Hello everyone, i am new to the scene of the Mi A1, i bought the phone about 1 month ago and have been observing the forums, but i would like to ask some questions the community as i have not yet managed to find clear answers to the forums if someone can help me
1. If i root the phone is there a way to revert back to complete stock and get OTA's again?
2. In custom roms, can i get the stock camera working 100%?
3. Is there any custom rom that you recommend in terms of stability and battery life?
4. Are there any drawbacks to the custom rom scene?
5. Do you recommend the stock rom with a custom kernel or a custom rom altogether?
Thank you in advance for your answers, i hope that this thread might be useful to gather some questions altogether for anyone that might have wondered the same stuff as me
Hello,
1. There is a way to update OTA with magisk, but you will need you use magisk just as systemless, without touching system stuff. Alternative you can have root and just unroot everytime you want to update the ROM or you can manually flash the update... You can try this guide... https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/root-mi-a1-oreo-8-0-disabling-ota-magisk-t3728654
2. Stock camera works in custom ROMs, someone did a port somewhere in this forums... https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/themes/oreo-mia1-stock-rom-camera-app-custom-t3758543
3 and 4. Most of the custom ROMs are based on the same sources, LineageOS was one of the first "stable" ROMs so most of the ROMs are based on it, inheriting all of its bugs (haven't found a critical bug). I've tested a few ROMs and the mosts I liked in terms of battery life and stability are... LineageOS and Pixel Experience, you will need to test them out for yourself.
5. If you want to experience a more "stable" feeling stick to Xiaomi development, the latest stable version is 8.0 (with rumors of 8.1 coming soon). If you want latest Android updates and features go for a 8.1 custom ROM.
In my experience you will need to try all this things on your own, until you find a place where you feel comfortable with your phone. Just read guides on how to recover your phone from a bootloop and you are good to go!
I will answer only question number 4 because the guy above me said everything, by the way I prefer RR.
The drawbacks I found on custom roms are 2 for me...
1) Poor signal reception compared to stock
2) Sound quality is much better in stock compared to custom... (my opinion)
I am itching to root the device but to be honest the only thing i want is android 8.1 and a better battery, other than that i am pretty much satisfied with what i have. (and this is coming from someone that changed rom every other week on previous phones) Thank you for your replies, they were informative and greatly appreciated! I just hope Xiaomi updates the phone soon because it feels kinda outdated for an android one device
Stock Rom
Rooted with magisk of course
Module magisk Pixel 2 Experience (great loock) on many features
Sound awesome flash with twrp version standard DolbyAtmos_for_Oreo_20180219.zip
GoogleCamera-Pixel3Mod-Arnova8G2-V1.apk
For update Rom flash with twrp or fastboot mode
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laugeek57 said:
Stock Rom
Rooted with magisk of course
Module magisk Pixel 2 Experience (great loock) on many features
Sound awesome flash with twrp version standard DolbyAtmos_for_Oreo_20180219.zip
GoogleCamera-Pixel3Mod-Arnova8G2-V1.apk
For update Rom flash with twrp or fastboot mode
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TX! I do the same last night. Same recipe, but dolby atmos is not working
How is your signal reception vs custom roms?
Taruxoph said:
TX! I do the same last night. Same recipe, but dolby atmos is not working
How is your signal reception vs custom roms?
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How is the dolby Atmos not working? Have you installed the standard version? I have a good signal 4G and wifi no worries ...
laugeek57 said:
How is the dolby Atmos not working? Have you installed the standard version? I have a good signal 4G and wifi no worries ...
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Yes, standard vers. After flashing this my phone enter in bootloop. Can you make a guide step by step, pls?
Taruxoph said:
Yes, standard vers. After flashing this my phone enter in bootloop. Can you make a guide step by step, pls?
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I just flashed DA with twrp nothing else ...
May be a problem with another mod in magisk?
Power button after bootloop for normaly reboot?
laugeek57 said:
I just flashed DA with twrp nothing else ...
May be a problem with another mod in magisk?
Power button after bootloop for normaly reboot?
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Already do this.
Only mods I`m using are Pixel Experience 2 and Google Sans Font...
Taruxoph said:
Already do this.
Only mods I`m using are Pixel Experience 2 and Google Sans Font...
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Stange this try remove all mods for test just DA :good:
laugeek57 said:
Stange this try remove all mods for test just DA :good:
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Ok, I will do this.
Hi Guys,
Is it possible to install a custom ROM without installing Magisk?
Nowadays it is not possible to use many banking apps(Tez etc.) with a rooted device.
I have tried with AOSP extended but the device was not booting without Magisk !!
Somebody, please help.
Thanks in advance :good:
As far as I know, custom ROM will not pass Safetynet without Magisk, so even if you boot it up, Tez isn't probably going to work anyway. Try for example this instead https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-tez-hider-t3796567
arunrajr said:
Hi Guys,
Is it possible to install a custom ROM without installing Magisk?
Nowadays it is not possible to use many banking apps(Tez etc.) with a rooted device.
I have tried with AOSP extended but the device was not booting without Magisk !!
Somebody, please help.
Thanks in advance :good:
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it was actually possible, i did it with my nexus 5 but after i came back to rooting with my new phone after like only 2 months for some reason opengapps required root
hi guys, any one success flash GSI rom?
if no major bugs, i'm going to buy this phone and not the mi9. thx
atoyu said:
hi guys, any one success flash GSI rom?
if no major bugs, i'm going to buy this phone and not the mi9. thx
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have you tried flasing gsi?
hi, I just installed magisk and there was a notification that my phone might be slow. and often gets stuck and I have to restart.
my question is Magisk is not right on stock ROM C30, Android 9? or any suggestions for me using which ROM?
NB: I need Smali, CTS and basic integrity: true, which matches the ROM. Many thanks in advance :angel:
Which magisk version are you using?
Hello,
Wich rom can by define in your opinion as most stable ? I'm thinking of custom or Xiaomi.eu It is for mw wife as daily uaing rom. Thanks in advice.
jacobobbo said:
Hello,
Wich rom can by define in your opinion as most stable ? I'm thinking of custom or Xiaomi.eu It is for mw wife as daily uaing rom. Thanks in advice.
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Hello friend I share a ROM called Ghost V3.5 for our device is MIUI 14 with Android 12.
ROM: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d3RDocKodOtgj0tcRLlXAmY1D6Ze0thN/view
patches are very necessary to install: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16GQx8-P68pojUdycfYtapgUiyyEWTRsV/view
camera mod is necessary to be root because it is installed through a magisk module
popup sound effect because the rom does not have the predefined sounds, it is also a magisk module.