[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] bippi79:
[ROM][JB] [4.4] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy S4 (jfltespr) - Updated [Feb 17, 2014]

The Avatar Team is proud to present:

Avatar ROM

CM based ROM for Sprint Samsung Galaxy S4 (jfltespr)

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

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.

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.

08/10/2013 - 3.1 Nightly changelog

Launcher

Black shadow in Landscape

Drawer default transition -Cube In and out

Removed icon showing for themes in installed tab and showing default gray image

Updated to the latest CM changes i.e midnight, 8th 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 experimental 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.

Download Avatar ROM Sprint Samsung Galaxy S4 (jfltespr):

Nightly release 5.0 - Android version 4.4

Nightly 5.0.2 - Jan 13 2014
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Nightly Release 3.x.y - Android version 4.2.2 based on CM10.1

Nightly 3.1.8 Oct 29 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:

[YOUTUBE]WRat7hMGoOU[/YOUTUBE]

Review by Phone tech kid

[YOUTUBE]uyEbj1e0Rew[/YOUTUBE]

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][JB] [4.4] Avatar ROM for Samsung Galaxy S4 (jfltespr) - Updated [Feb 17, 2014] , a ROM for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4

Contributors

bippi79

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2014-02-10

Last Updated 2014-02-20