[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] igotlostintampa:
I wanted to let everyone know for the past day or so ive been testing out the Color OS 2.0 for the I9505, here are some of those results, screenshots, and how to install for yourself.

So, the reason im bringing this up to get started is that for the past year or so i was unable to install this rom on my S4 i assume from not having the correct version of TWRP required for the install (AND the install will fail a few times for random reasons if SU is not installed (rom or not)...I found this out after a full wipe and it not letting me install the rom until i rebooted back into TWRP and told it to root my phone because it found no root access.

So the initial install went like this

Wipe...

Install...

fail halfway...

wipe...

install...

fail haflway...

reboot to recovery from recovery...

tell twrp to root....

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back in recovery....

wipe...

install...

success...

Now the rom does include its own gapps package so there isnt a need for that, It also includes its own kernel that because of how heavily modified Color OS is from stock cannot be changed (unless you can find one that will work, the AOSP Ktoonz kernel didnt work and that was the only test i really attempted as i had to re-install the rom (wouldn't boot)

So, once the rom is installed it asks you to pick a language and looks a lot like regular AOSP (dark) but as soon as you do it prompts for wifi and settings FC's, then you move on to accounts and accounts FC's

So to get through this just skip ALL setup processes and type in your name with the built in keyboard (it has to be changed back to full qwerty or your gonna come up wth some weird things)

Then you can go into settings and apply your accounts and things like that to get your contacts and everything back per the usual.

Now onto my impressions of the rom so far...

This is the fastest rom i have ever put on my phone and yes it does come at a cost but from what i could see it is the most overall fluid rom especially when it comes to animations.

It has a lot of cool features i am still learning to use (gesture panel pull up from bottom, lets you draw a shape to preform action and set your own custom...looks cool as hell) and none of them even when enabled slow the device down.

The cost however is battery life...you WANT to have an extra battery or a fast charger on hand because this thing loves to suck power. Im alright with it currently with how fast the thing moves i am going to use it as my daily driver but i went from 50 to 2 in about an hour and a half with screen on. Screen on time isnt that awesome on this phone but standby seems to be pretty good.

Its a nice break from AOSP and Touchwiz, thats all that needs to be said really. Its much faster than either AOSP or Touchwiz even with custom kernels you can take that from me being a crack flasher, ive gone through every kernel made for the device, learnt about them, customized them, and then moved on to test another kernel.

This rom has ceased development but will currently be remaining my daily driver until i can find something else unique, i would say give it a shot guys and see how much you like it :)

For my install i needed TWRP 2.7.1.0

It will fail, do some troubleshooting to find out why (such as change to RM -rf formatting in settings in twrp) and after you wipe reboot to recovery and let TWRP do the root thing even though there is no rom (i dont know why this mattered at all -_-;;;; but it did) do another wipe when you get it and you should be able to install the rom and it will boot. (THERE ARE NO SIGNAL BARS TO INDICATE SIGNAL STRENGTH when you get in) and once you are finally in make sure you run to your APN settings under Mobile network and then go down to the T-mobile LTE APN and modify it, remove the password and the server info thats in there (for some reason) and change the APN protocol to IPv4/IPV6 and the roaming protocol and then save it so you have good data speeds and such (just to make it set up the same as a standard T-mobile rom)

in this rom ive noticed you CANNOT have wifi on and send MMS so to send pictures ensure you are off of wifi.

There is also a problem being noted in the comments on the rom page with Whatsapp...i dont use it >.> i know what it is but whatever it doesnt bug me at all.

Alright SO TO CLEARLY LIST THE STEPS

1. Wipe phone

2. Attempt to install rom

3. (IF FAILS on install) wipe phone

4. (IF FAILS on install) reboot from recovery to recovery

5. (IF FAILS on install) tell it to root

6. repeat steps 1 and 2.

7. when successful, boot into rom

8. select english and FC your way to the end of setup

9. enter your name or a random name into phone owner

10. setup your account in settings (or just open play store and it will prompt you)

11. Match your APN to T-mobiles standard (Settings>mobilenetworks>APn> T-mobile Us LTe)

--------Remove Password, Server, Change APN protocol to IPv4/IPv6, same with roaming, save and use that apn-------------------

You will not be able to send MMS with WIFI on. (you can if its off)

You WILL have to change keyboards (the one that comes with the rom is absolute ****, use enter to keep what you type english...)

There is a FIX for Whatsapp inside of the roms official forums ( i dont use it though :()

ALSO unsure if USB file transfer is working right >.> sure there is a fix for that but it doesnt but me either. (i use wifi file transfer anyways >.>)

YOU CANNOT INSTALL A CUSTOM KERNEL (unless your willing to find one that works)

So far i havnt found any problems for my use, this is one of, if not the, fastest and smoothest roms ive ever used so i am attempting to show others the awesome

link to rom forum below (MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE NEWEST ONE, old one borked and buggy)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2748022

NEWEST VERSION (Taken from OP) http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23487008491964142

Just for those of you who didnt know this was out there, or were like me and gave up trying to install it at first.

SCREENSHOTS (CLICK FOR FULL RESOLUTION) (TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM PHONE) (VIA OPPO 3 FINGER SWIPE UP (customizable to change to anything i believe))

Now to get dual tap to wake download an app called Knokr <- from the playstore (its part of the Oppo screen so this is the only way to emulate)