So after testing AOSP extended, LineageOS17, Havoc OS and even DerpFest OS, I think moto z2 (albus) doesn't do great with GSI for android 10. There always was something off and the stability was far from one you expect from a gsi. I used KVT 2.3 aroma to boot. However, there are other devs releasing unofficial GSI roms as well which I haven't tested. Like ExPressLukeGSI or Trisquel collection which probably has a special thing for albus. So I am posting this expecting replies from anyone showing love to z2 play, If you know something then tell me. If you want to test the GSIs and can't find links, ask me.
i would to try gsi but i use daily mt phone and i need to something stable at now mokee is working ok but i had a issue with calls. i never try this treble roms xd
aymanz said:
i would to try gsi but i use daily mt phone and i need to something stable at now mokee is working ok but i had a issue with calls. i never try this treble roms xd
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I get it It's sometimes hard to daily drive Treble roms. Which Rom are you currently using tho? Lineage?
Nick_101d said:
I get it It's sometimes hard to daily drive Treble roms. Which Rom are you currently using tho? Lineage?
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i tried havoc but after 5 minutes my phone rebooted and never can boot again, so i back to mokee. i used lineage but change my mind
aymanz said:
i tried havoc but after 5 minutes my phone rebooted and never can boot again, so i back to mokee. i used lineage but change my mind
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Mokee Q or Pie? This ROM are stable?
does anyone know if they are developing a gsi or normal Android 10 ROM for Moto Z2 Albus because I have been waiting for it for a long time and I would like to ask that please continue supporting this team please
@Euiz702 GSI is not specific for some device. You can use almost any GSI on Z2 Play already now
Nick_101d said:
So after testing AOSP extended, LineageOS17, Havoc OS and even DerpFest OS, I think moto z2 (albus) doesn't do great with GSI for android 10. There always was something off and the stability was far from one you expect from a gsi
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What kind of problems did you have? I'm testing phusson's plain AOSP and so far works good. Scrolling and some apps, especially Google maps run smoother than on stock Pie. I'm using modded Google Camera 6 (shared in Apps&Mods forum), it works good, just HDR+ can't be turned off and it tends to improve reality too much. I just didn't manage to install Magisk yet.
I also wanted to try Trisquels's gsi-albus stuff, but SourceForge has been working badly recently and I wasn't able to download anything
Klen2 said:
What kind of problems did you have? I'm testing phusson's plain AOSP and so far works good. Scrolling and some apps, especially Google maps run smoother than on stock Pie. I'm using modded Google Camera 6 (shared in Apps&Mods forum), it works good, just HDR+ can't be turned off and it tends to improve reality too much. I just didn't manage to install Magisk yet.
I also wanted to try Trisquels's gsi-albus stuff, but SourceForge has been working badly recently and I wasn't able to download anything
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Your are using phusson pie or 10?
10 with V2.3 kvt (btw, previous post should not be quoted )
I also tried some Pies a couple of months earlier with V7 kvt but camera wasn't working there
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10 with V2.3 kvt
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as for Magisk use this version: https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/releases/download/v200/magisk-phh.zip
Thanks, it worked. But I'm probably going back to stock, the battery life is pretty bad
Klen2 said:
the battery life is pretty bad
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with normal browser surfing and using social networks, how many hours does the screen give out?
Klen2 said:
Thanks, it worked. But I'm probably going back to stock, the battery life is pretty bad
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If you want a rom with good battery life, try DescendantOS x (10). Havoc is good, but not for battery life.
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with normal browser surfing and using social networks, how many hours does the screen give out?
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I don't know and I already left. But before, my battery usually lasted for one day, now maybe half maybe a bit more.
I tried DescendantX, but it seemed a bit undone with something in status bar. But maybe I try it once more.
I also tried GSIs from gsi-albus project on SourceForge and they seem good, but they have always navigation bar on and fingerprint gestures off (doesn't matter what you select in kvt installer). So I wander whether they are really built with Albums in mind...
Can someone here help me decide whether to take the plunge or not into flashing a custom ROM on my daily driver Z2 Play, by clarifying some of my doubts.
1) Whether the Moto experiences like Moto Actions and Moto Display will be available when using custom ROMs and GSIs?
2) Will it be possible to return to stock ROM after flashing a 64bit Treble based ROM?
3) Also what is the best, most stable Android 9 or 10 based ROMs for Moto Z2 Play?
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Can someone here help me decide whether to take the plunge or not into flashing a custom ROM on my daily driver Z2 Play, by clarifying some of my doubts.
1) Whether the Moto experiences like Moto Actions and Moto Display will be available when using custom ROMs and GSIs?
2) Will it be possible to return to stock ROM after flashing a 64bit Treble based ROM?
3) Also what is the best, most stable Android 9 or 10 based ROMs for Moto Z2 Play?
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There are no stable Pie or Q ROMs for Z2 Play unfortunately. Only GSI ones that are all more or less bugged and it seems like no developer is interested in this phone anymore. For stable ROMs you can choose only from 8.1 ones which are all quite outdated at this point as well. Anyway I use unofficial LineageOS 15.1 as daily driver for like 1,5 year now and have no complaints, it's absolutely rock solid and latest release has February 2020 security patches. Moto actions, Moto display (kinda, it's different than stock) and fingerprint gestures works.
But honestly I don't think there is much point in flashing custom rom now, especially if you have stock 9.0.
Pixel experience plus on Albus
I have flashed the Pixel Experience Plus Android 10 GSI on Albus by using the latest KVT 2.4 and it works like charm.
There are no major bugs, everything is working fine like basic functions and performance is awesome.
Only ambient display is not working, other than that almost everything is working fine and this GSI can be used as daily driver.
And magisk is also working.
Did anyone tried to install Erfan's Oxygen OS GSI on Albus???
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I have flashed the Pixel Experience Plus Android 10 GSI on Albus by using the latest KVT 2.4 and it works like charm.
There are no major bugs, everything is working fine like basic functions and performance is awesome.
Only ambient display is not working, other than that almost everything is working fine and this GSI can be used as daily driver.
And magisk is also working.
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Good to hear that pixel experience is working for you. I am based in india and none of gsi seem to provide volte functionality. Can you confirm that the rom you have tried is working with volte? Please provide the source of the pixel experience gsi you have tried. i have tried Erfans gsi, its same volte doesn't work. Thanks
Ive tried Cesium Pixel Havoc. No offence but they all have major problems? I find them unuseable. Does anyone know of a rom an can share the link for a rom for RN8P that actually can be used for a daily driver.
I am about to try my luck with Globe rom an Xiaomi.EU
The only thing ive found that works but I do not like Is Miui lol?
(no good for me as tiny status bar that even with a terminal emulator cannot be improved much).
I was hoping someone would take an interest an pick up this cellphone after 6 months but has not happened yet.
The good thing about RN8P is that I have found unbricking quite easy as the bootloader seems to remain permanently unlocked till you relock it.
Just a lack of ROMs
I think you have tried out the GSI roms mentioned on this thread:
"Full Guide on how to Unlock, Root, and flash GSI to Redmi Note 8 Pro"
Did you give AndyYan's LOS v17.1 a try yet?
If I fly over the Redmi Note 8 Pro test report on the phh treble page: https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-8-Pro#hardware-support - it doesn't look that bad.
Unlike the custom roms even NFC seems to work. Major bug should be the camera.
I haven't installed any GSI yet because some of them use the Q vendor image. So I was too scared to mess around with it yet
My hopes rely on the custom roms.
They work hard to make progress.
I have tried AndyYan's Lineage OS 17.1 and I think that one worked the best in my experience. I have also tried Havoc OS 2.9 GSI but the battery life on that one sucked.
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I have tried AndyYan's Lineage OS 17.1 and I think that one worked the best in my experience. I have also tried Havoc OS 2.9 GSI but the battery life on that one sucked.
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Does any of them have volte working?
eocobby721 said:
Does any of them have volte working?
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Nope.
hello everyone,
after upgrading to Android 12 and literally wanting to throw away my phone after that, I decided to go back to ol' reliable custom ROMs.
Just rolling back to pre-Oppo OOS would be absolutely enough and I loved my Oneplus 8 Pro, really regret giving it away, but I want to see what's on XDA and maybe I can find something even better.
So I just wanted to hear your input on which ROM you would go for with the 9 Pro, would you roll all the way back to OOS 11 with nameless or Lineage or go for a 12 based ROM because the improvements are worth it?
What are you personally running and why?
Im on the last nameless build based on oos12, and its the best rom for me, its the most fluid, the most stable, and It does some 6 hours of screen, the only flaw is the lack of oos camera, unlike previous oneplus in custom roms
=Plac3bo= said:
hello everyone,
after upgrading to Android 12 and literally wanting to throw away my phone after that, I decided to go back to ol' reliable custom ROMs.
Just rolling back to pre-Oppo OOS would be absolutely enough and I loved my Oneplus 8 Pro, really regret giving it away, but I want to see what's on XDA and maybe I can find something even better.
So I just wanted to hear your input on which ROM you would go for with the 9 Pro, would you roll all the way back to OOS 11 with nameless or Lineage or go for a 12 based ROM because the improvements are worth it?
What are you personally running and why?
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no custom firmware will give you the same experience as oos 11. I tried everything. there is nothing better than
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no custom firmware will give you the same experience as oos 11. I tried everything. there is nothing better than
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Literally, anything is better than OOS11 or OOS12. lol
garnik16v said:
Im on the last nameless build based on oos12, and its the best rom for me, its the most fluid, the most stable, and It does some 6 hours of screen, the only flaw is the lack of oos camera, unlike previous oneplus in custom roms
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Which kernel are you using?
Just wondering if anybody can help. Ive just bought an s20 plus, 2nd hand of course, & am considering putting TWRP or another recovery on. But, what Im asking is are there any custom roms, bearing in mind I have installed the latest fw android 13? I see BeyondRom, which I have tried before on s10 (& is very good btw) & Lineage 19.1, which I doubt would work on newer fw. Is there anything else out there, LOS based or AOSP?
Thanks for any response
[email protected] said:
Just wondering if anybody can help. Ive just bought an s20 plus, 2nd hand of course, & am considering putting TWRP or another recovery on. But, what Im asking is are there any custom roms, bearing in mind I have installed the latest fw android 13? I see BeyondRom, which I have tried before on s10 (& is very good btw) & Lineage 19.1, which I doubt would work on newer fw. Is there anything else out there, LOS based or AOSP?
Thanks for any response
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Hi, you can also try Pixel Experience.
Thanks for this. So the only alternative to stock is a gsi ROM? Never seen this before, but I can understand if maybe its not a popular device
Jan Skokan said:
Hi, you can also try Pixel Experience.
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