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[ROM][OFFICIAL]CandyKat 4.4.4 - [T217S] - 8/12/14[WIP]

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THIS IS A PRELIMINARY BUILD; CURRENTLY, WIFI AND BLUETOOTH ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL. THIS BUILD IS FOR TESTING PURPOSES ONLY. I WOULD LIKE SOME FEEDBACK ON FUNCTIONALITY OF OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS ROM, AND SOME ASSISTANCE IN GETTING PAST THE WIFI AND BT ISSUES.






This is CandyKat. Built straight from SlimRom source with commits from a variety of different Sources/ROMS. We wanted to give the users a fun, fully customizable ROM.We aim to add more features as this project progresses. We have also come up with the Candy Sweetener Pack. This is an Aroma installer that is full of delicious treats. Inspired by the CandyShop thread on XDA it has everything from glow dots to halo mods.






matthew0776
mar5hal
gimmeitorilltell
BMP7777
CyberScopes
tattooboy


















ALL FEATURES MAY NOT BE FUNCTIONAL IN THIS BUILD; ALL ISSUES WILL BE FIXED IN COMING BUILDS

FEATURES:


Dark UI (Mms, Dialer, InCallUI, Non-Intrusive, Documents, Calendar, Contacts, DeskClock, SystemUI)
Candy sweetener
Custom candy images
Battery led customization
Customizable quick settings tiles
Custom battery icons
LockScreen targets/widgets
Center/color clock
Google id dialer
Background calling feature
ScreenRecorder w/ mic support
DPI on the fly
Slim recents
Slim PIE
Nav bar customization
LockScreen themes
CandyWrappers (CandyKat wallpapers)
PEEK
Hardware button config.
Custom navigation bar
Shake events
Custom carrier label
Lockscreen rotation
Slim actions
Chamber of secrets
Custom toast animations
Statusbar notification count
Notification panel blahh
Statusbar clock font styles
Lockscreen notifications
Hover
Qs flip tile animations
Heads up
Battery bar



---Changelog in post #3---












The Sweetner Pack is an ALL IN ONE aroma installer for your CandyKat Rom. It's meant to theme various aspects of UI and Lockscreen. This style of theming was hatched in the Candy Shop threads on XDA developers. It is the foundation of the vision and concept of the Rom. For more mods please visit your devices' Candy Shop thread. The Sweetener Packs will contain exclusive themes and mods just for CandyKat Rom. We will be updating libs and adding themes regularly!

























Slim 4.4.4 Gapps :




DISCLAIMER: The usual blahblah don't blame me if your phone causes or experiences unspeakable mayhem, because nobody twisted your arm to DL or flash the ROM. Have a nice day






There is also a full service website in production that can be found here:

















Installation Instructions:

DO NOT FLASH IF INTENDED DEVICE IS NOT A SPRINT GALAXY TAB 3 [T217S - LT02LTESPR]- THIS ROM IS ONLY FOR THE SPRINT GALAXY TAB 3

DO NOT DIRTY FLASH ANY OF THESE RELEASES ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER. ALWAYS PERFORM A FULL WIPE(FACTORY RESET - NO INTERNAL DATA)

1) Download ROM

2) Save to internal memory

3) Boot to recovery

4) Perform FULL wipe - NOT INTERNAL MEMORY

5) Flash ROM

6) Flash Gapps

7) Reboot

8) Restore

9) Enjoy!



















https://github.com/CandyKat
















Special thanks

CyanogenMod
SlimRoms
BeanStalk
AOKP
Paranoid Android
















XDA:DevDB Information
Candykat 4.4.x, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0

Contributors
BMP7777, matthew0776, mar5hal, gimmeitorilltell, CyberScopes, NeverSeparate, tattooboy12
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
ROM Firmware Required: Rooted, unlocked, 4.4, current recovery
Based On: CM

Version Information
Status: Testing

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

Trialsoul

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Oh my god! Finally a Rom for Sprint grab 3. I hope you get everything working. I'm so sic of stock. There's really no options. Do you know will this work with latest baseband NE7 once you get bugs worked out?

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Can't thank you enough for your effort. This tab has been treated like a leper of the tab 3s for such a long time. This rom installed fine and seemed to work as it should. I've had the chance to try CM11 by eloper. The only thing that didn't work was the camera. Maybe he can chip in as to what stops wifi and BT from running here. I've also noticed a slight flickering which also existed in CM11, which has never been figured out by the dev. That, however, is nothing more than a minor annoyance and hence shouldn't be a priority of any kind. Would love to contribute except I'm totally out of my depth in this department. The only thing I can do is test.
 
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BMP7777

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This rom should also be ported to the SM-T217T :) :fingers-crossed: that would be awesome...It's nice to see CandyKat on the T217S tho, awesome work :D
I'll just tell everybody now; I don't do ports. I build from source. Not trying to sound like a jag, just sayin'. If you can get me device, kernel, and other repo files, or a local_manifest from git, I can try builds for other tabs. But, porting is tough and the success rate is low. I'm better at doing it this way.


Oh my god! Finally a Rom for Sprint grab 3. I hope you get everything working. I'm so sic of stock. There's really no options. Do you know will this work with latest baseband NE7 once you get bugs worked out?
Sent from my HTCONE using XDA Free mobile app
I don't believe that the baseband version will be an issue, because the ROM is 4.4.4. You don't need to worry about whether you are 4.2.2 or 4.4.2. I could be wrong.

Be selfish with this. Those other tabs get all the luv....
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Kinda feeling that way myself. But, after I build Candykat, Beanstalk, and maybe slim for this badboy, I will share the wealth.

Can't thank you enough for your effort. This tab has been treated like a leper of the tab 3s for such a long time. This rom installed fine and seemed to work as it should. I've had the chance to try CM11 by eloper. The only thing that didn't work was the camera. Maybe he can chip in as to what stops wifi and BT from running here. I've also noticed a slight flickering which also existed in CM11, which has never been figured out by the dev. That, however, is nothing more than a minor annoyance and hence shouldn't be a priority of any kind. Would love to contribute except I'm totally out of my depth in this department. The only thing I can do is test.
Keep in touch then, because as I move forward with this and hopefully another ROM or two, I will definitely need a tester to help with debugging and such. Thanks for your support.


I'll be working on this ROM over the next couple days and the weekend. If anyone has ideas, tips, help to offer, or any other kind of assistance, I am all ears. Hopefully I'll be able to work out some issues and get this ROM to daily driver status very soon. I HATE STOCK!

Stay tuned.....
 
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Always back up your rom

I think it's worth mentioning that you should make a backup of whatever you're running before you flash this. This is a 4.4.4 ROM, and I have read that users running a later ROM version have experienced bricks trying to flash back to an earlier version(for example, flashing back to 4.2.2). DON'T LET THIS BE YOU. Your backup from an earlier version will cause you no problems. Trying to 'downflash' can be a huge problem apparently. ALWAYS BACKUP BEFORE FLASHING NEW... and restore your former ROMs....don't attempt to downgrade....just sayin'....:highfive:

Building and working on fixes....
 

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Excited to see this! Will flash tonight! Thanks Dev!

Edit: can't find the download link....?

Edit 2: got it
 
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GAPO

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Flashed and lost root....? I installed superuser but no luck. That always seems to happen to me with AOSP/AOKP ROMs, what am I doing wrong?
 

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BMP777 Thanks!!!

BMP7777,

Thanks for developing this tablet. Looking forward to your progress. Just picked one of these up. I'll be happy to test. Wish I could do more. I can offer support with a donation which I'm more than happy to do!! Thanks again!!
 
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