yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG Nitro HD] 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!
[LG Nitro HD] kulanavhiea:
I have problem when dialing USSD code e.g. *889# or *888# it said "MMI CODE COMPLETE" just like that.... it's result should be something like this "You credit balance is Rp.123454.... bla bla lba"
[LG Nitro HD] 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).
[LG Nitro HD] audit13:
The link to the Oct 30/13 Nightly doesn't work. When I got to http://s3.avatarrom.com/, I only see the Sep 6/13 release.
[LG Nitro HD] 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
[LG Nitro HD] audit13:
Thanks for the update. I hope things go smoothly for your team, now and forever.

I love your rom and recommend it many Android users.
[LG Nitro HD] ricky886:
On the newest nightly version for p936

There are no debug mode selection:silly:
[LG Nitro HD] vinothg:
Thanks

Thanks for the update guys

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Thanks for the update guys
[LG Nitro HD] 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
[LG Nitro HD] 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).
[LG Nitro HD] 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/
[LG Nitro HD] alex m.:
A new version of avatar nightly 3.3.1 for android 4.2.2. is available.
[LG Nitro HD] 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).
[LG Nitro HD] 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
[LG Nitro HD] dreampillow:
can i flash to su640??? thanks
[LG Nitro HD] audit13:
There seem to be separate downloads for the P930 and SU640. I would go with the latest rom for the SU640 since there isn't a lot of different between 4.2.2 and 4.3.

http://s3.avatarrom.com/
[LG Nitro HD] 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
[LG Nitro HD] 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).
[LG Nitro HD] dreampillow:
thanks! :good:
[LG Nitro HD] 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
[LG Nitro HD] 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
[LG Nitro HD] 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
[LG Nitro HD] punk_zappa:
Have been using this for more than a week now. It's pretty good most of the time but sometimes it doesn't want to wake up. Soft keys will be lit but there will be no display. It has happened about 3x now and can be fixed with a reboot.

Patiently waiting for the next nightly.
[LG Nitro HD] punk_zappa:
Links to the 4.4 ROMs do not exist anymore. Did you give up on these, bippi?
[LG Nitro HD] alibenkenobi:
https://mega.co.nz/#!zIBzyaYZ!ISwdeghoSgFIU6V1MlCnZIipOyy7V2BEb8EgLVF8mg4
[LG Nitro HD] nightlimits:
Trying to download this nightly but having trouble downloading it. Link doesn't work. Can you help me out so I can try this ROM?
[LG Nitro HD] punk_zappa:
I would not recommend that version just because the OP stopped the development on the 4.4.
[LG Nitro HD] kkruglov:
thx a lot)

going to test it.

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everything is works.. but some things are faster, some not (like launcher sometimes..).. and i think has the same problems as latest cm nigtlyes?

with some themes looks amazing.. some people will prefer this rom)

.. i like it)
[LG Nitro HD] salimbaba:
the text in OP says stable release for cm10 is dated 24th feb. but link is for 9th deb
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
Thank you. I will post avatarrom for P930 today.
[LG Nitro HD] tcaudill01:
Spent almost 24 he's with this before reporting back.

Good news;

GPS works

Bluetooth works (It does initially, then once you turn it off it will not restart)

No BSOD

Bad news;

Included launcher gets sluggish from time to time. Switching to an alternate one works fine.

Tends to drain battery very fast (>5% per hour) even after installing "SetCPU", lowering display brightness, and disabling data connection and wifi.

Bluetooth only semi-works.

I think this is a solid and stable ROM and could easily be a daily driver. Hope the dev's can figure out why the drain is so high.
[LG Nitro HD] just1nsama:
Re: [ROM][JB] [4.2.2] Avatar ROM for LG Nitro HD(su640 and P930) - Updated[Feb 26,20

Developper settings arent missing, you have to go to about phone and tap the build number till it says its enabled.

Its a standard in any CM10.1 based roms.
[LG Nitro HD] tcaudill01:
You are correct. My bad.
[LG Nitro HD] ohluva:
Hi, I have P936. The rom works ok, i like it. But the phone never goes to sleep. When I press the power button nothing is happen, the display stays on, and the phone not going to sleep. Same if i leave the phone without touch, after 5 min. the screen was on yet. (settings was sleep after 30 sec.).

Someone with same problem?
[LG Nitro HD] Hutch89:
Re: [ROM][JB] [4.2.2] Avatar ROM for LG Nitro HD(su640 and P930) - Updated[Feb 26,20

Testing on p930 with wind kernel and everything seems great so far. Good
[LG Nitro HD] chatnever:
Sorry but the SU640 Stable release link has died. Can you re-up it, please.
[LG Nitro HD] salimbaba:
So i tested Cm10.1 version on my SU640, everything seems pretty stable...here is my report

1 - Bluetooth (NOT TESTED)

2 - 2D graphics seem slow (Vector game)

3 - 3D graphics are smooth (NFS most wanted)

4 - Contacts are not resolved (in SMS app) to names properly... e-g a number saved as 0333xxxxxxxx will not be matched for +92333xxxxxxx

5 - Battery life is very acceptable (1 whole day with occasional wifi and gaming)
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
ChangeLog (Mar 02, 2013)

03/02/2013 - AvatarROM 2.1b Release

Latest CM 10.1 code merges (upto Feb 27th 2013)

Bug fixes from 2.0b Avatar Release

Small tweaks for battery.

If you are using Avatar 2.0 there is no need for a wipe on data/cache/dalvik. Donwload the zip and flash it.
[LG Nitro HD] abc001:
Re: [ROM][JB] [4.2.2] Avatar ROM for LG Nitro HD(su640 and P930) - Updated [Mar 02,2

BT is not working for me.
[LG Nitro HD] chatnever:
Last time I flashed a MIUI rom, there were a bunch of native Chinese application pre-installed, is there any of them in Avatar ROM?
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
This is a CM rom and not MiUi ROM. So there are no bloats and Chinese characters.
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
ChangeLog (Mar 15, 2013)

Latest CM 10.1 code merges (upto Mar 13th 2013).

Update for all existing themes (70) with correct graphics for messaging time stamp, status bar etc

Fix for (Settings -> About phone -> Status) crash from 2.2b release.

Improved stability compared to 2.2b release.

Bug fixes in lockscreen.
[LG Nitro HD] faryal:
Dear Users!

I'm downloading the CM10.1 version now (for SU640). All I need to ask about bugs in new update.

Kindly guide.

Highly appreciated and looking forward.

---

Dr Faryal Saeed Abdal, Pakistan
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
ChangeLog (Mar 25, 2013)

03/25/2013 - AvatarROM 2.4b (CM10.1)

Latest CM 10.1 code merges for 2.4b release( upto Mar 22nd 2013)

Two new themes (MiUi v5 and Pink theme)

Weebo and status bar fixes.

Weebo adding actions in log.

Performance improvements in animations.
[LG Nitro HD] tabi304:
Excellent ROM

keep it up

:good:

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why dont you try it yourself and help others...instead of asking the developer

ROMs are out for us to test and try n find one thats suits us
[LG Nitro HD] applebook:
Can't change homescreen grid size...

Everything seems to be working well so far though.
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
ChangeLog (Mar 31, 2013)

03/31/2013 - AvatarROM 2.5b Release

Latest CM 10.1 code merges for 2.5b release(upto Mar 28th 2013)

Included new theme chooser based on Aptoide(Alpha release)

Lockscreen - Enable/Disable vibration when unlocking from settings -> Lockscreen -> Screen Security -> Vibrate

Launcher - Option to edit workspace in menu

Weebo - Bug fixes and now you can create your own rules (see - http://avatarrom.com/weebo-rules/)

OTA - Full support from client side. Next update will be via OTA.

General bug fixes
[LG Nitro HD] wutname:
i'm impressed, and love the theme chooser.

sadly the notification light doesn't work, (settings-> system -> notification light) if i'm not mistaken it's supposed to light up the LEDs on the bottum of the phone whenever the predifined app displays a notification... texts, missed calls, even just testing it doesn't work >: ( unless i've mistaken it's purpose.

camera takes WORSE pictures than stock >:(

i have a question: with this rom is there any way to control the cpu governors or clock?
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
The Avatar Team is proud to present the first beta release of weebo app. It is a Tasker like application which can automate tasks for your phone.

The application comes with pre-defined set of 20 common rules but you can add your own rules in sdcard (/mnt/sdcard/weebo) and it will be automatically picked up by the application. To activate a rule, click on the corresponding rule (rule will get highlighted)

The rules are simple XML files and you can find more info here.

Download link - Here (Push the apk as system app)

Example:

<rules>

<rule name=”Office enter settings” desc=”When you enter office, Switch on my WiFi”>

<conditions>

<wifi state=”off”/>

<location state=”enter” name=”work” />

</conditions>

<actions>

<wifi state=”on”/>

</actions>

</rule>

There is lot of work going on to make the app better and your feeddback will help us a lot.
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
Change log for 2.6b Release (Apr 6, 2013)

Full support for OTA (See instructions below)

Merged with latest CM 10.1 base (Upto Apr 3rd, 2013 - Includes Paranoid style pie control, new Super user app etc)

Changes in the framework to redirect trebuchet and android launcher resources from CM themes to Bazooka launcher

Fixed launcher menu settings in app space

New ThemeChooser - Bug fixes, Performace improvements and new features like download count, caching etc

Performance improvements in theming engine

Weebo fixes

Disabled driving rule in weebo as it was causing lot of confusions

Instructions for OTA download:

If you are using avatar rom, go to settings, about phone, avatar updates and click on refresh. You will get 2.6b version of avatar rom and new gapps package. Download and install both (ROM followed by Gapps).

Sit back and wait for few minutes as phone will automatically go into recovery and install the ROM.

ROM Images are hosted on Amazon S3 and hence download speed should be fast and hassle free.
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
New theme Elegant

Here we go and our new theme Elegant for our Avatar ROM users and the same is available in our new theme chooser. Please have a look attached screenshots.

We are working on more themes and planning to release a theme every week.
[LG Nitro HD] salimbaba:
i am unable to flash the ROM using TWRP, I get a status 7 error :(

also, can you provide md5 for verification
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
Update your TWRP recovery to latest version.
[LG Nitro HD] salimbaba:
the problem was a bad download... even though i downloaded thrice . it would be a good idea to provide MD5 hash with the image in OP :)
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
Good suggestion. Will provide it from next release.
[LG Nitro HD] salimbaba:
is it just me , or is this really a problem ?

- Play store closes itself (I have to open play store at least 3 times to be able to use it... the other three times it just opens and crashes back to homescreen)

- Facebook App behaves same as Play store

I am using Wind Kernel v1.71 , with CFQ scheduler.

I have tried wiping dalvic and cache but no use.

Any suggestions ?
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
Avatar Theme Creator Tool

Avatar Team is proud to present the first beta release of Theme creator tool. It is a QT based desktop application to edit themes.

Themes created using this tool are compatible with Avatar ROM and Cyanogen ROM. Similarly you can edit both Avatar Themes and Cyanogen themes.

Download the theme apk and open it using the theme creator tool. You will see a screen to edit the resources. After editing the resources, save the apk and install on the device.

What you can do with this tool ?

1. There are 1000's of resources that can be themed in Android. We change only a small set of them and if you want to theme more resources you can use this tool.

2. We make some mistakes when creating a theme. Eg: SMS time stamp color was not proper in some of our themes. You can now use this tool to fix it.

3. We cannot satify all the users with a theme. Eg: If you want to have a darker orange shade in denim theme you can now do it using this tool.

4. You can import an existing theme, change some of the resources we modified and you have a brand new theme.

Upcoming features:

1. Ability to create a new theme from scratch.

2. Import MiUi mtz theme file and convert it to theme apk which is compatible with AvatarROM and CyanogenROM.

3. Upload your new themes to our server so it can be used by other AvatarROM users.

4. Html5 based new theme creator tool which is more elegant and user friendly.

Download links

Windows - Link

Linux - Link

Mac - Link

As always we love to hear your feedbacks and comments. You might feel little lost with all the resources that are in Android world and we are on standby to help.

If you create a new theme and want to upload to our server, send us a PM and we will give access for you to upload the theme.
[LG Nitro HD] faryal:
Dear Avatar!

Thanks for making such a nice rom. Hats off.

I've got a question. Any tweaks about battery life? I've switched form official rom. And now battery stands about 50-60% less than official. Any suggestions, dear?

Thank you again.

Looking forward.

---

Dr FS Abdal
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
Sample theme apks

As per the requests we received for sample themes, we have uploaded some theme apks in below link.

http://avatarrom.com/theme-editor/

Now you can try using Theme creator tool, customize your Avatar ROM theme and make your own Avatar :)
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
04/19/2013 - AvatarROM 2.7b Release

Merged with CM 10.1 M3 build( 14th April )

Changed Error Reporter to send requests to server instead of a google document

New Theme Chooser fixes

Weebo fixes

Support for layout theming

Existing AvatarROM users can update via OTA. Go to Settings-> About Phone-> Avatar updates and hit the refresh button.
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
Avatar Team is proud to present the first beta release of Layout Themeing.

We all have seen how themes change images, icons, drawables, colors etc. But this is the first time you will see how a theme can change the position of UI elements (buttons, labels, etc). Never before an attempt like this was made in the history of Android.

Eg: "Close all apps" button in the recent apps list is on the top-right corner. If you are a left handed user, reaching the top-right corner on a 5 inch phone is not easy. With layout theming, you can move the position from top-right to left-bottom.

Demo:

Lets take up a simple example. We have seen different version of dialer in different operating system. By applying a theme, we can now have the exact same dialer in Android. Not only the buttons look the same, it is also positioned at the exact location.

System UI (System app) - Link

Iphone style (Theme) - Link

Circular dialer (Theme) - Link

Blackberry dialer (Theme) - Link

Recent apps (Theme)- Link

Install Instructions:

1. Push the systemUI.apk to /system/app (Eg: "adb push systemUI.apk /system/app")

2. Install the themes as any normal android application (Eg: "adb install -r iphone.apk")

3. Go to theme chooser and apply your preferred theme

4. Open the dialer and check out how look and feel changes which each theme.

Some Surprises

1. Check out the clock position on the status bar. Yes it is centered. We can move anything to anywhere.

2. In the recent apps theme, we have moved "Close all apps " in the recent apps list from top-right to bottom-left

Layout themeing will be part of AvatarROM soon and we are working on some cool concepts. We would love to hear what you want to see in layout theming. Post your ideas in our feature request page.
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
WarmSpring Theme

Releasing one more new theme in our Avatar theme stores, check below screenshots. The same is available in our new theme chooser.
[LG Nitro HD] Swetnes:
I love this ROM however, I have one issue. Under SETTINGS>LOCK SCREEN>SCREEN SECURITY it defaults to THEME, I can select a different option ie. SLIDE but after a few hours or if I reboot it reverts to THEME. Please help.
[LG Nitro HD] bippi79:
We will check it out. Thanks