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The reports I've read online suggest the Legend doesn't ship with Flash Lite support as the Hero does. Also Adobe have said you need a snapdragon cpu or higher to get Flash 10.1 support.
Does this leave the Legend with no flash ?
The post be Adobe....
Hi all,
You can expect the final release for Android to be available mid-year. All Android devices that meet our minimum s/w and h/w requirements will be supported. Unfortunately, I cannot say a lot more publicly about our port to the Android platform at this time.
As for WinMo, we have made the tough decision to defer support for that platform until WinMo7. This is due to the fact that WinMo6.5 does not support some of the critical APIs that we need.
As for your other questions:
* Yes, we will support the Motorola Milestone.
* No, the HTC Hero will not be supported b/c it does not have the correct Anroid OS version and it’s chipset is not powerful enough. We require a device with an ARM v7 (Cortex) processor. Examples include the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets and TI OMAP3 series.
Best regards,
Antonio
i have this question too but i can't get an answer anywhere
well the pre-release one i saw could not play bbc iplayer programs (it crashed the browser) but it just about managed to play youtube, although quite slow and jerky.
It seems to have flash lite at the moment, but this was a pre-release device which didn't even have Sense on it yet.....
all the early reviews I've read said it does have flash and it works:
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39030107,49305224,00.htm?s_cid=82
http://gizmodo.com/5488019/htc-legend-review-frankly-it-feels-expensive
http://www.slashgear.com/htc-legend-review-0876928/
well playing "Restaurant City" (Facebook Flash Games) works - very slow but working...
Hi all,
Just thought I'd bump this as I haven't found a definitive answer just yet [please provide the necessary link if I have missed it!].
1] I presume Flash Lite is shipped & working with the Legend...?
2] Any news on 'full fat' Flash 10.1 support? As per OP, Adobe suggest a snapdragon processor is required, is this still the case? Will we ever see Flash 10.1 on the Legend?
Thanks in advance
Yup it comes with flash lite.
No news on Flash 10.1 for the Legend.
the legend must have flash lite flash works but it seems to be completely cpu based which leads to performance problems.
im surprised they would say that 10.1 needs snap dragon. the desktop flash10.1 added GPU acceleration i was under the impression that android 10.1 would bring the same which had a huge potential to increase flash performance making it close to if not perfect
also flash 10.1 will be in FroYo (2.2) chances are htc will update to 2.2 (least i hope) so we should get it anyway if not then custom rom it up!
hi guys, I am trying to port flash lite into LG optimus one. since the htc legend and Optimus one has the same processor and OS, it might be possible to just dump in the files into system\app and system\lib. So can someone extract the flash related files from these 2 folders?
wizagg said:
hi guys, I am trying to port flash lite into LG optimus one. since the htc legend and Optimus one has the same processor and OS, it might be possible to just dump in the files into system\app and system\lib. So can someone extract the flash related files from these 2 folders?
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Nice bump
Just download one of the Froyo ROMs in the Development section + dsixda's kitchen (check Chef Central -> Android) and extract all files you need.
thanks for the info.
DISCLAIMER: You know the drill, I am not responsible if loading this rom makes your Tab melt, explode, disintegrate, or cause harm to anyone near it. (I am fairly certain none of that will happen though )
Change log in second post.
Welcome to The Overcome Experience - 8.9 Edition . For those of you that don’t know me, let me introduce myself. I am AlterBridge86, the creator of The Overcome Experience. I started developing a ROM on the OG Galaxy Tab (P1000) about 10 months ago and have moved on to having my own brand of ROM’s, Kernels, and Recoverys. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 (P7310) is now the third device family to get a “Overcome Series” ROM, however it will most definitely not be the last.
My mission is simple. I aim to vastly improve the stock user experience on Samsung devices. I think that Samsung makes fantastic hardware, however fails to bring the same level of software quality to their devices. This is where I step in. I take the base rom, as provided by Samsung, and perform further optimization and modification to it. My mods aim not to completely customize the user interface, but rather add some very useful key functionality while retaining the “stock android” look.
NOTE: This will NOT work on the LTE variants of the 8.9!!!
ROM FEATURES
Please read the announcement post on the TOE website for a full rundown of the release! http://www.teamovercome.net/p7300
Based on P7300XWLA2 / P7310UELA3 (Android 3.2)
Fully Deodexed
Fully Zipaligned
Rooted/Busybox installed
Stock kernel with modified initramfs
Themed with stock-ish Honeycomb look
Ads blocked
Updated Maps to 6.3.0
Updated Play Store to 3.4.6
Updated SamsungApps to 3.10.115
Updated Flash Player to 11.1.111.7
Updated Play Books to 2.3.5
Updated Play Music to 4.1.513
Updated Play Movies to 1.4.9
Updated YouTube to 3.5.5
Launcher from P7310UELA3 (equally as smooth as the stock launcher while retaining TW functionality)
Modded Browser from Android 3.2.2 (UAString chooser in Advanced Options)
Bootanimation.zip support (cool boot animation included thanks to gammaRascal in the Iconia forums)
Extended Power Menu (Reboot, Recovery, Download)
Install Instructions
Download CWM from here if you don't have it already: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312218
Download the appropriate install zip from below and put it in your Tabs internal storage
Reboot into CWM recovery (Turn Tab off, then press power button and volume down until you see the choice to boot download mode or recovery. Press volume down to highlight recovery, then volume up to select it.)
Navigate to install from zip, choose the install zip and install away! (Wiping data prior to install is recommended)
However, if you wish to attempt a non-wipe install (ONLY for users already on Overcome), follow these instructions: Prior to rebooting into recovery for install, go into Manage Apps and clear data on launcher. Immediately reboot into recovery using the power menu - DO NOT go back ot the home screen first. Install zip without data wipe. After install completes, wipe cache. Reboot.
Wiping data is highly recommended, especially if coming from a stock rom or another rom. You can do this prior to the install from the main screen of CWM recovery.
SCREENSHOTS
INSTALL GUIDE
http://www.teamovercome.net/p7300/?page_id=6
DOWNLOADS
http://www.teamovercome.net/p7300/?page_id=9
MIRRORS
None at this time...
SOURCES
https://github.com/alterbridge86
REMOVED APPS DOWNLOAD - To install, simply place the apks in /system/app. These will NOT install like a normal APK.
P7300 - Removed until i modify them to not include non-samsung apps
P7310 - Removed until i modify them to not include non-samsung apps
HideBar - http://ppareit.github.com/HideBar/
The best is yet to come!
KNOWN ISSUES
Wallpaper does not scroll (but this is by design really...its why the launcher is SO smooth...)
ROM AND KERNEL CHANGE LOG
Overcome 8.9 Series v2.3.1
eBook application returns!
Updated Books to Play Books 2.3.5
Updated Music to Play Music 4.1.513
Updated Videos to Play Movies 1.4.9
Updated Market to Play Store 3.4.6
Updated Flash Player to 11.1.111.7
Updated YouTube to 3.5.5
Removed HideBar (did not work reliably when preinstalled – please get from HideBar website if you wish to use this app)
Reverted to a modded stock browser (will fix most back button bugs as well as some user agent issues)
Overcome 8.9 Series v2.3.0
Rebased on P7300XWLA2/P7310UELA3
Updated Maps to 6.3.0
Updated Flash Player to 11.1.111.6
Updated Samsung Apps to 3.10.115
Launcher from UELA3 used (significantly improved landscape performance)
HideBar v0.12 included (installed in /data so can be removed by user if they so choose)
SwitchMe v1.2.2 included (installed in /data so can be removed by user if they so choose)
CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4 Included
Hello All! The Overcome Experience has come to the Galaxy Tab 8.9 I am glad to be here and providing the best experience possible to all Galaxy Tab 8.9'ers out there
I have just a few points to cover in this post, and then we're off to the races. I'm sure some of you may be familiar with my works and know that I have a website, www.teamovercome.net, which houses an excellent install guide, tweaks, faqs, downloads, and more for all the devices I support. Unfortunately, we are having an issue with our host so I will not be building a website for this device until we are set up on a new hosting service. However, I did not want that alone to hold up the release of this ROM, so here we are
During the course of my development, I have made two very important discoveries. Firstly, as you most likely noticed in the first post, we are running a P7510 rom. Yes, P7510 roms are 99% compatible with the P7310 - only minor tweaking is required to make it work perfectly. For this reason, I have based this rom off of the latest rom available for the P7510 which is very smooth and performs exceptionally well.
My second discovery comes with some good and bad news. I'm sure you all have noticed that there is horrendous lag when swiping between the homescreens in landscape mode. Initially, I blamed this on the rom. I tried several different P7310 roms, including the P7510 rom which this release is based on, and while some were better than others, it continued to exhibit more lag than the P7510. Naturally, I found this extremely odd because these devices are identical with the exception of the screens. Another bit of background info before moving on in this story, Honeycomb has been plagued with an issue up until the 3.2 release which caused the device, when used in portrait mode, have very stuttery, laggy performance. The 3.2 release significantly improved that issue so much that it is nearly identical to the performance of landscape mode.
Moving on, I learned that the tab actually has a default orientation of portrait (notice that CWM is in portrait mode on the 8.9, whereas on 10.1 it is in landscape). As a result of this, there is a modifier in the build.prop that rotates the screen appropriately. However, the side effect of this, is that the performance issues seen on typical Honeycomb tablets in portrait mode now manifest in landscape mode. If you flip the tab into portrait, you will see the butter smooth performance one would expect in landscape. (I urge you to try this out once you flash the rom - it gives you a taste of what is to come in the future!) So the bad news of this is that there is really nothing I can do to fix this at this time. This rom has SIGNIFICANTLY improved landscape performance, but its still not perfect. The good news however is that once we get 3.2, and definitely ICS, we will no longer have to worry about these sorts of performance issues.
All that said, I hope you all enjoy the release and as always, the best is yet to come!
Great! Can't wait to flash!
does it work with p7300??
eager to try it i loved overcome for galaxy tab
davioxx said:
does it work with p7300??
eager to try it i loved overcome for galaxy tab
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You would lose 3G capability...I will have a P7300 rom coming in the near future...its just not ready yet
well i dont use my 3g capability , so I will download it right now but still count me for testing/using the correcto 7300 version =D, also is it necessary to wipe?
edit: recovery is good to go for the 7300?
thanks alterbridge
Wipe is a recommended idea - you can try without it and see how it goes, but if you are seeing all sorts of FC and stuff, then you should wipe.
Recovery works on both 7310/7300, if thats what you mean...
Looking forward to your P7300 ROM, any ETA date?hehe
Would like to see this work on 3g as well. But I can't stop salivating on this...
I'm strapping myself now, not to do anything with my tablet. I relied too much on 3g internet...
Much obliged alter. Putting it through the paces now, so far so good.
Sent from my GT-P7310 using Tapatalk
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Hello guys just confirming it working on the 7300 no 3G data Ive never used it before so cant confirm anything,
took around 5 minutes for first boot, wouldnt work without wipe
Looking forward to the 3G version- can't have that not working so please release it soon. Pretty please
waiting ROM for support my TAB8.9 7300B
Sweet! Will flash once I get home from work tomorrow!
Hey, I just won a 8.9 and am considering this ROM due to the HW acceleration. Is it possible to revert the soft buttons to the TouchWiz versions? While I'm fine with the "Tron" look of stock Honeycomb, it doesn't match Touchwiz well.
davioxx said:
Hello guys just confirming it working on the 7300 no 3G data Ive never used it before so cant confirm anything,
took around 5 minutes for first boot, wouldnt work without wipe
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Great! So who would u describe the performance? Compared to stock. Does the UI still lag? What are your first impressions
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
can this kernel be overclocked?
is there any posibilities to have a GSM voice call on this ROM in the future?
Very much looking forward to a P7300 3G build of this!
Also, +1 on the question of overclocking/undervolting; Tegra 2 is cool and all, but it's no Exynos.
My GS2 has spoiled me when it comes to performance. <_<;;
Hi all
Have owned a X5 (U8000) since April 2011. In December 2011 I was introduced to rooting and custom ROMs via a friend
He rooted the phone and installed MIUI 1.11.25 - which has worked well, with two issues Green Lines in standard YouTube Playback and not being able to WiFi Hot Spot.
Today after many months of procrastination I purchased ROM Manager 5.5.2.8 and installed MIUI 2.12.20.
The two problems I have still remain sadly and I have introduced a third - the 'bold' headers in ROM Manager are missing and I can only see the words below.
Wondering if anyone knows a fix for above issues - have read all the threads I can find and see nothing mentioning these issues (the WiFi Hot Spot was fixed in the release just after MIUI 1.11.25).
The next question - I want to try CM10.1 which requires the official 2.3.5 kernel (?) - I am having trouble locating a mirror that still works.
Thanks all
For official 2.3.5 links and other stuff:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166353
Sent from my U8800
Updated 10/22/2014 10:20pm EST - Thread closed see new thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-pro-12-10-8/general/cyanogenmod-tab-pro-12-2-sm-t900-t2914991
chhaggerty has now posted his source built cm11 for SM-T900 that has a full OP, why this post no longer is needed. Additionally, his build is the most complete and also runs smoother than its predecessors. However, without the initial work carried out by crpalmer, Valera1978 and bonuzzz this release would not have seen the light until much later, if ever.
I know this is not the correct place for this info, but the original thread is very, let's call it, chaotic. The OP is not maintained (do not flash .zip-files available in the OP), and it's very hard to find details unless you participated from the start and followed the development. Further, I believe this is of public interest for the community members, as the T-900 has not seen much development until now.
Tired of your laggy base ROM?
Valera1978 and bonuzzz from the P-900 forum has successfully ported crpalmer's cm-11 T-520 picassowifi to the SM-T900. The cm-11 ROM is very snappy and responsive, there is no reason not using it as a daily driver. Before flashing it's recommended to update to TWRP 2.8.0.0, see my note for details
Attention: This is a non-stock based ROM, why you also need to install gapps (set of packages - full, mini, micro, nano, pico). I prefer the Pico in order to be in control of the maximum of what is installed, but that's up to you.
Finally: Don't forget to make a backup of the ROM you currently have installed.
Do you want to try but are afraid to make the change? bonuzzz has released MultiROM for T-900. This will allow keeping your TouchWiz ROM, and concurrently install cm11. You can then, seamlessly, go back and forth between the two alternatives.
Alternatively, you can also try it the traditional way. However, some people had issues in going back to StockROM after having tried cm11, but after flashing bonuzzz's MultiROM kernel on the top of the TouchWiz ROM, it boots up immediately and radically improve the performance, isn't that a bonuzzz.
For the cm11, there might be some minor, non-verified, remaining issue(s);
- auto-rotation - screen orientation is always presented in landscape mode, independent of settings. However you can use an app, eg Ultimate Rotation Control, to lock the screen in any direction.
- IR blaster - I used IR 2.0 and had no issues with TouchWiz, but no reaction with cm11
I will try keeping a POST up to date with latest developments
- LED notification lights - don't look for it, functionality is not supported by the device
- Proximity sensor - don't look for it, according to Samsung's specs the device does not have one
Details of what has been fully tested can be found HERE
Valera1978 said:
cm-11-20141012-UNOFFICIAL-v2wifi
Merge with latest official nigtly 20141012.
Also included new kernel.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-6...ew?usp=sharing
Please test it.
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Need help installing the rom
arcadia2uk said:
Updated 10/18/2014 08:40am EST
I know this is not the correct place for this info, but the original thread is very, let's call it, chaotic. The OP is not maintained (do not flash .zip-files available in the OP), and it's very hard to find details unless you participated from the start and followed the development. Further, I believe this is of public interest for the community members, as the T-900 has not seen much development until now.
Tired of your laggy base ROM?
Valeria1978 and Bonuzzz from the P-900 forum has successfully ported crpalmer's cm-11 T-520 picassowifi to the SM-T900. The cm-11 ROM is very snappy and responsive, there is no reason not using it as a daily driver. Before flashing it's recommended to update to TWRP 2.8.0.0, see my note for details
Attention: This is a non-stock based ROM, why you also need to install gapps (set of packages - full, mini, micro, nano, pico). I prefer the Pico in order to be in control of the maximum of what is installed, but that's up to you.
Finally: Don't forget to make a backup of the ROM you currently have installed.
Do you want to try but are afraid to make the change? Bonuzzz has released MultiROM for T-900. This will allow keeping your TouchWiz ROM, and concurrently install cm11. You can then, seamlessly, go back and forth between the two alternatives.
Alternatively, you can also try it the traditional way. However, some people had issues in going back to StockROM after having tried cm11, but after flashing Bonuzzz's MultiROM kernel on the top of the TouchWiz ROM, it boots up immediately and radically improve the performance, isn't that a Bonuzzz.
For the cm11, there might be some minor, non-verified, remaining issue(s);
- auto-rotation - screen orientation is always presented in landscape mode, independent of settings. However you can use an app, eg Ultimate Rotation Control, to lock the screen in any direction.
- IR blaster - I used IR 2.0 and had no issues with TouchWiz, but no reaction with cm11
I will try keeping a POST up to date with latest developments
- LED notification lights - don't look for it, functionality is not supported by the device
- Proximity sensor - don't look for it, according to Samsung's specs the device does not have one
Details of what has been fully tested can be found HERE
Note: the BROWN text contain links to the actual postings
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Hello,
I tried to install your rom but it gave me an error. I installed twrp 2.8 and then I flashed the cm11 rom. See attached picture for the error.
I am very new in flashing stuff so I hope someone can help me and tell me what to do.
Many thanks.
Deslang16 said:
Hello,
I tried to install your rom but it gave me an error. I installed twrp 2.8 and then I flashed the cm11 rom. See attached picture for the error.
I am very new in flashing stuff so I hope someone can help me and tell me what to do.
Many thanks.
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I hope that you started by making a backup of your current ROM. Thereafter, I assume you did a factory reset, and also wiped your system.
However, It looks like you are installing gapps before the ROM, it should be the other way around. First ROM, then gapps.
I want to know if there is any ROM for my Galaxy Tab 4 7 Inch (SM-T230NU)?
just test if reply is working.. because i wroth you a big tutorial and i submited get a frustation error msg
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iSuperAwesome said:
I want to know if there is any ROM for my Galaxy Tab 4 7 Inch (SM-T230NU)?
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Sorry to not get this Tutorial as elaborated as I wroth before but I get flustered by getting a error when submit
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I use a windows software call SamFirm do download VERY FAST the lastest original firmware from Samsung servers.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
Note 1: You need to specify the “Region/Country” of the Firmware. For that, you can look at some sites that have the same Firmware (Links below). But don’t download from this sites, because is VERY SLOW.
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-T230NU
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-T230NU/
http://www.androidayos.com/galaxy-tab-4-stock-firmware/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/links-stock-galaxy-tab-4-firmware-t3013128
Note 2: The region “BNN” is for the Samsung galaxy Tab 4 7.0 Nook Edition
How to use SamFirm:
1 - Model = SM-T230NU <-----------------(Ex: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook 7.0" = SM-T230NU)
2 - Region = BNN <------------------------(Ex: “BNN” for Nook Edition)
3 - Auto = ON
4 - Click "Check Updates", if firmware for the particular region exist you see a msg in Log Window below
5 - Check CRC32 = ON <--------------------- Check is the file is intact
6 - Decrypt automatically = ON <----------- Decrypt file after download
7 - Click "Download” and choose the destination folder
8 – Extract the .md5 using 7-Zip (Nota: WinRAR get error sometimes)
9 – Done, now you can use Odin3 to upgrade you firmware
Cheers
iSuperAwesome said:
I want to know if there is any ROM for my Galaxy Tab 4 7 Inch (SM-T230NU)?
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It sounds like you were asking about custom ROMs, as opposed to keeping official firmware up to date which is what BXA is talking about. For the record, instead of installing an extra app just to keep up to date on official firmware releases, you can always check my threads which I keep up to date on official firmware releases for all Tab 4 variants:
--Official Tab 4 KitKat Firmware thread
--Official Tab 4 Lollipop Firmware Thread
Assuming you were inquiring about custom ROMs, below is a list of the most popular and/or well-maintained ROMs that will work for your device (pro-tip, even if the ROM says it's only for the SM-T230, it will work on your device, but you probably will lose IR blaster functionality). Before you ask, there are no viable CyanogenMod-based or even AOSP-based ROMs for this device (or SM-T230). They tried to get CyanogenMod working for your device, but as of right now the available builds either don't boot entirely or boot but have bugs like Wi-Fi not working. I'll link to the thread with the relevant info and downloads, but don't expect much, certainly nothing stable enough for daily use. The list I promised you:
--Acheron ROM (well maintained, popular, great dev to interact with, and even though I don't own your device, my recommended starting point)
--Prism Barebones (unfortunately apparently no-longer maintained, but still a solid, popular ROM by a well-respected dev, a legit alternative to Acheron)
--TranchidaKat (seemed to be gaining in popularity, unfortunately the dev recently took a break from maintenance)
--T230 Smooth ROM (I don't really know much about this ROM, but from what I can tell it seems/seemed reasonably popular)
There are a couple more ROMs I feel reluctant even mentioning, and can't really recommend with any sort of confidence. The first had an OK dev (seemed to be in the up and coming, eager to learn but not experienced stage of being a ROM developer): Octagon ROM
The next ROMs I'm going to mention I can't recommend in good confidence not just they're now slightly out of date, but because they seemed to have a few bugs, but more so the developer doesn't do much to instill my confidence in their knowledge base when it comes to developing ROMs for android. Also they're not really custom ROMs more than they're just the stock ROM with themes and skins applied, as opposed to any real under-the-hood performance improvements: Everything Google ROM; the previous ROM with a Marshmallow skin; and Android 5.0 Lollipop Material Design -{theme}-
Finally the CyanogenMod thread I mentioned, even though as I said, you will be disappointed if you insist on downloading anything to try it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/dev-cm12-1-t230-nu-development-thread-t3190971
One last thing before I go, in case you haven't found the custom recovery you need, you have three (although the first two are more recommended) choices: an older version of TWRP which I can guarantee will work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/root-galaxy-tab-4-7-t230-t2835264
Or a newer version of TWRP which should work for your device but I cannot personally guarantee that (click the link that says twrp-3.0.0.0-degas-160207-0212): http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/development/recovery-twrp-2-8-1-0-samsung-galaxy-t2922795
Regarding that newer TWRP, I'm pretty sure I've seen posts confirming it works for your device but I can't recall for sure and I personally installed the first (older version) on a friend's SM-T230NU, so your call. If you have a strong personal preference for CWM as opposed to TWRP, you can try the following recovery, but it's not actively maintained any longer, so be warned. Although to be fair, it works fine as far as I can tell, so again your call: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/development/recovery-philz-smnu-t2980094
thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
It sounds like you were asking about custom ROMs, as opposed to keeping official firmware up to date which is what BXA is talking about. For the record, instead of installing an extra app just to keep up to date on official firmware releases, you can always check my threads which I keep up to date on official firmware releases for all Tab 4 variants:
--Official Tab 4 KitKat Firmware thread
--Official Tab 4 Lollipop Firmware Thread
Assuming you were inquiring about custom ROMs, below is a list of the most popular and/or well-maintained ROMs that will work for your device (pro-tip, even if the ROM says it's only for the SM-T230, it will work on your device, but you probably will lose IR blaster functionality). Before you ask, there are no viable CyanogenMod-based or even AOSP-based ROMs for this device (or SM-T230). They tried to get CyanogenMod working for your device, but as of right now the available builds either don't boot entirely or boot but have bugs like Wi-Fi not working. I'll link to the thread with the relevant info and downloads, but don't expect much, certainly nothing stable enough for daily use. The list I promised you:
--Acheron ROM (well maintained, popular, great dev to interact with, and even though I don't own your device, my recommended starting point)
--Prism Barebones (unfortunately apparently no-longer maintained, but still a solid, popular ROM by a well-respected dev, a legit alternative to Acheron)
--TranchidaKat (seemed to be gaining in popularity, unfortunately the dev recently took a break from maintenance)
--T230 Smooth ROM (I don't really know much about this ROM, but from what I can tell it seems/seemed reasonably popular)
There are a couple more ROMs I feel reluctant even mentioning, and can't really recommend with any sort of confidence. The first had an OK dev (seemed to be in the up and coming, eager to learn but not experienced stage of being a ROM developer): Octagon ROM
The next ROMs I'm going to mention I can't recommend in good confidence not just they're now slightly out of date, but because they seemed to have a few bugs, but more so the developer doesn't do much to instill my confidence in their knowledge base when it comes to developing ROMs for android. Also they're not really custom ROMs more than they're just the stock ROM with themes and skins applied, as opposed to any real under-the-hood performance improvements: Everything Google ROM; the previous ROM with a Marshmallow skin; and Android 5.0 Lollipop Material Design -{theme}-
Finally the CyanogenMod thread I mentioned, even though as I said, you will be disappointed if you insist on downloading anything to try it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/dev-cm12-1-t230-nu-development-thread-t3190971
One last thing before I go, in case you haven't found the custom recovery you need, you have three (although the first two are more recommended) choices: an older version of TWRP which I can guarantee will work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/general/root-galaxy-tab-4-7-t230-t2835264
Or a newer version of TWRP which should work for your device but I cannot personally guarantee that (click the link that says twrp-3.0.0.0-degas-160207-0212): http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/development/recovery-twrp-2-8-1-0-samsung-galaxy-t2922795
Regarding that newer TWRP, I'm pretty sure I've seen posts confirming it works for your device but I can't recall for sure and I personally installed the first (older version) on a friend's SM-T230NU, so your call. If you have a strong personal preference for CWM as opposed to TWRP, you can try the following recovery, but it's not actively maintained any longer, so be warned. Although to be fair, it works fine as far as I can tell, so again your call: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/development/recovery-philz-smnu-t2980094
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Many thanks for the tips
Btw, your links are great.. and can be downloaded VERY FAST
have a nice day