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[ZU][ROM][JB4.3.1] Chameleon OS

jeroenqui

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I WILL APPLY AS A DEVICE MAINTAINER FOR CHAMELEON OS.

THIS IS FOR UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER ONLY, AS YOU NEED TO FLASH A CUSTOM KERNEL!!!

Credits
@FXP @Kali- @binary for all the work on the hardware bringup for togari and their work on the device tree
FreeXperia team
CyanogenMod team
Chameleon team



Chameleon OS (or ChaOS for short) is a custom Android ROM that gives the user more control than they can experience on any other Android ROM. Starting with a CyanogenMOD base, we customize each piece to give ultimate control while maintaining the simplicity we all love about Android. The most notable feature of ChaOS is the theme engine, which can apply different pieces of themes in a true mix-and-match style. The launcher has been completely overhauled with tons of options that you'd normally need to download a third-party launcher for, such as home screen previews, folder sorting, and folder icon styles. The Messaging app has also had some UI retouches, including messaging bubbles and quick emoji button.

The entire framework of ChaOS has been modified around the theme engine, allowing for custom fonts, boot animations (with animated preview), and themes. No longer do you have to try to find the perfect theme, with Chameleon OS you can patch it together with your favorite pieces from different themes. Messaging, Phone, Status Bar, icons, everything can be set completely individually from each other which provides the capabilities to completely re-imagine your phone. Creating themes for the ChaOS Theme Engine is superbly simple and has extreme versatility.

Even with all of the features we've currently implemented, ChaOS will continue to mature with even more refined settings and features. We will be completely open source and will welcome developers to join us, whether it be by maintaining a device or utilizing our gerrit review. Even if you're not a developer, your voice will not go unheard. We will continually poll our users for the most wanted features and do our best to implement them.

Features:
http://www.chameleonos.org/features.php

Screenshots:


More screens:
http://www.chameleonos.org/screenshots.php

Known bugs:
CM bugs (buggy wifi)

Download link Custom Builds
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=1631#downloads

Download link Nightlies (not yet active)
http://roms.chameleonos.org/index.php?device=togari

Why should you choose nightly?
- Always the latest updates released every day
- Stable stock ChameleonOS device files

Why should you not use nightlies?
- TWRP is not included (CWM is)

It's all up to yourself.

Install instructions:
UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER REQUIRED

If you come from a rom without CWM/TWRP recovery and don't have a recovery yet:
extract the boot.img from the package.
put boot.img in your fastboot directory.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
Enter CWM/TWRP recovery.
If you come from another rom, Do a factory reset. Full wipe
If you come from other version, just format cache and dalvik cache.
Flash zip + gapps (gapps only need to be flashed if you come from another rom)

Reboot! Enjoy! Press Thanks!

Sources:
https://github.com/ChameleonOS/

Website:
http://www.chameleonos.org/

XDA:DevDB Information
Chameleon OS, a ROM for the Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Contributors
jeroenqui
ROM OS Version: 4.3.x Jellybean
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked Bootloader
Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information
Status: Testing

Created 2013-11-17
Last Updated 2013-11-17
 

jeroenqui

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Thank you all for the warm welcome! Personally I don't have a ZU myself but a Z1. But since the hardware differences are so small, I dared to build this.. You'll have to thank @pedal2themedal too, because he messaged me to support this device. Even though normally I don't do this without owning the device, I saw so less roms for such a great device and thought it was a shame.

This doesn't mean I release untested stuff though. If anything major changes, I will always have it tested on a real device before releasing it.

Thanks again.

Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk
 

fbfree

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I WILL APPLY AS A DEVICE MAINTAINER FOR CHAMELEON OS.

THIS IS FOR UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER ONLY, AS YOU NEED TO FLASH A CUSTOM KERNEL!!!

Credits
@FXP @Kali- @binary for all the work on the hardware bringup for togari and their work on the device tree
FreeXperia team
CyanogenMod team
Chameleon team



Screenshots:


More screens:
http://www.chameleonos.org/screenshots.php
Download link Custom Builds
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=1631#downloads

Download link Nightlies (not yet active)
http://roms.chameleonos.org/index.php?device=togari

Why should you choose nightly?
- Always the latest updates released every day
- Stable stock ChameleonOS device files

Why should you not use nightlies?
- TWRP is not included (CWM is)

It's all up to yourself.

Install instructions:
UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER REQUIRED

If you come from a rom without CWM/TWRP recovery and don't have a recovery yet:


Enter CWM/TWRP recovery.
If you come from another rom, Do a factory reset. Full wipe
If you come from other version, just format cache and dalvik cache.
Flash zip + gapps (gapps only need to be flashed if you come from another rom)

Reboot! Enjoy! Press Thanks!

Sources:
https://github.com/ChameleonOS/

Website:
http://www.chameleonos.org/

XDA:DevDB Information
Chameleon OS, a ROM for the Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Contributors
jeroenqui
ROM OS Version: 4.3.x Jellybean
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked Bootloader
Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information
Status: Testing

Created 2013-11-17
Last Updated 2013-11-17
Thanks a lot, the UI is beautiful!
 

pedal2themedal

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It is definitely a good rom!! I have been running it since Friday and it has been amazing. Runs the best of all the current roms we have available!!! I am just glad that @jeroenqui, was able to make this rom for our beloved device!!!
 
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