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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] frap129:
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XDA:DevDB Information

CarbonROM for the Samsung Galaxy S3, ROM for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

Contributors

frap129, CarbonROM

Source Code: https://github.com/CarbonROM

ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Based On: AOSP

Version Information

Status: Snapshot

Created 2017-05-24

Last Updated 2017-05-23
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] frap129:
How to install:

- basic rom install steps...

- download rom files (optional: gapps + root)

- boot into recovery of choice

- wipe data, cache, dalvik/art cache (data if from another rom)

- flash zips, reboot, feel the MOO
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] frap129:
Oh man, who do we thank?

There are just so many roms out there that have been a part of the crafting of this project.

Big shout outs to AOKP, Dirty Unicorns, Pure Nexus, and all CarbonROM team members for the rom features.

Also thanks to Flash ROM and AOSPA for their changes that make the rom fly.

Thanks to all the donators who help keep servers running
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lonelyskatter12:
Extremely smooth and fast, nice work :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] koobie777:
Gonna try it out today. Awesome to see some more ROMs around here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Right on. Thanks for giving us a shiny new toy to play with! Long live d2!

To the guys with the triband, carbon has a d2refresh build too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] koobie777:
Tested it out the other day. Very smooth very stable but I couldn't get data or make phone calls. I'm on virgin. Tried dirty flashing and everything with different apn fixes with no luck ☹️
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Yeah, I tried on virgin mobile too. No joy. Did the double/dirty flash and all, no data. It said no sim.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] naterza:
Same! I tried it last night, no data, no voice. Hopefully, there will be a fix soon. Looks like an awesome ROM otherwise.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] frap129:
I didnt notice this because my S3 is no longer activated. Looking into a fix now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] koobie777:
Regardless thanks for keeping the device alive you and the Oct os team are crushing it. Sidenote it would be nice to see close all but foreground app in recents, quick unlock when correct pin is entered on lock screen, scrollable small qs, couldn't remember if there was an auto brightness button next to brightness slider but these are all such handy features. If I could dev I'd do it myself lol but if it doesn't happen I'm still a happy camper.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] YMNDLZ:
I just stopped by to say thank you for this ROM. Best performance out of any 7.0+ ROM I've tested (way better than even LOS) and battery life is up there with one of the best I've seen too. Props to you and once again, thanks for this ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] naterza:
I see that a new version was posted on May 30th. Does this update remedy the voice, and data issue?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] koobie777:
No I tested it out. Looks like we're looking at weeklies ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] koobie777:
Today's build has working data and phone capabilities if any was curious :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I was definitely curious, thanks. What carrier are you on? I'm on virgin and, on vanir and commotio, the apn fix worked without the 2nd dirty flash. Hoping for the same here.

Edit: just noticed you said you were on virgin too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] frap129:
Thanks for pointing this out! I've been trying to figure out the issue for weeks (but without an activated device, I cant test well). I'm shocked it works, as this build doesn't have any of the fixes I've tried, almost like magic that it works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] koobie777:
Yeah most of the roms have been working without dirty flash. It's nice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I'm really liking this ROM. Has all the goodies I've been missing on lineage. Has all the stuff I miss about gravity box. Very nice work!

Passed safety net with magisk too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] naterza:
Just installed the newest weekly, and loving it so far. I've noticed two things off the bat though, one is the gesture option in settings crashes as soon as selecting it so I can't set the screen to wake from a hand wave, and the other is I can't find an option to disable the hardware button lights. Am I just missing it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Gestures does the same for me, just noticed when you mentioned. Also hotspot isn't working. It turns on, and connects, but no data.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sal84x:
Just installed (d2spr version). Flashed with twrp 3.0.2 and used open gapps stock... Installed perfectly, took about 10 minutes on the first boot. On second setup screen it was asking me to insert a sim card, but in the status bar I could already see the data signal cycling around, once it stayed on 4g I just skipped the sim card thing and moved on from there and the setup was completely smooth.

So far so great...I'm really impressed, this is a really nice, quick and w/ a lot of customization's. Thanks for spending the time making it, it really does show.

As madbat99 pointed out earlier I also had the hotspot issue, it broadcasts and I can connect but once connected the ip4/ip6 settings were blank and no data was passed. The tether option does work though.

Gonna try GPS out later.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
GPS works fine here. Loving substratum themes on my phone (played with them on my Nexus 9 but much better on phone). ROM is not rooted (like most now) and using magisk, passed safetynet without issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sal84x:
Yeah GPS worked perfect for me as well...Camera and Bluetooth all good as well. I haven't messed with substratum, I kinda like the overall look it has but I'll probably get into it at some point.

I think I have some major researching to do. I'm not rooted either, and seems my supersu is gone, does it have issues on 7.1 roms? Is root access no longer necessary these days? Keep seeing devs take out root but tbh I'm not really sure why.

I am unfamiliar with magisk but I didn't see it in my app drawer now, but I know for sure, that before I deleted AICP's 7.1 I did have magisk in the app drawer while on that rom, and I was rooted but not on Carbon it seems.

I just started researching magisk, the first line... "The Universal Systemless Interface, to create an altered mask of the system without changing the system itself." Looks like I got a lot to get updated on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Yeah this ROMs not rooted. Just flash SuperSU or magisk. Magisk is just another superuser control. It masks itself in case you need to hide root from another app. For instance Android pay won't work on rooted device, or super Mario run. If you don't need to hide root, just flash SuperSU and you're rooted.

SuperSU
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sal84x:
Oh ok I got you, think I'm going to try magisk out this time. Did this roms auto updater ask you to download an update, I have it in my update still because it seems to be the same as the initial install file so I skipped out on the install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
6/13 is the newest, so if you're running that your good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Running 6/20 build, hotspot still not working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] frap129:
I'm still looking into this. Does it occur on other roms or only carbon?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
On LineageOS, Vanir, and Commotio it was working last time I checked. Been running carbon for a few weeks so I haven't checked the others since then. Haven't tried octos in a while. Even without hotspot, I'm really diggin this ROM, all the goodies I like and good battery life too. Weekly updates are great too. Thanks for keeping D2 going.

I'm gonna try the others and see if hotspot is working. Not enough hours in the day to do all the tinkering I used to do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
[MENTION=5051294]frap129[/MENTION] hotspot working on octos. Still not on carbon with latest update. Anything else I can do to help? Logs or anything
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmilch:
I got the rom to install, but where do I find a gapps that works with this rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Any 7.1x gapps you like. Try these

Go to first post in that thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sal84x:
I used opengapps 7.1 stock and It's been perfect.

---------- Post added at 01:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:50 PM ----------

Is the OTA updater working for you? I tried to use it once or twice but keep getting a force close....since everything seems to be working fine as is, it's not a huge thing for me but I'll probably mess with it again later on.

Are you on the latest Magisk?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I never used the ota updater. I checked it out though, if it forces close try clearing the cache and data for the updater.

Yes I'm on the latest magisk. All was good. I needed hotspot to work so I had to go to octos yesterday. Everything in this ROM is exactly what I want in a ROM, but I need hotspot to use my Nexus 9 on the road. I have a 45 minute drive to work and I watch the news and other things on the drive (dish Network, dish anywhere).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] frap129:
Our OTA Updater app is currently broken, we're working on a better implimentation. Still looking into the hotspot issue, though I dont know what the problem could be without a proper log
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I'll flash back over this weekend (if time allows) and grab you some logs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] koobie777:
Navbar covers Snapchat buttons ☹️ any plans on putting single tap options on hardware buttons? Or more navbar button options?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Did the hotspot issue ever get figured out? [MENTION=5051294]frap129[/MENTION]

Actually I realized I never did get logs for you, sorry dude. Life got busy, working looooooong hours. 70+ hours a week.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MisterDoctor:
Possible Addition

Hello, and thank you for this ROM. Just one question though, would you be willing to apply a patch to the kernel in order to support HID devices? I have the patch file, but I have no experience in compiling kernels or else I would have done it by now myself.

If you are willing I can send you the file. I do know that the patch is the same kernel version as what this ROM has (3.4).

Even if you say know, thanks anyway.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcellini21:
Runs great on my good old S3!

I installed this on my S3 a few weeks back, and I'm really satisfied with it so far. It seems to run better than LineageOS even though the battery life is still the same for me. And, the weekly updates are quick to install on TWRP recovery. If anyone has the Boost Mobile variant like I do, I can confirm that calling, SMS, MMS, and LTE all work properly on this ROM thanks to a simple APN fix. Thanks, developers, for keeping this old thing up to date!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dannyxda:
how do you switch between running apps? holding down menu isnt working
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Hold home.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] avd:
You need to configure recents in carbon fiber ->buttons
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dannyxda:
Ah i missed it there at the top. Thanks. holding home was set to nothing. I set it to menu button short, and long = menu button now.

When I try to put the phone into wifi hot spot, it sends out a weak signal. hardware failure? or is anyone else having this problem? tried it with 2 phones, both report weak signal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] f.costello:
I have confirmation on virgin mobile oh1 baseband. All data is working with apn fix. I'm highly impressed with this rom. Updater works, tested that today. My new daily. Thank you for your work, I'll be donating very soon!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gemneye:
ROOT'd ROM / alternative kernels

It had been awhile since I had installed a custom ROM on my d2spr when I installed Carbon ROM. With older ROMs I had installed, it was always root'd and I could run programs like SetCPU to change governors and set CPU frequencies and other tweaks.

This ROM does not appear to be ROOT'd, and I don't see anything in the CarbonROM settings that would allow for CPU tweaks and such. I don't even know if setCPU is even a valid tool anymore.

My question, is tweaking governors and CPU frequencies something that people are still doing. If so, what tool is being used?

Also are there any benefits to patching an alternative kernel (ie., skatter), or is the native one that comes with the ROM the best fit.

I was just curious what the standard operating process was for these new ROMS?

Thank You.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Just root it if you want. Most roms come not rooted now because some need to pass safetynet. But you can flash magisk for root and still pass safetynet. Magisk is an excellent root. There aren't really any custom kernels anymore. I have a copy of skatter kernel (for nougat). But then you're just asking for stability issues. The included kernel is likely best for battery life and stability.

You can always go to lineageos (the base rom for this and successor to cm) web page and get the root addon zip.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JakeG1984:
Contacts won't sync. I am on RELEASE build from 20171222. I am using OpenGAPPS pico from today 1/28/2018. I had this issue with OctOS 7.1.1 and XDA user clearchris (OctOS OP) fixed it on the ROM side. I had to flash his new experimental rom. Here is a quote from clearchris [MENTION=6264948]clearchris[/MENTION] from the above mentioned thread. "The issue is that early issue snapdragon chip has a neon flaw that causes problems in boringssl. We added patches to recognize these flawed chips and to not use the neon optimizations on them. All lineage based roms had this issue. I helped them fix it upstream, so it should flow down to the other ROMs quickly."

I have tried all versions of deleting contacts storage/deleting google account/rebooting/checking contacts for funky characters/restoring account etc.. and still contacts will NOT sync - everything else syncs just fine. It shows me the "sync is currently experiencing problems" message but it goes away instantly. Any chance that clearchris' mentioned boringSSL fixes should cure this? I'm not staring at the OP right now to see if CarbonROM is compiled from Lineage or not. The fix was supposedly added on April 21st 2017 to 7.1.1. (note - I don't know what boringSSL is nor have I ever compiled anything - I'm just repeating lingo i've seen)

Edit: just tried full wipe reinstall with the same rom but with opengapps mini with the same results except now gmail also won't sync

Edit: after some time (~8hrs) on opengapps mini today it synced a good chunk of my contacts but many are missing. Still no gmail.

Edit: After 12 hrs or so android is claiming my contacts are all synced. I haven't counted the # of contacts and compared but it looks good. Gmail still no dice. Weird...

Update: I dumped Gmail and replaced with Inbox - it had no issues pulling in my Gmail... I don't get it

Any ideas???

---------- Post added at 10:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:21 PM ----------

I'd also like to contribute here relating to LTE connectivity with Twigby MNVO.

I have been able to modify ChangeOfJinzo APN zip to flash Twigby apn onto this rom. I over-rode item #7 which was TextNow and replaced it with Twigby settings. Nothing else was able to get LTE to work. Two things to note - 1. The LTE icon is there with a little X but data works and 2. I see no APN settings option on the menu on this rom which is why I used the flashable ChangeOfJinzo zip. Is that the same for everyone?

Edit: the little x goes away after a bit and data is great so far on Twigby

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AltonWoods:
Mobile Data not Working

I love this ROM. Picked up a hand-me-down S3 and decided to update it to Carbon. Put it on Ting. Runs great except that mobile data doesn't work. I have version 20180131 and gapps pico. When I click on Carrier Settings, it says that com.android.phone has stopped.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
You need the ting apn fix

---------- Post added at 05:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:43 PM ----------

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qisfse0m9b545b0/ChangeOfJinzoData-APNFix-V1.2.zip?dl=0

That one has ting in it. Aroma installer, choose ting when you flash it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
yesterday , I installed this rom and it was really really fantastic !!

especially the wallpaper " who's back? " :)

the rom was simple and fast and I liked all the customization , especially the quick setting , buttons setting and recents .

but unfortunately , I didn't like the music app (vanilla) . it was awful !!

also , there are some bugs such as the gestures (in setting) won't open , the battery usage goes down very fast (even the battery saver couldn't help !) .

so... I think that's all what I found . however , thank you for keeping this device alive and giving us hope :)

[MENTION=5051294]frap129[/MENTION]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Did you check to see what was draining battery? It may be bad data, or a rogue app. A proper log would be helpful.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
[/COLOR]

yeah , I checked . but I didn't see anything weird .... you know what? here is the think :

I was on linageOS 14.1 -16102017 . so , I decided to install the CarbonRom by making wipe data / cache / system ..etc on recovery (twrp) . afterward I installed this rom and made wipe data / chace ( just I want to make sure it will be work) . and I waited until it's work!!

then , I just let it on "sleep mode" and I checked it each 10 minutes . but Suddenly , I noticed that the battery goes down 3% - 5% in each 10 minutes without making anything!!

so , I decided to back to the stock rom again (because ,I want to know that issue becomes from software or hardware) and install root , recovery (twrp) , wipe everything(data/cache/system) , install the rom + gapps , wipe again (data/cache) and finally reboot system .

after all that , the issue still not solved!!

Do you think guys this issue becomes from from software or hardware??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Maybe battery is wearing out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] spikemcc:
Android 8 Go build next time ? apkmirror for Go apps, sadly I didn't know for the full Go setup ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
I don't think that , because I bought this battery since few month ago !!

or maybe ....you are right

so... how about you?

everything is good with this rom?

is the battery draining stable and fine??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] allrockedout:
Can't download
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
yeah , the same problem to me !

I think this is originally from their website .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FireConvoy:
Came from a ported LineageOS that would've been the base for a d2refreshspr version of Oct-N (that ultimately never came to be). Just installed the d2refreshspr Carbon ROM on my (Boost Mobile) Galaxy S3 Triband. So far, it seems pretty cool, digging the extra customization options. Hopefully, there's an Oreo build in the future...I'd love to see that!! Thanks for keeping the old guard alive. (Though it may be the last ROM my S3 gets to experience, unless someone miraculously ports the Nougat or Oreo S8 ROMs to the Sprint/Boost/Virgin S3...)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xdause:
where did you get the download? from replies carbonrom(at least 2 weeks ago) and lineage already removed s3 from downloads.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FireConvoy:
I've had Carbon downloaded a month and a half ago; I just didn't install it until recently. As for the Lineage, it was an unofficial port (so even when they had S3 stuff, you wouldn't find the Boost or Virgin versions) that was supposed to be a base for Oct-N on the Boost Mobile variant of the Galaxy S3 Triband; this was early in the time of Oct-N being around. The guy who was supposed to have been working on it (and sent it to me) never really got back to me about it anymore. After a couple questions, nothing.

LineageOS AND CarbonROM pulled their S3 stuff? Ouch...talk about left out in the cold. Guess the S3 line is now as dead as the S6 line officially is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xdause:
It does seem like it. There is a Commotio 7.1.2 in 03/2018. S3 still great device but I have one that just gets bootloop/services shutdown problems that develop after a while.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Osorio1798:
hello, the basketbuild shows that the last update was in September, you can update the build to January, the September has a drained battery being blocked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
No more builds for D2Spr. Sorry bud.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Steve1698:
Does anyone still have the last release on hand? Would love to try this Rom out!!! I just pulled one of my 3 GS3's out and blew the dust off of it! Lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I don't think I have it, but there is a new unofficial lineage 14.1 in the forum if you're interested.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Osorio1798:
For D2refreshspr?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Oh, that thing... Lol. No sorry. Just D2Spr.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Steve1698:
I ended up finding it eventually on get.carbonrom.org For anyone else looking it's located under the "archive for old builds" on the left side of the page as you scroll down. Thanks for replying though! I may try the new lineage as well, but CarbonROM seems to be running extremely well on my d2spr so far!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Hey dude, there is a d2refreshspr build of lineage up in the development section now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
If you're still looking for a triband build

Here ya go!