[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bippi79:
The Avatar Team is proud to present:

Avatar ROM

CM based ROM for Samsung Galaxy Notes II (L900)

Love the minimal feel of CM? Love the themeing capability of MIUI?

The Avatar team brings you, both combined in one ROM. Now enjoy beautiful MIUI themes on Cyanogen base.

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Details:

Android JB - 4.2.2

CM10.1

Instructions:

If it's the first time flashing avatarrom or coming from another ROM

Same as cyanogen - Link

Update your google search app from play store before using it.
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Our Changes:

The platform for avatarrom as of now is CM10.1. The following components are changed on top CM10.1.

Status Bar

Fixed memory leaks

Theme Chooser

Google playstore like theme chooser - head here and download cool MIUI converted themes and CM themes.

Bazooka Launcher (market link)

Own launcher which is an enhanced version of Trebuchet (you can download this at the end of this post)

Enhanced theming by adding dockbar

Preview mode to edit workspaces

Many new Customization options.

Different gestures like swipe-up, swipe-down, double-tap, home-button press are added.

Added "edit workspace" option in menu button.

Messaging App

Changed message thread to make them themeable

Themeable Emoticons

Boot Animation

Themeable boot animation - the only CM ROM to do so.

Font Theming

Only ROM to support change of font without a reboot.

Tons of themes which change font - Eg: Buff, Simpsons, Mi_Xmas, European Gorgeous etc

Settings

Changed statistics to point to Avatar statistics server

OTA updater - you can check for updates to Avatar right from your device

Changed to support Avatar ROMs

Support for Gapps - download latest Gapps package as an OTA update

Framework

Integrated with ACRA Error Reporter for system wide crashes

Lockscreen

Changed to make them themeable

Support for complex unlock gestures

Weebo

A smart tasker kind of app which can help you to automate your device.

You can use exisiting rules or create your own customized rules for your needs.

More info - Link

Layout Theming

Themes not only change images, colors but it also can change the size, shape and position of any UI element.

More info - Link

Theme Editor

A tool to insulate you from all the complex operations involved in theming.

More info - Link

usage - Link

Recent Changelog

Oct 19th 2013 - 3.1.6 nightly changelog

Launcher:

Fix for Market Launcher UPDATE issue in our Avatar Rom

Fix for double tapped on Home button where animation was stopped in between

Minor fix for seekbar paddin

ThemeChooser:

Tone stop issue fix

null check for appcount display in store tab View

Feature: play tone on clicking tone select item in ThemeMixManager (Missed file added back)

Default Image changed

Boot animation and font renderer added in theme Mix

Feature: play tone on clicking tone select item in ThemeMixManager

ThemeMixmanager enabled

Sep 29 2013 - 3.1.3 Nightly changelog

Launcher

Fixed double tap Widget issue

Preview image fix

ThemeChooser

Fix a gap with breadcrumb text gaps

Fix an issue with search

Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 27th Septmeber.

24/08/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog

Launcher

Fixed a bug with folders not working correctly

ThemeChooser

Bug fix: download themes when wifi is on

Fixed a bug Theme Engine Versioning

Fixed a bug with System Theme

Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 22st August.

19/08/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog

Launcher

Fixed a bug with an extra gallery icon appearing at times

Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 16th August.

07/28/2012 - Nightly release 3.0.2 changelog

CyanogenMod merges till July 25th 2013

Lockscreen crash fixes due to incorrect lockscreen manifest.

Fix contact crashes

T9SearchCache : Fix NPE when number is null after stripping separators.

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51ef5ffcdca167a60500eb58

T9SearchCache : Fix NPE in T9Adapter.getView when mPrevInput is null.

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51ef4e09dca167a60500eb44

Apollo crash fixes

ImageCache: Fix NPE when there is no external storage available.

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51f2643edca167a60500f50e

ShortcutActivity : Fix NPE when there are no extras in intent.

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51ef37b9dca167a60500eb03

Toggle GCM push notifications in settings.

Note: Please don't use iPhone theme as it is causes crashes in latest ROM. We are looking in to the issue, by monday it will be fine.

07/21/2013 - AvatarROM 3.0.1 Nightly release

Update to latest cyanogenmod (till July 17) which has

Support for exfat, ntfs partitions

Some preliminary support for selinux

Themechooser is using action bar

Launcher

Fixed major issues and Critical crashes reported in error reporter have been fixed.

Some performance optimizations have been made when scrolling the workspace.

Stable release 3.0 - 07/02/2013

As CM10.1 has hit the general release, Avatar Team is branching with stable and nightly releases.

Stable releases are marked as 3.0. This is the first stable release from Avatar Team. Stable releases will be weekly or bi-weekly and will be tested extensively by our testing team.

Nightly releases will kickstart in a few days. We will merge CM changes every day and it will also contain experiemental features from Avatar.

We highly recommend to wipe cache/data/dalvik before flashing the stable releases.

Changelog:

Based on CM10.1.0 (General Release)

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06/23/2013 - AvatarROM 2.16b release

Launcher

Bug fixes from error reporter.

Added percentage indicator for transparency option.

Fixed transparency related issues.

Weebo

Broken rule UI changes.

Changes in all rules screen buttons.

Fixed minor issues with editing rules.

Theme Chooser

Implemented search functionality.

Partial fix for community themes.

Bug fixes - New themes are sometimes not available until clearing cache.

Bug fixes - Memory leaks.

Crashes Fixed in 2.16b

i. Lots of contact app crash fixes.

1. Invalid Call Type

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51c1c77adca167a60500684e

2. Handle null cursor in AsyncQueryHandler

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51c0d284dca167a6050065c6

3. Fix NPE when onCallStateChanged callback is called and the fragment is not active

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51c05192dca167a605006438

4. NPE in T9SearchCache.getView --

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bb69badca167a6050056f

5. Validate current tab when loading from property. Causing IndexOutOfBoundException

https://ninetology.atlassian.net/browse/NINE-1074

6. DialpadFragment: afterTextChange callback is called when there is no activity, leading to NPE. Check if activity is alive.

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bb4a80dca167a6050056b2

7. ContactSelectionActivity : IllegalStateException was thrown for DEFAULT_ACTION. Handle it.

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51b552f3dca167a6050046a2

8. CallLogNotificationsService : Handle null intent in onHandleIntent.

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51b4f4bcdca167a605004582

9. ContactDetailFragment : NPE during QuickFix

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bb16b9dca167a60500562c

ii. Settings

1. LockscreenTargets : Fix NPE in getLayeredDrawable

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bedfcfdca167a605005fa3

2. Apply cobalt theme. Settings -> Lockscreen -> Slider Shortcuts -> Select any short -> Change Icon -> System Icon -> Select Any -- crash ..

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51c07d69dca167a6050064d3

3. Settings -> Lockscreen -> Security -> Screen Lock -> Pattern -> any 3x3 suppose -> Draw something -> Press power button to lock --> crash

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bf8612dca167a6050061e7

iii. Download Manager

1. OpenHelper : Fix NPE when mimeType is null

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51bfcb10dca167a6050062b5

2. Fix NPE in removeSpuriousFiles, when there is no cache dir

iv. Input keyboard

RichInputConnection : Fix NPE in setComposingRegion

http://errorreporter.avatarrom.com:3000/report?type=release&id=51c125c5dca167a605006698

06/16/2013 - AvatarROM 2.15b release

CyanogenMod RC5 merges.

Fixes in Theme chooser.

Launcher:

Grid size issue fixed across all devices and resolutions.

Transparency setting changed(1 to 10 transparency, also moved from general to Drawer).

Fixed the issue with the transparent fade animation while going from Apps to Widgets.

Fixed some crashes.

Weebo:

New UI for editing rules.

Shows a dialog if rule is broken. If the rule is fine, user can directly enable/disable the rule by tapping on it.

Weebo icon changed.

***If you need the functionality of flashing Avatar ROM and Gapps in ROMS <= 2.13b, you can push the CMUpdater.apk to /system/app. ***

06/08/2013 - AvatarROM 2.14b release

Cyanogen Mod RC4

OTA Updater app can now flash with Gapps( This time also they need to do manual flashing of gapps. From next time it will be automatic if correct recovery is installed.) TWRP and unlocked clockworkmod is supported. Official locked clockworkmod recovery is not supported.

Lot of Theme chooser crash fixes.

Theme chooser gets updates from server, when the theme changes.

Notification for theme updates.

Fix for lock screen not showing music status for some themes.

Launcher

Crashes reported in error reporter have been fixed.

Some performance optimizations have been made when scrolling the workspace.

06/01/2013 - AvatarROM 2.13b release

CM merges till 28-05-2013

Bazooka --Custom grid size fix. Bug fixes.

Weebo -- UX/UI changes for location screen. Improved UI for mapping location screens.

Nova Launcher fix

Lockscreen support for new MIUI tag

Theme Chooser - some bug fixes

Service unregister crash

Notification added to show theme installing and installed

Previous releases

05/25/2013 - Avatar ROM 2.12b release.

CM 10.1 code merges till 21st May (RC2 Tag)

Mixing Themes - When applying a theme, you can now pick the components. Eg: If you want only the lock screen and boot animation from WP7 theme you can now choose it. We are one step closer to MiUi style of mixing and matching.

Rom Toolbox - Rom images will be available for download from Rom Toolbox app instantly. Fully automated.

Theme Chooser -

Support for enabling/disabling components when applying a theme

Improved facebook sharing and brand new gallery page (http://theme.avatarrom.com:3000/)

Bug fixes and improved graphics.

Launcher

Transitions in app drawer (like workspace)

App drawer can now be made transparent (no more black background)

Performance improvements in app drawer scrolling

Weebo

Ability to map a particular cell id to a location through location logs

Fixed bug related to mobile network not available

05/18/2013 - With more features and fixes Avatar team releasing the latest version 2.11b

Merged with CM 10.1 RC2 tag (May 15th, 2013)

Added Centre Clock feature - can be enabled/disabled from Settings

Made Navigation bar themeable - the resource name is nav_bar_bg

Made Statusbar Transparent - Default Status bar is now 25% transparent. Themes which have transparent status bar can make use of this. Seasons is one such theme.

Weebo

A 4x3 weebo widget can be added in homescreen. It displays current location and recent actions taken by weebo. This list is updated whenever there is location change or any actions are performed by weebo.

Fix for change of location when network is not detected

Removed cell-Id display from recent events logs. Remove cell-Id entries from recent events list shown in weebo.

Changed location tracking time options from locations page. Put a "recommanded" text for 4 hours option and removed "5 minutes" tracking time.

Action notifications are getting cleared now

Removed Actions in the notifications s when notification is cleared. When user removes notification the actions shown in notification are cleared.

Launcher

Feature to lock/unlock homescreen. Once homescreen is locked apps or widgets cannot be moved.

Fix a bug related to Gesture detection

Theme Chooser

Some memory leak fixes

Added support to share a fav theme on facebook

Existing AvatarROM users can update via OTA from setting-> About Phone-> Avatar Updates

More info about 2.11b release - http://avatarrom.com/update-2-11b-for-avatarrom-now-pushing-through-weebo-fixes-draw-along/

05/11/2013 - Avatar team is proud to present the 2.10b version based on the latest CM 10.1 RC base (Stable build).

Merged with CM 10.1 RC1 tag (May 8th, 2013)

Added more space between wifi and signal icons in status bar

Added gapps version in Error Reporter

Message Bubbles - Reset the bubbles similar to stock version bubble when not themed.

Theme Chooser - Themes now display the size of the apk.

Theme Chooser - Fixed memory leaks

Theme Chooser - Fixed download problems with some themes - cobalt blue, cobalt inferno etc

Bazooka --> Fixed Widget scolling issue when Widgets are placed on Home screen.

Bazooka --> Fixed the dockbar pages issue. You can select number of pages in Settings screen of Bazooka launcher.

Bazooka --> Other minor bug fixes.

Weebo --> Fixing the issue where files cannot be read from /mnt/sdcard/weebo folder.

Weebo --> Contact picker to make it simpler to select the contacts you want to call/send message to.

Weebo --> New categories in "All rules" callled Enabled and Disabled. This shows currently enabled/disabled rules.

Weebo --> Location exit condition bug fixed. You can now trigger actions when you leave a particular location.

Existing Avatar ROM Users - Hit the refresh button from "settings -> About Phone -> Avatar ROM Updates" for download via OTA

AvatarROM is now available for download via ROM Toolbox lite and pro versions. Thanks jrummy.

05/04/2013 - AvatarROM 2.9b release.

CyanogenMod merges till May 2nd 2013.

SystemUI fixes during expanded desktop (the background was not covering till the end. Also portrait - landscape transition, the notifications wouldn't expand fully)

ThemeChooser : Fixes for text invisible in installed themes tab for dark themes

ThemeChooser will not handle market links anymore and Memory leak fix.

Old themechooser is removed completely.

Launcher : Fix crash without wipe & make dockbar transperant.

In OTA updater show that the gapps and rom is installed if they are installed. ( Previously it used to show new or downloaded).

Change Cyanogen Mod Updates to Avatar Updates

We have a global error reporter collecting the crashes reported by the user using ACRA. Error Reporter link

04/27/2013 - AvatarROM 2.8b Release

Merged CM changes till 24th April ( includes Camera driver fixes for lot of devices )

Bazooka Launcher

Fixed some critical issues reported in previous build.

Added Gestures in workspace. A settings page also added to configure gesture actions. Different gestures like swipe-up, swipe-down, double-tap, home-button press are added. Different actions for each of the gesture can be set in preference.

Added ""edit workspace"" option in menu button.

Removed ""pinch to preview mode"". This option is currently disabled for some issues as we can go to preview mode through many other ways. It will be added later.

Many new Customization options."

Lockscreen

Fixed a bug

Fixed Settings crash on Input Method

Fixed Version Number problem in Error Reporter

Theme Chooser

Removed Old theme chooser

enabled Total download count of themes

Sorting themes based on download count

Sorting themes based on date

Settings App now launches the new Theme chooser

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.

Known issues

Update Google search and Google voice from playstore after installing the Gapps.

04/06/2013 - AvatarROM 2.6b Release

Full support for OTA

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

03/24/2013 - 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.

03/15/2013 - AvatarROM 2.3b Release

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

Fix Settings -> About phone -> Status crash

Usual bug fixes

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.

Download Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy Notes II (l900) :

Nightly Release 3.x.y - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1

Nightly 3.1.8 Oct 30 2013

Stable Release 3.x - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1

Stable 3.0

Beta Release - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1

Link(Jun 23,2013)

Gapps (4.2.2)
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Videos:

Sample Video - checkout our MIUI style lockscreens, statusbar, messaging, etc and the smooth transition of themes:

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Review by Phone tech kid

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All Videos

Credits:

Cyanogen Team

Trebuchet launcher

MiUi Theme creators

If there are any errors let us know in the comments or file the bug at http://issues.avatarrom.com

You can find more information at http://www.avatarrom.com

Feature request page - https://avatarrom.uservoice.com/forums/193652-avatarrom-feature-request

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XDA:DevDB Information

[ROM][KK 4.4] Avatar ROM for Samsung Notes II (I900) - Updated [Feb 17, 2014] , a ROM for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II

Contributors

bippi79

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2014-02-10

Last Updated 2014-02-21