yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Karpfenhai:
There is no recovery? arggghhh

i just dirty flashed it on top of KK went flawless, no wipe, Bam, Whithe UI ? ClearKat fixed this issue too, looks good so far.. further testing...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
I'm glad I caught your post before I flashed. Does that mean that the Carbon LP .zip linked doesn't have a working recovery? I've downloaded it and I notice it has files with the same name as those you replaced. How are they different? Are they broken? If they need to be replaced I'm thinking of swapping the ones from the CM based BlissPop ROM I'm using to save me downloading another whole ROM just for those files. [MENTION=3816568]Myself5[/MENTION] - thanks a lot for your continued support of our trusty old S2! :good:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Myself5:
The ROM does include a recovery, but it is CM Recovery. So if you don't want CM Recovery (and trust me, you really DON'T want CM Recovery) you need to use a different kernel, as the others recommend.

I still need to get into i9100 development again, it's been a while, and my Sonys are just totally different.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Drhedphuk:
Thank you [MENTION=6046415]Niropa[/MENTION] & [MENTION=3816568]Myself5[/MENTION] for your hard work and continued support for the I9100.

Does anyone know the correct philz recovery to flash with this. I don't really understand the explanation on the Philz forum. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
Aha so those files constitute the kernel. OK then. A friend is running CM and when I saw his recovery I laughed.

Thanks heaps for your reply! :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
[MENTION=5376680]Dumber than my Smartphone[/MENTION] , i dont know if its relative to my changes but i cant enable wifi , even i enable/disable mode avion too like i saw as a trick in some other thread.

and i cant remember if i have wifi without my changes when i flashed it on top of [MENTION=6046415]Niropa[/MENTION] release early this morning (which have wifi OK) .

anyone else have test one of these last builds ?

thanks.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
Well I'm an idiot so it's probably worth waiting to hear from the others, but fwiw, I just swapped out the files [MENTION=4775725]Troubadour666[/MENTION] mentioned from the latest BlissPop which uses Philz 6.58.9.

Just waiting for my phone to charge a bit more. I also have Philz 6.48.4 in a .zip if that's of any use to you.

---------- Post added at 07:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:45 PM ----------

Thanks for the tip. I'll let you know how I go when I flash it.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Drhedphuk:
Hey mate, yeah that would be good thanks. ?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
Here is the Philz 6.48.4. Not sure how you'd go inserting the contents into the ROM.zip as they are a different format to what @Troubadour666 mentioned. If you flash it after the ROM the ROM won't boot. You know more about this than me though so use it however you can.

Alternatively, here also are the files @Troubadour666 mentioned except that I lifted them from the latest CM based BlissPop ROM (which uses Philz 6.58.9) instead of LA's CM12.1.These are what I swapped out with the ones in the ROM like @Troubadour666 did. He seems to know what he's doing and that's good enough for me LOL ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
i have 3.3 from Bliss, i will try with files extracted from, thanks for the idea.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
OOPS Sorry man, I just edited the post when I realised... I guess the other guy isn't as evil as you? LOL;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
so fast you corrected, so fast i edit and delete :)

same idea, i said (in my deleted words) "i have the devil inside"
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Drhedphuk:
Thank you buddy.. Didn't realized that it wouldn't boot, so no, do not know better ?

It's good to have though. I'll wait to see if [MENTION=4775725]Troubadour666[/MENTION] can find a solution.

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
You're welcome. Anytime.

I just installed Carbon after swapping out the files I lifted from BlissPop and it booted and optimised beautifully. Unfortunately though I'm getting constant "SystemUI has stopped" straight after the "C" boot animation.

Oh well, at least I could boot into Philz recovery easily. I wonder what I can try to fix the SystemUI problem... I'll keep fiddling.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
Ok,

i have made the changes with blisspop 3.3 stuff, in carbon.zip.

i flashed it (formatted system/data/cache with cwm from RR 02062015 release in morning) and also without gapps , just a test. i rebooted 1rst time in recovery, and i have philz recovery 6.58.9.

The Carbon rom booted fine but we have SystemUi FCs , continuously :(

i reflashed my 1rst test with CM12 files, over it, and no FCs from SystemUi. All Apolo OMNI/CM (b7,b8 and b9) gave me FCs in systemui , this morning, just let you know.

the best result is CM12 extracted files at now, but still no wifi (for me) and some random reboot too , a missed to mentioned this morning .

DPI changer is working fine in settings, reboot systemui auto and done.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] sreinst1:
Can you provide a logcat? Maybe I can help with the systmeui fc.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Karpfenhai:
something went also wrong on my end.. no clue wat yet.. after first booteeverything was fine so far, i changed dpi, applied theme,, figured some apps arent running, went to recovery tried to flash certain stuff, error 7.. no big dieal tried to reboot.. dead...

okay then factory reset.. --> dead..

hmm, lets reflash the whole thing --> dead..

damned no custom recovery.. sideload.. --> error 7-- dead

So odin then, kernel flash OK, twrp yay. reflash rom --> dead..

only my nandroid saved my ass ;)

i think the logs are still there, any interest someone?

regards
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
Maybe i can upload the CM12 kernel/recovery added on Carbon i have made this morning ?

[MENTION=4355376]Karpfenhai[/MENTION] , did you have wifi working when you booted 1rst ? Dont remember on my side after the change i have made.

[MENTION=5630829]sreinst1[/MENTION] , i will try to get a log asap.

ok, i have success boot+wifi with RR 5.4.6 extracted stuff (+ wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli binary and \lib\modules folder too) but system freeze after about 5minutes. but i have wifi enable :)

it froze maybe because i added 99zkmsg in init.d to take a log and partition data exploded :)

so i retry with only kernel and recovery from RR and see. i only will change wpa* stuff in bin and will retry to see if wifi connexion is possible by this way....

little OT : 2.49 is outed ;)

EDIT1 : no systemui FC with kernel and recovery stuff from RR 5.4.6 , but random reboot. Wifi not enabled.

EDIT2 : added wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli binary and reflash : random reboot + no wifi again. so the trick should be in modules only.

EDIT 3 : take original carbon , add kernel/recovery stuff from RR 5.4.6, add replace files from system/lib/modules folder with CM12 files.

no systemui fcs, no random reboot and wifi OK.

i remember i have system random reboot too when i pushed on/off to have power menu. ATM , NO TROUBLE :)

uploading :

CARBON-LP-5.1.1-UNOFFICIAL-20150602-0118-i9100-RR_Kernel-CM12Modules.zip :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Karpfenhai:
Wi-Fi was working fine upon first boot, 2.4 ghz btw. After soft reboot SIM card needed ages to ask for pin.

A working recovery would be awesome... I'm just trying to convince [MENTION=3445281]pedestre[/MENTION] to make a final built...

I'm ready to try again, no clue while install after factory reset went wrong..
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
Nice!

I thought I'd try the lazier, more hopeful option and flash Gustavos kernel after installing Carbon.

Odin gave me a PASS but it didn't work. Bootlooped for 20 mins until it starting optimising apps and then hung on app 1 for 15 mins before it started the boot process again.

I waited 10 mins before I booted into CWM recovery, factory reset, wiped cache, data, Dalvik, and boot partition and then ran a bloatware removal script because, you know, why not?

Rebooted to system and after about 4 mins it started optimising apps again.

This time it got to app 57 out of 57, said Starting Android/Starting Apps/Updating Contact Database/Finishing Boot. I thought "Success! I'm a genius!"

Then it went back to the boot animation and looped for another 10 mins.

Back into recovery, wiped everything again, got to the Finishing Boot part again before it went back to the boot animation again. Then I see [MENTION=4775725]Troubadour666[/MENTION] nailed it.

Love your work [MENTION=4775725]Troubadour666[/MENTION]!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
[MENTION=3816568]Myself5[/MENTION] , when you open a thread as you said and if you will , you can add this review to OP or other post :) , its a speedy review of some settings.

[YOUTUBE]UaMtzr5gNAU[/YOUTUBE]

dont know if you are working on, atm, no need for me as you can see your build fly now .(joking)

if some are interested, i flashed Slim_zero_gapps.BETA.5.1.x.build.0.x-20150508 and Slim_ADD-ON-5.1-MULTI_DPI-20150526 and have no problemo with play store , services or other. Rest 34Mo on SYSTEM.

no need SuperSu 2.48 to be flashed, rom is rooted.

i change SElinux to permissive, and LolliViPERsurROUND from this thread is working too. just let you know guys.

thanks
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Karpfenhai:
Am I blind or is there no link yet?

if it's in the signature then I can't see it..tapatalk..

Regards
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
Dont know if i have to ask permission to [MENTION=6159291]Lysergic Acid[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4817632]varund7726[/MENTION] because i share part of their stuffs i mixed in this build from [MENTION=3816568]Myself5[/MENTION] . If they object , i will delete link from this post .

the link :

CARBON-LP-5.1.1-UNOFFICIAL-20150602-0118-i9100-RR_Kernel-CM12Modules.zip

its the build you can see in my review.

thanks.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Karpfenhai:
232 mb? 70 megabytes on top? Did you include the mentioned gapps?

Going to test..again :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
initial release from [MENTION=3816568]Myself5[/MENTION] was 232 too Man, it seems you have downloaded it while the DEV uploaded :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Karpfenhai:
Ahhh ahh argh..that would indeed explain my weird issues!! Ahhh...

But why on earth it did boot twice....

162 mb... powned...

Flashing yours now...
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
yes its strange, i have it too, the bad 162 and it missed priv-app if i remember.

hope you will have good test now

some 'gadgets' work :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Myself5:
My build is 243.1 MB big :D Not sure what you downloaded :D check size and MD5 Sums again ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Karpfenhai:
all good, I'm back on track, posting from lolly now yay,

3 small issues left so far.

1. Apps formerly moved to sd disappeared from drawer.. Data is still there, seems the symlinks are gone, any other solution beside titanium?

2.animation (spinners/ downloads) are totally off limits, way to fast..

3. Overall performance..slow.. I'm used to have an Linaro optimised Rom.. :)

Many carbon features still missing...

Dirty flash worked!

Further testing and setting things up..

Thx and regards!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
i'm noob in battery life :)

but this is what i have .
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Karpfenhai:
The only issue left for me is I'm seriously running out of space... Dalvik consumes 1 gig out of my 2 gig data partition..any clue?

Not sure if it's safe to use art..

Plus I don't wanna repart..yet

No idea about battery, I'm heavenly using it..
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Myself5:
1. Don't think there is. My dad is experiencing the same issues on his XZ with stock ROM. Might be a common LP issue?

2. Try playing around with the Values in CarbonFibers ;)

3. First a stable ROM, then a optimized ROM. I defenetly need my phone to test some optimizations.

Dalvik? on a Lollipop ROM :P? ART is the default runtime in 5.x, which is also why you experience the space problems, ART cache is a lot bigger than the Dalvik cache.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Karpfenhai:
I managed to kill it again lol...

Next steps repartitioning internal storage to 2gb system and 4 gb data.

And probably getting rid of preload...

Looks like factory reset is killing something...

And..if you delete trerbuchet and latinme.. Stupid idea then..

Flashing clean .. Gapps installation failed due to lack of storage... So flashing Apolo.. Deleting stuff in /system... Flashing gapps.. .. No boot, only way . Dirty flash.. Weird..

Will report further after repart..

Regards
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
You must already be running ART if you flashed a LP ROM, no?

I flashed 1GB/4GB for LP. With Blisspop LP and Minimal Gapps I use 482MB. Maybe 2GB /system is just wasting space on internal SD? :confused:

Also @metalgearhathaway implies some ROMs might need /preload. It might be worth checking this for the ROM you want to flash now or possibly later?

Maybe something to consider if you haven't already.:)

@gsstudios also has a good thread on repartitioning including premade PIT files and kernels. That's where I got the files and advice I needed.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Phenomzye:
Any specific recommended Gapps to use with Myself's LP ROM?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
i have posted what i have used yesterday.

about TBO GAPPS (which are big), what you guys think to "symlink" (like the use of preload or when we dualboot JB 4.1.2 where apks are symlinked to /data/sec_data/ remember?), what you think about this for some big GAPPS apks, i mean from /system/priv-app or /system/app to /data/gapps/ folder , for example ?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
For what it's worth, when I installed this ROM for a test run I found the Minimal Edition linked in my sig worked fine. They even worked well for me when I installed my first LP ROM on the stock partitions. There's even a bloatware removal script available in the thread which you can edit to remove or leave app as you like. Even though I repartitioned to 1GB /system and have room for a full suite gapps, I prefer the minimum possible because I have no need for most of the apps in the larger packages.

The Banks and PA versions have generally very good reviews. I imagine any gapps that you've found stable thus far should work, providing of course that you have the room on your system partition.

*If you're installing the version straight from @Myself5, I think it still comes with CM recovery so you'll want to flash them at the same time as as the ROM or use ADB to install them because iirc CM recovery wont let you install from .zip once it's been loaded. I think that's right anyway... :eek:

*EDIT : Actually I think there may have been an Apply Update option or similar which may be the way to install .zips in CM recovery??? I can't remember to be honest - I just remember that it's limited compared to CWM, Philz or TWRP.

I guess that's a good idea for people who are sticking with stock partition and don't have enough room in /system. Is that what you mean?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Troubadour666:
New thread dedicated to Carbon and [MENTION=3816568]Myself5[/MENTION]

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/themes-apps/updater-script-tbo-black-gapps-5-1-arm-t3126566

have a try guy ;)

2/3 days on this rom (with release i provided) , its simply a MONSTER !
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
Agreed. This ROM already rocks! I installed it with the RR kernel (as per @Troubadour666 's workaround for a proper recovery) and Minimal Edition GApps. After about 19 hours I have not seen a single FC or anything stop working or responding. :good: @Myself5 and @Troubadour666 - you guys are awesome.

The only thing I've had to do is install the libjni_latinimegoogle.so from another ROM into the system/lib folder to get swipe working on the android keyboard. Oh and install a Blacked Out theme because Material Design makes me want to poke my own eyes out...

Hey @Troubadour666, I haven't had a chance to try your gapps symlink script yet because I'm a bit tired and clumsy at the moment and this ROM is running beautifully right now so I'd like to see if I can go a whole day or two without fking around with it. :silly:

I'll have a play with your script in the next day or two.

EDIT : I keep forgetting to add the "666" to [MENTION=4775725]Troubadour666[/MENTION] 's name and I ran "restorecon /efs" in the terminal to get rid of "No Service" in the Status Bar.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Barry Mad:
Bloody good Signature/Humour/Intellect.Perfect for Code

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dumber than my Smartphone

OOPS Sorry man, I just edited the post when I realised... I guess the other guy isn't as evil as you? LOL

so fast you corrected, so fast i edit and delete

same idea, i said (in my deleted words) "i have the devil inside"

Free and Happy to Help

the best way to thank me is to subscribe to my channel and let the PUB play on my REVIEWS

Some friend called me "MASTER OF DUALBOOT" so what

More your posts are detailed, better the reply will help you ! We need each other to rise ! Peace !

Post your contribution here

Really Enjoyed both your Posts in Past/Future/Altered/States/Reality. haha.

[MENTION=5376680]Dumber than my Smartphone[/MENTION]. Thanks for heads up & Directing myself to this Forum/Rom & group of people.

Will become a Regular visitor & hopefully be Helpful. Regards/Respect.bmad
[Galaxy S II Android Development] chcknsld:
Here's my feedback:

Carbon LP is the most stable LP ROM I have ever tried. Hands down. I went out today and test its stability in a manner (heavy usage) every LP ROMs I've tried failed. All the CM-based ROMs especially RR would encounter a sudden random freeze (more often with the keyboard) or reboot throughout the entire day. Not frequent but it will always happen like once a day. FCs happened more often. Today, this ROM killed it. No random reboots, no freezes, no FCs or any other instability you can think of. I hope [MENTION=3816568]Myself5[/MENTION] will continue supporting S2. I'm excited for future updates if there's any. Thanks buddy! :good:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
I thought you'd like it. :D I haven't had a single fc or any other issue for a few days now. It's the best I've tried by far and [MENTION=3816568]Myself5[/MENTION] doesn't even have an S2 atm! [MENTION=3816568]Myself5[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4775725]Troubadour666[/MENTION] - fantastic work. :thumbup:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] chcknsld:
And dude, MULTITASKING. I watched a vid from Facebook then redirected to YouTube app then I open Chrome. Open Messenger to check some messages. I switch between them over and over and there's not a single crash. The flow is so smooth. I didn't experience this in any other LP ROM. Only here at CarbonRom. :good:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Karpfenhai:
Such statements are the reason why I've waited 7 month....

Keep it up and let's spread the word!

Regards!
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
This ROM is superb! Best LP ROM for our S2 by far in my estimation (as it was in KK) but I'm not posting now just to say that again. This whole swapping out the kernel and some modules we've done in order to get away from the CM recovery has led me to wonder why our S2 has a bundled kernel/recovery, and can we change that?

Might there be a way to flash a customised PIT file with separate, dedicated kernel and recovery partitions, and then tweak a ROM.zip to install accordingly? So for example, could I repartition as described, pull apart say Philz recovery and remove the kernel part, keeping the recovery part intact (or maybe use a recovery meant for a phone with an already separate kernel and recovery) and install it to the new recovery-only partition, then tinker around in the ROM.zip to remove the included recovery from the kernel (or replace it with a kernel meant for a phone with an already separate kernel and recovery), and flash it like that? Does that make sense? Would it be possible? Worthwhile? Counterproductive?

Hope it's not too O/T. I thought it could go here after the process some of us just went through with [MENTION=4775725]Troubadour666[/MENTION] 's workaround.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Myself5:
Is don't think there is a way to introduce a new partition for that. Also, to boot a recovery partition you need the support from the BL to do so. There actually is a workaround to use a specific partition for recovery without having the BL support for a recovery partition (it installs a boot.img which includes the specific recovery to the partition) used on the Xperia Z devices, however, I don't honestly think this is worth the effort, we can just keep on compiling the kernel with a decent recovery. Maybe I'll take a look into the recovery thing using a partition on the SD Card, let's see if [MENTION=6159291]Lysergic Acid[/MENTION] wants to take a look into this too ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] DaveKing:
Hey guys. Great to see another incoming LP Rom and stable for what it's being said. Just a quick question. It's based on CM12.1? It have UBER 4.9 toolchain and 03 optimizations? Or it's based in Linaro's toolchain? Anyway to see the changelog if there's any? Will backup the Validus ROM work that I'm trying for now and try Myself5's work. Thanks for all the effort. You are great! ;)

Cheers :good:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Lysergic Acid:
That would erase the recovery upon formatting the sdcard right? I don't think it's worth to change the partition layout that way, and I don't know if our bootloader would like to search for the recovery on the sdcard, it likes it on the ramdisk :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Myself5:
Thats why I was suggesting the method used for the CM Sony devices. Recovery is still packed into the kernel, however upon boot the kernel check for a recovery on the (now usef as) recovery partition, and if there is a recovery image it uses that one instead of the Recovery that comes with the kernel. So there would still be a fallback. However, I am not sure if the sdcard would be initialized at that time already. I'll take a look at in once I have my S2 back, and will send you a PM then (not anytime soon again, maybe next month or so.

Not sure if it is worth the effort though.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] GreekDragon:
Video Review! ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn6jtBb_z58
[Galaxy S II Android Development] DaveKing:
WOW!!! Loved the Tsanis video.

Very good features in general. I'm installing the rom, it took 3 hours to download it... Your video it's from the 02/06 version, right?

It looks like UBER toolchain is there... But a changelog could be easier to see all the amazing features of the ROM.

Cheers! :D
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Lysergic Acid:
Take your time on this, it's truly not necessary anyway, since we have been using the recovery packed with the kernel for 4 years and no one had issues with it.

Btw, it would need new recoveries to be built as well, lots of thing needs to be rewritten for such a feature.