[Stopped][ROM][5.1.1] Carbon rom by PaletroxZ [A500CG]

[V_v3k]

Hey everyone ! This is an unofficial version of Carbon ROM LP-5.1.1 for Asus Zenfone 5.
I've designed it using some fragile source codes. This includes the source codes from quanganh2627 & tank0412. :cowboy:

Before you begin:

You know the story:
I'm not responsible if you device is wrecked....
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Your warranty will be void(duh)!
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And so on...

And the ROM has most common problems as expected from an AOSP/CM based ROM :silly:
Bug list:
1. Vibration doesn't work
2. Initial boot time is late
3. Battery backup is kinda low on extreme usage only
4. SystemUI crashes randomly
5. Setting would crash if you open info about Carbon ROM from Carbon Fibre option in settings
6. Occasional lags here and there
7. FM radio is not tested yet
8. Any other device apart from a500cg is also not tested. If interested you may.
9. GPS is not yet tested due to lack of time
10. Crashes of AOSP keyboard after theme change (occurs only at first)
11. HW key customization.

What is working: : :fingers-crossed:
1. Dual Sim
2. Brightness
3. Sounds
4. Customization
5. Multi-user mode
6. Memory card support
7. Pretty much everything else works quite fine.

Download:
System.img
Boot.img
Gapps

How to flash it:
( Actually the installation guide is provided with the .rar file downloaded. )
1. Download the system, boot & gapps from the links above.
2. Please make sure you have ADB & Fastboot available. If not please Google it or it's available in many thread too.
3. Now extract the "CarbonROM IMG Compressed.rar" to the ADB/Fastboot directory.
4. Copy the "boot.img" & "open_gapps-x86-5.1-pico-20160410.zip" to the same directory.
5. Reboot to recovery and clear user data.
6. Now from the recovery reboot to bootloader.
7. In the bootloader/droidboot/fastboot mode tpe in the following commands:

fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash update open_gapps-x86-5.1-pico-20160410.zip

8. And you're done.
9. Please note that the first boot might take some time.

Thanks for giving it a shot...

XDA:DevDB Information
Carbon ROM for Zenfone 5, ROM for the Asus Zenfone 5

Contributors
PaletroxZ, tank0412, quanganh2627
ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.x
ROM Firmware Required: Any 5.x.x based ROM
Based On: Carbon ROM

Version Information
Status: No Longer Updated

Created 2016-04-10
Last Updated 2016-11-04

 

[V_v3k]

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[V_v3k]

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[shobint7]

Thanks @PaletroxZ i was actually waiting for this rom

 

[V_v3k]

Thanks @PaletroxZ i was actually waiting for this rom

You're welcome mate.

Sent from my ASUS_T00F using XDA-Developers mobile app

 

[tank0412]

Good work! Welcome back! xD
Can you share your device tree? I want to look at it because i want to see all my mistakes. (I tried to build Carbon rom and i failed)

---------- Post added at 06:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:20 PM ----------

And try this patch to fix vibrator:
https://github.com/quanganh2627/android_device_asus_a500cg-1/blob/aicp-r29/vibrator.patch

---------- Post added at 06:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:26 PM ----------

And use zip archives instead of rar.

 

[dgadelha]

Good work! Welcome back! xD
Can you share your device tree? I want to look at it because i want to see all my mistakes. (I tried to build Carbon rom and i failed)
And try this patch to fix vibrator:
https://github.com/quanganh2627/android_device_asus_a500cg-1/blob/aicp-r29/vibrator.patch
And use zip archives instead of rar.

For vibrator is better to use this patch because quanganh's patch disables Low-Priority vibration.
Also, @PaletroxZ try this
- For late initial boot time

WITH_DEXPREOPT := true

Also I agree with tank, better use ZIP or 7-Zip to compress.
Hope it helps, great work!

 

[ShuviterDjogja]

Any ScreenShot?
Maybe i'll try sometime
Good job sir

Sent from my ASUS_T00F using Tapatalk

 

[V_v3k]

Good work! Welcome back! xD
Can you share your device tree? I want to look at it because i want to see all my mistakes. (I tried to build Carbon rom and i failed)

---------- Post added at 06:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:20 PM ----------

And try this patch to fix vibrator:
https://github.com/quanganh2627/android_device_asus_a500cg-1/blob/aicp-r29/vibrator.patch

---------- Post added at 06:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:26 PM ----------

And use zip archives instead of rar.

Okay mate I will. But there are also some mix up I did apart from the device tree. I'll PM you the download link . Thanks for helping us all out with the guides and ROMs mate...

For vibrator is better to use this patch because quanganh's patch disables Low-Priority vibration.
Also, @PaletroxZ try this
- For late initial boot time

WITH_DEXPREOPT := true

Also I agree with tank, better use ZIP or 7-Zip to compress.
Hope it helps, great work!

Thanks @dgadelha I'll give this a shot and let you know of the outcome ...

Any ScreenShot?
Maybe i'll try sometime
Good job sir

Sent from my ASUS_T00F using Tapatalk

I've attached the screenshots in the screenshots section mate.

 

[clloud77]

Very good! New dev for zenfone 5. ?

 

[ChristopherXI]

Very good! New dev for zenfone 5.

lol he's not new. He's been making SleekStock Rom for us

 

[clloud77]

lol he's not new. He's been making SleekStock Rom for us

Thanks My friend

 

[a8962383]

Best part of this ROM

@PaletroxZ........bro.....the best part of this ROM is.......touch screen gets disabled when im in a call. I found other roms keep it enabled and caused me to turn on loud speaker/dialer/call hold/airplane mode etc. keep up your good work. :good: so far only 1 prob i have. like other custom roms, im facing the same camera black out issue.

 

[V_v3k]

@PaletroxZ........bro.....the best part of this ROM is.......touch screen gets disabled when im in a call. I found other roms keeps it enabled and caused me to turn on loud speaker/dialer/call hold/airplane mode etc. keep up your good work. :good: so far only 1 prob i have. like other custom roms, im facing the same camera black out issue.

Thanks mate . And could you elaborate the camera black out issue?

 

[a8962383]

Thanks mate . And could you elaborate the camera black out issue?

My primary/back camera is always blank/dark/black when ever i open any camera app. It captures photos only when the flash is ON. Otherwise it takes black images. First, I thought it was related to hardware but i gave a try with stock(locked bootloader and only UL-ASUS_T00F-WW-2.21.40.30-user.zip, other zips couldn't fix it) and it worked fine. So the issue lies with unlocked bootloader/camera driver i guess, not with hardware. Moreover, when i turn on my front camera, it says "Camera failed to launch. Please reboot your device." pls check the attached log.

 

[tank0412]

My primary/back camera is always blank/dark/black when ever i open any camera app. It captures photos only when the flash is ON. Otherwise it takes black images. First, I thought it was related to hardware but i gave a try with stock(locked bootloader and only UL-ASUS_T00F-WW-2.21.40.30-user.zip, other zips couldn't fix it) and it worked fine. So the issue lies with unlocked bootloader/camera driver i guess, not with hardware. Moreover, when i turn on my front camera, it says "Camera failed to launch. Please reboot your device." pls check the attached log.

I just looked at it.

connectLegacy: camera HAL module version 1 doesn't support connecting to legacy HAL devices
Other errors called by E/Camera_Conf and this:
[ 04-11 20:30:03.381 231: 5000 E/Camera_AtomAIQ ]
Error retrieving sensor params
[ 04-11 20:30:03.382 231: 5000 E/Camera_ControlThread ]
Error initializing 3A controls
[ 04-11 20:30:03.382 231: 5000 E/Camera_ISP ]
Xe Flash is supported only for primary camera!
[ 04-11 20:30:03.497 231: 5000 E/Camera_ScalerService ]
Atom_MessageQueue error: ScalerService queue should be empty. Find the bug.
[ 04-11 20:30:03.497 231: 5000 E/Camera_HAL ]
Error initializing ControlThread

So strange. Thats all.

 

[V_v3k]

My primary/back camera is always blank/dark/black when ever i open any camera app. It captures photos only when the flash is ON. Otherwise it takes black images. First, I thought it was related to hardware but i gave a try with stock(locked bootloader and only UL-ASUS_T00F-WW-2.21.40.30-user.zip, other zips couldn't fix it) and it worked fine. So the issue lies with unlocked bootloader/camera driver i guess, not with hardware. Moreover, when i turn on my front camera, it says "Camera failed to launch. Please reboot your device." pls check the attached log.

Hmm... Looks quite complicated. By the way did you check with other Camera Apps or try re-locking the bootloader? And I never got such issue. So which model are you precisely using, like a500cg or a502cg etc, which one??

 

[a8962383]

Hmm... Looks quite complicated. By the way did you check with other Camera Apps or try re-locking the bootloader? And I never got such issue. So which model are you precisely using, like a500cg or a502cg etc, which one??

I have tried PixelMaster camera, CM default cam, CM cam2, Google Cam.........but the same issue persisted. My device is a500cg.

 

[Human AI]

Hope the bugs will be fixed soon!

The ROM looks great. Thanks for this amazing work. I hope you'll fix all the bugs especially GPS

 

[ChristopherXI]

The ROM looks great. Thanks for this amazing work. I hope you'll fix all the bugs especially GPS

Other errors could be fixed but not the GPS. It's allmost impossible