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Google Pixel Rom Development

Hi guys , as lot of us I want a Pixel Rom with the Pixel Experience and most of all the Pixel Camera (So we can really use our camera sensor )
I have been in talks we some Developers of Pixel Roms and ask them if they would be interested in trying to make a Pixel Rom for our Mi5s and 4 of them answered me with a positive answer.
I'm creating this thread because for them to try to build the Rom we would need to join forces and Donate enought money so we could purchase them a Mi5s.
So if you are interested in a Pixel Rom and don't mind giving up a Buck for the cause just let me know in the Pool to see if this would be possible.
So I created a CrowdFunding campaing to see if we can reach the goal , I set the goal to 460$ to see if we could get two Mi5s to the two Dev's who are most interested.
If you want this to happen just donate 1$ it's a Beer and it would help alot!
http://fnd.us/51Fx7c?ref=sh_96jnqa

How about we also post this to reddit? Maybe a few people over there are also interested

werzum said:
How about we also post this to reddit? Maybe a few people over there are also interested
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Great idea we could also post to miui forums!

so the central post will be on reddit ? or here?
i think here will make more important the campaign

Central post should be here and we should have links on Reddit and mi forums

bozy09 said:
Central post should be here and we should have links on Reddit and mi forums
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Airborntx said:
so the central post will be on reddit ? or here?
i think here will make more important the campaign
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I agree that the Central Post should be here and if we would create on the oher Forums we should link it to this one.
I don't have a Reddit account if you guys don't mind creating for me I would appreciate.
Best regards

Wow i can't wait for it ???

fereidooni said:
Wow i can't wait for it
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weve still got ways to go unless by some miracle the price of the device drops to $20 We need to get as many onboard as possible!

bozy09 said:
weve still got ways to go unless by some miracle the price of the device drops to $20 We need to get as many onboard as possible!
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i do my best

Lads , after the dev reach His potential, what Is he going to do with the device? Kept or send it to another one? I have questions about that

So have you actually found a developer who ported camera software from pixel/nexus phones before ? (I suppose camera is the main goal for us, no doubt pixel is doing this job much better having same hardware). The camera app itself doesn't affect picture quality that much, it is rather result of usage of underlying algorithms. Porting rom (or doing it feel it like pixel has from the box using lineage or another existing rom) won't be a big problem for a specialist, but all underlying software may not be so easily accessible, because it uses google developments that they likely don't want to expose. I'm not a rom developer so just want to clarify things (maybe they already released all required drivers in open source and it is only problem of testing it on a real device )

Airborntx said:
Lads , after the dev reach His potential, what Is he going to do with the device? Kept or send it to another one? I have questions about that
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Hi there , I think the point would be for him to stay with the device and we would only consider that of sending to another one if the choosen Dev won't be able to do anything per say.
krelly said:
So have you actually found a developer who ported camera software from pixel/nexus phones before ? (I suppose camera is the main goal for us, no doubt pixel is doing this job much better having same hardware). The camera app itself doesn't affect picture quality that much, it is rather result of usage of underlying algorithms. Porting rom (or doing it feel it like pixel has from the box using lineage or another existing rom) won't be a big problem for a specialist, but all underlying software may not be so easily accessible, because it uses google developments that they likely don't want to expose. I'm not a rom developer so just want to clarify things (maybe they already released all required drivers in open source and it is only problem of testing it on a real device )
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What I did was asking some Developers from the Pixel section if they would be interested in making a Pixel Rom for the Xiaomi Mi5s and if they would be able to try to Port the Camera Firmware or Algorithms from the Pixel to the Xiaomi Mi5s.
Of course they can't know for sure if they are going to be able to do it but they said they would love to try , and that's the best answer we can get from anyone to be honest.

We have broken closed source libs lolololo. The camera is the toughest part of all. Totally.

j1505243 said:
We have broken closed source libs lolololo. The camera is the toughest part of all. Totally.
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If there is progress in this direction, then certainly is good news.

I think the only possible problem for this is that Google locked their prop libs to work only on Pixel. But I doubt it!!
I have disassembled the Google camera application and it checks the phone if it is Pixel or not.
If the libs were locked down I think it would mean an unnecessary double check.
I am a software developer myself and I am considering porting this to our device, however, I have no experience with android so far so it will take a bit of time.

mesziman said:
I think the only possible problem for this is that Google locked their prop libs to work only on Pixel. But I doubt it!!
I have disassembled the Google camera application and it checks the phone if it is Pixel or not.
If the libs were locked down I think it would mean an unnecessary double check.
I am a software developer myself and I am considering porting this to our device, however, I have no experience with android so far so it will take a bit of time.
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I would like to help, but like you I'm a software developer and I don't know if I can help with my knowledge. But it's cool to see peoples interested to the improvement of this camera.

When and where do we donate money?
And I would like to see comments from the developer

John.D.. said:
When and where do we donate money?
And I would like to see comments from the developer
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I'd like to know this too

Take me?I am responsible for informing the Chinese people of the miui forum
bozy09 said:
Great idea we could also post to miui forums!
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sogou search 小米商城 and download ，I dare say you will come back to thank me（Because recently discounted）
Airborntx said:
Lads , after the dev reach His potential, what Is he going to do with the device? Kept or send it to another one? I have questions about that
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Nexus Experience rom is very similar to pixel. http://www.nxrom.us/mi5splus.html I can't tell a difference from it vs the pixel rom on my 5x other than some LOS features included.
Google photo thinks it's a pixel (unlimited storage)
Flashing the google camera - https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-ported takes care of the camera part, although I use a separate app for video recording since its video recording is buggy and FCs

BSG has been stopped working on gcams for mi 6

Should i buy bad and low end phones to get good support
All xiaomi phones now have fully working gcams xiaomi redmi 4x have gcam fully working
Mi6 doesn't have anything like mix 2
Me and 10 others gonna sell our devices mi 6 bc of this:good:

Yes please, sell your ****ing phone and leave us alone.

Ballesss said:
Yes please, sell your ****ing phone and leave us alone.
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+1

Any reason my 'OK, bye' emoji response was deleted?...

A.N.A.R said:
Should i buy bad and low end phones to get good support
All xiaomi phones now have fully working gcams xiaomi redmi 4x have gcam fully working
Mi6 doesn't have anything like mix 2
Me and 10 others gonna sell our devices mi 6 bc of this:good:
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OMG NOOOO DON'T SELL IT!!! PLEASE!!!
Oh wait nobody cares if you sell the phone or not.
Oh wait Gcam works like a charm... let me guess you are one of those who begs for portrait mode.... LOL
But hey if you want portrait mode and every single feature of the gcam, someone told me that there is this phone... What was the name?? oh yes Pixel 2, with it you get everything working and no issues at all.
What's wrong with these people??? A few years ago people were grateful if someone ported /release a rom or an App. Now people just begs...
HEY i WANT VOLTE NOW!!!
HEY I WANT MY GCAM TO WORK JUST LIKE A PIXEL 2 PRONTO!!!
HEY ARE YOU GOING TO UPDATE THIS ROM EVERY SINGLE WEEK, UNTIL I GOT TIRED OF THE PHONE??
No one in this forums owns us a single thing, everything they do with their free time is their own business. Want to get things done???
A)Hire a developer and pay him a monthly income
B)Do it yourself

wildger said:
OMG NOOOO DON'T SELL IT!!! PLEASE!!!
Oh wait nobody cares if you sell the phone or not.
Oh wait Gcam works like a charm... let me guess you are one of those who begs for portrait mode.... LOL
But hey if you want portrait mode and every single feature of the gcam, someone told me that there is this phone... What was the name?? oh yes Pixel 2, with it you get everything working and no issues at all.
What's wrong with these people??? A few years ago people were grateful if someone ported /release a rom or an App. Now people just begs...
HEY i WANT VOLTE NOW!!!
HEY I WANT MY GCAM TO WORK JUST LIKE A PIXEL 2 PRONTO!!!
HEY ARE YOU GOING TO UPDATE THIS ROM EVERY SINGLE WEEK, UNTIL I GOT TIRED OF THE PHONE??
No one in this forums owns us a single thing, everything they do with their free time is their own business. Want to get things done???
A)Hire a developer and pay him a monthly income
B)Do it yourself
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:laugh:

Sell your mi 6, then buy a Pixel 2, and you will get a fully working Google camera.

G4B33 said:
Sell your mi 6, then buy a Pixel 2, and you will get a fully working Google camera.
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:laugh:

Ballesss said:
Yes please, sell your ****ing phone and leave us alone.
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:silly:

Dobsgw said:
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+2 :laugh:

I have a fully working gcam by bsg so i don't care if he stopped or not. I doubt it can go better

fuarkgl3 said:
I have a fully working gcam by bsg so i don't care if he stopped or not. I doubt it can go better
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The GCAM is fully functional, the only thing that don't work is portrait mode and this clown here was begging for that.

wildger said:
The GCAM is fully functional, the only thing that don't work is portrait mode and this clown here was begging for that.
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It's just disrespectful.
Absolutely no reason for this at all.
We got working HDR+ and that's absolutely amazing in itself.
I'm sure BSG will keep updating the apk for Mi 6 to match the Google versions, but he doesn't have Mi 6 so he's really got no easy way to do it....
Thread is so off topic might as well report. Its only hurting developers hard work.

It just make him look like a clown... BSG has done more than enough for the MI6.

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XDA is a place for real phone improvement posting and development related topics
Not Chit-Chat Especially this kind of pointless Posting.
ANY OF YOU OPEN A THREAD LIKE THIS AGAIN EXPECT HARSH RESPONSE FROM THE MODERATING TEAM.
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Do u want miui 10 PIE 9.0 ROM

Miui 10 9.0 ROM

No. [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]
Sent from my Redmi Note 5 using Tapatalk

yes please.

No. We can adjust with what we have.

I dont want cancer

I do think MIUI is good. If then only without forced-encryption, no system file protection, no ABR, no Cleanmaster, etc.. So basically just a plain MIUI similar to the features of custom ROMs.

This post wanna share or wanna ask? Please mind what forum section is this

cpt.macp said:
I dont want cancer
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ahahaa

Stop spamming. It's not mi forum.

Well, you could complain it's in the wrong section. But spamming?
I'd love to see
slim MIUI
(with all clutter cut off)

peter-k said:
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I'd love to see
slim MIUI
(with all clutter cut off)
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Dreaming is allowed, but this will never happens since xiaomi done cra*** s**t with their devices...
Talking about arb "feature" or actually ~720 hour? waiting for bootloader unlock or else.
Maybe they have to overthink their mind and change it back as it was, once upon a time.
Anyway seems to be the wrong section maybe it has to move out here @Logan?

Really..?
MIUI 10 = "ANTI-4"....
Assuming You Have The Knowledge & Toolchain To Stick It In Your Oven And Bake It....
Don't Waste Your Time.. :angel:

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[Discussion] Hello Devs - Request for Custom Rom

I've never seen such a big community and a lot of custom ROMs like this. OK, it is a good, cheap phone. But a lot of people cannot buy it and have to choose another cheaper one.
So @ all Devs here: Don't forget us!!!
Have a look at Mi Max 3 for example, or others. There is not only one custom ROM since half a year! It is frustrating...frustrating not have the money for God-Phone PocoF1 and have to use only MIUI! Please look and help us...

Donate some phones on developers and they might start working on it on free time. They can't just buy and work on a phone without a good number of user base to start with. Oh yes, emphasis on term 'free time' because they do it as free extra work without forcing you to pay and most of them work on multiple devices.
Poco F1 had a good start because it was marketed as custom development friendly and sponsored by Poco Gobal itself. They started giving out phones to known developers voted by users.
If in the first place you were prioritizing custom development as criteria for new phone, then you should had waited for Poco to get cheaper or just saved more money. Mi Max series were never that attractive to developers to start with.

whrynox said:
Donate some phones on developers and they might start working on it on free time. They can't just buy and work on a phone without a good number of user base to start with.
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Thats not truth...there a lot of MiMax3 users and Devs...donate without ROM? No way...! Why 150.000 ROMs for only ONE phone here?!?!?!?!

Lecterr said:
Thats not truth...there a lot of MiMax3 users and Devs...donate without ROM? No way...! Why 150.000 ROMs for only ONE phibe?!?!?!?!
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That's because the devs here are willing to spend their free time on development. And if you want custom development for your device, request it to the respective XDA channel. This channel is for Poco F1.

To be honest I see the major point for such big community is the 3 day bootloader unlock. Obviusly apart from the giveaway Poco themeselves promoted and even the community has bought throught donations phones for some great developers who started their work blind building... It's a community builded thanks to the company efforts in making it possible (it's not like they do it perfectly but the results are here to be seen.)
Even if your community bought today a mi max 3 for some great developers there would be at least 3 months away from trying the roms in their own devices...
I don't know man... if you look up for mi max 3 on internet prices are around 220€ and today i have seen offers for pocohone at 250€. While I'm sorry for you I strongly recommend to look up to the community a phone gets before buying it.
Have a good day sir.

bower1994 said:
To be honest I see the major point for such big community is the 3 day bootloader unlock. Obviusly apart from the giveaway Poco themeselves promoted and even the community has bought throught donations phones for some great developers who started their work blind building... It's a community builded thanks to the company efforts in making it possible (it's not like they do it perfectly but the results are here to be seen.)
Even if your community bought today a mi max 3 for some great developers there would be at least 3 months away from trying the roms in their own devices...
I don't know man... if you look up for mi max 3 on internet prices are around 220€ and today i have seen offers for pocohone at 250€. While I'm sorry for you I strongly recommend to look up to the community a phone gets before buying it.
Have a good day sir.
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agreed i buy phones that i know will have good development, not buy and then moan about it on the internet afterwards when there are no custom roms available.
lesson learnt the hard way

Don't demand, contribute. You should start developing for your device so that other devs can join in. If you don't know how to do so, then learn. If you want an active dev community, check the forums before buying a phone.
Remember, we get custom kernels and ROMs because the devs want to share the product of their hobby. They can keep it all for themselves and it's still totally fine. Please have some respect.

Lecterr said:
No, sorry , I won't. I can do what I prefer to do, what I think it is right, not you! There are a lot of things I don't like on Pocophone (missing L1, ugly notch, plastic all over, smaller display and accu) I never buy a Xiaomi phone in future, thats it!
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Well thats your money and what you do with it it's your decision but how can we expect someone to spend their free time without some sort of motivation to do so ? in Poco case the company contacted all popular devs and send then free phones to kick start it .

One should always search for "Popular devices of particular year". Many tech websites including xda and gsmarena(dot)com display most popular devices on their websites. Also while making a buying decision always check how many devices sold or reviewed on shopping websites. This way you eliminate lesser popular phones and arrive at conclusion.:good:
All the best.:fingers-crossed:

lesson learned after buying a phone without active community makes your phone lonely and it was a long time ago. and now before buying new phone i always check if community is active on that kind model then i buy.. too bad this is your first time experiencing that.

Why don't you learn how to cook and port roms, and do so for your phone?

There are a lot of devs who said they will cook for my phone but nothing happend...THIS is frustrating a lot of people here...

Lecterr said:
This is not fair!
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My gf has a RN6 Pro, which I thought would have a big community and a lot of devs will work on it, custom roms, etc just like it's successor, RN5 Pro. But it's not. Should I say that it's not fair? Come on, nobody ever asked you to buy that phone or to use custom rom. Maybe next time you'd better wait before buying a phone.

dev is human, they have life, most of them do it for free,,

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My gf has a RN6 Pro, which I thought would have a big community and a lot of devs will work on it, custom roms, etc just like it's successor, RN5 Pro. But it's not. Should I say that it's not fair? Come on, nobody ever asked you to buy that phone or to use custom rom. Maybe next time you'd better wait before buying a phone.
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THAT's the problem!!! All devs dancing around one fu### poco phone and a lot of good phones around are dead...thats what I am saying, nothing more...hey, that goes in a wrong direction here!
Pocophone is a disease...

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Lecterr said:
THAT's the problem!!! All devs dancing around one fu### poco phone and a lot of good phones around are dead...thats what I am saying, nothing more...hey, that goes in a wrong direction here!
Pocophone is a disease...
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Please STOP creating a redundant thread and more so post in the wrong section. If you want custom roms for your device please post in your device section. I suggest you read the forum rules before you post and always request for something you desire in the correct device specific section.
Please be respectful to the community when you post and never post in a demanding way. I have cleaned up the thread, Edited the Tittle and moved it to the Mi Max 3 Section, Please continue the discussion here on a positive note and request for developer assistance.
Help us keep the forum clean and do not clutter the other device sections with irrelevant threads. If you still want to know why Poco F1 is a desired choice you can check the existing discussions and contribute towards a healthy discussion and outlook.
I also recommend you do some research before making your purchase decision for your next device. Some Developer Friendly Devices that i can suggest are OnePlus & Pixel Devices. Just in case you dont like them or find them expensive, you can wait for the Poco F2 to be announced later this year.
Thank you for your consideration,
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Lecterr said:
THAT's the problem!!! All devs dancing around one fu### poco phone and a lot of good phones around are dead...thats what I am saying, nothing more...hey, that goes in a wrong direction here!
Pocophone is a disease...
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You are right, i sold my mi max 3 and bought poco f1 much faster phone and as you can see lot of roms/kernels etc. I advise you the same.

Lecterr said:
THAT's the problem!!! All devs dancing around one fu### poco phone and a lot of good phones around are dead...thats what I am saying, nothing more...hey, that goes in a wrong direction here!
Pocophone is a disease...
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It's not anybody's fault that there are no more dev working on other phone. You're just whiny that the reality doesn't work the way you want. Don't blame others. Just sell your phone and buy a new one.

bucenk said:
It's not anybody's fault that there are no more dev working on other phone. You're just whiny that the reality doesn't work the way you want. Don't blame others. Just sell your phone and buy a new one.
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You are one of a few people, who don"t understand the message...never mind...

poco screen not big enough. and cpu overkill for alot of things.
also max users prefer to have a phone no need to charge up to 2 days with mid/heavy usage.
a phone without battery is useless. max series just too good for travelling and gaming.
then again...EU has saved Max3 with their rom all we need just an undervolt kernel with more cpu governor options.

RN8PRO Being left out - Again!

TWRP just announced official support for the RN8 and RN8T on the Snapdragon 665 but the RN8PRO is still being left out...
I'm very stubborn and i defend my purchase decisions like it's my life but even I'm starting to get a bit frustrated...
https://www.xda-developers.com/twrp-supports-redmi-note-8-8t-xiaomi-mi-9-realme-x2-pro/
It's a damn shame because this is such an awesome handset....

Helhound0 said:
TWRP just announced official support for the RN8 and RN8T on the Snapdragon 665 but the RN8PRO is still being left out...
I'm very stubborn and i defend my purchase decisions like it's my life but even I'm starting to get a bit frustrated...
https://www.xda-developers.com/twrp-supports-redmi-note-8-8t-xiaomi-mi-9-realme-x2-pro/
It's a damn shame because this is such an awesome handset....
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Lol can't you don't know that TWRP founder will be getting this device, how can you think like that?

Helhound0 said:
It's a damn shame because this is such an awesome handset....
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This. It really is a nice device.
Some people are taking scrap and accept it as a full meal;
and maybe that's fine, cause maybe it's all we are going to get.
Remember that the Redmi Note 7 still dont have a official version to this very day.
The current root methods described here on XDA for the RN8Pro feels like…
Mashed potatoes with more or less broken english and few drops of luck, just for good measure...
Sorry, I got sidetracked a little bit;
Stay stronK M8, maybe it's still coming. Maybe.

NMRH said:
This. It really is a nice device.
Some people are taking scrap and accept it as a full meal;
and maybe that's fine, cause maybe it's all we are going to get.
Remember that the Redmi Note 7 still dont have a official version to this very day.
The current root methods described here on XDA for the RN8Pro feels like…
Mashed potatoes with more or less broken english and few drops of luck, just for good measure...
Sorry, I got sidetracked a little bit;
Stay stronK M8, maybe it's still coming. Maybe.
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Exactly. And adding to that, the amount of misinformation and blatant liters around this handset is just absolutely mind-blowing. At some point you might see someone casually ranting about how it's best not to expect anything positive about this device and then you turn your head around only to see the same person claiming to be a ROM developer that almost have a fully functional ROM for it.... XIAOMI didn't even release the touchscreen driver for the phone!!! Yet some "developers" out there somehow has a "working ROM" and looking for testers.... ???

Helhound0 said:
Exactly. And adding to that, the amount of misinformation and blatant liters around this handset is just absolutely mind-blowing. At some point you might see someone casually ranting about how it's best not to expect anything positive about this device and then you turn your head around only to see the same person claiming to be a ROM developer that almost have a fully functional ROM for it.... XIAOMI didn't even release the touchscreen driver for the phone!!! Yet some "developers" out there somehow has a "working ROM" and looking for testers.... ???
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Btw sorry to say that but the source code is complete you will understand if you know some git.See i am not just blant this is the proof:
In folder
drivers/input/touchscreen/fts8719
Create path
include/firmware/
Create empty file - focal_g7_01.i
Touch driver working ?

girishjangir7 said:
Btw sorry to say that but the source code is complete you will understand if you know some git.See i am not just blant this is the proof:
In folder
drivers/input/touchscreen/fts8719
Create path
include/firmware/
Create empty file - focal_g7_01.i
Touch driver working
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Hey, just wondering. Is there any information about panel used? Tried 10 apps to check but none can gave me screen panel manufacturer name

ScarletVeil said:
Hey, just wondering. Is there any information about panel used? Tried 10 apps to check but none can gave me screen panel manufacturer name
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Its NVT for me

girishjangir7 said:
Btw sorry to say that but the source code is complete you will understand if you know some git.See i am not just blant this is the proof:
In folder
drivers/input/touchscreen/fts8719
Create path
include/firmware/
Create empty file - focal_g7_01.i
Touch driver working ?
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Well you got me there. But i hope you know where this is coming from. There's a lot riding on this device so we can't afford to have anyone mess with its reputation.
On a side note, I'm willing to try things out, now that i know you're legit. That's if you still needa tester. Let me know. ?

Helhound0 said:
Well you got me there. But i hope you know where this is coming from. There's a lot riding on this device so we can't afford to have anyone mess with its reputation.
On a side note, I'm willing to try things out, now that i know you're legit. That's if you still needa tester. Let me know. ?
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But my only concern is that if Xiaomi doesn't give legit unbrick tool we can't do anything coz when we flash through some third party tool also it needs Xiaomi server permission:crying: