[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheManOfMen:
AVID: characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit

THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO AVID ROM! THE ROM THAT NEVER STOPS WORKING FOR YOU!

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STORY:

MY NAME IS MICHAEL AND I AM A NEW DEVELOPER...WHEN I SAY NEW I REALLY MEAN NEW! I AM IN NO WAY AS SKILLED AS THE OTHER MAGNIFICENT DEVELOPERS THAT ARE HERE ON XDA. I AM SIMPLY DOING THIS FOR FUN AND TRYING TO BUILD MY SKILLS STEP BY STEP. I WAS FIRST INFLUENCED A WHILE BACK WHEN I HAD MY FIRST ANDROID PHONE WHICH WAS THE OG DROID AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO BUILD ROMS AND DO MY OWN THEMEING. SIMPLE FACT WAS THAT AT THAT TIME THERE WERE NO DEVS THAT REALLY WANTED TO HELP(AT LEAST FROM WHAT I SAW) SO NOW A FEW YEARS PASS BY AND I FINALLY SAW A GREAT DEV POST A GREAT THREAD ABOUT HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ROM. I READ IT CAREFULLY AND FOLLOWED THE STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS...AND NOW AFTER ABOUT A MONTH FROM READING AND FIGURING OUT LITTLE THINGS HERE AND THERE I HAVE FINALLY BAKED MY OWN ROM ALL THANKS TO EDGEHOOD! HE WAS THE CREATOR OF THE THREAD THAT MADE ME REALIZE THAT I COULD DO MY OWN ROM AND DO IT MY OWN WAY. HE GAVE ME CONFIDENCE IN SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN. THANK YOU EDGEHOOD BECAUSE WITHOUT YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM AND YOUR DO IT YOURSELF THREAD I WOULD HAVE NOT EVEN THINKING TWICE TO TRY TO BUILD MY OWN ROM :) NOW WITH THAT LITTLE STORY ASIDE LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU ALL HERE ON XDA THE AVID ROM!!!

ROM:

THIS ROM IS A COMPLETELY STOCK ROM BASED OFF OF SCROSLERS DE-ODEXED OFFICIAL JB 4.1.2 - I535VRBMB1 BASE . IT IS:

•Stock Rooted

•Zip Align

•Busybox

•ADB as root (Remount)

•Removed VZW installer

•init.d support

IT HAS MANY init.d tweaks and build.prop tweaks ADDED THAT ARE FOUND IN OTHER ROMS AS WELL.

IT IS BAKED WITH SBREEN94'S KERNEL "ZEUS" SBREEN94'S SUGGEST THAT YOU USE PEGASUSQ AS GOVERNOR AND EITHER ZEN OR CFQ AS SCHEDULER...AS FOR FREQUENCIES I MYSELF USE 1512MAX 594MIN

THANKS TO ANDYBONES THIS ROM COMES WITH LIDROIDS 23 TOGGLES, ADVANCED POWER MENU+MENU TO KILL AND ON GOING WIFI NOTIFICATION(OFF) MODS!

REMOVED A TON OF BLOAT AND ONLY KEPT A FEW APPS THAT I THINK SOME PEOPLE USE DAILY

UNFORTUNETLY I HAVE YET TO LEARN HOW TO ADD AROMA INSTALLER TO THIS ROM SO SADLY YOU CAN NOT BUILD IT HOW YOU LIKE IT BUT I PROMISE YOU ALL THAT I AM WORKING ON IT...INFACT IF ANYONE OUT THERE WOULD LIKE TO HELP ME WITH THIS ROM AND GETTING SOME THEMEING DONE AND AROMA INSTALLER AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS THINK MIGHT MAKE THIS ROM BETTER I AM OPEN TO ALL SUGGESTIONS AND HELPING HANDS(PLEASE NOTE I AM NOT ASKING YOU TO HOLD MY HAND AND DO THE MODS/THEMEING FOR ME BUT YET ASKING TO GET POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND POSSIBLY TEACHING ME SO THAT I CAN DO IT ON MY OWN...IF YOU HELP YOU WILL BE ADDED TO MY THANK YOU'S AND YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE CREDIT YOU HIGHLY DESERVE).

WARNING: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE. BY FLASHING THIS ROM YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT CONSIQUENCES MAY OCCUR AND ARE HEREBY TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING PLEASE SEARCH XDA FOR HELP WITH FLASHING/ROOTING. IF YOU BREAK YOUR PHONE OR BRICK IT...IT IS NOT MY PROBLEM.

PROBLEMS:

NONE SO FAR(been using it for 2 weeks) HIT ME UP IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY.

FLASHING:

1. DOWNLOAD AVID ROM.ZIP

2. PLACE .ZIP ON ROOT OF EXT. SDCARD

3. I RECOMMEND USING TWRP

4. DO BACK UP IN TWRP

5. DO FULL WIPE(CACHE/DALVIK/SYSTEM/DATA)

6. FLASH AVID ROM.ZIP

7. AFTER FLASH REBOOT(twrp may ask you to restore root before it reboots just swipe where it says to)

8. LET IT SIT FOR ABOUT A MINUTE OR 2 AND NOW YOUR AVID!

THANKS:

HUGE THANKS TO EDGEHOOD...WITH OUT HIS GUIDENCE THIS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE

ANOTHER HUGE THANKS TO SYNOPSIS- HE WILL BE DOING THE GRAPHICS PART OF IT ALL...CHECK OUT THE AVID SIGN ;)

ANDYBONES- HELPING ME WITH THE TOGGLE/ON GOING WIFI AND APM MODS

SCROSLER- LETTING DEVS USE HIS BASE

SBREEN94- LETTING ME USE HIS KERNEL

UPNDWN4PAR, JEFF MIXON, LUCIANO TORRES AND FOREVER KING- FOR build.prop and init.d tweaks

BMATTY14- BEING A TESTER

LIDROID and WANAM- FOR THEIR TOGGLES

DIDACT74- FOR LETTING ME AND ALL DEVS USE HIS MULTI-MODS

FAWKIPHONE- SGS4 APPS

RAZZ1- BUILD.PROP tweaks for better graphics and smoother ROM feel

I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE AND ENJOY THIS 1ST ROM OF MINE THAT I HOPE TO MAKE BETTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AS I SAID I AM OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS AND HELP FROM ANYONE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP AND EVEN BE IN ON THIS ROM PLEASE PM ME SO THAT WE CAN GET TO WORKING TOGETHER! HAPPY FLASHING!:laugh:

ROM LINK:- https://copy.com/MmFoWPg7aLd3

Wallpaper Link:- https://www.dropbox.com/s/56ge895mgb8s39h/Avid Rom Wallpaper.jpg

Extras Link:-https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjodhcq2ecmt5oq/Extras.zip

Instructions for adding extras...YOU MUST ADD EXTRAS BEFORE YOU INSTALL ROM: download both ROM and Extras .zip; unzip both ROM and Extras to your computer; go into the Extras folder and check out the folders for the extras you want; copy the .apk's you want into system/app on the ROM(note: some Extras require you to also add/replace libs...libs can be found in system/lib on the ROM)(note#2: some of the .apk's in the Extra folder will require you to replace other .apk's in the ROM..just delete the same .apk that is in the ROM and replace it with the .apk you have choosen from the Extras folder); once you are done adding/replacing all the files and/or libs make a .zip folder of: boot, system and meta-inf folders; give the .zip a name and place it on the root of you ext-sdcard; since these are just apps you will not have to do a full wipe BUT WIPE CACHE AND DALVIK CACHE; then flash and your good! once i get aroma down packed then it'll be easier but for now if you want the extras just follow the guide :) a list of whats in the Extras folder is at bottom where "updates" is at.

SCREENSHOTS:

Battery:

Upcoming Extras:

Aroma Installer

Themeing

Screenlock Chooser(done)

Battery Icon Chooser(done)

And any other Mods that you all would like me to add(if i can ;) )

UPDATES:

05/12/13- mini update!

now GPU is forced

more build.prop tweaks to improve performance and effects and make rom faster and smoother(you be the judge)

3G tweaks added

you may do a dirty flash over earlier update BUT WIPE DALVIK CACHE AND CACHE FIRST! hope you enjoy :)

Extras.zip includes:

-Cameras- AOSP; Stock and Note 2 Cam/Gallery

-Launchers- 4x5 scroll/noscroll; 5x6 scroll/noscroll; Apex; Nova and StockScroll

-Samsung Apps- Accuweather; Music Player; MobilePrint and Smemo

-Keyboards- AOSP and Stock

-MMS- AOSP and Stock

Thanks to fawkiPhone i was able to also include SGS4 apps! these include:

-Accuweather; Pop Up Browser; Camera; Notes; Video Player; YouTube and Flash Player

05/12.2013:

HUGE UPDATE!!!:

Now baked in is very sick bootanimation done by Synopsis(screen blinks white when logo spins but we are looking into it but great work by Synopsis)

There is a link above where you can download the first wallpaper for this rom also done by Synopsis(more to come)

Baked in Didact's Multi-Mods+Rom Control so now you get:

-6 different selectable lockscreens located in ROM settings (when using alternate lockscreens keep the "ripple" option turned off)

-AOSP Shortcuts

-Options for TW and AOSP Lockscreen including clock, weather, and dual clock

-Statusbar clock MODs v2.0 located in ROM settings

-remove clock

-center clock

-stock clock

-remove am/pm

-small am/pm

-large am/pm

-small abbreviated day of week

-large abbreviated day of week

-no abbreviated day of week

-1% Battery Mod with with animated charging

-Verizon logo removed in drop down

-Removed GPS Icon

-IME keyboard toggle

-Removed ongoing notification

-Wifi quick button in drop down menu

-Inverted Email colors for black background

-Expanded menu options to the MMS app

-Camera shutter sound menu in camera settings

-4 in 1 Reboot Menu

-Black status bar

-International Boot and Shutdown Animations

-No boot or shutdown sounds

-Song/track skip with long volume press with toggle - works with all players

-Removed scrolling cache

-Lockscreen torch with toggle

UNFORTUNETLY since im using Didacts multi mod i had to get rid of the 23 toggles option BUT im working hard to add them in but atleast you get the wifi toggle :)

Also added are some more speed and battery optimaztion tweaks to keep you AVID thru the day!

PLEASE DO FULL WIPE(CACHE, DALVIK, SYSTEM AND DATA) and Nandroid before flashing this update!

05/05/2013 INITIAL RELEASE