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Pixel Experience ROM for the Galaxy Note 9
What is this?
Pixel Experience is an AOSP based ROM, with Google apps included and all Pixel goodies (launcher, wallpapers, icons, fonts, bootanimation)
Our mission is to offer the maximum possible stability and security, along with essential features for the proper functioning of the device
Based on Android 8.1
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What's working?
Everything seems to be working as on the official s9 los15 build; with minor exceptions (screen recording can sometimes be a lil buggy, nfc can be a lil hicky etc)
What's not working?
Obviously Samsung's own features such as Samsung Pay, KNOX, Theme Center, Game Launcher, etc. won't be ported to LineageOS Pixel Experience. We may have our own implementation to similar functions, though.
Iris sensor does not work because AOSP upstream does not support that yet.
IMS services (VoLTE, VoWiFi, etc). Samsung has their own proprietary implementation. It is not really possible to easily port that to LineageOS PixelExperience.
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Disclaimer: This rom is not built by me. That has been done by @malinathani with some help from myself. After that he insisted that I make this thread :highfive:
Instructions:
Make sure TWRP has been installed and functional.
Download the latest build linked below
Reboot to recovery
Wipe data and cache (required if you switch from other ROMs). Even better if you have nothing to loose and wipe system,data,cache,storage etc
Flash the latest build (and gapps). DONT flash gapps. they are already included in the rom.
Reboot and enjoy :victory:
Downloads:
Galaxy Note9 (N960F): MEGA Onedrive
Providing feedback:
You are more than welcome to provide any kind of feedback here.
(limited only to feature requests; it's called "pixel experience" for a reason and it should stay that way)
You can also msg me anytime on telegram @ Rainbow_Alex_Dash
OR YOU CAN JOIN OUR TELEGRAM GROUP!
https://t.me/joinchat/E_rQyU__5M_5wph6FrnpKA
Changelog:
30.09.2018: Initial release
Troubleshooting/FAQ:
Q: Whaaaaaa??? You are developing for the note9 now?
A: Nah, not really. This isn't even built by me. I just helped the guy who did it so much he insisted I create the thread. I'm not promising any future development on my end but hey
Q: The rom isn't booting/camera doesn't work
A: Flash/make sure you have the ARH5 vendor and try again.
Q: The rom is in a bootloop/google apps keep crashing
A: You did read the instructions and NOT flash any gapps riighhttt?? smh, wipe /system,/data and /cache and start over
Q: I have another bug; How can i tell it to you while slightly increasing my changes of it ever getting fixed.
A: You can tell me what's going on either here or on telegram WITH A LOGCAT attached(required);if rom isn't booting at all attach /proc/last_kmsg.
Q: I don't know what/how to logcat. Is it really necessary?
A: Logcat or gtfo
Q: How can i support you?
A: Awwww thanks; On most of my posts on the left side there's a "donate to me" paypal button; You can use that,donations are more than welcome, or if you don't have any $ to spare you can also post here about how awesome i am (this surprisingly helps very much)
XDA:DevDB Information
Pixel Experience 8.1, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Contributors
Rainbow_Dash, malinathani, jesec,Vaughnn,farovitus
Source Code: https://github.com/malinathani
ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x
Based On: AOSP
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 30.09.2018
Stable Release Date: 2018-09-30
Created 2018-09-30
Last Updated 2018-10-03
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It seems that no one wants to brush the machine.
But still thank you very much
Does the pen work ?
giorgior.r said:
Does the pen work ?
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Does work as a stylus, you can check it out and let us know!
Thanks for this. Was waiting for an AOSP Based ROM before rooting. Will root and flash later and report back .
Test it out and let us know what you guys think! Feedback is appreciated
Good day,
1. Is there a link/attachment for an official ARH5/ARH6 vendor image that we can use with this ROM?
2. I wiped /system,/data and /cache flashed the ROM with and without an ARH6 image (https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262904015418) within TWRP and got bootloop.
What am I missing?
Swarai said:
Good day,
1. Is there a link/attachment for an official ARH5/ARH6 vendor image that we can use with this ROM?
2. I wiped /system,/data and /cache flashed the ROM with and without an ARH6 image (https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262904015418) within TWRP and got bootloop.
What am I missing?
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Ummm, you can try flashing vendor from the Light Rom thread or try flashing noverity.zip after flashing the ROM.
There are a bunch of them. In treble forums
Surprised no one bothered to upload them here
All pie gsi roms work with note 9
TheUndertaker21 said:
There are a bunch of them. In treble forums
Surprised no one bothered to upload them here
All pie gsi roms work with note 9
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I totally agree, but give this a shot once, it's noticeably smooth compared to the gsis out there (I've used many myself) it also has dual speakers working. As for pie gsis they have this animation lag while switching and opening apps. Give it a shot and I hope you'll like it.
malinathani said:
I totally agree, but give this a shot once, it's noticeably smooth compared to the gsis out there (I've used many myself) it also has dual speakers working. As for pie gsis they have this animation lag while switching and opening apps. Give it a shot and I hope you'll like it.
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Thank you. Great to have specific support just for Note9!
I've tried other GSIs from Treble forums and yes on those roms only mono audio output works and also had brightness issues last time I tried it. I will try this out
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I flashed it and I gotta say, this is very good. I'll keep this as my daily driver if I don't run into any issues which I haven't so far
I really like that there's bixby button custom options included. Rom is super smooth. Definitely smoother than other GSIs on the treble forums. Dual speakers are working but volume seems lower than stock (can anyone confirm this?)
Regarding the vendor, I am using ARH6 vendor. Like I said, so far I haven't gotten any issues.
I think you should include in OP that root isn't included. I flashed Magisk zip and it works fine though
Nasty_z said:
Thank you. Great to have specific support just for Note9!
I've tried other GSIs from Treble forums and yes on those roms only mono audio output works and also had brightness issues last time I tried it. I will try this out
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I flashed it and I gotta say, this is very good. I'll keep this as my daily driver if I don't run into any issues which I haven't so far
I really like that there's bixby button custom options included. Rom is super smooth. Definitely smoother than other GSIs on the treble forums. Dual speakers are working but volume seems lower than stock (can anyone confirm this?)
Regarding the vendor, I am using ARH6 vendor. Like I said, so far I haven't gotten any issues.
I think you should include in OP that root isn't included. I flashed Magisk zip and it works fine though
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How well does it handle memory? I heard AOSP roms on GS9 doesn't keep apps in memory as well as stock.
Also for the low volume thing. Have you tried Dolby Atmos? It has always helped me in the past with my phones.
Okay so.. I'm having a weird issue. The rom was working perfectly fine and then it started to register every single tap as a long press. Every time I touch the screen, it registers a long press. If this issue can be fixed, everything else was working great. At first, I thought it was because I installed magisk modules but I just uninstalled magisk completely and the issue is still there. Logcat is attached.
@Fiso I'll try Dolby Atmos and keep an eye on memory as soon as the touchscreen issue goes away.
Logcat: https://mega.nz/#!90YFDArb!Yz_d5eHQPXfjZ2NIp6OLCTgzUBJ04bcwPbyAxZ3V3jE
Nasty_z said:
Okay so.. I'm having a weird issue. The rom was working perfectly fine and then it started to register every single tap as a long press. Every time I touch the screen, it registers a long press. If this issue can be fixed, everything else was working great. At first, I thought it was because I installed magisk modules but I just uninstalled magisk completely and the issue is still there. Logcat is attached.
@Fiso I'll try Dolby Atmos and keep an eye on memory as soon as the touchscreen issue goes away.
Logcat: https://mega.nz/#!90YFDArb!Yz_d5eHQPXfjZ2NIp6OLCTgzUBJ04bcwPbyAxZ3V3jE
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Hmmmm, that's weird, which module did you install btw? If you still have this issue you can try dirty flashing the ROM or clean installing it again. I tested the ROM myself for almost a week before releasing it. Also which model are you using?
malinathani said:
Hmmmm, that's weird, which module did you install btw? If you still have this issue you can try dirty flashing the ROM or clean installing it again. I tested the ROM myself for almost a week before releasing it. Also which model are you using?
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The module was xposed installer for the latest SDK. Model is N960F. Dirty flashing did not help. So I did a clean flash and it's fine for now. I'll flash magisk and install modules other than xposed and try
Nasty_z said:
The module was xposed installer for the latest SDK. Model is N960F. Dirty flashing did not help. So I did a clean flash and it's fine for now. I'll flash magisk and install modules other than xposed and try
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I currently have xposed installed myself, I installed xposed framework module which automatically installs it for the correct SDK version.
Nice rom, but there is no mirrorlink :crying:
malinathani said:
I currently have xposed installed myself, I installed xposed framework module which automatically installs it for the correct SDK version.
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Yeah it isn't the module. I've done some more tests. The issue only happens if I install or restore multiple applications. Not sure why. Can you tell me what vendor you use?
Also, the keyboard seems sluggish. I don't mean the UI, like the touch responsivenes? If you type really fast, keyboard can't keep up (compared to stock)? Can you confirm this?
Nasty_z said:
Yeah it isn't the module. I've done some more tests. The issue only happens if I install or restore multiple applications. Not sure why. Can you tell me what vendor you use?
Also, the keyboard seems sluggish. I don't mean the UI, like the touch responsivenes? If you type really fast, keyboard can't keep up (compared to stock)? Can you confirm this?
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I would recommend you to reinstall apps only from playstore and not restore them because that is known to break stuff. I have no lag issues even on keyboard which you are saying. if you still have issues you can try with ARH5 vendor.
I've just unlocked bootloader of my redmi 5 plus vince, now how do I install any custom recovery? what things I need to install on my PC? I really need some detailed help and links regarding this issue...
Geekn0ob said:
I've just unlocked bootloader of my redmi 5 plus vince, now how do I install any custom recovery? what things I need to install on my PC? I really need some detailed help and links regarding this issue...
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76885728&postcount=3
DarthJabba9 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76885728&postcount=3
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Thank you sir ... can you recommend me some good custom roms which are better than MIUI for redmi 5 plus? I tried some pie roms but there are several bugs like green camera...
Geekn0ob said:
Thank you sir ... can you recommend me some good custom roms which are better than MIUI for redmi 5 plus? I tried some pie roms but there are several bugs like green camera...
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This is not an easy question, because it all depends on your needs and on what you are prepared to put up with. Most of them will do a decent job - depending on your needs. For me, I have found issues with virtually every Pie ROM that I have tried - and I have tried a lot. I think you just have to try as many as possible, and see which one most meets your needs while giving you the least amount of issues. I have eventually stayed with official HavocOS - but that may not suit your purposes. And I am always extremely wary of upgrading to new releases.
PS: with the benefit of hindsight, I should have stayed with Oreo - but I have taken the Pie plunge, so that's the way it is ...
DarthJabba9 said:
This is not an easy question, because it all depends on your needs and on what you are prepared to put up with. Most of them will do a decent job - depending on your needs. For me, I have found issues with virtually every Pie ROM that I have tried - and I have tried a lot. I think you just have to try as many as possible, and see which one most meets your needs while giving you the least amount of issues. I have eventually stayed with official HavocOS - but that may not suit your purposes. And I am always extremely wary of upgrading to new releases.
PS: with the benefit of hindsight, I should have stayed with Oreo - but I have taken the Pie plunge, so that's the way it is ...
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hmm.. I guess I should try some oreo Roms... I just need better stability as its my daily driver...
Geekn0ob said:
hmm.. I guess I should try some oreo Roms... I just need better stability as its my daily driver...
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I think you should - even if only just for the comparisons. I would start with Oreo (non-Treble) ROMs.
DarthJabba9 said:
I think you should - even if only just for the comparisons. I would start with Oreo (non-Treble) ROMs.
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any particular oreo Roms you want to recommend? For daily driver, bugless preferably
Geekn0ob said:
any particular oreo Roms you want to recommend? For daily driver, bugless preferably
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There is no such thing as a bugless ROM - but, from my recollection, Validus and AICP were reasonably good.
DarthJabba9 said:
There is no such thing as a bugless ROM - but, from my recollection, Validus and AICP were reasonably good.
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may be that's why people like MIUI...full with tons of bloatwares but reliable... however I remember my xperia z had huge roms available and lot of them were almost bug free.. old days were good for using custom roms
Geekn0ob said:
may be that's why people like MIUI...full with tons of bloatwares but reliable... however I remember my xperia z had huge roms available and lot of them were almost bug free.. old days were good for using custom roms
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Hmm ... MIUI is very far from bugless. Personally, I wouldn't touch MIUI with a barge pole. It is the first thing that gets wiped from all my devices.
Geekn0ob said:
I've just unlocked bootloader of my redmi 5 plus vince, now how do I install any custom recovery? what things I need to install on my PC? I really need some detailed help and links regarding this issue...
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I have a simple solution :
1.Download your recovery img file
2. Keep the recovery in your phone internal storage
3. Keep the recovery in your pc too
4.Download adb setup in your pc
5. Install adb setup in your pc ( don't open after install)
6.Copy the recovery file
7. Go to your C drive and open adb
8.paste the recovery file
9. Press Shift and right click
10. Click open command window here
11. Switch off your mobile
12. Press and hold volume down and power key to go into fastboot mode
13. Now connect your phone to pc with data cable
14. Enter the code:-
(A). fastboot devices
(B) fastboot install recovery recovery.img
(C) fastboot boot recovery.img
Now your phone will boot into recovery mode
15. Swipe to allow modification
16. Press install
17. Install the recovery you kept in internal storage
Thats it...now reboot..
I personally reccommend Orangefox recovery
For ages I have tried to avoid rooting my phone, mainly due to Google Pay. But with the constant issues and also now that I've just purchased bPay for my watch anyway, I no longer need Google Pay.
Even though my phone is not rooted, most apps thought it was.. so even the fixes only worked so far.. so screw it. haha.
I would like to root my phone and try and make my Xiaomi as close to vanilla Android as possible. What roms would people suggest?
Is the Xiaomi a wise phone to modify? Will I loose any features (camera etc)?
I have only really ever used OnePlus One devices, and other phones I have always relied on Google Pay access, so its been awhile since I rooted a phone and I have a feeling things may have changed a fair bit.. maybe even become more simple?
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
My device; Mi 8 128GB, chinese import. Arrived with unlocked bootloader and global rom.. somehow.. even though global wasnt available at the time.. have since has xiaomi.eu rom, most recent on the device. But im finding its waaay to buggy and im very eager to get rid of this.
try pixel experience
stock experience like the pixel 3 xl
almost the same camera if not better
great battery life stable and way smoother than miui 10
I was In a similar predicament
I went for havoc and find its fantastic
Similar to pixel experience but with more added features
Has gcam implemented already
tinimc said:
try pixel experience
stock experience like the pixel 3 xl
almost the same camera if not better
great battery life stable and way smoother than miui 10
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Does it have GCam or xiaomi cam... Care to comment more on camera quality and updates?
shekhar211 said:
Does it have GCam or xiaomi cam... Care to comment more on camera quality and updates?
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pixel experience rom has everything that a pixel phone has including the amazing gcam
Use syberia! aosp based like all but best battery so far
You can try pixel experience, I'm using it for a while now and never thought of changing to another rom. This will be my permanent rom I guess. Pixel3ROM is also nice, but it's just a port so the dev heavily refuses to add compatibility features like IR camera support for face unlock etc. So main features of the device won't work kn that one.
LineageOS is just another option, but it feels so empty compared to Pixel Experience. Yes, it can be customized but it'll never get the capabilities of Pixel Experience, due to official Rom policies of LOS.
And another thing, my device is rooted and I'm using PE, and Google Pay is working.
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tinimc said:
pixel experience rom has everything that a pixel phone has including the amazing gcam
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Not everything.
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About camera, it hss a Google Camera port that I can't really remember the name of dev, and you can flash the miui camera port from Magisk if you need that either.
If you have any questions about this rom, I'd love to answer them, I can consider myself as an experienced user of it I guess. I used miui for 2 weeks thanks to bootloader unlock timer, and believe me, when you switch, you will feel like tons of weight just pulled out of your shoulders.
Thanks everyone this is all really helpful to know. Sounds like Pixel Experience is the one to try first.
The War Profiteer said:
And another thing, my device is rooted and I'm using PE, and Google Pay is working.
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This is really handy to know. I was thinking today that maybe rooting etc my phone myself properly would give me better control over getting that set up to work properly.
One more thing, just checking over the instructions and a little lost on some bits;
Flash Instructions
1. Download ROM zip.
2 . Advanced Wipe: System, Data, Cache and Dalvik/cache - Already have TWRP from installing Xiaomi.eu rom.
3. Flash latest MIUI or Xiaomi.eu beta. - This step confuses me.. if I already have a xiaomi.eu rom installed, I presume I would skip this?
4. Flash Pixel Experience.
5. Flash Dm-verity and reboot into TWRP (Only if you're coming from MIUI stock. Skip that if you're coming from another custom ROM) - Guessing again, I would skip this as I am already on TWRP? Unsure what dm-verity is..
6. Advanced Wipe: Data
7. Reboot & enjoy.
Some background on the current config phone wise. Imported a Mi 8 before it was released globally, nor even a date was released at that point. The phone arrived with global rom I believe.. the bootloader was already unlocked however and it was in English, so I am unsure how they had the global rom on it.. unless was the chinese one in English? Eitherway. I just followed the usual guide to flashing Xiaomi.eu on the phone. TWRP was already on it, but it is a chinese version, in english, but with chinese text on the loading screen.. unsure if normal?
Thanks again!
hobhob said:
Thanks everyone this is all really helpful to know. Sounds like Pixel Experience is the one to try first.
This is really handy to know. I was thinking today that maybe rooting etc my phone myself properly would give me better control over getting that set up to work properly.
One more thing, just checking over the instructions and a little lost on some bits;
Flash Instructions
1. Download ROM zip.
2 . Advanced Wipe: System, Data, Cache and Dalvik/cache - Already have TWRP from installing Xiaomi.eu rom.
3. Flash latest MIUI or Xiaomi.eu beta. - This step confuses me.. if I already have a xiaomi.eu rom installed, I presume I would skip this?
4. Flash Pixel Experience.
5. Flash Dm-verity and reboot into TWRP (Only if you're coming from MIUI stock. Skip that if you're coming from another custom ROM) - Guessing again, I would skip this as I am already on TWRP? Unsure what dm-verity is..
6. Advanced Wipe: Data
7. Reboot & enjoy.
Some background on the current config phone wise. Imported a Mi 8 before it was released globally, nor even a date was released at that point. The phone arrived with global rom I believe.. the bootloader was already unlocked however and it was in English, so I am unsure how they had the global rom on it.. unless was the chinese one in English? Eitherway. I just followed the usual guide to flashing Xiaomi.eu on the phone. TWRP was already on it, but it is a chinese version, in english, but with chinese text on the loading screen.. unsure if normal?
Thanks again!
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You can't skip the 3rd step since you're wiping the system partition, vendor and/or firmware files will be gone, which are not included with the rom.
At 5th, https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/universal-dm-verity-forceencrypt-t3817389 After flashing this, reboot to recovery in order to do advanced wipe. Just follow the steps, don't be lazy!
Not sure about your phone, but there are a high chance of being a Chinese variant of your phone, check the rear glass for CE certificate logo, if there are any chinese text, your phone is a chinese variant. In this situation, be careful to not lock your bootloader.
The War Profiteer said:
You can't skip the 3rd step since you're wiping the system partition, vendor and/or firmware files will be gone, which are not included with the rom.
At 5th, https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/universal-dm-verity-forceencrypt-t3817389 After flashing this, reboot to recovery in order to do advanced wipe. Just follow the steps, don't be lazy!
Not sure about your phone, but there are a high chance of being a Chinese variant of your phone, check the rear glass for CE certificate logo, if there are any chinese text, your phone is a chinese variant. In this situation, be careful to not lock your bootloader.
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Thanks this is really helpful.
When I got the phone there was a sticker on the back which was in Chinese, all the packaging was too. The text printed on the phones actual case is in English however.
Update: All done and all was a success. Thanks everyone!
Tried Pixel Experience - battery drain was so extreme had to flash another rom..
So now trying Havoc.. way too many bugs, no sound on alarms, phone stops responding to touch.. ergh. Battery is good though.. haha.
Looking like there may not be any rom which isnt free of bugs or battery drain on the Mi 8..
Sadly Google Pay, with Magisk and hide, does not work on any rom. Altho I managed to get another banking app to work by using Magisk hide ironically.
hobhob said:
Tried Pixel Experience - battery drain was so extreme had to flash another rom..
So now trying Havoc.. way too many bugs, no sound on alarms, phone stops responding to touch.. ergh. Battery is good though.. haha.
Looking like there may not be any rom which isnt free of bugs or battery drain on the Mi 8..
Sadly Google Pay, with Magisk and hide, does not work on any rom. Altho I managed to get another banking app to work by using Magisk hide ironically.
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Did you try syberia or AOSIP?
Sent from my MI 8 using Tapatalk
Using AOSIP now. My ideal build finally. Everything is running perfect Thanks for the suggestion
hobhob said:
Using AOSIP now. My ideal build finally. Everything is running perfect Thanks for the suggestion
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Been a few days you still reckon AOSIP is the go? I am about the change from LoS.. too many issues..
Sage said:
Been a few days you still reckon AOSIP is the go? I am about the change from LoS.. too many issues..
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Yes, all great. Battery is fine, alarm works, no more freezing. Finally all running smoothly
+1 that. Everything works perfect for me on AOSIP and I've been using it as my daily driver for a week now.
I just replaced the default phone, contact and messaging apps with the Google ones with App systemizer and magisk, and replaced the stock cam with latest Gcam.
Recommend this rom :good:
branndonn1 said:
+1 that. Everything works perfect for me on AOSIP and I've been using it as my daily driver for a week now.
I just replaced the default phone, contact and messaging apps with the Google ones with App systemizer and magisk, and replaced the stock cam with latest Gcam.
Recommend this rom :good:
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Do you have a link to the latest GCam? I tried to find it though the one i installed Video didn't work. Just crashed when attempted. Photos looked good though.
LineageOS
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The War Profiteer said:
You can try pixel experience, I'm using it for a while now and never thought of changing to another rom. This will be my permanent rom I guess. Pixel3ROM is also nice, but it's just a port so the dev heavily refuses to add compatibility features like IR camera support for face unlock etc. So main features of the device won't work kn that one.
LineageOS is just another option, but it feels so empty compared to Pixel Experience. Yes, it can be customized but it'll never get the capabilities of Pixel Experience, due to official Rom policies of LOS.
And another thing, my device is rooted and I'm using PE, and Google Pay is working.
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Not everything.
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About camera, it hss a Google Camera port that I can't really remember the name of dev, and you can flash the miui camera port from Magisk if you need that either.
If you have any questions about this rom, I'd love to answer them, I can consider myself as an experienced user of it I guess. I used miui for 2 weeks thanks to bootloader unlock timer, and believe me, when you switch, you will feel like tons of weight just pulled out of your shoulders.
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Hi, Which version do you use? CAF or AOSP ?
Sage said:
Do you have a link to the latest GCam? I tried to find it though the one i installed Video didn't work. Just crashed when attempted. Photos looked good though.
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Here you go bro. Add the .xml to the Gcam settings folder.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?...sV&usp=sharing
Lineage OS 16 For Xperia X [Treble]Based on Sony Open DevicesI am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,.Suitable for F5121 and F5122Reboot after your first boot please!
Opinional files:
Disable ForceEncrypt:Link
Required files:
[Tested]
V20190323:Link With: SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Android_9.0_2.3.2_v6_loire.zip
[OEM-Files]
Download Link
How to flash
Read README.txt in zip file please.
Optional step If you want to use a GSI
Flash a GSI compatible System image and boot!
Code:
fastboot flash system < Path of GSI-System.img >
Because of Anti-Rollback, If you want to Use GSI, You need to choose the same or newer one as the treble build date.
Update and known BUG:
V20190323:
Bugs:
1. Quick Charge is broken, you can use computer USB port charge.
2. Camera doesn't work on first boot, you need to reboot.
Source Codes
Sjll Script
Contributors
Sjll @infixremix
ROM OS Version: 9.x Pie
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x
Paypal
I am very happy to receive your donation.
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2019-03-31
Last Updated 2019-03-31
I've used your Treble Pie for a while and it's awesome. Gotta try this as well. Thanks a lot for all the work!
P/s: Can you make a custom overclocked kernel for your Pie ROMs? I've been using Extreme Kernels (for stock Oreo) and they are amazing. I wonder if Pie can also get a similar kernel.
Yeah bro thanks for this work..can you optimize kernel to make sodp rom usable
LOLisLIFE said:
I've used your Treble Pie for a while and it's awesome. Gotta try this as well. Thanks a lot for all the work!
P/s: Can you make a custom overclocked kernel for your Pie ROMs? I've been using Extreme Kernels (for stock Oreo) and they are amazing. I wonder if Pie can also get a similar kernel.
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lookmanns14 said:
Yeah bro thanks for this work..can you optimize kernel to make sodp rom usable
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I will try to build a optimize kernel in free time.
Hi,
Can you please help me with the download from the GSI? Where can I get the right file from?
after install, bluetooth and settings tell me that it stops all the time and sim cant be detected. Also there is some encryption so i can't access data or system anymore with twrp... even magisk can't be installed. great...
After running into a ton of errors, I think I've done something wrong. I have a few questions:
1. Where does Disable ForcedEncryption (DFE) go to in the installation process? If I flash the zip before Lineage (or not flasing at all), the phone encrypts itself right on boot. If I flash DFE zip after Lineage, the camera (and all the sensors) die permanently.
2. Regardless of the phone's encryption status, sometimes the phone just fails to recognize all the sensors (except Wifi, battery and GPS). That means no accelerometer, no screen rotation, no compass or light sensor. Rebooting fixes this on Lineage (for a while), but on RR once it occurs all sensors die permanently. Also GPS reception is terrible, as I haven't got a single fix.
Hope anyone who has been using Treble roms could give me an answer. Thanks in advance.
iH8Ecchi said:
After running into a ton of errors, I think I've done something wrong. I have a few questions:
1. Where does Disable ForcedEncryption (DFE) go to in the installation process? If I flash the zip before Lineage (or not flasing at all), the phone encrypts itself right on boot. If I flash DFE zip after Lineage, the camera (and all the sensors) die permanently.
2. Regardless of the phone's encryption status, sometimes the phone just fails to recognize all the sensors (except Wifi, battery and GPS). That means no accelerometer, no screen rotation, no compass or light sensor. Rebooting fixes this on Lineage (for a while), but on RR once it occurs all sensors die permanently. Also GPS reception is terrible, as I haven't got a single fix.
Hope anyone who has been using Treble roms could give me an answer. Thanks in advance.
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Trust me....its weird (this is what i do with every pie Rom I DONT GUARANTEE SUCCESS ON TREBLE ROMS BECAUSE I WASNT ABLE TO TEST THEM YET)
Flash OEM image which is advertised here
Flash the Rom without anything
Reboot
Go back to recovery by Holding
Power + vol up
Screen turns black= quickly switch to
Power + vol down
Flash disable force encrypt
Reboot
Done!
(Remember to flash anything else that you want)
Some random said:
Trust me....its weird (this is what i do with every pie Rom I DONT GUARANTEE SUCCESS ON TREBLE ROMS BECAUSE I WASNT ABLE TO TEST THEM YET)
Flash OEM image which is advertised here
Flash the Rom without anything
Reboot
Go back to recovery by Holding
Power + vol up
Screen turns black= quickly switch to
Power + vol down
Flash disable force encrypt
Reboot
Done!
(Remember to flash anything else that you want)
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I only run into these problems on Treble roms. No problem with sensors or encryption with native ones, such as AOSP or Paranoid.
iH8Ecchi said:
I only run into these problems on Treble roms. No problem with sensors or encryption with native ones, such as AOSP or Paranoid.
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Hmmmmm
Well like that it worked with all pie ROMs that I used
I've been trying to flash this ROM but couldn't flash the Lineage OS Zip file. It says "Zip treble compatibility error!"
"Invalid zip file format!"
can someone please help me out?
Fardin Rehman said:
I've been trying to flash this ROM but couldn't flash the Lineage OS Zip file. It says "Zip treble compatibility error!"
"Invalid zip file format!"
can someone please help me out?
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Use Twrp-Q (Ask Simeone for Link)
Some random said:
Use Twrp-Q (Ask Simeone for Link)
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Yeah I have TWRP-Q just need to flash recovery and then try again. Thank you very much for helping
Can anyone please tell me which Gcam can i use on this ROM?
New version of LOS 16 + Treble
This version of LOS is outdated and does not work on latest Treble.
An updated LOS build (with Expanded volume and latest security patch) can be downloaded on this thread and installed over latest Treble.
Since this phone requires arm64 A-only GSIs to boot, the compatible version should be lineage-16.0-2019xxxx-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_avN.img.xz.
Installation tutorial: Click here. Keep in mind that system.img refers to the LOS build above.
Getting Magisk to work: Click here.
iH8Ecchi said:
This version of LOS is outdated and does not work on latest Treble.
An updated LOS build (with Expanded volume and latest security patch) can be downloaded on this thread and installed over latest Treble.
Since this phone requires arm64 A-only GSIs to boot, the compatible version should be lineage-16.0-2019xxxx-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_avN.img.xz.
Installation tutorial: Click here. Keep in mind that system.img refers to the LOS build above.
Getting Magisk to work: Click here.
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Thanks man the ROM is great! But is it possible to make the camera work like it did on the original Xperia X stock ROM. I mean the camera is pretty dark on all custom ROMs is there any fix for that?
Fardin Rehman said:
Thanks man the ROM is great! But is it possible to make the camera work like it did on the original Xperia X stock ROM. I mean the camera is pretty dark on all custom ROMs is there any fix for that?
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You can use Chippa_a's Unofficial LOS16 instead. That one has some heating issues and gaming performance might not be optimal (due to CPU throttling), but camera and battery life is almost identical to stock. In fact, I only use Treble LOS as daily driver because I play games on my phone quite a lot.
If you still insist on using Treble however, you can check out Google Camera ports (scroll down a little bit on Treble page). With HDR+ or Night Mode the picture quality is stellar, but taking pictures might be a bit slow. As far as I know it only runs on Treble and Omni.
iH8Ecchi said:
You can use Chippa_a's Unofficial LOS16 instead. That one has some heating issues and gaming performance might not be optimal (due to CPU throttling), but camera and battery life is almost identical to stock. In fact, I only use Treble LOS as daily driver because I play games on my phone quite a lot.
If you still insist on using Treble however, you can check out Google Camera ports (scroll down a little bit on Treble page). With HDR+ or Night Mode the picture quality is stellar, but taking pictures might be a bit slow. As far as I know it only runs on Treble and Omni.
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Yeah I am using the gcam port and I get pretty good pictures with it but not very good video quality so I guess I'm gonna give it a try to Chippa_a's Unofficial LOS16.
Intro(Skip at your wish xd):
Hello guys, it's kind of frustrating that our 4a 5G don't get much love here(in custom ROM development perspective) as Pixel 5 as it's not really a "main" variant.
For myself, I love Pixel devices for Google releases "proper" device tree and most necessary stuff, but still it require quite some time for me to get things right and a working ROM build, hell, to be honest, I spent like about 30 hrs already as this is my first time to use AOSP tree + vendor blobs from Google site to build ROMs)
Despite the lack of previous experience, the first build that I'm releasing here, is working quite well, I haven't discovered any (device-specific) bug just yet, anyway, let's continue
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Instructions:
0. Make sure your bootloader is unlocked
1. Download ROM zip from the link below, and grab Magisk patched boot.img inside the folder as well if you want root access
2. Reboot to bootloader
2.5. Flash updated bootloader.img and radio.img from Google site
3. Use `fastboot -w update LineageOS_microG-bramble-(BUILD DATE HERE)-userdebug-signed.zip` to flash
and yes, you can omit the "-w" parameter if you're not flashing for the first time, aka just updating from previous release
4(optional). Hopefully after flashing you'll be booted into LineageOS, reboot to bootloader again,
and flash the Magisk patched boot.img extracted from the 7z file with `fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img`,
reboot after finished
5. Enjoy!
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Features:
1. MicroG integrated nicely (Thank OmniROM dev([email protected]) for the repo)
2. Replaced default WebView with Bromite WebView
3. Default DNS was set to UncensoredDNS in framework overlay
4. Removed unnecessary prebuilt APKs
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Download
Contacts:
Telegram:
Channel for Pixel 4a 5G related stuff
Group for Pixel 4a 5G discussion
Special thanks: @kdrag0n , @akhilnarang for helping me with issues when I couldn't get my build working
XDA:DevDB Information
LineageOS 18.1 - microG Edition, ROM for the Google Pixel 4a 5G
Source
ROM
Kernel
Contributors
dic1911
ROM OS Version: Android 11
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x
ROM Firmware Required: Current
Based On: LineageOS
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2020-11-29
Last Updated 2020-12-16
Current Known Issue
1. Some minor bubble notification glitch, ROM side issue.
2. Video call is unstable, crashes in about ~10 minutes after the call starts (untested in latest update, may be fixed)
3. If mobile data doesn't work after update, try select/set APN manually(select whatever APN first, then select the correct one after)
Reserved
Awesome, thank you!
I've never heard of the MicroG before so just looked that up. I'm loving that philosophy so I'm definitely gonna be checking that out! Thanks! My pixel is arriving tomorrow so after playing around with it first, I'll try out your ROM once there's more responses from others here.
Hey thx for the ROM is a A11 Version planned?
I'll wait for Android 11 version
Dimontiman said:
Hey thx for the ROM is a A11 Version planned?
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warrencoakley said:
I'll wait for Android 11 version
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LineageOS 18.0 is Android 11, but XDA didn't update the option menu so I chose Android 10.
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Took a while for this thread to pop back up after forum migration..
Thanks for the awesome work
Is anyone using this ROM as their daily driver? I'm still reluctant to risk my warranty
I guess I will roll the dice and give it a go. Anyone know if this will affect my e-sim with Google Fi?
Thank you, dic1911 for being so awesome to bring first rom to Bramble, which is almost brand-new! I appreciate your work and we are really glad for it.
Joegrizz said:
I guess I will roll the dice and give it a go. Anyone know if this will affect my e-sim with Google Fi?
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It won't affect Google Fi.
Thanks. It looks great and runs good but I’m obviously missing something. I tried installing GApps via ADB side load and no matter which size Nikhil version I attempt to install, I get an error there’s not enough memory. I’ve rebooted after flashing to the rom and also done a factory reset to no avail. What am I missing? I’ve also tried it with and without the patched boot.img.
tgilmore16 said:
Thanks. It looks great and runs good but I’m obviously missing something. I tried installing GApps via ADB side load and no matter which size Nikhil version I attempt to install, I get an error there’s not enough memory. I’ve rebooted after flashing to the rom and also done a factory reset to no avail. What am I missing? I’ve also tried it with and without the patched boot.img.
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Use systemless WeebGapps via Magisk:
t.me/WeebGAppsChannel
Does this rom use seedvault like mainline lineageos? Or is google backup in here even with microg?
Crashdown1994 said:
Is anyone using this ROM as their daily driver? I'm still reluctant to risk my warranty
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Warranty? Should not effect that. I wouldn't think it would. Bootloader is unlockable and google even gives the option to flash aosp vanilla(no google) or public (official google rom) with their flashing tool (via chrome browser).
Are Pixel-Exclusive features such as Now Playing, Live Captions, Call Screening, Adaptive Sound, Screen Attention included and working?
Any issues getting safetynet to pass?
GoldElocks said:
Are Pixel-Exclusive features such as Now Playing, Live Captions, Call Screening, Adaptive Sound, Screen Attention included and working?
Any issues getting safetynet to pass?
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This is Lineage... You install this one to get privacy and free yourself from Gapps. You might be able to get most features running, but then you just can stay with stock - privacy is then gone again...
letrain02 said:
Does this rom use seedvault like mainline lineageos? Or is google backup in here even with microg?
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SeedVault is builtin system app for all LineageOS builds, no matter it's official or not, if it's not there in someone else's build, either it's removed by the builder or the build is too old.
So yes, SeedVault is in my build, but there's no guarantee that it works with any apps just like Google Backup(which I found pretty much useless in my case)
PS. I'm not really as active as I was on xda since about 2 years ago, please join Telegram for more updated stuff
PPS. I released GCam extracted from stock ROM and modified to make it work on LineageOS(and pretty much any custom ROM with right stuff baked in), and yes, you'll need to flash updated build from my Telegram channel (It's more convenient for me to upload to Telegram as the storage space there is unlimited)
LineageOS 18.1 is up!
Now with December security patch, grab it from the link in OP