[ROM][4.4.x][HISTORY][I9300] MoKee OpenSource Project - Galaxy S III Original Android Development

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Introduction:
MoKee OpenSource is based on the Google AOSP. We update our source code frequently to keep up with the latest development, and not forgetting to merge in special features of our own at the same time.
A small group of people from around the world who are interested in Android launched this project on the 12th of December 2012, and is committed to make this ROM better and better. Like most contributors of open source projects (Omni, CyanogenMod, Slim AOSPA etc), we are doing all these in our free time as our passion...
Since this project is open source, anyone interested can participate in the development (maintain new devices, contribute code etc). Newcomers are always welcomed!
Read here for developer application; with this, you can host your unofficial MoKee builds on our server!
Features:
Odexed for faster performance (only in official releases, nightlies are deodexed)
Incremental updates
OTA updates - update on the fly!
Native exFAT support (Samsung devices only)
ListView animations
Multi window
Calendar - with lunar and solar calenders
Lunar calendar in lock screen
Task switching sidebar in recent apps (the list will increase if you install supported apps)
Bulk SMS recipients
Adjustable SMS font size
SMS sending delay
Smart dialing
Speed dialing
IP dialing
Custom carrier name
Network speed in status bar (upload and download!)
Built in timer in Apollo - determine when to stop playing music
MoKee Setup Wizard
Active Display
Adjustable navigation bar height
Unique Power Saver functions!
Custom screen off animations
Customizable recent apps shorcuts
Lockscreen notifications
Working CM11 theme engine
Many more! Since we are constantly adding new features, see changelogs to keep updated!
Screenshots
The screenshots below gets outdated very fast!
Multi-window:
Screen Off Animations:
Scale down:
Fade out:
Unique features:
Feature-rich settings:
Links:
Official Site:
http://www.mokeedev.com/en
Google Plus Community (join us for faster response!):
https://plus.google.com/communities/112433388317801966872
Statistics:
http://stats.mokeedev.com
Nightly Build Status:
http://build.mokeedev.com
Bug Tracker:
http://issues.mokeedev.com
Changelog:
http://changelog.mokeedev.com
GitHub:
http://github.com/MoKee
Kernel Sources:
https://github.com/MoKee/android_kernel_samsung_smdk4412
Code Review:
http://review.mfunz.com
Final Release:
http://rom.mk/?device=i9300&type=history'
MoKee Gapps (full list):
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=11492​
Installation Instructions:
1. Wipe data/factory reset
2. Format /system
3. Flash ROM
4. Flash MoKee Gapps
5. Reboot​
Donations:
All donations will be used for bandwidth, you can see the current bandwidth usage here:
http://traffic.mokeedev.com
Current rate is 6TB per/month, extra at USD0.02/GB
So yea, show some "MoKee lurve" here:
http://www.mokeedev.com/en/donations
Credits:
- MoKee Developers: https://github.com/orgs/MoKee/members
- CyanogenMod
- AOSP
- Koush for open-sourced SuperUser
- Slim Roms
- OmniROM
- @omkarsathe92 for the videos! ​
XDA:DevDB Information
MoKee OpenSource Project, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S III I9300
Contributors
Ryuinferno, martincz
Source Code: https://github.com/MoKee
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
Version Information
Status: No Longer Updated
Created 2014-01-21
Last Updated 2015-07-29

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CHANGELOG:
http://changelog.mokeedev.com
Since we're updating frequently, making manual changelogs ain't possible anymore...
And also take note that although I am involved in the development of this ROM, but I do not own the device, so I might not be able to answer your device specific questions...

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Ryuinferno said:
CHANGELOG:
http://changelog.mfunz.com
Since we're updating frequently, making manual changelogs ain't possible anymore...
And also take note that although I am involved in the development of this ROM, but I do not own the device, so I might not be able to answer your device specific questions...
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I'll give this ROM a whirl is good fun to try new ROMs in the early days and see them develop as time go's by, and will look forward to seeing you add PIE control when the time is right....
More than happy to do some testing for you I mite well find something that needs tweaking, as you don't own the device I hope my offer will be helpful to you

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Lol...this ROM has been around for quite some time, but without a thread here...

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Installed the ROM....looking nice so far :good:
Will give a detailed feedback in a day or two after using it

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Seems very good with OTA updates... Downloading....
Yeah it's Tapatalk B****h

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Is this ROM Art compatible? Also, are MoKee Gapps ART compatible?

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Of course...

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Unique Power Saver functions!
Which they are? Could I expect a better battery life as by other Roms?
Anyone a Screenshot of Battery Life?
Yes many many questions about Battery life its very important for me

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When I moved from 4.2.2 to 4.3, I noticed extreme lag and stutter while browsing webpages and on apps like FB and Twitter. I was told that was because those ROMs were not built on Samsung's 4.3 core or something like that. Will I face the same problem with this ROM (or any other 4.4.2 ROM?).
I mostly interested in MoKee ROM, however. Looks the most 'sorted' of the lot!

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Nice ROM. Will give feedback after 2 days of use
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

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My review of the ROM
I wanted to try out KitKat ROM ever since CM11/Omni debuted on i9300. However when I looked at the threads, so many people were complaining about this or that not working, always had me changed my mind. No offense to hard working chefs of these ROM's obviously, I know there is development curve which aftermarket roms go through and normally also, these things don't bother me, however I've had kind of settled down with Ultima 15.1 sammy 4.1.2 based ROM which provides near AOSP like feel with a mix of samsung features, butter smooth performance and excellent battery life.
Anyway enough of background onto the review now, this is my first KitKat based ROM, which I'm trying out on my phone. I had installed the 01/26 nightly and I must say I'm impressed till now. The surprising lack of responses in this thread, kind of worked for the ROM for me as I didn't read any complaints for this ROM , hehe. The ROM is very fluid and haven't experienced any FCs/camera issues/any other issues so far. Bluetooth also works fine, however I did feel there is little reduction in range of BT headset, however not sure if its just a placebo, as I really had a bad time on CM10 roms.
Also I'm running ART which gives a warning that it is an experimental feature when enabled, but however it works quite well as already stated. Another feature which I really like was auto-brightness implementation and the already loaded profiles for it. They work very well and are quite customizable.
My biggest concern like the some above posters was battery , as I know performance is always great on non TW roms. I'll let the screenshots below do the talking.
I'm not a very heavy user of the phone, kind of medium light. My battery is samsung stock which came with the phone and is quite old now ~ about 1.5 years. Battery life is surely comparable to TW roms, if not better.
This is with I9300DDUGMK1 modem (which is baseband for India in ML4 ROM) and location off all the time (under GPS/network based/google apps). Normally NLP wakelocks are source of the biggest battery drain, so I had turned it off as precaution. Will benchmark with location on also in few days. Also this includes a idle period of around 8-9 hours (night time) when phone was not touched with WIFI off but mobile network/sync on (Whatsapp and Gmail).
Also I haven't restored any apps using titanium backup. I've heard in CM threads this can screw your battery life, especially whens apps restored are coming from Samsung ROM. Antutu scores look good too, although I'm not sure how other KK roms are fairing.
Thank you MoKee OS team and kudos to the Chef, for this nice ROM

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Nice rom bro. Senks
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

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Good rom but a lot of bloatwares...4 chinese apps with a weird appstore..
Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 utilizzando Tapatalk

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Darius_AWS said:
Good rom but a lot of bloatwares...4 chinese apps with a weird appstore..
Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 utilizzando Tapatalk
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whats the problem, just remove them with a root uninstaller
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

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Mafioso said:
I wanted to try out KitKat ROM ever since CM11/Omni debuted on i9300. However when I looked at the threads, so many people were complaining about this or that not working, always had me changed my mind. No offense to hard working chefs of these ROM's obviously, I know there is development curve which aftermarket roms go through and normally also, these things don't bother me, however I've had kind of settled down with Ultima 15.1 sammy 4.1.2 based ROM which provides near AOSP like feel with a mix of samsung features, butter smooth performance and excellent battery life.
Anyway enough of background onto the review now, this is my first KitKat based ROM, which I'm trying out on my phone. I had installed the 01/26 nightly and I must say I'm impressed till now. The surprising lack of responses in this thread, kind of worked for the ROM for me as I didn't read any complaints for this ROM , hehe. The ROM is very fluid and haven't experienced any FCs/camera issues/any other issues so far. Bluetooth also works fine, however I did feel there is little reduction in range of BT headset, however not sure if its just a placebo, as I really had a bad time on CM10 roms.
Also I'm running ART which gives a warning that it is an experimental feature when enabled, but however it works quite well as already stated. Another feature which I really like was auto-brightness implementation and the already loaded profiles for it. They work very well and are quite customizable.
My biggest concern like the some above posters was battery , as I know performance is always great on non TW roms. I'll let the screenshots below do the talking.
I'm not a very heavy user of the phone, kind of medium light. My battery is samsung stock which came with the phone and is quite old now ~ about 1.5 years. Battery life is surely comparable to TW roms, if not better.
This is with I9300DDUGMK1 modem (which is baseband for India in ML4 ROM) and location off all the time (under GPS/network based/google apps). Normally NLP wakelocks are source of the biggest battery drain, so I had turned it off as precaution. Will benchmark with location on also in few days. Also this includes a idle period of around 8-9 hours (night time) when phone was not touched with WIFI off but mobile network/sync on (Whatsapp and Gmail).
Also I haven't restored any apps using titanium backup. I've heard in CM threads this can screw your battery life, especially whens apps restored are coming from Samsung ROM. Antutu scores look good too, although I'm not sure how other KK roms are fairing.
One thing which I found missing was native way to take screenshots ? I don't know if its built in and I'm missing a shortcut, or its not there yet.
Thank you MoKee OS team and kudos to the Chef, for this nice ROM
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Thanks for a very detailed review, we really appreciate that......about screenshot, Power+Volume down (Power+Volume up for screen record!) or you can add them to the power menu by Settings->Buttons->Power menu...
Darius_AWS said:
Good rom but a lot of bloatwares...4 chinese apps with a weird appstore..
Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 utilizzando Tapatalk
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Well the Chinese apps are targeted at the China users as the ROM was based in China, it's useful to them (think of MIUI, but has vanilla Android looks+open source+maintained by freelancers (MIUI is a company, we are not though, we do this for free))...

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Testing this rom, very good one.
Can i use beoffla CM kernel with this rom?
Phone not going into deepsleep, so 3% battery drain per hour during night (idle)
I will look for some solutions
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

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dreamaddict said:
Testing this rom, very good one.
Can i use beoffla CM kernel with this rom?
Phone not going into deepsleep, so 3% battery drain per hour during night (idle)
I will look for some solutions
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
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Yes, Boeffla Kernel works fine!
Take this one Boeffla Kernel Stable

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Using beoffla kernel from above link
Battery drain normal after reboot
Deepsleep working
Usb tethering not working sometimes, probably a problem with my pc
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

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Does this rom have (or will have) Tiles per row option in quick settings?