yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
I been meaning to give this ROM a try for some time now but been putting it off because SlimKat gives me a built in super dark theme. I have a few questions as this downloads. Can this ROM be made to be really dark? And two, does it come with gapps, or do I need to install my own gapps package? I don't like full gapps packages, but I do need the CM news app thingy (forgot what its called), and gmail etc.

Thanks USBHost for steering me over to this ROM. I'm starting to think Slim is badly coded or something.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Theres a man after my oun heart

There is a dark option

It does not come with gapps

The gapps I have linked

The minimal package it only about 23mb big
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
[MENTION=500006]SkOrPn[/MENTION]

Here some settings for the kernel

The the pictures are in the zip

Because it was to big
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
Wow, not sure how I missed the gapps link and I looked twice.

Can't wait to try this. I think I have the Genie app backed up already, but will make sure. I freak out if I dont have my 5am bedside news stories, lol. Thanks again man...
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Lol np
[Nexus 7 Original Development] leos0000:
Any update bro?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Erik1805:
I am on Slim these days but getting the feeling it's becoming slower. Can i flash this on over it or do i need to preform a full wipe?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] leos0000:
Full of course
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
There was no changes to the code so no new builds

Quote from change log

The server is facing some hardware issues, so the site and all builds are not accessible. Please be patient as the hardware gets replaced. Thank you.

Just do a factory reset then install the rom, gapps

So backup your apps to internal storage

Make a nandroid backup

Download rom, gapps flash

All this is assuming you have twrp
[Nexus 7 Original Development] TheDudeAbides:
Proud new owner of a Nexus 7 2012 and want to flash this rom with F2FS, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to first format this thing. I already have the ROM and gapps downloaded, and am already rooted. I have multirom installed, but couldn't find the One Click conversion I heard someone say in here. Can anyone be so kind as to tell me what the heck I'm doing wrong, or can't see?!? Non-noob, but I'm puzzled :/

Edit: Watched [MENTION=2023973]smars[/MENTION]kies video. If I don't have that dongle thing, I don't have to format internal storage, do i? That's where Carbon ROM and my gapps are...

Edit 2: I think I got it. Just need to find a PC because the Nexus Root Toolkit isn't supported for mac users.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
[MENTION=5501864]USBhost[/MENTION]

Just an FYI, Carbon is running fantastic, thank you very much. I know you said to do a clean install, but I just dirty flashed over the top of Slim 6.8 and have not one problem what so ever to report. Every app that I need now runs great, and everything is fast and smooth. One thing I could not stand was the 213 dpi so I changed it to my normal 200, but other than that this is more than dark enough.

I guess Slim does not like ART or it does not like my particular N7. Either way, my tablet is now functional again. Thank you for the tip :good:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
O if adb works for mac

Then just format

then use adb push
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Well i will lose signal soon

I will be gone for the next few days

Will be back sunday just an fyi
[Nexus 7 Original Development] dareino:
if you are already rooted, you should be good to go..do u have an USB-OTG?

If so, then moved the F2FS rom, m-kernel and Gapps to it....Im running multirom v26 , I dont see the f2fs conversion either maybe when u choose format then it will give u the option but ya I saw it before not sure where it is....

good luck

d
[Nexus 7 Original Development] avinashdelhi900:
I am not able to uninstall system apps through titanium backup! Does anyone know why???
[Nexus 7 Original Development] HeadKase:
I just purchased a Nexus 7 2012/grouper from a pawn shop yesterday :D . I used Wugfresh in Windows 7 64bit to unlock, install TWRP 2.7.1.1 and then root. Some people might have to play around a bit with installing/uninstalling drivers, usb debugging and mtp to get it to connect to the computer and get recognized by ADB. After I completed all of those steps I started looking for a ROM to use and landed here at Carbon (which I've used on a couple of Android phones). This ROM is F2FS which I was not familiar with/heard of before yesterday. I found the thread explaining how to use a modified TWRP 2.7.0.0 to wipe the partitions and change them to F2FS. I was already inside of TWRP 2.7.1.1 and decided to see if I could wipe the partitions and convert them from there. Presto badabingo it worked. Wait? Whoops I am an idiot. I copied Carbon, GApps and the Calendar sync fix to my internal storage and when I wiped my device I lost all of those zip files. I couldn't believe I just pulled that noob move. I forgot that I was using a device that used internal storage unlike my Note 2 with my external storage. Now what? Splice up some cables and try and make my own OTG (On The Go) to use in TWRP. I cut a white Samsung USB cable and a USB male to female extension and connected the wires. Awesome... it doesn't work. Apparently you need to jump pin 4 to pin 5 to make a legitimate OTG cable which I didn't do. Whilst sitting there pondering whether or not I should strip the shielding off and expose the back of the micro USB connector I remembered something. ADB sideload. Durrrrrrrrrrr. Copied Carbon, GApps and the calendar sync fix zips to the Wugfresh data folder, opened command prompt, changed to the data folder and ran: adb sideload Carbon.... Presto badabingo again! Carbon installed. Then I ran adb sideload 7-29 (GApps) and adb sideload 7-15 (calendar sync fix). Waalaa I did it. Holy crap what a goofy round about way to get the ROM installed because I screwed up and softbricked my Nexus 7 no OS installed in TWRP recovery. Booted in to Carbon, connected to my wifi, setup my primary Gmail account and let it sit and download my apps. Installed Nova launcher because I can't stand the Google Now Launcher. Used ROM Toolbox Lite to change the build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density from 213 to 160. Used ROM Toolbox Lite to install the Ubuntu font. Love this device it's pretty damn cool. Nice to have something slightly bigger than my Note 2 for reading my ebooks, surfing the web, email and Yatse remote for my Openelec HTPC.

[MENTION=5501864]USBhost[/MENTION] thank you for putting this Carbon F2FS ROM together for the community. I appreciate it immensely.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] TheDudeAbides:
Up n running Carbon F2FS! Thanks all for your help! Banks gapps didn't flash even though it said successful, but no biggie, just dl'ed form playstore. Carbon is flying!!

Can't seem to open 3rd party APK's, they dl, but not open...

Found a fix: Went to CM File Manager, located the apk, and just installed it from there.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Thats odd they allways work for me

Edit: banks gapps only give the apps you cant download from the play store

Well at least minimal one
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
Yeah, minimal flashed perfectly for me also, and then I just flashed GenieWidget over the top to make sure I had what I needed. I still discovered I did not have Google Hangouts or Calendar after flashing minimal, but that's OK as it was easy to install these from the store. Gmail and Chrome was still available immediately after the flash though. This is how Android should be from the beginning. lol
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Erik1805:
Flashed it coming from slim. Running smoothly
[Nexus 7 Original Development] callidus_ex_de_latebros:
How would you compare it to slim in terms of speed, performance, etc?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Erik1805:
Better speed and performance. Looking good so far..
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Im back cheers

as soon as i get home i will build 8/3/14
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
Man I must say it is a night and day difference if you want to only compare performance. Carbon is MUCH faster and smoother on my Nexus 7 using the same settings and kernel.

The rest of it I can't comment on because I always run my own launcher setup so every ROM looks almost identical to me. I hope Carbon keeps up the speed on my device because this tablet was getting close to being retired.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Reiven89:
At first boot rom says process.android media has stopped working (flashed minimal gapps)...., also battery life seems worse then slim...maybe legokernel give more battery life then m-kernel....
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
I only got that when i did not install gapps

Maby its just one of those things
[Nexus 7 Original Development] HeadKase:
Just like USBHost... most of the time when I get instant crashes on any of my Android devices after first boot is because of something to do with the GApps package that I either forgot to install or it was borked up. When my device gets to that point I usually just wipe everything clean and start fresh haha.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Same there
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Reiven89:
I have installed the rom with the recommended gapps but i had that crash with media process...anyway i see the rom draining battery very quickly even after changing kernels....rom is smooth but battery life seems worse then slim....how is your battery life?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
My battery is much better then Slims, BY FAR. And its much faster and smoother, which is a gazillion times more important than battery life. Without smoothness and speed, it is impossible to use period. However, it takes much longer to charge now I have noticed, but this is a small price to pay to avoid buying a new device all together.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
My battery life is normal

I have an average of 10-19h of battery

And a 6-7h of screen time
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
I'm starting to think I must have run Slim for far too long and it needed a fresh Factory Wipe maybe just to run properly. But if that was the case why would Carbon run so good after dirty flashing it over the top of a Slim? This suggests Carbon is better built to me. None the less I got tired of constantly fighting with Slim and just do not have the time to do another full factory wipe.

LOL, makes me wonder just how good Carbon would run if I were to give it freshly formatted partitions? Thanks again USBHost :good:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Thats weird

My n7 charges at 2 A well 1.8-9

So 1900 - what it uses to be on
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Thats what i do every time i upgrade the build

ReFormat to F2FS
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
Yeah I thought so to. Just weird. After flashing Carbon, I put it on my 4A charger and instead of it being done in like 1 hour or so like it usually is, it took like 1 hour every 10%. All evening it was charging, which I have never experienced before and when I finally went to bed I was still only at like 77% or so. It NEVER has less then 99% when I go to bed, lol... Oh well could be fluke but I need more time to monitor it just in case it was...

Like I said, I could not care less how long it takes, or how long battery lasts. I just need the device to work and work fast. I have powered USB cables everywhere I turn here in my home so it rarely ever gets below 50%.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
maybe the charging problems came with the durty flash

Fixed:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Reiven89:
I have only 4 hours and 40 minutes of screen on time with carbon and with slim im getting the same smoothness with 5 hours and 20 minutes of screen on....how you can get 6 hours or more of screen on...i just do normal browsing and i cant do more then 5 hours and 30 minutes of screen on....
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
You need to set the cpu to 1.3ghz

Stock is at 1.5ghz
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
[MENTION=5501864]USBhost[/MENTION],

Would it be possible to get simple Factory Wipe instructions in the OP for us peeps who are already on All-f2fs please? I'm using TWRP 2.7.1.1 and not quite sure how one goes about a clean install without accidentally going back to ext4. Carbon is so fast after a dirty flash that I am wondering how it will run after a clean install, lol ;)

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Sure will work on that

Twrp knows if your on f2fs

If your on f2fs it will format to f2fs the same with ext4

So just do what you normally do

but dont do the data format that you have to type yes

That will format you to ext4
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Building 8/3/14

ETA 2-3:30h
[Nexus 7 Original Development] HeadKase:
finish building? :D
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
o yes sorry the link is up
[Nexus 7 Original Development] HeadKase:
Works like a champ
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ProNewb:
Sorry, I have been out of the loop... to update to the latest nightly, I just have to flash it? no need to wipe data and all? any other special instructions?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
Yeah, just flash it and gapps if you need it. I always wipe cache myself after a dirty flash.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ProNewb:
Flash Gapps also? that still required?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
I do not know (I always flash it 100% of the time). If USBHost (Or Carbon Team for that matter) is obeying the court ruling on Gapps of not providing it within the custom ROMs, then yes you have to flash it I think. Probably best if I let USBHost answer that question though, lol... I flash it every time I flash a custom ROM.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] callidus_ex_de_latebros:
Yeah, as always. It's part of an agreement with Google to do with copyright.

P.s: I pressed the thanks button instead of the reply button by accident, but hey, you're welcome. [emoji12]
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Building 8/4/14

ETA 2-4h
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
hmm it faild to flash i must have did somthing wrong

rebuilding sorry about that ETA 2-3h
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
ok it flashes now cheers build 8/5/14 is up now
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
USBhost, are you building nightlies? Or weeklies? Does Carbon release every day or just several times a week?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
I'm building nightlies

Carbon releases 2 builds a week but on our grouper it seems they build1 a week
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
OK, I think I will flash at least once a week then. Thanks again
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
there will be no build tonight

there was only one thing change
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Bravopt:
I'm getting the "set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed"

Any hints?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
When you flash it?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Bravopt:
It's okay now. It gave me an option to wipe after the error, then i just reflashed and rebooted and it's working now :) My first update since 4.1.2, i hope it's good :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Make sure your bootloader is the latest
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Bravopt:
I came from a 4.1.2 rom from when i bought my nexus. I'm loving this rom, speed and features. I just hope the battery lasts as much as my previous rom. thanks for your work!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
should i put the boot animation from android L in the rom?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] PrizmaticSmoke:
Personally I like the carbon boot ani, and an android L style one can always be applied via theme manager.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
True

Then I wont
[Nexus 7 Original Development] leos0000:
Yo usbhost thanks alot.for this is fast amazing rom ))))
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
build 8/6/14 is up

i will support EXT4 now CHEERS!!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
build 8/7/14 is up
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
In 8/7/14 F2FS build

I removed the system formating in the update script

So your gapps should be fine.

to be honest I don't know whats the point of having the format in the update script
[Nexus 7 Original Development] kibbsnk:
Awesome ROM did a dirty flash over yesterday's all working great gave this old tablet a new lease of life
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Cheers! :good:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] kibbsnk:
Hi I've just tried otg and the host controller isn't present is this right
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
What do you mean!

Otg is not working??
[Nexus 7 Original Development] kibbsnk:
Sorry I meant the s3c host driver is missing
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Don't know why?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] kibbsnk:
I've ordered another one will let you know if it works
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
no build to day

nothing changed
[Nexus 7 Original Development] kibbsnk:
Bought a new otg cable everything work's fine thanks
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Good to hear
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
sorry that there will be no build today

i got some problems on ubuntu i had to reinstall it
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Im not going to remove the system format in the update script

I got read only bugs when i tryed editing system
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
build 8/11/14 is up
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
build 8/12/14 is up
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
build 8/13/14 is up
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
i added sudo command

it's like su but it allows you to execute shell cammand as root once

like sudo ping -f 192.168.1.1

and fixed ifconfig now you dont need to put busybox ifconfig to get the output

P.S there will be no build tonight
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
will put ^^^ in the next build

there will be no build tonight

because there was no change that will effect our n7
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
.!.!.!. Im just going to make a build to night

Im so board lol
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Best of luck
[Nexus 7 Original Development] weirdsciencex:
That did the trick. Thanks again.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ironmaskusa:
No one having omni mess up? That's weird it has done it on every build I've used.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
I never used it
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ironmaskusa:
OK fair enough! ?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] wax911:
I'd like to say thank you for the awesome all-f2fs rom. :D just out of curiosity will this rom work with other f2fs kernels? like oxydo v17?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Most likely
[Nexus 7 Original Development] brooker88:
Hi everyone, my N7 will be arriving tommorow, I want to get this right first time round so thought I'd post. So I unlock boot loader, root, Flash twrp, flash F2FS then install this ROM and m kernal test 4? And flash gapps or is gapps included in here? I read something about TRIM should I flash this manually to? And does this ROM only work on grouper? Thanks in advance
[Nexus 7 Original Development] dareino:
is the N7 u are getting a 2012 or a 2013 model?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] brooker88:
2012 model.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Won't be able to convert 6/1/2014 to night

Will do tomorrow
[Nexus 7 Original Development] brooker88:
When upgrading do you just reflash like normally do with android phones? i'm new to tablets but i'm guessing it's just the same?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Spitwista:
Yep clean or dirty...choice is yours bud.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] dareino:
so yes those are basically the steps to root your tablet. Wugs Root Toolkit can help you tremendously but some prefer using the ADB commands.

Flashing F2FS can be tricky...

I dont think you need to worry about TRIM anymore as it was implemented into 4.2 but I may be wrong.

And yes THIS rom only works on grouper but of course if you search for a specific device you may find the same rom.

You must be getting a deal on the 2012 because if I were you, I would get the newest model

good luck
[Nexus 7 Original Development] brooker88:
Yeah got good deal only £50

i used commands on linux but having so many problems. TWRP always removes itself after reboot, f2fs doesnt seem to work i get stuck on google logo. But then again i only came across 2 guides and they not very well explained. Starting to wish i got a different tab, nothing seems straight forward :(

I have yet to find a rom that works either, i heard N7 was pretty essy to use, so far been playing around 6 hours and got nowhere..
[Nexus 7 Original Development] dareino:
If you have already rooted, installing latest MultiRom thru Playstore is got to be the biggest no-brainer to install not only the special twrp but also 1-click to format all partitions to f2fs....too easy

Cant find a rom? Hmm my sig shows 3 all-f2fs...and besides CarbonRom is awesome.

d
[Nexus 7 Original Development] brooker88:
I couldn't get this ROM/kernal to work. But after a long 15 hour I have f2fs and slimkat so guess I'm kind of happy. Still have my eyes on carbon but for now I will tasks a break and enjoy what I have, lol and I wish I knew about multirtom 15 you're ago -_- still can't seem to get twrp recovery to stay
[Nexus 7 Original Development] dareino:
MultiRom is basically dual booting your tablet...you can choose whatever rom you feel like playing with that day!....

Its awesome...you could always uninstall if you dont like

d
[Nexus 7 Original Development] brooker88:
Will give it a try, thought everything was going well but now I lost root and nothing showing up then I boot twrp. Says internal memory 0GB and that I have no operating system installed but still boots up. Just cant use titanium backup. Pretty fed up of this device and havnt even had it a day:crying:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
LOL, good job man... I'm bored to so I want to flash a new build... hehe ;)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
You got it

Edit: i will build it when i get home

ETA unknown but no later then 8pm
[Nexus 7 Original Development] SkOrPn:
Take your time man. I'm at half time in my sport of choice and still have dinner to prepare :good:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Building now

Edit: building stoped

there was changes to the code cheers new stuff
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
build 8/16/14 up

injoy sudo command

and ifconfig fixed

Edit: ifconfig is not fixed lol sorry but sudo is fine
[Nexus 7 Original Development] adrman:
[MENTION=5501864]USBhost[/MENTION] I just noticed the F2FS build includes the mkernel. By any chance is it the selinux disabled flavor? Thanks for your work.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] dareino:
its not but he did post a link a few pages back where you can d/l M-Kernel sel disabled...just reflash

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[Nexus 7 Original Development] Adinaky:
Actually it comes with it disabled. It has been like that every time I flashed the rom.

Sent from my LG-D802
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Yep

with it set to disable it seems to fix the screen wake problem/sleep of death
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Yep its the selinux disabled flavor
[Nexus 7 Original Development] adrman:
Great! One less thing to flash. The build is great.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] dareino:
confused....is the Rom se disabled or is it the kernel? You are still installing m69 as default right or did you switch to m69se?

thxs
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Kernel

I did switch to a69se
[Nexus 7 Original Development] avinashdelhi900:
any1 else facing system ui force closes??
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Nop
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
build 8/17/14 is up

there may have been no change but o well

how are you guys injoing sudo command? i know i am
[Nexus 7 Original Development] acidspider:
What is sudo command?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] USBhost:
Its like su but on Ubuntu

But the difference is that you can use sudo to do a single shell root command

Like sudo ifconfig wlan0 down

So you don't need to put su

Then ifconfig wlan0 down

Also it makes it feel more like ubuntu