[Nexus S 4G Android Development] drewwalton19216801:
Cannibal Open Touch 3.0 Alpha 10

Disclaimer:

While we try to test our work as much as possible, it is always a possibility that something could go wrong and screw up your phone. We are not responsible for any damage that is done to your device, either directly or indirectly, as a result of using Cannibal Open Touch or any other Project Open Cannibal projects. Any damage done to your device is your responsibility and your responsibility only. We do this for fun, and we simply like to share our work.

What is Cannibal Open Touch?

Cannibal Open Touch is a custom recovery (like ClockworkMod or TWRP), created purely out of love for the platform and the desire to contribute something cool to the community. The name embodies everything that Cannibal Open Touch is. We take what we believe are the best features of popular recoveries like TWRP and ClockworkMod and, well, cannibalize them along with rolling out our own features.

Features:

Full Touch UI

Complete theme support, including app for management of themes (we'll get to that in a sec)

On-device backup and restore

Backup and restore via ADB

Much much more planned!

Bugs:

During installation, the standard Android installing icon gets displayed instead of the custom dialog box.

If you find a bug, please do not report it here! Instead, report it in the GitHub repository!

Screenshots

See the Screenshots tab above. (Or click me if you're using Tapatalk!)

Nandroid has been replaced!

Nandroid is in fact gone, and has been replaced with a much more robust backup solution. Backups can now be made either with ADB (the recommended way) or via the new Backup and Restore item in the main menu. Backups made via the built-in menu can be copied to a PC and restored via ADB, and backups made via ADB can likewise be copied to your device and restored using the Backup and Restore menu.

adb backup -f mybackupfilename.ab boot system data cache

You can also restore said backup by using adb, like so:

adb restore mybackupfilename.ab

Downloads:

Cannibal Open Touch crespo builds (latest: CannibalOpenTouch-2.99.10_crespo4g.img)

How to install:

Download the latest Alpha image

Reboot to bootloader:

adb reboot bootloader

Flash the image with fastboot

fastboot flash recovery /path/to/downloaded/recovery.img

Boot into recovery mode

Alternatively, you may boot the image instead of flashing it:

fastboot boot /path/to/downloaded/recovery.img

Changelog:

3.0 Alpha 10 (2.99.10)

Themes are now stored in /cache/cot/themes to fix an issue introduced with FDE.

3.0 Alpha 9 (2.99.9)

Real menu scrolling! (but volume keys still work)

All backup/restore operations now verify that you want to take action

Resized UI to be more usable on all device resolutions

Themes can now display a battery charge indicator (depends on individual theme settings)

3.0 Alpha 8 (2.99.8) (not released)

Not released

3.0 Alpha 7 (2.99.7)

On-device backup and restore

3.0 Alpha 6 (2.99.6)

Complete theme support

Recovery settings (Theme settings and Unsigned ZIP flashing)

The preceding list is not 100% complete. See the project source code page for the full commit list.

Cannibal Open Touch themes app:

We are currently seeking Alpha testers for an app that will let users download and choose themes without rebooting to recovery mode. Currently there are 20 slots open. If you wish to join please PM me. The only requirement is you must have a Google+ account and are willing to submit proper bug reports, should any arise.

Cannibal Open Touch Themes:

You can now make your own themes for Cannibal Open Touch! See the example themes (it's pretty self-explanatory). Themes must be installed in /sdcard/cot/themes/theme_name (or /data/media/cot/themes/theme_name) in order to work. Please feel free to submit pull requests to have your custom themes added to the theme repository. They will also be packaged and made available to download via the Cannibal Themes app (mentioned above)!

Contribute to Project Open Cannibal

If you like our work and want to see more, consider a donation to the project!

Project Open Cannibal gerrit: http://review.projectopencannibal.org

Credits:

tdm, for the superb touch code (and lots more)

sblood86, for joining the project and leading the charge to greatness

thenameisnigel, for picking up our webhosting while I was gone

anyone else who has ever contributed to any Android-related project

XDA:DevDB Information

Cannibal Open Touch, Tool/Utility for the Samsung Nexus S

Contributors

drewwalton19216801, Sblood86, thenameisnigel, tdm, CyanogenMod, Koush and many others

Source Code: https://github.com/ProjectOpenCannibal/android_bootable_recovery-cm

Version Information

Status: Alpha

Created 2014-10-26

Last Updated 2014-11-26