Tuesday 30 December 2014

Carbon Rom R5 Review on the Redmi 1S

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
My first impressions after installing carbon rom was not that great as i was expecting more form the developer as i am huge fan of carbon rom as it has lots of features, perfect sound but in this build he as done a good job but has also done a lot of mistakes which where already fixed in the previous build so by saying that lets get stated with the review

This build is stable but still has some few bugs in them some a very irritating and some are not

PROS AND CONS

so now lets talk about the pros and cons

PROS
  • Stable
  • Smooth
  • Improved battery life (Graphs will be posted later)
  • Packed with features
  • Android 4.4.4
  •  Sound stutters (The bug goes after a while or after two to three reboots)
  • Apollo music player is added
CONS
  • Cant get mobile data to work
  • Sound is worse then previous build which was awesome (FIX PROVIDED BELOW)
  • Shutdown Bug (FIX PROVIDED BELOW) (MOST IRRITATING ONE)
  • Six bar signal feature does not work (If you enable it you will get force closes)

 So my verdict for this rom that is carbon rom is that it is a good rom and is still one of my best rom at least for me and also if you apply all the fixes which are provided below


SOUND FIX
so you will need the following things

1. ES File Explorer (Download from Google play store)
3. ROOT permissions - See more at: http://androcontent.blogspot.in/2014/12/how-to-increase-speaker-volume-on.html#sthash.w87jYxie.dpuf

So you will need the following things

1. ES File Explorer (Download from Google play store)
3. ROOT permissions

INSTRUCTIONS

1. First go to es file explorer and give it root permissions and also in mount R/W give it R/W permissions

2. Then go to root/system/etc/mixer_paths.xml

3. change values of

 "RX1 digital volume","RX2 digital volume","RX3 digital volume","RX4 digital volume"to 84 

4. Save the mixer_paths.xml

5. Reboot your device


SHUTDOWN FIX 

Things you will require 
  • Battery Calibration
  • Root permission 
  • First download Battery Calibration app from the play store
  • Open it and grant the root permission
  • Put your phone for  charging and charge it till it becomes 100% and keep app open (do not remove the charger)
  • Now press the Battery Calibration button and remove it from charging
  • Now drop your battery level down to 0% by using it heavily (don't put it for charging and let it shutdown)
  • Now charge it to 100% 
  • Now the shutdown bug will be fixed 

 For downloads and changelogs : LINK


so you will need the following things

1. ES File Explorer (Download from Google play store)
3. ROOT permissions


Instructions

1. First go to es file explorer and give it root permissions and also in mount R/W give it R/W permissions

2. Then go to root/system/etc/mixer_paths.xml

3. change values of

 "RX4 digital volume" to any number u wish but do not exceed more that 90 as it could harm your speaker

(This should be in the "speaker paths" or at the top of the sections in this file)

4. Save the mixer_paths.xml

5. Reboot your device - See more at: http://androcontent.blogspot.in/2014/12/how-to-increase-speaker-volume-on.html#sthash.w87jYxie.dpuf
so you will need the following things

1. ES File Explorer (Download from Google play store)
3. ROOT permissions


Instructions

1. First go to es file explorer and give it root permissions and also in mount R/W give it R/W permissions

2. Then go to root/system/etc/mixer_paths.xml

3. change values of

 "RX4 digital volume" to any number u wish but do not exceed more that 90 as it could harm your speaker

(This should be in the "speaker paths" or at the top of the sections in this file)

4. Save the mixer_paths.xml

5. Reboot your device - See more at: http://androcontent.blogspot.in/2014/12/how-to-increase-speaker-volume-on.html#sthash.w87jYxie.dpuf
so you will need the following things

1. ES File Explorer (Download from Google play store)
3. ROOT permissions


Instructions

1. First go to es file explorer and give it root permissions and also in mount R/W give it R/W permissions

2. Then go to root/system/etc/mixer_paths.xml

3. change values of

 "RX4 digital volume" to any number u wish but do not exceed more that 90 as it could harm your speaker

(This should be in the "speaker paths" or at the top of the sections in this file)

4. Save the mixer_paths.xml

5. Reboot your device - See more at: http://androcontent.blogspot.in/2014/12/how-to-increase-speaker-volume-on.html#sthash.w87jYxie.dpuf
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