Hello mates, I want to share my rom.
It's simply the Rain_Bow MIUI-V7 rom modified to my taste.
Thanks and references:
[1] - Official MIUI chinese developers for i9505.
[2] - Rain_Bow and his thread.
[3] - flatzki and his thread.
[4] - spinacz100 Polish Developer and his thread
BASED ON: MIUI-V7 build 6.2.27 (Rain_Bow) ---> Based on Touchwiz Rom.
Some mod from: [4] spinacz100 rom
In particular:
- A lot of MIUI themed icons for PlayStore apps.
- Multilanguage at boot (not fully functional, e.g. italian is not selectable)
- Gapps included
- Xperia Keyboard
If you want the standard Rain_Bow rom (MIUI touchwiz) or the Shiro rom (MIUI GPE based), go to [3] flatzki thread and use his instructions for GAPPS and so on (thanks).
~ FEATURES ~
- Removed some useless MIUI apps (games, yellowpages, ...)
- Gapps included
- Multilanguage
- Works also with TWRP recovery (others miui roms works only with philz touch recovery)
- Changed UI sound (removed that horrible TW blop when touching the screen)
- Super responsive!
- Great multitasking! (1.3GB free ram on first boot, 700MB are taken for gpu, system, services)
- NO SAMSUNG RECENTS LAG :highfive:
- Call recording
- Great UI, you know.. MIUI!
- Complete Official Touchwiz Camera !!!
~ TIPS ~
- DISABLE SMS DELIVERY STATUS: go to message app, long press menù/recents, click on "Delivery Status" toggle to disable it. (otherwise operator will charge you 2 SMS at every sms you send)
- Switch from multitasking with icons to multitasking with previews: do a pinch-to-zoom gesture in multitasking view (menu button).
- To grant root permission: open the app that need root permission, will say you have not root access. Now go to "Security" App (MIUI) -> Permissions -> Root Access, and grant root to that app. Now close the app with recents view (swipe up the app) and start it again.
- If you restore apps with titanium backup, sometimes MIUI automatically disable permission for some feature (e.g. whatsapp can't see contacts). You have to set permissions from: "Security" App -> Permissions -> Permissions.
- Automatically MIUI disable auto-startup for installed apps. Go to "Security" App -> Permissions -> Autostart to grant start at boot for an app.
- Automatically MIUI disable the ability to downloads file > 1MB with Mobile Data. To set this gap or disable this feature go to: "Downloads" App -> touch the 3 dot menu -> settings -> Download size limit. (NB: at first boot the "Downloads" App is located in "Tools" folder)
- Disable ZRAM or decrease it for better performance and battery life: KernelAdiutor -> VirtualMemory -> ZRAM DiskSize. My advice: 0MB to 350MB, not more. Apply on boot, and enable KernelAdiutor to start at boot with Security App.
- Decrease ZRAM swappiness (if you use ZRAM) for better performance and battery life: KernelAdiutor -> VirtualMemory -> Swappiness. My Advice: 1 to 10, not more. (0 will disable ZRAM I think). Apply on boot, and enable KernelAdiutor to start at boot with Security App.
~ MIUI BUGS~
On reboot the date is wrong, but if you are connected to internet it will auto update instantly at boot to the correct date.
[ FIXED BY @ra3 - use this zip to fix in roms from v1 to v4]- Calling with MTP active (PC usb connection) will freeze the phone.
- Not all localization are available, for this I included MoreLocale2.apk in the rom. Start this app to select your language (you need to allow root for this app)
- Multitasking with preview is buggy: just switch to multitasking with icons (do a pinch out in multitasking view the first time you use it)
MIUI random reboots/bootloops not solved for nowSolved Maps random reboot?
~ FAQ~
[Q] Why android 4.4?
[A] MIUI PatchRom is not update to lollipop yet, so MIUI can't be ported to lollipop roms.
[Q] Why should I use a rom based on old android 4.4?
[A] Because this rom is fast, have a lot of free ram also disabling ZRAM, have great battery life, I hope it's stable, have the official touchwiz camera (simply the best camera for S4) and doesn't have that orrible and shocking recents button lag.
As far as I know, Rain_Bow's MIUI is the ONLY rom with touchiwz camera and without recents lag.
~ HOW TO INSTALL ~
- Download ROM.
- [Optional: flash GNG8 bootloader and modem with Odin]
- Wipe data/cache/dalvik-cache in your recovery.
- Flash ROM.
~ CHANGELOG~
~ DOWNLOADS ~
ROM 5.0: [MEGA]
ROM v4.0: [MEGA]
FIX for v4.0: 4.0 FIX TTS - FIX TIME (thanks to @ra3 )
Rom v3: not uploaded.
ROM v2: [MEGA] [GDrive]
ROM v1: download link [gdrive] - mirror [MEGA]
FIX for v1: download and flash this update if you get FC in phone/contacts app
Kitkat Modem/Bootloader not needed, but if you want you can flash one of these, I suggest GNG8. (thanks fatjoez).
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