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Custom Roms and Software Future

Hey guys,
atm I'm looking for a new phone and as it just dropped 50€ in price I'm highly considering the Honor 8. The only thing that worries me is that there are no Custom Roms. Right now I'm using a Samsung S5 with AICP Android 6 and the Nougat Update just around the Corner. Will there ever be stable and really Daily driver usable custom roms with Stock Android for Kirin CPUs? If there is no hope just tell me and I will move on searching but if there will be some developement in the future I would love to own this phone.
Thanks in advance!

SgtIcetea said:
Hey guys,
atm I'm looking for a new phone and as it just dropped 50€ in price I'm highly considering the Honor 8. The only thing that worries me is that there are no Custom Roms. Right now I'm using a Samsung S5 with AICP Android 6 and the Nougat Update just around the Corner. Will there ever be stable and really Daily driver usable custom roms with Stock Android for Kirin CPUs? If there is no hope just tell me and I will move on searching but if there will be some developement in the future I would love to own this phone.
Thanks in advance!
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Hi, I recommend you to read more threads about development here, that way you'll understand the situation better and why it's like that.
At the moment, no roms and no one working on it.

Its so sad that this awesome device does not have any custom roms yet

krispy321 said:
Its so sad that this awesome device does not have any custom roms yet
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yeah, but lets hope for the best.
its xda, anything is possible

venom007 said:
yeah, but lets hope for the best.
its xda, anything is possible
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Hope so

XePeleato said:
Hi, I recommend you to read more threads about development here, that way you'll understand the situation better and why it's like that.
At the moment, no roms and no one working on it.
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Thanks will do that but doesn't sound to promising.

I'll give it a month, if there no custom ROMs I'll stick to the 5x or buy another device

PalakMi said:
I'll give it a month, if there no custom ROMs I'll stick to the 5x or buy another device
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There are some that are working on it but to be honest developing for this device is almost as bad as developing for xiaomi devices. There are a few teams that were working on it but then just tossed the device aside and said it wasnt worth the trouble.

zelendel said:
There are some that are working on it but to be honest developing for this device is almost as bad as developing for xiaomi devices. There are a few teams that were working on it but then just tossed the device aside and said it wasnt worth the trouble.
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As of for me (I am in the beginning on the path of ROM development and still learning) it's hard to start with a kirin device, but in the future I may start supporting kirin devices.

PalakMi said:
As of for me (I am in the beginning on the path of ROM development and still learning) it's hard to start with a kirin device, but in the future I may start supporting kirin devices.
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thats good news
good luck with that

PalakMi said:
As of for me (I am in the beginning on the path of ROM development and still learning) it's hard to start with a kirin device, but in the future I may start supporting kirin devices.
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I thought about it as well but honestly can't afford another phone when my n6 is still a beast. I have looked at some of source and it is a mess. Almost completely unreadable.

zelendel said:
I thought about it as well but honestly can't afford another phone when my n6 is still a beast. I have looked at some of source and it is a mess. Almost completely unreadable.
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It's definitely hard to develop for a kirin device

PalakMi said:
It's definitely hard to develop for a kirin device
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Yeah mainly when they don't translate stuff out of Chinese. Which even translated comes out to gibberish. This is why many of the teams just gave up on the device and told the people that got them the device that it just wasn't gonna happen.

For now, be away from Kirin devices if you look for Custom ROM. Stay with Qualcomm or even MTK...
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zelendel said:
Yeah mainly when they don't translate stuff out of Chinese. Which even translated comes out to gibberish. This is why many of the teams just gave up on the device and told the people that got them the device that it just wasn't gonna happen.
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What do you think if we can translate those stuffs from Chinese to English? I think on XDA there are quite a few Chinese member, although this translation is definitely HUAWEI's own job...

jerryhou85 said:
For now, be away from Kirin devices if you look for Custom ROM. Stay with Qualcomm or even MTK...
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What do you think if we can translate those stuffs from Chinese to English? I think on XDA there are quite a few Chinese member, although this translation is definitely HUAWEI's own job...
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Some have tried. It doesn't translate well due to the different dialects that are used.
I would pick the Karin over mtk if I had a choice myself.

zelendel said:
Yeah mainly when they don't translate stuff out of Chinese. Which even translated comes out to gibberish. This is why many of the teams just gave up on the device and told the people that got them the device that it just wasn't gonna happen.
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The best part is when they misspell something and instead of changing it they leave it like that everywhere
{ "band_5g_enabled", HISI_CONFIG_WIFI_BAND_5G_ENABLEED},
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. I also hate when when they define their functions STATIC in uppercase, it just makes no sense.
I am going to send an PR to the ViM developers to include a Chinese translator [emoji13]

jerryhou85 said:
For now, be away from Kirin devices if you look for Custom ROM. Stay with Qualcomm or even MTK...
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What do you think if we can translate those stuffs from Chinese to English? I think on XDA there are quite a few Chinese member, although this translation is definitely HUAWEI's own job...
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It was easier for Huawei to make those files available in english and for the community

PalakMi said:
It was easier for Huawei to make those files available in english and for the community
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Not really, they are Chinese so it's easier for them.

XePeleato said:
Not really, they are Chinese so it's easier for them.
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I do agree with you it's easier for them to make them in chinese.
All I'm trying to say it isn't that hard to make the files in english (as it's the most used language) and it will be easier for the community to get started
After all, it's up to them

At least we won't get a ****load of copy/pasted buggy roms made by people who don't even own the device or know what a kernel is.
I now find myself more comfortable with this phone and exactly 0 kernel kiddies around, than with my previous Samsung and the perpetual expectation/hope/false illusion of someone to finally make a decent update out of the hundred available variants, which yes it let me keep the phone a year more, but always on the edge of instability, and with an additional decrease of its used market value (a 2-years old phone still has some market; 3-years old is ready to trash).
I don't see criticalities on this phone for now; we'll get Nougat and an EMUI refresh in a few months, and that's enough for another year. Except some defects on status bar and notifications, I don't miss any of the 10000 features of the various fully modded CM13 roms.

ROM Hexa-project. Some devoloper for Natrium? Please

I offer myself as a tester. I don't know to compile ROMS

Perhaps you should try RR and feedback missing features? I wouldn't expect anything until the kernel source is released though.

I don't understand because Xiaomi has this politic. Xiaomi has that to sell first a new model for free source code of others old models. My great dissolusion with Xiaomi only to sell her software she doesn't allow that the community developers do their great work with this fantastics ROM for example LineageOs, AICP, Hexa-project, Resurrection Remix, Etc......

coco19821961 said:
I don't understand because Xiaomi has this politic. Xiaomi has that to sell first a new model for free source code of others old models. My great dissolusion with Xiaomi only to sell her software she doesn't allow that the community developers do their great work with this fantastics ROM for example LineageOs, AICP, Hexa-project, Resurrection Remix, Etc......
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My man, I fully understand your point, hell I share it.
But you bought the phone fully knowing this was going to happen. If you did not you flat out did not do your homework.
Xiaomi is always lagging heavily on releasing their sources and has always been very vague regarding their release dates. Heck they often simply drop it out of nowhere.
If you wanted the source code NOW and this was not debatable you should have bought the 3T.

UsernameNotRecognized said:
My man, I fully understand your point.
But you bought the phone fully knowing this was going to happen. If you did not you flat out did not do your homework.
Xiaomi is always lagging heavily on releasing their sources and has always been very vague regarding their release dates. Heck they often simply drop it out of nowhere.
If you wanted the source code NOW and this was not debatable you should have bought the 3T.
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I did not know. I am sorry by my ignorance. I bought this device because It seems to me very good and It has a great hardware, but her software I don't like

coco19821961 said:
I did not know. I am sorry by my ignorance. I bought this device because It seems to me very good and It has a great hardware, but her software I don't like
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It just strikes me as very odd that one is willing to throw at least 400 bucks without checking how active rom development is.
I bought this phone with the idea that the source code will be released before end of may.
If it does not happen I'd be quite sad, but the current RR is actually really ****ing good. I don't actually mind as much.
So, once again, referring to my first post, did you even try RR?

This work is for @NexusPenguin, friend if you have a little time can you please try to compile Hexa-Project and ValidusOS

UsernameNotRecognized said:
It just strikes me as very odd that one is willing to throw at least 400 bucks without checking how active rom development is.
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Hi,
LOL... Don't forget that, on the other side of the river, I mean the iOS side, people spend 1000 bucks on their phone not even knowing what development and custom ROM even is as even the concept can hardly be imagined
I'll try to compile Validus (I'm part of the GZR team anyways so it was planned right after I got Tipsy to boot) and Hexa-OS (that I didn't know before).
I'll keep you put here of course
Regards.

NexusPenguin said:
Hi,
LOL... Don't forget that, on the other side of the river, I mean the iOS side, people spend 1000 bucks on their phone not even knowing what development and custom ROM even is as even the concept can hardly be imagined
I'll try to compile Validus (I'm part of the GZR team anyways so it was planned right after I got Tipsy to boot) and Hexa-OS (that I didn't know before).
I'll keep you put here of course
Regards.
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Thanks man, i like you thinking!

coco19821961 said:
I offer myself as a tester. I don't know to compile ROMS
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Hi,
I've looked at the Hexa-OS project.
I think you should give up all hope to have it ported to mi5s Plus.
The Hexa-OS is a purely NON-CAF project meant only for Google devices (Nexus Line and Pixel Line).
It can be ported for other devices, but that will require a lot of work and specific skills that I do not have and do not intend to acquire.
But I am in the Validus team and will try to build, even though I already face problems
But I ALWAYS had problems with Validus
Regards.

NexusPenguin said:
Hi,
I've looked at the Hexa-OS project.
I think you should give up all hope to have it ported to mi5s Plus.
The Hexa-OS is a purely NON-CAF project meant only for Google devices (Nexus Line and Pixel Line).
It can be ported for other devices, but that will require a lot of work and specific skills that I do not have and do not intend to acquire.
But I am in the Validus team and will try to build, even though I already face problems
But I ALWAYS had problems with Validus
Regards.
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Hello. THANK YOU! By your good work

NexusPenguin said:
Hi,
LOL... Don't forget that, on the other side of the river, I mean the iOS side, people spend 1000 bucks on their phone not even knowing what development and custom ROM even is as even the concept can hardly be imagined
Regards.
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I didn't imply to refer to the whole community, heck I figure +95% gives negative ****s about custom ROMs.
It just strikes me as odd that people who actually care about ROM development don't bother to check its popularity beforehand.
Especially if it's more than 200 bucks.
Good to know you're ontop of this, I'll await the times of the released kernels and sail the seas of unrestricted ROM development

Hi,
Look at this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-5s-plus/development/rom-hexa-project-t3586559
Regards.

JanPavulonik said:
Hi,
Look at this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-5s-plus/development/rom-hexa-project-t3586559
Regards.
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Hi downloading right now

Hi,
Looking at another post/thread, it seems that Jan Pavulovic has managed to build this ROM for the mi5s Plus.
Weird, I really thought it was an AOSP non-caf ROM.
Maybe there's another branch ?
Regards.

NexusPenguin said:
Hi,
Looking at another post/thread, it seems that Jan Pavulovic has managed to build this ROM for the mi5s Plus.
Weird, I really thought it was an AOSP non-caf ROM.
Maybe there's another branch ?
Regards.
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Hi I am using this ROM and perfect. Others ROM will can made for this device. Thank you by your work. Sorry my english is poor

Never mind , didn't read the last post

what is HexaProject ?

Providing ajsmsg78 a X2 device, in order to keep the X2 development going

Hi every one
As most of you know, ajsmsg78 has been the main developer for the mediapad X2 here on xda, providing a lot of help, and some very useful ROMs for our device. I already discuss about that with him in january 2017, but the idea is back now:
audioralf on june 5th 2017 said:
So we need AJ. He is the only person, who might solve this.
The problem is, that he has sold his x2 some weeks ago.
The solution to profit from his know-how is to send him a used x2. Maybe some of us has a new phone and does not need the x2 anymore or has a replacement, because of a cracked display glass but functional device.
We know that there is a donation button besides his name.
So if you had profited from AJ work for free in the last months please reply in this thread that you are willing to put a gift in the collection.
Let's see how many people will support this. Than we could calculate how much it is for each one.
AJ has alternatively offered to send back a device if someone will borrow his one.
Than we would only need a few bucks for the mail.
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So, in order to let ajsmsg78 keep helping everyone around here, and update his "Kanvip Slim" and "simply international" very usefull custom ROMs (to include the new fixes added in huawei official roms these last month), that would be great to getting him a X2 device! Here are some ways:
- asking the users that posted about broken screen once, if they would cheaply sell (or lent) their device if not repaired!
- finding a cheap used X2 to sell, on the internet
- donate to ajsmsg78 via his paypal adress available on his profile
Thanks for helping development for the X2, to stay alive!!
PS: any other ideas are welcome!

..... I m really willing to donate for this project, but how do I know how much we need to?!
It is sad to see so less interest even here at XDA
Over that it looks like our beloved X2 is sold out nearly everywhere.......
Hope there will be a final KangVIP inclusive BT fix .....

I have at least device for him
I'm wainting fo his answer !

Yesterday I sent à GEM-703L 3Gb/32Gb to @ajsmsg78. He should have it in a week!

Wow you're a hero. Thank you for doing that for us. Can't wait to have a properly working x2 without problems with GPS and microphone
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Yesterday I sent à GEM-703L 3Gb/32Gb to @ajsmsg78. He should have it in a week!
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mcdhol_24 said:
Can't wait to have a properly working x2 without problems with GPS and microphone
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Please share your bugs, by giving your rom tests and device type, here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mediapad-x2/help/android-6-rom-gps-push-issues-t3631187
thanks

This is great news! I really hope he continues the CM13 build. Sooooo fast and clean without emui . Thanks Djiban!

durv said:
This is great news! I really hope he continues the CM13 build. Sooooo fast and clean without emui . Thanks Djiban!
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It's a port so there are things that may never work (like VOLTE). The key is to use the files from stock EMIU to replace the files in the CM13 rom that are causing some of the bugs. The hard part is figuring out which files need replacing.

ajsmsg78 said:
It's a port so there are things that may never work (like VOLTE). The key is to use the files from stock EMIU to replace the files in the CM13 rom that are causing some of the bugs. The hard part is figuring out which files need replacing.
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GitHub OpenKirin helpful at all? Guessing that's a starting point.

Please, try to continue about CM13 fixing in its thread. Thanks!

Djiban said:
Please, try to continue about CM13 fixing in its thread. Thanks!
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I am completely with you, I would like to have a correct Video cam. The cyanogen ist the best rom ever on this device.?

ajsmsg78 received the device a few hours ago

donate
Im willing to donate

tengxunkuku said:
Im willing to donate
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Me too, if camera is correct?

Please, Go to @ajsmsg78 profile to donate!

Right now, I sent 25 Euro (30 USD)to his PayPal account (to friends) to support him. He is doing a great work. Let us give him our respect and some bucks to develop.

MalcomX said:
Right now, I sent 25 Euro (30 USD)to his PayPal account (to friends) to support him. He is doing a great work. Let us give him our respect and some bucks to develop.
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Thank you very much! When Google fixes the Play Store error 404 issues I'll have a KangVIP Slim v4 release.

Development status for U11 Life

I know ETA questions are not allowed, but I'm just curious as to the general development of the phone.
Is anyone still working on this phone (more specifically, ROMs like aosp based hopefully)? I'm not being needy saying people need to do so, but I just want to know so I can decide whether to stay with this phone or not.
It's getting quiet around here...
Edit: I realize it takes a lot of work too. I don't have a good computer at the moment or I'd at least try and contribute. Sorry.

soon......

thedarknight2023 said:
soon......
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Glad to hear this. Thank you

Ill have a v2 rom from twinflame and me soon just give it time

Here seems like a good place to offer. While I lack the time and complete coding knowledge to build something, I will be more than willing to test anything anyone needs tested (I've the t-mobile version).

iamxaq said:
Here seems like a good place to offer. While I lack the time and complete coding knowledge to build something, I will be more than willing to test anything anyone needs tested (I've the t-mobile version).
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Nice good too hear

Question Android 12 Custom Rom

Why there is no android 12 custom rom for samsung galaxy A52 4G. It has been a year now still no development. Almost all other midrange smartphones of xiaomi with low hardware have custom roms. We desperately want to have it on our A52 please if someone from team can develop this would be highly appreciated. Thank you

PratikOimbe said:
It has been a year now still no development.
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This is not true. Android 12 was officially released in October 2021, and thats about the time where I started to make LinageOS 18.1 for this phone. (look here)
And in my opinion it's smarter to wait until we have OneUI 4 and then make android 12 based custom ROMs, since this will make everything a thousand times easier.

Thank you for clearing my doubt. I really feel relieved as there is someone who is working hard for many of the fans like me. I highly appreciate your efforts and wating eagerly for your build. Thank you

Xiaomi phones have a lot of custom rom support because MIUI is not loved by everyone and has bugs, which we don't have on the A52. This is why it is better to wait for an official release of Android 12 since the devs will have a good base to work off of and won't have to build everything from scratch.
I've seen the Exynos 7870 community fall to bits because people wanted more out of the devs, so let us not let that happen to the A52 community too!

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Xiaomi phones have a lot of custom rom support because MIUI is not loved by everyone and has bugs, which we don't have on the A52. This is why it is better to wait for an official release of Android 12 since the devs will have a good base to work off of and won't have to build everything from scratch.
I've seen the Exynos 7870 community fall to bits because people wanted more out of the devs, so let us not let that happen to the A52 community too!
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Yes I agree but it has been a lot of time and I didn't see any single android 12 custom rom till date. Thus I asked my doubt regarding A52's future

PratikOimbe said:
Yes I agree but it has been a lot of time and I didn't see any single android 12 custom rom till date. Thus I asked my doubt regarding A52's future
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Don't worry, people will get it working soon enough

ashraftheboss said:
Don't worry, people will get it working soon enough
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Hope so. Eager to taste stock android 12 this time

PratikOimbe said:
Yes I agree but it has been a lot of time and I didn't see any single android 12 custom rom till date. Thus I asked my doubt regarding A52's future
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Luckily you probably won't have to wait much longer sine official OneUI 4 was released yesterday in Russia for both A52 and A72. So it'll likely not take much time until it's available in all countries.

Simon1511 said:
Luckily you probably won't have to wait much longer sine official OneUI 4 was released yesterday in Russia for both A52 and A72. So it'll likely not take much time until it's available in all countries.
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I am glad to hear that

Either you can contribute by developing or by donating to those who do.
But a community doesn't work well if there are just a handful dedicated ambitous developers working their ass off in their free time and on the other hand hundreds of people shouting **"I want ROM, why is it not here!?!"**.
But that's a common pattern on this site unfortunately

MateUserHHTT said:
Either you can contribute by developing or by donating to those who do.
But a community doesn't work well if there are just a handful dedicated ambitous developers working their ass off in their free time and on the other hand hundreds of people shouting **"I want ROM, why is it not here!?!"**.
But that's a common pattern on this site unfortunately
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I am not compelling them or ordering them to do so.. I just asked my concern and I requested them. That's it

I get that, but unless one offers something in return, like "a few bucks, for those, who volunteer to maintain some custom ROM build" I don't think this kind of post does much. My wording was slightly unfriendly though, I apologize.