im planning to root the the phone....dont wanna go to 7....wanna see the rom and rooting first with android 6
what is the best option for this phone on 6 ?
To be honest, there is no "good" Marshmallow ROM for this phone.
The stock ROM is a nightmare, regardless of whether you use the Marshmallow or Nougat one.
The "best" ROM in my eyes is the newly released Oreo AEX alpha build posted by Firelord, the only downside it has is that fixing the LED lights on it is a bit of an hassle and that NFC isn't working (yet).
If NFC is important to you, you should go with Firelord's Unofficial LineageOS 14.1 build, that one has working NFC and the LEDs can be fixed the same way as the Oreo build.
The main reason I suggest you to go custom ROM here is because the stock ROM itself has a series of critical bugs that I consider even more severe than the two I just mentioned.
If you are into mobile gaming with a gamepad for example, forget about doing it on the stock ROM, as Lenovo has done something to the framework that makes every kind of HID interface freeze randomly.
MrColdbird said:
To be honest, there is no "good" Marshmallow ROM for this phone.
The stock ROM is a nightmare, regardless of whether you use the Marshmallow or Nougat one.
The "best" ROM in my eyes is the newly released Oreo AEX alpha build posted by Firelord, the only downside it has is that fixing the LED lights on it is a bit of an hassle and that NFC isn't working (yet).
If NFC is important to you, you should go with Firelord's Unofficial LineageOS 14.1 build, that one has working NFC and the LEDs can be fixed the same way as the Oreo build.
The main reason I suggest you to go custom ROM here is because the stock ROM itself has a series of critical bugs that I consider even more severe than the two I just mentioned.
If you are into mobile gaming with a gamepad for example, forget about doing it on the stock ROM, as Lenovo has done something to the framework that makes every kind of HID interface freeze randomly.
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thanks for your info....i dont care about NFC or even LED also.....all i want it is a great rom with no battery drain or bugs..working normally and good cpu+ram management... >>> to start fixing the audio problem
Any Suggestion ?
You dont want Marshmallow because of nonce krack buig. Amazes me how open source can break in newer versions.
My paranoia says Gov agencies wanted this bug in the newer Android software.
UPDATE: There is a telegram group with latest nightly builds of genom kernel, they are mostly stable, there may be a couple of ussues with some of them (like phantom touches or random battery inefficiency), however you can find kernels that support our touch panel in android pie, and oreo roms, and they run butter smooth compared to stock rom, (thank you rama982 and all contrubutors to Genom kernel). Just download a kernel build you like, and then flash it after the installation of rom. genom_ci
It has been an issue for a long time, since Xiaomi refuses to release kernel sources for this module (or so i been told), anyways, many people encouter the issue with touch screen that doesn't work after flashing custom rom (screen flickering, response lag e.t.c). This issue was brought up in this thread, however there is no answer to a question that excites most of "novatek" owners that are here - "what can i actually install of all roms". I decided to make a list of roms that happened to avoid this issue, i hope this will help users like me, so they don't have to spend literally weeks stalking, testing, looking around at all sorts of places only to find another rom that doesn't work.
1. This is the easiest one, all MIUI roms that are available for our device are working flawlessly, official global roms, custom ones, they all work (i personally prefer Revolution OS MIUI 8.10, since it has an option for the chinese bloatware and spyware to be removed, and i find it the fastest one).
2. Almost all nougat roms ( the ones that are based on android 7.1, (and maybe 7) ). Or at least 95% of them, i had issues with some of them, but it's okay that some roms are less stable than the others, you will have to find what works best for you.
3. As far as i remember, all roms based on android 8, 8.1 DO NOT work with our touch screen, except the ones that were mentioned here.
4. Who wan'ts a piece of a pie? I think everyone, but not all of us can get it, since there is only a couple of pie roms that work with our panels:
Aosp extended 6.0 (only 28/10/2018 release so far, developers told that they will fix it but they didn't so far, this release is pretty stable and snappy though).
Dirty Unicorns 13.0
(I really like the esthetics of this rom, and a philosophy that stands behind it, but release is missing some important features for me personally.)
lineage-16.0-20181115 (As stable as aosp extended, or even more. Perfect rom for a new user that doesn't care about a lot of features, and just wants to do basic stuff without any bugs and crushes) (IMO)
GZOSP from Here, it's even more simple compared to lineage, but a a bit less stable.
Thanks to rama982 we have Nitrogen Os, it works fine, things are strating to change. (Live a like to Rama982).
This list is potentially suitable for EBBG touch panel users, but as i have no device on hands to test it, i can't say anything about it. If you are wondering wich type of touch screen you have, you can dowload AIDA from play store, or any other "sysinfo" type of app.
That's all. I hope this will help you, it's the smallest thing i can do, as i love the community of this place even more than my morning coffee.
P.S. If i missed something, you can comment down below, or send a private message, we all make mistakes.
vince with novatek panel user here. Info here is really helpful. I'm trying out AEX 10-28 now. i tried the latest build and i got a flashing screen on bootup.
Setesh73 said:
vince with novatek panel user here. Info here is really helpful. I'm trying out AEX 10-28 now. i tried the latest build and i got a flashing screen on bootup.
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Try LOS16, Havoc, or Bootleggers - or try the latest Genom kernels.
I tried out AEX 10-28 for a couple of days. i went back to xiaomi eu beta for full screen navigation. i also opted for genom eas nightly for miui. i think i'll stick with this setup for a while.
Can i use genom kernel nightly on pixel experience rom to support novatek panel?
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Can i use genom kernel nightly on pixel experience rom to support novatek panel?
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i got blinking screen same as aex when i tried pixel experience with genom.
Setesh73 said:
i got blinking screen same as aex when i tried pixel experience with genom.
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I flashed just now the latest build of pixel experience on my device with genom nightly build for pie roms and it worked... No blinking or screen and the touch is working flawlessly, still checking for small bugs
Thanks for the thread and detailed info!
But Camera crashes on DU, any fixes you guys got?
drmjp93 said:
Thanks for the thread and detailed info!
But Camera crashes on DU, any fixes you guys got?
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Try gcam
DarthJabba9 said:
Try gcam
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Just gave it a try, it's too crashing.
drmjp93 said:
Just gave it a try, it's too crashing.
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All gcam builds are crashing?
Have you tried this one: https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/GCam_5.1.018_by_SerJo87_1.6RC2_test4d_fixed.apk
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All gcam builds are crashing?
Have you tried this one: https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/GCam_5.1.018_by_SerJo87_1.6RC2_test4d_fixed.apk
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Yes tried many, including this.
It crashes as soon it is launched.
Try Open Camera... Its open source and pretty good! I use it daily.
Sent from my Note 5 / 5 Plus using XDA Labs
In case anyone is interested, nitrogen os is working great on my ebbg display
i've tried pixel experience like @jharone23 said and it's working fine. i also installed genom nightly and it runs smooth. i think they worked out most of the kinks for novatek panel. i haven't tried the 12-31 build of the rom yet. gcam v5 works great. i also installed gcam v6 for better back cam low light and i'm satisfied so far. no problems with gps and lte. no network drops on wifi and data. i have mine rooted and installed kernel aduitor, also installed blex and youtube vanced from magisk repo. google backup works like a charm. played ro mobile for 4 hours straight on wifi. everything is great. note for benchmarkers, you would get lesser score in antutu compared to xiaomi eu rom with genom. i used to get 84k score with that setup but with p.e. and genom i only get 80k with performance setting in kernel aduitor. overall a 4/5 stars for user experience just because i was accustomed to full screen navigation in mi eu rom. A 5/5 stars in stability kudos to p.e. developers and genom. i won't be flashing any other rom for quite sometime as my current setup is stable enough as daily driver. maybe t.s. could include rom in the list. thanks jharone23 for the tip.
Hi,
My screen just stops working after MI logo on all AOSP based custom ROMs. It simply powers off completely. I have tried Lineage OS 15.1, Arrow OS pie, Bootleggers ROM pie, and its the same on all of them.
I know the custom ROMs boot because i can hear the screen lock/unlock sound when I press the power button.
Tried wiping cache/dalvik; installing only rom, without Magisk. Don't know what else to try, but I really don't want to use MIUI because the main reason I bought this phone is because it has a rich dev community.
Also, the latest version of TWRP works, but RedWolf recovery has the same problem as AOSP ROMs: Screen just shuts off and after MI logo, but I know the recovery has started because it shows my devices' files on my PC when plugged into USB.
Stock MIUI, and MIUI AM custom ROM I have tried work just fine: The screen works perfectly normal.
Does anybody know of a fix, or has a similar issue? I have bought this phone to install an Open Source system and not be dependent on Google anymore, but now I'm stuck on MIUI which has both Google and Xiaomi bloat
Any help would be highly appreciated. My phone is Redmi Note 5 - Global edition (Whyred). I got it a month ago, and tried flashing as soon as my 360h unlock period expired.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: After digging, I have found out that other people have the same issue with Huaxing screens. Has anyone found a fix for this so far, or has info if someone is working on it?
Same Issue
I've same issue Please someone guide us who know about this issue please please
Flash NoName Kernel after your Rom and you're good to go. Can't explain why tho..
edit: or Derp (actually using this one with RR Rom / Oreo)
Hello ! I have actually 2 problem, the first one is that Quickcharge isn't working anymore ( Tried changing cable and the power adapter, still not working ).
I thought that getting custom rom will change that, nope, it doesn't.
I encounter an other problem, the mobile data isn't working at all on custom Roms, on Miui it works perfectly.
On Pixel experience there was the 4G display, on HavocOS there was 3G display and on Aosip there was nothing displayed...
Any idea ?
Thank you !
Shoset said:
Hello ! I have actually 2 problem, the first one is that Quickcharge isn't working anymore ( Tried changing cable and the power adapter, still not working ).
I thought that getting custom rom will change that, nope, it doesn't.
I encounter an other problem, the mobile data isn't working at all on custom Roms, on Miui it works perfectly.
On Pixel experience there was the 4G display, on HavocOS there was 3G display and on Aosip there was nothing displayed...
Any idea ?
Thank you !
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Check APNs in your rom, to fix data. Charging problem could be solved if you install a kernel with thermal mod or a equivalent magisk module. Also flashing miui in miflash tools and then trying again with custom rom could help.