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CyanogenMod, Paranoid Android, or any other ROMs?

Would Cyanogen Mod be interested in developing for this phone now that we have unlocked bootloader? Given the choice, I'd love Paranoid Android, but I went hold my breath.

CM is already in development . https://github.com/CM-zenfone2

BrokenROM https://github.com/BrokenROM/device_asus_moorefield

Seems that are only for ZE551ML I hope that will be compatible with ZE550ML

If someone can get pure AOSP or CM working, the ROMs will flow out like water... once a base is established building many ROMs is easy. If we get CM, then look for ROMs like Beanstalk, BlissPop, Carbon, , etc. to follow closely behind. Patience, it will happen...

MatteXperiaU said:
CM is already in development . https://github.com/CM-zenfone2
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Yay! I really hope Paranoid Android follows suit. I LOVE Pa's Halo feature.

custom roms will help this phone.zenny 2 has one of the worst stock firmware optimization ever and seems like asus cant fix the problems.

Be patient guys, I just sent a couple developers phones this week.

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Be patient guys, I just sent a couple developers phones this week.
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Cool! I see lots of potential ROM development for this phone!
Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using XDA Free mobile app

Tuanies said:
Be patient guys, I just sent a couple developers phones this week.
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Good to see Asus is showing commitment to this phone. Also great to see you guys are embracing the aftermarket ROM community. More vendors need to be supportive like this.

We love the enthusiast community - you guys are the ones that like to tinker and have contributed to our growth over the years when we were just a motherboard vendor. I bet many of you still have fond memories of building PCs with our components before tinkering with phones .

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Awesome! Is there/will there be collaboration with the developers regarding the kernel and device tree from ASUS as well? That would be key to have a fully-working custom ROM in the nearer future (versus the developers having to learn from scratch and sort of fend for themselves, kludging their way along and delaying the end goal).
So exciting!

We post our kernel source, but that's all we can offer, unfortunately. Our software development is done at our Taiwan HQ. But if any devs need anything, just send me a PM and I'll ask our software team.

Tuanies said:
We love the enthusiast community - you guys are the ones that like to tinker and have contributed to our growth over the years when we were just a motherboard vendor. I bet many of you still have fond memories of building PCs with our components before tinkering with phones .
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Tuanies said:
We post our kernel source, but that's all we can offer, unfortunately. Our software development is done at our Taiwan HQ. But if any devs need anything, just send me a PM and I'll ask our software team.
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Just got one single request... Open an official outlet or distributer in Pakistan... I am buying your items off international vendors without warranties... Would love to see if I can get some support locally...

Tuanies said:
We post our kernel source, but that's all we can offer, unfortunately. Our software development is done at our Taiwan HQ. But if any devs need anything, just send me a PM and I'll ask our software team.
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CC: @TheSSJ, @shakalaca, @jrior001, @crpalmer, @sorg, @Harfainx, @vampirefo and other zf2 developers.. :victory:

Tuanies said:
Be patient guys, I just sent a couple developers phones this week.
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This makes not much sense to me honestly. Why locking a bootloader in the first place and then stating to push development hard by providing test phones to specified devs?
But still I want to thank you for your commitment in making this phone a huge success - we'll kick Galaxy and Xperia and the likes out once done

Good thing to see Asus sharing to make custom ROMs efficient.
Already on Harfainx's ROM, can't wait to see things going even further.

SBFarooq said:
Just got one single request... Open an official outlet or distributer in Pakistan... I am buying your items off international vendors without warranties... Would love to see if I can get some support locally...
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Unfortunately in only responsible for North America and have no say for any other regions.
TheSSJ said:
This makes not much sense to me honestly. Why locking a bootloader in the first place and then stating to push development hard by providing test phones to specified devs?
But still I want to thank you for your commitment in making this phone a huge success - we'll kick Galaxy and Xperia and the likes out once done
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This is my push from Technical Marketing for North America due to needs and wants for the US market. I place great emphasis on the community that has made many of the previous phones I've owned so great. I want that for the ZF2.

I'll probably start development for this phone once i get it. Never worked with an x86 android device before but it sounds like a fun challenge

Tuanies said:
This is my push from Technical Marketing for North America due to needs and wants for the US market. I place great emphasis on the community that has made many of the previous phones I've owned so great. I want that for the ZF2.
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Hi,
I've got some sort of situation here concerning building the kernel for ZF2 on my own. I downloaded the kernel source from ASUS website and followed the instructions one by one (download the android source code, use the appropriate toolchain, issue the kernel build command using fhd_defconfig, etc.
The phone boots and works good, BUT:
The phone never gets to deep sleep mode because of hsic_s3_wlock (kernel wakelock from USB HSIC). Could you please ask someone from the technical department to check what is causing this or if any config entry is missing? I am really starting to doubt that this is something I can influence at all

Should i buy 7X?

Dear Fellow XDA Members,
My phone is old so i was thinking about buying Honor 7X or Redmi 5 Plus, which one you recommend guys? i am all about root, future developments and some good camera so help me choose the better one accordingly.
Thank You,

ecrudragon said:
Dear Fellow XDA Members,
My phone is old so i was thinking about buying Honor 7X or Redmi 5 Plus, which one you recommend guys? i am all about root, future developments and some good camera so help me choose the better one accordingly.
Thank You,
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For getting ur answer u need to wait untill Redmi 5 Plus release... .

Development?! Take the RedMi

Rajeev said:
For getting ur answer u need to wait untill Redmi 5 Plus release... .
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Sure, i will wait for Redmi 5 Plus official release what is your take on Honor 7X?

ecrudragon said:
Sure, i will wait for Redmi 5 Plus official release what is your take on Honor 7X?
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My Honor 7x will come today.. My situation is different here. I don't have any other choice. So buying 7x..
My wife using Honor 6x. So i already know about UI and OS.
Development will take some time here. Kennel sources are already out..
I will give some detailed review after i get my 7x

Rajeev said:
My Honor 7x will come today.. My situation is different here. I don't have any other choice. So buying 7x..
My wife using Honor 6x. So i already know about UI and OS.
Development will take some time here. Kennel sources are already out..
I will give some detailed review after i get my 7x
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Well noted with thanks

Rajeev said:
My Honor 7x will come today.. My situation is different here. I don't have any other choice. So buying 7x..
My wife using Honor 6x. So i already know about UI and OS.
Development will take some time here. Kennel sources are already out..
I will give some detailed review after i get my 7x
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My guess that the Redmi will be absolutely better in terms of community development

PalakMi said:
My guess that the Redmi will be absolutely better in terms of community development
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It probably is, it's also not very expensive, same as the honor 7x

Jan.Pul said:
It probably is, it's also not very expensive, same as the honor 7x
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It is said to be very affordable

PalakMi said:
It is said to be very affordable
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It is, look it up on AliExpress xiaomi official store, it's only a little more than €200, the 4gb + 64gb model

Jan.Pul said:
It is, look it up on AliExpress xiaomi official store, it's only a little more than €200, the 4gb + 64gb model
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Definitely cheaper

PalakMi said:
Definitely cheaper
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Okay but I got a question to y'all, I bought a honor 7x from official store on AliExpress, they should have shipped it in 48 hours but they didn't, reasons to worry?

Jan.Pul said:
Okay but I got a question to y'all, I bought a honor 7x from official store on AliExpress, they should have shipped it in 48 hours but they didn't, reasons to worry?
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I ordered a 7x last week from the Huawei Honor website, the tentative ship date that they said was 12/15 so I don't know if AliExpress can start shipping prior to that?

zole2112 said:
I ordered a 7x last week from the Huawei Honor website, the tentative ship date that they said was 12/15 so I don't know if AliExpress can start shipping prior to that?
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It wasn't a pre-registration 11 people already received the phone with photo's to back it up

Jan.Pul said:
Okay but I got a question to y'all, I bought a honor 7x from official store on AliExpress, they should have shipped it in 48 hours but they didn't, reasons to worry?
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I've never bought through Chinese retailers

sure

Got my Honor 7X, love the phone.
as far as development is concerned it all depends on how many devs it attracts and since XDA is getting sponsorship from them then i think it will be a magnet for devs.
also throw me any questions about the phone.. would love to answer more..

sid21 said:
Got my Honor 7X, love the phone.
as far as development is concerned it all depends on how many devs it attracts and since XDA is getting sponsorship from them then i think it will be a magnet for devs.
also throw me any questions about the phone.. would love to answer more..
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Treble should come with Oreo, at least AOSP will be available

PalakMi said:
Treble should come with Oreo, at least AOSP will be available
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Project Treble is not entirely dependent on android 8
though i know even google claims that treble is supported on 8.0 onwards
but as far as we know :
For those of you who have followed the custom ROM scene for years, you might already be aware with how significant this news is. XDA Recognized Developer OldDroid called this revelation a “breakthrough” in custom AOSP ROM development. Thanks to Project Treble support, for example, I was able to boot a nearly fully functioning Android 8.0 Oreo ROM on the Huawei Mate 9—a device that until now hadn’t even seen a single AOSP Android Nougat ROM.
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so a (partial working) oreo build was compiled for a phone which didnt even see Nougat release.. its all on the partition and devs going forward with excitement leading to better support and faster releases..

sid21 said:
Project Treble is not entirely dependent on android 8
though i know even google claims that treble is supported on 8.0 onwards
but as far as we know :
so a (partial working) oreo build was compiled for a phone which didnt even see Nougat release.. its all on the partition and devs going forward with excitement leading to better support and faster releases..
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You are right

Developmemt...??

Am afraid to buy honor 7x because of less support for honor 6x...
Will there be a good development for this phone..??
Am currently using Redmi note 3 which has a lot of support, too many roms, awesome developers...!!
Really need help in buying this phone...i love the design..!!?

kiran G. said:
Am afraid to buy honor 7x because of less support for honor 6x...
Will there be a good development for this phone..??
Am currently using Redmi note 3 which has a lot of support, too many roms, awesome developers...!!
Really need help in buying this phone...i love the design..!!?
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Kernel sources are out. But don't expect much development here.. If u really care about development then 7x is not for YOU
Development will start after some times for sure. But don't expect like other manufacturer devices...
For me i really don't care about custom roms.. I only need root and TWRP. I got both these in 7x. So very much happy

Rajeev said:
Kernel sources are out. But don't expect much development here.. If u really care about development then 7x is not for YOU
Development will start after some times for sure. But don't expect like other manufacturer devices...
For me i really don't care about custom roms.. I only need root and TWRP. I got both these in 7x. So very much happy
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Thx....i have to think

kiran G. said:
Thx....i have to think
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I think you'll be fine because of project treble, not sure though

I'll tell you an advice, if you want to buy a phone for development of custom ROMs, just go with a snapdragon device (like Xiaomi, Motorola, OnePlus...etc)

What do u need roms for basically? i come from the nexus to the pixel and then oneplus community.
being addicted to rom flashing every other day and used to waste a lot of time
EMUI is great and has almost all the functions. except for root i dont even need much.
With treble all the major development teams will release updates anyway in future.

sid21 said:
What do u need roms for basically? i come from the nexus to the pixel and then oneplus community.
being addicted to rom flashing every other day and used to waste a lot of time
EMUI is great and has almost all the functions. except for root i dont even need much.
With treble all the major development teams will release updates anyway in future.
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Thx....am kind of person who needs new things to experience...just like you am addicted to flashing new roms everyday, thats y am very much concerned about the development...anyway i got the device yesterday, waiting for the development to start...!!!

kiran G. said:
Thx....am kind of person who needs new things to experience...just like you am addicted to flashing new roms everyday, thats y am very much concerned about the development...anyway i got the device yesterday, waiting for the development to start...!!!
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The development will blow out with Oreo update and treble

PalakMi said:
The development will blow out with Oreo update and treble
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Hope so...will be eagerly waiting??

kiran G. said:
Hope so...will be eagerly waiting??
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I'll wait, a little bit (I still don't know what variant to get, US or EU)

Future Development

Hi,
Like usual will there be any cutom rom development?
Also since we have a mtk soc will there be any update after a year for miui/android? They usually don't do that mtk devices..
Not many people bought this phone i think

nivednk14 said:
Hi,
Like usual will there be any cutom rom development?
Also since we have a mtk soc will there be any update after a year for miui/android? They usually don't do that mtk devices..
Not many people bought this phone i think
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If that's true then how are people finding it difficult to buy it still?
XDA has sent RN8pro devices to many developers. Have patience and development will happen. Sources are also released already.

@SidDev said:
If that's true then how are people finding it difficult to buy it still?
XDA has sent RN8pro devices to many developers. Have patience and development will happen. Sources are also released already.
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I got it in the first try.. It was very less competitive compared to other Redmi devices..

nivednk14 said:
I got it in the first try.. It was very less competitive compared to other Redmi devices..
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I don't understand this.
If you get in first try, it's a problem.
If you don't get in first try, it's a problem. Xiaomi is bad, they use this trick and so many complains.
If you getting in first try is equal to bad sales then you are outstanding analyst. ??

Android 10 Upgrade

According to Xiomi, Mi A2 lite won't get Android 10
Is it true ?

Please at least make an effort and look at other Android 10 threads on the forum before making the exact same posts as said threads.
Here's the full lowdown:
- Xiaomi have to provide Android 10 to our phone as part of the Android One program.
- We don't know when we'll get it.
- The Xiaomi support agents definitely don't either.
- It has been shown many times that the support agents either don't know about the Android One program, the concept of Xiaomi doing ROMs that aren't MIUI or even the existence of the Mi A2 Lite Vs the Mi A2 (which are separate things).
- Please for the love of any and every God, either stop asking here and the Xiaomi support about it and use a custom ROM or just sit and wait and be patient like the rest of us. Thank you.

Stop worry or ask about Android 10 guys.
I agree with the first comment.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/com...e_to/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

xiaomi should fire those customer support. what's the use of having a customer support channel that doesn't provide accurate information?

jaboneros said:
xiaomi should fire those customer support. what's the use of having a customer support channel that doesn't provide accurate information?
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I also think that having a customer support that has little knowledge about its product is leaving a bad impression to us, at least they should foward our question to someone who can help more...
Altough i am thankfull for security updates, my phone is still working great, and android 10 will come, but when, no one knows yet...

It's because the job of the customer support is to help out with base level questions about a device, and Xiaomi's support will mainly be focused on and assuming the question is about MIUI rather than anything else since that's their primary version of Android that 90% of their phones run. This level of customer support wouldn't know a single thing about unannounced device updates, primarily because this kind of information is just never divulged to them in the first place. I wouldn't be surprised if most of what they come out with is just pure guesswork because they don't actually know.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaom...on-Geekbench-running-Android-10.452870.0.html
Looks like something is happening

DonkeyKonk said:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaom...on-Geekbench-running-Android-10.452870.0.html
Looks like something is happening
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I think that's a custom ROM. No indication that's stock

Alex, those are custom roms. I checked them all.

Stop the Fake news

Bundy12 said:
Stop the Fake news
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Donald, is it you?
Sorry, couldn't resist

ohwarumbloss said:
Donald, is it you?
Sorry, couldn't resist
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Donald ****?

picopi said:
Please at least make an effort and look at other Android 10 threads on the forum before making the exact same posts as said threads.
Here's the full lowdown:
- Xiaomi have to provide Android 10 to our phone as part of the Android One program.
- We don't know when we'll get it.
- The Xiaomi support agents definitely don't either.
- It has been shown many times that the support agents either don't know about the Android One program, the concept of Xiaomi doing ROMs that aren't MIUI or even the existence of the Mi A2 Lite Vs the Mi A2 (which are separate things).
- Please for the love of any and every God, either stop asking here and the Xiaomi support about it and use a custom ROM or just sit and wait and be patient like the rest of us. Thank you.
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After the confirmation from Xiaomi and seeing screenshots from Geekbench, we can say that Mi A2 lite update is in beta state and would probably be releasing update in the end of Q2 2020 (April).

AzeemAli86 said:
After the confirmation from Xiaomi and seeing screenshots from Geekbench, we can say that Mi A2 lite update is in beta state and would probably be releasing update in the end of Q1 2020 (March).
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What confirmation from Xiaomi? Again, the customer support don't actually know when it'll come out. Those Geekbench screenshots were for custom ROMs, not the official update.
This said, I agree that it's probably in beta and will be out in Q1.

picopi said:
What confirmation from Xiaomi? Again, the customer support don't actually know when it'll come out. Those Geekbench screenshots were for custom ROMs, not the official update.
This said, I agree that it's probably in beta and will be out in Q1.
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Why not Q4 2020
Which rule forces Xiaomi for Q1? I cant see any rule for Q1.
I think Xiaomi forgot us and for the Android 10 update thing they still didnt even started to work on it.
But i have big hope for 2020 Q4. We will get Android 10 update with Mi A4’s Android 11 update.

picopi said:
What confirmation from Xiaomi? Again, the customer support don't actually know when it'll come out. Those Geekbench screenshots were for custom ROMs, not the official update.
This said, I agree that it's probably in beta and will be out in Q1.
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Why would they be custom ROMs? Custom Android 10 ROMs were available since long ago for our device, why would've notebookcheck wrote an article about it just now?
We might get just a sec. patch now, but it'll be out soon, I agree on that.

dSERiES said:
Why would they be custom ROMs? Custom Android 10 ROMs were available since long ago for our device, why would've notebookcheck wrote an article about it just now?
We might get just a sec. patch now, but it'll be out soon, I agree on that.
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I can say the truth but someone will make fake version. So its better to not know. I dont want to see fake results. Because this will cause fake hope.