[Nexus 5 Android Development] regalstreak:
Android, Reimagined.

For the best experience, view the thread on a web browser like Chromium or Firefox.

Desktop: Brilliant. Mobile: Good. Tapatalk: OK. XDA-Labs: Horrible.

/*
* The modifications performed to your device are
* performed by yourself, thus you must perform the
* leap of fate and accept the inevitable outcome, the
* responsibilities of what to do with your device are passed to you.
*
* We are of no responsibility for any damages, data loss
* or results of unexpected outcome, if you have **SERIOUS**
* problems with this software, do not hesitate to contact
* the developers or maintainers of your device port.
*
* We are not liable for anything that happens with your
* device. Shall you somehow screw up and take the leap of faith
* you may find that some companies may do indeed still honour
* warranties, although we cannot give one ourselves.
*
* Don't be stupid and bet on that generosity of companies though,
* please be responsible for what you do with your device.
* Do not try overclocking up to glorious 1337 GHz thinking an OEM
* would replace your glorious space heater only matched by the GTX480 etc.
*
* We recommend you to take the advice above regardless.
*/

XOS is a new generation Android-based cutting-edge OS based on the Android Open Source Project and Code Aurora Forum releases.

What is XOS?

halogenOS, also known as XOS is a new Android ROM which ships with the global aim to

become a modular ROM which keeps as high as potentially possible operating

performance on your mobile device while still maintaining a sufficient feature

base of nice, small and minimal features that would not be available via any

external feature base, extension, mod or plugin.

We hope you have a truly halogenified experience!

Internals of XOS

At core, the ROM is composed mainly of components from the

Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and Code Aurora Forum (CAF),

with extremely minor set of components from LineageOS (LaOS or LN) which

have been added to source in order to allow for better cross-device compatibility.

Our LOVE to others

A huge thanks goes to those behind the AOSP and CAF, the LineageOS Project and all of its

contributors for the sources used in the development of the base ROM which we

started with inclusive of all the work and dedication their team puts in order to

keep us updated on the awesome contributions that they make.

We will be keen on ensuring that we be up to date with the code from our base sources,

with regular ROM updates hopefully coming from time to time.

Please do not ask for ETA's (else you shall be spooked by Mr Skeltal). Almost all of us are

students, and with the current lifestyles and routines we have, it is not that easy to acquire

time to develop the ROM, though we'll be sure to keep you updated and release OTAs as

soon as they are available and ready for publication. If you want to be really updated quick,

then join us on Telegram: http://telegram.me/halogenos

Visit our website for features such as: Downloads, Information etc.

http://halogenos.org

Although no data should be lost or damaged by the flashing process,

we advise you to follow the following steps if you are coming from another ROM:

* Please take a full [I]Nandroid[/I] backup!
* Please copy your back up to an external device.
* Backing up your [I]Internal Storage[/I] is also recommended.
* When completed, [I]clean flash[/I] the build!

Although you usually may dirty flash halogenOS over other ROMs, considering the other

ROM is built upon the same Android version, it is not guaranteed.

In case of performance issues or crashes please do a clean flash.

You can dirty flash halogenOS 7 (Nougat) over halogenOS 6 (Marshmallow)

without any problems. Although we cannot promise that it will work for you,

although we don't recommend it, we can tell you that this has been tested.

Overall as a ROM, XOS is very stable. Our mission statement has always been of maintaining a clean and properly maintained ROM.

We take proper priority with ensuring that performance and stability are put first, features are considered an extra topping on the cake.

More details are marked by square brackets [x] and listed below

All Builds/Devices/Maintainers

Substratum Theming Support

Custom Button Backlight Implementation

Custom Lockscreen Visualizer

SuperUser Capable

Various Battery Optimizations

Dexpreopt Enabled

Offline Gesture Recognition

Upstream Security Patches

Support for `addon.d` and `init.d`

Equipped with latest Busybox

Application Signature Spoofing Toggle

Support for 3rd Party Webviews

Various Kernel Optimizations

Support for Modern Services e.g. Google Assistant

Long Press Home for Assist

Custom Hotplugging

(DEV) Full KeyHandler & KeyDisabler Support

Enhanced Booting Speed [1]

System UX & Performance Optimizations [2]

Minor Audio Tweaks [3]

Enhanced Media Support [4]

I/O Tweaks [5]

Select Devices/Maintainer Dependent

KCAL Support

Functional Vulkan API Implementation [6]

OnePlus Camera

Alert Slider Support

[1] Performed via implementation of additional multi-threading on boot etc.
[2] Tweaked [I]`surfaceflinger`, `inputflinger`, `System Server`[/I] & more...
[3] We do not ship 3rd party EQs or other [I]crap[/I] you may sometimes find.
Our sound system is completely clean and thus provides great soundmod
support if that's what one really wants.
[4] Enabled via FFMPEG & additional codecs.
[5] Example: Disabled Access Time
| Waste of write cycles and impacts I/O performance on random writes.
[6] Vulkan is available if the chipset/SOC's GPU supports Vulkan.

Installing for the first time

* Download the current version of XOS for your device.
* Reboot into a compatible Android Recovery solution. (Note: We recommend TWRP)
* Wipe [B]'/system', '/data' & '/cache'[/B].
[I](Optional: For `Dirty Flash`, do not wipe anything)[/I]
* Select the appropriate ROM zip and flash the current ROM build.
* Want Google Apps? Obtain and flash the latest GApps (arm, 7.1) from http://opengapps.org/
* Flash any other system modifications you may want e.g. SuperSU/phh's SuperUser.
* Reboot.

Manually updating the ROM

XOS ships with an OTA updater built-in which should automate the downloading and flashing process,

however should your wish be to manually update the ROM, you should be our guest.

* Download the current version of XOS for your device.
* Reboot into a compatible Android Recovery solution. (Note: We recommend TWRP)
* [b]Please do not[/b] wipe anything, including Cache/Dalvik/ART, the ROM has you covered.
* Select the appropriate ROM zip and flash the current ROM build.
* Reflash any system modifications e.g. SuperSU/phh's SuperUser.
* Reboot.

You do not need to wipe Cache/Dalvik.

You do not need to flash Google Apps again*.

You do not need more than 5 minutes.

* Just make sure that you don't wipe system before flashing.

Screenshots

[MENTION=5325978]regalstreak[/MENTION]

[MENTION=6584600]xdvs23[/MENTION]

[MENTION=6552280]MSF-Jarvis[/MENTION]

[MENTION=6641107]hunter_bruhh[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4671636]sewer56lol[/MENTION]

[MENTION=6013245]jbw716[/MENTION]

[MENTION=5782959]keessonnema[/MENTION]

Download Links

Download XOS Here

ROM Sources

All Sources | ROM, Kernel, Trees etc. @ XOS GitHub Organisation.

Nexus 5 (CAF)

Device tree

Kernel source

Vendor tree

Join our

Telegram group

Telegram News Channel

Telegram Off-Topic Group

Code Aurora Forums, LineageOS

And everyone else who contributed and helps us!

In case you feel left out here, please contact us!

​

XDA:DevDB Information

halogenOS, ROM for the Google Nexus 5

Contributors

regalstreak

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

ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.x

Based On: CAF

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 7.1.2

Stable Release Date: 2017-07-01

Created 2017-07-02

Last Updated 2017-07-09