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[MOD] Ambient Display For Cataclysm Rom - August 7 beta

Hi, due to some of the demands on cataclysm thread I decided to create a thread for the ambient display mod for cataclysm.
For some of you the didn't know what this do is to enable the ambient display mod that is built in on lollipop(n6) but disabled on nexus 5.
Ambient display is the ability to wake up the screen via device pickup or a notification arrival although because of some limitations on hardware side it won't work properly via device pickup on our device but will work 100% percent on notification arrival.
Ok Enough with the chit chats.
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Ambient Display mod for Cataclysm ROM April 10 beta and August 7 Beta
Ambient Mod zip
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Ambient Mod Revert zip
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Credits:
@atl4ntis for his awesome rom, located here
@raffaele88 for his tutorial on how to to this, located here

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Awesome! Thanks a bunch for giving this its own thread. Working great on latest Cataclysm.

Thanks for the feedback
Sent from my Nexus 5

will this need re-flashed every time there is an update?
Thanks.

Finally new subscribed thread, thanks buddy for the mod
Regards.

No worries enjoy [emoji4]
Sent from my Nexus 5

It would be sweat to have a toggle for on/off ambient display .

Jaws4God said:
will this need re-flashed every time there is an update?
Thanks.
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That depends on the update. Some cataclysm "small" update zips may not overwrite this mod and some will. A "full" ROM zip will overwrite it.

fkloznica said:
It would be sweat to have a toggle for on/off ambient display .
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Cataclysm is a closed source rom, that would be hard for sure
Sent from my Nexus 5

Screen wakes itself
Hi, I've just tried the mod but I'm having a little trouble with it. I think it may be related to dt2w on Elemental X, although I am just guessing.
When you switch off the screen with the power button, ambient display wakes it again immediately showing the clock. This fades and then the clock comes back a second time. This then fades away but leaves the double tap active (I have a 15 min timout). It should be disabled as I switched off using the power button.
I would love to use this mod properly.

spikethedog said:
Hi, I've just tried the mod but I'm having a little trouble with it. I think it may be related to dt2w on Elemental X, although I am just guessing.
When you switch off the screen with the power button, ambient display wakes it again immediately showing the clock. This fades and then the clock comes back a second time. This then fades away but leaves the double tap active (I have a 15 min timout). It should be disabled as I switched off using the power button.
I would love to use this mod properly.
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Try flashing the rom and try with stock kernel. You will see if it's kernel related.

what is the difference between ambientmod and ambient mod revert?

alexxandro84 said:
what is the difference between ambientmod and ambient mod revert?
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Ambient mod revert just reverts the changes made, so basically you're back to the ROM you had before you flashed the mod

Greetings,
I'd just like to let you know, if you didn't already, that the Jan 4 ambient display mod conflicts with some of the new cataclysm Jan 10 update features. For example, long-press flashlight, sweep to sleep, and quick toggles hide labels.
Thanks again for the awesome mod!

Yeah, waiting for the next update ?
Regards.

Will do it later.. Stay tuned
Sent from my Nexus 5

I'm a little late but mod updated for January 10 nightly..

mixtapes08 said:
I'm a little late but mod updated for January 10 nightly..
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Maybe you forgot one thing, to edit OP also - still 4jan- , again thanks sir.
Sent from my XT1033

fajarlazuarding said:
Maybe you forgot one thing, to edit OP also - still 4jan- , again thanks sir.
Sent from my XT1033
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Thanks. OP updated
Sent from my Nexus 5

32.3.A.0.372 (Nougat) is released

According to Xperifirm, the Nougat update is now available for Xperia Z5C!! Customized AU for E5823.
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iArvee said:
According to Xperifirm, the Nougat update is now available for Xperia Z5C!! Customized AU for E5823.
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Thanks for the heads up!
Flashing now. Been waiting for this to decide whether or not I dump this overheating brick.

anyone tried to patch the new kernel ?

Just got prompted for the OTA.

spyvsspy said:
anyone tried to patch the new kernel ?
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Let's wait for the Devs :angel:

Is anyone flashed successfully??? Please post screenshots..

Yay, I just got OTA notification as I woke up. The download size is 1,259.9MBs.
New features in attached photo:
I will post my experience as it's installed.

Just finished downloading the FTF through Flashtool/XperiFirm. Will flash in a moment and report back if noone else beats me to it (most likely someone will )

Ok, early feedback from the AU build
Fingerprint reader is lightning fast, most noticeable change on first boot - Just wow.
Whole phone seems considerably more fluid, a lot less lags and stutters - that said, my MM build was in a bit of a state and had become very slow!
Currently investigating the new stamina options:
"Battery time preferred" slows the whole phone to a crawl. It disables the "big" cores, disables a bunch of features, and reduces display brightness - not pleasant to use at all. A bit TOO heavy handed in my opinion. nb. It seems you need to reboot after changing FROM this mode to reactivate the big cores??
"balanced" mode does introduce a lot of micro stutter throughout the UI, less noticable if you disable animations from the developer menu, but I still wouldn't recommend using this option all the time.
Performance preferred" option seems a good compromise. The battery life estimate jumped up by about 25% compared with disabled, and is barely noticable in general use - I may leave this enabled 24/7 if all is well.
New options in the camera include timer and also the object tracking on Superior Auto, ported from the Xperia X series - a welcome surprise.
Nougat's new notification mechanism is a good improvement, I like that change a lot. There are more interactive options in the notifications themselves, and they can be long pressed to expose further options still, such as removing a notification from lock screen, setting them to "icon only" and other such things.
I'm still not delighted by the heat this thing puts out, on my phone previously on MM I've seen battery temp in the very high 40's when browsing over 4g, and even 52c once playing Pokemon GO.......this is borderline dangerous quite frankly! A geekbench run on Nougat saw me into mid 40s, so looks like no improvement there.

Please anyone do a video review (i wonder if you can still do a screen video) < one example
multi windows i guess replacing miniapps,
i wonder if they remove call recorder (voice machine)
and benchmark test! strees\heat
it will be the last version (if we lucky maybe 7.1)

Awesome!!! No idea when Bulgaria gets it but I am already hyped.

Hi,
replied inline to answer some of your questions - I can't do a proper "review" now as I am at work!
Superrman said:
Please anyone do a video review (i wonder if you can still do a screen video) < one example Yes, screen recording is still there, as is screenshot
multi windows i guess replacing miniapps, Multiscreen is alive and well - a bit pointless on our tiny screen mind you. Strangely, small apps is a selectable option in the task switcher screen. It opens a new menu screen which list the small apps. I little clunky, but maintains small apps for those who use them I guess.
i wonder if they remove call recorder (voice machine) - Sorry, not sure what you mean here. I don't recall having any stock call recorder? I use a third party solution and that seems to work ok.
and benchmark test! strees\heat No notable change in my initial fiddling. I expect it may be possible to tune the heat/performance with the new stamina options if you so wish. I'm currently testing the "performance preferred" option of stamina mode, and that doesn't seem to do much (anything?) in terms of CPU throttling. The GPU frequency readout seems broken in floating monitors (nougat issue?) so can't tell what its doing there till tool is updated
it will be the last version (if we lucky maybe 7.1)
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Is there much difference between the NOBA and AU releases? I like the idea of no NFC icon which is part of NOBA, wondered if there is anything else I should consider?

Can anyone with the Z5C Nougat post some screens with the new notification bar and Recent apps view (I wonder if the "clear all" button is still there), possibly multitasking in action too? Thanks!

There's now a video at top of the update screen showing new features https://youtu.be/OiZqtQ7HBlc
The download speed I'm getting at the moment, it might take few days to download
Is there a way to get the OTA to download on mobile data? As soon as I turn off Wi-Fi, download is paused. I think it will be faster over LTE data.
Sent from my E5803 using Tapatalk

chall3ng3r said:
There's now a video at top of the update screen showing new features https://youtu.be/OiZqtQ7HBlc
The download speed I'm getting at the moment, it might take few days to download
Is there a way to get the OTA to download on mobile data? As soon as I turn off Wi-Fi, download is paused. I think it will be faster over LTE data.
Sent from my E5803 using Tapatalk
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Ah, sweet, hadn't noticed that. Definitely looks pretty good. I'm hoping it's not buggy, or at least has mostly negligible bugs.

brokich said:
Can anyone with the Z5C Nougat post some screens with the new notification bar and Recent apps view (I wonder if the "clear all" button is still there), possibly multitasking in action too? Thanks!
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Yes, clear all button is still there, but it's been moved to top right. (next to small apps button)

oh and i just flashed to the last MM version tonight :/
now we gotta wait for a root method

brokich said:
Can anyone with the Z5C Nougat post some screens with the new notification bar and Recent apps view (I wonder if the "clear all" button is still there), possibly multitasking in action too? Thanks!
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Not sure multitask is working on our device (I didn't find anything in settings)

Quick thoughts after an hour or so of usage. It feels more smooth. The notifications are nice. The battery seems ok so far,need to use it for a few days i guess.
Split Screen is working fine for me and I havent actually noticed any lag while no battery care functions turned on.
Clear all button is there right up at the top.
Double tap switches between the last two apps quickly.
My Ringtone and Media Volume is stuffed. Can anyone else check that on their device? The volume is loud for a millisecond and then it dies right down to a painfully low level.

Pixel Android O Beta released!

Anyone trying it?
Beta 1 also known as DP2.
https://www.google.com/android/beta

Taking the plunge right now. I'll report later.

anyone else try it yet? I am assuming it is daily driver ready like N beta was

I am also waiting to see what people are reporting, hoping it's stable. Since I am on a custom rom it's a bit of a pain to load, don't see factory images yet.

I was thinking about trying this Android O beta out. I have a Verizon Pixel running stock (the bootloader is unlocked though). Should I have any issues?
Also, I know if I opt out of the beta, I'll lose all user data but will I lose user data when opting in and upgrading the Android O?

ForeverZ3RO said:
I was thinking about trying this Android O beta out. I have a Verizon Pixel running stock (the bootloader is unlocked though). Should I have any issues?
Also, I know if I opt out of the beta, I'll lose all user data but will I lose user data when opting in and upgrading the Android O?
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Unlocked bootloader is not a problem, in fact its better to have the option if anything goes wrong.
If you switch to official O when it's out no wipe required. Only if you want to go back to N.

I too am waiting for reports before i put it on my daily. i will be throwing it onto my nexus 6p tonight thought to try it out. if i dont see any bugs that are too bad... i may throw it on the pixel

Really eager to hear about battery life impact here if anyone can provide feedback.

Can anyone give some basic info about stability? I'd love to jump on with my Daily Driver, just if it isn't ready for it, I'll wait. Thanks in advance!

took forever to install(half hourish).900 mb
everything works so far without a wipe coming from the latest verizon 7.1.2 build.
confirmed tested on my part
camera
android wear connects
fingerprint unlock(seems faster)
foxfi usb tether fosho
overall seems buttery and the pulldown menu is surely nicer with being able to hit settings button without a reach is really nice. i couldnt get picture in picture to go but i didnt dive into the menus too far yet. so far so good. i think it's safe.

Factory images and OTAs for ODP2.
Release notes and detailed description.

n00bpwner said:
took forever to install(half hourish).900 mb
everything works so far without a wipe coming from the latest verizon 7.1.2 build.
confirmed tested on my part
camera
android wear connects
fingerprint unlock(seems faster)
foxfi usb tether fosho
overall seems buttery and the pulldown menu is surely nicer with being able to hit settings button without a reach is really nice. i couldnt get picture in picture to go but i didnt dive into the menus too far yet. so far so good. i think it's safe.
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Tim from droidlife had pip working but janky https://twitter.com/Timotato/status/864945689498861568
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It's a nice beta so far. One thing noticed is double tap to check turn on the black screen but tapping the screen or notification icons won't do nothing and theme option won't switch to Pixel theme, even selecting it. Notification dots is a very good implementation for handling notification in a easily way. Ending my words, another great thing is that now night light have a intensity slider.

Any one has magisk or any root method working on this

Tried to update from latest Android N, didn't boot up, got a data corrupted message during install...
Can I now flash the Android O Factory Image without -w to get it running?

and most people in that tweeter feed can't get it to go either. every time i longpress home it launches assistant. and the setting to allow pip for youtube chrome and google play services are on by default.

Juli112 said:
Tried to update from latest Android N, didn't boot up, got a data corrupted message during install...
Can I now flash the Android O Factory Image without -w to get it running?
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Probably, doesn't hurt to try flashing ODP2 factory image without -w.

Cristiano Matos said:
It's a nice beta so far. One thing noticed is double tap to check turn on the black screen but tapping the screen or notification icons won't do nothing and theme option won't switch to Pixel theme, even selecting it. Notification dots is a very good implementation for handling notification in a easily way. Ending my words, another great thing is that now night light have a intensity slider.
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Is your notification shade stuck on the inverted theme and in device theme there is Pixel and some android_auto_generated_rro_ theme?

HiddenSanctum said:
Is your notification shade stuck on the inverted theme and in device theme there is Pixel and some android_auto_generated_rro_ theme?
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Yep

Kisakuku said:
Probably, doesn't hurt to try flashing ODP2 factory image without -w.
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Button light

Hi,
can anyone take a quick pic of the button light? (back and recent apps). All reviews I've found show them turned off.

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californicated said:
Hi,
can anyone take a quick pic of the button light? (back and recent apps). All reviews I've found show them turned off.
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They stay on for a very very short amount of time after you press one. Maybe like 1 second. I wish there was a way to delay them shutting off by a couple more seconds.

That's easy guys: just install an ancient app from Playstore (used it on my THL T100s back in 2013 already on Android 4.2 but it's still working):
Keyboard Backlight Controller by DeskAngel. Very light, under 1 mb. Needs root (of course). There is only one disadvantage I can find, every time you reboot your phone you need disable and re-enable the upper 2 [V] in the app to make it work. That's all. Good luck. As long as your screen is on, your buttons will be illuminated!
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That's easy guys: just install an ancient app from Playstore (used it on my THL T100s back in 2013 already on Android 4.2 but it's still working):
Keyboard Backlight Controller by DeskAngel. Very light, under 1 mb. Needs root (of course). There is only one disadvantage I can find, every time you reboot your phone you need disable and re-enable the upper 2 [V] in the app to make it work. That's all. Good luck. As long as your screen is on, your buttons will be illuminated!

Out of curiosity try this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.notquiteinsane.galaxybuttonlights2

zathus said:
Out of curiosity try this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.notquiteinsane.galaxybuttonlights2
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Tried it, does not work.

That's easy guys: just install an ancient app from Playstore (used it on my THL T100s back in 2013 already on Android 4.2 but it's still working):
Keyboard Backlight Controller by DeskAngel. Very light, under 1 mb. Needs root (of course). There is only one disadvantage I can find, every time you reboot your phone you need disable and re-enable the upper 2 [V] in the app to make it work. That's all. Good luck. As long as your screen is on, your buttons will be illuminated!

exis_tenz said:
That's easy guys: just install an ancient app from Playstore (used it on my THL T100s back in 2013 already on Android 4.2 but it's still working):
Keyboard Backlight Controller by DeskAngel. Very light, under 1 mb. Needs root (of course). There is only one disadvantage I can find, every time you reboot your phone you need disable and re-enable the upper 2 [V] in the app to make it work. That's all. Good luck. As long as your screen is on, your buttons will be illuminated!
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This works pretty well. I wish there was a timer, like 5-10 seconds to keep the lights on. This is good for now though. There are a ton of apps for Galaxy devices for this purpose but not much otherwise

xgerryx said:
This works pretty well. I wish there was a timer, like 5-10 seconds to keep the lights on. This is good for now though. There are a ton of apps for Galaxy devices for this purpose but not much otherwise
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The sourcecode of the app I listed is open (open source). So it shouldn't be too hard for a dev to create something for our beloved devices.
Besides, it works on a wide range of phones, so could be a hit in the Pay Store

Wait until more custom kernels released for this device...
I'm on OP3T using dorimanx kernel and have this option..

cultofluna said:
Wait until more custom kernels released for this device...
I'm on OP3T using dorimanx kernel and have this option..
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does it worked on ur opt3 ?

lovergarden said:
does it worked on ur opt3 ?
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I dont use dorimanx kernel anymore..
He doesn't support Oreo

cultofluna said:
I dont use dorimanx kernel anymore..
He doesn't support Oreo
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then only at 7.0 it will worked ？
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This works pretty well. I wish there was a timer, like 5-10 seconds to keep the lights on. This is good for now though. There are a ton of apps for Galaxy devices for this purpose but not much otherwise
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pls share this app ？is it follow the screen on ，if turn screen off the button light also off ？

Yes only on Nougat..

ROM & Kernel customization options wishlist

Post up your wish-list of custom options for custom ROM's (non OP) and Kernels and I'll add them to the OP.
This is for options that you aren't finding in any ROM, or at least not in your favorite ROM.
Feel free to mention your current ROM if you like but this thread is NOT about which ROM is the best or your favorite.
Please don't turn it into that. :good:
I'll try to bold new suggestions every day or so till the thread gets tired.
*Ability to filter out specific notifications from appearing (ie: NotifyClean)
*Bring "only show running apps" option back to Slim Recents.
*Clearly mentioned in OP if rom supports encryption/decryption.
*Day/Night - Provide option to switch between two different Substratum themes at toggle of a button.
*Fix the earphone bug.
*Fully working OOS camera
*Now Playing features from Pixel 2 XL detect song from lockscreen via ambient
*Option to remove USB Debugging notification is missing on some newer ROM's.
*Ring on charge complete
*Vibration - Would like to have option for more than 100% vibration.

- Clearly mentioned in OP if rom supports encryption/decryption. That is not always the case and people ask many times in the same thread.
- Long press back to kill foreground app.

Fully working OOS camera times 100. Literally the only thing stopping me from switching from OOS betas. I'm aware of the Google Camera functionality and also about all its problems.

Ability to filter out specific notifications from appearing. For example, my wife and I 'share' an Amazon Prime Photos account. I don't want a 'Successfully uploaded photos from your 3rd device' notification every time she uploads something. But I don't want to mute notifications for the whole app (or sometimes even notification group) as I may not get the 'upload progress' notifications' anymore. The Xposed module Notify Clean was perfect pre-Nougat and AutoNotification works alright post-Nougat, but it would be nice if this was baked into the ROM.

OP updated.
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- Long press back to kill foreground app.
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Just FYI, this is already available in every custom ROM I've tried so far.
You just have to enable the navigation bar options and then go into the button editor. I set up all my ROM's with this. And set the home button to open camera on long press.
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The Xposed module Notify Clean was perfect pre-Nougat and AutoNotification works alright post-Nougat, but it would be nice if this was baked into the ROM.
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OMG, if NotifyClean ever gets updated for Oreo I will go back to using Xposed again.
I really miss that app and some of the others by that dev. :good:

Hello there,
First off, the only couple things that stopping me to move from stock to a custom rom is the OOS camera (as mentioned above) and mostly the earphone bug. The mic on the phone and the earphones seems to be activated during a call and it gets pretty annoying to hear an amplified background of your environment and the person's on the other end, seems like most custom roms have this problem.
I've also long wanted to see ''ring on charge complete'' on the OP5T.
Thank you for asking.

Sorry i know this feature is hard to make but Now Playing features from Pixel 2 XL detect song from lockscreen

enzo2001 said:
Sorry i know this feature is hard to make but Now Playing features from Pixel 2 XL detect song from lockscreen
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No what i mean is it detect song using ambient display it will display black screen with the title of the song

OP updated.
superviked said:
I've also long wanted to see ''ring on charge complete'' on the OP5T.
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I think this might be an option using Light Flow?
If you really want it then it might be worth looking into.
It does custom ringtones for certain actions.
And they can be backed up for ROM re-flashes as long as the ringtone is stored in the usual spot /system/media/sounds/etc.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflow

To clarify my personal request here:
*Day/Night - Provide option to switch between two different Substratum themes at toggle of a button.
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A few ROM's provide built in day/night theme options.
But they don't theme apps like phone or calculator or anything else.
They only theme the settings and drop-down and a couple other things.
I want a nice non-tasker hack.
And would be willing to donate for it :lol: