[Nexus 5 Android Development] Hopper8:
SlimKat hammerhead SaberMod 4.8 Unofficial builds

Making SlimKat faster and smoother​

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SlimSaber: SaberMod toolchain 4.8.4

SlimKernel: SaberMod toolchain 4.9.2​

Important Info

Fusionjack is the developer of this ROM and kernel. I only build to support the hammerhead. Please take the time to thank his thread here.

Disclaimer

I'm not responsible for any damages on your device.

The rom and the kernel are tested by me first before I make it available online. I could have overseen something during testing, please understand. In summary, the ROM is still SlimKat, with some additional features (see below), but is also compiled with SaberMod toolchain. You can consider this build as a "nightly" and the build from the official thread is stable and weekly.

!!! Please don't discuss these unofficial builds in the official thread. Users can get confused easily!!!

What makes it different from the official SlimKat?

Compiled with a custom toolchain Sabermod for more performance and better battery life

Compiled with the GCC optimization level -O3

Compiled with strict-aliasing compiler optimization

Added patches to fix GCC strict-aliasing violation rules

Added ARMv7 optimized string handling routines for more smoothness and better memory optimization

Disabled SQLite fsync to increase I/O performance

Cherry-picked some AOSP bug and memory leak fixes

Cherry-picked some KitKat bug-fixes and memory leak fixes

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Extra features not included in official builds. Please see the second post for a list of these.

Official Slim Features

These features listed above are in addition to the official Slim features. Please see the awesome new feature browser, and the official Slim Manual for a detailed description of the official Slim features!

Installation instructions

Coming from stock or another ROM:

Follow the guide how to unlock bootloader and install custom recovery from here.

Full wipe: system, data, cache, dalvik cache.

Flash the SlimSaber build.

Flash gapps from here, or dankoman's Slim gapps thread. See this post before flashing newest beta gapps.

Coming from previous SlimSaber build:

Wipe cache and dalvik cache.

Flash the SlimSaber build.

No need to re-flash gapps. Gapps will be restored back automatically by backup tool during flashing.

Known Issues

Lens blur photos will crash while processing. This is caused by using a toolchain version number greater than 4.7.

Must use animation scale at least 0.25x or the dial pad will not show when opening the phone app.

F.A.Q (including extra features)

See second post

Latest release

SlimSaber-hammerhead-4.4.4-20141112.zip

Full Changelog

Changelog_20141112.txt

Download

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Credits

fusionjack - SlimSaber

SlimRoms - The SlimRom team

SaberMod toolchain - sparksco

SlimSaber banner and signatures - kroz

SuperSU - Chainfire

Special Thanks

fusionjack, for his hard work preparing this ROM.

Dorimanx - for patches to disable sqlite fsync.

DHO, PrimeDirective, NuclearMistake - for awesome fixes and improvements from VanirAOSP.

Sources

https://github.com/SlimSaber

XDA:DevDB Information

SlimSaber, ROM for the Google Nexus 5

Contributors

Hopper8, fusionjack

Source Code: https://github.com/SlimSaber

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Based On: AOSP

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2014-10-11

Last Updated 2014-11-11