How long till a Custom ROM comes out for the Mi 8? - Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers

Hi, have been wanting to get the Mi 8 for a while as I prefer it over the Oneplus 6, but I was wondering when would a custom ROM actually come out for this phone? Or any idea on some sort of time span? As I'm not keen on using the MIUI and would rather have like the Pixel Experience or something stock instead with the spec and the camera of the Mi 8.

I think active development is starting after Android P is released.
Android P does have notch compatibly so the os will function normally.
Anyway, give it some time this device is a few weeks old mostly development starts after some months.
BTW I moved from a Oneplus 6 to a Xiaomi Mi 8!

bassbounce said:
I think active development is starting after Android P is released.
Android P does have notch compatibly so the os will function normally.
Anyway, give it some time this device is a few weeks old mostly development starts after some months.
BTW I moved from a Oneplus 6 to a Xiaomi Mi 8!
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Okay thank you! and what made you want to move from a Oneplus 6 to a Mi 8 and whats you're experience of it all?

bassbounce said:
I think active development is starting after Android P is released.
Android P does have notch compatibly so the os will function normally.
Anyway, give it some time this device is a few weeks old mostly development starts after some months.
BTW I moved from a Oneplus 6 to a Xiaomi Mi 8!
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may i ask why u didt mobe feom op6 to mi8
i have them both

-fluffy- said:
may i ask why u didt mobe feom op6 to mi8
i have them both
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Whats your opinion of them both?

The haptic feedback on the Mi 8 is massively better, and I like the camera on the Mi 8 more and the size.
I had a few ago a note 4 got much fun of it, and I went away from Xiaomi because the lcd quality was horrible.
So since the Mi 8 has a amoled Samsung panel it was a insta buy for me.

aLPHAX51 said:
Whats your opinion of them both?
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well i think mi8 is a nice phone
but wont give up my op6 for it

Waiting till kernel sources will be out for dipper ... thats the only thing that is left to start building

The handset does not appear to have been launched in its Global variant yet. I think this is part of the slow development.

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Project Treble for Alice

Hello! Here we will discuss the development of Project Treble for Alice. I kind of already know how to add it.:
1) you need to create a TWRP WITH a new "Vendor" section"
2)to build the firmware, support Treble
3) Build a kernel with Treble support
Commit to the kernel: https://github.com/thune-xiaobai/an...mmit/5b61c8487f9067bb5efb01d1f4d813e454118d14
(Don't know, but it seems to work)
I'd try it myself, but there's no equipment.
It would be fantastic, but doesn't make sense Treble for alice, because you know, every Oreo ROM doesn't work good on this device...
asazot said:
It would be fantastic, but doesn't make sense Treble for alice, because you know, every Oreo ROM doesn't work good on this device...
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Well, the developers are solving these problems yet, and now you can prepare...
MrTapok(4PDA) said:
Well, the developers are solving these problems yet, and now you can prepare...
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The developers are dead. Nobody is working for Alice anymore. I myself want to move on to Samsung j7 2016 as it has better Oreo support and a partition I can use for vendor.
I will continue releasing ROMs for this device for a little longer, and probably be the last since OpenKirin probably won't work on this device anymore.
-P.S. This is not the right subforum to post this kind of thread. The "P8lite Android Development" subforum is made just for releasing ROMs, kernels and recoveries.
Regards,
It s not easy as you can see there. Redmi note 4 has qcom chipset and there is just a little game to fix all bugs and got a stable oreo rom. Here on Kirin we need to base all sources in some stuff from emui and we always need latest emui to have latest android os and with it, it s still not a game to fix bugs coz of kirin closed sources.
After this start let s come back at port of treble,
He (dev of redmi note 4) made first a normal lineage os non-treble fully stable and then he moved of drivers in vendor by using cust un-used partition, by this he converted non-treble rom in a treble enabled rom. Here we need first an oreo non-treble stable rom or the result would be the same. Also I was working with haky86 on it and we got flashing vendor and booting up issues.
So it s impossible this here
Isn't enough tho.
I port project treble on my lepro3 from his brother, the lemax2. How they did that, they found unused partition called /firmware about 600mb and created with a script called partition.zip that should be flashed via twrp.
secondly you have to move all blobs in that /vendor, thirdly you need a bindrized kernel fully compatible with oreo. as final thing treble will not solve bugs like ril or camera. so if not fixed in the whole device tree and vendor same bugs will be noticed on treble too.
I'm talking about the experience on my lepro3.
4PERTURE said:
The developers are dead. Nobody is working for Alice anymore. I myself want to move on to Samsung j7 2016 as it has better Oreo support and a partition I can use for vendor.
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Lol don't but that old and bad phone. If you want good community support buy LeEco Le Pro 3, 10+ official custom roms, treble support etcetc. It's like oneplus 3t but for half of the price, even haky got one.
D1stRU3T0R said:
Lol don't but that old and bad phone. If you want good community support buy LeEco Le Pro 3, 10+ official custom roms, treble support etcetc. It's like oneplus 3t but for half of the price, even haky got one.
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Bad phone? You call the Samsung j7 a bad phone? Clearly you haven't seen a "bad phone". There are phone's out there from what? 2014? And they're currently running P. When this piece of garbage doesn't even run Oreo. If there's a bad phone, it's the p8 lite, not the j7.
4PERTURE said:
Bad phone? You call the Samsung j7 a bad phone? Clearly you haven't seen a "bad phone". There are phone's out there from what? 2014? And they're currently running P. When this piece of garbage doesn't even run Oreo. If there's a bad phone, it's the p8 lite, not the j7.
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That j7 in 2018 is as good as the p8 lite xd 1 core gpu, exynos cpu. That antutu score is killing me. If you really want a high end phone like oneplus 3t for cheap, look at leeco le pro 3 190+ and even 210+ antutu score.
Sd821 6gb ram adreno 530. Running even android p treble.
D1stRU3T0R said:
That j7 in 2018 is as good as the p8 lite xd 1 core gpu, exynos cpu. That antutu score is killing me. If you really want a high end phone like oneplus 3t for cheap, look at leeco le pro 3 190+ and even 210+ antutu score.
Sd821 6gb ram adreno 530. Running even android p treble.
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At least it has stable oreo, unlike the p8. And the possibilities of it getting p are high, with official Oreo arriving for it in october-ish, possibly with treble included as well
:>
4PERTURE said:
At least it has stable oreo, unlike the p8. And the possibilities of it getting p are high, with official Oreo arriving for it in october-ish, possibly with treble included as well
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Having a newer android version doesn't mean anything, and tbh, i really liked the P8Lite emui skin, it was very close to android 8 skin. And about under the hood changes, yea... I feel like huawei could give us at least 6.0.1, newer kernel or latest gpu drivers, but meh... don't buy a phone just because it has android x, buy for the hardware. Try xiaomi, or Chinese brands, not Samsung. Those are one of the worst per price ratio phones. That j7 will struggle even with today's games, let alone future ones.
D1stRU3T0R said:
Having a newer android version doesn't mean anything, and tbh, i really liked the P8Lite emui skin, it was very close to android 8 skin. And about under the hood changes, yea... I feel like huawei could give us at least 6.0.1, newer kernel or latest gpu drivers, but meh... don't buy a phone just because it has android x, buy for the hardware. Try xiaomi, or Chinese brands, not Samsung. Those are one of the worst per price ratio phones. That j7 will struggle even with today's games, let alone future ones.
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okay, you liked emui, that says a lot.
NEXT
4PERTURE said:
okay, you liked emui, that says a lot.
NEXT
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lmao I'm dying. You're couldn't reply nor process what o said so you tried to rekt me. Srsly, if you hate cats everyone should hate them? Grow up, and try to give normal reply s.
Enjoy your 45k score on antutu, while p8lite has 35K.
I'll say hello with 200k and cheaper phone. You know, i try to help you, id you want price/performance, also nicer community support, and dev support.
D1stRU3T0R said:
lmao I'm dying. You're couldn't reply nor process what o said so you tried to rekt me. Srsly, if you hate cats everyone should hate them? Grow up, and try to give normal reply s.
Enjoy your 45k score on antutu, while p8lite has 35K.
I'll say hello with 200k and cheaper phone. You know, i try to help you, id you want price/performance, also nicer community support, and dev support.
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I'm actually not getting the Samsung, I just had it for a while for tests. But I'm not getting whatever phone you want me to get either. I have my preferences.
4PERTURE said:
I'm actually not getting the Samsung, I just had it for a while for tests. But I'm not getting whatever phone you want me to get either. I have my preferences.
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R E C C O M A N D A T I O N.
You rly want a dex for it? Also, from when leeco or xiaomi is a phone? It's a brand with alot of phones lol, jeeezzzzzzzzzzz. I just recommended a good phones, i didn't said "he gut da blak sharkh xijaom he bast fone"
D1stRU3T0R said:
R E C C O M A N D A T I O N.
You rly want a dex for it? Also, from when leeco or xiaomi is a phone? It's a brand with alot of phones lol, jeeezzzzzzzzzzz. I just recommended a good phones, i didn't said "he gut da blak sharkh xijaom he bast fone"
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I'm thinking of getting a Redmi note 5 because it has treble, snapdragon, and it's cheap in my country I can only spend 150€ on a phone
4PERTURE said:
I'm thinking of getting a Redmi note 5 because it has treble, snapdragon, and it's cheap in my country I can only spend 150€ on a phone
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I have Mi A1 haha, my only salvation to remove emui was the ROMs but I see that this phone is not going very well (p8 lite) so I decided to renew myself, now I am with Android pure 8.1
4PERTURE said:
I'm thinking of getting a Redmi note 5 because it has treble, snapdragon, and it's cheap in my country I can only spend 150€ on a phone
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Lol it's like 200+ in my country where are you from? Also, why don't you follow hakys path? 200eu for oneplus 3t specs, treble, volte vowifi android pie everything available I'll highly recomand it, also, it looks like 3t, basically a cheap version of that(i meam like literally, and the quality is same as top high end phones). Get into LeEco Le Pro 3, you won't regret it even after years. Also, tell me ANOTHER photo under 150-200 euro which can run fortnite ) (yep, it's running for me, also vulkan api is overkill, and will be for this phone for at least 5 years). Let's not even talk that everything is open source.
4PERTURE said:
I'm thinking of getting a Redmi note 5 because it has treble, snapdragon, and it's cheap in my country I can only spend 150€ on a phone
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Ecactly, with a low budget xiaomi is the best. On grossoshop all prices are no more than 300€ for top phones

Android Pie in dev for 5z on Geekbench!!

Asus Zenfone 5z is spotted running Android Pie on geekbench. Looks like we're gonna get Pie soon!! ?
https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_5z_could_be_getting_android_90_pie_soon-news-33271.php
Really waiting for it. But more than this I am waiting for a custom ROM for my phone..
Maybe this is why they didn't release a patch in a while. Hope this update is going to be good.
Rohit007sr said:
Really waiting for it. But more than this I am waiting for a custom ROM for my phone..
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True!! But we dont have a stable TWRP yet..
And I'm worried to install any Experimental builds as I screwed my last phone by doing so... I lost my IMEI for ever.
Meanwhile I've been trying to build an AOSP PIE rom from source using the kernel from ASUS website on GCP but it fails with an error every time.
Looks like there's lots more to learn.
great news hope the camera improves too.
sreekanthdb said:
True!! But we dont have a stable TWRP yet..
And I'm worried to install any Experimental builds as I screwed my last phone by doing so... I lost my IMEI for ever.
Meanwhile I've been trying to build an AOSP PIE rom from source using the kernel from ASUS website on GCP but it fails with an error every time.
Looks like there's lots more to learn.
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It seems like there are very few developers who have Z5Z. Most of them would have rather gone for oneplus 6 or the poco F1. I am too coming from oneplus 2 and I am huge flash-o-holic. With 5Z, there is a bit of disappointment on that front. It is really good to know that there are few developers who are working on this device. All the best for your work.
Rohit007sr said:
It seems like there are very few developers who have Z5Z. Most of them would have rather gone for oneplus 6 or the poco F1. I am too coming from oneplus 2 and I am huge flash-o-holic. With 5Z, there is a bit of disappointment on that front. It is really good to know that there are few developers who are working on this device. All the best for your work.
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We all know 5z is way too better than poco F1. I have both devices and i personally use 5z. Excpt for hardware, daylight camera and battery poco is just a dissapointment. But since it has a developer support
So people prefer poco over 5z
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/3141990
Yesterday
Could this mean Asus is actively working on the pie development?? Hope so....
vysakhnraju said:
Could this mean Asus is actively working on the pie development?? Hope so....
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Yes
From Zenfone 5

Android Q on cactus ?

Hey everyone!
If you have noticed a lot of the older Xiaomi models and some other phones successfully ran Android Q, of course with minor bugs.
So since Redmi will stop providing MIUI updates after MIUI 11, does anyone plan to develop and test newer android version ?
The GSI partition on this phone is just bad, it's not as flexible as other phones.
And there's hardly any chance to port future MIUI versions (tried to port for some other models, didn't boot ).
So do you think maybe it's high time to make up a proper custom ROM for this ?
MTK makes this task stupidly hard to achieve, i don't think we're getting further than treble anytime soon.
dogenumberpi said:
MTK makes this task stupidly hard to achieve, i don't think we're getting further than treble anytime soon.
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That's true, though some MTK devices did achieve full treble support.
I was looking into Xiaomi Qin 2, and I realized it's interface is damn beautiful. Don't know what it runs on but it sure looks nice. Kinda regret buying 6A for almost the same price. I would have gone for the Qin 2 instead. Of course, I don't think Mi is releasing the Qin 2 software or will it ever get ported ?

can you make redmi note 9 merlin best official custom rom please

please make redmi note 9 merlin best official custom rom example corvus os, oxygen,pixel experience
BEST ROM DOESN'T EXIST
alonsoj636 said:
BEST ROM DOESN'T EXIST
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But make for it please.....
alonsoj636 said:
BEST ROM DOESN'T EXIST
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Best rom doesn't exist. [2]
The best rom is the one you decide to be the best.
Personally, I really prefer original and untouched stock rom and this is the best rom for me.
VD171 said:
Best rom doesn't exist. [2]
The best rom is the one you decide to be the best.
Personally, I really prefer original and untouched stock rom and this is the best rom for me.
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Same for me , Stock MIUI is the best
[email protected] said:
But make for it please.....
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i bought the Redmi Note 10 ... i can't , sorry.
alonsoj636 said:
Same for me , Stock MIUI is the best
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But which custom rom option would be the most table with all the phones features working?
I mean I was reading about the pixel experience based on android 10 and got all exicted reading about the it and than boom some one mentioned that you cannot use your dual sim cards. Duh. It's a phone I bought it primarily for dual sim and dedicated sdcard. If that is not working why bother at all? Seemed to me like a rather important detail.
I prefer to stay stock rom if posssible since that should have all the sensors and hardware working. But the this is my first Mi and I find the MIUI bit of a challange (and ugly) . I cannot even use the mi remote if I refuse to login to my mi account. So no mi remote. And it feels a bit slower than my umidigo A5 pro from 2019 that has a MT6763 core 4 gb ram and 32gb running vanilla android 9 os.
That older phone just feels way faster than this one with better specs. I suspect it's because of miui. But it could be android 10 is just slower.
Anyway as time passes by I seem to beable to fix all the important issues. The most recent one was miui killing everything without any solution. So all my little gadgets that make miui usable for me stopped working with in hours.
I hope thats fixed too.
But if not it would be nice to know if there is a good stable as vanilla as possible rom out there that actually works or which one gets closest to this utopia?
Hans de Groot said:
But which custom rom option would be the most table with all the phones features working?
I mean I was reading about the pixel experience based on android 10 and got all exicted reading about the it and than boom some one mentioned that you cannot use your dual sim cards. Duh. It's a phone I bought it primarily for dual sim and dedicated sdcard. If that is not working why bother at all? Seemed to me like a rather important detail.
I prefer to stay stock rom if posssible since that should have all the sensors and hardware working. But the this is my first Mi and I find the MIUI bit of a challange (and ugly) . I cannot even use the mi remote if I refuse to login to my mi account. So no mi remote. And it feels a bit slower than my umidigo A5 pro from 2019 that has a MT6763 core 4 gb ram and 32gb running vanilla android 9 os.
That older phone just feels way faster than this one with better specs. I suspect it's because of miui. But it could be android 10 is just slower.
Anyway as time passes by I seem to beable to fix all the important issues. The most recent one was miui killing everything without any solution. So all my little gadgets that make miui usable for me stopped working with in hours.
I hope thats fixed too.
But if not it would be nice to know if there is a good stable as vanilla as possible rom out there that actually works or which one gets closest to this utopia?
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I use a ROM pixel and so far I have not seen any problems on redmi note 9. It sees the SIM cards, you can hardly worry about anything

Question Thinkin' about buying the OnePlus 10 Pro

So, long story short, my old OnePlus 6 fell from my pocket and broke, in one unlucky accident. I've decided to "upgrade myself" and go for a more recent model. I'm used to flash custom ROMs and try many of them until I find one that suits my needs and that's pretty stable.
I wanted to buy the OnePlus 10 Pro but it's my understanding that you can "just" root it? I haven't followed the Oppo drama lately so I don't know if it comes from the fact that the phone has been released "recently" or they locked things similarly to Huawei.
Stuccio said:
So, long story short, my old OnePlus 6 fell from my pocket and broke, in one unlucky accident. I've decided to "upgrade myself" and go for a more recent model. I'm used to flash custom ROMs and try many of them until I find one that suits my needs and that's pretty stable.
I wanted to buy the OnePlus 10 Pro but it's my understanding that you can "just" root it? I haven't followed the Oppo drama lately so I don't know if it comes from the fact that the phone has been released "recently" or they locked things similarly to Huawei.
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If looking to still do Roms go for a 9 pro
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If looking to still do Roms go for a 9 pro
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Is it because of some sort of lock or what? Because I would still buy it if I know that there'll be the chance to go custom in the future.
Thanks for the info btw.
Stuccio said:
Is it because of some sort of lock or what? Because I would still buy it if I know that there'll be the chance to go custom in the future.
Thanks for the info btw.
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There's no lock it has to do with the msm recovery tool. Since oneplus now charges for it to be used developer's don't want to touch newer phones.
Stuccio said:
So, long story short, my old OnePlus 6 fell from my pocket and broke, in one unlucky accident. I've decided to "upgrade myself" and go for a more recent model. I'm used to flash custom ROMs and try many of them until I find one that suits my needs and that's pretty stable.
I wanted to buy the OnePlus 10 Pro but it's my understanding that you can "just" root it? I haven't followed the Oppo drama lately so I don't know if it comes from the fact that the phone has been released "recently" or they locked things similarly to Huawei.
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Really, don't. Pixel 7 Pro or wait for another, it's a trying time for Android..seemingly dying compared to what it used to be like.
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There's no lock it has to do with the msm recovery tool. Since oneplus now charges for it to be used developer's don't want to touch newer phones.
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That's... sad.
Well, 9 pro will be, then, unless there are better options available.
dladz said:
Really, don't. Pixel 7 Pro or wait for another, it's a trying time for Android..seemingly dying compared to what it used to be like.
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I wasn't sure whether the Pixel series was comparable to OP in terms of power and customization.
Well, thanks to everybody for their answers!
OPPO 10 Pro is a **** phone.
Buy a pixel
I ditched my 10 Pro awhile ago, and I'm happily back to my 9 Pro!
galaxys said:
I ditched my 10 Pro awhile ago, and I'm happily back to my 9 Pro!
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Don't blame you buddy, I wish I'd kept my 8 pro..it was mint and running Evo X..
Gutted
dladz said:
Don't blame you buddy, I wish I'd kept my 8 pro..it was mint and running Evo X..
Gutted
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Feel your pain missing a great performing 8 Pro device! Cheers
I like the wallpapers of 10 pro
Stuccio said:
So, long story short, my old OnePlus 6 fell from my pocket and broke, in one unlucky accident. I've decided to "upgrade myself" and go for a more recent model. I'm used to flash custom ROMs and try many of them until I find one that suits my needs and that's pretty stable.
I wanted to buy the OnePlus 10 Pro but it's my understanding that you can "just" root it? I haven't followed the Oppo drama lately so I don't know if it comes from the fact that the phone has been released "recently" or they locked things similarly to Huawei.
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Personally the 10 Pro has been really great for me, but I don't ROM hop anymore. I'm satisfied with the feature set of OOS plus basic root stuff. What are the main features in custom ROMs that get you to not use OOS?
galaxys said:
I ditched my 10 Pro awhile ago, and I'm happily back to my 9 Pro!
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Serious question, why do you think the 9 Pro is better ( besides MSM)?
centifanto said:
Personally the 10 Pro has been really great for me, but I don't ROM hop anymore. I'm satisfied with the feature set of OOS plus basic root stuff. What are the main features in custom ROMs that get you to not use OOS?
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I don't know about about OOS13 but I remember LineageOS performing way better than OOS11 in battery and loading times.
Gotcha. Last time I ran LOS was way back in the Android 4-6 period. I have only ever run OOS since the 3T did everything I wanted. I've managed to squeeze out 9 hours SOT on my 10 Pro (mind you, I wasn't gaming or anything like that,just basic web browsing, YouTube and messaging), and everything is very quick for my tastes. YMMV of course
centifanto said:
Serious question, why do you think the 9 Pro is better ( besides MSM)?
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