[ROM] [KK] [UNOFFICIAL] CarbonRom for the SGH-I777/SGH-959G

[TheGeekyNimrod]

***OH MY EFFIN GEE THERE IS A NEW BUILD POSTED***

Yes, I finally got things straightened out and there is a new build out for your flashing pleasure. OP has been updated to the latest build link (current 11/07).

This build introduces the use of ArchiDroid optimizations thanks to @JustArchi. Check out the OP for a little info and a link to the commit that was used, and while you're checking out that link, be sure to click that like button for him. I tested this pretty hard this morning to be sure that everything was stable. I didn't knock AnTuTu out of the park, but peaking at a little more than 18,000 on a pretty balanced (but heavily tweaked) profile and ShiftEternal, I think it's doing pretty well. It won't make your phone blazing fast, or able to solve Calculus for you, but I do believe these optimizations have improved the smoothness and responsiveness of this ROM a good deal.

For the changelog, check here.

**I AM RECOMMENDING A FULL WIPE BEFORE FLASHING THIS BUILD

Because of the new optimizations, and a few other things, I am recommending that you install this clean. You should be able to back everything up with TiBu and restore it with no problem. You may try a dirty flash, but if something goes wrong, don't say I didn't warn you.

That's it for now.

Happy flashing!

 

[TheGeekyNimrod]

I don't know if anyone else has downloaded this latest build or not. I tested it hard yesterday morning before posting the download here. But this morning when my son got up (the one who uses my S2) SystemUI was seeing mad FCs. To the point I couldn't do anything as it would just FC when the screen was unlocked. Anyone else seeing this?

EDIT: Dirty flashed over it and everything is working fine for now. Might have been something I did tweaking things. Not sure.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

 

[anomailin]

I did a clean install. So far everything works fine. Thanks.

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[TheGeekyNimrod]

I did a clean install. So far everything works fine. Thanks.

Sent from my SGH-I777 using XDA Free mobile app

Cool deal. Hopefully that means it was just some of the tweaking I was playing with. I had done a clean install as well, but used some apps to tweak some stuff and I think that's when things went south lol.

Glad to hear it's working well for you.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

 

[Tank Weston]

I've been running two days now off a clean install, no problems thus far.

 

[TheGeekyNimrod]

Just thought I would update on the progress of Carbon right now. I plan on putting out one more build this week which will be a final KitKat based Carbon for this device. There have been a few things done with the code that I think may be of benefit, and worthy enough of one more push before I clean out my source code and get ready for Lollipop based Carbon.

I am currently working on getting LiquidSmooth v4.0 (Android Lollipop) built and running. Many thanks to @rogersb11 for his help with getting our device tree updated and things in place so that this can become a reality. I hope to have an early alpha build out by the weekend or during the weekend. Carbon will follow suit shortly after. That being said though, don't get TOO excited yet. Even if it's out as an alpha, I don't want to release it until I've played with it extensively myself and made sure that basic things are running and I'm not going to risk anyone bricking because my build is that incomplete.

 

[rogersb11]

Just thought I would update on the progress of Carbon right now. I plan on putting out one more build this week which will be a final KitKat based Carbon for this device. There have been a few things done with the code that I think may be of benefit, and worthy enough of one more push before I clean out my source code and get ready for Lollipop based Carbon.

I am currently working on getting LiquidSmooth v4.0 (Android Lollipop) built and running. Many thanks to @rogersb11 for his help with getting our device tree updated and things in place so that this can become a reality. I hope to have an early alpha build out by the weekend or during the weekend. Carbon will follow suit shortly after. That being said though, don't get TOO excited yet. Even if it's out as an alpha, I don't want to release it until I've played with it extensively myself and made sure that basic things are running and I'm not going to risk anyone bricking because my build is that incomplete.

You dont have to clear out your source, just change the default revision to 5.0 or whatever carbon/liquid has the branch named on github and when you sync it will change it for you

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[TheGeekyNimrod]

I did that initially with Liquid but something happened and things got all messed up. I like the idea of starting with a fresh slate for this anyway. I'm weird like that lol.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

 

[TheGeekyNimrod]

New build will be out later tonight (I hope). Depends on when it finishes. Should do away with the proximity sensor issue, and a few other minor stabilizations. Carbon KK builds will soon come to an end. Then it's on to LP!

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[TheGeekyNimrod]

***THERE IS FINALLY ANOTHER NEW BUILD OUT***

OP has been updated to reflect current build (12/08)

I did not realize it had been a month since I posted a new build. But here it is. Way too many changes to mention since the last build. But this should have fixed the issue of the proximity sensor still being on even with pocket mode disabled. Also provides a few framework tweaks and other things. The changelog on the website is incomplete as they have been making adjustments and getting ready to finalize KK and movie on to LP but you can check it out here.

Happy flashing!

 

[TheGeekyNimrod]

My final build of Carbon for the S2 will be building overnight tonight and put up for download in the morning.

Currently, I don't think I will continue building for the S2 after this. Working on Cyanide with @rogersb11 for the S3 and starting school in the spring, my time will be very limited. I may pop in with a build here and there, but that will remain to be seen.

Thanks to everyone who has supported my work here. This is such an awesome community here on XDA and the support, bug reports, thanks, and so on, have been very appreciated

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

 

[rogersb11]

And now I'm on hate list hahaha. I tell them I'm leaving and now i pulled your away lmao. Sorry guys. I promise however to deliver stable CyanideL before i roll tho. I'll be sure to leave a DD of lollipop and i final cm11 kernel and cm12 kernel

 

[TheGeekyNimrod]

And now I'm on hate list hahaha. I tell them I'm leaving and now i pulled your away lmao. Sorry guys. I promise however to deliver stable CyanideL before i roll tho. I'll be sure to leave a DD of lollipop and i final cm11 kernel and cm12 kernel

Haha. Well, once things have progressed nicely and I get settled in with school, I may try to keep updated Lollipop builds coming for the S2 crowd. Carbon and LS could come out once a month or so.


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[Nimrodz91]

Ever since I updated the latest CarbonRom, the SystemUI crashes when unlocking the phone 70% of the time. Do you guys know something about it? I know TheGeekyNimrod is done with this rom, but I'd like to know if there's a quick fix on this bug. I tried reflashing and wiping everything and flashing again.

Edit: Never mind that. Did another complete wipe and problem solved.

 

[spacescreamer]

The link for the last build has been giving error 404. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95832962473400033
Can the OP pls reupload the file?

Secondly, i will be going for the slim gapps version. The link in the OP asks for logging in.

This is the link which i landed on after googling: http://slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/1150-addons4-4
The one labelled Slim-Addons-mini_gapps.4.4.4.build.9-20150107 - (67.xx MB) looks good. This should do?

Thanks in advance

 

[Quicksilver13]

The link for the last build has been giving error 404. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95832962473400033
Can the OP pls reupload the file?

Secondly, i will be going for the slim gapps version. The link in the OP asks for logging in.

This is the link which i landed on after googling: http://slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/1150-addons4-4
The one labelled Slim-Addons-mini_gapps.4.4.4.build.9-20150107 - (67.xx MB) looks good. This should do?

Thanks in advance

I'm also interested .. Anyone have a link to the last i777 build ?

 

[spacescreamer]

Been waiting impatiently since months now.

Has anybody got the required image files (ROM+Gapps+recovery) so that others can try this rom?

 

[erad1]

The link for the last build has been giving error 404. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95832962473400033
Can the OP pls reupload the file?



Thanks in advance

I'm also interested .. Anyone have a link to the last i777 build ?

Been waiting impatiently since months now.

Has anybody got the required image files (ROM+Gapps+recovery) so that others can try this rom?

It's here maybe? https://dev.androidfilehost.com/?w=profile&uid=23578570567718176

 

[Quicksilver13]

It's here maybe? https://dev.androidfilehost.com/?w=profile&uid=23578570567718176

Thanks .. Could not find it there.. No Mirrors .. But, I did find CARBON-KK-NIGHTLY-20140727-1306-i777.zip (175.39 MB) at http://d-h.st/oKu