S4 (i9500) ROM review - Hassan ROM (4.4.2) with S5 look and feel

I am super excited to share with you my review on this ROM.

Anyway, I have been looking for a stable S4 ROM which is fast and gives me the Galaxy S5 look - see I wanted to upgrade to S5 but I am still holding this thought off since S5's price is still too high.

The comprehensive review of this super cool ROM is available here (thanks GalaxyS4Root!) but I just want to share a few important features.

XDA link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2662583
Installation Method - Aroma

1. Fast - It's freaking fast and stable too. Quadrant Standard clocks at 16K+ ! I was at Samsung shop earlier this week and ran Quadrant Standard on an S5 running on stock 4.4.2 rom and it clocked at 17K+. My previous S4 LTE only reached about 10K

2. ROM control - This is an awesome ROM because it comes with loads of ROM control. Check out the battery widget selection, just to show a few cool features available in this ROM

3. S5 Look and Feel.

Details about this is available here in XDA forum

Here's a snapshot of the Setting screen

 To brother Hassan Albaghdadi - Jazakallahu khairan kathira !

Social GPS Apps - Waze

Nothing against the rest of GPS software such as PAPAGO! and SYGIC, but being a practical guy, I just love this community base GPS called WAZE(it's free on google market and apps store)

I have been using it for weeks now in my daily commute from Shah Alam to Damansara. Here's what I like about this cool apps;

1. Giver Game - Apart from benefiting from the traffic updates from WAZE community, I am able to share my experience on the road with other users as well - where the police camera is, police roadblocks, hazards, jams etc... it just feels good to give..

2. It's free - Granted that the map is a little incomplete but hey, it's free.

3. You know why there's traffic - Sometimes it irritates me to be stuck in the jam and not knowing what's happening and what causes the gridlock. But with Waze, you will be notified on any accidents etc.

Here are some snapshots of Waze on my Galaxy S2

•  Game-style rewards to up your points

•  I was driving near KESAS highway and I saw stand-still straffic on the highway - Waze told me that there was an accident causing the huge jam.

•  I know when there's a roadblock before the USJ toll

•  Lots of useful information about the traffic

• ETA adjustment based on the traffic situation on your route

In short, this apps is just AWESOME !

PAPAGO! M9 for Android Mobile X8.5 Map for Malaysia

The wait is finally over !

I have been using Papago! X5 for many years and after they decided to stop updating the map for X5, I have been looking for the latest version of Papago! that works on Android with map update.

Tested on my Galaxy S2 (ICS 4.0.3 ~VK ROM) and here are some screenshots ;

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Coordinate Search
























Here are the instructions;

1. Download 4 files below and place them in 1 folder;

File 1
File 2
File 3
File 4

Note: you can also download all the files in a single download here

Single_download_for_all_files

2. Download the map

The map of date on 04 Jul 2012 Map file

The latest map is here


3. Use WinRAR to uncompress the File 1 and it will automatically uncompress all of the files4. You should find the folder NaviSEA on your computer disk where you uncompress the files.

You can download WinRAR here

4. Uncompress the Map file and place the folder in "NaviSEA/Maps" folder

5. Copy/Move the NaviSEA folder from your computer into your Android's INTERNAL disk or memory (NOT THE SDCARD for ICS 4.0.3)

6. Once you have the NaviSEA on your android phone, install the application using the APK file (Navitotal! M9SEA.apk) in the NaviSEA folder.

7. DONE and ENJOY IT !

Feel free to contribute RM5 or USD 5 (using paypal) if you find this blog is useful - http://itsmesharing.blogspot.com/2012/06/contribution.html

PAPAGO X5 for Android (Malaysia and Singapore ONLY)

Note: Please see this posting for Sygic - an alternative to Papago, especially for Galaxy Note

Note: This version of Papago is obsolete. Check out the latest Papago! M9 here


I got these tips and files after scouring the internet for a GPS software on my Galaxy S. So, here they are;

1) Download these compressed RAR files

File1
File2
File3
File4
File5

If you do not have WINRAR software to uncompress/unpack these file, you can download it here

(Note: Moved away from Rapidshare to one of my dedicated servers)
(Note 28Dec2011: Overflow of bandwidth on my dedicated server. Moving them to a new site)
(Note 17May2012: Move files to 4shared)

2) Place the files in a folder and then open File1 with WINRAR and it will take care of the rest - No need to open the rest of File2, 3, 4 and 5. You will get the following as a result;
a)NaviSEA folder
b)PAPAGO_X5SEA_0806_WWEMarket.apk - this is the Android installer file

3) Download the PAPAGO Lib

4) Uncompress libpapago and copy libpapago.so, paste it inside NaviSEA folder

6) Copy NaviSEA folder, paste it inside your storage card, root directory.

Note: If you are stuck at O_R_SIDE.gwv while installing this on Galaxy S2 or Note, please refer to this post HERE

7) Install PAPAGO_X5SEA_0806_WWEMarket.apk via computer or apk installer

Do let me know if any of the files in unusable- email me directly nazri.jamil@gmail.com

Please go to this post to update map for Malaysia and Singapore

Note: This version of Papago is obsolete. Check out the latest Papago! M9 here

Also, please email me directly to nazri.jamil@gmail.com if you have any question or problem with the download