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Jewel Unofficial Carbon 5.1.x

ocarinaz64

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I'm super excited to announce Carbon Rom for the Jewel!!! It's been a long time since I've seen this one on this device. I hope you enjoy it, along with the other ROMs I have helped push out for this device. More details to come. For now, clean wipe, flash, and enjoy!!!

NOTE: May not run on first bootup. If not, just restart the phone, and it'll push through fine.

As with all my ROMs, I suggest the latest TWRP for recovery.
I also suggest Slim Gapps for packages.

DOWNLOAD ROM HERE

Special thanks to Carbon team, and CyanogenMod team, both of whose code I used to make this possible.

Kernel Source: https://github.com/cyanogenmod/android_device_htc_jewel/tree/cm-12.1

XDA:DevDB Information
Unofficial Carbon Rom for Jewel, ROM for the Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

Contributors
ocarinaz64
Source Code: https://github.com/carbonrom

ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information
Status: Nightly

Created 2015-08-07
Last Updated 2015-08-20
 
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benahlquist

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No. Way. I was a big fan of Carbon way back when, glad to see this back up on LP! Thanks for your work =)

Edit: Install worked great and I'm up and running; all features seem to be functional as far as I can tell. This runs nice and light, very snappy!
 
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ocarinaz64

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I noticed that there have already been several downloads of Carbon. I'm glad to see people at least giving this one a look. I'm not a guy who is too picky on features, so I can switch from one ROM to the next without missing much. For the time being, I'm on Carbon, and I haven't had any hiccups.
 

ocarinaz64

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One quick note here, be sure to check your ringer volume. For some reason, although my volume was ON, it sounded way soft to where I didn't even know it was ringing. Maybe it's just me, but check to see that you have your ringers working properly by calling your phone.
 

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First, thank you for your effort in in keeping this device relevant when most others have moved on(which of course is understandable). Much appreciated :)

I haven't seen any issues with the ringer volume. In fact, I find all the audio through the device's speaker much fuller and louder! Very surprised that the device is capable of this volume.

The 2 issues I've seen with this ROM are:
1) Relatively weak battery life compared to 5.1 PAC ROM beta's and Unity ROM 5.1 . Its dropping from fully charged at 10:00 PM to ~60% in the morning without any use. I've used it for 4 days now and will give it a few more days to settle down. It could also be the half-popped kernel with double tap to wake feature.
2) Notifications are not readable due to white text on white background
 

mildlydisturbed

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Installed it on my old unit - full wipe, flashed minimal gapps recommended, only issue I see is I'm getting "insert SIM card" whenever mobile data is turned on.

Not that I have mobile data or need to turn it on mind you...
 

ocarinaz64

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Anybody using this rom? I'd like to hear some feed back.
Anybody using this rom? I'd like to hear some feed back.[

Same Here.....
Yes! I'm using it, and I have been since I first got it working. I can say that after a LOT of use, I have had a couple of random reboots, but it wasn't enough to turn me away. Everything works for me like it should. If you're interested, you really should give it a go (if you haven't yet).

Secondly, @7357, I noticed you have listed in your tag an older TWRP version. The newest one can be found at https://twrp.me/devices/htcevo4glte.html. At the time of this writing, it's version 2.8.7.0. You'll notice that CaptainThrowback is one of the maintainers there. Give it a flash if you haven't!
 
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