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Paranoid Android

r/paranoid_android

The best place for tuning in to Paranoid Android announcements and discussions

Created Aug 8, 2014

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Paranoid Android (or just PA for short) is a custom Android ROM aiming to not simply add a slew of features all over the place but to instead be consistent with the Android Open Source Project and add delightful touches following the same simple design philosophy Google has set forward.

Rules

Read and follow reddiquette and selfpromotion
Do not link directly to APKs and instead just link to the Play Store details page for the applications
Stay on-topic meaning, for example, image macros and the likes are allowed as long as they are relevant and relate to the topic at hand

Legacy builds explained

The main line-up of builds is for the recent Nexus devices and a couple of other devices (such as bacon). The decision of adding devices to this line-up is done by the team privately. Devices that are not in this list are considered legacy devices which means they have separate maintainers assigned to handle the building and support processes.

Link flairs explained

We use a couple of flairs to allow quick distinction between what the post is all about.

Release - links to the release announcement posts
Notice - official submissions serving as announcements of any kind
Review - reviews of features or the ROM as a whole
Promotion - posts with the sole purpose of promoting an app, a product, a service, etc
Discussion - generic self-posts about user preferences (e.g. what is the best xyz?)
Support - any kind of Q/A or issue troubleshooting

Logcat explained

Logcat is very helpful for developers as it provides... well, logs to analyze. It is suggested to include logs when reporting bugs (especially for crashes since the system usually does a great job of logging where the issue took place).

The standard method of getting a log is just hooking your device up to a computer and running adb logcat in a command prompt/terminal. That will by default output all stored logs and keep checking back for new logs (displaying them as soon as possible on the computer).

If you can reproduce the bug, you can run adb logcat -c before doing so. That will clear all the old logs from the memory manually. A smaller log means the developer has a much easier time looking into the bug since it will be simpler to find it in the log.

Trying to get a log of a reboot can be trickier since the logs are stored in memory which is cleared when the device shuts down (or reboots) meaning anything that happened before that point is gone. To get a log of a reboot, you need to start running logcat before the device reboots and you have to keep it running (connected to the computer) the whole time.

For information about getting the log into a text file, search around the interwebs for how to save output from terminal or how to save output from command prompt. Running adb logcat -d might also be helpful as it will act like the standard method, but instead it will dump what it has and will not keep on listening for new logs forever.

We recommend using hastebin if you are looking for a quick way to put your log online. Unlike similar competitors, they keep their design simple and don't throw ads at your face just making the experience pleasant.

Helpful links

Themes and icon packs by team members

Veu by Arz
Fi by Arz
Objects by Carlo
PiazzA by Lo
Kraken by Matt

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