Gift to family member, so warranty not much of an issue, and can go back to stock if they don't like it.
Talking about general stability, and actual improvements over stock miui (and software-nerfed camera?), should I flash latest LOS & GCam before I give it or should I leave it stock?
I think for a non techie you should just leave it as it is..
Easy updates..
And gcam probably would work after some stable updates..
If not use the one V1a work nicely on stock rom except for video
For a non techie? Strictly no. It's not stable. Also videos in gcam aren't stabilized so they appear low in quality.
erclalle said:
Gift to family member, so warranty not much of an issue, and can go back to stock if they don't like it.
Talking about general stability, and actual improvements over stock miui (and software-nerfed camera?), should I flash latest LOS & GCam before I give it or should I leave it stock?
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Hell NOOOO. Just leave it as it is.
For a non-techie? No.
In some devices LOS is perfect. For our device, it needs a bit more maturation. It isn't a bad ROM, the devs are geniuses. But MIUI is far better to a newbie and even a techie. I tried LOS and reverted to MIUI.
Maybe Xiaomi.eu's MIUI could be better to a newbie user.
erclalle said:
Gift to family member, so warranty not much of an issue, and can go back to stock if they don't like it.
Talking about general stability, and actual improvements over stock miui (and software-nerfed camera?), should I flash latest LOS & GCam before I give it or should I leave it stock?
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At this moment, NO. As another member said, LOS is a great ROM and my Nexus 4 has amazing battery and performance on it. But for POCO F1, it is not yet that perfect. In course of time, it will be. But for a non-techie, the stock ROM is better till then.
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For a non-techie? No.
In some devices LOS is perfect. For our device, it needs a bit more maturation. It isn't a bad ROM, the devs are geniuses. But MIUI is far better to a newbie and even a techie. I tried LOS and reverted to MIUI.
Maybe Xiaomi.eu's MIUI could be better to a newbie user.
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Hi dude sorry for disturbing yout but i would like to ask yout something
Is it possible to have TWRP installed and flash MIUI oficial ROMS from twrp? Should i use something called lazyflasher?
Thanks in advance :fingers-crossed:
I'd recommend debloating global rom, or flashing xiaomi.eu rom. You could install gcam as a secondary camera.
Leave it on MIUI imo. They will get regular updates and security patches from Xiaomi.
Bloatware removal is a non-issue for a non-techie.
They will probably find the on-board apps quite useful like qr code reader, compass, notes, screen recorder etc.
I would update via OTA to latest MIUI, factory reset it and allow them to set-up as new.
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Hi dude sorry for disturbing yout but i would like to ask yout something
Is it possible to have TWRP installed and flash MIUI oficial ROMS from twrp? Should i use something called lazyflasher?
Thanks in advance :fingers-crossed:
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You can install official miui through twrp, but it has to be full rom not ota, if you want to install ota through twrp too then you need orangefox twrp as normal twrp doesn't support ota updates only full rom flashing. Hope this helps.
Let the rom as stock. You can easily remove bloatware with adb.
A big NO for non tech people, miui is preety decent and easy to use and updates reguraly with security patches
Hi , I had a motorola g5s plus with android 7.1 for a long time , just before the official release of android 8.1 for the device in my country i downloaded a rom from a youtube link for my device it was titled as official rom .( it said it was a rom from country which the offical updates were released few days before in my country).
Instructions to install the rom were fairly simple , i just had to grant the updater the permission to access storage in my phone then paste the rom into the internal storage of my device and then normally go check in the updater of my device and it showed updates available .
so i did everything, updates were installed normally and never actually experienced any bug whatsoever . Also i regularly got security updates from lenovo/motorola through OTA.
FYI - i never rooted or unlocked my device's bootloader it was completely stock device .
My question is are there chances that the rom i installed from an unknown source might be hampered? or cracked in someway it is completely safe to use my phone?
this may be a silly question , i am sorry if it is but i really know very less about these things , please guide me. thank you in advanced.
@Dante18 Give the Link to the YouTube video.
@lucki1000
i can't actually find that video on youtube . i was just wondering if anyone ever tried to hamper or crack official OTA package would it still Install on a completely Stock device and still get regular updates as in form of OTA from Lenovo/Motorola?
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@lucki1000
i can't actually find that video on youtube . i was just wondering if anyone ever tried to hamper or crack official OTA package would it still Install on a completely Stock device and still get regular updates as in form of OTA from Lenovo/Motorola?
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I think this are spam packages, i would not try this packages, i can only recommend roms from XDA or the vendor.
I have an OPPO smartphone which I want to make changes i.e. rooting, upgrading to Android Pie but OPPO is not developer friendly( I regret buying it)?.. Fortunately, OPPO has stock rom downloadable from their site. Unfortunately though, the version of the rom that is downloadable from their site is far behind the current version of my phone. What I am planning to do is, when a new update is available, download it and patch it myself so It will be accepted during upgrading from recovery. My question is, is it possible? the stock rom comes in ozip file but I am able to edit its contents using zarchiver. I hope anyone can help. Thank You
An update.zip ( AKA OTA ) must contain an updater script, too, what is parsed and processed by Revovery function. In current case it would be your task to create it.
I installed the 11.0.5 MIUI update via a rom because I could get to update from inside the smartphone, and I downloaded the rom from "mirom.ezbox.idv.tw" cause it was the first option (a little reckless I know) and I want to know if anybody knows if I could be compromised or it's just like xiaomifirmwareupdater and is someone just collecting the firmware and I'm just paranoid
And if I could run a command or something to check in case that you're also doubtful
PacoYee6661 said:
I installed the 11.0.5 MIUI update via a rom because I could get to update from inside the smartphone, and I downloaded the rom from "mirom.ezbox.idv.tw" cause it was the first option (a little reckless I know) and I want to know if anybody knows if I could be compromised or it's just like xiaomifirmwareupdater and is someone just collecting the firmware and I'm just paranoid
And if I could run a command or something to check in case that you're also doubtful
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Why go on these fishy sites if the official site is available. Download the latest version from here and clean flash.
https://c.mi.com/miuidownload/index
Hi there , i am a newbie here . I am a redmi note 7s user . Two days ago we had a miui update (11.2.0) ,due some problem i have can't made the update.
Now my updater apps showing no update available and i came to know that the update was a random basis and it will appear again . But i want to make the update right now .
So I want to be sure that there will no problem from downloading the recovery rom from third party website. (Like miui can't varify the device / can't reach website )
@asiftanzeem
IMHO it's always risky to download from 3rd-party sites.
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Seppppx said:
Always risky and the recovery might be fake. If you want I can help you make a recovery for your phone (by building).
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Thanks man .i better wait for official OTA update
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Hi there , i am a newbie here . I am a redmi note 7s user . Two days ago we had a miui update (11.2.0) ,due some problem i have can't made the update.
Now my updater apps showing no update available and i came to know that the update was a random basis and it will appear again . But i want to make the update right now .
So I want to be sure that there will no problem from downloading the recovery rom from third party website. (Like miui can't varify the device / can't reach website )
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https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/lavender/
When your phone have another codename, then look for the right one on this site. It's trustworthy
maybe you can change the region ,, or you can download ROM directly from the official website and you update the OTA manually.