[ROM][KK][4.4.4][KTU84P] SlimKat 6 UNOFFICIAL-20140707

jfbs · May 2, 2014

SlimRoms is a custom android operating system. The main goal is to offer users a slimmed down but still feature rich alternative to other android operating systems.
The entire SlimTeam work together to bring you this tailor-made beauty straight from Android Open Source Project (AOSP) source code.
All of the sources can be publicly viewed through GitHub and you can stop by the public Gerrit to submit patches of any type.

Downloads
Install at your own risk

Latest md5sum: e874e09762c0484b16a4e36ea7002ec8
Slim Gapps - mini works well

Known Issues
Do not enable KSM
If lacking root, enter superuser settings, then tap superuser access and select apps and adb.
Try Performance Control for performance settings.
With 5.8 camcorder, switch audio to amr-nb - aac works with 6

Install instructions

Changelog
6
5.8
5.4
5.2

Kernel Source
Project Source

Credits
arco
jocala
krislibaeer

jfbs · May 2, 2014

Previous Builds

20140626 md5sum: 9584cccd15d556ff80ead04324a06d94
20140611 md5sum: 35b302368f327698222f63b3e4fe089e
20140530 md5sum: 00793cb2745401f23d0ed87745d2ac82
20140520 md5sum: b860c694636c80695754fc65509646e6
20140506 md5sum: f4fc89684275652ef56a80da5f567565
20140501 md5sum: 06867bd3b05e0b364d74cb1d777b4f2d

jfbs · May 2, 2014

Reserve

Reserved

meekrawb · May 3, 2014

Great work man!

ScoobSTi · May 3, 2014

Works beautifully, and it seems much faster than CM11.

I may have done something wrong though; I seem to have lost root access somehow.

Edit: Never mind, somehow a reboot fixed that.

ackliph · May 3, 2014

Running great so far. Still searching how to disable the volume key flip on rotate though. Haven't found any bugs yet!

Sent from my Optimus G Pro using Tapatalk

ackliph · May 3, 2014

Had it running. Root was all messed up and it kept erroring when I went to Superuser menu to fix it like OP. Now when I reinstall the ROM from my SD card I get Status 7 failure. Some symlinks failed.

*disregard* gotta wipe data/factory reset to make it work. Not just manually format sys data cache. Oh well... Maybe root will work this time....

Sent from my Optimus G Pro using Tapatalk

Jorge_007 · May 3, 2014

To get root access working you must go to developer options and under "Root access" select "Apps and ADB" That will make superuser functional.

Bug/Issue: 1. Settings crashes when going into Superuser and selecting settings. 2. GPS does not work. I couldn't get mapmyrun to get a gps signal.

EDIT* 3. Stock browser does not work well. When browsing a site such as google search there are black squares covering the screen. It happens as well with the google search app from playstore.

Overall, it works well

ackliph · May 3, 2014

I can confirm. GPS does not work.

Sent from my Optimus G Pro using Tapatalk

jfbs · May 3, 2014

ackliph said:
I can confirm. GPS does not work.

Sent from my Optimus G Pro using Tapatalk

Looks like I jacked up superuser and GPS merging performance settings. I'll try fixing them next time.

dwolfman · May 4, 2014

jfbs said:
Looks like I jacked up superuser and GPS merging performance settings. I'll try fixing them next time.

I was about to confirm, but saw this so will look forward to the next version.

One thing I noticed when I tried enabling the swap file with Ram Manager Free (I found that giving this phone 256MB of swap file on kernels that support it makes it work MUCH better with heavy multitasking). It seemed to enable in the app, but when I checked the memory it showed only 64MB instead of 256MB. I checked and ZRAM was not enabled. Any idea where that 64MB came from?

I'm going to like this ROM once these few issues get fixed. It's a lot like the AOIP ROM I have been using for a while.

Which reminds me, one thing that is missing that I really liked was the ability to adjust the hard buttons back light. I like to have it set so it is on whenever the screen is on. Really disliked the auto turn-off after a few seconds even while the screen is still on. Would it be possible to add the settings options like AOIP and CM ROMs have?

ackliph · May 4, 2014

jfbs said:
Looks like I jacked up superuser and GPS merging performance settings. I'll try fixing them next time.

Sweet. Because minus those two things. I'm loving the slim Roms on the exhibit. Its so fast!

Sent from my Optimus G Pro using Tapatalk

jfbs · May 4, 2014

4.6 has working superuser and GPS should work. Try performance control with 4.6 if 4.8 is inconveniencing.

danny8 · May 5, 2014

I too am thrilled to note the appearance of yet another choice in the Exhibit ROM stable.

Very reassuring to me that this ROM presents no issues FC-ing out-of-the-box. Factory reset works, too. First time in quite a while that installation on my phone needed no extra steps.

I am trying the 4.6 version to see if that helps with GPS and the other issue.

Sent from Samsung Exhibit II using XDA Premium app. Peace!

jfbs · May 5, 2014

danny8 said:
I too am thrilled to note the appearance of yet another choice in the Exhibit ROM stable.

Very reassuring to me that this ROM presents no issues FC-ing out-of-the-box. Factory reset works, too. First time in quite a while that installation on my phone needed no extra steps.

I am trying the 4.6 version to see if that helps with GPS and the other issue.

Sent from Samsung Exhibit II using XDA Premium app. Peace!

Will you let me know if gps works for you with 4.6? I've fixed superuser fc, but uncertain if performance settings caused gps conflict.

danny8 · May 5, 2014

Yes, I'll let you know ASAP.

Someone else may beat me to the punch, though; I won't get back to my wifi until Tuesday.

Currently back on Dark CM. I did however make a Nandroid of Slim.
I was so impatient to fully test Slim, I manually installed most of my apps from the Play store.

You can't restore Ti backups without having root access. I thought maybe you could restore even if you couldn't create backups, but nope.

Weird as it might sound I was interested in using my non-rooted phone for a while. It's been so long since I used a non-rooted device, I wanted to see the limitations imposed.

Sent from Samsung Exhibit II using XDA Premium app. Peace!

jajb · May 6, 2014

jfbs said:
Will you let me know if gps works for you with 4.6? I've fixed superuser fc, but uncertain if performance settings caused gps conflict.

Tested GPS on GMaps and Map Quest and I can confirm that GPS is working in 4.6.

EDIT: My mistake, @danny8 is correct. GPS is not working in 4.6. nor is it working in 4.9. When I switched to "device only", GPS did not work at all.

One bug I did want to mention is that I am receiving fc's when trying to access SlimCenter.

Jorge_007 said:
EDIT* 3. Stock browser does not work well. When browsing a site such as google search there are black squares covering the screen. It happens as well with the google search app from playstore.

I am also receiving these big black squares when using stock browser or Google Search in 4.6.

danny8 · May 6, 2014

Well, I installed 4.6 test bed by dirty flashing on top of my setup of the original SlimKat release.

I cannot confirm GPS is working for me. (Deleted.) Update: Rebooted restored my voice service. Still messing with GPS which is not working

I confirm SU is working. Ti Backup allows me to restore apps.

I may play with this some more. Will update here if anything noteworthy pops. Otherwise rolling back to DarkCM.

Sent from my SGH-T679 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

jfbs · May 6, 2014

4.9 in op. Not sure if gps works.

Jorge_007 · May 6, 2014

jfbs said:
4.9 in op. Not sure if gps works.

Did a clean install of slimkat 4.9 and gps does not work. I used the Phone Tester app on playstore.

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