[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Hello everyone!

In this thread you'll find all my custom ROMs for Huawei U8836D / Ascend G500 Pro (MT6577) smartphone (also known as Huawei Shine). Please be sure to read this carefully in order to avoid unnecessary questions. ;)

Do not mirror my files, as I will always make sure links are working. :fingers-crossed: Instead, please share the link to this thread.

Review of Huawei U8836D:

Huawei U8836D / Ascend G500 Pro / Shine (Dual SIM with 3G support)​

Tutorials and Frequently asked questions (FAQ):

For tutorials jump into post #2.

For frequently asked questions (FAQ) jump into post #3.​

Version history (including download links):

V1.0MOD (02-10-2012):

Based on official Android 4.0.4 ROM (Huawei release: U8836DV100R001CHNC00B600SP19 ; Stock kernel 3.0.13)

Custom changes:

Removed all Chinese applications (Chinese IME, Huawei app store, etc)

Added reboot to recovery option to power menu

Enabled MediaTek EPO and A-GPS settings under Location services menu

Enabled Speech category (Voice search and TTS output) under Language & input menu

Fixed the bug related to the association of caller identification (CID) with contacts, due to country code prefixes

Integrated the latest version of Google apps

Added ES File Explorer (v1.6.2.1) and ES Task Manager (v1.3.1)

Rooted (no need to root phone with third party applications) with SuperUser application (v3.1.3) and su binary (v3.1.1)

Busybox (v1.20.2) installed

Added battery percentage (in steps of 1%) display

Changed notification LED color to blue instead of green

Updated APN list (apns-conf.xml)

Added AdFree hosts to system hosts file (blocks ads in several applications or games, for example Angry Birds)

Added stock ICS LatinIME and dictionary pack

=> Download link

=> MD5 sum: 3b547d0f6b643b168b02468c4c55b6fd​

V2.0MOD (20-10-2012):

Based on official Android 4.0.4 ROM (Huawei release: U8836DV100R001CHNC00B600SP25 ; Stock kernel 3.0.13)

Custom changes:

Added some build.prop tweaks to improve pictures and video quality, increase touch responsiveness and improve battery life

Updated ICS LatinIME and dictionary pack

Updated Google Play Store (v3.9.16)

Updated Street View on Google Maps (v1.8.1.2)

Updated Huawei Mobile Partner internal disk with the latest HiSuite software and Google ADB drivers

Added support for the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, German, Spanish, Farsi, French, Hindu, Indonesian, Italian, Malaysian, Dutch, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Russian, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Chinese (traditional and simplified)

=> Download link

=> MD5 sum: 1d5a43add7745958d33484f344cfa46f​

V2.1MOD (16-12-2012):

Custom changes:

User customize-able installation based on AROMA installer

Included script to automatically disable internal sdcard if extended userdata partition is detected (be sure to read post #4)

Included JB LatinIME (with predictive swipe) and dictionary pack

Updated Google Play Store (v3.10.10)

Updated Google Play Services (v2.0.12)

Updated Gmail (v4.2.1)

Updated YouTube (v4.2.16)

Added support for the following languages: Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Greek

Unlocked hidden features under Developer options menu

Fixed bootloop when factory reset was done under Android system

=> Download link

=> MD5 sum: 331e8763eddf7c2ac1ce0f1020ca1bbd​

V2.2MOD (28-12-2012):

Custom changes:

Fixed SystemUI crash when system language was set to Czech or Greek

Corrected date format entries for Czech and Greek languages

Fixed non-working light sensor reported by some users

Disabled built-in virtual disk drive

Updated APN list (apns-conf.xml)

Updated TZ data (timezone data)

Updated Google Maps (v6.14.2)

=> Download link

=> MD5 sum: 193d5087d0731f318bf514aee2fbaec7​

V3.0MOD (18-02-2013):

Based on official Android 4.0.4 ROM (Huawei release: U8836DV100R001C10B600SP12 ; Stock kernel 3.0.13)

Custom changes:

Added all fixes / modifications as in previous releases

Integrated the latest version of Google apps

=> Download link

=> MD5 sum: d9a3f828e605b2115aee7030009b1745​

GPL compliance:

Kernel 3.0.13 source code

Link to tarball from Huawei website

Link to github repo

Credits:

iBotPeaches and brut.all for apktool

dsixda for his ROM kitchen which is really helpfull for easy-deodexing

Koush for his wonderfull CWM recovery, as well to all contibutors

amarullz for his amazing AROMA installer

...and finally to all the devs whose apps, tweaks and scripts I have used on my custom ROMs

Please don't just leech the files and go away. You can easily say thanks just by pressing "Thanks" button.

Feel free to post your comments. I hope you all like it! ;)