LiquidSmooth ROM w/ KitKat for Galaxy S4! [AT&T/T-Mobile/Canadian/Sprint/Verizon/GT-i9505]

A multi-carrier custom ROM that can run on any LTE-enabled S4 with Snapdragon 600 processor (that means AT&T, T-Mobile, Canadian, Sprint, Verizon, and GT-i9505), LiquidSmooth ROM brings you another successfully release of their highly-optimized custom ROM for everyone to enjoy.

The moment you install this ROM, you will see what being “liquid smooth” really is as the ROM literally flies, probably even faster than overclocked GPE ROMs.   Not only speed, LiquidSmooth completes your Android 4.4.2 KitKat experience with a ton of customization you may be used to on Jelly Bean AOSP ROMs.

Overall, LiquidSmooth Team has done it again, they have produced an amazing ROM that runs fast while bringing a great set of customization along with stuff like PIE controls, multi-window, etc…etc…  If you are looking for a good fast Android 4.4.2 KitKat AOSP ROM, definitely give this one a try over the week(end) and do let me know what you think!

Download:

Download LiquidSmooth ROM with Android 4.4.2 KitKat for Galaxy S4 (for all AT&T, T-Mobile, Canadian, Sprint, Verizon, and GT-i9505 S4)

Download Android 4.4.2 Gapps (DO NOT USE OLDER GAPPS!!!)

To install, reboot into recovery, make backup ROM, wipe data/factory reset, install ROM, install Gapps, and reboot. (If for some reason you end up in a bootloop, reboot into recovery, go to Advanced Wipe for TWRP or Mounts & Storage for CWM, format/wipe /system, then re-install ROM.)

Google Play Edition ROM with Android 4.4.2 KitKat for Verizon Galaxy S4!

Check out the ported version of Google Play Edition ROM with latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat.

This ported version (from GT-i9505) brings you a great deal of speed (through GPE AND KTweaker kernel) along with “pure” Google experience.  Everything is working out of the box including data (to get 4G LTE working fully, dial “*#*#4636#*#*” then choose “LTE/CDMA/GSM”), Photosphere camera, and no additives added other than highly-tweakable KTweaker kernel, which comes with KTweaker app so you can easily overclock and undervolt your CPU/GPU.

For overclocking your CPU/GPU, I recommend around 2.106Ghz most for CPU and 600Mhz for the GPU.  You can also undervolt higher frequencies slightly to get great speeds with great battery life (see video above for example on that).

Overall, Google Play Edition ROM isn’t full of AOKP ROM Control-like customization, then again it is super stable with lots of raw speed that’s going to make TouchWiz look like a baby crawling vs. an electric Tesla, what this ROM is like.

So, if you haven’t checked it out yet, definitely give it a test drive over the week(end) and do let me know what you think!  (If you love speed, you will probably love this ROM though.)

Download:

Download Google Play Edition ROM with Android 4.4.2 KitKat for Verizon Galaxy S4

NO Gapps needed, just flash ROM!

Credits – XDA <— Please donate to the developer of this ROM or hit Thanks button on XDA if you like it, thx!

How to Root Galaxy S4 Active!

Before we begin, this root method is for the latest firmware ending in UCUAMF3 (check this under Settings->About device).  If you have a newer firmware, this root method may or may not work.

To root your Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, simply download the APK file geohot.com/activeroot and install the app.

Once that app has been installed, simply open the app and your phone should have root.  Now, this will install the root/SU binaries, you still need to download and install SuperSU app from Play Store to get full root acess to your apps.

So, go ahead and download the latest SuperSU app and when it asks you to update binaries, simply do so and you should have a 100% rooted Galaxy S4 Active.

Now, once rooted, you will get a bunch of security warnings, simply use ES File Explorer to rename KNOXAgent.apk and KNOXAgent.odex to KNOXAgent.apk2 and KNOXAgent.odex2.