[ROM] Google Edition Android 4.3 | UNTOUCHED | JWR66Y.S003 | VERSION 2.0 (23/09) |

MaKTaiL · Aug 6, 2013

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About:

I made this ROM for myself. I wanted a perfect untouched version of the Google Edition firmware without root, zipalign, deodex, mods, etc.
I know some of you would like that too so I decided to post it here on XDA. You can root the phone afterwards if you wish.
The only mod in this version is the faux123's kernel. It's still stock but with some minor changes to fix Security FC and add exFAT support.

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Special Thanks to:

@faux123 for making the kernel fix for the Security FC issues and adding exFAT support
@The111 for providing me with the untouched system dump
@nintendolinky for fixing the SD Card Read-Only issue
@Chainfire for SuperSU.

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Changelog:

Version 2.0 (23/09):

- New stock JWR66Y.S003 kernel with Faux123 fixes
Version 1.0 (12/09):

- Initial Release
- Old Faux's Kernel for the moment.

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Instructions:

Boot to Recovery
Wipe Data if you are not coming from a Google Edition ROM
Flash the zip
If you want root, flash SuperSU
Reboot

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What's not working:

Sim Unlock gets stuck
Touch to focus on HDR mode
Google Wallet*

*It might work if you flash this: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2163191&d=1375578553
*It will change the build.prop of the ROM to Sprint (L720) to make it work. Thanks to @yeahmann for the zip.

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MaKTaiL · Aug 6, 2013

OLD VERSIONS

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Android 4.3 - JWR66Y.S003 - (12/09):

- Changelog:

- Downloads:

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Android 4.3 - JWR66V.S014 - (06/08):

- Changelog:

- Downloads:

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death1246 · Aug 6, 2013

Why wouldnt wallet work? Might have to change the prop...

MaKTaiL · Aug 6, 2013

death1246 said:
Why wouldnt wallet work? Might have to change the prop...

Yes, but I'm not going to do that since this is an untouched version.

But I provided a zip to change the build.prop if someone wants it.
Since Google Wallet is not supported in my country I have no way of testing it though. Let us know.

death1246 · Aug 6, 2013

Another question. Why is this almost 100 MB larger than almost all other releases? Is this how big it normally is? I want fully stock GE Edition and im glad someone finally did it. Almost did it myself :3

I will let you know if it works or not. Going to test the wallet app after I see my recruiter.

boterkaaseneieren · Aug 6, 2013

If it's un touch than fc settings is not fixed?

death1246 · Aug 6, 2013

boterkaaseneieren said:
If it's un touch than fc settings is not fixed?

I believe the fc was from using a different build with new lib files. I know what rom you're talking about.

MaKTaiL · Aug 6, 2013

boterkaaseneieren said:
If it's un touch than fc settings is not fixed?

Read the "About" section. The only change I made was include the Faux's kernel to fix the FC issue.

MaKTaiL · Aug 6, 2013

death1246 said:
Another question. Why is this almost 100 MB larger than almost all other releases? Is this how big it normally is? I want fully stock GE Edition and im glad someone finally did it. Almost did it myself :3

I will let you know if it works or not. Going to test the wallet app after I see my recruiter.

Since I did not delete any files from the original nor deodexed the rom that's the normal size at the end, no need to worry.

Let us know if Google Wallet works after flashing the modified build.prop.

Mysteriouskk · Aug 6, 2013

Will this work on my AT&T S4?

xarda · Aug 6, 2013

google keep and titanium backup (back up to sdcard) is working ?

danielcbit · Aug 6, 2013

People in this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2348272 are complaining about the phone getting hot and about not being able to save photos to SD Card. Did some one experienced any problems like these with this firmware?

I think I'll stick with JWR66V.S001.130708 for now.

MaKTaiL · Aug 6, 2013

xarda said:
google keep and titanium backup (back up to sdcard) is working ?

Google Keep is working just fine.
I don't have an SD Card to test Titanium here with me right now.

slg60 · Aug 6, 2013

does this also have sim unlock bug?

coilfan · Aug 6, 2013

Thanks for the ROM, and the effort of course. I was having problems with my extSdCard and will test it, and will let you know the outcome.

MaKTaiL · Aug 6, 2013

coilfan said:
Thanks for the ROM, and the effort of course. I was having problems with my extSdCard and will test it, and will let you know the outcome.

Let me know as soon as you can so I can edit the bug list in the first post. Thank you.

Enviado de meu GT-I9505G usando Tapatalk 4

coilfan · Aug 6, 2013

MaKTaiL said:
Let me know as soon as you can so I can edit the bug list in the first post. Thank you.

Enviado de meu GT-I9505G usando Tapatalk 4

The ROM is, like all the other recent 4.3 ROMs, stable and fast. Unfortunately the extSdCard issue is exactly the same. Hopefully this will be resolved soon. Many thanks for the effort. :good:

---------- Post added at 06:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:10 PM ----------

Just one quick question. My i9505 is currently on baseband XXUBMGA, and working fine. However, I was just wondering if it would be possible at all, and and advisable to install the stock baseband which comes with the i9505GE 4.3 version.

Planet X · Aug 6, 2013

I did test your rom and it is pretty clean and does work really smooth indeed. But the phone becomes a lot hotter than with the previous leak and also battery seems to drain really quick while browsing with chrome. Also the sim unlock bug is still there. I just did a restore of the previous build I used.

MaKTaiL · Aug 6, 2013

Planet X said:
I did test your rom and it is pretty clean and does work really smooth indeed. But the phone becomes a lot hotter than with the previous leak and also battery seems to drain really quick while browsing with chrome. Also the sim unlock bug is still there. I just did a restore of the previous build I used.

Thanks for reporting. I updated the bug list on the first post.
Unfortunately these issues are out of my reach to fix. I know little about coding roms.
As soon as our awesome devs fix them I'll sure include in my rom for you guys.

Regarding battery life, for me it's the same. It lasts for a day if I let it on 3G but it drains like crazy with 4G.

EDIT

I was reading in another forum and the problem you have with ExtSDCard is probably because you have it formated as exFAT which the Stock Kernel does not support.
Format it as FA32 and you won't have an issue or wait for a custom kernel with the support.

wohenyingyu01 · Aug 6, 2013

MaKTaiL said:
Thanks for reporting. I updated the bug list on the first post.
Unfortunately these issues are out of my reach to fix. I know little about coding roms.
As soon as our awesome devs fix them I'll sure include in my rom for you guys.
Regarding battery life, for me it's the same. It lasts for a day if I let it on 3G but it drains like crazy with 4G.

EDIT

I was reading in another forum and the problem you have with ExtSDCard is probably because you have it formated as exFAT which the Stock Kernel does not support.
Format it as FA32 and you won't have an issue or wait for a custom kernel with the support.

I don't think that's the reason, because in previous stock version the SDCard in exFAT works just fine for me. But thank you for your effort! I'll keep an eye on this thread.

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