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Team OctOs presents Oct-L​

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is this Android 5 (Lollipop)?

A: Yes, this is Android 5.1.1

Q: What code is Oct-L based on?

A: Starting with Oct-L, we've rebased OctOs on the CyanogenMod 12 code.

Q: What happened to AOSP?

A: All Android code is based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Under previous releases, we tried very hard to limit the number of "Not from Google directly" repositories that we used. Unfortunately, issues with devices, the need for Code Aurora Foundation (CAF) repositories for Qualcomm devices, and compatibility issues meant fighting code more often than not. We decided that since the code-base for many repositories were the same across most ROMs, picking a starting point to build the user experience on outweighed the desire to craft code from scratch, or fix broken code to make it work with other changes we already had.

Q: Why isn't there XXXXXXX feature.

A: Shoot us a Suggestion if you want to see something added. While we are not going to promise to implement, we will always look into it

Q: But CM and all the others have..

A: ROM developers, including CM, build something they want to use. The ROM developer that includes something they won't run implies less than 100% effort to ensure it does work. As a team, we have similar goals and objectives. If XYZ ROM has a feature you want, and we don't include (or don't want to include), feel free to use XYZ ROM, or build your own custom version of Oct-L.

Q: Superuser or SuperSU?

A: Team OctOs uses SuperSU and is installed automatically.

Bugs:

Bugs happen. Our testers are very good at breaking things, but no where near as good as the rest of the Android public. In order to investigate and fix issues, we need the help of the users who are going to report them. The Android OS has many nifty features to help us in this, but only if we can engage the user to assist us.

Logs, Logcat, and the Android Debugging Bridge (ADB)

Like any other OS, Android has multiple log files that are generated and record the goings-on of the system. As a user, you have two basic ways to view and pull these to send to us. Without the information in the logfiles, there simply is not a whole lot of information to go on.

ADB Logcat

The Android Debugging Bridge (ADB) is a powerful tool available from Google as part of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK). Used for many things, being able to selectively see, in real-time, what your device is doing cannot be downplayed. While there is more setup involved, if you are doing consistent ROM flashing, you really should invest the time to get setup properly to do it.

ADB Logcat tutorial here:How to create a logcat log

Basic Instructions:

Download ROM .zip file and grab your favourite Gapps package

Reboot to Recovery (Note: Use Reboot to Recovery from Power Menu, Hardware-based boot to recovery, or adb reboot recovery - ROM Manager or similar software is NOT supported)

--- TWRP is the ONLY recovery Team OctOs uses - We do not support flashing on CWM ---

Factory Reset from TWRP

Flash ROM and GApps .ZIP files

Reboot

The Oct-L ROM installation script will automatically wipe /system, /cache, and /data/dalvik-cache. There is no need to do these before or after flashing the ROM unless you are instructed to by your GApps Provider

The foundation of the Android OS is the fact that is it open-source. We have all code we use internally in the creation of Oct-L available on our GitHub repositories.

Unless otherwise specified, all Oct-L builds use the device's stock CyanogenMod 12 kernel.

Team OctOs GitHub - http://www.github.com/Team-OctOs

Team OctOs Gerrit Review - http://www.teamoctos.com:8080

Team OctOs GPLv2 License - http://www.teamoctos.com/license/

Team OctOs Patreon Campaign - https://www.patreon.com/TOctOs

Special thanks to

Our testers, without which, there would be no public releases for OctOs

We would also like to thank

CyanogenMod

OmniROM

LiquidSmooth

Anyone else who has ever submitted Open-Source code

Device specific source - Device

Kernel

Vendor

XDA:DevDB Information

Oct OS L, ROM for the Moto E

Contributors

aniket.lamba

Source Code: https://github.com/Team-OctOS/ & https://github.com/CyanogenMod

ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

ROM Firmware Required: A custom recovery (TWRP preferrable),ROM and Gapps zip file,knowledge on how to flash zip files.

Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: R4

Stable Release Date: 2015-10-15

Created 2015-05-29

Last Updated 2015-10-14