cache. There is no need to do these before or after flashing the ROM unless you are instructed to by your GApps Provider

The foundation of the Android OS is the fact that is it open-source. We have all code we use internally in the creation of Oct-M available on our GitHub repositories.

Unless otherwise specified, all Oct-M builds use the device's stock CyanogenMod 13 kernel.

Team OctOs GitHub - http://www.github.com/Team-OctOs
Team OctOs Gerrit Review - http://www.teamoctos.com:8080
Team OctOs GPLv2 License - http://www.teamoctos.com/license/
Team OctOs Patreon Campaign - https://www.patreon.com/TOctOs

Want To Build Your Own?
Check out the ReadMe on our GitHub for Instructions

Special thanks to

• Our testers, without which, there would be no public releases for OctOs
  
  We would also like to thank
• CyanogenMod
• OmniROM
• LiquidSmooth
• Anyone else who has ever submitted Open-Source code

Follow Us at the various websites below!

Above is our hidden menu. It can be accessed 3 different ways: "Tentacles" in app drawer, quick settings tile, or by pressing settings/about phone/OctOS build date.
MORE PICS OF OUR FEATURES: https://copy.com/9V9skpmRVsRaa6mx

XDA:DevDB Information
Oct-M, ROM for the Verizon LG G3

Contributors
red3razor, cjkacz, canodroid15, bthorne79
Source Code: http://www.github.com/Team-OctOs

ROM OS Version: 6.0.x Marshmallow
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: CyanogenMod 13

Version Information
Status: Testing

Created 2015-05-06
Last Updated 2016-01-17

 

[red3razor]

[ROM][VS985][LMY47V][5.1.1] Team OctOS Oct-L

Disclaimer: OctOs is a WIP. It has been evaluated as being stable, and is suitable for daily use in most cases. While it may be considered stable, there may be unknown bugs. The development team is not responsible for any damage to your device or your information.

Team OctOs presents Oct-L.

We maintain a current release record and change-log on our website: http://www.teamoctos.com

- Please Do Not Mirror our files without talking to us. We can do that ourselves should we desire to. -​

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is this Android 5 (Lollipop)?
A: Yes, this is Android 5.1.1

Q: What code is Oct-L based on?
A: Starting with Oct-L, we've rebased OctOs on the CyanogenMod 12 code.

Q: What happened to AOSP?
A: All Android code is based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Under previous releases, we tried very hard to limit the number of "Not from Google directly" repositories that we used. Unfortunately, issues with devices, the need for Code Aurora Foundation (CAF) repositories for Qualcomm devices, and compatibility issues meant fighting code more often than not. We decided that since the code-base for many repositories were the same across most ROMs, picking a starting point to build the user experience on outweighed the desire to craft code from scratch, or fix broken code to make it work with other changes we already had.

Q: Why isn't there XXXXXXX feature.
A: Shoot us a Suggestion if you want to see something added. While we are not going to promise to implement, we will always look into it

Q: But CM and all the others have..
A: ROM developers, including CM, build something they want to use. The ROM developer that includes something they won't run implies less than 100% effort to ensure it does work. As a team, we have similar goals and objectives. If XYZ ROM has a feature you want, and we don't include (or don't want to include), feel free to use XYZ ROM, or build your own custom version of Oct-L.

Q: Superuser or SuperSU?
A: Team OctOs uses SuperSU and is installed automatically.

Bugs:
Bugs happen. Our testers are very good at breaking things, but no where near as good as the rest of the Android public. In order to investigate and fix issues, we need the help of the users who are going to report them. The Android OS has many nifty features to help us in this, but only if we can engage the user to assist us.

Logs, Logcat, and the Android Debugging Bridge (ADB)
Like any other OS, Android has multiple log files that are generated and record the goings-on of the system. As a user, you have two basic ways to view and pull these to send to us. Without the information in the logfiles, there simply is not a whole lot of information to go on.

Log file APKs
Team OctOs recommends SysLog from the Android Market. This application will allow you to selectively pick any (or all) of the system logs, compress them into a .ZIP file, and allow you to save, email, move to your Copy/DropBox/Cloud Storage account, etc.

ADB Logcat
The Android Debugging Bridge (ADB) is a powerful tool available from Google as part of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK). Used for many things, being able to selectively see, in real-time, what your device is doing cannot be downplayed. While there is more setup involved, if you are doing consistent ROM flashing, you really should invest the time to get setup properly to do it.

ADB Logcat tutorial here: How to create a logcat log


Basic Instructions:

1. Download ROM .zip file and MD5 file, and grab your favourite Android 5 based GApps package
2. Reboot to Recovery (Note: Use Reboot to Recovery from Power Menu, Hardware-based boot to recovery, or adb reboot recovery - ROM Manager or similar software is NOT supported)
   --- TWRP is the ONLY recovery Team OctOs uses - We do not support flashing on CWM ---
3. Factory Reset from TWRP
4. Flash ROM and GApps .ZIP files
5. Reboot

The Oct-L ROM installation script will automatically wipe /system, /cache, and /data/dalvik-cache. There is no need to do these before or after flashing the ROM unless you are instructed to by your GApps Provider

The foundation of the Android OS is the fact that is it open-source. We have all code we use internally in the creation of Oct-L available on our GitHub repositories.

Unless otherwise specified, all Oct-L builds use the device's stock CyanogenMod 12 kernel.

Team OctOs GitHub - http://www.github.com/Team-OctOs
Team OctOs Gerrit Review - http://www.teamoctos.com:8080
Team OctOs GPLv2 License - http://www.teamoctos.com/license/
Team OctOs Patreon Campaign - https://www.patreon.com/TOctOs

Want To Build Your Own?
Check out the ReadMe on our GitHub for Instructions

Special thanks to

• Our testers, without which, there would be no public releases for OctOs
  
  We would also like to thank
• CyanogenMod
• OmniROM
• LiquidSmooth
• Anyone else who has ever submitted Open-Source code

Follow Us at the various websites below!

Above is our hidden menu. It can be accessed 3 different ways: "Tentacles" in app drawer, quick settings tile, or by pressing settings/about phone/OctOS build date.
MORE PICS OF OUR FEATURES: https://copy.com/9V9skpmRVsRaa6mx

XDA:DevDB Information
Oct-L, ROM for the Verizon LG G3

Contributors
red3razor, cjkacz, hedwig34, bthorne79
Source Code: http://www.github.com/Team-OctOs

ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: CyanogenMod 12

Version Information
Status: Testing

Created 2015-05-06
Last Updated 2015-05-05

 

[david_hume]

Been running this ROM for the past 3 days. It's been great with no noticeable issues.

 

[shindiggity]

Let's give it a spin!

 

[slevyjr87]

Thanks Dev! Will be flashing this tonight, I'll keep you posted on bugs [if any]:good:

 

[red3razor]

pics (of features) added

Changelog here: http://www.teamoctos.com/category/changelog/

 

[ikenvape]

Oh hell yea! Thanks Razor!

 

[rippedwarrior69]

Downloading going to give a try. Been using Bliss pop.

 

[ncwildcat]

Does everything work? MMS? Decent signal? I am really itching to try some non-LG roms, but in the past (KK) the signal strength always seemed weaker

 

[spotmark]

Is there a features list somewhere?

 

[Nibiru2012]

The link you've provided for the GApps packages leads to a thread where the packages have been deleted.

Here's one I found that's working: PA-GOOGLE APPS Plus(All ROM's)

 

[red3razor]

Is there a features list somewhere?

Bottom of OP

 

[spotmark]

Bottom of OP

D'oh! Thank you.

 

[red3razor]

Does everything work? MMS? Decent signal? I am really itching to try some non-LG roms, but in the past (KK) the signal strength always seemed weaker

We have had good feedback from our testers, before released

 

[touche112]

I'm still on the hunt for a AOSP ROM where wireless charging works. Gonna give this a spin.

 

[kevman8396]

Smooth & Fast

Wow this ROM flies and is buttery smooth. I have been using it for a few hours and have not run in to any issues other than a reboot issue. It will not fully reboot but if you switch to a guest user and then back again it loads up fine. Other than that, great job!

 

[rob0809]

I'm still on the hunt for a AOSP ROM where wireless charging works. Gonna give this a spin.

I haven't found any personally. Hopefully the devs will fold this in once they get everything else working. It's not some kind of proprietary driver thing is it?

 

[jason_tx]

Where exactly do I download for AT&T S iii? I clicked on the github link and there are a ton of files. Went to OctOS website and selected my device and the download provided is from 4/22. It seems there is a more recent update from what I'm reading in the changelog.
Currently on Cyanide L with Shift D2 Kernel, will I also need to flash a new kernel? If so, I have no clue which one it is on the cyanogen link in the OP.

Thx in advance ..

 

[mataflakitas]

Thanks Razór. ..

 

[red3razor]

Wow this ROM flies and is buttery smooth. I have been using it for a few hours and have not run in to any issues other than a reboot issue. It will not fully reboot but if you switch to a guest user and then back again it loads up fine. Other than that, great job!

Strange. Not seen that one before. Still using stock kernel?