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[WIP] CyanogenMod 11.0 for GT-S7500

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PLEASE READ BEFORE FLASHING

Upon flashing this ROM, your phone warranty is now VOID. You also understand that, upon flashing this ROM, there is no guarantee that ALL APPS work as they would normally, as this is NOT an official ROM provided by Samsung or the CyanogenMod team. You may experience bugs, and you are encouraged to report them along with a logcat. The contributors and developers (myself included) will not be held responsible for any abnormality this ROM may cause, including but not limited to battery drain and lag.

This ROM is ONLY TESTED on Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus (GT-S7500), other variants have not been tested and will brick your phone.

Introduction

CyanogenMod (pronounced sigh-AN-oh-jen-mod), is a customized, aftermarket firmware distribution for several Android devices. Based on the Android Open Source Project, CyanogenMod is designed to increase performance and reliability over Android-based ROMs released by vendors and carriers such as Google, T-Mobile, HTC, etc. CyanogenMod also offers a variety of features & enhancements that are not currently found in these versions of Android.

Working Features

  • Samsung RIL
  • Audio Playback
  • WiFi
  • Bluetooth
  • Mobile Data
  • Kernel supports overclocking
  • GPS
  • Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, other sensors
  • Mounting of external SD Cards
  • Live Wallpapers
  • Camera
  • Fast Charging

Not Working


Installation Instructions

  1. Create a backup of your current WORKING ROM.
  2. Copy the flashable ZIP to your SD Card.
  3. Wipe your data/cache, including the Dalvik Cache.
  4. Flash as you normally would.
  5. Reboot.

The first boot will take a long time, it is normal. Succeeding boot times will be significantly faster.

Screenshots

Screenshot_2014-10-21-13-16-15.png Screenshot_2014-10-21-13-16-44.png

Downloads

Build #6 - Download Here
Gapps - Go Here - use PICO MODULAR PACKAGE - PROPER DPI PLAY SERVICES
MD5: c9464e6fa56e1d0f078f4b3ad1aff7da

Older Releases

Build #3 - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95864024717073277
Gapps - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942 - use PICO MODULAR PACKAGE - PROPER DPI PLAY SERVICES

Build #2 - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95832962473396097
Gapps - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942 - use PICO MODULAR PACKAGE - PROPER DPI PLAY SERVICES
Camera Flash and Audio Playback Fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57197821&postcount=34

Build #1 - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95747613655049902
Gapps - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942 - use PICO MODULAR PACKAGE - PROPER DPI PLAY SERVICES
WiFi Fix - View attachment 3040541 (thanks, @kk9999gada) - NOT NEEDED for Build #2 and above


Changelog

February 1, 2015 - Build #6
  • Fixed FM Radio (fully working)
  • Updated CyanogenMod Sources
  • Fixed Virtual Sensors (no longer breaks Camera HAL, we now have all sensors working again)
  • TONS of Kernel tweaks (lesser kernel panics, much more stable compared to previous builds)
  • Webview Lag is FIXED
  • A LOT of bug fixes have been implemented

January 7, 2015 - Build #4 (private release)
  • Initial fixes for Webview

January 1, 2015 - Build #3
  • Added preliminary support for FM Radio (hardware utilized but audio is not yet available, will be fixed in the future)
  • Camera is working again (after an update to CyanogenMod 11 Milestone 12 broke it during the testing phase for Build #3)
  • Sources updated to CyanogenMod 11 Milestone 12
  • Updated stock apps
  • Kernel tweaks and modifications
  • Legacy sensors re-enabled (thanks for the report, @kk9999gada) -- UPDATE: These sensors are temporarily disabled, they break the camera HAL. Will be fixed in a future build instead. The phone will still work fine, these are just virtual sensors anyway and does NOT affect the total performance of the phone.
  • Audio works after flashing (low-power audio disabled for our device)
  • Improved responsiveness
  • Tons of bug fixes

December 2, 2014 - Build #2

December 1, 2014 - Build #1
  • Initial Upload

XDA:DevDB Information
CyanogenMod 11.0 for GT-S7500, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500

Contributors
Liam D., Giugiu19, smartandroidtech, kk9999gada
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information
Status: Testing

Created 2014-11-30
Last Updated 2014-11-29
 
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I want to build a ROM for Galaxy Ace Plus. Where do I start?
A: I'm looking into providing a tutorial soon so that other users can also build ROMs for our phone.

Q: Lollipop. When?
A: When KitKat for our phone is stable, Lollipop would be considered. But now, nope.

Q: I found a fix for a bug. Where do I send it?
A: You can PM it to me, or post it in the thread. ALL FIXES ARE WELCOME.

Q: Your sources?
A: All my sources are on my GitHub profile. I make sure that all my GitHub uploads can be built successfully before I publish them in order to avoid a lot of build errors.

Q: I want a transparent status bar. How do I do that?
A: /system/build.prop should be ro.config.low_ram=false (unchanged), then open Settings > Performance (you will only see this after enabling Developer Options, which you could do by going to Settings > About Phone and tapping the Build Number 7 times) > then check Force High-End Graphics then reboot.
 
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Recently I saw in the galaxy mini 2 section that the camcoder has been fixed in cm 10.1 by using a precompiled gallery2.apk with working camcorder...in addiction I saw a commit that can could be useful ( https://github.com/bleached/android...mmit/af94d358984527323c5dcd6f6e7ebff942c6a35c ) ....could be helpful for our ace plus cm11, even if is based on kitkat? I hope so ......good work developer, I appreciate so much your work, your efforts.....keep it up...thanks!!!
 
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AndroidVin said:
Recently I saw in the galaxy mini 2 section that the camcoder has been fixed in cm 10.1 by using a precompiled gallery2.apk with working camcorder...in addiction I saw a commit that can could be useful ( https://github.com/bleached/android...mmit/af94d358984527323c5dcd6f6e7ebff942c6a35c ) ....could be helpful for our ace plus cm11, even if is based on kitkat? I hope so ......good work developer, I appreciate so much your work, your efforts.....keep it up...thanks!!!
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That's a good find. Will add that fix to the next build.
 
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Liam D,

Great to see CM11 for our ace plus alive again here :good:, now what i really hope is camera & camcoder can fix on build 2 or next build update on future. especially the bugs of camconder are all the time of ace plus problem seems in JB till KK. appreciate for you hardwork honestly. hope can see the build 2 soon. the best is see ace plus still alive. :fingers-crossed:
 
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bbivan said:
Liam D,

Great to see CM11 for our ace plus alive again here :good:, now what i really hope is camera & camcoder can fix on build 2 or next build update on future. especially the bugs of camconder are all the time of ace plus problem seems in JB till KK. appreciate for you hardwork honestly. hope can see the build 2 soon. the best is see ace plus still alive. :fingers-crossed:
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I'm aiming for the camera fix. Right now the camera is being detected in the kernel, but could not load it because it seems to not read the Camera HAL module. The next build will be using a different version of the android frameworks that would allow the loading of the camera HAL. Right now the only problems we have in my logcats are the proprietary parts that Samsung did not make fully open-source.

For instance, our camera is a proprietary version of msm7x27a and even though there are other similar cameras on the similar boards, ours contain some lines of code from Samsung that we cannot reverse engineer, making it hard to re-create the camera module.
 
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thanks

Dear developer liam
Thanks a billion times for trying cyanogen 11 on ace plus .
we appreciate your efforts.
Waiting for cm 11 bugfree
I'll be the first tester...
:fingers-crossed:
 
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Liam D. said:
I'm aiming for the camera fix. Right now the camera is being detected in the kernel, but could not load it because it seems to not read the Camera HAL module. The next build will be using a different version of the android frameworks that would allow the loading of the camera HAL. Right now the only problems we have in my logcats are the proprietary parts that Samsung did not make fully open-source.

For instance, our camera is a proprietary version of msm7x27a and even though there are other similar cameras on the similar boards, ours contain some lines of code from Samsung that we cannot reverse engineer, making it hard to re-create the camera module.
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ok i understand, i know is not the easy task especially what you are facing now for the camera issue, i see what i can help. Thanks. good luck & appreciated all the time.;)
 
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Liam D. said:
I am VERY PLEASED to announce:

That I have fixed the Came
ra issue on Build #2. Camera is NOW WORKING!

New build will be uploaded later within the week after I have completed my testing.
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Wow....really good news! You are great:thumbup: how is camcorder? Work as well:) anyway thanks for you hardwork... Cannot wait for download build 2 :D.... Thanks & congratulation. :thumbup:
 
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Updated OP with Changelog for Build #2.

bbivan said:
Wow....really good news! You are great:thumbup: how is camcorder? Work as well:) anyway thanks for you hardwork... Cannot wait for download build 2 :D.... Thanks & congratulation. :thumbup:
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Thanks. All that's left to resolve is the WebKit lag. Starting to upload Build #2 right now. Build #3 should be in the works very soon. I want Build #3 to be a final stable release, so I'm hoping for more bug reports during Build #2 so that I can work on the remaining bugs for Build #3.

As for camcorder, same issue with other 4.x ROMs for Ace Plus. Native camcorder doesn't work properly, but using third-party apps work.
 
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pcomet said:
Liam D. flash seems don't work.
Please, test in your phone.
Note: If you flash this https://disk.yandex.com/public/?hash=NIIjDsscL7gafATeEm3V188iUzIjmAsixly8YliwBeE= maybe work again.
It's the FIX for the same problem in SpeedMod ROM.
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Hm. That might have something to do with the fix I applied recently for the camera.

Have you tried using the Xposed Module for it? If it works, then I'll put that method into OP for a temporary fix as I work on reverting to the old code. As for your link, it's broken.

Thanks for reporting!
 
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Liam D. said:
Hm. That might have something to do with the fix I applied recently for the camera.

Have you tried using the Xposed Module for it? If it works, then I'll put that method into OP for a temporary fix as I work on reverting to the old code. As for your link, it's broken.

Thanks for reporting!
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Yap, link broken :/
What module you say?
 
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