Chameleon OS (or ChaOS for short) is a custom Android ROM that gives the user more control than they can experience on any other Android ROM. Starting with a CyanogenMOD base, we customize each piece to give ultimate control while maintaining the simplicity we all love about Android. The most notable feature of ChaOS is the theme engine, which can apply different pieces of themes in a true mix-and-match style. The launcher has been completely overhauled with tons of options that you'd normally need to download a third-party launcher for, such as home screen previews, folder sorting, and folder icon styles. The Messaging app has also had some UI retouches, including messaging bubbles and quick emoji button.
The entire framework of ChaOS has been modified around the theme engine, allowing for custom fonts, boot animations (with animated preview), and themes. No longer do you have to try to find the perfect theme, with Chameleon OS you can patch it together with your favorite pieces from different themes. Messaging, Phone, Status Bar, icons, everything can be set completely individually from each other which provides the capabilities to completely re-imagine your phone. Creating themes for the ChaOS Theme Engine is superbly simple and has extreme versatility.
Even with all of the features we've currently implemented, ChaOS will continue to mature with even more refined settings and features. We will be completely open source and will welcome developers to join us, whether it be by maintaining a device or utilizing our gerrit review. Even if you're not a developer, your voice will not go unheard. We will continually poll our users for the most wanted features and do our best to implement them.
Features
This List Will Be Evolving With The ROM
Built on CM so basic CM features are included
Fully open source, contribute features and fix bugs
Launcher Features
Folder icon styles: stacked, grid, or carousel
Folder sorting: alphabetically, reverse alphabetically, or by usage
Icon scaling in app drawer and on homescreen
Home screen previews, rearrangable homescreens
Set default screen from previews layout
Add or remove homescreens from previews layout
Slide homescreens with a second finger while holding widgets and icons
Customizable gestures: slide up, slide down, pinch, and spread
Theme Manager
Based on MIUI's theme engine
Mix and match different themes on the fly
Theme options: Icons, Status Bar, Boot animation, Font (requires reboot), Messaging, Framework, and Ringtones
Applies native ctz files, but also will apply MIUI mtz files, not all elements will theme properly with mtz packages
Animated boot animation preview
Boot animation resolution scaling
Status Bar
Customizable toggles, compact or page view (or off)
Extended volume panel in page view toggles
Access status or navigation bars while in fullscreen apps by touching the edge of the screen
Messaging
Reads custom notification tones from Contacts
Revised layout: Added messaging bubbles, removed avatar icons from conversation and put one in the action bar, quick shortcut for emojis
Security
Manage installed apps' permissions
WHAT I NEED RIGHT NOW ARE TESTERS FOR 3G/DATA
There are 2 Rils i need you guys to test. the stock ril..e.g the one that i packaged with the rom, "QualcommSharedRIL"
And the other flashable zip, ril 2 "LGEQualcommUiccRIL"
For me, they both appear to work, but my warps are not active. so i need you to test 3g/data
Whats Working
It Boots
sound
hardware / gfx acceleration
sensors
bluetooth
Radio.. yes
Things seems to stick better in this rom
External storage is BUSTED right now. so no sdcard
You will likely experience some lag at first, but this is gone once the radio comes up.
also themes are not working, we are looking into this. as i stated this is very pre beta, but need testers.
Settings i found work the best for performance
CPU: 61/1804mhz
Gov: Smoothass
IoSched: CFQ
Allow purging of bitmap assest
16-bit transparency
dithering at the default value
ALSO:
YOU MUST MANUALLY WIPE DATA AFTER INSTALLING THIS ROM, I HAVE NOT ADDED IT TO THE UPDATE SCRIPT AS OF YET
Downloads
ROM:Chaos-JB4.3-Warp-Nov122013
LGEQualcommUiccRIL:RIL-FLASHABLE