Root AQA Custom Rom

[ModifHigher]

a newer kitkat firmware has been released as of january 2017
AQA1 Firmware via sammobile
I was able to root per the usual flashing twrp and the super su zip method.

i took it upon myself to debloat,root and zipup a decent ROM based off this firmware.
thanks to all the recent & past respective developers who have contributed to this device.

i used SuperRs Kitchen from xda to build this ROM, im not positive hes a member here,but special thanks goes to him. without his kitchen,things wouldnt be as simple as they have been most recently.
These are the modifications ive made to the stock AQA1 Firmware:

1. Rooted via SuperSU
2. Busybox Added
   
3. Insecure Boot
4. su.d support added
5. Knox Removed
6. init.d support added
7. Massively Debloated(will attach list of removed items)

/system/app/MusicLiveShare2.apk
/system/app/MusicLiveShare2.odex
/system/app/myMetro_MTR.apk
/system/app/AccuweatherPhone2014_qHD.apk
/system/app/AllShareCastPlayer.apk
/system/app/AllShareCastPlayer.odex
/system/app/AllshareControlShare.apk
/system/app/AllshareFileShare.apk
/system/app/AllshareFileShareClient.apk
/system/app/AllshareFileShareClient.odex
/system/app/AllshareFileShare.odex
/system/app/AllshareFileShareServer.apk
/system/app/AllshareFileShareServer.odex
/system/app/AllshareMediaServer.apk
/system/app/AllshareMediaServer.odex
/system/app/AllshareMediaShare.apk
/system/app/AllshareMediaShare.odex
/system/app/BasicDreams.apk
/system/app/BasicDreams.odex
/system/app/Blurb.apk
/system/app/ChocoEUKor.apk
/system/app/Chrome.apk
/system/app/CoolEUKor.apk
/system/app/DigitalClock.apk
/system/app/DigitalClockEasy.apk
/system/app/DigitalClockEasy.odex
/system/app/DigitalClock.odex
/system/app/Dropbox.apk
/system/app/DropboxOOBE.apk
/system/app/DualClockDigital.apk
/system/app/DualClockDigital.odex
/system/app/EasymodeContactsWidget.apk
/system/app/EasymodeContactsWidget.odex
/system/app/ELMAgent.apk
/system/app/ELMAgent.odex
/system/app/FactoryCamera_FB.apk
/system/app/Flipboard.apk
/system/app/InteractiveKeyguardTutorial.apk
/system/app/InteractiveKeyguardTutorial.odex
/system/app/InteractiveTutorial.apk
/system/app/InteractiveTutorial.odex
/system/app/Maps.apk
/system/app/Metro411_MTR.apk
/system/app/MetroAppStore_MTR.apk
/system/app/MobilePrint4.apk
/system/app/MobilePrint4.odex
/system/app/MobilePrintSvc_CUPS.apk
/system/app/MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend.apk
/system/app/MobilePrintSvc_Epson.apk
/system/app/MobilePrintSvc_HP.apk
/system/app/MobilePrintSvc_Samsung.apk
/system/app/MobilePrintSvc_WFDS.apk
/system/app/MusicLiveShare2.apk
/system/app/MusicLiveShare2.odex
/system/app/myMetro_MTR.apk
/system/app/PhotoTable.apk
/system/app/PhotoTable.odex
/system/app/PickUpTutorial.apk
/system/app/PickUpTutorial.odex
/system/app/PolarisViewer5.apk
/system/app/PreloadInstaller.apk
/system/app/PreloadInstaller.odex
/system/app/RoseEUKor.apk
/system/app/SamsungAppsWidget_Phone_Carrier_VZW.apk
/system/app/SamsungMusic_20.apk
/system/app/SamsungMusic_20.odex
/system/app/Street.apk
/system/priv-app/Kies.apk
/system/priv-app/Kies.odex
/system/priv-app/PhaseBeam.apk
/system/priv-app/PhaseBeam.odex
/system/fonts/Chococooky.ttf
/system/fonts/Clockopia.ttf
/system/fonts/ComicSansMS.ttf
/system/fonts/Cooljazz.ttf
/system/fonts/Cour.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidNaskh-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidNaskhUI-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSansArmenian.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSansEthiopic-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSansGeorgian.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSansHebrew-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSansHebrew-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSansMono.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSans_Subset.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSerif-BoldItalic.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSerif-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSerif-Italic.ttf
/system/fonts/DroidSerif-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/Georgia-BoldItalic.ttf
/system/fonts/Georgia-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/Georgia-Italic.ttf
/system/fonts/Georgia-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/GS45_Arab_AndroidOS.ttf
/system/fonts/Impact.ttf
/system/fonts/LindseyforSamsung-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/MTLmr3m.ttf
/system/fonts/NanumGothic.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoColorEmoji.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansBengali-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansBengali-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansBengaliUI-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansBengaliUI-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansDevanagari-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansDevanagari-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansDevanagariUI-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansDevanagariUI-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansKannada-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansKannada-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansKannadaUI-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansKannadaUI-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansKhmer-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansKhmer-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansKhmerUI-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansKhmerUI-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansLao-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansLao-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansLaoUI-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansLaoUI-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansMalayalam-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansMalayalam-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansMalayalamUI-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansMalayalamUI-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansSymbols-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansTamil-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansTamil-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansTamilUI-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansTamilUI-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansTelugu-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansTelugu-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansTeluguUI-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansTeluguUI-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansThai-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansThai-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansThaiUI-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/NotoSansThaiUI-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/Roboto-BoldItalic.ttf
/system/fonts/Roboto-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/RobotoCondensed-BoldItalic.ttf
/system/fonts/RobotoCondensed-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/RobotoCondensed-Italic.ttf
/system/fonts/RobotoCondensed-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/Roboto-Italic.ttf
/system/fonts/Roboto-LightItalic.ttf
/system/fonts/Roboto-Light.ttf
/system/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/Roboto-ThinItalic.ttf
/system/fonts/Roboto-Thin.ttf
/system/fonts/Rosemary.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungBengali.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungDevanagari.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungEmoji.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungGujarathi.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungKannada.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungKorean-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungKorean.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungMalayalam.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungOriya.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungPunjabi.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSansFallback.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Light.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Medium.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Num35.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Num3L.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Num3Lv.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Num3R.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Num3T.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Num45.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Num4L.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Num4Lv.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Num4T.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Num4Tv.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSans-Thin.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungSinhala.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungTamil.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungTelugu.ttf
/system/fonts/SamsungThai.ttf
/system/fonts/SECRobotoLight-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/SECRobotoLight-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/Times.ttf
/system/fonts/TrebuchetMS.ttf
/system/fonts/Ttahoma.ttf
/system/fonts/Verdana.ttf

im not going to post any links (yet) becuase i want to test it on my own device before i hand it off to anyone else.
if anyone has suggestions, input etc, please feel free to chime in.
also,if i do upload,i was planning on google drive,is there somewhere im better off uploading to?

 

[Dankajell]

Awesome man!! I'll be watching this thread.

 

[Dankajell]

Google Drive is the best IMHO.

 

[kfiltz]

Any news???