[ROM][26Jan14][4.4.2] Nexgea (v0.1a) topic

What Is Nexgea?

Nexgea is a ROM for the Nexus 4, based off the official source code from Google. It's meant to be nearly-stock, with only a few necessary (to me) tweaks and fixes added.

Features:

• Comes rooted with SuperSU. I did NOT chattr the files, so it will not survive a ROM update.


• File Manager by Rhythm Software is included, homepage here.


• FOTAKill.apk to disable OTA updates, not sure this is really needed.


• App Ops has been re-enabled (or rather, dis-disabled). Not a big deal if you're already rooted, but still...


• Band Selection menu no longer force closes.


• Kexec-hardboot support, you can use MultiRom and multi-boot with Ubuntu Touch, FirefoxOS, and others!


• Init.d support. Put startup scripts in /system/etc/init.d. Make sure they're chmod 755.

Sources:

• Kexec patch: Used the diff info found here. Thread describing kexec-hardboot is here by Tasssadar


• Re-enabled App-ops by reverting commit that disabled it.


• Band Selection force close fix found in this post by bigxie.

How to Install:

I probably need to work on the update script. I used TWRP v2.6.3.0, went into the Wipe menu, then Advanced Wipe, selected "Dalvik Cache", "System", "Data", and "Cache". Then went to the Install menu, flashed my ROM, then optionally flash PA-Gapps.

To get Google Apps, I recommend the "Google Stock Package" PA-Gapps as found here.

Screenshots:

Have you seen stock screenshots of the Nexus 4 running 4.4.2? Then you've seen what this rom looks like. Nevertheless, here's the obligatory About Phone screen:



Changelog:

26 January 2014 - Nexgea v0.1a

• Initial Release. Works great for me, let me know how it works for you!

Links:

Mediafire

XDA:DevDB Information
Nexgea, a ROM for the Google Nexus 4

Contributors
josetann
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Testing

Created 2014-01-26
Last Updated 2014-01-25