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Root [ROM][5.1.1]Carbon ROM for Exhibit / Ace 2e[ T599N | T599 | T599V ] [METICULUS]

Meticulus

Meticulus

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These builds are for the Samsung Galaxy Exhibit and the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2e.
Models:
SGH-T599
SGH-T599N
SGH-T599V

Download: meticulus.co.vu
GApps here
 
Known issues:
  • Screenrecording locks up device. ( do not use )
  • OTG Host mode can only be enabled once per boot.
  • Setting a govenor via "PerformanceControl" may not work due to "Usecase" control.
  • Root is disabled by default. Some options in "Extras" and "Performance" depend on root. Enable in "Developer Options"
 
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Does this ROM have support for exFAT, NTFS, or HFS+? If so, what is supported?

What prerequisites exist, if any, with regards to compatible recoveries?
 
Ascii2 said:
Does this ROM have support for exFAT, NTFS, or HFS+? If so, what is supported?

What prerequisites exist, if any, with regards to compatible recoveries?
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I am uncertain whether the file systems you mentioned will work. I am pretty sure that exFAT will not work. I have seen no evidence that HFS+ will work. Vold supports NTFS but I do not have any drives formatted NTFS and so I have not tested. Vold will not even mount USB ext4 drives
automatically. I had to use the mount command from a terminal to get that to work.

Recoveries: I only support my recoveries for this device. Any one of those should* work but I am currently using TWRP 2.8.0.0 for testing and can only be certain that it works.
http://www.meticulus.co.vu/p/downloads_2.html

I will try to include exFAT support in the future if I get requests for it.
 
Thank you Meticulus for your prompt reply.

Meticulus said:
Recoveries: I only support my recoveries for this device. Any one of those should* work but I am currently using TWRP 2.8.0.0 for testing and can only be certain that it works.
http://www.meticulus.co.vu/p/downloads_2.html
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Your TWRP 2.8.0.0 Recovery is the Recovery I am using. The recovery was originally labeled to be for KitKat only. I have used the recovery with my 64GB exFAT formatted microSDXC successfully, both reading and writing.

If I remember correctly, older versions of TeamWin Recovery Project recoveries (such as 2.8.0.0) had trouble decrypting the data on the device if using something different than a password (or a PIN) to secure it. Of particular note are large, complex connect-the dots-style unlock patterns that may fail in those older TWRP versions.

I have not yet installed your Carbon LP 5.1.1 ROM onto my SGH-T599N device and have not verified to problem to manifest. It may be important to verify the performance of the recovery with regards to decryption when complex connect-the dots-style unlock patterns are used if they are supported by the ROM.

It may be desirable to have a TWRP recovery for the target devices based on version 3.0.0-0 or 3.0.2-0 of the TeamWin Recovery Project project.

Meticulus said:
I will try to include exFAT support in the future if I get requests for it.
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I hereby make a request to include exFAT support in your ROM.
EDIT: The ROM does have exFAT support. I have tested this to be true.


Meticulus said:
I am uncertain whether the file systems you mentioned will work. I am pretty sure that exFAT will not work. I have seen no evidence that HFS+ will work. Vold supports NTFS but I do not have any drives formatted NTFS and so I have not tested. Vold will not even mount USB ext4 drives
automatically. I had to use the mount command from a terminal to get that to work.
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Proper and often automatic file system mounting should become much more desirable if/when USB OTG becomes conveniently usable.

I do look forward to your developments.
 
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Ascii2 said:
Your TWRP 2.8.0.0 Recovery is the Recovery I am using. The recovery was originally labeled to be for KitKat only. I have used the recovery with my 64GB exFAT formatted microSDXC successfully, both reading and writing.
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UPDATE: I did find an issue with TWRP 2.8.0.0. My 64GB microSDXC media is typically formatted using exFAT, though the problem manifests also with other file systems. The recovery sets the micoSDXC volume to be write-protected and this is preserved after exiting the recovery. This is a problem when using the removable media with other devices that respect the write-protection flagging.

I also tried flashing the ROM described in this thread using your TWRP 2.8.0.0 recovery, but a failure error was returned. The failure message looked like the message described in the thread:
http://androidforums.com/threads/error-executing-update-binary-in-zip-issue.978912/

Specifically, I receive error:
Code: 
E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/external_sd/CARBON-5.1.1-METICULUS-20160712-0645-codinalte.zip

It would seem that ROM does not properly flash.

EDIT: I was able to flash to you ROM after rebooting back into the TWRP 2.8.0.0 recovery. My guess is that there may be a bug in the recovery for which the flash may fail.

EDIT2: MTP connection in TWRP 2.8.0.0 recovery does not work correctly. I do remember that MTP functionality was corrected in later version of TeamWin Recovery project.

EDIT 2: The ROM really does not not work well without the GAPPs. I do hope that this is corrected in the future. Also after flashing the GAPPs, I noticed that the operating system stalls at the Finishing boot dialog box. To workaround the problem, the integrated montor screen may be turned off and then on. I had flashed the "gapps-L-3-28-15.zip" GAPPs package.

EDIT2: Also, some quick configuration of your ROM, I was able to manifest a crash loop when adding tiles to the tiles pull down (from status bar) area. Android reports, "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped.". I have attached a screenshot showing this. It appears to be necessary to clear the caches to get back into a working state. To potentially reproduce the problem attempt to add all the optional tiles to the tiles pull down interface. I believe that the problem first manifests when adding the "Slim Floats" or "SlimAction" tiles (I do not remember exactly).

EDIT3: I notice that when scrolling to the bottom of the "About CarbonROM" (menu item is in "CarbonROM Fibers" Settings category) settings page, a crash occurs. I am attaching a screenshot illustrating this.

EDIT3: Recent Items List does not show the close all icon even when setting to have it shown is set.

EDIT3: Setting of USB computer connection still rather buggy.

EDIT4: I also would like to request further enhancement of a feature. I would like to be able to have more than four icons around the Home Screen's App Drawer icon (a white, circular icon with two row of six dots centered within it) when the Display DPI is set to a value that could accommodate the extra icons with even proper spacing.

EDIT5: I have tested exFAT support on the ROM. exFAT support is indeed included with the ROM.
 

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Meticulus said:
I built TWRP 3.0.1-0 for codinalte. If you'd be willing to test it and let me know how it is, I'd appreciate it.
http://www.meticulus.co.vu/2016/07/twrp-301-0-for-galaxy-exhibit-ace-2e.html
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I would be willing to test it for you. However, version 3.0.1.0 has a severe bug that results in the inability to decrypt the full device encryption and encrypted backups. I again would request you use version 3.0.0-0 or 3.0.2-0.

The TWRP 3.0.1-0 decryption bug is documented at in the TWRP 3.0.2-0 changelog:
https://twrp.me/site/update/2016/04/05/twrp-3.0.2-0-released.html

EDIT1: I tried loading the TWRP 3.0.1-0 "TWRP-3.0.1-0-METICULUS-codinalte.tar.md5" file into ODIN; however, *.tar.md5 file appears to be invalid. The error when trying to flash:
MD5_fail.gif
 
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Meticulus said:
I will consider what you have said but, I am only one developer. I have limited time and resources.
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Meticulus said:
If you would like to contribute something, you can submit pull requests to http://github.com/meticulus.
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I would like have liked to contribute code, but my skills and the knowledge of the related developing tools and libraries are rather dated and I do not believe they are sufficient in this state.
 
Meticulus said:
New Build!: http://www.meticulus.co.vu/2016/07/new-build-carbon-lp-511-for-galaxy.html
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Thanks, testing now.
No GAAPs reboot bug still appears to be present.

EDIT1: Clicking the Back arrow in the Material Design navigation in the "Performance" category of the Settings options results in "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped" (see attached image for illustration). Using the hardware back button does not result in an error.

EDIT2: Battery Percent indicator is specified in settings is shown as "Next to the icon" by default, but the battery percentage is still hidden by default.

EDIT2: Clicking on the Extras category in Settings often prompts for root access. This may or may not be a bug, but may be confusing to a user. I believe that the prompt for root access may occur at other times if the Extras category items are toggled (UNTESTED).

EDIT2: It should be noted that the cellular network friendly names do not appear; instead, a number is shown.

EDIT3: I tried to use the Android Full Device Encryption (see Security category in Settings), but it failed and data became unavailable. I was using the latest Meticulus build and the TWRP 3.0.1-0 recovery. I had tried Full Device Encryption once before using the first publicly available build and incurred the same problem.
 

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wiped system, cache, and dalvik cache, and flashed again new build and it doesnt boot

Edit: forget to metion that i keep data and internal storage from previous build
 
haroldJ99 said:
twrp 3.0.1
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I shall assume you mean Meticulus' TWRP 3.0.1-0 recovery.

Try performing a Factory Reset (in the "Wipe" category). I do realize that what you attempted to wipe previously should have worked; it is my experience that on Meticulus' TWRP 2.8.0.0 recovery for Galaxy Exhibit / Ace 2e that an installation may still fail unless the Factory Reset option is invoked.
 
Ascii2 said:
Thanks, testing now.
No GAAPs reboot bug still appears to be present.

EDIT1: Clicking the Back arrow in the Material Design navigation in the "Performance" category of the Settings options results in "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped" (see attached image for illustration). Using the hardware back button does not result in an error.

EDIT2: Battery Percent indicator is specified in settings is shown as "Next to the icon" by default, but the battery percentage is still hidden by default.

EDIT2: Clicking on the Extras category in Settings often prompts for root access. This may or may not be a bug, but may be confusing to a user. I believe that the prompt for root access may occur at other times if the Extras category items are toggled (UNTESTED).

EDIT2: It should be noted that the cellular network friendly names do not appear; instead, a number is shown.

EDIT3: I tried to use the Android Full Device Encryption (see Security category in Settings), but it failed and data became unavailable. I was using the latest Meticulus build and the TWRP 3.0.1-0 recovery. I had tried Full Device Encryption once before using the first publicly available build and incurred the same problem.
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Update release: http://www.meticulus.co.vu/2016/07/carbon-lp-511-for-galaxy-exhibit-ace2e.html

ALL of these issues are addressed.
 
I have tested the new update (Update 1). I am quite happy that ROM now does not require GAAPs.

New issues report:
Ascii2 said:
Clicking the Back arrow in the Material Design navigation in the "Performance" category of the Settings options results in "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped" (see attached image for illustration). Using the hardware back button does not result in an error.
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This quoted problem that has been alleged to have been still manifests. See the screenshot attached to this post for illustration.

In Settings --> CarbonROM Fibers --> Status bar --> Network traffic VS, the "Status bar traffic display" option is display as "Both" by default, but the corresponding status bar icon is not displayed.

In Settings --> CarbonROM Fibers --> Notification drawer --> Notification drawer -->, the "Power menu in expanded status bar" option's "Screen off - Power menu" and "Power menu - Screen off" do not behave as expected. Irrespective as to how long a press occurs on the Notification drawer status bar power button, the tap action is performed; the secondary actions do not work.
 

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I noticed that development for a similar device to the Samsung SGH-T599N has many of the known issues that are present in the current version of this ROM. Perhaps the source codes or binary may be of interest with regards to fixing the known issues.

NovaFusion Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini description page:
http://novafusion.pl/s3-mini/

NovaFusion Downloads page:
http://novafusion.pl/downloads/

NovaFusion GitHub repository:
https://github.com/NovaFusion

The NovaFusion developer seems to have solved at least the following issues of note for his ROMs:
  • Offline Charging
  • USB OTG 1GHz bug
  • USB OTG support
  • MTP Support
 
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