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miui port

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827256
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483332
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957219
I know this is a question but I'm hoping to get some help on development for this and the info I gather may be usefuluseful for other ROM development

I guess what I'm mainly asking for is someone with dev experience to help me walk through setting up my environment and getting this going, and someone who doesn't mind endless newbish questions. And possibly doing a little bit of development along side of me if I run into something I can't handle

idontwanttobeanoob said:
I guess what I'm mainly asking for is someone with dev experience to help me walk through setting up my environment and getting this going, and someone who doesn't mind endless newbish questions. And possibly doing a little bit of development along side of me if I run into something I can't handle
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I should have a disclaimer that I am not a full developer really and anything I say can and should be corrected by a real dev but I tend to know a good deal more than the average end user so therefore I try and help where I can
That said, from what I've seen from other devs getting the ROM on the device isn't that hard once you know how and assuming it's not some tricky ROM meant for a specific device (that said, MIUI is the kind of ROM that to me seems like it should be easy to get on a wide number of devices). So, if you want MIUI, it's probably best to ask for someone to port it and if it isn't too hard (I don't think it is) it's just a matter of the dev being nice enough
Teaching you to compile the ROM on your own though, may actually take a lot more time and effort. If you want to learn to make ROMs, which actually is rather easy compared to other parts of developing if you're not making your own from scratch, you could learn to do that, but it's probably better to learn the basics and go to a thread for it.
If you just want MIUI for your KF2, it's probably easiest to ask a dev to do it for you.
As always, any dev feel free to correct me if I'm wrong

iytrix said:
I should have a disclaimer that I am not a full developer really and anything I say can and should be corrected by a real dev but I tend to know a good deal more than the average end user so therefore I try and help where I can
That said, from what I've seen from other devs getting the ROM on the device isn't that hard once you know how and assuming it's not some tricky ROM meant for a specific device (that said, MIUI is the kind of ROM that to me seems like it should be easy to get on a wide number of devices). So, if you want MIUI, it's probably best to ask for someone to port it and if it isn't too hard (I don't think it is) it's just a matter of the dev being nice enough
Teaching you to compile the ROM on your own though, may actually take a lot more time and effort. If you want to learn to make ROMs, which actually is rather easy compared to other parts of developing if you're not making your own from scratch, you could learn to do that, but it's probably better to learn the basics and go to a thread for it.
If you just want MIUI for your KF2, it's probably easiest to ask a dev to do it for you.
As always, any dev feel free to correct me if I'm wrong
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I'm actually finishing up my college work then I'm setting up my environment. I don't believe getting at least an alpha build up and running will bentha hard, I just need someone to double check my work so that no one is bricking their device due to a mistake I make
On the note of questions, is it possible to make a suitable Linux environment with the wubi installer?

Setting up Ubuntu now

base and port rom downloading now, ill keep everyone up to date with progress

Any update? para would be a nice port also! I tried but couldn't get it to boot...

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Any update? para would be a nice port also! I tried but couldn't get it to boot...
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Biggest issue I'm having is finding the tools and getting the drivers to work on Ubuntu. Its a bit of a learning curve but no worries I'll get this baby working. Also got a project I'm helping a friend with for the nook.

idontwanttobeanoob said:
Biggest issue I'm having is finding the tools and getting the drivers to work on Ubuntu. Its a bit of a learning curve but no worries I'll get this baby working. Also got a project I'm helping a friend with for the nook.
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Also what device does para run on? Easiest way to port a ROM is make sure its one that already works on a similar device ( porting miui for kindle fire to the kindle fire 2) also the ROM your trying to port should have the same screen density. The three links up top seem to be excellent sources of information

for anyone thats interested i believe im almost done with an alpha version of the port, im asking a few newbish questions as im teaching myself as i go and im gonna try to have some people take a look at what i did just to make sure theres no insta brick on flashing it.

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for anyone thats interested i believe im almost done with an alpha version of the port, im asking a few newbish questions as im teaching myself as i go and im gonna try to have some people take a look at what i did just to make sure theres no insta brick on flashing it.
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Hi mate, I'll test it! thanks for links going to check them out, I know paranoid runs on nexus 7 I will have to check
Cheers!

Chrisbabs85 said:
Hi mate, I'll test it! thanks for links going to check them out, I know paranoid runs on nexus 7 I will have to check
Cheers!
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Once I get some help with the update script and have someone take a look at the files to see if they can see any major issues I'll upload it and send you a link. However basic disclaimer around here applies.... If the world ends etc I take no responsibility. Ie don't sue me lol. But that being said can't wait to finish this.

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Once I get some help with the update script and have someone take a look at the files to see if they can see any major issues I'll upload it and send you a link. However basic disclaimer around here applies.... If the world ends etc I take no responsibility. Ie don't sue me lol. But that being said can't wait to finish this.
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Oh wow. Nice progress! It's good to see more development around here! I'm glad you found the help you need and everything went smoothly (so far)
Best of luck!

iytrix said:
Oh wow. Nice progress! It's good to see more development around here! I'm glad you found the help you need and everything went smoothly (so far)
Best of luck!
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Thanks
So far I'm stuck until I can either a figure out update scripts myself or I get some help. Everything seems OK but till I can try to boot this myself I can't really tell. Also once the HD codec issue is fixed I'll be merging that, I'll also be taking suggestions for fixes.

idontwanttobeanoob said:
Thanks
So far I'm stuck until I can either a figure out update scripts myself or I get some help. Everything seems OK but till I can try to boot this myself I can't really tell. Also once the HD codec issue is fixed I'll be merging that, I'll also be taking suggestions for fixes.
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Update script should be fairly easy just compare the base and port I guess?
I got Ubuntu set-up and I'm going to begin porting paranoid. Also don't worry I have a few test devices

idontwanttobeanoob said:
Thanks
So far I'm stuck until I can either a figure out update scripts myself or I get some help. Everything seems OK but till I can try to boot this myself I can't really tell. Also once the HD codec issue is fixed I'll be merging that, I'll also be taking suggestions for fixes.
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Oh I forgot about HD....hmmm. I am not sure how difficult patching things from other ROMs in is, but it seems like the next hascode release should fix most if not everything majorly wrong and I think that would be a better base point for building ROMs. It could be easy though and the thing is pretty damn stable. I've only ever had one issue beyond HD and re-flashing fix it so, possibly this is a good build to work off of
Yeah, it seems no one is really on right now but later they may be able to help, especially in IRC

Chrisbabs85 said:
Update script should be fairly easy just compare the base and port I guess?
I got Ubuntu set-up and I'm going to begin porting paranoid. Also don't worry I have a few test devices
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One would assume but with semi limited knowledge on them I come to two assumptions, first off is the simple fact that I know the partition tables are different. So if the script tries to send something somewhere it doesn't belong it could be bad, second I see some differences in the scripts that I don't understand and there for do not want to mess with them until I do or someone who does will explain.
My goal is to not brick any testers kfires just seems bad for business

idontwanttobeanoob said:
One would assume but with semi limited knowledge on them I come to two assumptions, first off is the simple fact that I know the partition tables are different. So if the script tries to send something somewhere it doesn't belong it could be bad, second I see some differences in the scripts that I don't understand and there for do not want to mess with them until I do or someone who does will explain.
My goal is to not brick any testers kfires just seems bad for business
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After looking more in depth at the update script I saw one major difference...
Which is to do with the dev/block
So I went with the previous ROMs update script and I'm making the zip for initial testing now.
Fingers crossed

idontwanttobeanoob said:
After looking more in depth at the update script I saw one major difference...
Which is to do with the dev/block
So I went with the previous ROMs update script and I'm making the zip for initial testing now.
Fingers crossed
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Good luck mate, if you think it's OK send me the link for testing...
Cheers!

why are we waiting...

Waiting for the sources that is, what are porters planning on sticking on this? Personally I want the sources to attempt to port Sailfish, only reason I bough the phone. I currently have the Nexus 5 and the OS runs buttery smooth thanks to the porters over at #sailfishos-porters
Am even wondering did I make a mistake buying this device when the Nexus 5, is more than enough omph to power the OS. But I've got it and gotta try, to atleast expand my own knowledge base.
also do you guys know how chainfire managed to build the kernel for it without the sources?

WTF?
The phone has been out for less than a month. Have some patience or start learning to develop yourself, rather than creating a useless thread, just to whine.

I got my 5x last Tuesday and forgot how little I like "pure" android. I think the usual progression is flash aosp then flash cyanogenmod once the nightlies start to stabilize. I know I'm in the minority but the nexus phones usually have too much Google on them for my taste. I like the hardware, but the software is another story.
At any rate, I'm also waiting for the binaries and device tree so that I can start building my own.

m4r0v3r said:
Waiting for the sources that is, what are porters planning on sticking on this? Personally I want the sources to attempt to port Sailfish, only reason I bough the phone. I currently have the Nexus 5 and the OS runs buttery smooth thanks to the porters over at #sailfishos-porters
Am even wondering did I make a mistake buying this device when the Nexus 5, is more than enough omph to power the OS. But I've got it and gotta try, to atleast expand my own knowledge base.
also do you guys know how chainfire managed to build the kernel for it without the sources?
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If you knew much about how android works, you'd know that chainfire didn't make a kernel. He took the boot image and modified some fstab, prop, and sepolicy stuff, repackaged it, and released it. He didn't build his own kernel.
In any case, I'm curious about this, how long does it usually take google to release their sources?
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sn0warmy said:
WTF?
The phone has been out for less than a month. Have some patience or start learning to develop yourself, rather than creating a useless thread, just to whine.
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oh yeah Ill just go and create a kernel, and while am at it, I may as well write my own drivers. Maybe I'll call my kernel linox, and adopt this policy of sharing my source code so other people could collaborate. Maybe using some sort of version control, call Hit or something, maybe on some website called HitHub.
Yeah that sounds like a good way to develop it...Or Google could hurry the **** up and release the sources and binaries so I wouldn't have to.
Well if you read my post you'd see I was curious about what people wanted to port.
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If you knew much about how android works, you'd know that chainfire didn't make a kernel. He took the boot image and modified some fstab, prop, and sepolicy stuff, repackaged it, and released it. He didn't build his own kernel.
In any case, I'm curious about this, how long does it usually take google to release their sources?
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Not make but people have been saying it was built with forceencrypt disabled so I thought he built the kernel with that flag, (ie he had the sources). But it seems thats not the place to change it

Wow the self-entitlement is real nowadays, patience bro. You cant have everything instantly when you want it.
m4r0v3r said:
oh yeah Ill just go and create a kernel, and while am at it, I may as well write my own drivers. Maybe I'll call my kernel linox, and adopt this policy of sharing my source code so other people could collaborate. Maybe using some sort of version control, call Hit or something, maybe on some website called HitHub.
Yeah that sounds like a good way to develop it...Or Google could hurry the **** up and release the sources and binaries so I wouldn't have to.
Well if you read my post you'd see I was curious about what people wanted to port.
Not make but people have been saying it was built with forceencrypt disabled so I thought he built the kernel with that flag, (ie he had the sources). But it seems thats not the place to change it
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timjp692 said:
Wow the self-entitlement is real nowadays, patience bro. You cant have everything instantly when you want it.
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what to expect an open source based phone to have the sources with it?
No I know I can't have everything when I instantly want it, but really what could be the reason for the delay. Since am already pretty pissed about the force encryption.

m4r0v3r said:
what to expect an open source based phone to have the sources with it?
No I know I can't have everything when I instantly want it, but really what could be the reason for the delay. Since am already pretty pissed about the force encryption.
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I'm sorry, but you sound like a whiney little 12 year old who is used to having everything they want RIGHT when they want it. Kind of sums up the turn this forum has taken over the past couple of years.
In the real world you'll learn that good things take time. The phrase, "patience is a virtue" holds true merit.

Offer a bounty if you're that impatient.

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I'm sorry, but you sound like a whiney little 12 year old who is used to having everything they want RIGHT when they want it. Kind of sums up the turn this forum has taken over the past couple of years.
In the real world you'll learn that good things take time. The phrase, "patience is a virtue" holds true merit.
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Apology accepted.

bblzd said:
Offer a bounty if you're that impatient.
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For what exactly? Someone to break in Google servers and take the source code? lol

m4r0v3r said:
For what exactly? Someone to break in Google servers and take the source code? lol
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I'm waiting too- it's not like google is still working on the binary drivers and just building the production rom with hacked up device trees until they get the real ones. I could be mis-remembering, but in the past, I thought the factory roms and binary drivers were available the day the devices were released.
I can certainly understand being patient with devs who are working on roms (for free/beer/donations), but google is done with the rom and has already released it to production. The factory image for the 6p was delayed as well. It's not a secret- they are going to push it to every one who bought a phone. My conspiracy theory is that google is trying to bury aosp, and merging android and chrome will be another stab into the heart of both privacy and freedom.

and its outtt

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and its outtt
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Waiting for some real nexus thing then

Aosp from source

I will be building aosp from source in the next two days or so and will need testers who have twrp already installed. Please let me know if you are willing and available to test.

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I will be building aosp from source in the next two days or so and will need testers who have twrp already installed. Please let me know if you are willing and available to test.
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Is be interested in giving it a shot. Just got my phone today and looking to get this baby cracked open and running something aosp based.. Coming from Pure Nexus and crdroid.. Big difference!

mikeandjaimie said:
Is be interested in giving it a shot. Just got my phone today and looking to get this baby cracked open and running something aosp based.. Coming from Pure Nexus and crdroid.. Big difference!
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Big difference but a great phone. I just moved so it's going a little slow as I settle in but internet is set up, and I have a fresh Linux install. Setting up build environment tonight and I'll keep you updated

Any luck?

Please send me the asop Rom for the Sony xa1 ultra

Knucklessg1 said:
Any luck?
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Not yet, to be honest never developed before other then one port, about six years ago. So the going is slow. Also doing this between work and a one year old son. Sorry for the amount of delay

Just so you all know it's building now

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Any luck?
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Do you have the ability to test?

I can test it just need to know how to back up DRM keys, etc on this one. Have custom rom on previous phones just need to be aware of process on this phone.
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idontwanttobeanoob said:
I will be building aosp from source in the next two days or so and will need testers who have twrp already installed. Please let me know if you are willing and available to test.
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I would like to test to, twrp is installed, just need to do a backup beforehand

Deleted as I made headway

So an update for everyone.... Well I spilled beer on my keyboard.... Can't make this **** up... So I just got a new keyboard( sorry it took a bit) but I've got a new one and back to work. I'm sorry for the delay but this is my first foray into rom development and while it might not be a big undertaking for most, this is a first for me. I'm going to attempt lineage first, as they have the most up to date documentation, this will not be 8.0 and even once it's out for us I probably won't go there for a long time as I do not yet have the skills to troubleshoot and provide a reliable rom on a brand new os (for us atleast) so thank you for the patience as I'm doing this with a 1.5 year old who loves to cause chaos, (lol), hope all is well and I will update as I can

I've just brought the phone, I'm in for a test.

Would definitely be interested in testing as well. Thanks a lot for the work you're doing. I think this phone has a lot of potential outside of what Sony has done for it.

idontwanttobeanoob said:
So an update for everyone.... Well I spilled beer on my keyboard.... Can't make this **** up... So I just got a new keyboard( sorry it took a bit) but I've got a new one and back to work. I'm sorry for the delay but this is my first foray into rom development and while it might not be a big undertaking for most, this is a first for me. I'm going to attempt lineage first, as they have the most up to date documentation, this will not be 8.0 and even once it's out for us I probably won't go there for a long time as I do not yet have the skills to troubleshoot and provide a reliable rom on a brand new os (for us atleast) so thank you for the patience as I'm doing this with a 1.5 year old who loves to cause chaos, (lol), hope all is well and I will update as I can
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So what's up mate?
Any news about the project is it dead, or you're still trying to work something out?

Bucika said:
So what's up mate?
Any news about the project is it dead, or you're still trying to work something out?
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Sorry guys I believe the project is dead. I've had some things come up and I think it's possible and feasible but I'm going to have to invest what time I have into searching for a new job as my boss committed suicide this week...

So sorry to hear this.. Hope you find a new job soon. Phone is certainly not a priority. All well to you!

I got custom twrp. Sony Xperia XA1

Sterren stof said:
I got custom twrp. Sony Xperia XA1
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There already is one for this device.

I have a Sony xa1 ultra I want to install oreo or custom rom can you help me plz
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I have a xa1 ultra with custom kernel and twrp installed can you the rom plz

Which Developers Are Definitely Getting The OnePlus 5T In The Near Future ?

Just like the title says really. Which developers will be definitely getting the OP 5T in the near future ?

I really wonder if unified builds are going to be possible with 5 and 5T. What really matters to me is the community support more than the device itself. On my OP3 I had great support and I think now it's time to change the device. I'm considering 5T but I need to see my favorite ROMs here first.

second this.

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I really wonder if unified builds are going to be possible with 5 and 5T. What really matters to me is the community support more than the device itself. On my OP3 I had great support and I think now it's time to change the device. I'm considering 5T but I need to see my favorite ROMs here first.
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Any particular roms you are hoping for in particular ?

SlyUK said:
Any particular roms you are hoping for in particular ?
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Especially Resurrection Remix Official and/or Zenity Tweaks version. I can't live without RR's customizations and QS toggles.

Yes I also need the dev support more than anything else. Besides that it is also a great device. Hope sultan makes his los.

If PureFusion ends up coming, I'm definitely making the switch to 5T

Me
(even if I'm still not consider myself as a real dev )

@martinusbe said he's getting one (great dev of GZOSP and Validus ROMs).

I like using carrier features on T-Mobile (e.g. WIFi calling and VoLTE). Anyone feel that FreedomOS will port over by someone?

Blu_Spark has already arrived, with some publicity:
https://www.xda-developers.com/blu-spark-oneplus-5t/
@eng.stk
First to arrive must be in the Fast Lane !

I really hope that some Roms start to appear next week so I can buy it

I think that Lord Boeffla might be coming to the 5T as well, not 100% sure but he did say he will know in the coming days. Fingers crossed, I've used his kernels since my Galaxy S3.
Sent from my brain, to my thumbs, and entered into a OnePlus 2 input device.

Alex Cruz (and possibly another dev), a DirtyUnicorns dev has confirmed that he purchased the 5T. I know they don't like being on this site for various reasons, but it's nice to know DU will be coming for the 5T!

OnePlus software team said OxygenOS will have unified builds so 5 builds should be able to work on 5T also

I'm really hoping FreedomOS comes to the 5T.

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I'm really hoping FreedomOS comes to the 5T.
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It has https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5t/development/rom-freedomos-2-0-2-t3709708

I'm quite sure Paranoid Android will come along at some point in the near future.

BoboBrazil said:
OnePlus software team said OxygenOS will have unified builds so 5 builds should be able to work on 5T also
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No its not work now.

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It has https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5t/development/rom-freedomos-2-0-2-t3709708
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Correct! I ported it over from the 5. Fortunately it didn't take long to do, worked with NevaX1 to get it up

Question ProtonAOSP ROM - Who Has It?

Hey everyone, anyone here on the ProtonAOSP ROM? Was thinking of trying it out but wanted to get some feedback from actual users. I'm currently stock rooted and am really missing all the ROMs I had at my disposal on the 4 XL! I'm hoping that devs start it all up soon! My go to was DirtyUnicorns, but they shut down dev last year

I was using on P2XL for a while. Its nothing special (nor are most), basically gave me the freedom to not keep building AOSP for myself, so a convenient way to avoid goog crapware.
You should look at grapheneos.

96carboard said:
I was using on P2XL for a while. Its nothing special (nor are most), basically gave me the freedom to not keep building AOSP for myself, so a convenient way to avoid goog crapware.
You should look at grapheneos.
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Why to prefer Graphene?

Sui77 said:
Why to prefer Graphene?
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It comes down to security. Instead of asking here, you really should go to their website and read about what they've done.

96carboard said:
It comes down to security. Instead of asking here, you really should go to their website and read about what they've done.
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I read out already, but did not got the point

Sui77 said:
I read out already, but did not got the point
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GrapheneOS features overview
Overview of GrapheneOS features differentiating it from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
grapheneos.org

96carboard said:
GrapheneOS features overview
Overview of GrapheneOS features differentiating it from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
grapheneos.org
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Have already read that, but it's not an answer to the question regarding the best daily driver

For me on Pixel, none of the AOSP ROMs are worthy. You will eventually end up with issues.

Prey521 said:
Hey everyone, anyone here on the ProtonAOSP ROM? Was thinking of trying it out but wanted to get some feedback from actual users. I'm currently stock rooted and am really missing all the ROMs I had at my disposal on the 4 XL! I'm hoping that devs start it all up soon! My go to was DirtyUnicorns, but they shut down dev last year
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There are a lot of ROMs for the 6 series. They're just not posted on xda anymore. I think there's 6 or 7 now. Proton, Derp, Statix, cRdroid, Calyx, Graphene etc

I have tried a few. They're ok. 🫤
You can get them here if you were wondering.
pretty easy install, just use the fastboot -w command , fastboot update <pathtorom.zip> for most.
i would still prefer stock.

Sui77 said:
Have already read that, but it's not an answer to the question regarding the best daily driver
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Yes it is an answer. It explains everything about it. If you can't read and understand then factory spyware is for you.