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Vote for upcoming Custom ROMs for Redmi Note 5 / Redmi Note 5 Pro - Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion

Hi,
I just want you all to vote for your favourite custom ROM for Redmi Note 5 / Redmi Note 5 Pro. This will help the developer community to better understand the general public demand.
Here is a short description f each type of custom ROM given above(may not be in same order!)
1. LineageOS
We start off with the biggest name in the custom ROM scene – LineageOS. While many of you might not be familiar with the name, LineageOS is actually the same custom ROM that started as CyanogenMod. Back in the fall of 2016, Cyanogen Inc. announced that it was discontinuing development and shut down the infrastructure behind the project. Since then, the developer community has kept the project alive, but under the name of LineageOS. Built on top of Google’s AOSP code and adding their own custom code to it, LineageOS works as a standalone ROM as well as the source code for many other custom ROMs out there. It has the biggest developer team under its name and officially has support for over 190 devices. The ROM includes basic but useful features that include but are not limited to customizing the status bar, changing the overall theme, editing the navbar and much more. While Google’s AOSP is barebones, LineageOS gives it a sense of customizability while maintaining stability.
The ROM offers builds for Android Marshmallow (6.x) and Nougat (7.x), with support for Oreo (8.0) coming soon. Also, the list of officially supported devices includes offerings from Samsung, HTC, Motorola, LG, Xiaomi, OnePlus and more.
2. SlimRoms
If minimalism is what you’re looking for, SlimRoms is right up your alley. Possibly the lightest and most functional custom ROM out there, the SlimRoms project is based on the AOSP code while adding useful tweaks to it. The most notable features of the SlimRoms project is the inclusion of the Slim Recents and the Slim PIE. The recents alternative is used to display the recent apps in a sidebar, as opposed to occupying the entire screen. The PIE, on the other hand, comes as a navbar replacement, that proves to be highly useful when using your device in Immersive mode. Other SlimRoms features include a custom dialer, custom Quick Settings tiles, lock screen shortcuts, Privacy Guard, and more. The SlimRoms project offers simple and minimalistic transitions that end up resulting in a clean and neat interface, that can further be customized should the user choose to.
SlimRoms have been around for a while and is available on all major OEMs such as Google, LG, HTC, Moto, Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus and more. The latest supported version is Android Nougat 7.1.2, and a build for Android Oreo (8.0) is expected to be released soon.
3. Paranoid Android
Another great ROM that doubles up as a source for many other custom ROMs out there, Paranoid Android is one of the most acclaimed custom ROMs of all times. The development team focuses on bringing a polished and refined experience while using minimum resources. While it may not boast of the plethora of features and customizations that other ROMs offer, Paranoid Android or PA, does promise a soothing user experience overall. It comes with its own unique features such as Hover mode, which allows the user to view and interact with their notifications from any screen, (which was then integrated into AOSP as part of Heads-up notifications). It also offers its own version of the PIE menu, as well as a fully immersive mode for Android. Paranoid Android has long been regarded as the main project from which Google has brought over a lot of features, one biggest feature being the Ambient Mode, which was present in PA as Peek.
While PA did experience a few bumps lately, causing the development scene to slow down a bit, it is now back and is better than ever, with officially supporting Android Nougat 7.1.2, and support for Android Oreo 8.0 to be released soon. It’s available for devices from Nexus, Pixel, OnePlus, Sony, Oppo and more.
4. Resurrection Remix
For all those users who like to boast about the tons of features that their device has, you can’t do better than Resurrection Remix. Probably one of the most famous custom ROMs out there, Resurrection Remix (RR) has been around for a long time now and is preferred by a huge number of people. RR’s ideology has been to offer the maximum number of features available to the user, and it delivers it in a great fashion. It uses AOSP, LineageOS, SlimRoms, and Paranoid Android; all as its main source code, and then adds extra features to it. While most ROMs cherry pick selected features and add them to their code, RR adds just about anything and everything there is to offer. This does, of course, come at a cost. The ROM itself is quite hefty and seems to be a bit heavier on system resources. Also, having tons of features all mixed up in the code do end up making the ROM unstable at times.
RR currently supports all major devices from manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, LG, Moto, Lenovo, Huawei, OnePlus,and more. Also, it is one of the fastest ROMs to be delivered, so expect Android Oreo 8.0 anytime soon.
5. Dirty Unicorns
If I were to describe Dirty Unicorns in my own words, I’d have to say it is the stable version of Resurrection Remix. This is because of the plethora of customization features it offers is great, and it does so without any loss in the stability of the ROM. This is because the major difference between DU and RR is that while RR simply merges the various codes into one main project, RR’s team actually rewrites the entire code from scratch to ensure system stability. While this does mean that updates come a little slower, they are still able to deliver fortnightly updates. Also, DU has its own DU-SmartBar as well as FlingBar, that are both navigation bar replacements. While the former one functions to add more buttons to the normal navigation bar, the latter one replaces the navbar with a gesture-enabled panel that you can customize. Lately, the development team behind DU decided to remove certain features from the ROM, but those features were simply the ones users like to have on their device but never use it in real life. As a result, the latest versions are stable than ever and goes easier on the system’s resources.
DU currently supports Android Nougat 7.1.2 , and Oreo 8.0 is expected to be released in a couple of weeks for all major devices from Samsung, Moto, LG, OnePlus, Nexus, Pixel, and more.
6. AOSP Extended
As the name suggests, AOSP Extended is built directly from the AOSP source code and adds various cherry-picked commits from multiple other projects. Like all custom ROMs out there that are based on AOSP, AOSP Extended provides a smooth and lag-free experience out of the box. The AOSP Extended is also not short on features (or as the dev team likes to call it – Extensions), boasting of multiple customizability options available to modify the status bar, lock screen, and other Android settings. It also exhibits DU’s navbar/Flingbar, as well as other carefully selected features that mix well with Google’s imagination of Android. The development team behind AOSP Extended is also highly active, rolling out timely updates at the start of each month. AOSP Extended is in most ways, one of the most dependable custom ROMs out there that can be used as a daily driver.
It’s currently available for many devices including the likes of LG, Xiaomi, Lenovo, HTC, Samsung, OnePlus and more, and currently runs on Android Nougat 7.1.2.
7. Pure Nexus
Imagine being on your device’s stock ROM, but with slight tweaks here and there that allow you to customize your device to your choice without losing out on the stock stability. Well, if you own a Nexus or a Pixel device, this is easily possible for you. The Pure Nexus project has been around ever since Nexus 4 and has grown on to support all the Nexus and Pixel devices, with active development on all of them. It offers the same AOSP experience that’s exclusive to Google’s lineup, along with truly tested features and minimal or no bugs. In my experience with this ROM, the battery life was just the same as the stock ROM, but I was able to customize a few things here and there. To put it into better words, think of Pure Nexus as custom ROM that delivers the same experience that you’d get if you had installed Xposed and Gravity Box on the stock AOSP ROM.
The Pure Nexus project is only officially available for the Pixel and Nexus lineup, though it has been ported to other devices as well. It already has support for Android Oreo 8.0.
8. Carbon ROM
To define Carbon ROM would take up more than a couple of words. In your first run of this ROM, you’d find it similar to just about every other custom ROM out there. Use it for a couple of days, and you literally start experiencing the true beauty of Carbon ROM. One of the first ROMs to successfully implement Substratum (initially RRO and Layers), Carbon ROM is regarded as one of the most stable ROMs out there. The added functionalities in the form of CarbonFibers include tons of mods for the System, Status bar, buttons, lights, gestures and other various options. While it still lacks behind RR in the race for maximum customizability features, Carbon ROM still manages to hold its ground. Longtime users find it really hard to switch to any other ROM, for even though the features may be present on other ROMs as well, the smoothness and stability is unmatched. CarbonROM is available on a plethora of devices, thanks to its long-running development, and officially supports major offerings from Samsung, HTC, LG, OnePlus and more. It currently runs on Android Nougat 7.1.2, with support for Android Oreo 8.0 coming soon.
9. ViperOS
Another ROM based on the AOSP Gerrit but having its own custom mods is the ViperOS. You might not have heard of its name, considering its a rather new project, having surfaced around the launch of Android Nougat 7.1 only. Despite being a relatively new project, the ROM has quickly evolved into becoming a very stable and reliable ROM and gives plenty of other competitors a run for their money. A simple and neat ROM, ViperOS does not feature multiple customizability options but instead offers a great balance between battery and performance. The ROM recently even updated their source code for the latest in Android, that is, Android Oreo 8.0. Personally, I feel ViperOS is a near perfect mixture of stock ROM with several customizability features and amazing battery life. Since it is a growing project, it doesn’t have a long list of supported devices, yet, but is soon expected to grow to support all the major devices, with support for Android Oreo 8.0 already been announced.
10. FlymeOS
Okay, so if you’re located just about anywhere outside of China, chances are that you haven’t heard of FlymeOS. Well, FlymeOS is the official OS that powers up Meizu’s range of devices, and it does it amazingly. Originally developed by and for Meizu, the custom ROM project has since then been ported to support other OEM devices as well. FlymeOS stands as a direct competitor to MIUI, having more or less the same interface, combined with a great mixture of colors and details. Some unique features of FlymeOS include an in-built Toolbox that offers a compass, a leveler, a ruler, and toggles for various Android settings right from the corner of your screen. Then, it features its own Security Center as well as support for FlymeOS themes. Lastly, the ROM also comes with mBack key and gestures, that allow you to navigate through the entire UI using just the home key and a couple of gestures. If you’re bored of the stock Android look and MIUI looks a little too cliche for you, FlymeOS might just be what you’re looking for. While Flyme officially supports Android Marshmallow, with its beta announced for Nougat just a couple of weeks ago, the ROM’s features more than makeup for the slow development.
Thanks for voting!

DU, AOSPA and Pure Nexus...aint coming officially for sure....other will definitly
and wrong sub forum for post

LineageOS.
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Viper os

Slim ROM!

why you even started this thread @ap6709

LOS is a must for me
RR, AOSPE

I voted LOS because that is the one that I used the most. I haven't used Slim or AOSP extended. Are they open source and not based on LOS?
So if I don't flash GAPPS there is no proprietary code?

Lineage OS

Resurrection remix , AOSPE.

methuselah said:
why you even started this thread @ap6709
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Just to get a public opinion on the most sought after custom ROMs and also to make the custom ROM developers aware of the demand. That is all. Am I doing something wrong? Please tell frankly.

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What is the code name of this device?

jilx said:
What is the code name of this device?
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AFAIk Vassace

Nitrogen os

I don't know why this thread is made....but it should be removed.
It all depends on developers whether and which rom they will build. @MikeChannon please look after this and close this thread

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Aosp extended, Resurrection remix ?

A couple of days back, a dev made Project Treble possible in a RN4 by using the MIUI partition for device and component firmware as required for Treble. I personally don't own a RN4 so didn't get to test it, neither am I am following that thread. But if it's possible to do so, then the ROMs with 8.1 and above should be a lot more stable ( talking about you RR ) . And if I'm not mistaken many devs already know about this and some devs of RN4 we'll move into RN5P. So as for custom ROMs are concerned, let's wait it out. The devs understand the device a lot better than us end users. Let the devs figure out a standard for the OS/ROMs. Till then MIUI isn't bad. Personally I dislike the bloat and lack of an App Drawer, contradicts the minimal approach which I prefer. But that's just me, but I think in general is not unusable.
The phone was up for sale first time 2 days ago and so I think instead of drooling for ROMs, give the devs their own time. They are doing it for free for us. Let's respect that and not be greedy.

Nitrogen os
Loving in kenzo now i want on rn5 pro

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I'm pretty much a noob when it comes to android development, so please bear with me:silly:. As I understand, stock android is a generic firmware released by Google Inc. and not specific to any particular device. Similarly, CyanogenMod is also a generic firmware. Then what's the difference between the two?

prahladyeri said:
I'm pretty much a noob when it comes to android development, so please bear with me:silly:. As I understand, stock android is a generic firmware released by Google Inc. and not specific to any particular device. Similarly, CyanogenMod is also a generic firmware. Then what's the difference between the two?
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Hi prahladyeri. This is from the Cyanogenmod Wiki
So what is the difference between Android and CyanogenMod?
About 1-2 times a year, the vanilla Android operating system (known as AOSP, or the Android Open Source Project) is internally developed, then released to the public, by Google. They provide the source code to anyone who wants to download it. The CyanogenMod community, comprised mostly of unpaid volunteers and enthusiasts from around the world, takes this newest Android code and "ports" it to dozens of new and older (aka "legacy") devices. At the same time, other CyanogenMod developers start adding features, fixes, and improvements that Google didn't include to the CyanogenMod code, which benefits all the devices. The CyanogenMod community has a whole infrastructure for people to build and test experimental versions, report bugs, and contribute back to the source code.
Sometimes features that started in CyanogenMod have appeared in newer version of "official" Android. And every time Android does a new "code dump" of their latest version, CyanogenMod benefits from Google's changes.
In this way, CyanogenMod is one (but not the only) community distribution of what started as vanilla AOSP. The Android community is vibrant, with numerous "modders" and "themers" and "performance enhancers" taking the source code and doing incredible things to it. Generally, there is a spirit of sharing knowledge and empowering people to experiment with controlling their devices, often giving old phones new life, and hopefully having fun in the process.
What does it all mean to me?
CyanogenMod is an alternative operating system intended to replace the one pre-installed on your smart phones and tablets. If you've got an older device that isn't getting updates anymore, or if your device seems unusually slow, or maybe you're sick of spyware, adware, and other unwanted garbage on your phone that you can't remove... Maybe your device is missing features or has been otherwise artificially limited in functionality. Perhaps you just could use a boost in performance. Or maybe you'd like to be more confident that your operating system has included some of the latest bug fixes.
If so, CyanogenMod might be for you.
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I thought it would be cool for us moto G 3 users to share our opinions of what we all expect from android P to bring.. new features, more UI changes? Is there more that can be added to android software to make the update worth it? Are we reaching the end of the innovative era, and all we will see from now on are little, unimportant changes?
Is project treble going to stop fragmentation since android 8? Guess we'll discover it this year. Share your thoughts

When it's out, OEMs that don't want to support Treble would ship with Nougat (Google could prevent that by forbidding this practice) or Tizen OS (customers would be unhappy with Tizen) but that wouldn't work so Treble will eventually be supported on all new Android devices.
Android P might be the one Android release to finally support themes/at least a built-in system dark theme.
And let's start guessing Android P's name: Popsicle? Or how about Pie?

Pez will finally have a working "feed me breakfast in bed" button.

Myself and a couple of friends have been going over the list of devices lineage will be ending support for. I have a collection of the device trees, blobs, and kernels for these devices. If lineage ends support for your device and it is not picked up, send me an inbox and I will see what can be done about making a more up to date ROM for your device. I was going to just pick up support, then I realised its 30 devices. So i will build upon request instead. Thanks for reading. Enjoy the rest of your day. I currently actively support pie on s6e+, note 5. And Oreo on s6e+

I got a good Custom rom overview from this post, especially the google spreadsheet: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/custom-rom-t3867290
I looked into a coupe of those, and found some questioable features. For example: Havoc OS lists something like wather info on lock screen. This made me think about where this functionality would get the telemetry for my location.
TLDR; Are there any Custom Roms that are especially focused on user privacy or with this concern at least in mind?
In general I know about the custom rom Replicant but they only support very old smartphones. I decided that the Oneplus 6 is the perfect phone for me I also want to find the perfect custom rom.
If searched on google and the only the other os showing up is lineage. Other than beeing open source what would be the difference to lets say aosp extended regarding special features and privacy?
I won't be using gapp and i am still thinking about microg. Since Google is such a great company I wont get notifications without going though their ****ing gcm unless sacrificing significant battery life (more info: https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/9ayrgc/privacy_on_gcm_microg/ ).

Hi, I think when it comes to privacy, regular custom ROMs have little impact. As long as you're not using OOS or a port (like MIUI), all ROMs should be pretty good, as long as you don't install gapps.
Lineage has a good reputation, it's well known and they made a lot of basic apps so you don't need to rely on others (they're often based on older AOSP apps). LOS also comes with Privacy Guard, which is similar to the default Android permissions manager, but with a few extra options, including a very basic firewall. If you want to use microG, you have to go for a special edition that you can find here: https://lineage.microg.org/
But other ROMs are fine as long as you have the proper apps installed and a proper setup overall. You can check my thread which is related to microG but also privacy: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/guide-microg-oneplus-6-source-ligthway-t3874469/
Depending on your current knowledge, it's mostly a lot of reading about what apps you can use, what browser you should use, what firewall, what ad/tracker blocker, etc.
If you're on telegram, I'd recommend you join @nogoolag , it's full of useful notes about what apps to use, what settings are ideal, infos related to VPNs, etc.
EDIT: about weather in custom ROMs: you can usually very easily disable the service or even remove the related APKs, so it shouldn't be a criteria imo.

@Tomatot-
Thank you very much for you awesome reply. Your thread about microg helped me a lot. I will follow your guide there.

What ROMs are out there that still provide regular Android 11 security updates (excluding Pixel device exclusives obviously)? By this I mean ROMs with downloads available for Android 11, over multiple devices from different brands, with a security update from the past month or two (60 days at most).
List so far:
CarbonROM
crDroid
DivestOS
/e/OS
LineageOS

duyfken said:
What ROMs are out there that still provide regular Android 11 security updates (excluding Pixel device exclusives obviously)? By this I mean ROMs with downloads available for Android 11, over multiple devices from different brands, with a security update from the past month or two (60 days at most).
List so far:
CarbonROM
crDroid
DivestOS
/e/OS
LineageOS
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Yeah, it doesn't work like that. There is no such thing as a specific ROM available for multiple devices that are managed the way that you are looking for. ROMs are built by individual developers for the devices they personally choose to build for and the ROMs are built/supported the way that they individually choose to build them and support them.
It really comes down to each individual model number and searching each model number to see what ROMs are available for each model number and whether those ROMs is are individually supported the way you want them.
For example, there may be a CarbonROM for "this" device that has the security update support that you are looking for and a CarbonROM for "that" device that does not have the security update support that you are looking for
In other words, no, there is not a shortcut answer to what you are looking for. You'll just have to research each individual device and each ROM available for each individual device. It is like looking for a needle in a haystack in a field of haystacks.