[ROM] [4.4.3] Evervolv 4.0.0 KitKat [GSM/CDMA] [Updated 06/06/14] - HTC Rezound

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What is Evervolv?
Evervolv is an AOSP (Android Open Source Project) rom. We're fully open sourced and encourage it with no restrictions. The work put into this ROM is community driven and Evervolv Project is made up of numerous members and contributors.
Right now the current source we are working on is KitKat (Android 4.4.x).
Current Evervolv version: 4.0.0b1
Installation
If coming from another ROM, you will need to wipe!
Download ZIP
Flash in recovery.
To enable GSM, download the GSM zip below and flash in recovery.
Note: If you have flashed the GSM zip and wish to go back to CDMA, download and flash the CDMA zip in recovery.
If S-ON:
Extract the boot.img from the zip file
then flash in fastboot with the command below:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Changing runtime from Dalvik to Art
Art is experimental, but if you wish to try follow the below instructions:
flash the rom (If you have already installed the standard gapps for Dalvik, you will need to wipe first.
boot and change the runtime to Art (settings -> developer options)
Let the phone rebot and do it's thing
Once rebooted, boot into recovery and flash the Banks gapps provided below
Working
Everyting regarding the phone's operation should work. Calls, data, wifi, camera, camcorder, video & bluetooth (calling and a2dp) etc.
Not working
Camcorder will take a few seconds to start recording.
Camcorder will stop working if used repeatedly, you will know it's not working if it starts "recording" immediately (reboot to fix)
You tell me?
Downloads
ROM: ev_vigor-4.0.0b1-20140510-kitkat.zip
md5sum: 5952e39c580c9e9d0890e650bad61cc1
GSM Enabler: GSM.zip
CDMA Enabler: CDMA.zip <-- only needed to go back to CDMA after changing to GSM.
Standard gapps (Use these for Dalvik): gapps-kk-20131031.zip
md5sum: 2574c09191c29a47224223acfb24d7b8
Banks gapps (Use these for ART or Dalvik): 12-14_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed.zip
md5sum: 75f217d464d6f8bd2ee6395d9bd59058
Thanks to the following individuals (in alphabetical order):
Flyhalf205, iamtheonetheycallneo, _litz, REV3NT3CH, Snuzzo, TheBr0ken
Also thanks to the Evervolv team, Team-Hydra, and Sultanxda

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*RESERVED*

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Awesome! Will flash this afternoon and run it through its paces and report back.
Have you ran it for a bit @kkozma? How's battery life, I know its been poor in some 4.4.2 builds for the Rez.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

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Poor battery life with the Rezound is just a fact of life... I know that switching to Art DOES increase battery life, but there are issues with Art that really make it not that great for a daily driver.
I've noticed a few graphics issues in this rom that we don't have in CM, so I'm going to have to investigate that a bit, but otherwise it's been pretty stable.

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Netflix hack posted in 2nd post. Tested and working.

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Nice job. Thanks!!!!!

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kkozma said:
Poor battery life with the Rezound is just a fact of life... I know that switching to Art DOES increase battery life, but there are issues with Art that really make it not that great for a daily driver.
I've noticed a few graphics issues in this rom that we don't have in CM, so I'm going to have to investigate that a bit, but otherwise it's been pretty stable.
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So your saying that the battery life is as "typical" on KitKat with the Rezound as any other ROM?
Also, what issues have you noted with ART that might effect it being a daily driver? I use ART on my Nexus 4 and it is trouble free... What do you see as the reason ART couldn't be a dd ROM in this case?

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Can someone post a screen shot of this once it is installed? Please

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@kkozma ROM seems really smooth. YouTube, BT streaming and calls, and camera functions all work well with dalvik runtime. As you mentioned ART does seem to have issues at times.
Great job on the build - look forward to testing it out more as a DD.
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk

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Will post some screen shots shortly... Pretty plain jane, so not sure what your looking for.
One thing I noticed, from the home screen if you press Menu -> Settings nothing happens, no menu, pressing Settings from App screen works fine. Also, if you press Wallpaper from Menu on Home screen you get "Launcher3 has stopped" (Nevermind, it just didn't like the fact I had the SD card mounted as USB Storage, once I turned it off, it was fine). Just starting to play around, haven't even flashed Gapps yet.
EDIT: some basic screen shots attached, not much to see though
EDIT2: Gapps installed (Banks), base configuration, and some basic apps installed (Play Store didn't reinstall apps coming from LiquidSmooth) and ran it through some everyday stuff... Exchange email, WiFi Hotspot (tried Nexus 4, HP laptop, XBox360 all successful), media playback, Chrome, Google Maps, etc. all working fine, no issues of any kind so far other than the Menu->Settings things I mentioned above. Going to give it a run this week and see what happens... nice work @kkozma and the rest of the devs. :good:
EDIT3: Added a screen shot from after I configed with basic apps I use, a few widgets, and gapps... in case someone was interested.

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Haven't really used Evervolv before, are the Performance settings hidden or just not in Evervolv?

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scy1192 said:
Haven't really used Evervolv before, are the Performance settings hidden or just not in Evervolv?
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Settings->Toolbox -> Performance
---------- Post added at 06:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:53 PM ----------
Wow... memory usage is amazing so far, averaging 390MB free?!?! I haven't seen that in a LONG time!!!

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Been using it for a little while, it's really fast. Might be because I had that install of CM11 for a while and I wiped it for Evervolv, but who knows.
With xposed and Gravity Box I'm not missing anything.

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Anyone know if gsm is working? Cm11 doesn't quite have it working yet... Everything except sending texts...
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda app-developers app

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blu422 said:
Anyone know if gsm is working? Cm11 doesn't quite have it working yet... Everything except sending texts...
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda app-developers app
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Not sure about GSM. I do know that Evervolv uses a slightly different telephony codebase. Give it a shot!

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This is my new daily driver ROM... I tried to break this, really I did, but I couldn't... everything works, Bluetooth, camera, tethering, prox sensor with no tweaks, Exchange email/calendar/contacts... everything. The ONLY think I found that isn't working is when you press Menu->Settings it does nothing, but accessing settings from the pull-down or app menu works fine.
Battery life is average, not terrible, but not great. Memory management and usage is amazing, and I am running with close to 400MB free on a regular basis.
FYI to others... this ROM is plain jane, there isn't any fluff at all, it is as very basic and has few tweaks and settings but that is by design. That isn't a bad thing but if you are used to Tachyon, Carbon, or others it might seem like something is missing, but it isn't, just be aware you will have to add the apps and stuff you want/need that are anything beyond the core of Android. Out of the box there is barely one full page of apps and only basic widgets, so you will probably need some lockscreen and widget add-ons as well if you are used to other ROMs.
All and all, for the first full blown KitKat release for the Rezound, this is a stable, usable basic ROM... I whole-heartedly recommend this ROM.
Will continue to use this as my DD, if I run across anything I will share.

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acejavelin said:
This is my new daily driver ROM... I tried to break this, really I did, but I couldn't... everything works, Bluetooth, camera, tethering, prox sensor with no tweaks, Exchange email/calendar/contacts... everything. The ONLY think I found that isn't working is when you press Menu->Settings it does nothing, but accessing settings from the pull-down or app menu works fine.
Battery life is average, not terrible, but not great. Memory management and usage is amazing, and I am running with close to 400MB free on a regular basis.
FYI to others... this ROM is plain jane, there isn't any fluff at all, it is as very basic and has few tweaks and settings but that is by design. That isn't a bad thing but if you are used to Tachyon, Carbon, or others it might seem like something is missing, but it isn't, just be aware you will have to add the apps and stuff you want/need that are anything beyond the core of Android. Out of the box there is barely one full page of apps and only basic widgets, so you will probably need some lockscreen and widget add-ons as well if you are used to other ROMs.
All and all, for the first full blown KitKat release for the Rezound, this is a stable, usable basic ROM... I whole-heartedly recommend this ROM.
Will continue to use this as my DD, if I run across anything I will share.
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Thanks for the glowing review! If it means anything to anyone else. I've installed this on my wife's Rezound and she has no complaints. She's as big of a technophobe there is, so I'd say that's also a good sign. Haha!
How about mounting the SD Card for USB mass storage? I wasn't able to get that going on mine and I saw someone in the CM thread with the same issue... I think it's probably something in the mount points, but I'm chicken to mess with that stuff!

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kkozma said:
Thanks for the glowing review! If it means anything to anyone else. I've installed this on my wife's Rezound and she has no complaints. She's as big of a technophobe there is, so I'd say that's also a good sign. Haha!
How about mounting the SD Card for USB mass storage? I wasn't able to get that going on mine and I saw someone in the CM thread with the same issue... I think it's probably something in the mount points, but I'm chicken to mess with that stuff!
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It worked fine for me, but I did have to turn it on manually from the dropdown menu.
Edit: now that I think about it, all I did was access the internal storage to grab my screen shots, I didn't try to actually access the SD card, I will give that a shot when I get back to the office.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

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Ok, I just tested GSM with my AT&T sim card and it did not work. It's possible it was caused by something I missed in one of the config files to build with. I have corrected that and am re-building now.

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Does built in wireless hotspot work without hotspot subscription check on vzw?