[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] judas1977:
INTRODUCTION / OVERVIEW:

WARNING: INSTALLATION OF ANY CUSTOM ROM [AND EVEN OFFICIAL FIRMWARE USING ODIN/KIES] CAN BE DANGEROUS. DON’T DO ANYTHING IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU DO.

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU TRANSFORM YOUR CODINA INTO A BRICK

You need to have at least official 4.1.2 ROM with temporary CWM recovery (or ANY other 4.1+ custom ROM with recovery) to install this ROM​

Although 4.2 i 4.3 branches of Slim ROMs are considered as not officially developed anymore - device and (especially) kernel sources are still under development - beside of this, i could add some features here and there - so let's call those ROMs as "in development stage". That way the ROMs are recommended only to people with at least some basic knowledge about Android troubleshooting. If your knowledge about Android is enough only to use the basic features of the phone then stay with 2.36 or 4.1.2 ROMs (or any other ROM, whatever. Just don't ask how to enable BLN or development menu for a thousand of times:)).

Main Features of SlimROMs [may vary depending on Android version]

The Real Dark Slim (TRDS)

SlimPIE

Expanded Desktop

LCD Density Changer

List View & System Animation

Navigation Bar & Ring

Notification Power Widget

Privacy Guard

Profiles

Quick Settings

RAM Bar

Theme Engine

Widgets Viewpager

Performance Settings

For more details go to official SlimROMs site: http://slimroms.net

Main features of used kernels*

Code base updated to Linux 3.0.x+, depending on used sources*.

CPU OC (up to 1250MHz, stability depends on your unit quality;))

GPU OC (up to 730MHz, stability is pretty good, but speed bust is debatable;))

CPU/GPU undervolting

Many governors and i/o schedulers available

* Probably main releases will be based on default TC kernels, however i consider adding separate kernel zip packages with [MENTION=5695278]ChronoMonochrome[/MENTION]'s kernel (or maybe even one slightly modified by me)

Other characteristics of my ROMs:

Compiled with SaberMod toolchain

Compiled with optimization level -O3 [mix of "original" SlimSaber optimizations and JustArchi's optimalization commit]

compiled with necessary changes resulted from above changes

Source code:

SlimROMs

SlimSaber

SOURCES OF KERNELS:

Default Kernel by TeamCanjica

Chrono Kernel 3.1

xxxxxx [old, non-OC kernel - maybe later;)]

Special Thanks

- Samsung – for a good device with a terrible 4.1.2 firmware;

- SlimRoms - for ROM sources;

- TeamCanjica, [MENTION=4947931]Rox[/MENTION] especially. Without your contribution sources of our device would be much, much less usable;

- bagnz0r - for starting a "real work" on device sources, and being an inspiration for other developers;

- dh.harald - for your contribution in early stage of device sources development;

- ecim.tecul - for OMX patches (cleaning in 10.2 stage);

- jereksel, percy-g2, munjeni - help, support and fixes;

- cocafe, zwliew, chronomonochrome - for work on kernel sources;

- Novafusion - for helping on Android 4.4.x (fixes, OMX implementations);

- sparksco - for SaberMod toolchain;

- JustArchi - for his optimalizations;

- and everybody who contributed.

Special thanks to fusionjack - for the inspiration and for SlimSaber Project. Original threads of SlimSaber Reborn (Android 4.3.1 based) and SlimSaber KitKat) for Galaxy SII here:

SlimSaber Reborn

SlimSaber (KitKat)​

More info about connections between my work and SlimSaber in specific ROMs sections.

OUTDATED INFO

When i tried to build my own versions of SlimSaber ROMs for Codina - i decided to release it in one thread. Then - i had to decide how "deep" should that project be. Should i stop on 4.3.1 Android version, or move further, to build "complete Slim base"... I took a look into our device sources and found out, that 4.2.2 should be the final border. Our 4.1.2 sources are not good developed as 4.2.2 (which are much less developed than 4.3.1, updated lately thanx to courtesy of [MENTION=4947931]Rox[/MENTION]:)), but good enough (I think).

But what for? We have couple of SlimBean 4.2.2. builds, and probably nobody uses it anyway;)). Ok, but we have slightly modified device source AND major progress in kernel sources (OC, UV, etc.). Because of it - it was good ground for learning of making ROMs;)).

And i like number 3 more than number 2;)).

INFO UPDATE:

ROM based on Android 4.2.2 (planned at the beginning) cancelled [for now?]