yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ruthlessptizzle:
Are u trying to flash them over a 4.3 ROM...new 4.3.1 can't flash over 4.3 do a complete new install and should work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ParrSt:
unlock gestures

Can someone help me figure out unlock gestures? This is the feature I installed this ROM for but my unlock settings seem to only have slide, pattern, password and pin.

Bob
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
NewLife theme release

Added NewLife theme in our collection. Check below screenshots. The same is available in our theme chooser(Avatar Themes -> Avatar Themes-> Minimalist).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Find out about which apps can run in ART (Android Run Time), the easy way

A quick little post for something we have been working on lately.

Quite a few of you people would have heard about Android Kitkat and the bag of goodies that it brings along with it. One of those important changes though, is very much under the hood. It is called ART or Android Runtime. So what is it, and why is it important to us?

As described by Google, ART is a new Android runtime being introduced experimentally in the 4.4 release. This is a preview of work in progress in KitKat that can be turned on in Settings > developer options. Before this, all these days, every Android application used to run in its own process, with its own instance of the Dalvik virtual machine. Dalvik has been written so that a device can run multiple VMs efficiently. The Dalvik VM executed files in the Dalvik Executable (.dex) format which is optimized for minimal memory footprint. Now, with Android 4.4, Google has revealed that the Dalvik replacement, called Android Runtime (ART), should improve the performance of Android apps by a huge margin. The early version of ART in Android 4.4 already has been reported to have sped up apps by around 100%, though it is too early to know the whole truth. It might as well be a placebo till then.

ART straddles an interesting mid-ground between compiled and interpreted code, called ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation. Currently with Android apps, they are interpreted at runtime every time you open them up. This is slow. (iOS apps, by comparison, are compiled in native code, which is much faster.) With ART enabled, each Android app is compiled to native code when you install it. Then, when it’s time to run the app, it performs with all the speed and responsiveness of a native app.

Now, a lot of developers as well as enthusiasts will be really interested in this thing. It allows Android developers to continue writing the exact same code, and having their apps work across a wide range of hardware specs and form factors — but now their apps will now run significantly faster, feel more responsive, and your device’s battery life should improve.

And this is where our new website, www.androidruntime.com comes in. Right now, in these initial stages, people are still confused as to which apps can run in ART and which cannot. Our website solves this tiny issue by letting you search for any app, and see if ART supports it or not. Missing an app but you know the answer to the question? You can even contribute and add to the supported app list. We will do a quick verification and update the search results.

Now the website is still in its infancy, but we are sure that a lot of people might be interested in it. So spread the word and do what you guys really do best.

Oh, and have a great weekend!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ParrSt:
is no one using this feature?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Go to Settings, Lockscreen, Screen Security, Screen Lock and choose "Theme" option.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlkaliV2:
I can voice the same concern as others with running into a bootloop on 4.06 nightly. Mine actually happened while I was waiting for the rom to settle. I did a completely clean wipe with CWM 6.0.4.3 doing the factory reset along with system, sdcard, and dalvik. Just wanted to ensure I gave it the old college try.

But I already found the post in the VZW thread from Devious Avatar that said they know about the bootloop and are working on it.

With that being said...

I installed the beta 3.1.9 and I love this rom. It is incredibly smooth, very customizable, and my apps work perfectly with this ROM. I tried the MIUI 4.2.2 and I had an issue with android tuner being able to restore my apps with their settings intact. No such issue here and everything is smooth responsive, and looks great. The theme library alone is incredible and even had the standard MIUI theme that I liked. I'm going to keep testing it out but so far it is a great build and I look forward to seeing the 4.3 build when it's ready. Thanks to everyone working on this, it is very well done.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ruthlessptizzle:
Good luck everyone with 4.3.1 the dev don't answere anyone's questions here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Notorious:
He doesn't own this device he can't answer questions regarding it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ruthlessptizzle:
Why can't he like his own Page and respond to the questions. Stuff don't work for people and there is no one here to help..I'm a fan of the rom but it has no support
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] saber0091:
I'm sorry, but if my elaborate post did not express that I did a "complete new install", then I'm not sure what you mean by that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thegame2388:
Whenever I try to install gapps for the 4.3 version of android, the avatar logo bootloops!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlkaliV2:
Known issue, they are working on it. I got that answer from the Verizon S3 Avatar thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Cartoon world theme release

Added Cartoon world theme in our collection. Check below screenshots. The same is available in our theme chooser(Avatar Themes -> Avatar Themes-> Cartoonish).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlkaliV2:
For anyone who was waiting on a 4.3 build that doesn't boot loop it is here. I just downloaded the Nightly avatar-nightly_4.0-b00c6a581c-20131125-NIGHTLY-d2spr.zip and I can report I had no boot loop from the rom even after installing Gapps. For those who are wondering about what went wrong on the previous release you check out the article here, but the tl;dr was that the lockscreen had a bug that caused the loop.

Newest Nightly here: http://s3.avatarrom.com/ (Nightly_4.0 under the device d2spr released Nov. 26)

I am running the newest nightly right now and I have great signal, GPS lock, and the rom is smooth as butter. If you were waiting to get a 4.3 release, it's ready now. Enjoy!

Edit: I have noticed one issue. This is probably with 4.3 itself, but the themes don't seem to change my lockscreen even if the theme explicitly states that it is supposed to. When I go to install the theme I only have three checkboxes: All, Wallpaper, and Resources. So my theme will change the icons, wallpaper, and widget clock but the lockscreen stays stock AOSP. Tried this with MiBADGE, Coral Blue, Eds_dobe, and Newlife . On a clean install Coral Blue had the custom lockscreen, once I put it back the custom lockscreen is gone.

To troubleshoot I cleared app data for Bazooka, Theme chooser, and theme manager. These steps did not allow me to change theme options I still only had Wallpaper and Resources to choose from. This isn't a deal-breaker, I just wanted people to know themes might not be there quite yet on this nightly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Explanations and facts. Our status as of now.

Lately there has been a lot of confusion as to our approach to AvatarROM and the support scenario for all the various devices. We have had a lot of negative, and must I say, important feedback, and we have also seen a slight wane in our download numbers.

First off the bat, let us lay it out there in front of you that AvatarROM is still up and running and very much alive. There have been a few problems lately, but more about that later. We would like to ensure to our users that our development pattern is still chugging like a well oiled machinery and soon things will be right back on track.

We received a lot of flak for the last 4.3 build that we came out with, which actually had a major flaw in the lockscreen, putting devices into continuous bootloops. Our immediate solution was to advice users not to upgrade at all, and to those who had, to downgrade to the previous build. Although we ended up promising users that we will soon release a new build, unfortunately it never ended up happening. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have not been able to push out a new build to our users, nor have we released any update for all those devices still on 4.2.2. The good news though, is that we will soon have a new build up and running. We are working on it and it should see the light of day soon.

The second problem, and in a way, a more grievous one was that a lot of older builds and in some cases, all the builds for specific device models got erased from our servers, as a result of which new users were never able to download our ROM. This lead to a lot of confusion, and in some cases, agitation that we might be wrapping up, which as we cleared up, is not the problem. We were trying to tweak the back- end servers and in the process, lost a lot of those older images. By the time we could salvage them, it was too late. Currently we are in the process of tweaking the servers (really carefully) and make sure that most of those missing builds are available.

So yes, in a nutshell, we really dropped the ball this time. We will like to thank all our users who stood valiantly alongside us, even though aware of the issues. We are looking into solving all these problems and should be able to alleviate them altogether in the coming days. So please be patient, just for a few more days.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ParrSt:
Still don't see any options for setting gestures!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Changelog

CM merges till 27th Nov 2013

Launcher

Support for Landscape mode

Bug fixes

Lockscreen

Performance improvements

Bug fixes

Download (3.1.13) - Link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Retrotown theme release.

Added Retrotown theme in our collection. Check below screenshots. The same is available in our theme chooser(Avatar Themes -> Avatar Themes-> Games).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
4.0.8 nightly changelog - Dec 05 2013

05/12/2013 - 4.0.8 Nightly changelog

ThemeMixManager tab beside Installed view in ThemeChooser.

User can see boot animation from boot animation section in ThemeMixManager.

User can see Font of each theme from font section in ThemeMixManager.

User can see Wallpaper and zoom from wallpaperselect section in ThemeMixManager.

User can listen Notification tone, Ring tone and Alarm tone from ThemeMixManager.

User can view/listen each component and select and apply them components independently.

Fixed double tap Widget issue.

Removed scale animation for workspace previews due to performance issue.

Fix for Market Launcher UPDATE issue in our Avatar Rom.

Launcher - Support for Landscape mode and some bug fixes

Lockscreen - Performance improvements and bug fixes

Theme Chooser - Remix option , this lets users to mix different components of themes, http://avatarrom.com/the-all-new-updated-theme-chooser/

Some crash and bug fixes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Changelog

Changelog

First proper 4.3 Release from AvatarROM

Bug fixes in ThemeChooser for ThemeMixing

Known Issues

Some of the holo resources are not getting themed

Dialer is not getting themed

Some app icons like dialer, camera, gallery, playstore are not getting themed

OTA updater app is crashing. We will fix in next release.

Download

Please use the 4.3 gapps else you might see keyboard crashes - Link for 4.3 gapps

ROM Download link - http://s3.avatarrom.com/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Metal Style theme release.

Added MetalStyle theme in our collection. Check below screenshots. The same is available in our theme chooser(Avatar Themes -> Avatar Themes-> Misc).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ajd2416:
I do too, I have to FC the app and that works 50% of the time
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Nightly 4.0.11-Dec 31 2013

Dec 31 2013 - 4.0.11 nightly changelog.

Bazooka changes for 4.3: Took trebuchet changes.

Themechooser: Some crash fixes (Illegal argument, array out of bound, and index out of bound exception)

CM merges till Dec 26th

Download link: Nightly 4.0.11-Dec 31 2013
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Nightly 4.0.12 - Jan 08 2014

Jan 08 2014 - 4.0.12 nightly changelog.

Launcher: Possible fix for SQLiteDiskIOException and added some logs to track the other bug

Themechooser:

Merge Touch feedback added to themeMix List item

CrashFix, UI update in non UI thread(ThemeMix error show in NonUiThread)

Unwanted FB share stuff removed

OTAUpdater: Fix for OTA app crash on checking for new updates

CM merges till Jan 02nd

Nightly 4.0.12 - Jan 08 2014

gapps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
Fog theme release

Added Fog theme in our collection. Check below screenshots. The same is available in our theme chooser(Avatar Themes -> Avatar Themes-> Seasonal).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
5.0.2 nightly changelog - Jan 13 2014

Jan 13 2014 - 5.0.2 nightly changelog.

First Avatar version of Kitkat 4.4

Known issues:

Dialer not getting themed

Toggles and notifications page background not getting themed

CM merges till Jan 08th

Nightly 5.0.2 - Jan 13 2014

gapps-kk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CoolTommy:
I'm loving this ROM. I've tried almost all of them from the first page and so far this one is my favorite. I love how easy it is to install the different themes... Battery life has also dramatically increased. Thank you, Avatar!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SGTSTEW75:
Theres no gapps in this version or am I ignorant and we need to flash gapps separately? ???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billyp707:
I flashed PA gapps after flashing the 4.4 version. No problems for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] duce415:
Tried flashing the nightly before 12-28 and got instant system crash once it loaded pass the boot screen. Going to try the 12-28 nightly and so on later to find a stable build. Thanks again for the rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CoolTommy:
One thing I just noticed is I no longer have access to the camera app. The shortcut is nowhere to be found. I didn't care at first since I use Zoom FX. However, I get an error code while running it saying 'Please use a task killer or switch your device off and on, then launch Camera Zoom FX again. This obviously didn't solve the problem...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] devious avatar:
You will need to flash the correct and latest gapps after flashing, It should then work for you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
5.0.3 nightly changelog - Jan 19 2014

Jan 19 2014 - 5.0.3 nightly changelog.

ThemeChooser:

wallpaper UI change in ThemeMix

Show reconnect UI on net work disconnection

Installed view theme image load delay fix

CM merges till Jan 17th

Nightly 5.0.3 - Jan 19 2014

gapps-kk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] balcoresbane:
Downloaded, installed and rebooting now. I have to say, this is the cleanest looking boot animation I've ever seen. It's so crisp. Can't wait to finish this process and play around for the rest of the day! Thanks! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrishh44:
I also don't have access to the camera app now. Downloaded CameraMX but, says "camera cannot be opened".

---------- Post added at 08:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:04 PM ----------

Also, does anyone know how to get rid of the voicemail notification that keeps popping up even though I don't have a voicemail? I get a notification almost every 5 minutes. Sometimes it shows I have one voicemail and other times I have five.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Willybeen:
Been running this all week, pretty flawless. However in call volume is so quiet I can barely hear.

Is there an Apk or zip that can be flashed to give the 50 percent increase like jellybean?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Guntharia:
Status 7 error

I'm having trouble updating from 4.3 to 4.4. I wiped everything and cleared all caches.

set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed

.......

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] balcoresbane:
What recovery are you using?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
5.0.4 nightly changelog - Jan 26 2014

Jan 26 2014 - 5.0.4 nightly changelog.

ThemeChooser:

Font size of message text in internet_alert_layout changed

Countly Download count issue fix

Hide default theme details

Memory Leak Fix

CM merges till Jan 23rd

Nightly 5.0.4 - Jan 26 2014

gapps-kk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Guntharia:
Thanks I had lots of trouble but finally got it to boot to a state where I could install rom manager to upgrade my recovery. The latest version then finally installed.

Is anyone having difficulty connecting to the network. This may be an unrelated issue by messing with phone too much. Seems to make phone calls and send texts but I think there is something wrong with sprint identifying the imei or something like that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] balcoresbane:
Try updating your prl and profile.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Schnadam:
What's everyone think of the new 4.2.2 build? Any issues or random force closes... Battery life?

---------- Post added at 02:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:42 AM ----------

And how about the layout. Can DPI be changed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Guntharia:
When I go to settings>witless & networks>more>mobile networks the line items access point names and network operators are grated out. Not white like the rest and will not let me open them.

Now when I hit carrier settings it pops up with the error Undortunately, the process com.android.phone has crashed. Happens every time I try and reinstalling doesn't seem to fix it either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] balcoresbane:
Go to apps under settings and clear the cache for contacts. Reboot. That should stop the error message.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Schnadam:
Now back to my post... Any offers to answer?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Guntharia:
I actually tried that after I posted reading other forums. It didn't work. I cleared a couple of other things as well. I will try it again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] devious avatar:
Battery life is pretty great and I don't think you will encounter any deal breaking bugs. Try it out and let us know.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Schnadam:
Let me ask this... Have you all implemented DPI changes? I know hellfire has a helltweeker that you can change the DPI layout of the device. I personally like the DPI of my phone at 220. It defaults to 380 if I am not mistaken. I wonder how well 220 would work with your layout. Just a suggestion.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
5.0.6 nightly changelog - Feb 05 2014

Feb 05 2014 - 5.0.6 nightly changelog.

SystemUI :Fix NPE when applying theme and mNavigationBarView is null

Launcher :Receiver added for Action:Package Replaced

ThemeChooser :Code Format (No channges in UI)

CM merges till 02-01-2014 (Sunday)

Nightly 5.0.6 - Feb 05 2014

Note: To avoid Setup Wizard crash, Please Flash only Rom and reboot, then go to recovery and flash updated gapps.

Find gapps at : http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Guntharia:
Just a quick follow up. I had mentioned not being able to access network settings and receiving the com.android.phone cashing. I have been trying to fix this but I think one of the main causes of this when staring from a fresh install and going through the Wizard start up. The pjhone does not ever get past the "Activate mobile data service......Activation can take a few minutes" It stay in this mode and never activates, of course I can skip the step but thats when I think I get the limited access.

Is this a problem with my phone or Sprint trying to connect to it?

I am trying to run 5.06 and I did install that without gapps to avoid the initial setup crashing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
5.0.7 nightly changelog - Feb 17 2014

Feb 17 2014 - 5.0.7 nightly changelog.

Themechooser: Average Rating for themes

Themechooser: Installed tag show issue in availabe tab list after clearing data

CM merges till Feb 17 2014

Nightly 5.0.7 - Feb 17 2014
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] apb91781:
None of the Nightly links work. Seeing how my SIII is currently a brick with a black screen at the moment I'd like to get ahold of this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bradley129:
Yea what happened to avatars rom...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jorv976:
Was one of my gave room. Too BAD it's not being supported anymore.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Trying to convert files to mtz format is that theme tool still around and if so can anyone pass it on thanks.

Edit: got it never mind this post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Thought I found it but the avatar website is down. Anyone has a link to it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jorv976:
Such a great rom. I wish the devs would continue development.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] smccall:
there a fix for my 3G connection? Im losing 3G connection a lot for frequently and have to reboot my phone in order to get it back.

Give this a try.

Cm10 3g/4glte handoff fix: http://db.tt/drPpXhWc
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Give this a try.

Cm10 3g/4glte handoff fix: http://db.tt/drPpXhWc[/QUOTE]

Ok thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Sometimes I keep getting a notification that the "target server failed" when I send a text and my text doesn't go through. Anybody having this issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
What's up with any updates of this rom, nobody has head anything in regards to it yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
We are releasing an update today.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
ChangeLog

12/01/2012

1. Added a setting in Settings->Performance->Urandom to enable/disable Seeder 1.3.1 entropy generator (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1987032)

2. Performance improvement when applying theme (Fastest when compared to CM/MiUi)

3. 5 New themes (T3, MiBadge, Steel, ThreeDView, Metalbuild)

4. Fixed Out of Memory errors in SystemUI

5. Fixed crashes in lockscreen

6. Scrolling effects and performance tweaks in launcher
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mstrmscn:
Sweet!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Is this a update zip or do I have to flash the whole rom all over?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
You have to flash the whole ROM. We made some mistakes in OTA last time. This update contains fix for OTA as well.

This is the last time you have to flash the whole ROM. You can do a OTA next time onwards.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Apollo music player keeps crashing. How do I get back to the stock music player?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Re: [ROM][JB] [4.1.2] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SIII(d2spr) - Updated [12/01/2013

I haven't seen that much posts on this thread. Are developers keeping up with it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
We release an update to the ROM every alternate week (Friday). We monitor all threads multiple times a day for user feedback.

We have a release this week (Jan 25th) which includes number of new features, updates and bug fixes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Re: [ROM][JB] [4.1.2] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SIII(d2spr) - Updated [12/01/2013

Ok thanks for the response. Just one question. I'm not receiving picture messages but I'm able to send them. Can that be fixed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mcluvin1065:
Re: [ROM][JB] [4.1.2] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SIII(d2spr) - Updated [12/01/2013

Try go sms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Re: [ROM][JB] [4.1.2] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SIII(d2spr) - Updated [12/01/2013

Any news on the update that's suppose to be released.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bippi79:
We faced some problems on friday. We fixed those issues and rebuilding rom for all devices. We will do a QA today and update will be released tomorrow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Re: [ROM][JB] [4.1.2] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy SIII(d2spr) - Updated [12/01/2013

Ok cool. Looking forward to it.