[8.1.x][OFFICIAL][RELEASE] CarbonROM | cr-6.1 [maple]

[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.

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.

We recommend MindTheGApps. OpenGApps should work, but please make sure you clearly mention the gapps you're using when reporting bugs.

Notice:
You must NOT use the SonyOpenDevices ODM image. If you come from a ROM that uses it, please flash the stock OEM image first.

Get CarbonROM
Changelog
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GitHub
Gerrit
Kernel source

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 Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Contributors
Myself5, CarbonROM
Source Code: https://github.com/CarbonROM

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

Version Information
Status: Stable

Created 2018-03-31
Last Updated 2018-09-07

 

[grodri19721]

Is this Rom for the 8142 dual sim??

 

[SuzutsukiKaede]

Thank you for youre efforts!

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Is this Rom for the 8142 dual sim??

tested,its for g8141 ONLY.

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Is this Rom for the 8142 dual sim??

tested,its for g8141 ONLY.

 

[grodri19721]

Ah man good thing i asked before flashing any luck for 8142 dual sim

 

[beammer335d]

I flashed it for my dual, everything was smooth. only thing that didnt work was my camera. Wifi, LTE also worked

I had to change the wallpaper, it was hard to my icons

 

[grodri19721]

Maybe now you can get google camera to work now

 

[HoiFung]

Thank you for your Work, I have a chance to try it:svetius:.

 

[non.verbal]

can we have bug list ? does fingerprint sensor work properly as well as 4K mode ? thank you in advance
also would be nice to see some screenshots

 

[tysoncrypto]

Did a factory reset in Twrp, flashed it with TWRP, but it`s stuck on the sony logo just after the unlocked device warning. Did factory reset again, this time wiped system too, but no luck.
G141 with drm fix by storm. FW was: 47.1.A.12.75
Is there anything i do wrong?

Edit: It works.

 

[madshark2009]

wow thats really good to see work on our device

THANK YOU VERY MUCH <3 much love

ill just wait to see if there are no bugs or if the rom is worth losing drm and if so ill flash
again thanks for all you devs out there <3

 

[s10119807]

I am the dual sim card device user.
I tried to add and edit some text for build.prop from aosp_g8142.mk

Add:
persist.multisim.config=dsds
persist.radio.multisim.config=dsds

Edit:
ro.telephony.default_network=9,1

After doing that, sim dual setting is shown.
But opening radio is slow after booting.
(Same the AOSP)

And I can't test whether it works because I don't have the second sim card.

 

[frostydawn]

Does this rom have something like drmpatch?
I mean, does this rom has normal photo quality same as stock?

 

[Myself5]

Does this rom have something like drmpatch?
I mean, does this rom has normal photo quality same as stock?

No. The Devicetrees are based on Sonys Open Development Project, therefore doesn't the stock camera drivers, at all.

 

[madshark2009]

No. The Devicetrees are based on Sonys Open Development Project, therefore doesn't the stock camera drivers, at all.

great job dev

few questions since i dont want to lose my drm, i want to know if its worth it actually.
1) does is have screen options? [email protected] or 1080p/120hz?
2) does it have full support of google camera? (the one reason I dont want to unlock bootloader is because with drm i get great pics, and i want to know if on this build i at least get a camera that is just as good)
3) how is battery life?

again, love the work youve done <3

 

[frostydawn]

great job dev

few questions since i dont want to lose my drm, i want to know if its worth it actually.
1) does is have screen options? [email protected] or 1080p/120hz?
2) does it have full support of google camera? (the one reason I dont want to unlock bootloader is because with drm i get great pics, and i want to know if on this build i at least get a camera that is just as good)
3) how is battery life?

again, love the work youve done <3

For better image quality, I strongly recommend you do not unlock the bootloader.

I was also one of XZP users who was eager to improve its camera by installing google camera so I unlocked mine and installed AOSP rom.

It's possible to activate google camera HDR+ with aosp roms, though image quality would get worse.

Yeah, Google camera does improve image quality, but due to disabled stock noise reduction(I guess this is related to ISP, which is over the control of android OS) the final outcome would get WAY WORSE than stock.

If someone make drmpatch compatible with AOSP roms, you may get superior image thanks to both stock noise reduction and google's HDR tech, but for now you shouldn't unlock your phone.

I regret I shouldn't have unlocked my phone, and now I should manually apply drmpatch everytime I update my phone.

 

[Alex1911]

Bugs and Functionality

@Myself5 Hi all.

The Rom work's pretty good (fast and mostly stable after some time)

Bugs are pretty much they same as on Sony's AOSP (not Stock Firmware) but it's totally recomendable for a daily driver.

-> 1. After a fresh install the System seems unstable but get's stable after 1-2 days, with one reboot included (when different App's force-close or stop giving Feedback, System crashed or behaves badly). (tempoary AOSP Bug)


Rom-specific permament Bugs are:
1. Notification-light pulse duration ON/OFF can be changed but the color remains the same even after numerous changes ( Battery light is fully changeable and works flawless)

2. Under Settings -> Fiber (Custom Settings) -> Buttons -> Advanced Option's (Hardware Buttons) is Empty or doesn't draw options.

3. Night-Light (Blue-Color) Filter doesn't work.

4. Black-Mode (Colors get change example white to black etc.) doesn't work.
@Myself5 Keep up the good work, you brought back hope for Custom-Rom's, I/we really appreciate it. :good:

Best Regard's

Alex1911

 

[madshark2009]

For better image quality, I strongly recommend you do not unlock the bootloader.

I was also one of XZP users who was eager to improve its camera by installing google camera so I unlocked mine and installed AOSP rom.

It's possible to activate google camera HDR+, though image quality would get worse.

Yeah, Google camera does improve image quality, but due to disabled stock noise reduction(I guess this is related to ISP, which is over the control of android OS) the final outcome would get WAY WORSE than stock.

If someone make drmpatch compatible with AOSP roms, you may get superior image thanks to both stock noise reduction and google's HDR tech, but for now you shouldn't unlock your phone.

I regret I shouldn't have unlocked my phone, and now I should manually apply drmpatch everytime I update my phone.

Hmmmm
And what about screen options? 4k or 120hz?
Any of them work?

 

[frostydawn]

Hmmmm
And what about screen options? 4k or 120hz?
Any of them work?

I've tried AOSP rom which is compiled with source codes provided by Sony Developers, and since this rom is also based on the same codes I guess it may be similar.

When I installed that rom 4k and 120hz options did exist in developer settings, but I heard it doesn't work actually.

I'm not sure if someone managed to get it work with updates but I suggest you be careful before unlocking bootloader, because there's no way back.

 

[ricardo99831390]

For better image quality, I strongly recommend you do not unlock the bootloader.

I was also one of XZP users who was eager to improve its camera by installing google camera so I unlocked mine and installed AOSP rom.

It's possible to activate google camera HDR+ with aosp roms, though image quality would get worse.

Yeah, Google camera does improve image quality, but due to disabled stock noise reduction(I guess this is related to ISP, which is over the control of android OS) the final outcome would get WAY WORSE than stock.

If someone make drmpatch compatible with AOSP roms, you may get superior image thanks to both stock noise reduction and google's HDR tech, but for now you shouldn't unlock your phone.

I regret I shouldn't have unlocked my phone, and now I should manually apply drmpatch everytime I update my phone.

you can try turbo rom, it is based on stock but it is debloated and optimized, i know its not the same as aosp and it will never be, but its a good choice if you want a balance good camera and also good performance. if you really regret unlocking the bootloader i totally recommend it, it has awesome battery life, performance, its pretty debloated etc. It might worth trying tho.
Also i have a question what aosp rom did you installed im curious I might give it a try just to see how advanced they are.

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No. The Devicetrees are based on Sonys Open Development Project, therefore doesn't the stock camera drivers, at all.

will this rom have active development and improvements or it will just be ported? i want to know, if the first option is the anwser i would think about changing to this rom if its stable and improved.

 

[frostydawn]

you can try turbo rom, it is based on stock but it is debloated and optimized, i know its not the same as aosp and it will never be, but its a good choice if you want a balance good camera and also good performance. if you really regret unlocking the bootloader i totally recommend it, it has awesome battery life, performance, its pretty debloated etc. It might worth trying tho.
Also i have a question what aosp rom did you installed im curious I might give it a try just to see how advanced they are.

---------- Post added at 03:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:03 PM ----------

will this rom have active development and improvements or it will just be ported? i want to know, if the first option is the anwser i would think about changing to this rom if its stable and improved.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/xz-premium/how-to/aosp-8-1-t3752708

This is the AOSP rom I installed.

It's a Rom made with Sony's source code but nothing, So you'd better go Sony Developer's website and there you can download latest source codes and compile it yourself.

Also, Turbo's rom is quite good but I want to go back to stock and get sony's stock updates withouy any worries.

For now I have to manually install that rom and install drmpatch, which requires some efforts and is pointless since all I did is to break my DRM only to use it like stock rom.