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Hello. It's me again, with another part of whole process called "make your smartphone just like you".
I've got this nice and shiny phone for about a month or so, I was able to unlock it on the second try (not sure why myfriends decided to turn it down the first time, but don't think that matters now), now I'll like to install custom TWRP 3.2.1.0. I've read today, that I do not need to make a factory reset after doing so. Is it correct? Is it just a misunderstanding?
Anyway, which custom rom do You consider to be the best? I would of course like to have newest Android, instead of being still in version 7 (which is not bad, but if it could be better, why shouldn't I use it?).
I do not have any specific features that I would like to have, but having plenty of configuration options is always nice.
For other options I do not really have an opinion, what should be important and what should be irrelevant. I've read that You could improve photo quality by using this stuff, but I'm not sure is it true or not. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
If it would be possible, I would gladly accept FHD recording in 60 FPS (not sure if this is available in stock) and MAYBE (if possible again) better quality of night photos. Far the most important thing is battery life and no bugs. If the rom is having issues with getting network, gps, bluetooth or anything else, I'm dropping it at once. Also, stability and ability to work without reseting itself or crashing is wanted by me. I've also heard that some mods could be quieter than stock and I would also like to avoid that. And some extra points will be granted for mod WITHOUT most of the google apps, since I'm not using them and actually deleting them from any rooted phone. From what I remember, installing new ones has not been a problem, even on stock phone, but uninstalling them when You get it on start is pain the neck.
Thanks for any help that might be useful!
you've posted thread in wrong neighbourhood
anyways post here https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-4 in order to get more help suggestions regarding Mido
Oh, one more thing - I did not specify it before. My CPU is Snapdragon, so I believe it makes a difference.
OmniROM, NitrogenOS, ResurrectionRemix 6.0 all should be good to go, you can look through the respective threads to see what extra functionality/customization they offer and then decide.
Personally i recommend flashing FrancoKernel over (compatible with all above).
Also flash Nano or Pico Gapps if you want bare minimum google package.
I'm right now on Omni.
buczek0711 said:
Oh, one more thing - I did not specify it before. My CPU is Snapdragon, so I believe it makes a difference.
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An extensive list of Oreo ROMs for mido is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-4/help/extensive-list-oreo-roms-mido-t3741277
Take your pick. I prefer ROMs based on AOSP-CAF, because they tend to be lean and skinny.
As far as camera is concerned, it all depends on your camera sensor. I have a Samsung sensor, and I find cstark27 mods of GCam very good - see https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-cstark27/
Ok, I'll look into it. Next question – how do I check which camera sensor do I have?
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Ok, I'll look into it. Next question – how do I check which camera sensor do I have?
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You will need to search the forum for that.
I'm also curious about this. I just ordered a Redmi Note 4 Global, 4/64 (mido) and I'm trying to figure out which Oreo ROM I should go with: Pixel Experience or unofficial LOS 15.1. I'm leaning towards the latter because of that sweet Treble support, but I don't know if it's more stable than Pixel Experience or not. Or if there's a ROM more stable than those two.
I'm interested in installing Magisk, the Xposed Oreo beta, Viper4Android, various Xposed modules and root apps. I want to stay away from SuperSU and SuperUser because they don't pass SafetyNet, AFAIK.
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I'm also curious about this. I just ordered a Redmi Note 4 Global, 4/64 (mido) and I'm trying to figure out which Oreo ROM I should go with: Pixel Experience or unofficial LOS 15.1. I'm leaning towards the latter because of that sweet Treble support, but I don't know if it's more stable than Pixel Experience or not. Or if there's a ROM more stable than those two.
I'm interested in installing Magisk, the Xposed Oreo beta, Viper4Android, various Xposed modules and root apps. I want to stay away from SuperSU and SuperUser because they don't pass SafetyNet, AFAIK.
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Well xposed triggers safety net so yeah. Unistalled it for that reason
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Well xposed triggers safety net so yeah. Unistalled it for that reason
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Huh. I didn't know that. Good thing I have a separate phone for my SafetyNet/root-checking games, haha.
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You will need to search the forum for that.
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I've looked into it, looks like my phone is having Samsung one.
buczek0711 said:
I've looked into it, looks like my phone is having Samsung one.
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That is good. You may also want to try Arnova's V6 GCam mod. That seems to be even better than cstark27.
Hello, new to XDA and specifically to Android devices. I love the whole experience with my redmi 5 plus. Just wondering why so many people use the lineageOS. I mean is it really worth it? MIUI looks awesome.
1. What's the huge advantage of using a CUSTOM ROM?2. Will I loose the warranty?
3. What's the success rate of flashing a ROM?
Miui is not bad too (better battery life, one hand mode, gestures, etc.) but I'm afraid there will be spy apps preinstalled in there so I have no choice but to flash custom rom. I think you can revert it to MIUI and not lose warranty. If you have past experience 99%. You have to unlock bootloader first then flash twrp and install su after that your choice if you want to flash roms. I forgot exactly what to do but you have to do additional steps after flashing twrp if you don't want that you can also try redwolf though I personally haven't tried that. Good luck
I say if you're satisfied with MIUI as it is, then don't install LineageOS etc.
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I say if you're satisfied with MIUI as it is, then don't install LineageOS etc.
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I'm really satisfied, just wanna know why lineageOS is so overrated.
stavrakas2007 said:
I'm really satisfied, just wanna know why lineageOS is so overrated.
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It depends on the user, some are perfectly fine with MIUI & some still prefer stock android experience like LineageOS, AEX, RR, etc.(It's not just LOS, there's a lot of custom ROMs out there, personally i really don't like LOS coz it's just so plain), Me for example, i've been using MIUI for almost a year on my previous phone Redmi 4 Prime, i really like it that time because its smooth and it has a good battery life. In time i got tired of its UI & i want to try something new. Good thing there's a lot of great Custom ROM devs who maintain these ROMs, a got a good experience with it, at my current situation using a well maintained Custom ROM, i think i'm never going back to MIUI.
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It depends on the user, some are perfectly fine with MIUI & some still prefer stock android experience like LineageOS, AEX, RR, etc.(It's not just LOS, there's a lot of custom ROMs out there, personally i really don't like LOS coz it's just so plain), Me for example, i've been using MIUI for almost a year on my previous phone Redmi 4 Prime, i really like it that time because its smooth and it has a good battery life. In time i got tired of its UI & i want to try something new. Good thing there's a lot of great Custom ROM devs who maintain these ROMs, a got a good experience with it, at my current situation using a well maintained Custom ROM, i think i'm never going back to MIUI.
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It depends on user, I get it.
For me it just feels bad to know that you re not going to get any updates from xiaomi anymore. The only reason I should update in the Future is if Oreo never comes. Nougat is too old.
FYI, the custom ROM that could be said have almost complete functionality is Oreo (LOS or AOSP based).
But per my experience using custom ROM Oreo, battery drain faster than stock miui. I think this is due to the Oreo itself, not sure if later the stock MIUI oreo will have same battery problem or not.
Good thing you will get from those custom ROMs are, almost fully functional Google Camera mod. Mine only have problem with front camera portrait, the rest no problem.
But in stock MIUI, Google Camera mod quite buggy, frequent FC.
Btw, you also could try some MIUI based custom ROM, which should be still Nougat.
You can still get the feel of MIUI with more features, and should be more stable compare with non-MIUI based Nougat custom ROM.
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Miui is not bad too (better battery life, one hand mode, gestures, etc.) but I'm afraid there will be spy apps preinstalled in there so I have no choice but to flash custom rom. I think you can revert it to MIUI and not lose warranty. If you have past experience 99%. You have to unlock bootloader first then flash twrp and install su after that your choice if you want to flash roms. I forgot exactly what to do but you have to do additional steps after flashing twrp if you don't want that you can also try redwolf though I personally haven't tried that. Good luck
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Well according to miui flashing and tooting doesn't void the phone warranty i have personally asked to miui customer care service and they said that flashing or rooting won't cost you your phone's warranty. If you want you can ask tie customer care representative yourself.
Thanks man
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Well according to miui flashing and tooting doesn't void the phone warranty i have personally asked to miui customer care service and they said that flashing or rooting won't cost you your phone's warranty. If you want you can ask tie customer care representative yourself.
Thanks man
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Sounds cool. Main reason I post this thread is to hear some users compare cons and plus to miui and custom roms. Thanks
I prefer stock android based roms . They are "light weight" and the phone runs faster in my opinion but miui is more stable because there are much more developers to support it . It's a matter of preference of course but now i use Resurrection Remix which is an amazing rom with a lot of customasation features way more than MIUI for example , also RR is also on Android Oreo with the latest security patch .
MIUI is a way faster and you will get Regular update.
Use MIUI and root it with magisk.
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2 things i love custom rom are.
1. ez to change icon size
2. smart notification bar
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I have tried all the custom roms and for lineageOS rom..
pro's
- Faster UI than Miui
- way more UI features
- it has an app drawer :silly:
- Battery lasts longer than Miui
- it is anddroid Oreo
- supports VOLTE
- fingerprint reader is faster
- google camera port and camera api2 owns Miui camera
Basically nothing in MIUI is better, it is slow, old and goofy, it is rubbish and if you don't install a custom rom you should give the phone to me to fix it by removing MIUI :victory:
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Lol, I see that most users prefer miui for battery performance coz Oreo is draining fast. Anyways, is there a guide for newbies on how to get Google Camera working portrait mode HDR+ step by step?
(Without losing warranty or changing ROM)
stavrakas2007 said:
Hello, new to XDA and specifically to Android devices. I love the whole experience with my redmi 5 plus. Just wondering why so many people use the lineageOS. I mean is it really worth it?
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Yes
Hey does anyone know if installing open Kirin on the US variant of this phone will work? Their site does not show BLA-A09 as supported, but I am curious if anyone has gotten it to work.
My reason for this is because obviously the US version lacks software support.
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Hey does anyone know if installing open Kirin on the US variant of this phone will work? Their site does not show BLA-A09 as supported, but I am curious if anyone has gotten it to work.
My reason for this is because obviously the US version lacks software support.
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yep been doing it for quite some time now,Its great for testing but beware you will experience bugs and if you are used to using emui it will have missing features.Also it does not work with TWRP.Also you will have to use fastboot to flash your system image.
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yep been doing it for quite some time now,Its great for testing but beware you will experience bugs and if you are used to using emui it will have missing features.Also it does not work with TWRP.Also you will have to use fastboot to flash your system image.
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What else would I lose besides wifi hotspot? Are there any noticeably annoying bugs? I am looking for a strong daily driver. The lack of support on stock is not cutting it for me.
Can I flash from patch .119 c567?
Also is LOS 8.0 or 8.1? Battery better/worse? Camera quality? Root possible?
As for updates how do they go? (coming from a previous lineage version) Just flash the newer system image over the old one?
It appears openkirin gives monthly updates for this device which makes me really happy. Please let me know I am very interested!
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What else would I lose besides wifi hotspot? Are there any noticeably annoying bugs? I am looking for a strong daily driver. The lack of support on stock is not cutting it for me.
Can I flash from patch .119 c567?
Also is LOS 8.0 or 8.1? Battery better/worse? Camera quality? Root possible?
As for updates how do they go? (coming from a previous lineage version) Just flash the newer system image over the old one?
It appears openkirin gives monthly updates for this device which makes me really happy. Please let me know I am very interested!
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You can flash from whatever rom your on but you will loose data so make sure you backup first cause it's not a upgrade it's a complete rom reflash.Camera works but you get no bokeh effects and there is a delay switching between modes.Battery life is reduced but performance is much better.
I'm possibly interested in this as well. As a US user on 119, I know that there are options. Pie roms even exist, though something tells me that they won't work on our variant.
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I'm possibly interested in this as well. As a US user on 119, I know that there are options. Pie roms even exist, though something tells me that they won't work on our variant.
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Agreed if I could get a working pie ROM for our variant I would swap right away xD
https://community.zteusa.com/discus...rd-only-axon-7-a2017u-now-on-android-oreo-b20
I don't know how it will be like. We didn't get the chance to test a final build before release and there was a few battery issues with it. But with those who were waiting for it its finally here!! Backup your stuff and go update!
No daydream support is a deal breaker for me. Staying on stock Nougat then.
Thank you for the post, OP. I hope everyone who doesn't use Daydream will enjoy it.
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No daydream support is a deal breaker for me. Staying on stock Nougat then.
Thank you for the post, OP. I hope everyone who doesn't use Daydream will enjoy it.
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We will ! :laugh:
romitkin said:
No daydream support is a deal breaker for me. Staying on stock Nougat then.
Thank you for the post, OP. I hope everyone who doesn't use Daydream will enjoy it.
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That is incredibly stupid. It's like they didn't bother fixing the bigger more complex issues possibly that they're not competent enough to do so. Those issues being an encryption problem that occurred during beta testing where some beta testers that updated over OTA from nougat to Oreo were stuck at an "to start android, enter password (or pin)" and the only way out was to factory reset. If they didn't fix that, then they didn't fix the overheating and battery drain issues. Disappointed.
nice one, that's for USA. Any news on the 2017G?
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That is incredibly stupid. It's like they didn't bother fixing the bigger more complex issues possibly that they're not competent enough to do so. Those issues being an encryption problem that occurred during beta testing where some beta testers that updated over OTA from nougat to Oreo were stuck at an "to start android, enter password (or pin)" and the only way out was to factory reset. If they didn't fix that, then they didn't fix the overheating and battery drain issues. Disappointed.
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Agreed, releasing an update that removes features. If we wanted a ROM that didn't function 100%, then we might as well stay on custom ROMs. Better off doing so in some cases.
Seems this is only for those who don't know how or don't want to learn how to install custom ROMs on their phone.
I know that's pretty obvious, it's just a shame.
Removal of daydream would be a good trade if it did something like help improve battery life and performance. Both of these were already good enough on stock nougat though. Battery was terrible in the oreo beta from what everyone reported
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Removal of daydream would be a good trade if it did something like help improve battery life and performance. Both of these were already good enough on stock nougat though. Battery was terrible in the oreo beta from what everyone reported
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Unfortunately it did neither
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Unfortunately it did neither
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Sounds like they took it out for nothing lol
In any news about 2017G
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk
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Sounds like they took it out for nothing lol
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Axon 7 hardware specs + ZTE support = Wasted Potential.
Eager to hear reports from people installing this version
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Eager to hear reports from people installing this version
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I installed it from SD. Had to go buy one though because I never used one ...anyway...tried installing using ADB and that will NOT work. Installed just fine from SD. This is only my backup phone so I did not set it up completely to mirror my daily driver, but it looks good. The default launcher is OK. I regularly use Nova Prime. Everything I tried worked great. I do not use Daydream or anything like that so no loss for me.
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I installed it from SD. Had to go buy one though because I never used one ...anyway...tried installing using ADB and that will NOT work. Installed just fine from SD. This is only my backup phone so I did not set it up completely to mirror my daily driver, but it looks good. The default launcher is OK. I regularly use Nova Prime. Everything I tried worked great. I do not use Daydream or anything like that so no loss for me.
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Screenshot please!!??
Yeah it's the same build from beta lol
July 1st security patch...its october
It is not even 8.1
come on
no celebrations
we'll never get nor stable 9 from devs nor stable 8.1 from ZTE
Time to buy something newer...
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Yeah it's the same build from beta lol
July 1st security patch...its october
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More screenshot please?
They seemed to have removed the really cool interactive photo feature from the camera and gallery app. That really sucks, it was really cool and I took some really cool shots with it at a concert back in March during the beta. Since that feature was removed those pictures aren't working anymore
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Yeah it's the same build from beta lol
July 1st security patch...its october
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What the?!?!
Teet1 said:
Yeah it's the same build from beta lol
July 1st security patch...its october
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I'm sorry, but this long and we get that? This indeed has left a bitter taste in my mouth.
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Thanks, working great!
Very good. Does it support DC dimming and f2fs？
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Very good. Does it support DC dimming and f2fs？
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yes it does
THX!!!!
Hey always on display is there
Nice! I will follow this ROM, still looking for a stable ROM to move from pixel experience. How stable is it this the moment?
I'll try this Rom asap.
Dev which camera you use in this rom?
And dolby digital plus working?
The rom is pretty smooth and is working pretty good for me. But I couldn't find any settings for off screen gestures. Is that a feature in this rom? if not, could we get it?
im on this ROM and its pretty stable and smooth af, i was wondering why there's few comments on this threat!
i recommend this ROM but some features are missing that i notice like:
network speed indicator
no VPN quick setting tile
why first release of this ROM is stabler than derpfest and pixel experiance itself????? i mean derpfest a11 is full of bugs and its on alpha stage and pixel experiance gone EOL! and unofficial release has these random bugs
then Pixel Extended came out of no where and its almost everything that i wanted
amin318 said:
im on this ROM and its pretty stable and smooth af, i was wondering why there's few comments on this threat!
i recommend this ROM but some features are missing that i notice like:
network speed indicator
no VPN quick setting tile
why first release of this ROM is stabler than derpfest and pixel experiance itself????? i mean derpfest a11 is full of bugs and its on alpha stage and pixel experiance gone EOL! and unofficial release has these random bugs
then Pixel Extended came out of no where and its almost everything that i wanted
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As Isaac Newton once said "... it is by staying on the shoulders of Giants"...
A Work have been done since the very first community releases of A11 for cheeseburger/dumpling...
Hi rom support encryption or must be decripted?
by far it's the most stable a11 rom on the market! great job
keep going it still need some features and improvments.
Anyone help. Just getting bootloop coming from pixel experience.did a clean flash. Does this only work for decrypted? Cheers
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Hey theres a problem i am facing on my oneplus 5t from last 1.5 years which is getting worse day by day. the issue is that my screen freezes and dont respond to my touch sometimes, earlier it was easy to recover by just restarting the phone one time but now it freezes a lot and dont respond to touches and yeah this is not hang or someting , i can control thr phone through google assistant voice commands. and yeah this is even not a hardware problem coz it gets recovered nowadays by just putting the phone in fridge for 10 minutes. you can search on yt of exact issue. so , anyone got a fix for this?
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Hey theres a problem i am facing on my oneplus 5t from last 1.5 years which is getting worse day by day. the issue is that my screen freezes and dont respond to my touch sometimes, earlier it was easy to recover by just restarting the phone one time but now it freezes a lot and dont respond to touches and yeah this is not hang or someting , i can control thr phone through google assistant voice commands. and yeah this is even not a hardware problem coz it gets recovered nowadays by just putting the phone in fridge for 10 minutes. you can search on yt of exact issue. so , anyone got a fix for this?
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Surely its a hardware problem. not a software one!
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Anyone help. Just getting bootloop coming from pixel experience.did a clean flash. Does this only work for decrypted? Cheers
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ya I'm getting the same problem not sure what I'm doing wrong
i am not able to root it with flashing magisk can someone help
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i am not able to root it with flashing magisk can someone help
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which magisk ver. your using?
mohamad ali raad said:
which magisk ver. your using?
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mohamad ali raad said:
which magisk ver. your using?
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The latest one 20.4