i'm a big lover of the more stock looking Android better known as AOSP. unfortunately, the Google Play Edition is not actual AOSP since it runs on a TW Kernel. for me, though, this is close enough. both of the following ROMs are good bases with little tweaking done. i have made personal changes in each to a few apps as well as removed some google apps that can be downloaded via market. both deodexed by me. enough talk...
4.3 pulled from Aerys' thread
4.2.2 pulled from m3dd0g's thread
4.3 Features:
- I9505GUEUBMG8 4.3 Base
- T-Mobile Specific CSC's (v1.1 and higher)
- Stock 4.3 Kernel
- Fully de-odexed
- Fully zipaligned /system
- Rooted
- ADB support
- Removed 106mb of Google apps
- Multi-language support
- Busybox
- AOSP Browser
- Google Wallet
- Exchange Email device policies removed
4.2.2 Features:
- I9505GUEUAMFD 4.2.2 Base
- T-Mobile Specific CSC's (v1.1 and higher)
- Modified Kernel by ausdim
- Exfat with Samsung forced to load modules
- MTP
- Insecure
- Fully de-odexed
- Fully zipaligned /system
- Rooted
- ADB support
- Removed 107mb of Goog apps
- Multi-language support
- Busybox
- 4-way reboot - code by Jamison904, ported by mrV
- AOSP Browser
- Google Wallet
- Exchange Email device policies removed
Installation Instructions:
you need a custom Recovery installed
this will not wipe your internal sd-card
- Download ROM to SD card
- Reboot into recovery
- Wipe data/factory reset
- Wipe cache
- Wipe dalvik cache
- Flash ROM (this process may take a minute or two, be patient!)
- Reboot and enjoy
- note*** when booting out of recovery, select NO, do not fix recovery - 4.3 only
Thanks:
- AllicanceROM Family
- Aerys
- m3dd0g
- ausdim
- dsixda
- Chainfire
- Jamison904
- Fenny
- _JKay_
- CM Team
- MIUI creators
- And anyone else I may have forgotten (it wasn't intentional, just PM me and I'll add you to the list)
Donators (an extra special thanks goes out to you. VERY appreciated):
- BDHela
- jbdan
- tofi1
ROM Download:
VirginROM v2 - Android 4.3
MD5 Sum: F3DA32D3B685D7E6FB6F1F86092BAFCA
Add-ons:
TW, CM, & MIUI Notifications, Ringtones, Alarms
Mms V4.0 by rodrigoswz
T9 Dialer by nbeebe24
Known Issues:
none
Old Versions
4.2.2
VirginROM v1.4
VirginROM v1.3
VirginROM v1.2
VirginROM v1.1
VirginROM v1
Standard Disclaimer: I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. Flash at your own risk.
Samsung Galaxy S4 M919 running VirginROM / Apollyon
Kahvitahra's mods || SGS2 GingerWay_BlueOcean Theme || GNex battery mod thread || S3 Virgin Theme
Kahvitahra's mods || SGS2 GingerWay_BlueOcean Theme || GNex battery mod thread || S3 Virgin Theme
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