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[Q] Custom ROM for Xiaomi MI3

Hi everyone.
As we all know how popular the Xiaomi MI3 is, I was just wondering if there can be any possible Custom AOSP based rom for this device.
As we all know the Nexus 5 and Xiaomi MI3 have almost similar hardware would it be possible to port any nexus 5 roms to the MI3?
Agreed that Xiaomi doesn't release sources but is it possible to port something from nexus 5 due to similar hardware?

Simple answer is no. Without the kernel source code you can't get anything booting. Because they don't release the source code is the reason they have no forum and never will
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zelendel said:
Simple answer is no. Without the kernel source code you can't get anything booting. Because they don't release the source code is the reason they have no forum and never will
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Ohh I see. No point in having a forum if no source code is available.
By the way MIUI based custom roms can be developed right? Since they can use the stock kernel.

smeet.somaiya said:
Ohh I see. No point in having a forum if no source code is available.
By the way MIUI based custom roms can be developed right? Since they can use the stock kernel.
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But Many ROMs have been ported for Mediatek to medaitek based devices without having kernel sources

thejoker said:
But Many ROMs have been ported for Mediatek to medaitek based devices without having kernel sources
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That they have but without any kernel source that is the best you will get. Is a port that may have bugs that can't be fixed (that the Og ROM doesn't have) due to no source. Also no kernel options like gov or over clocking ect.

zelendel said:
That they have but without any kernel source that is the best you will get. Is a port that may have bugs that can't be fixed (that the Og ROM doesn't have) due to no source. Also no kernel options like gov or over clocking ect.
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thejoker said:
But Many ROMs have been ported for Mediatek to medaitek based devices without having kernel sources
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Varun chitre has already made an alpha build of cm11 for this device without the kernel sources.
And yeah Xiaomi will be releasing kernel sources later this year

smeet.somaiya said:
Varun chitre has already made an alpha build of cm11 for this device without the kernel sources.
And yeah Xiaomi will be releasing kernel sources later this year
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It maybe to late for this forum by then.

zelendel said:
It maybe to late for this forum by then.
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Too late for what? Sorry I didn't get you.

smeet.somaiya said:
Too late for what? Sorry I didn't get you.
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Meaning this forum is just a test. If the company doesn't change its gpl stance then it won't be staying

omnirom working on zenfone 5z

hello
I found zenfone 5z device tree. kernel. vendor on github
https://github.com/scanno/android_device_asus_ZS620KL
https://github.com/scanno/android_kernel_asus_sdm845
https://github.com/scanno/proprietary_vendor_asus/tree/android-8.1?files=1
he is working on omnirom for zenfone 5z and he is maintainer of omnirom
I think zenfone 5z will get support of official omnirom
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That is VERY good news. With a device tree TWRP is a lot closer

jpg3927 said:
hello
I found zenfone 5z device tree. kernel. vendor on github
https://github.com/scanno/android_device_asus_ZS620KL
https://github.com/scanno/android_kernel_asus_sdm845
https://github.com/scanno/proprietary_vendor_asus/tree/android-8.1?files=1
he is working on omnirom for zenfone 5z and he is maintainer of omnirom
I think zenfone 5z will get support of official omnirom
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Well I am working on it, but don't have the phone yet. Still need to convince the wife [emoji849]...
At the moment there is also no zenfone 5z on stock here, so it will take a while...
Ofc anyone who is adventurous enough to try and see if it boots can give me a shout [emoji16]

Had a hard time getting my 5z too. Had to order at amazon.fr and ship to Germany great phone so far...

Buffydamion said:
Had a hard time getting my 5z too. Had to order at amazon.fr and ship to Germany great phone so far...
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Well need to buy it at a certain website to get a discount from my provider. At the moment 4 weeks until they have stock again...

scanno said:
Well I am working on it, but don't have the phone yet. Still need to convince the wife [emoji849]...
At the moment there is also no zenfone 5z on stock here, so it will take a while...
Ofc anyone who is adventurous enough to try and see if it boots can give me a shout [emoji16]
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thanks for your hard work
I hope you get the phone soon.

Will Omnirom for 5z have at least some ASUS specific features like AI Charging, ZenMojis, Asus AI camera features and so on, or real stock Android without any Asus features

Buffydamion said:
Will Omnirom for 5z have at least some ASUS specific features like AI Charging, ZenMojis, Asus AI camera features and so on, or real stock Android without any Asus features
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Don't even have the phone yet.... OmniROM is based on AOSP, so without any Asus specific features. There will be device specific implementations like gestures. Other features wl depend on if they can easily be enabled through sysfs or property settings.
But if those features are proprietary or need framework implementation then chances are that they will not be available.
But to be clear... I was planning of buying the 5z and before I do I wanted to see how far I would get without having the actual device...
Right now the everything builds into a flashable ZIP and should be tested. For sure it will not boot because of sepolicy and missing vendor files (and most likely more)

scanno said:
Don't even have the phone yet.... OmniROM is based on AOSP, so without any Asus specific features. There will be device specific implementations like gestures. Other features wl depend on if they can easily be enabled through sysfs or property settings.
But if those features are proprietary or need framework implementation then chances are that they will not be available.
But to be clear... I was planning of buying the 5z and before I do I wanted to see how far I would get without having the actual device...
Right now the everything builds into a flashable ZIP and should be tested. For sure it will not boot because of sepolicy and missing vendor files (and most likely more)
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I think you can build TWRP, we need TWRP for backup or restore our phone. and i think you can reference TWRP for zenfone 5 https://github.com/shakalaca/android_device_asus_X00Q
and... thanks for hard work

Great to know that this phone will finally get a rom
I Just received mine today, coming from tab S 10.5 this new phone's screen is small, but to most of you it's big :laugh:

Why we dont have as much developer .. this phone runs on 845 still we dont have any custom rom.. i m happy that some developer has started the work.. and i appreciate there hard work.. hope we will also get builds like oneplus 6.

ashesshubham said:
Why we dont have as much developer .. this phone runs on 845 still we dont have any custom rom.. i m happy that some developer has started the work.. and i appreciate there hard work.. hope we will also get builds like oneplus 6.
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That is because those developers got the phones from oneplus to develop on.

scanno said:
That is because those developers got the phones from oneplus to develop on.
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Yes , you are right but not all the companies
There is asus maxpro m1 .
Maxpro m1 got lineage plus unoffical p
And camera 2api..but the fact is that phone is realsed earlier by asus .. so also i m expecting the development of 5z also be the same..
Cheers for dev who r working hard on devloping roms.

scanno said:
That is because those developers got the phones from oneplus to develop on.
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i built omnirom from your source, is it include twrp?
or can i build only twrp from source?

jpg3927 said:
i built omnirom from your source, is it include twrp?
or can i build only twrp from source?
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TWRP can be build when replacing bootable/recovery with the TWRP recovery. It's not Synced by default. But TWRP will not work yet as it is. Still needs the proprietary files to be added and since 5z is a a/b device, I did not figure out yet (no time) to see how to make a seperate recovery image.
Add:
<remove-project name="platform/bootable/recovery" />
<project path="bootable/recovery" name="android_bootable_recovery" remote="omnirom" revision="android-8.1" />
To your local_manifests

scanno said:
TWRP can be build when replacing bootable/recovery with the TWRP recovery. It's not Synced by default. But TWRP will not work yet as it is. Still needs the proprietary files to be added and since 5z is a a/b device, I did not figure out yet (no time) to see how to make a seperate recovery image.
Add:
<remove-project name="platform/bootable/recovery" />
<project path="bootable/recovery" name="android_bootable_recovery" remote="omnirom" revision="android-8.1" />
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so i got a ramdisk-recovery.img on output folder, is it twrp itself?
and may i upload it on forum for testing?
i think this will be help for you

jpg3927 said:
so i got a ramdisk-recovery.img on output folder, is it twrp itself?
and may i upload it on forum for testing?
i think this will be help for you
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ramdisk-recovery is not a bootable image. It only contains the ramdisk and the TWRP files.
If you read what I wrote before I said that twrp will not work yet...

scanno said:
ramdisk-recovery is not a bootable image. It only contains the ramdisk and the TWRP files.
If you read what I wrote before I said that twrp will not work yet...
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ok.. thanks

jpg3927 said:
so i got a ramdisk-recovery.img on output folder, is it twrp itself?
and may i upload it on forum for testing?
i think this will be help for you
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It would be nice to have a kernel config from a running kernel to compare with the config that was in the kernel sources from Asus. The config in the released sources does not build.

scanno said:
It would be nice to have a kernel config from a running kernel to compare with the config that was in the kernel sources from Asus. The config in the released sources does not build.
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it i buy zenfone 5z , i will help u
so.. you need some files or configs from running device, right?

Device Tree?

Hi, I have a questions:
At least one developer is working on the device tree? Has someone already tried to port custom firmware? How long to wait for the first custom?
Developers, please mark in the comments(?)!

DP_OSK said:
Hi, I have a questions:
At least one developer is working on the device tree? Has someone already tried to port custom firmware? How long to wait for the first custom?
Developers, please mark in the comments(?)!
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The developer, Randomblame , is working on it. You can use GSIs in the mean time, ones like phh AOSP, AOSiP, ArrowsOS do support fingerprint.

Mohammed779 said:
The developer, Randomblame , is working on it. You can use GSIs in the mean time, ones like phh AOSP, AOSiP, ArrowsOS do support fingerprint.
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Where do you got it, that randomblame is working on it?

Kollachi said:
Where do you got it, that randomblame is working on it?
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Mi 9 AOSP telegram group. She's making progress and shows from time to time.

Kollachi said:
Where do you got it, that randomblame is working on it?
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Kelsi is the only capable person we have right now unfortunately. She is working on kernel rn as you can see in the development section. As soon as her device tree will become close to stable i'll start doing build for 2-3 roms for Mi 9 as well (although I can't be much more than a buildbot).

[DEVELOPMENT] [TB-X606F/X606X/X606V] Device tree bringup for the TB-X606 family

Hey y'all, I've been recently working on a device tree for the X606F (codenamed "achilles6_row_wifi").
I do not have much experience on this topic, so I am essentially doing this blindly, basing it off other's work. I am currently only targeting the X606F, but X606X/V may also be supported.
I am looking for someone to collaborate with, I have an Android build machine ready to test changes. As I saw that Android 12 GSIs boot, I tried to build LineageOS 19.1, but ended up in the usual "black-screen bootloop", I don't know how to debug this so I am looking for someone to help
Link to the tree: https://github.com/UsrBinLuna/device_lenovo_achilles6
Credits
Yahoo-Mike for their recovery tree
Sushrut1101 for DumprX

did u remove the qcom references yet

areallydumbperson said:
did u remove the qcom references yet
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yes

Hi,
Were you able to make any progress or was it abandoned?

Abandoned OP hasn't done any commits in ages

Question Why are there so few official custom roms on this highly sold model?

I don't understand

Have you looked at the Telegram group? A lot of development seems to bypass xda these days. That slightly worries me as the ROMs are all unofficial and I'm always worried what might get added - surprising we don't get ROM based malware more often. At least here reputation is long term so that seems less of a risk.

patp said:
Have you looked at the Telegram group? A lot of development seems to bypass xda these days. That slightly worries me as the ROMs are all unofficial and I'm always worried what might get added - surprising we don't get ROM based malware more often. At least here reputation is long term so that seems less of a risk.
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Yes, I'm up to date on telegram, that's why I ask, they are all unofficial custom roms or ports and I don't understand why no dev team works on official roms

bbxs said:
Yes, I'm up to date on telegram, that's why I ask, they are all unofficial custom roms or ports and I don't understand why no dev team works on official roms
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I wish I knew - staying on MIUI until there's something official, ideally crDroid, Lineage or similar long term projects.

To avoid any errors of judgement:
Official ROM maintainers are not supposed to make changes to the source. So, they are not likely to fix any bug which is related to the source. Meanwhile, unofficial ROM maintainers are not having any restrictions. They are free to make any changes to the source to suit their needs. So, the unofficial maintainers often fix source-related bugs before the official one.

NOSS8 said:
To avoid any errors of judgement:
Official ROM maintainers are not supposed to make changes to the source. So, they are not likely to fix any bug which is related to the source. Meanwhile, unofficial ROM maintainers are not having any restrictions. They are free to make any changes to the source to suit their needs. So, the unofficial maintainers often fix source-related bugs before the official one.
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That's how I understand it, and having that level of code review in the official builds is what almost guarantees you can trust a ROM with your banking etc. I haven't actually heard of any unofficial ROM being naughty, but there's nothing to stop it.

patp said:
That's how I understand it, and having that level of code review in the official builds is what almost guarantees you can trust a ROM with your banking etc. I haven't actually heard of any unofficial ROM being naughty, but there's nothing to stop it.
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For having used with several devices, several official or unofficial roms over several years, I have never had a problem with banking apps (for those who support them, of course).
Note that when there are no more brand updates, the developers are obliged to modify the source to continue to develop the rom.
XDA is a trustworthy source, for others I don't know.

And following that explanation...why are there other low-priced xiaomi models and also old models that have many official roms here on xda? I am very concerned that we have many unofficial aosp roms on telegram and here on xda absolutely none. Why do the devs of this model never publish on xda and other xiaomi models do? That doesn't give me confidence and I still don't understand

bbxs said:
And following that explanation...why are there other low-priced xiaomi models and also old models that have many official roms here on xda? I am very concerned that we have many unofficial aosp roms on telegram and here on xda absolutely none. Why do the devs of this model never publish on xda and other xiaomi models do? That doesn't give me confidence and I still don't understand
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Surely a question of rules and money.

NOSS8 said:
Surely a question of rules and money.
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And because Xiaomi is incompetent in terms of releasing Kernel Source
GitHub - MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource: Xiaomi Mobile Phone Kernel OpenSource
Xiaomi Mobile Phone Kernel OpenSource. Contribute to MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Xiaomi 11T Pro codename vili Kernel is still stuck on Android 11 meanwhile we are expecting Android 13 soon.
Many devices are missing there and also lack of kernel update.