August 15th, 2015
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RELEASE for S3 Mini
CyanogenMod 12.1
New stable release (20150815) of CM12.1 for S3 Mini is available!
Please, test it and report any bugs!
For flashing Lollipop, we recommend you to install our TWRP recovery (available on Download page)!
Do full backup before installation and wipe data/cache (factory reset) after installation if you don’t updating from older CM12.0 release.
You need to perform a wipe if you’re migrating from software different than CM12.0!
You can get it on our DOWNLOAD page.
Changelog:
- CM sources update
- readded missing governors (like pegasusqq and etc)
- readded missing schedulers
- readded zRAM support, but as completely optional (golden-guy)
- fixed YouTube and more apps video playback
- Odin package update
Features
- RIL (phone/SMS/3G)
- audio (both speakers/headphones/microphone)
- Wi-fi
- Bluetooth 4.0 with LE support A2DP
- GPS/Glonass/A-GPS
- sensors
- compass
- camera (taking photos and videos)
- video playing
- 2D/3D HW Acceleration
- all native tethers (Wifi/BT/USB)
- Google Play
- CPU sleep mode
- MTP
- ADB
- no tearing
- tripple buffering
- external storage
- f2fs filesystem support
- offline charging
Issues
- video taken by stock camera app is green, but some apps like Camu taking correct videos without any issues
- less than 2% of users are reporting issues with mobile data – just add new APN manually with settings proper for your provider and apply it to make 3G working
I’d be glad, if you shared links to our download page, instead of direct links to download.
Also would be great, if you wouldn’t create the mirrors 😉
Thanks.
If somehow you’ll find a bug, use our bugtracker if you want to report it.
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Are videos taken correctly with Google Camera ?
thank you, I’ll be tested.
I have a problem with the play store. I went back to the CM11.
instagram video fixed? pls somebody tell mejdhsgsgshs@
Cheers, flashing now
Call drop??
prefer to use ext4 or f2fs, someone can help??
System will always be ext4. If you are starting a clean installation and if you plan to test other Roms I suggest that you use ext4 for all partitions.
I tell you why, yesterday I was testing omni 5.1.1 and it installed perfectly with ext4, when I tried to restor my data, I could not do it because my backup is in f2fs.
I really do not see a major difference between the two (2).
Good luck
Indeed nothing wrong with ext4. If it was slow we shouldn’t see it everywhere in the world 🙂
Thanks indeed
I want the camera to work 🙁
As far as I can tell there is nothing wrong with this rom, Although I haven’t tested call drops yet
The profile selector in the power menu dissappeared. Is that depending on the cm sources?
Hi how can I root it
Settings>About phone>look down in the window that says Buil number>tap on it like 6 times>go back to settings>search for Developer options>root access>Apps and ADB and you are set up
Thanks friend
You are well come
Go into developer options and select root
Great work.
Here are my bugs,… still the same, unfortunately 🙁
– Bad French layouts
– BLN Control doesn’t work, due to Novafusion kernel, apparently
– Still torch Long on-time.
– No EAP-SIM, whereas it exists on Samsung ROM stock
– slower compared with previous releases
– bug with data/network icon (exclamation point disappears whereas it should be shown when data if off)
Not tested :
– Battery drains so fast ?
– Sometimes when I turn on the screen, the touch doesn’t work ?
– Low incall volume ?
– Sometimes, torch crashes ?
To Nova Team:
– could you update the link to download GAPPS, please ? It is broken… and I asked it several times
– could you update TWRP to 2.8.7.0 ?
Vope,
I gave you the link to both TWRP and GApps. They’re not going to update the link so bookmark the links I gave you. When you become a monk than they might update the link. If you need the links again let me know.
Hi mikelly,
but it would be nice if the team updated the links…
Let them concentrate on CM12.1. They’re too busy doing anything else. Have you tried OmniROM 5.1.1. It’s very smooth and only two issues: No access to SIM card and video scramble for which camu app can resolve. The ROM run so well that it feels like a stock ROM. Give it a go and see what I’m talking about. Look at my comments on the last two or three cm12.1 comment sections for location of ROM and instructions. Good luck if you dare…
How to try Onmirom? Can your tell us the way?
Hi mikelly,
if I install OmniROM, will i lose all my contacts , SMS, parameters, applications ?
Does BLN control work on OmniROM ?
Thanks
Vope,
If you’re accessing your contacts from the SIM card yes you will not be able to access them. Mine are store on google or separate hd; all SMS info will be lost; you’ll have to reset your parameters and if your apps has been backup by google you’ll get them back. The only apps you won’t get back are the ones that requires rooted phone. You’ll have to re-download those apps. The BLN has minimum functionality on the OmniROM. With CarbonLP you can use it a part of the notification for your email and chat. As for OmniROM it has virtually limited function and no notification option. If you have any more questions please let me know. Thanks
John,
Read the 08012015 CM12.1 comment. That got posted a week after I typed it. Good luck.
Vope,
Forgot about BLN. BLN works and you can set the time limit of how long it stays on. Unlike most lollipop the BLN isn’t in concert with the notification. Atleast with CarbonLP you can use it to notify you of email and text msg. OmniROM doesn’t have that option.
Vope it is a clean installation.
You have to factory reset the cell with TWRP, you have to change file system to ext4, wipe dalvik and cache.
The contact are suppose to be backed up in your gmail account.
Make a full backup of you actual installation.
Download omni 5.1.1 for s3 mini (google search)
Download, if you don’t have already your gapps
Download the supersu, because omni 5.1.1 does not come rooted.
Place these 3 archives to your sd memory.
You have to install the 3 of them.
Don’t forget to change your file system to ext4 or you will be stock in a boot start.
Good luck.
I used all day yesterday and is pretty smooth but I returned to CM 12.1 with my backup because I couldn’t restore my data and I did not want to lose to many things. It worked pretty well.
Good luck again
Vope,
I answered your questions but it might be a few days before it get posted so the quick answer is. No if you have google account. Yes you’ll lose SMS info. You have to reset your own parameters and auto retrieval of apps from google account accept apps that needs root access.
mikelly,
What about BLN control. Does it work ?
Thanks
Gapps link already fixed! It change to opengapps.org
I have a problem with ‘Access Point Names’, it doesn’t show anything and I cannot add anything, also – when I reset to default it still says ‘Access Point Name settings are not available for this user’.
Is there something I can do about it?
Offline charging does not work for me.
I’ve got some graphic errors. There are a lot of glitches in games like Hill Climb. They are always on the physical bottom part of the screen, so if I turn the phone by 180° they are on the other side of the game, but physically at the same spot. They take up about a third of the screen.
Edit: It also sometimes happens in other apps like Chrome, if you scroll very fast.
Same problem, screen tearing in various apps.
Same
Don’t forget Carboon PLEASE !!!!!!!!
Hey sorry but my s3 mini is dead becauce when I try to on phone then it just show Samsung logo with phone model even it can’t go to recovery mode. So please can you help to solve this issue…
Brinder,
Try removing the battery and turn it on to drain any residual energy. Wait one minte and replace the battery and try to boot into recovery. You may have to do this several times. You’ll get it eventually so long as you didn’t brick the phone.
Crashing Google play service and Google+
Hey sorry but my s3 mini is dead becauce when I try to on phone then it just show Samsung logo with phone model even it can’t go to recovery mode. So please can you help to solve this essue …
How can install this release? I have other version of 12.1. Just need al wipes?
-flashlight turns on pretty slowly with quick setting panel but it works normally with apps like Super-Bright LED Flashlight bySurpax Inc.
-battery usage is still pretty high with wifi on
-at the moment pretty stable with the default governor and scheduler
Performance settomgs are gone 🙁
I still have them, and anyway, why would you need them?
To change schedulers and govs.
“fixed YouTube and more apps video playback”
Hope this will be backported to CM 11 soon…
Are you sure that md5sum in the download page is correct? I downloaded many times and my md5sum for the file is 840aa2e516c3ad360649413a439d0bb8.
Thanks
I have Screen Tearing in Google Play, Chrome…and I would also be thankful for Facebook.
The S3 mini CM12.1 bugs since the update from 13.8.15:
1) Screen flickering when having white background.
2) Offline charging is not working anymore. While the phone is off, plugging the charger cable will lead to booting the phone instead of simply charging.
3) Camera performance is quite poor.
-dialer keeps stopping with an income call.
-battery usage is still high with and without wifi.
Thanks again Nova.
By the way, I installed this 08/15 Rom with the nano gapps from the new download address and the mail exchange was disappeared.
I reinstalled with another gapps that I had and the program did appear again.
Great release,
A few issues I have come upon are :
Very low volume in calls
Slow reaction time for the torch to come on.
if the clock is in the centre of the status bar it becomes overlapped by other icons when loads are on.
video is green (however already made aware of this in the description).
the screen gets very fuzzy at the bottom when scrolling fast down a list, or also when playing games.
For some reason also contacts could not be found on my sim.
exclamation mark on the mobile signal appears randomly.
move app to sd memory also says not enough memory when there is.
Other than these minor bugs this release is running very smooth and reliable!
Hi guys. Can you give me link on new TWRP for Galaxy s3 mini please ? Thank you a lot 🙂
CM 11 YouTube bug. !!!
Please Novafusion, can you solve CM 11 YouTube bug??
Why use crappy YouTube? Just buy or download “viral pro” and enjoy your videos without ads.
Not only is Youtube, many apps that uses video don’t work, for example periscope, yomvi, …… I don’t want the viral pro, I like more the official app
Hey,
I try it here. Want to move an app but get error: not enogh Memory on SD card. All of the 15 GB is available. Cam can write on this card.
Problem of the app or CM??
Touchscreen is not very responsive in the bottom line of buttons (Dialer, SMS etc, that area you know). That does not only apply to the startscreen. Everything you do down there needs “a seccond touch” very often.
Thanks for porting CM12.1 to S3 mini.
Unfortunately wifi tethering doesn’t work for me. When broadband data connection is turned OFF, I can activate wifi tethering and connect from my laptop to my phone (but of course that’s good for nothing, cause there’s no internet connection without broadband turned on). When broadband data connection is ON, tethering automatically turns off with a short message only saying “Error.”, if I try to activate it (of if I had already activated it before without an active internet connections, i.e. broadband turned off). Tethering then turns on and off (with error message) every two seconds until it is manually deactivated. Does someone have an idea?
will not let me install .apk , for example mincraftPE
I hope that this error is corrected
Thanks team novafusion
OmniROM Better Than CyanogenMod
can you send me the URL for download and test this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-mini/orig-development
Do u know how to use google?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-mini/orig-development URL for OmniROM.
Read the 08012015 CM12.1 comment. That got posted a week after I typed it. Good luck.
Dialer crashes whenever I get a call
Flashlight light turns on with a slight delay
Battery life with WiFi on is low AF
The current battery charge stops at 65% and did not increase again, anyone can help?
hi everyone’s
I use cm for a year and don’t have any problems…but since from couple days ago my signal is gone suddenly!
I don’t flash any file or install any app
and ime and serial number is ok
I reinstall modem but nothing change
one thing…when I install stock rom I have signal and everything is ok
any suggestions or solution??
thanks
OmniROM 5.1.1 is Way Better Than CyanogenMod see link : https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vfyl8uk44aa7t/omni_golden
– dialer sometimes stopping with an income call, its not good feature for mobile device :/
– other works fine, gw
I made a wipe/clean installation and Clock doesn’t work (I had to re-downloaded again from Playstore), Themes like Dark Material and others throws a message that cannot be installed,
Facebook app cannot be installed neither, error 503
dials CRASH once every 4 CALLS!!!.. WTF… this ROM is worse on every release
Call volume is too low
Ronomow APP doesn’t work with Bluetooth LE.
any app to video record in 720p smoothly, not like CAMU? y tried various and no one works good
Try VivaVideo is working fine for me, Good Luck !!!
bugs :
* equalizer of music not funcional
* speaker on call very low
* options about – mode network and locate mode , there is not.
Rom very stable to use, lovely !!
and button of flashlight keep delay
“* speaker on call very low”
I can confirm the issue. ROM is really stable but the issue is really anoying.
Screen Tearing 🙁
Bugs I have:
1. Battery drains so fast
2. Flashlight Bugs
3.Overheating while using Mobile Data
4.Touching the screen bugs
5.Screen Waving? or Tearing?
6.SO MANY LAGS
7. Audio FX is useless so please remove it.
8.So many useless features that slows down the phone.
9.VERY VERY SLOW
10. APPS ARE SO SLOW TO OPEN
11. CAN’T INSTALL FACEBOOK
…Please Devs, NovaFusion please fix it, “ANDROID MARSHMALLOW( Android 6.0) IS ON THE WAY. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND FOR MAKING ROMS FOR US.
Light,
Why don’t you use CarbonLP5.1.1 or OmniROM5.1.1. Both are much better than CM12.1. CM11 are the only ones that worked well. You people seems to stick with one ROM and never anything else. Variety is the spice of life.
This is the best ROM by NovaFusion I’ve ever used. It’s smoother than previous CM12.1 versions, battery life is VERY GOOD and I’ve experienced minimal amount of freezes due to doing too much at once. After flashing, mobile data didn’t connect, but a reboot fixed that. There might a bug with the dialer (when someone calls), but I haven’t gotten many calls lately so I haven’t tested it thoroughly. I started using NovaFusion’s ROMs with my S3 Minis a year ago and have been disappointed with them as I’ve found them (starting from CM11) to be unstable, laggy and with poor battery life. However, it seems that with CM12.1 NovaFusion’s ROMs are blossoming and are almost comparable to the official CM12.1 ROMs which I use with my S4 Mini. Thank you Maclaw!
Finally, I really recommend everyone to not install the Facebook app: it’s one of the biggest battery hogs, it takes a lot of space and it has trouble installing/updating in NovaFusion’s ROMs. Instead, install UC Browser and use its Facebook capabilities: it’s way smoother, looks better to my eye, doesn’t drain the battery and takes little space. You even get push notifications if you want. I do have the Messenger app installed and use UC Browser for just browsing through Facebook. But yeah, stay away from the Facebook app. The only thing you don’t get with UC Browser is an option to easily share a photo to Facebook (you have to add the photo in UC Browser’s Facebook page).
Once again: apps can´t move with 5.xx, Message:” the SD card has not enoug memory”. The card is empty. 15 gb free.
Problem of CM?
First problem: when i connect the phone charger screen trembles or flashes and then screen turns off
Second problem:when i unconnect charger it still charging.
Sometimes there is no first problem.
And problems is not only cyanogenmod 12 ,yesterday i tried omnirom and there is still problem please help.Sorry for my bad English
how to swap internal memory to external on cm12? please help