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Illusion Rom Official Discussion Thread

Use this thread instead of the Dev thread for any questions, or issues regarding the Rom. Hopefully, by using this thread, you won't have to deal with people yelling at you about "search before you ask" and stuff like that

Mihir1997 said:
Use this thread instead of the Dev thread for any questions, or issues regarding the Rom. Hopefully, by using this thread, you won't have to deal with people yelling at you about "search before you ask" and stuff like that
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Can you post some FAQ's and all

HTC One Illusion Rom FAQs
How do I enable HALO?
Go into settings. Under Illusion System Settings, select interface. You will find Halo Options. Here you can turn on halo, and tweak the way Halo works.
Where is my Data toggle in the notification pane quick settings panel?
As of right now, the only way to toggle data is through the Data Usage menu in settings. A fix is being worked on for this. I believe the problem exists in quite a few ROMS for the One.
Why isn't my NFC working?
Don't worry, all you need to do is flash the file at the bottom of this post title NFC Fix. This fix was pointed out by @Pony Express.
How do I enable/Disable CRT animations?
CRT off animation can be toggled under Illusion System Settings>Display
How do I access Google Now?
On the HTC One, the HTC logo is NOT a button. However, in the Illusion ROM (and some other ones), the strip above the logo has been modded to work as a button. Long pressing that stip will give you instant access to Now
Are there any other Bugs I should be aware of?
Not sure if it is mac only, or whether this will occur on PC as well, but if you connect as MTP, mac does not recognize it. ADB and PTP work fine. It is only MTP where this issue occurs. At this point, I feel the issue is with Macs being unable to recognize the MTP protocol. I was able to work it on a PC.
Patches, Fixes, and more
NFC Fix - http://d-h.st/41X
Credits
@driodmaster92 For his awesome work building this ROM
@Pony Express for the NFC Fix
@itsmikeramsay for the original ROM and his support.

If Anyone has Feature Requests, post them HERE. NOT in the Dev thread. The Dev thread is really only for dev issues.
I have 3 major bugs/issues I would love to see sorted out.
1. Halo bubble stays at the edge of screen - insanely irritating
2. The Camera is... uhhhm. not as good as the Sense Camera. Any way to port Zoe? or even just the lowlight image processing?
3. I actually think this is how Android lockscreen widget was designed, but by default DashClock only displays clock. I have to expand it to show other info. Is there any possibility for permanently expanded lockscreen widget?
Annnd, A feature Request: Would it be, in any way, possible to port Slims hardware button rebinding feature? I would love to have long press back as multitask, long press home for settings, and swipe up on home for Search...
Also, has anybody with At&t tried NFC fix? Does it work? I flashed it, but no way to test until I go back to school in september (all my NFC tags are in my lockers, and I use it for Science lab access)

illusion rom ''theme chooser''
i''ve just instaled the rom, it works great btw, but when i click on theme chooser it says : unfortunately theme chooser has stopped. so i cant choose the key lime pie theme :''( , does anyone now how to fix this?

Try wiping the data
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[Q&A][KK]Review of 2 roms, with tips and bugs and future suggestions

Introduction:
Everyone uses there android device differently, and as a result not everyone will be looking for the same features from a ROM, and as a result developers simply do not know what to do to satisfy the many needs of the andoid users.
what I aim to do with this thread is to provide a review of 2 of the best ROMs out there for our device (based on my opinion), and include some tips, bugs and suggestions for the future.
What I have here is a review of 2 android 4.4.2 ROMs for the xperia arc/s. the ROMs are VANIR AOSP and C-rom.
let's start with a introduction to VANIR AOSP:
Vanir aosp is a ROM built with the user who likes a degree of customization to there phone in mind. the devs behind it have decided to build a ROM completely based on what is important and necessary for the users. they added only those features that passed certain criteria and only those features were allowed to be put into the ROM build. any unnecessary features were not added.
The result is a light, super stable and lagless ROM that would be more than enough to please the android user.
THE GOOD:
-lots of customization options in settings
-very very stable
-very fast and all the time around 200mb free ram
-nice 'on the go mode' feature
-nice option for choosing boot animations
-dual panel mode for settings
THE BAD:
-only features the devs have picked are added to the rom, so if you have a feature you want but the dev thinks its not important it won't be added
-floating windows for apps cannot be moved
THE BUGS:
-sound manager forces close message every time I try to open it
-adding a new user causes a force close message to appear whenever trienf to open gallery
-swiping on the keyboard causes the aosp keyboard to force close
-screen recorder doesn't work (should just be removed from our devices completely, the arc will never be fat enough to screen record)
-camera video doesnt work (although ion kernel would be the problem)
C-ROM:
c-rom is a ROM that is simply mind blowing, the ROM just has every feature I can simply think off, and in some instances it had features I have never even heard off.
the dev behind it added every feature from android I can think off, all into one amazing rom, for those people who like to change every single thing on there phone.
THE GOOD:
-tons of customizations
-lots of free ram, around 200mb all the time
-super smooth
-good turn on and off speeds (experienced this with v5.9 not v5.6)
-movable floating windows
-on the go mode
THE BAD:
-opening apps in floating mode is a little tedious
-slightly high battery consumption
THR BUGS:
there are bugs in both versions of c-rom so here goes:
v5.6:
-multi user support doesn't work, causes tons of force close messages when switching to the new user
-no option for enabling widget support on the lockscreen (only way to get the option is by editing build.prop file, but that causes the high end graphics option to dissapear from the performance menu)
-sound recorder doesn't have a ui, so users can't launch it from drawer (vanir aosp has this)
-no dowbloads app from drawer, and hence I can't make shortcuts to the download manager because there sinply isn't icon for it.
-no option to opt out of c-rom stats, it came up once then disappeared, but I know the menu for it exists
-can't put apps into floating window mode with halo switched off (in vanir aosp you can do this)
v5.9 bugs:
-no camera (video) although could be due to ion kernel?
-kernel logo sometimes comes up while I am using the phone
-the button in the status bar that switches between the tiles and the notification view move out of alignment when pressed
-no save page option in the browser but the option is there?
-swiping on aosp keyboard causes it to force close
-no force high end graphics option in settings
-no sound recorder icon in drawer
-opening the advanced settings option in the performance control app causes a force close
-exposed module causes a bootloop (stuck on kernel logo)
-no option to opt out of c-rom stats
-multi user support works fine, but causes a force lose on all media apps, I.e. try opening gallery and it force closes
so as you can see both ROMs are each unique but they are considered (by me) the best ROMs for xperia arc.
some tips for everyone:
-downloads in kitkat are found under an app called 'documents'
-to enable widget support on lockscreen in c-rom v5.6 you need to modify build.prop file changing the low ram config option to false
-there is no sound recorder icon in the drawer, although the app is installed, if you want to record using it, create a new message and add an attachment, when picking the attachment pick sound recorder and that's it.
some suggestions for c-rom in the future:
-would be great if you could add a dual panel mode like in vanir
-a better way if opening apps in floating window
my final verdict though on both ROMs, is that they are both amazing ROMs, but I think the award has to go to c-rom, due to its vast number of customizations while being a stable and smooth ROM. Good job 3andala
I would like to also point out that, I am not disrespecting others developers who have made a kk ROM for xperia arc, I am simply giving my opinion on 2 ROMs that I really like and consider to be the best for my xperia arc.
my ultimate goal really from a thread like this is to maybe one day see all developers working on only one ROM, that would be the smoothest ROM, with the most features etc..... that everyone would use, and just simply have a ROM that takes the device to it's limits, a ROM that we can all say that its the most complete ROM ever made for the xperia arc, and there will never be a better rom for this device than this. anyone with me?
anyway that's it from me, I hope you liked what if provided and if I helped you let me know as it makes me happy.
P.S. is there any way of increasing the brightness of the notification LED? there are patches for this on ICS and jb but no patches for this on kitkat, so could anyone advise me how its done?

[Q & A][ROM] [4.4.4] Plain-Andy

Please feel free to discuss any issues/questions you may have.

Regarding QuickTiles; 5 tiles or 4 tiles per row for our Grouper? I'm mixed and would like feedback.

Loving this rom, changing to f2fs with this, has deffintly breathed new life into my nexus.
I tried the quicktiles 4 and 5 but they take no effect and actually mess up the recents apps where they are invisible so i had to reflash the rom,
also maybe option to take off the ram bar in recents app?
Thanks Great Work!! on a side note i would like to add "force exchange force closed can be fixed by implmenting back the Email app.

Thank you for the feedback. Commonly if I like a feature I try my best to keep it and keep it persistent. The 4 & 5 row mods I will look further into. I'm believing it not working properly due to this being in phablet UI mode. Luckily enough that the 3 row doesn't look horrid on the Grouper. Yet to delve further with both items you mentioned.
Yes non existent email will do that. Consider that known and pretty sure will cause a FC with any ROM that it is removed from. Its something I can correct by not allowing it to be removed.

Unable to load changelog toast message appears when i try to see the changelog in about section sir
Awesome Rom I am using this as a daily driver simplistic with necessary customizations
The Lock Screen where it displays the battery level while charging is somewhat dislocated and is on top of unlock ring

[Q] Custom quick settings tiles (as in slimroms): How do you get those?

Hello,
I'm using Slimkat 4.4.4.8269 since its release. It has a neat feature called the custom tiles which is the feature that keeps me on that rom because I was unable to find a similar function in another ROM.
The Slimroms custom tiles basically lets you set unlimited "custom" tiles in the quicksettings which you can set with apps, os functions or whatever. They take a second action for a long press and they can cycle through multiple apps on that one tiles.
This is basically a quickstarter for apps. The thing that makes this marvelous is actually that opening an app doesn't get that app into the foreground, that statusbar stays in the foreground such that I can open a second and third, etc. app through very few taps.
An example what I use this for: My worst but not rare case here:
Navigation+speedcam warner+mozilla stumbler(wifi and cell existance to gps mapper)+openwlanmap.org (wifi to gps mapper)+openbmap.org (wifi and cell to gps mapper).
The best approach is to use a directory on the homescreen, if my launcher supported it. This way i don't have to search in the app drawer.
So I would open the directory, start app 1, press home screen, start app 2 and so on.
Until i started the 5 apps, I have done (swipes and presses+ app-open-taps combined) 15 actions.
Using custom tiles as slimkat offers it in the status bar I swipe to open the quick settings and then open my apps, 1 swipe+5 taps=6 actions.
This is for me much faster and allows me to pay much less attention to my phone while starting what I want.
However, I would like to update to Lollipop or M, anyways, go with CM most likely but that feature isn't there. I found out that the GravityBox with the xposed framework offers some kind of similar features but it only features 2 custom apps, currently I have a bit more than 20 in my status bar.
I could use "Tasker" for this approach as well, but actually that configuration is rather weird and static to one action/app (condition) which I first have to fulfill. That approach fails if one of the apps is already started and I only want to start one app especially if that meets Taskers condition. I end up using the app drawer and search for my app.
This post pretty much covers the configuration and outcome of the custom tile in Slimroms in two pictures:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/orig-development/rom-slimkat-hammerhead-stable-5-0-t2511512/post51495728#post51495728
Have you seen any other ROM with decent updates (that seems to be only CM for the hlte at the point of writing) or way to accomplish something similar? It doesn't need to be in the statusbar, even though that is quite easy to access.
Parts of my post I took from my post to a CM feature request at JIRA:
https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-2227?jql=text%20~%20%22custom%20tiles%22
Thanks in advance!

Try Layers, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/themes-apps/systemui-overlays-5-0-t3025183

Thanks for the reply. I think layers is some sort of theming app overlaying the normal icons with other colors. This is something new to me and interesting, but not what I wanted in this thread.
I found something that goes a bit in that direction: Hangars. It displays some appbar in the notification area. Upon opening an app the area disappears and I would have to open the notification area again. Still better than the homelauncher and its folders.
Something I tested previously going into the same direction is the PIE control as well as some sidelaunchers like omnirom and such. Still the custom tiles allow a faster operation.

If anyone is interested in those, you could vote for this as well:
https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-2227, It enclosed this feature.
From time to time I changed to CM or something like it, but return very quickly to my custom quick tiles as they are irreplacible and other roms waste time and I can hardly operate them blindly like slimkat.

Just heads up, Google finally may have thought those tiles to be useful and they were added in Marshmallow. You can only go there using the System UI tuner (google for it, if you don't know what it is. You'll need another app to configure those nicely, like custom quick settings. Due a bug you can't add more than 18 tiles in total, but if you like it and don't need more go ahead. Right now I have 40+ and they're in color.
So far I can't think of changing from the lovely slimkat.

{solved} swiping notifications locks screen

when swiping notifications from notifications panel using right to left swipe gesture to dismiss notification, the device goes to lock-screen (gets locked), interestingly this doesn't happen when swiping from left to right to dismiss notification. This has been around since 8.1 released for mia1, i have been waiting for any ota to fix this but this hasnt happened yet so i felt to report the situation. The reproduction rate isnt 100% but it does happen often so be patient while addressing this bug
Steps to reproduce
1. swipe down to get to the notifications panel
2. dismiss a few notification using RIGHT TO LEFT swipe
3. profit
Reproduce rate-50%
i have posted the bug to miformus to, feel free to give your opinions there too. Here's the link to the bug report - http://in.miui.com/thread-465-1-1.html
update: substweaks is behind this, i'll grab a log and report to the dev. What happened was system ui used to crash while swiping notifications in a specific manner as mentioned when substweaks overlays are installed, this ui crash instantly brings the ui to lock screen.

So you are on stock without any modification?
Tell us what modification you made Xposed module or magisk etc

Dead-neM said:
So you are on stock without any modification?
Tell us what modification you made Xposed module or magisk etc
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if i wasn't on stock i wouldn't have posted this thread, check my signature. Anyways, yes, the device is completely stock.

pooniaprashant said:
if i wasn't on stock i wouldn't have posted this thread, check my signature. Anyways, yes, the device is completely stock.
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You don't have any signature bro
So yes report bug and wait as you're not even rooted

I've just dismissed 30 notifications right to left and then 30 left to right, screen didn't lock a single time. Probably something on your phone doing it..?

okay thanks for input guys, i am pretty sure substratum is behind this, substweaks to be accurate.