[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] trmitche2:
TEP Replaced Sprint S4 - Want to apply v1.3 of this ROM: Little help, PLEASE?

Hey folks - I've had a Sprint S4 (L720) which has been running the Hellkat ROM for a quite a while now. So, as you might have guessed from the title, my screen cracked, and I used my Sprint TEP. I just got the replacement phone yesterday, which is (obviously) totally bone stock. I've already installed and configured all my usual apps, just using the Play Store and AppBak, and I've disabled the bloatware that I was able to disable, but I just DON'T wanna mess with any experimental CM/AOSP ROMS right now - not until Lollipop becomes the stable AOSP backbone.

So I still have stock recovery, and all that I'm really interested in is contained in the bullet points below. It's been a while since I've been on the scene, but I promise I read all 17 pages of this thread, trying to gain context, especially regarding KNOX and all that type stuff.

Is anyone here willing to give me a quick and dirty set of instructions to put this "mostly stock" ROM onto my BONE STOCK TEP replacement S4? The attached screenshot shows that I'm already on NG2, so that should make things a bit easier I assume, but it's been SO LONG... that I've lost touch with how to best go about:

Rooting

Getting a custom recovery installed - I have no preference between CWM vs TWRP - I don't care. If Odin can be avoided since I'm already on NG2, wonderful. It not, oh well.

Getting the latest version of this ROM (v1.3, correct?) installed so that I can install my root-only apps (Call Master, Root browser, etc.). *I'd like to do this dirty if at all possible - without wiping*

Getting 4G hotspot hack up and running ASAP. From top of the OP, it looked at first like I needed to go with deodexed version for this reason, but at the end of the OP, it seems v1.3 now incorporates all of this into a single package?

Sorry to be so open-ended, but I'm just looking for a little basic help since I've lost touch with all the latest goings-on - looking for bullet-point type guidance from anyone who is willing to take 10 minutes to give me the step-by step, considering my exact situation as described above, and as shown in the attached screenshot from my brand new TEP replacement "About device" screen.

Any help appreciated, and I have no problem donating to recognized contributors, and +1'ing anybody else til the cows come home. Thanks in advance either way, and feel free to flame me for being lazy! I just don't have the time to keep up with fast moving developments that occur between my replacement phones! (LOL) If I had gotten an S5, I'd be doing this totally differently of course, but it's just the same ol S4, so....

EDIT: made a few corrections, and also noticed the previous post's mention of fixes that have been implemented for Exchange server security issues. FYI, Exchange connectivity is critical for me. A hosted Exchange server, and an ENTIRELY cloud-based system that runs our small business from the ground up (the system is called NetSuite), is what makes me able to do ANYTHING from ANYWHERE using my phone, but if there are Exchange issues, that would be a deal-breaker for me. Sounds like the OP is saying it's now fixed, but I thought I should go ahead and edit to make clear how critical Exchange functionality is for me. Thanks again!

THANKS!!!!!!