I am using a Redmi 3s international version in Australia.
My questions so far...
Earlier today I was reading that Redmi 3s has no hope of getting Nougat is this true? Apparently Xiaomi rather release Mi9 along with new devices instead of updating slightly older ones.
I am seriously considering flashing the phone with Cyanogen mod. With custom ROMs what is the success rate of flashing for a newbie like me as I have used this OS only for a few months now. Which custom ROM is better and frequently updated?
Will the Apps work like normal and will the store work like normal? Will the apps such as banking have any issues with usage and updates as the phone would be considered as rooted?
Will I be able to revert back to Official Redmi 3s ROM if the Android N is available or do I have to manually flash it back and upgrade OTA? issues with updates as as the phone is rooted? (Flashing a custom ROM! is it equal to rooting the phone?)
Last but worst case scenario is there vanilla android available for Redmi 3s I wouldn't mind using a launcher like arrow launcher?
If available will it make the device faster? Will the device still function as normal without the bloat that comes with MIUI?
Mmm... Our device is a "low perfil" phone, in most of case this kind of device dont get upgrade to newer OS version. In my case its not a problem. This is my very firt Xiaomi device and and lovely. I've had LG, Samsung's, Moto's and thats phones look "old" since a newer movil is launched. With MIUI that dont happen, MIUI Includes a lot of thing that make the phone look fresh always. Also, You can get Unlocked Bl, TWP and flash Custom Rom, although in my case I dont feel necessary at all (and I am a Crazy guy flashing any custom rom in my older device....)
If you have Custom Recovery you can go back and foward MIUI/Custom Rom. In all case you can always flash MIUI Rom's via bootloader...
Would you be able to point me in the direction of custom recovery?
Also which custom rom is good? will the app store and all the apps work or will it have a problem as the device is rooted?
I've yet to set-up my new OP5, as i'm still undecided whether to stick with the stock 4.5.4 ROM, or try 1 of the custom ROMs that are currently available.
Who's stuck to stock, and who's tried/trying a custom with a kernel?
Stock ROM = ROM that was supplied with the OP5
Custom ROM = ROM that has been shared on forums by developers. etc.
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As off now I am on stock but will surely be going over custom ROM and custom kernel. Custom ROM and Kernel surely gives some extra benefits over stock(battery backup and many other features.)
So just test the phone for any HW defects or any for a week or so and you are good to root.
As far as I'm concerned, stock is a custom ROM. Not sure which option on the poll to pick...
Elnrik said:
As far as I'm concerned, stock is a custom ROM. Not sure which option on the poll to pick...
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By custom, i'm refering to custom ROMs that XDA users have shared on the forum.
Stock ROM = ROM that was supplied with the OP5
Custom ROM = ROM that has been shared on forums by developers. etc.
Most of what I needed custom ROMs for in the past can be accomplished with oxygen OS now so I probably wont be installing anything aside from OEM updates until they stop supporting this device, if I still have it at that time. And when I do, it's just to try out whatever the latest OS is so I'm familiar with the new features when I do upgrade.
I think the most I will do for now is root, and TWRP but I'm still up in the air about that.
I think Oxygen OS works really nice at the moment, i will stay stock for now.
Updates will come rapidly from Oneplus thus the custom ROMS are not worth it for me at the moment.
Once Lineage or RR Remix arrives i will switch to custom ROMS
I'm on FreedomOS and it's very faster then original OxygenOS... I like this for now better than the original one
I've had my OP5 since yesterday and it's been fantastic and I haven't felt a need to use a custom ROM at all. I also usually add a custom kernel to I can change sounds and increase vibration sensitivity (may still do a kernel). I'm getting just over 9 hours of SOT with everything stock. I mean hell I used Google Maps today for 1 hour straight and it only used 6% battery!? My Nexus would have lost at least 18-20%.
When it's all said and done, I'm sure I'll get the itch to ROM and kernel this phone, but this is truly the first phone I don't feel a need to right now. Of course I rooted the phone and applied TRWP the first 5 min I had the phone haha. That goes without saying for my root apps like TB, Accubattery and Nova Launcher.
Can anyone check if the jelly effect is still there after they flashed the custom roms?
roba93 said:
I think Oxygen OS works really nice at the moment, i will stay stock for now.
Updates will come rapidly from Oneplus thus the custom ROMS are not worth it for me at the moment.
Once Lineage or RR Remix arrives i will switch to custom ROMS
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that's exactly what i would do
I really like the stock ROM. Coming from Samsung and LG phones, the OP5 is already running the type of ROM I'd likely flash to those phones if I could. I did root it though, and I'll likely stay this way unless something really compelling comes up, or OP stops updating it.
Using stock for now. I personally see no point in switching to custom until AOSP/LOS based ROMs begin appearing. It's still going to be Oxygen OS with basically the same features if I'd switch now.
As of now i'm sticking with stock. The phone is still young and i expect software updates to happen more frequently. As soon as the ROM's have more time to be developed and mature and OnePlus slows down the updates I will probably switch. As of now all the ROM's and recovery's are still in development and I am choosing to wait till it smooths out a little.
I have tried AICP, Tipsy OS, Mokee, Lineage, Hydrogen os. I would say Stock is the best. My present setup.
Hydrogen Os 3.5.0
Root via Chainfire Super su
Official TWRP
decrypted
Android o emoji's
A few tweaks.
Enjoying every bit.
May switch if CMTE (CM theme engine) comes to lineage Is, not a fan of the present theme engine.
Rooted, because wanted to get rid of the annoying ads and have some tweaks
I'm on xXx 2.0 Stock ROM and it works great. I will wait until everything is working to move to custom rom.
FreedomOS is a very good rom.
Also with Boeffla, Magisk.
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zeyaan said:
I have tried AICP, Tipsy OS, Mokee, Lineage, Hydrogen os. I would say Stock is the best. My present setup.
Hydrogen Os 3.5.0
Root via Chainfire Super su
Official TWRP
decrypted
Android o emoji's
A few tweaks.
Enjoying every bit.
May switch if CMTE (CM theme engine) comes to lineage Is, not a fan of the present theme engine.
Rooted, because wanted to get rid of the annoying ads and have some tweaks
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Anyone can confirm if zoom 2x and PhotoEditor, for Camera, are working on CUSTOM Roms ?
zeyaan said:
I have tried AICP, Tipsy OS, Mokee, Lineage, Hydrogen os. I would say Stock is the best. My present setup.
Hydrogen Os 3.5.0
Root via Chainfire Super su
Official TWRP
decrypted
Android o emoji's
A few tweaks.
Enjoying every bit.
May switch if CMTE (CM theme engine) comes to lineage Is, not a fan of the present theme engine.
Rooted, because wanted to get rid of the annoying ads and have some tweaks
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May I ask, how is your idle drain on H2OS? What did you tweak to improve battery life?
I'm on H2OS too (so far unrooted), and idle drain is crazy... I even uninstalled Google Play Services (using Yalp Store to get Google Play Apps). Now Android System and Android OS kill my battery haha.
Stock OOS 4.5.6
Rooted with Magisk
Pixel Launcher, Android Messages, Google Dialer
Works great!
Stock rom with dirty core, amazing, while dirty unicorns is not released
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I'm now using Android Oreo, but I'm considering installing unofficial Android system to my Nexus. I'd like to try Android Oreo or android Nougat. But the thing is I'm afraid that my phone may be laggy or buggy.
According to the post for Nougat port, the camera doesn't work well on the system.
So I'm wondering if I can downgrade to my Android Lollipop in case I can't stand the new system.
Thanks!
You can switch ROMs back and forth at any time, just make sure you make backups and always do a clean flash. Custom ROMs are always a subject to bugs so go for the most stable one you can find which would be Lineage OS.
John Chu said:
I'm now using Android Oreo, but I'm considering installing unofficial Android system to my Nexus. I'd like to try Android Oreo or android Nougat. But the thing is I'm afraid that my phone may be laggy or buggy.
According to the post for Nougat port, the camera doesn't work well on the system.
So I'm wondering if I can downgrade to my Android Lollipop in case I can't stand the new system.
Thanks!
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There are many rock stable Nougat ROMs available for mako and you can easily find them on xda. Even some of the Oreo ROMs are stable enough to be daily drivers...
And yes, you can downgrade or upgrade the versions as you wish (that's the benefit of having a Nexus phone, isn't it?)
Nitin
Can anyone tell me what is the reason to flash AOSP/Lineage Custom ROMs for OP5 when there is ROMs like xXx no limits that based on OOS that lets you customize anything u want.
During the era of OPO, OOS doesn't exist, so it is understandable to flash AOSP/Lineage customs ROMs.
Just curious. Haha
TimeFlies7 said:
Can anyone tell me what is the reason to flash AOSP/Lineage Custom ROMs for OP5 when there is ROMs like xXx no limits that based on OOS that lets you customize anything u want.
During the era of OPO, OOS doesn't exist, so it is understandable to flash AOSP/Lineage customs ROMs.
Just curious. Haha
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AOSP and Lineage are way closer to stock Android than OOS which is heavily modified. OOS hasn't been close to stock Android since Marshmallow. OOS Nougat and Oreo are coded 100% by the Hydrogen team in China and are basically the Chinese operating system with Google Play Services added. OOS is also very badly coded which is acknowledged widely outside the safe confines of XDA and One Plus has been caught multiple times putting spyware in OOS which is completely normal in China but not in the West.
xXx is also notoriously buggy if you stray too far from OOS in the Aroma installer because OOS reacts unpredictably to mods that normally work on other versions of Android. Something as simple as installing the Google dialer or camera has caused problems where xXx won't boot up or will go into a bootloop.
Go onto the One Plus support site after any OOS update. There will be a ton of people (mostly from India which is the biggest One Plus Market) encountering bugs that the phone owners are not equipped to deal with because OOS is programmed like a custom ROM rather than a stock operating system.
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AOSP and Lineage are way closer to stock Android than OOS which is heavily modified. OOS hasn't been close to stock Android since Marshmallow. OOS Nougat and Oreo are coded 100% by the Hydrogen team in China and are basically the Chinese operating system with Google Play Services added. OOS is also very badly coded which is acknowledged widely outside the safe confines of XDA and One Plus has been caught multiple times putting spyware in OOS which is completely normal in China but not in the West.
xXx is also notoriously buggy if you stray too far from OOS in the Aroma installer because OOS reacts unpredictably to mods that normally work on other versions of Android. Something as simple as installing the Google dialer or camera has caused problems where xXx won't boot up or will go into a bootloop.
Go onto the One Plus support site after any OOS update. There will be a ton of people (mostly from India which is the biggest One Plus Market) encountering bugs that the phone owners are not equipped to deal with because OOS is programmed like a custom ROM rather than a stock operating system.
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Wow... Thanks for the detailed explanation.
What do you mean by heavily modified?
But in terms of customizability, it is same as AOSP/Lineage Custom ROMs right?
Isn't it good if OOS is programmed like custom ROMs instead of stock operating system?
TimeFlies7 said:
Wow... Thanks for the detailed explanation.
What do you mean by heavily modified?
But in terms of customizability, it is same as AOSP/Lineage Custom ROMs right?
Isn't it good if OOS is programmed like custom ROMs instead of stock operating system?
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I mean OOS doesn"t use standard Android code. Their version of Oreo is a Frankenstein mix of Nougat and Oreo code which has been written about pretty extensively outside XDA. This creates unpredictable behavior because Android apps aren't designed to work with such sloppy coding.
By comparing OOS with a custom ROM I'm referring to the fact that it isnt't rock solid flash and forget like the stock ROMs on any name brand Android phone. OOS updates frequently create problems that require user intervention like clearing the system cache and sometimes doing a full factory reset. People who use custom ROMs know to expect that kind of stuff but stock ROMs should be way more stable than that. The average phone consumer with no flashing knowledge is in trouble if he buys a One Plus phone.
Are you using one right now? Which one? Do you like it over your device's own roms?
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Personal question for those who own a Sony device:
Have you gotten Pie roms running?
I'm currently running rros by openkirin on my honor 9. So much quicker and cleaner than the stock rom, all my issues with emui have gone. Only thing lacking for me is nfc
Some things are broken like hotspot. I recommend Roms like cr pie and cnp. Way better