June 28th, 2014
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RELEASE for S3 Mini
Carbon 4.4.4

New release (20140628) of Carbon 4.4.4 for S3 Mini is available!

For flashing KitKat, we recommend you to install our TWRP recovery (available on Download page)!

If you want to say thanks by donating us using PayPal, feel free 😉

Do full backup before installation and wipe data/cache (factory reset) after installation (only from stock ROM).

If you’re updating from older CM10.1/10.2/11.0 version or migrating from Oliver’s CM, you don’t have to perform a wipe!

You can get it on our DOWNLOAD page.

Changelog:

  • Carbon sources update
  • device cleanup
  • updated GCC compilators
  • better sdcard reads
  • kernel fixes
  • performance improvements (testing some patches from AOSP master branch)
  • fixed app2sd
  • fixed OpenVPN
  • a lot of CM/carbon changes
  • Odin package update

Features

  • 2D/3D HW Acceleration
  • audio (both speakers/headphones/microphone)
  • GPS and A-GPS – fast fix getting
  • Glonass navigation
  • compass
  • sensors
  • Wi-fi
  • Bluetooth 4.0 with LE support A2DP
  • all native tethers (Wifi/BT/USB)
  • Google Play
  • Carbon functionallity
  • CPU sleep mode
  • MTP
  • ADB
  • no tearing
  • tripple buffering
  • YouTube HQ
  • Wifi direct
  • 3.0.101 kernel
  • external storage
  • full f2fs support – the best filesystem for Android (tutorial here!)
  • native 64GB+ sdcard support (exFAT)
  • camera
  • video playing
  • SELinux (temporary disabled)
  • BLN (backlight notifications) support
  • offline charging
  • auto EFS backup
  • New BT/GPS/offline charging/sensors drivers – no longer buggy Samsung’s ones!
  • built using NovaTP GCC4.9 toolchain
  • no 1GHz bug
  • also flashable via Odin

Issues

  • none

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 you want to say thanks by donating us using PayPal, feel free 😉

44 Responses
  • Nikılıs Geyç says:

    My home page: novafusion.pl. Thank you so much for your effort.

  • Lexion says:

    clean install, still camera crash
    Google transalte. 😉

  • george says:

    When will u fix the camera?

    • Yoniverh says:

      it’s replaced with google camera. if you flash the stock gapps package it will replace the old camera with new google camera. or you can download google camera from play store

      • Elmario says:

        Good you’re pointing this out. I wondered why I didn’t have any camare crashes, yet, but now i know it’s because I always flash gapps after upgrading anyway.Is android usable without gapps anyway? 😛
        You can’t even visit google play for installing app without..

  • Yoniverh says:

    battery life is amazing!! i get through the whole day with 50% left!1 😀

  • Christian says:

    I flashed from latest Version of Slimrom 4.3 and performed Factoryreset, wiped cache and dalivikcache, but still there is the error “Unfortunately themes provider has stopped” after first boot.

    Someone any Ideas what to do?

  • Lexion says:

    another bug, signal loss ..

  • mark diaz says:

    que es eso de fixed vpn??????????

  • Bodo says:

    Cam crashed

  • pabloski says:

    Where are the Hover settings?

  • Jsalmasi says:

    not charge the phone off and 1ghz bug, still appreciate your work NovaFusion!

    El teléfono no carga apagado y tengo 1ghz bug, aún así aprecio mucho su trabajo NovaFusion!

  • Daniel says:

    Not charging with vehicular charger (the music player opens, like the charger would be a headphone).
    In Cyanogenmod also happens…
    Really sad 🙁

  • Nemoo says:

    Thank you for the great work!

  • gromada says:

    Alarm is not working (time is not updating during the night), battery is draining fast, UI craches. Back to 2014-06-24.

  • johny says:

    Maps is crashing as well…..

  • SDK SMD says:

    Which best app to move apps to extsdcard?

  • ItsPeet:Carbon says:

    I had Antutu score 10.087 with 20140602 but every release it dropped till 7.400 with this release… 🙁

  • Lucian says:

    I’ve notice that the CPU stays araound 800 MHz and I ‘ve a network traffic that never finish.

    The following lines are displayed on and on in logcat every second.

    06-30 10:52:57.805 3636-13346/android.process.media I/DownloadManager﹕ Download 28663 finished with status SUCCESS
    06-30 10:52:58.366 2380-2380/com.android.inputmethod.latin W/AmanattoDataUpdater﹕ Amanatto data needs to be removed but session is null. The data will be removed by removing all personalized dictionary files.
    06-30 10:52:58.536 3636-13351/android.process.media I/DownloadManager﹕ Download 28664 starting
    06-30 10:52:58.616 3636-13351/android.process.media I/DownloadManager﹕ Ignoring Content-Length since Transfer-Encoding is also defined
    06-30 10:52:58.756 3636-13351/android.process.media I/DownloadManager﹕ Download 28664 finished with status SUCCESS
    06-30 10:52:59.317 2380-2380/com.android.inputmethod.latin W/AmanattoDataUpdater﹕ Amanatto data needs to be removed but session is null. The data will be removed by removing all personalized dictionary files.

    Luci.

  • Leo says:

    Can’t access Quick Settings – only can access in by swiping notification panel. Drag down left/right or lil button doesn’t change.

  • labarca says:

    Thank you so much NovaFusion Team, SUCH A GREAT JOB, as a little sugestion in a future maybe you could implemment the opendelta thing, its just a sugestion, PLEASE KEEP BEING SUCH A AWESOME TEAM 🙂

  • praveen says:

    Hi all
    Let me know which release(older) is most stable one according to you

  • Srdjan says:

    My alarm does not ring, why?

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