[8.1.x][OFFICIAL PREVIEW] CarbonROM | cr-6.1 [berkeley]

[Myself5]

CarbonROM is an aftermarket firmware based on the Android Open Source Project. We are dedicated to fast, stable, and feature-filled roms, honesty and communication with our users, and openness with our code. We like frequent builds, with the very latest and greatest hardware support and fixes. We strive to not only provide you with the best rom we can build, but also to give back to the Android community and our fellow developers. For us, this is about creating something we can be proud of and hope you will enjoy.

Please feel free to look, build, and use our code at CarbonROM's GitHub... and at CarbonROM Gerrit.

Pre-Disclaimer:
THIS IS AN DEV PREVIEW BUILD. The intent is to showcase what is coming up soon.
Please keep any problems with those builds in this thread, we don't accept any bugreports for preview builds anywhere else.
Also, we know this works on other treble devices. Please be aware that we can only provide limited support for those.

Disclaimer:
While we make every effort to test these builds as much as possible, we are not responsible for anything that may happen to your device, family, pets, or perception of reality. We ask that you do your part to know your device and know how to recover from problems before you flash!

Support:
We spend an astonishing amount of time developing this software. We can't spend much time on XDA as a result, so if you need support, please try the following:

1) Search. Search, search, search. Yes, you. I don't care how unique or important your question is, it's very likely someone has adressed it already. Especially if you're even close to new at this.
2) Read our FAQ, which can be found on our website. Carbon FAQ
3) Ask a question in your device forum. Someone will no doubt try to help you. Warning: this help may come in the form of telling you it's a dumb question that has been asked before. See step 1 - such are the perils of asking questions when you haven't done the research yourself. Android is about helping yourself.
4) Join our Discord server! There, you can connect with other Carbon users and our developers, and you can get quicker responses to your bug reports. The invite link is right below.

Notice:
This build includes GApps for now.
Before you flash, make sure you're on the latest 8.x stock builds, then flash the system.img in fastboot.

Download Mirror
Changelog
GitHub
Gerrit
Device and Kernel sources

Remember, every penny you send to us goes right back into the rom. It's used for hardware, server costs, etc - all the things that help us make Carbon better with every release. Your support means the world to us! If you've enjoyed Carbon, please consider a donation toward this goal. Thank you, and we hope you continue to enjoy Carbon!



XDA:DevDB Information
CarbonROM, ROM for the Honor View 10

Contributors
Myself5, CarbonROM, berkeley-dev Team
Source Code: https://github.com/CarbonROM

ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Testing

Created 2018-02-22
Last Updated 2018-04-15

 

[Santi_SAZ]

Many thanks for bring us this ROM

Enviado desde mi BKL-L09 mediante Tapatalk

 

[Hiddenusername]

Great. Now development has gained speed. Love to see these roms for our beloved v10

 

[frap129]

Nice job in the release Chris!

 

[CertifiedBlyndGuy]

Sweet. Nice job

 

[shihabsoft]

Great one.

Does this have fingerprint based navigation just as in EMUI, so that we could disable the onscreen navigation bar?

 

[sam razzy]

Can i flash this via TWRP Recovery??? I see this is not a flashable zip, so can i flash the image ?

 

[Myself5]

Great one.

Does this have fingerprint based navigation just as in EMUI, so that we could disable the onscreen navigation bar?

Not yet, but we're working on it.

Can i flash this via TWRP Recovery??? I see this is not a flashable zip, so can i flash the image ?

I guess you could. I honestly didn't try.

 

[VivekBhagat]

Not yet, but we're working on it.



I guess you could. I honestly didn't try.

Take look at Lenovo zuk z2 plus it has same FP gestures like honor v10 for back,recent etc and its working on all rom that are present for that device

 

[Santi_SAZ]

Can i flash this via TWRP Recovery??? I see this is not a flashable zip, so can i flash the image ?

U can try flashing like a img in install menu. But idk if it works [emoji17]

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[BadWolfYe]

What its caffeine?

When you implement fingerprint gestures?

 

[hackslash]

Take look at Lenovo zuk z2 plus it has same FP gestures like honor v10 for back,recent etc and its working on all rom that are present for that device

Most vendors define those gestures as keyevents. Huawei obviously uses an API to perform them (and not native Linux keyevents support). Anyways, you have a plethora of third party apps that can do this for you.

 

[Interceptor777]

Excuse me for the noob question, but if this ROM is treble compatible, should I in theory be able to flash it and boot it on my Pixel 2 XL?

I know the 2XL already has CarbonROM but I'm curious about what treble brings to the table.

 

[Myself5]

What its caffeine?

When you implement fingerprint gestures?

Caffeine keeps the screen on for as long as the counter is running, or until you manually disable it. Useful for reading without permanently pressing the screen.

Excuse me for the noob question, but if this ROM is treble compatible, should I in theory be able to flash it and boot it on my Pixel 2 XL?

I know the 2XL already has CarbonROM but I'm curious about what treble brings to the table.

In a very theoretic mind experiment: yes. Practically: No. The 2XL has AVB that would prevent it from booting. I honestly wouldn't know what happens if you disable AVB, but my guess it that it doesn't boot (because the 2XL feels special). If you feel like trying, I won't stop you

 

[frap129]

What its caffeine?

When you implement fingerprint gestures?

Fingerprint gestures should be in the next build

 

[ink718]

download link not working...

 

[Hiddenusername]

download link not working...

It's working. Just downloaded.

 

[Interceptor777]

Caffeine keeps the screen on for as long as the counter is running, or until you manually disable it. Useful for reading without permanently pressing the screen.



In a very theoretic mind experiment: yes. Practically: No. The 2XL has AVB that would prevent it from booting. I honestly wouldn't know what happens if you disable AVB, but my guess it that it doesn't boot (because the 2XL feels special). If you feel like trying, I won't stop you

Actually AVB can be disabled, it has to be disabled to boot non-stock ROMs. I have a ZIP which can disable it. All it does is give you a popup after boot about a partition mismatch but the phone works fine.

So you think, in theory, with AVB disable, this ROM should be compatible? (in theory ofc)

 

[Myself5]

Actually AVB can be disabled, it has to be disabled to boot non-stock ROMs. I have a ZIP which can disable it. All it does is give you a popup after boot about a partition mismatch but the phone works fine.

So you think, in theory, with AVB disable, this ROM should be compatible? (in theory ofc)

I never said it can't be disabled

As a slight OT: its not mandatory to fully disable AVB on ROMs that are designed for taimen. taimen ROMs ship vbmeta images, that contain the AVB signatures. Due to the design its necessary to disable AVB for /vendor, which is done in the kernel by removing the AVB mount flag in the dtb. Although we're currently looking into properly generating the vendor avb signatures too.
Nonetheless, flashable GApps are likely going to cross those plans and will require to disable AVB on system. Therefore, I'd be happy if you could share that AVB disabler zip me (or release it to the public) so that @frap129 and me can do some testing with seperate GApps.

Now on to your question. I just spent an hour trying to gather some facts for the following statement:
Treble is not supposed to give you "one ROM for all devices", nor will it ever be able to provide just that.
Trebles requirement is that you can use "stock AOSP" on the device. Yes. HOWEVER: That doesn't mean it has to the be same single AOSP image for every device. Treble still requires configurations on that System image.

• The system images VNDK is configured to work with an 8.0 treble vendor. That would mean you need to use an 8.0 vendor on your Pixel too.
• The compatibility matrix and the manifest.xml on system specify what HAL treble has to expect/load from /vendor. Those likely differ.
• There will always be some small overlay differences, features that one device supports which the other doesn't or configs that differ. Auto-brightness steps would be a good example for that.

It is true, that this ROM works on multiple devices, yes. So far, those are pretty much all very similiar in terms of HALs to load and hardware. There is barely any difference between the View 10, Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro and others. Things that are different are handled in the kernel (like the Display Technology) and don't affect HALs.

TL;DR + My personal opinion: Whereas treble ROMs might boot (assuming you match all those requirements) a "common ROM for all devices" (which I am starting to think is what everyone expects from treble) is not what you want to use, nor what treble has been designed for.

 

[Myself5]

A new build (systemCarbon_20180303.img) has been uploaded.

It includes support for the US Model, and Fingerprint Gestures. To enable them, go to Settings -> CarbonFibers -> Buttons and tick enable navbar. That will disable the navbar and automatically enable the FPC gestures.

Additionally some new features got merged to the codebase. Happy flashing