GOOGLE EDITION 4.4.2 BY DANVDH
INTNL S4 DEVICES ONLY, NORTH AMERICANS SEE MY AT&T OR T-MOBILE POSTS
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BRICKS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS POST
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Information
This is the latest build for the I9505-G Google Edition S4 official from Google/Samsung, I have made quite a few optimizations to the ROM and added the tools necessary to give it the features (100% working features that is) of an AOSP ROM, Google edition does not use open source proprietary which mean's Bluetooth, and most importantly the camera will work way better out of the box since Samsung builds this ROM (Full HDR support, 1080p video recording, no green lines on the front cam)
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Features
-Latest 4.4.2 Google Edition (Extremely clean ROM base made by me)
- No rom branding - I don't flash my name around in the settings menu anywhere, keeping it stock AOSP.
-Rooted
-Faux mainline kernel (sources at the bottom of this post)
-Busybox
-ART compatible
-Dalvik Optimized
-Zip aligned
-No extra bloat
-Nova launcher (lightest launcher available, lots of features, only 3mb!)
-Inverted 4.4 mms with quick reply (stock mms optional flash)
-Ships with latest xposed
-Gravity box module included (This will give you a TON of extra tweaks only found in AOSP roms, and they work!)
--Status bar tweaks
--Notification panel tweaks
--Battery icon
--Hardware key assignments
--CRT on/off
--Expandable volume panel
--Advanced reboot menu
--Transparency settings
--Disable/Enable CRT
--Lockscreen quick pin unlock
--Customize lock screen targets
--Adjustable clear all recent apps button
--Enable all rotations
+ more!
-XuiMod module
--List view animations
--AOKP Animation control
--Battery bar
--+More!
-CM weather widget
-Fast, Simple and built from a clean 4.4.2 system dump by myself
-Enjoy!!
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Installation instructions
-Full wipe
-Flash ROM
-Reboot (if at anytime recovery asks you to fix root, say no)
The kernel in post 3 should fix reboots if you're phone gets them :)
-Let phone settle for a few minutes
-Open app drawer and open xposed, press the framework button and install the framework, reboot your device
-Open xposed one again and enter the module menu and enable gravity box, reboot for final time
-Enjoy the many features at you're fingertips located in the Gravity Box app :)
*Give the kernel a day or two to settle, my settings are in post #2*
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Download
4.4.2 build here
md5: 37144447d916621199a981b2c728c551
Optional
Stock unthemed MMS (no quick reply) *note* flash this if you use ART and have problems with my modified mms with quick reply
4.3 Email with security disabled
4.4 Email
Google Experience Launcher
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Changelog
12/19/2013
-Updated Superuser
-Updated Xuimod
-Removed all traces of Samsung (except S-view)
-CSC removed
-Enabled all rotations
-Dithering enabled for better image quality
-Increased panorama resolution
-Faster scrolling - very fluid and smooth, you will notice this right away
-Launcher now stays in memory (performance boost)
-Touchscreen optimizations - try it with a pair of gloves now not nearly as bad ( I live in canada and need this)
-Battery life optimizations - just a few that are proven to work, there are alot of useless battery tweaks out there, I was careful
-Decreased boot time - (not by very much lol, half a second maybe? based on 2 tests)
-Phone will deep sleep faster (This tested positive in CPU spy, The best tweak in the arsenal for sure)
-Disabled Playstore check in - This fixes app's that "hang" when downloading an update, also the system won't auto update when you first login
-Xposed is now uninstallable
-All modules are user uninstallable
-adjusted build.prop tweaks
-removed google drive (get it from the market)
-removed chrome (get it from the market)
-Qualcomm-optimized Dalvik & Bionic libraries (compare with ART now :P)
-The screenshot on the left is yesterdays build after a full day and a settled kernel, the one on the right is from a half hour so ago :P
update 7:12 AM, I did another benchmark after allowing the phone and kernel to settle down a bit
pretty insane... These benchmarks rival art and this is also amazing because optimized dalvik will not increase battery consumption, it will actually lower it! Very well could be a random reboot fixer too for those certain unlucky users, never know at this point =/
Samsung is gone from the build, Every tweak I added tonight has been tested and I immediately noticed how fluid and smooth scrolling is, the system is bench marking better as well
12/15/2013
-General optimizations to last nights hard work
-Build.prop updated
-Gravity Box updated
-ART is now supported (for non xposed users)
-Just touch ups, didn't need to do to much to 4.4.2
-Enjoy, Focusing on S3 development now
-Thanks for all you're support!
12/14/2013
-Full Wipe
-rebased all of the above on latest 4.4.2 from google/samsung
-an all nighter for me, but this was fun :)
-tested for 2 hours, Dan approves
