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Xperia Z5 running rooted Lineage OS 14.1 , general questions

Hello! Noob here , first steps taken though, so I want to verify some stuff i read from various sources. ( sorry for long post )
1) After hours fighting with twrp not recognizing sd cards, OTG or connection to pc, finally I flashed sumire .....( at first when twrp recognized the sd , it popped error 253 i think....then i transfered files to internal storage , all good) . So,
When 15.1 launches , how to update without losing any data? ( is Lineage updater on google play a legit tool to do it?) Is it like a regular OTA update?
2) Since lineage , my speakers received a HUGE bump in volume. Should i be concerned of frying them?
3) Will a fastcharger still work with my phone?
4) Didn't backed drm keys ( shoot me for that , i deserve it) . What can i do about camera ???
5) Substratum won't work, right? Read that it throws the phone in bootloop.
Again sorry for long post !

You won't be able to do a seamless transition to 15.1. You can use titanium-backup if you wish to keep your app data but I highly suggest setting your phone up as new to avoid any issues in the future. You can keep your "Internal Storage" partition and have all your music, photos, downloads, etc and update though.
Speaker volume shouldn't be a problem, if you hear distortion I suggest turing the speakers down a tad just in case.
Qualcomm QC 2.0 should work under Lineage, there's no reason it shouldn't.
Your camera under lineage will be the same as everybody's. If you wish to return to stock rom, you can't have the same quality as you left off, though you I'm sure you can get certain mods that re-enable certain DRM key locked features (Used to do that on me Z3, when I forgot to backup my keys ).
Substratum under Lineage 14 isn't supported, sadly. Other Lineage based/AOSP roms with OMS support should work flawlessly, though most if not all OMS supported ROMS for Sumire are not as up to date as Lineage.

Thanks for the info. I don't care much about apps, as for contacs. What happens with them ????

JaKats said:
Thanks for the info. I don't care much about apps, as for contacs. What happens with them ????
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If you use gapps it should be synced to the cloud. I have used many android phones over the years and not once have I required to add contacts again as they are added as soon as I log into google.
I'm not sure where/how they are stored without cloud sync though.

Yes, i use gapps (still not sure if it was a smart move to use them but anyway )I didn't want to sync it with the cloud because i get loads of junk contacts from a skype account i have and from what i saw , i couldn't hide them like sony let me did in the official rom and app.

G930F Exynos/herolte: LinOS 14.1 microG ROM or another 8/9 based ROM?

I have no experience with this device and have it not here to test. Want to maybe install a Custom ROM for a friend to get away from a "destroyed" Stock. So I need to be sure if I want to do that, since I can not test around with the device.
My main question is if I should go with lineage-14.1-20190302-microG-herolte.zip (camera performance?) or because of better camera performance, stability, speed and long autonomy go with another ROM based on 8/9 (maybe MicroG also possible to install there)?
Bluetooth support/stability is certainly important (car, home stereo) as well as usage of apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Signal. For E-Mail, Calendar, Addresses I think we could switch to Google Alternatives as well as as to FOSS/F-Droid Alternatives for others. Not sure if the friend needs Google Maps - would install OSMAnd.
Any experience and advise welcome. Thanks a lot.

ChriMo said:
I have no experience with this device and have it not here to test. Want to maybe install a Custom ROM for a friend to get away from a "destroyed" Stock. So I need to be sure if I want to do that, since I can not test around with the device.
My main question is if I should go with lineage-14.1-20190302-microG-herolte.zip (camera performance?) or because of better camera performance, stability, speed and long autonomy go with another ROM based on 8/9 (maybe MicroG also possible to install there)?
Bluetooth support/stability is certainly important (car, home stereo) as well as usage of apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Signal. For E-Mail, Calendar, Addresses I think we could switch to Google Alternatives as well as as to FOSS/F-Droid Alternatives for others. Not sure if the friend needs Google Maps - would install OSMAnd.
Any experience and advise welcome. Thanks a lot.
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I can tell you from my own experience it is much faster with lineage rom and you will have much more storage and ram avaible than the stock rom. By the way if you decide to install lineage knox will not work anymore and microg would be possible to install

It may also be worth considering the unofficial ports in these forums, they're built off the LOS nightly releases but given more special attention.

Beanvee7 said:
It may also be worth considering the unofficial ports in these forums, they're built off the LOS nightly releases but given more special attention.
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Ok, but since it is not my device (can not test ROMs) and I seek support-free daily driving I'm not ready to take the risk of unofficial ports as well as they might work, unless experienced users comment here comparing current well supported ports directly to official LinOS 14.1 (microG) builds. As far as I can see the only official Pie 9.0 ROM is Resurrection Remix v7.0 from 20190310; but MicroG is not supported and deodexing services.jar for NanoDroid MicroG install seems too complex for this case. If it would be my device I would try, no problem then.

ChriMo said:
Ok, but since it is not my device (can not test ROMs) and I seek support-free daily driving I'm not ready to take the risk of unofficial ports as well as they might work, unless experienced users comment here comparing current well supported ports directly to official LinOS 14.1 (microG) builds. As far as I can see the only official Pie 9.0 ROM is Resurrection Remix v7.0 from 20190310; but MicroG is not supported and deodexing services.jar for NanoDroid MicroG install seems too complex for this case. If it would be my device I would try, no problem then.
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That's part of why I was recommending unofficial, as far as I'm aware the official LineageOS builds are nightly, which is technically non-stable branch. Unofficial ports aim to be 'stable' quality.
Either way you probably won't get a support free OS out of LineageOS. There's always oddities, although usually small.

Beanvee7 said:
That's part of why I was recommending unofficial, as far as I'm aware the official LineageOS builds are nightly, which is technically non-stable branch. Unofficial ports aim to be 'stable' quality.
Either way you probably won't get a support free OS out of LineageOS. There's always oddities, although usually small.
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Thank you for explaining. Small oddities should be fine, at least I hope since I never used TouchWiz (immediately installed LinOS on a S5m) and do not know how easy it is for a Samsung user to come to the AOSP/LinOS World.
I probably would go with a PIE MicroG supporting ROM like AospExtended 6.3, HavocOS 2.2 or crDroid 5.1 if any of them would be official like Resurrection Remix v7. I know it is not a quality distinction per se, but without some experience it gives a little more confidence to at least currently have something cared for.
LineageOS 16 because necessity of deodexing etc. is not a candidate for me.

Hopefully in the next days I can try the migration. I will try in this order: HavocOS 2.2 (no experience) > AospExtended 6.3 > LineageOS 15.1 microG

Mi A2 Lite ANDROID 10 UPDATE REVIEW BY ALESSIO1989

Mi A2 Lite ANDROID 10 UPDATE REVIEW BY ALESSIO1989 :
1. SD crap performance still not fixed (and it's not related to the SD itself, only on this phone)
2. BT is still laggy, no additional codecs working, SBC only with 500ms lags (sometimes even more)
3. Poor 4G signal - 4G+ not working (at least in Europe), while the SoC is perfectly capable to do intra brand carrier aggregation.
4. Performance degradation after a couple of days, needs restarts
4. Customize your pixel is still appearing
5. Cannot hide suggestions in settings
6. Direct share is still broken
7. Xiaomi never cared to enable Camera2Api (a workadound is possible thought)
8. Xiaomi never cared about AR Core.
9. 2/3 of these issues come since Day one from Android 9.
Completely Written by ALESSIO1989.
JUST CORRECTED SOME MISTAKES & GAVE SPACES BTW LINES.

conclusion, stay on stock oreo, or flash custom rom.

Can confirm 3, 4, 4 and 6, on June update. The others haven't noticed/tested.

tried various custom roms but all with bugs.
In my opinion the best I have tried for battery life and speed is the bliss vanilla 12.8 even if it had
camera and gps problems ... What do you recommend? ?Do you think there is a custom rom without defects??

zibibo said:
tried various custom roms but all with bugs.
In my opinion the best I have tried for battery life and speed is the bliss vanilla 12.8 even if it had
camera and gps problems ... What do you recommend? ?Do you think there is a custom rom without defects??
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try LosQ gsi from enterniten or Los17 custom rom, but prefer LosQ gsi even i use Los17 custom rom.. ?

Thanks very kind, you can send me the link, so you can understand the right one. ? So I try it.

Bluetooth volume is only 50% after each connect.

What's the workaround to enable camera2api?

trash
Is there a way to back to the first Android version on Mi A2 Lite? It was the only version that works fine.
After the first update a lots of problems comes. The first one: Call Recorders stop work!
I'm with the last Android 10 update, and my cell phone is a tash now. I cant use it. Lot of bugs!
I need to change the android Version, install a MIUI stock, or buy a new phone(I cant do it now!!). I think this is my first and my last Xiaomi Phone.

lets keep all the reviews / complaints of this rom in one location so everyone can enjoy the conversation.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/how-to/android-10-v11-0-7-bugs-enhancements-t4122595

Redmi 9a flashed with Treble GSI (stock android ROM) - just saying thanks

Hi everyone,
I've been away from the ROM scene for a few years and was pleasantly surprised to find out that even a MediaTek phone these days can be flashed with a ROM different from its original. With a lot of bumps and information from this thread and others, I was able to test the Lineage, Havoc, and Treble ROMs, flashing through adb commands on fastbootd on unsigned xiaomi drivers. The one with the best compatibility so far is an older ROM, the Treble 10 GSI bundled with go gapps. Treble 11, the latest, doesn't have a working "recent apps" button (multitasker/app switcher). I'm not using this phone as a camera phone, but I did install an older Gcam (Gcam 2.3, I think) by googling the phone's mediatek processor, Helio G25.
On stock android, I do feel like the phone is much improved from the MIUI OS's bloat. I feel that Xiaomi as of late is putting too much adware, a far cry from when I bought my first phone from them (A Redmi 1S).
I would like to thank everyone here for the recovery files, twrp, etc.

I'd love to know how you accomplished this, as an otherwise decent phone is, I feel, crippled by MIUI's ridiculous bloat.

Bludwurst said:
I'd love to know how you accomplished this, as an otherwise decent phone is, I feel, crippled by MIUI's ridiculous bloat.
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Hi @Bludwurst ... I'll see if I can write something semi-coherent about it. Please give me a few days. But the general method was pretty similar to flashing other treble-based ROMs, the important thing is that the phone boots into FASTBOOTD ("elevated" fastboot) and the rom you're flashing is the correct architecture with some Google Go apps (if you want it to be easier to set up). They update every few weeks, so depending on the progress, it may even be feasible to try out the other more popular ROMs. Lineage was 2nd best in my experience, and Android 11 to boot with its own recovery, but it doesn't come bundled with Google Go apps, you'll have to flash the Google apps yourself.
Major caveat about the treble GSI i'm using though -- the Gcam with HDR on has a chance of shutting down (exiting). It's less of an issue when the setting is off. I do have a separate primary camera phone so that wasn't an issue to me.
I've had the phone for about 3 weeks now. I think the biggest difference between this ROM and the MIUI OS is that the MIUI OS is very aggressive about killing my VPN (Ad blocker) and other background apps. With this Treble GSI (Android 10, not 11), I won't claim that my mediatek phone suddenly became a snapdragon, but there's no unexpected app-killing, which is very important for Blokada to stay alive.
**Has any other app crapped out (crashed/exited) since I changed ROMs?**
I don't run games on this phone, so I can't say if there's a difference between MIUI and Treble, but most of the productivity stuff is running okay (time tracker, markdown editor, pdf viewer, etc.) there IS some slowdown when running mobile youtube on my browser (yes, i don't run the youtube app... there may be an improvement if you're using a dedicated app.
I bought this phone as my work tracker phone. Before, with the MIUI stuff, it would stutter after a few apps were loaded. This is improved, but under heavy loads (10+ tabs, video playing), the phone is likely to complain.
**How's the battery life**
I bought this phone for the battery life, so I'd say I'm pretty satisfied on that front. The difference between the MIUI and the Treble GSI.... there's some small improvement with the Treble GSI. But it is (after a few weeks of use) not as much of a "battery boost" as I initially thought. Maybe this is because MIUI keeps killing background apps that now stay on? Can't tell.
**Any other issues**
I had to fix brightness and I think the headphone bug. I still have the commands somewhere, I'll dig it up.
Next, I am not sure if this phone will get security issues moving forward, or if i'll have to keep reflashing to a later GSI. I haven't checked if there's a way to sideload kernel security patches.
**Worth it to switch?**
Yeah, absolutely. Not having to reload apps is a huge deal, and not losing working data while typing helps. Tradeoff is camera hdr and security.

This all sounds very interesting.
I've admittedly not kept up with the Android scene (to call it something), so I'm a bit lost regarding Treble ROMs and such; I'll try to catch up a bit.
Take your time, I can wait.
(It goes without saying that, should I not like the results, I can always bail and reinstall an official Xiaomi ROM for this device, no?)
Yes, MIUI is extremely aggressive killing apps, and getting it to stop is rather confusing (it's not enough to turn off battery optimizations... You need to dig into Settings).
I managed to stop it from killing Netguard, at least...
I also don't play games or otherwise make extremely heavy use of the phone; I also don't care much for camera apps, so such disadvantages aren't dealbreakers for me.
Thank you for your reply

can you tell what gsi did you install? tkss

Luelu said:
can you tell what gsi did you install? tkss
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You should use arm32_binder64-ab variants for this device, and you should flash an image that is THE SAME ANDROID VERSION you currently have or 1 version above. Example if you have Android 11, Flash Android 11R version, if you have Android 10 only flash ANDROID 10Q versions, etc.
To find out what GSI image should you use, this app makes it easier, it recommends you which one to download. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tk.hack5.treblecheck&hl=&gl=US --
#Another mirror:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/hacki...lease/treble-info-5-0-6-android-apk-download/
2 Years later, i made a guide on how to flash it , maybe it can be useful to you.
Xiaomi Redmi 9A 9i 9AT 10A
Notes about tinkering with Android Project Treble. Contribute to phhusson/treble_experimentations development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com

s_code said:
Hi everyone,
I've been away from the ROM scene for a few years and was pleasantly surprised to find out that even a MediaTek phone these days can be flashed with a ROM different from its original. With a lot of bumps and information from this thread and others, I was able to test the Lineage, Havoc, and Treble ROMs, flashing through adb commands on fastbootd on unsigned xiaomi drivers. The one with the best compatibility so far is an older ROM, the Treble 10 GSI bundled with go gapps. Treble 11, the latest, doesn't have a working "recent apps" button (multitasker/app switcher). I'm not using this phone as a camera phone, but I did install an older Gcam (Gcam 2.3, I think) by googling the phone's mediatek processor, Helio G25.
On stock android, I do feel like the phone is much improved from the MIUI OS's bloat. I feel that Xiaomi as of late is putting too much adware, a far cry from when I bought my first phone from them (A Redmi 1S).
I would like to thank everyone here for the recovery files, twrp, etc.
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by the way can you share the links you used to download those roms? I wanna try em out too

What ROM should i choose?

I have tried many ROMs but i just can't seem to find one that suits my needs. The one I'm looking for is a ROM that has the most customizability, but when i google it, i can't find anything. The closest to the ROM I'm looking for was CrDroid, it had a lot of tweaks and features, but it wasn't passing safetynet, so i tried Corvus, it was great for customization, but it was really outdated. I have found resurrection remix, but it's on android 10, and that's a problem for me.
It'll be great if it would be on Android 12, however if there's only A11 then i can live with that. My main goal is to personalize my phone from every aspect of it.
(I'm on Redmi Note 9, but there's lots of unofficial ROMs that work)

NewtonPL said:
I have tried many ROMs but i just can't seem to find one that suits my needs. The one I'm looking for is a ROM that has the most customizability, but when i google it, i can't find anything. The closest to the ROM I'm looking for was CrDroid, it had a lot of tweaks and features, but it wasn't passing safetynet, so i tried Corvus, it was great for customization, but it was really outdated. I have found resurrection remix, but it's on android 10, and that's a problem for me.
It'll be great if it would be on Android 12, however if there's only A11 then i can live with that. My main goal is to personalize my phone from every aspect of it.
(I'm on Redmi Note 9, but there's lots of unofficial ROMs that work)
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I just sold my Shaomi Readmi Noat 10 two days ago for half the price I bought it for 10 months ago. I never used a sim card on it, It was just like brand new still within warranty. The reason I sold it off is because :
> Shaomi devices look too glossy & the components like speakers, display etc. don't last for more than 3-4 years with heavy usage. Just the other day a guy walked into the retailer outlet complaining that rain water had seeped into his Shaomi Readmi Noat 10 Pro camera module & it was out of warranty i think so the retailer says "If you're lucky we might find its parts coz its an old model". Thats how fast devices are getting obsoleted.
> The newer andoid 11 versions are being shipped with A/B partition devices with Super Partition & with system R/W disabled. You can't even find a System Partition or Cache Partition using Custom Recovery. Any Custom ROM gets flashed straight to B Partition that causes more problems while switching ROMS, you have to reflash the Stock ROM each time & it takes 17 minutes to reflash the demn stock rom every time!
Also TWRP backups don't restore.
> I purchased the Shamshung Galhaxy M21 2021 Edition (M215G) instead. It comes with Andoid 11 out-of-the -box with Virtual AB Partition & it has 6000 MaH battery (A.K.A. 2-day Battery). The Custom Recovery (SoulR344 TWRP) can mount System Partition, Cache Partition, flash GSI ROM images directly to System Partition etc. on it. I'm using the CAOS11 GSI along with MicroG and Data Calling works good. Theres no Gapps or OEM Apps on it just basic AOSP. Magisk 24.3 works fine on it with Zygisk and Ainur Narsil Sound module works good too. If you tinker with Phh Treble Settings you can tweak the OS Skin to your liking. If the Home Screen Status bar is too rounded or doesn't display things fully then Display Settings tweaks that perfectly. It feels just like using CrDroid or DotOS etc. GCam works well except portrait mode. Open Camera works really well and even allows the user to switch between ultra-wide mode etc. and presumeably Camera2API works. It comes with FOSS Browser too. I played Modern Air Combat Team Match for 3 hours at 60 FPS and the battery drain was about 8-9% somewhere around that, there is a heating issue with higher FPS but when I used 30 FPS the heating was just mild and the graphics change was not noticeable.

OldNoobOne said:
I just sold my Shaomi Readmi Noat 10 two days ago for half the price I bought it for 10 months ago. I never used a sim card on it, It was just like brand new still within warranty. The reason I sold it off is because :
> Shaomi devices look too glossy & the components like speakers, display etc. don't last for more than 3-4 years with heavy usage. Just the other day a guy walked into the retailer outlet complaining that rain water had seeped into his Shaomi Readmi Noat 10 Pro camera module & it was out of warranty i think so the retailer says "If you're lucky we might find its parts coz its an old model". Thats how fast devices are getting obsoleted.
> The newer andoid 11 versions are being shipped with A/B partition devices with Super Partition & with system R/W disabled. You can't even find a System Partition or Cache Partition using Custom Recovery. Any Custom ROM gets flashed straight to B Partition that causes more problems while switching ROMS, you have to reflash the Stock ROM each time & it takes 17 minutes to reflash the demn stock rom every time!
Also TWRP backups don't restore.
> I purchased the Shamshung Galhaxy M21 2021 Edition (M215G) instead. It comes with Andoid 11 out-of-the -box with Virtual AB Partition & it has 6000 MaH battery (A.K.A. 2-day Battery). The Custom Recovery (SoulR344 TWRP) can mount System Partition, Cache Partition, flash GSI ROM images directly to System Partition etc. on it. I'm using the CAOS11 GSI along with MicroG and Data Calling works good. Theres no Gapps or OEM Apps on it just basic AOSP. Magisk 24.3 works fine on it with Zygisk and Ainur Narsil Sound module works good too. If you tinker with Phh Treble Settings you can tweak the OS Skin to your liking. If the Home Screen Status bar is too rounded or doesn't display things fully then Display Settings tweaks that perfectly. It feels just like using CrDroid or DotOS etc. GCam works well except portrait mode. Open Camera works really well and even allows the user to switch between ultra-wide mode etc. and presumeably Camera2API works. It comes with FOSS Browser too. I played Modern Air Combat Team Match for 3 hours at 60 FPS and the battery drain was about 8-9% somewhere around that, there is a heating issue with higher FPS but when I used 30 FPS the heating was just mild and the graphics change was not noticeable.
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1. i asked for help with choosing a rom
2. i don't want to buy a new phone
anyway, thank you for the suggestion, although I'm not a fan of GSI systems

NewtonPL said:
1. i asked for help with choosing a rom
2. i don't want to buy a new phone
anyway, thank you for the suggestion, although I'm not a fan of GSI systems
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True, whatever floats the boat is fine for me, but I didnt find much difference between CAOS11/CAOS12 GSI and any ROM for that matter, even banking apps are working with microG, just saying. I use Resurrection Remix 10 on my Galaxy J7 Prime, I use CrDroid on another phone..I find all these ROMs and GSIs the same under their skin - lineage. :-/
What works with CAOS11 GSI so far:
1> MicroG
2> GCam (without Portrait mode), Open Camera works even better in daylight with Camera2API, ANX Camera flashable zip works.
3> Banking apps
4> 4G Data Calling (normal calls work haven't checked Volte), no call drops.
5> Under 1GB games work fine (no heating issue at 30 FPS)
6> TWRP Backups restore well if you don't try to restore Super Partition
7> NetGuard VPN works
8> Magisk 24.3 works, all modules flash well.
9> Battery backup might not be as good as Stock OS but 8-9% battery drain in 3 hrsof gaming at 30 FPS. Its 2 days since I charged the battery 92% and still 35% juice remaining.

resurrection remix is great for me, but it has an older android version sadly

NewtonPL said:
resurrection remix is great for me, but it has an older android version sadly
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They say Its Dead. Theres no new updates on (t.me) channel too. No unofficial 11 ones too. sad.

OldNoobOne said:
They say Its Dead. Theres no new updates on (t.me) channel too. No unofficial 11 ones too. sad.
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yep, sadly its android 10, not that i dont like it, I didnt update MIUI when i was unrooted because i preffered it than the A11 MIUI. but it's old now and custom A11 roms are a lot better