[ROM][4.4.4] SlimKat Final 9.0

[blk_jack]

SlimKat Stable 7.0 / Weekly 8.2

New Gapps Thread

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.

SlimKat is the project name for SlimRoms based on Android 4.4 and offers the following original features:

• • The Real Dark Slim
  • Full system-wide dark interfaces. - If you like it smooth and classy.
  • Custom Shortcuts. Everywhere.
  • Hardware keys, Navigation Ring, Navigation Bar, Lockscreen, Tiles, Notifications etc. - We've got you covered.
  • System-Wide Keyboard Controls
  • Rotation, cursor control, optional emoticions, etc. - You'll be tapping away to your heart's content.
  • SlimCenter
  • Downloads, contact information, system app removal. - More fun than you can shake a stick at.
  • Camera Features
  • Trueview, Smart Capture. - Capture life moments with ease.
  • For jfl devices ( S4 ) we use KT Kernel , special thanks to ktoonsez
    [*] [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297379"]Kernel Thread

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Important links:

slimroms.net - The official webpage where you find everything you need to know about SlimRoms.

Downloads - Download the rom, gapps and other addons.

Installation instructions - Follow these steps to the letter if you're about to install SlimRoms on your device.

Latest Changelog - Read here if you want information on changes in latest build.

FAQ - The most frequent asked questions with answers.

Kernel Source - The source of your device's kernel.


Get in touch! - Contact SlimRoms at these places if you have questions, requests or feedback.

Google+

Twitter

Facebook

Forum


Disclaimer: SlimRoms are not responsible for any damages to your device.

XDA:DevDB Information
SlimKat Stable Jflte.. Final 9.0, ROM for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4

Contributors
blk_jack, SlimRoms, tylog
Source Code: http://github.com/SlimRoms/

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 6.0
Current Beta Version: 6.8
Beta Release Date: 2014-08-26

Created 2013-12-08
Last Updated 2014-12-29

 

[blk_jack]

SlimKat 4.4 weekly 1.3

Weekly 1.3 is live! Please read the post on SlimRoms.net for more details including proper upgrade/installation methods, as well as notes on activating root and restoring with Titanium Backup.

Changes, Features & Fixes:

Changelog for weekly 1.3

• Fully customizable quick settings the new way with new included music tiles and features
• Notification drawer and quicksettings background as well with tablet support now
• Notification transparency
• Notification drawer shortcuts
• Hide carrier label on notification drawer
• Wifi access point is shown in notification drawer
• Easy full swipe access between notification drawer and quicksettings
• Quick pulldown for quick settings
• Quick settings style options
• Battery icon the new slim way reflected on quicksettings as well
• Full Clock and date customization on status bar
• Statusbar brightness control
• Fully revamped navigation bar and navigation ring customizations much more ehanced to 4.3
• Fully global menu customization the new way
• SlimCenter
• Mute Volume adjust sound
• Ascending ringtone
• Quiet hours new extended version
• Mute Camera shutter sound
• Control safe headset warning
• Volume rocker music control
• Less frequent notification sounds
• Power connectivity alert
• Fully customizable volume panel
• Display rotation options
• Fully customizable auto brightness hysterese
• CRT animation the new way with new animation as well
• Notification light options
• Battery light options if device supports it
• Volume rocker wake
• Wake up on charge
• Slims full customizable low battery warning
• Enable/disable camera widget on lockscreen
• Enable carousel animation on lockscreen
• disable initial page hints on lockscreen
• start widgets maximized on lockscreen
• Fully revamped lockscreen target options
• Lockscreen shortcuts
• Lock before unlock the new way
• Pattern size customizing
• Systemwide blacklist support for calls and sms/mms
• Slims Privacy Guard the new way
• Auto keyboard rotation feature
• Disable fullscreen keyboard
• IME selector notification
• Show permanent enter key on keyboard
• Volume key cursor control
• SuperUser
• Mediascanner behaviour on boot
• Wifi country code
• Camera smart capture
• Camera picture quality
• Camera gps indicator
• Camera colour filter options
• Camera complete menu revamp the new way
• Gallery video smart control
• SMS/MMS has completly all feature back from 4.3
• None intrusive incall UI
• Dialer has all features back from 4.3
• Torch app
• System wide immersive mode aka expanded desktop
• and tons of fixes on google code, revamps on old code, new features and polishing of old features and for sure a lot we still forgot to list here

 

[blk_jack]

Please note these builds are under heavy development!

Please note: SlimKat and KitKat in general is in an early stage. Still some apps are not compatible

4.4 mini-FAQ

• Q) Root doesn't work!
• A) From a clean build you need to enable root access for Superuser itself. This is different from 4.2.2 in which Superuser by default had root access on a new install. To do this, go to Settings -> Developer options -> Root access. If an app attempts to request root access before Superuser itself has access, it may cause problems with that app in the future where root requests are silently denied.

• Q) Titanium Backup isn't restoring apps!
• A) Change the backups folder to storage/emulated/legacy.

Known Issues

• Navigation bar recents button sometimes needs to be pressed twice
• Lockscreen when carousel animation is enabled dragging the camera icon messes the animation
• Icons on global menu are sometimes a bit distored....not much
• Network mode tile does not always work

 

[Skipjacks]

WOHOO!!!!! WELCOME BACK!!!!! :laugh:

 

[knightsh]

Glad to see this. Only might want to name thread SlimKat not SlimBean. You know, since it's 4.4.1

 

[blk_jack]

Glad to see this. Only might want to name thread SlimKat not SlimBean. You know, since it's 4.4.1

Good catch, thanks!

 

[knightsh]

Downloaded and installed a little while ago. No problems whatsoever. Set up and been playing with. Again, no problems here either. Thanks blk-jack! Only thing I don't see is TRDS!! Coming soon ??
Edit:ran all day today at work. Good battery life, good cell reception and LTE when in that area. Very pleased with this build.

 

[duhitsrandy]

weird prob tonight. phone "died" from 53% battery and took forever to get back on. wont charge past 0% and the touchscreen wont work while in rom. touch screen is fine once im in the recovery thought

 

[Skipjacks]

weird prob tonight. phone "died" from 53% battery and took forever to get back on. wont charge past 0% and the touchscreen wont work while in rom. touch screen is fine once im in the recovery thought

Power it off and let it charge for several hours. See if that fixes it.

 

[Bowmanspeer]

I'm rubbing my eyes as I can't believe what I'm reading! Wow! Can't wait to give this a go! Sadly, it could be a few days before I have time to go slimkat.

Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda app-developers app

 

[CyReNiUsX]

Nice ROM so far, very nice in fact. Few things though. Doesn't read my SD Card (exFat). When you power down phone while its charging it will show battery charging screen for a few seconds then boots up. Doesn't show Galaxy S4 boot screen when it does that. When it finishes loading the phone is completely unresponsive. Only when you shut down while charging though. Not sure if it's happening to anybody else. Did a FULL wipe.

 

[Tylog]

Downloaded and installed a little while ago. No problems whatsoever. Set up and been playing with. Again, no problems here either. Thanks blk-jack! Only thing I don't see is TRDS!! Coming soon ??
Edit:ran all day today at work. Good battery life, good cell reception and LTE when in that area. Very pleased with this build.

Yes,TRDS is coming

Tapatalk SlimKat 4.4.1

 

[WhosAsking]

I have to say this. Compared to all the other custom KK ROMs I've tried, SlimKat is different. For one thing, I note the different screen configuration that, while taking some getting used to, is still something that's growing on me. I'll see how it performs battery-wise, particularly with ART enabled, but I can definitely see why this is a favorite of some Android users.

One note: Your SlimOTA keeps saying the stable build is an update to the weekly beta. Is this intentional?

Finally, one question. I do note that SlimKat uses a white title color instead of the standard teal. Is this something that can be changed or customized?

 

[Tylog]

Thank you for your feedback


We know about the updater and will fix it, if you become the update message go to settings, apps, all apps , slimcenter and disable there the notification.

The white colour can't be change, only with another theme, in the future a new theme engine comes, then you can change it.

Tapatalk SlimKat 4.4.1

 

[Rauch]

Nice ROM so far, very nice in fact. Few things though. Doesn't read my SD Card (exFat). When you power down phone while its charging it will show battery charging screen for a few seconds then boots up. Doesn't show Galaxy S4 boot screen when it does that. When it finishes loading the phone is completely unresponsive. Only when you shut down while charging though. Not sure if it's happening to anybody else. Did a FULL wipe.

Give ktoonz kernel a shot. I believe it works there.

Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk

 

[knightsh]

Nice ROM so far, very nice in fact. Few things though. Doesn't read my SD Card (exFat). When you power down phone while its charging it will show battery charging screen for a few seconds then boots up. Doesn't show Galaxy S4 boot screen when it does that. When it finishes loading the phone is completely unresponsive. Only when you shut down while charging though. Not sure if it's happening to anybody else. Did a FULL wipe.

Same problem here. Running great till this happened. I turned off last night to charge. Picked up this morning and headed to work. When I touched the power button the screen came on like if it was asleep. But the screen was unresponsive. I held the power button a few seconds and it booted, well tried to. It stuck at the "galaxy s 4" splash screen. Had a hard time trying to mess with it while driving. Managed to pull the battery. Got into recovery and wiped cache/dalvik just to try. Again stuck at "galaxy s 4" splash screen. Ended up reflashing once at work(dirty flash) and got the same result. Had to restore my backup to use at work.

 

[CZ Eddie]

I'm coming over from AT&T 4.4 KitKat to see if you guys were experiencing my issues and it looks like you are.

Booting up to the lockscreen and the screen doesn't recognize swipes or presses of fingers. Only happens when rebooting while charging.

And of course, the getting stuck at Galaxy S4 splash screen which is happening on AOSP & stock 4.4. But more on AOSP it seems.

 

[Rauch]

I'm coming over from AT&T 4.4 KitKat to see if you guys were experiencing my issues and it looks like you are.

Booting up to the lockscreen and the screen doesn't recognize swipes or presses of fingers. Only happens when rebooting while charging.

And of course, the getting stuck at Galaxy S4 splash screen which is happening on AOSP & stock 4.4. But more on AOSP it seems.

Oddly enough, I have yet to see this.

On 4.3, I had a few times with getting stuck at the splash screen, which was presumably a kernel issue.

Builds are currently using CM's kernel. Try Ktoonsez's for the time being. Quite a few modifications and reverts between all the kernels lately. It'll take some time.

Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk

 

[CZ Eddie]

edit, wrong subforum

 

[ihateDISCO]

anyway to get the home button to answer calls really missing it from 4.3