[Micromax A116] cmahendra:
XLDROM v1.5

AOSP with Good Looks, yet Powerful GAMING ROM

(HEAVIEST game NOVA3 runs lagless click)

(based on my A919i+A116i Combo Roms)

Micromax Canvas HD A116 / FLY IQ451 / MYphone 919i Duo

Wiko Cink 5 / Qmobile A600

Now Insanely and Heavily Tweaked

Buttery Smooth, Screaming Loud, Fastest & Stable

***made for people who like minimalistic fast roms & Good Looks***

**NOTE 1**

I actually made this for my personal use, but looking at the best results, thought I should share with all.:angel:

I am still learning and will do more complex things, experiments, tweaks and mods as and how I get time. :)

**NOTE 2**

BTW SLD was ported from Celkon's rom released in September 2013 and

XLD is ported from same exact model rom released in March 2014, much updated and more features.

Its an obvious upgrade everyone does after long time. Not a rocket science. :D :p

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Features:

New Cool BootLogo and BootAnimation Completely Designed by me

Good Battery Backup up to 2 Days. Depends on usage pattern. (Install Greenify , Recommended for more best results)

Read some killer battery reviews (here)

New Features

a) AMAZING HIGH-GRAPHICS REALISTIC KOI Live Wallpaper. Now play in WATER without wetting your hands :D

b) Flip Mute on Call

c) Flip Mute on Alarm

d) Three Launcher Themes (Style)

e) Portable Hotspot WiFi

f) NoteBook

g) Torch Light

h) Latest Stock Video Player with all needed features

i) More Power Options with Reboot.

j) SuperFast Amazing Launcher UI. You wont believe its stock :)

Sim Toolkit Fixed & Working

GPS Tweak, Ha ha ha! Now GPS Satellite Fix without EPO setup in 20 seconds even first time

Based on NEW EXTENDED AOSP UPDATED Stock 4.2.1 rom of CELKON A119Q

Fully Zip-aligned and signed

This rom uses A116i Stock Kernel

Pre-Rooted with updated SU Binaries.

12 MegaPixel CAMERA with 1088p Video Recording

VERY FAST and STABLE AND LIGHT ROM (325MB ONLY)

Lightly and carefully HEAVILY & INSANELY Tweaked, Tested OK.

Init.d support -- Perfectly verified and working

Loopy Smoothness Tweaks (touchscreen optimization)

New Ram Optimization Tweaks (good for gaming)

New SQLite Optimization Tweaks (for gaming)

More Power Tweaks

-- New Network Tweaks = STRONGER PHONE NETWORK

-- New WiFi Tweaks = STRONGER WIFI NETWORK , go some more far and see.

-- Faster Wi-Fi connection initialization

-- New DHCP Tweaks = HALF SECOND WIFI CONNECT

-- New TCP-Buffer Tweaks

-- New Photo and Video Recording Tweaks

-- New Streaming Media Tweaks

-- New Photo & Video Recording Quality Tweaks. Beautiful Photos

-- New Google DNS Tweak

-- New Better Flash Tweak

-- New Bravia Engine Tweak

-- New Seeder Script

-- LOUDEST SOUND AND CLEAR TOO

-- Great quality sound in Speakers, Headphone and Bluetooth Headset. All 3 tested ok.

-- Launcher forced in memory (Reboot once when you change launcher)

-- Render UI with GPU to reduce CPU usage

-- Deep Sleep tweaked

-- Camera Sound forced to silent with double ways.

-- Super-Responsive and Smooth Touchscreen Sensitivity

Xposed Installer + Gravity Box works flawlessly (XPOSED TUTORIAL AND APK HERE)

MORE THAN 619 MB FREE RAM. Always 550 to 600 MB. With all required apps installed on my phone I have 550+ MB FREE RAM all the time.

Fully Rooted ROM with SuperSU

Pre-installed Lightweight "File Manager" & "ES File Explorer", so you can directly browse system areas/files. Immediately after flash you can start installing APKs, both from Internal and External SDcards.

As per user-report the Proximity Sensor responsiveness is improved and better than stock.

Use with any Universal Language with this "tested ok" small app (not included in rom)

Rebooter (small app pre-installed) for Reboot / Reboot to Recovery Option

No need to swap storage default after flashing.

USEFUL UPDATED APPS Added (Most uninstallable)

-- Stock File Manager , ES File Explorer , Gmail , Greenify ,

-- Added Updated Google TTS

-- Updated Google Play Store 4.6.17 and Google Play Services

-- Added GREENIFY. (how to effectively use GREENIFY?)

Restored 4.2 Stock Camera 1088p Video Recording (4.3 Flashable addon zip available below)

Very Lite ROM. Only 283mb. Most other custom stock roms are 400 to 450+ version 1.0 = 279 MB :) v1.5-2 = 339 MB :)

Sim Toolkit Fixed & Working

Tested OK Things

Both SIMS working perfect

Enable 3G in any sim (first or second) your wish :D

Battery backup is same or better than stock (I get 2 full days, results may vary)

OTG Cable works perfect both for PenDrive (shown as "usbotg") and Mouse. (screenshots)

Wi-Fi working. Wifi Lan also works perfect via ES File Explorer (Screenshot)

GPS tested ok, Satellite Fix within a minute from home window. (Read FAQ for One time setup for GPS FIX)

Results may vary on different locations.

Internal and External Both SD working. (Shown as sdcard1 = Internal and sdcard0 = External)

12 MP Rare Camera with FAST AUTO FOCUS and 5MP Front Camera. Saves photos in external sdcard by default.

Brighter FLASH.

FM Radio perfect.

Bluetooth tested ok with my Sony MW600 A2DP Stereo BT Headset.

Proximity Sensor Issue of Stock, not found in this rom (reported by haree)

What else you people want me to test? :D

Request to all friends

Please read FAQ in third post.

Please do not send PM. Please do not send PM.Please do not send PM.Please do not send PM.Please do not send PM.Please do not send PM.Please do not send PM.Please do not send PM.Please do not send PM.Please do not send PM.

Ask queries/problems in thread only. I hope this request is very much visible and easily readable. If you post your query in thread, and when I am not around, someone more experienced will sure help/reply/hint you.

Please do not sent request to add any application / app / themes, which are easily available to install/update in Google Play Store.

This is minimalistic ROM and is planned to remain like that only.

*** Please checkout whole thread to find many many fully satisfied users.

Warning:

Please use at your own Risk. I am not responsible for any type of brick or dead device.

You lose manufacturer warranty after flashing this or any custom ROM.

This ROM formats data and system partition. You must take backup of all your data.

Installation Procedure: ​

BE READY WITH THIS:

BATTERY: Keeping at 100% charged is recommended before flashing.

BACKUP: Take BACKUP from recovery, useful in case you mess up. Or try Titanium to backup all data and apps.

ACTUAL FLASHING STEPS:

Download ROM and store on Internal or External SD

Start TWRP/CWM Recovery Mode

Take full backup in recovery mode.

First time flashers do Factory Reset FULL WIPE [Warning: Data will be deleted]

(If anyone flashing on 1.0 or 1.1, then NO NEED TO FACTORY RESET)

Install ROM

Clear Dalvik Cache & Reboot Phone.

*** DONT FLASH ANY KERNEL AT LEAST FOR A WEEK TO EXPERIENCE POWERFUL PERFORMANCE OF INCLUDED KERNEL WITH POWERFUL TWEAKS ***

DONE! Enjoy... :D

Addons/Patches/Mods:

ORIGINAL STOCK KERNEL: Download here

FULL WIPE ZIP PATCH: If you are coming from other custom roms with different partition and may get bootloops, then do flash this FULL WIPE ZIP Patch which should re-format the required ext4 partitions perfectly. WARNING: It really formats system and other partition, so please take backup.

*Totally Optional

MemorySwap Fix: If you want SDCard memory mapping to be fixed or getting problems in restoring Titanium Backup data, then flash this patch. : Download and flash Patch & after that reset storage option. See FAQ section.

(*Optional. Everyone else can ignore this patch.)

AOSP Launcher REMOVED in 0.3F but If you still want it flash this (may refer this post )

*Optional

Flash Stock 4.2 Camera: Download (if you need the original one) 1088p video recording.

*Optional

Flash Stock 4.3 Camera: Download (the one which is included in this rom)

*Optional

UPDATED KITKAT4 LAUNCHER COMBINATION by CMahendra for SLD Rom (Download and Install from here) (NEW)

*Optional App. *Only launcher, no additional apps included.

Live WallPaper and Live WallPaper Picker Add-on (all versions): Download

*Totally Optional :D

Bugs:

Minor 1) Auto Brightness is low. Dont worry,FIXED. Install Velis_Auto_Brightness.apk App (Open app and press next button to apply auto-brightness)

If you find any other bugs, please report me with LOGCAT. I will try my best, but please dont expect immediate fix. It all matters how much time we get for this social work.

Download Links: In Second post below.

(*PLEASE DO NOT MIRROR without permission, coz changes are happening very often)

Please read FAQ: Coming in 3rd Post below.

CREDITS:

Some good friends for suggesting various tweaks in various threads in last few years.

bgos10 for collection of assorted tweaks from various devs.

RemZej for some tweaks.

Myself for Tweaked A116+A919i Stock rom for Base ROM.

---for Professional Boot Animation

---for Professional Boot Logo

---for Brighter and optimized Wallpapers

---and many secretive things :D :p

***If I have forgot anyone to thank/add credit anyone for any work I may have used here, please forgive as it will be unintentional and request you to please inform me so I will add credit for them too. Thanks.

OTHER REFERENCES:

Facebook Discussion Here and Here

Gaming Report in FB: Here & Here

XLD vs SLD for Gaming. ha ha ha ! discussion

Nova 3 working on SLD discussion

Links to all my roms here.

Links to various Stock Kernels and Baseband etc here