[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrvirginia:
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History of the ROM

well, this is going to be a rather long explanation, but i felt i should share so i could let some in on how this all came about and how it was put together. maybe you'll try it for yourself ;)

i was determined to build a ROM from scratch with dsixda's Kitchen. in order to do this, you need a system.img and cache.img. system.img holds almost everything needed for /system. cache.img holds CSC stuff as well as some carrier stuff that you don't really need. both of these images were pulled from the Odin TAR that can be found on Sammobile. i put them in Linux, mounted them, and copied over the files i needed. the next step was to de-odex most of the files. you can do this with the Kitchen, but i do not. it is because of this that my files will never exactly match another devs. after de-odexing all of the system files, i then loaded them into the Kitchen. the Kitchen itself is rather self-explanatory so i won't go into too much detail with that other than i used 0.223_rev8. i'm not sure if the newer ones work or not but i know this one does work with the jfltetmo variant. after that, the rest is history. init.d scripts were taken from across xda from sources that required no recognition (that i'm aware) but i'll be happy to give credit should any of those guys happen to visit my thread. updater-script and update-binary are directly from the Kitchen with the exception of a few minor tweaks including added symlinks and intro/outro of the ROM.

Apollyon was named after a dear friend of mine who recently passed while trying to save someone else. a true hero. may you rest in peace, Antonio Thorpe.

Features:

UVUAMDL Base

Modified kernel by mattlgroff

Extended power menu

Smoothness and battery tweaks

Fully de-odexed

Fully zipaligned /system

Zipaligned /data/app at boot

Bashed

Rooted

init.d script support and tweaks

ADB support

Debloated over 500mb

Boot/shutdown sound disabled but still present if needed

Multi-language support

More tweaks I can't remember...

Installation Instructions:

you need a custom Recovery installed

***backup your internal SD card! it may get wiped during this process

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 :)

Thanks:

AllicanceROM Family

NunHugger

brokenbracket

zelendel

dsixda

Kahvitahra

mattlgroff

luckyduck69

XeoNoX

CM Team

And anyone else I may have forgotten (it wasn't intentional, just PM me and I'll add you to the list)

ROM Download:

Apollyon v1

MD5 Sum: 95B02762D1130ECF9721AC8421367206

Add Bloatware back (does not include Carrier IQ, KNOX or CloudAgent):

Download Here

the following apps will be flashed back:

AccessTmobile_TMO.apk

AllShareCastPlayer.apk

AllshareControlShare.apk

AllshareFileShare.apk

AllshareFileShareClient.apk

AllshareFileShareServer.apk

AllshareMediaServer.apk

AllshareMediaShare.apk

AllSharePlay15.apk

BCService.apk

BluetoothTest.apk

Blurb.apk

BonusApp_TMO.apk

Books.apk

ChatON_feature.apk

ChatONV_J.apk

Chrome.apk

CHS_J_Device_only.apk

CloudAgent.apk

com.mobitv.client.tmobiletvhd.apk

Com2usPoker_ASGC.apk

DemoStub_TMO.apk

DioDict3Service.apk

DirectConnect.apk

EasyFavoritesContactsWidget.apk

EasyLauncher.apk

ECID-release_TMO.apk

ELMAgent.apk

Episodes.apk

FactoryTest_FB.apk

Flipboard.apk

FotaClient.apk

FWUpgrade.apk

Gmail2.apk

GroupPlay_20.apk

HealthContentProvider.apk

InteractiveTutorial.apk

Kies.apk

kieswifi.apk

LocalFOTA.apk

Lookout_TMO.apk

Magazines.apk

Match3VS.apk

MobilePrint2.apk

MobilePrintSvc_CUPS.apk

MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend.apk

MobilePrintSvc_Epson.apk

MobilePrintSvc_HP.apk

MobilePrintSvc_Samsung.apk

MobileTrackerEngineTwo.apk

Music2.apk

MusicLiveShare.apk

NfcTest.apk

PageBuddyNotiSvc2.apk

Peel.apk

PhotoTable.apk

PlusOne.apk

PolarisOffice5.apk

PreloadInstaller.apk

S_Translator_CSLi.apk

SamsungApps_J_Only.apk

SamsungAppsUNA3.apk

SamsungBooks.apk

SamsungGames.apk

SamsungHub.apk

SamsungHubUpdater.apk

SamsungMusic.apk

SamsungOCR2.apk

Samsungservice.apk

SamsungTTS.apk

SamsungWatchON.apk

SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.apk

SBrowserTry.apk

sCloudBackupApp.apk

sCloudBackupProvider.apk

sCloudDataRelay.apk

sCloudDataSync.apk

sCloudQuotaApp.apk

sCloudSyncCalendar.apk

sCloudSyncContacts.apk

sCloudSyncSBrowserBookmark.apk

sCloudSyncSBrowserTabs.apk

sCloudSyncSNote.apk

SecFactoryPhoneTest.apk

SensorService.apk

SHealth2.apk

SimpleWidget.apk

SmartBriefing4x2.apk

SphericalMosaic.apk

SPPPushClient_Prod.apk

StoryAlbumWidget.apk

S-Voice_Android_phone_J.apk

SyncmlDM.apk

Talk.apk

TravelService.apk

TravelWidget.apk

TripAdvisor.apk

Videos.apk

Vvm_TMO.apk

WlanTest.apk

wssyncmlnps.apk

YahoonewsPhone2013.apk

YahoostockPhone2013.apk

YouTube.apk

Old Versions

current version is current ;)

Standard Disclaimer: I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. Flash at your own risk.