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Hello! Bought a Redmi 5plus about 2 months ago. Saying I love it, is less than fair... I really, really love this device. Lots of ram, lots of storage, it is responsive, fast and love this new format for the screen. But, I hate... NO... I loathe all this white present on the User Interface.
Prior to this 5plus, I had a Samsung S4, wich has died... Finally! LoL dont get me wrong, I have loved it too, but I had it for years, was kind of tired of it. I flashed Many ROMs to it and managed to always keep a dark UI.
So, this brings me to my question or request for help: is there anyway to put out all the whiteness to rest on the 5plus?
Been already searching XDA for flashing tutorials, but I came to the conclusion that its not as Simple to flash a 5plus, as it was flashing the S4.
Soooooo... Help? Suggestions?
Thanks for not ignoring and sorry for my poor English.
Hugs from Portugal.
Edited to ask: what is this treble and vince thing?
Thanks again.
Djeypi said:
Hello! Bought a Redmi 5plus about 2 months ago. Saying I love it, is less than fair... I really, really love this device. Lots of ram, lots of storage, it is responsive, fast and love this new format for the screen. But, I hate... NO... I loathe all this white present on the User Interface.
Prior to this 5plus, I had a Samsung S4, wich has died... Finally! LoL dont get me wrong, I have loved it too, but I had it for years, was kind of tired of it. I flashed Many ROMs to it and managed to always keep a dark UI.
So, this brings me to my question or request for help: is there anyway to put out all the whiteness to rest on the 5plus?
Been already searching XDA for flashing tutorials, but I came to the conclusion that its not as Simple to flash a 5plus, as it was flashing the S4.
Soooooo... Help? Suggestions?
Thanks for not ignoring and sorry for my poor English.
Hugs from Portugal.
Edited to ask: what is this treble and vince thing?
Thanks again.
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Main difference between your old Samsung s4 (I too had one in the past and many more Samsung devices) is that Redmi 5 Plus has the bootloader locked but this device is really more easy to flash cause it has an additional way that is fastboot method and in this mode you can flash it using commands or using the official MiFlash tool also through recovery and edl mode.
Once you unlock bootloader any rom that you flash it onto (except flymeOs which I can´t find one) has their dark themes as miui with its own theme engine (based on theme chooser from cyanogen) as any aosp based rom using substratum theme.
Vince is the codename of device and treble support (not natively implemented) tries to create an universal system image for all devices as many possible to get reach every update more easily. (this is a basic explanation, there is many more)
try a theme. i'm using Dark Legacy Pro. darkens almost the whole ui, but notifications and the navigation bar are still white.
Heezy01 said:
try a theme. i'm using Dark Legacy Pro. darkens almost the whole ui, but notifications and the navigation bar are still white.
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Where do I get it? Thank you so much!
Djeypi said:
Where do I get it? Thank you so much!
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there should be an app called, "Themes" somewhere on your home screen. open it and search for Dark Legacy pro and apply it.
Yes, there is a "themes" on the phone definitions, but it only shows 2 themes installed and there is no search option. Installed and APP from the Google playstore... Will test it.
Edited to Say, this sucks!
Have already tried and download a few themes.
But it doesnt let me apply them.
Error: themes are not supported in your region.
What?! So sad... Why is this?!
Hello. I managed to install dark legacy pro, all I had to do was Change my phone's region, login to the Miui fórum and download the theme.
One Word: Perfect!!!! Thanks for all the help!
Also check out Blackberry.
Hey guys, I've been using custom ROMs for an extended amount of time, and I'm thinking of going back to MIUI to see if I can live with it, since I find the scrolling screenshot quite useful, and also the swiping on the hardware buttons to enter One-Handed Mode.
However, there's this thing about custom ROMs that I really like, which is the ability to add an app (example a game) to the Stoplist of Heads Up notifications, which prevents them from popping up while I am in that specific app. Is there any way to achieve the same thing in MIUI?
Thanks for any response and help
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Hey guys, I've been using custom ROMs for an extended amount of time, and I'm thinking of going back to MIUI to see if I can live with it, since I find the scrolling screenshot quite useful, and also the swiping on the hardware buttons to enter One-Handed Mode.
However, there's this thing about custom ROMs that I really like, which is the ability to add an app (example a game) to the Stoplist of Heads Up notifications, which prevents them from popping up while I am in that specific app. Is there any way to achieve the same thing in MIUI?
Thanks for any response and help
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From Marshmallow to Oreo there is lot of difference in the core of the framework. Oreo brings u lot of features further in blocking notification individually.
miui marshmallow is fully stable but u will miss those more customisation in MM.
naik2902 said:
From Marshmallow to Oreo there is lot of difference in the core of the framework. Oreo brings u lot of features further in blocking notification individually.
miui marshmallow is fully stable but u will miss those more customisation in MM.
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One of the reasons I'm thinking of going with MIUI 10 Beta is because of battery life. I own this phone for a little over 2 years now, and most of the posts or videos I've seen says Nougat has better battery than Oreo, and Marshmallow has better battery than Nougat. Is it really a big difference, now that Nougat and Oreo have been released for quite a while now?
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One of the reasons I'm thinking of going with MIUI 10 Beta is because of battery life. I own this phone for a little over 2 years now, and most of the posts or videos I've seen says Nougat has better battery than Oreo, and Marshmallow has better battery than Nougat. Is it really a big difference, now that Nougat and Oreo have been released for quite a while now?
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U can install pixel experience rom oreo. I think it has good SOT.
I m on cardinal treble rom. I m getting good battery.
If u getting like 1. 5 days of battery after doing normal use on marshmallow then better switch.
If u want miui then u can install Miui Eu rom. Its lighter miui with only playstore. No unnecessary stock gapps running background. May be will offer u more bttery.
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U can install pixel experience rom oreo. I think it has good SOT.
I m on cardinal treble rom. I m getting good battery.
If u getting like 1. 5 days of battery after doing normal use on marshmallow then better switch.
If u want miui then u can install Miui Eu rom. Its lighter miui with only playstore. No unnecessary stock gapps running background. May be will offer u more bttery.
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Pixel Experience doesn't have the Heads Up Stoplist feature, does it?
Imminance said:
Pixel Experience doesn't have the Heads Up Stoplist feature, does it?
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Dont know dude.
Pixel experience will give u stock android experience. Very minimal customisation.
I use cardinal aosp or aosp extended. These are my favourites. I will stay with oreo atleast for another 6 months before pie gets android 9.1 update.
Now cardinal aosp is in treble format. If u want to try it then use treble recovery. Check battery by urself. I cant tell.
I m not much into notification blocking. Neither i spend time in setting permission for every app.
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Dont know dude.
Pixel experience will give u stock android experience. Very minimal customisation.
I use cardinal aosp or aosp extended. These are my favourites. I will stay with oreo atleast for another 6 months before pie gets android 9.1 update.
Now cardinal aosp is in treble format. If u want to try it then use treble recovery. Check battery by urself. I cant tell.
I m not much into notification blocking. Neither i spend time in setting permission for every app.
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Ah alright, thanks for all the helpful info and input you've provided!
Imminance said:
Ah alright, thanks for all the helpful info and input you've provided!
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Install telegram app. You will find lot of assistance there. Just search kenzo in telegram. And many group of kenzo and diffrent roms u will find.
All xda devs are very active and u can chat and get input and fast response. :good:
Imminance said:
Hey guys, I've been using custom ROMs for an extended amount of time, and I'm thinking of going back to MIUI to see if I can live with it, since I find the scrolling screenshot quite useful, and also the swiping on the hardware buttons to enter One-Handed Mode.
However, there's this thing about custom ROMs that I really like, which is the ability to add an app (example a game) to the Stoplist of Heads Up notifications, which prevents them from popping up while I am in that specific app. Is there any way to achieve the same thing in MIUI?
Thanks for any response and help
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http://en.miui.com/thread-1089598-1-1.html
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http://en.miui.com/thread-1089598-1-1.html
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Oooh thanks for pointing this out!
I'm now using LineageOS, which is nice, stable enough for daily.
But I'm curious about all other roms, what are the differences?
I think miui.eu is the closest to stock miui (it's a stock without ads), still contain a lot of mi-malware.
LineageOS is quite close to AOSP, but what about all the AOiSP, PixelEx, Arrow, RR, Nitro, Dot?
What are the major "selling points" of these roms?
From what I read RR is the most ...take them all... rom, that take every mod possible, but I never know about the other.
On personal level I would either prefer Lineage OS or Pixel Experience,bcoz LOS provides a lot of cool features for near stock like experience and PixEx bcoz I love pixels software experience
Well for the moment in my personal opinion i tried all rom's: went back to miui 9 or 10 beta
Installing aosp based custom roms feels like a visual downgrade for me (even the pixel one) its also full of bugs at the moment and its not as near as responsive / smooth like miui sorry
For now, using EU based MI-Globe Rom 8.10.18. Battery life is not great. Rom needs debloating.
Not using poco as daily driver.
Well it depends on user to user some prefer simple UI with good battery life and some prefer customisation with good performance personally I prefer performance over battery life and nothing comes close to stock as of now because most ROMs available for our device are not built from our device trees.
Adios2nd said:
I'm now using LineageOS, which is nice, stable enough for daily.
But I'm curious about all other roms, what are the differences?
I think miui.eu is the closest to stock miui (it's a stock without ads), still contain a lot of mi-malware.
LineageOS is quite close to AOSP, but what about all the AOiSP, PixelEx, Arrow, RR, Nitro, Dot?
What are the major "selling points" of these roms?
From what I read RR is the most ...take them all... rom, that take every mod possible, but I never know about the other.
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What sort of ads ,I don't see any .
Aimara said:
What sort of ads ,I don't see any .
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They call them "Recommendation". Huge freaking ads in their app.
NĒØRËXTÊR said:
On personal level I would either prefer Lineage OS or Pixel Experience,bcoz LOS provides a lot of cool features for near stock like experience and PixEx bcoz I love pixels software experience
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As far as I know, never tried myself, Pixel Ex contains more google apps (and pixel specific apps) than other rom, right?
Have you tried Arrow or Dot or RR.
What are the differences among them?
Adios2nd said:
As far as I know, never tried myself, Pixel Ex contains more google apps (and pixel specific apps) than other rom, right?
Have you tried Arrow or Dot or RR.
What are the differences among them?
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I'm a RR fanboy from LP days so I can tell you a bit about it. In summary, RR contains almost all customisations from every ROM available in a single package.
But then again, why doesn't everyone use RR? Because not everybody likes a plethora of options, and not everybody needs them.
Try Lineage first with pico gapps. Then, download the add-ons you need from the playstore. When you reach a stable enough condition for your daily use, re-evaluate your needs. If you think you're comfortable with not getting 10+ options of customisation on Status bar clock and happy with what you have, then you've met your match.
Otherwise, hop on mate!
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For now, using EU based MI-Globe Rom 8.10.18. Battery life is not great. Rom needs debloating.
Not using poco as daily driver.
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Does the Mi-globe rom have the volume button for Media per default or it's Ringing per default ? So when you are on homescreen when you push a volume button does it change the Media volume or Ringing/notification volume ?
Because on Global it's Media but on Xiaomi.eu it's Ringing..
miui globe rom is the most customizable rom like miui stock rom. Practically you assemble and config the rom of your own way in the globesite. Battery, speed and weekly update whitin rom. to use a different rom of the miui´s on a xiomi is not using the whole potential of the hardware....
Any cusrom with IR cam work? (Except miui based rom ofc)
ucup431951 said:
Any cusrom with IR cam work? (Except miui based rom ofc)
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Not yet.
Only miui stock roms have ir cam at the moment.
iamsubhranil said:
I'm a RR fanboy from LP days so I can tell you a bit about it. In summary, RR contains almost all customisations from every ROM available in a single package.
But then again, why doesn't everyone use RR? Because not everybody likes a plethora of options, and not everybody needs them.
Try Lineage first with pico gapps. Then, download the add-ons you need from the playstore. When you reach a stable enough condition for your daily use, re-evaluate your needs. If you think you're comfortable with not getting 10+ options of customisation on Status bar clock and happy with what you have, then you've met your match.
Otherwise, hop on mate!
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Actually, I'm quite happy with LOS without add-on.
But I'm also curious with outher roms, how much more customisation I could get out of them.
It all boils down to your preference. each rom has its own implementation of things/features which in my opinion is great since android enthusiasts can choose a rom that fits one's preference.
jurarj said:
miui globe rom is the most customizable rom like miui stock rom. Practically you assemble and config the rom of your own way in the globesite. Battery, speed and weekly update whitin rom. to use a different rom of the miui´s on a xiomi is not using the whole potential of the hardware....
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Is there any bloatware in globe, has it all been removed?
I tried almost all roms myself and in the end setteld with miui eu rom. This means a lot for me since I always flashed aosp rom onto my phone and used Nexus 5X prior to Pocophone.
Miui 10 is actually quite nice looking. And after debloating it runs fine.
To be honest, today you can swap most apps to a different ones you prefer. I personally installed Google Dialer, Contacts, Messaging, Photos, Calendar, Claculator, Notes and uninstalled all build in miui apps. Installed Google Sans font.
Because of this everyday usage is quite close to stock android, with exception of settings and few ui elements.
I personally would love to see good stock android theme for miui 10. I tried few but none of them look very good.
Lupin The Third said:
Not yet.
Only miui stock roms have ir cam at the moment.
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Does IR work on miui globe rom?
tejjoshii said:
Does IR work on miui globe rom?
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Yes, it works. Of course on the countries enabled.
If your country doesn't have the ir camera, You can always switch your region to a country that has ir camera unlocked.
tejjoshii said:
Does IR work on miui globe rom?
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As mentioned above you need to select supported region, list of which was extend recently.
Added counties work on MIUI 10 beta, not sure about MIUI 9
Been using this rom for a week now and it has been great and runs like a dream now I have set it up.
It is not posted here in Note 8 so this is just a post to point it out for others to find and try.
Pixel apps and theming but based on oneui system and is kept updated.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...t/rom-horizonpixelui-v1-0-2020-07-07-t4130031
I only use the notification from the goodlock apps.
I also made sure the Samsung keyboard was selected in settings so I can use the pen and I prefer Samsung keyboard.
I also use FNG app from play store which gives me the navigation gestures I like.
ALPHA85 said:
Thank you for this im gonna try it , you think its better than Normal one ui Horizon rom ?
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It gives me what I was looking for.
All the the Samsung things including note with a pixel feel. And the rom is smooth and fast.
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ALPHA85 said:
Download in progress , i will give a feedback after:good:
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Give feedback here if you want but please do it on the thread as well. I have nothing to do with this rom just making sure everyone gets to see it.
So i made a custom "ROM" (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-2/galaxy-tab-2-unified/6-0-1-ng-omni-t4176629) but as i wrote there its just a regular old custom rom with some apps added, the most impressive thing i did there is edit build.prop. So that should tell how clueless i am. So i thought why not write here and hope a person who actually knows what he is doing helps me.
I have a "couple" of questions:
1: How can i make a ROM pre-rooted. Or how can i make the ROM to flash super su while flashing itself?
2: Kernels. How do they work and how can i make my ROM to come with one?
3: Features. If you have used SlimRoms you know how cool their recents are. How can i port it to other roms? Or features from other roms in general?
4: Customization. Themes, Battery Icons, Boot Animations, Wallpapers, Etc Etc Etc...
5: System UI. How can i add menus to settings and move stuff around there? Or changing the entire look of the system?
I have NO idea what compiling means and i can't even do it since i have windows.
Can't code stuff.
Should I give up?
Thanks in Advance
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So i made a custom "ROM" (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-2/galaxy-tab-2-unified/6-0-1-ng-omni-t4176629) but as i wrote there its just a regular old custom rom with some apps added, the most impressive thing i did there is edit build.prop. So that should tell how clueless i am. So i thought why not write here and hope a person who actually knows what he is doing helps me.
I have a "couple" of questions:
1: How can i make a ROM pre-rooted. Or how can i make the ROM to flash super su while flashing itself?
2: Kernels. How do they work and how can i make my ROM to come with one?
3: Features. If you have used SlimRoms you know how cool their recents are. How can i port it to other roms? Or features from other roms in general?
4: Customization. Themes, Battery Icons, Boot Animations, Wallpapers, Etc Etc Etc...
5: System UI. How can i add menus to settings and move stuff around there? Or changing the entire look of the system?
I have NO idea what compiling means and i can't even do it since i have windows.
Can't code stuff.
Should I give up?
Thanks in Advance
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See
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/guide-how-to-build-lineageos-15-1-t3750175
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AlaskaLinuxUser has made tutorials about building roms and his videos are very beginner friendly.
See his youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnGqG_jyyXmTzdamBpKfeHA
His XDA thread about his tutorials
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-how-to-build-custom-roms-kernel-t3814251
This "Where should I start" video explains where you should start pretty well.
He has made tutorials about most things from your list.
I don't think he has made a video about pre-rooting roms, about system ui customization and about adding features from other roms (that is easy tho, just cherry pick what you want), but I know that he covered everything else. Also, it's worth mentioning that when you know the basics you will be able to figure out how to do everything from your list.
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Watched some of his vids. I know i can't build a rom. I have 8 gigs of ram. This isnt even my own PC so when i get one it will probably have even less RAM. So i guess i will just edit pre-built roms. Looked around his channel couldn't find these videos can you please send link?
And
(that is easy tho, just cherry pick what you want)
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Well lets say i pick what i want. Do i need to build the rom to implement it?
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Seppppx said:
You can build even on 8GB. It will just build slower. I know a person who was able to build cm-14.1 with 4GB of RAM, but it took like a whole day to do so.
It depends in what you do, but most of the times you must build it to be able to use it.
Otherwise you will have to resort to tricks like hex editing, which is very hard and a lot of times so hard that it is impossible in the case of Android.
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ah yes building android on 2 gb ram. will be nice waiting 48 hours