[ROM][OFFICIAL][7.1.2] crDroid v3.8.4 [VoLTE] For Redmi 4A

muralivijay · Dec 9, 2017

this is crDroid for Xiaomi Redmi 4a Official V3.8.5

crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features existent today. We're mainly based on LineageOS so use custom kernels compatible with them!

Pixel look and feel.
OMS-rootless (theme engine) Supported. Install Substratum from Play Store.
Google Assistant
LineageOS 14.1 - all mods and features
StatusBar: Network Traffic
StatusBar: SU icon toggle
StatusBar: Ticker
StatusBar: Hide/Show icons
StatusBar: Hide/Show data activity arrows
StatusBar: BatteryBar customizations
StatusBar: Date customizations
StatusBar: Battery styles
StatusBar: Tap to Sleep
StatusBar: Clock styles
StatusBar: Custom logo customizations
QuickSettings: QS Header image customizations
QuickSettings: Weather tile integration and customizations
QuickSettings: Tiles customization
QuickSettings: Brightness slider toggle
QuickSettings: Optional brightness icon
QuickSettings: Vibrate on Touch
QuickSettings: WiFi easy toggle
QuickSettings: Bluetooth easy toggle
QuickSettings: Data easy toggle
QuickSettings: Location easy toggle
Navigation: Toggle navbar
Navigation: PIE navigation
Navigation: DUI - SmartBar / Fling Toggle, animations and customizations (+ One Hand mode)
Navigation: Dynamic Nav Bar Color
Navigation: Pulse - smart visualization
Notifications: Power notification controls
Notifications: Force expanded notifications
Notifications: Toggle immersive mode messages
Notifications: Breathing notifications
Notifications: Headsup Snooze
Notifications: Headsup Timeout customization
Display: Ambient Display customizations
Display: Transparency Customizations
Display: Blur Personalizations
Display: Expanded Desktop Customizations
Display: Scroll Animation Customizations
LockScreen: Screen shortcuts
LockScreen: Toggle longpress for screen shortcuts
LockScreen: Swipe shortcuts
LockScreen: Toggle media cover art
LockScreen: Toggle clock
LockScreen: Toggle date
LockScreen: Toggle alarm
LockScreen: Toggle status bar
LockScreen: Tap to sleep
LockScreen: Toggle longpress torch
LockScreen: Cutomize number of notifications
LockScreen: Toggle power menu for secure lockscreen
LockScreen: Toggle quick settings access and hide swipe shortcuts for secure lockscreen
Powermenu: On-the-go mode - camera overlay.
Recents: Immersive Recents
Recents: Hidden apps
Recents: Toggle OmniSwitch as default Recent view
Recents: Toggle Slim Recents as default Recent view
Sound: Charging Sounds customization
Sound: Toggle screenshot sound
Sound: Live customization for number of volume steps
Sound: Less frequent notification sounds
Sound: DND customizations
Animations Customization for Toast, System, etc.
Miscellaneous: Clock Widget
Miscellaneous: Wakelock Blocker (experimental)
Miscellaneous: Partial / Full screenshot selection option
Miscellaneous: Toggle suggestions on Settings dashboard
Miscellaneous: Toggle summaries in Settings
Miscellaneous: Toggle auto-start music player on headset detection
Miscellaneous: Show CPU info overlay
Miscellaneous: Disable Force Close notifications
Settings/Sound: Increasing Ringtone
15 New Quick Settings Tiles including Caffeine mode, Expanded Desktop and Sync.
Settings/Security: Quick PIN/Password Unlock
Default sounds from latest Nexus image.
Stability and performance improvements.
ART Optimizations

where working on getting more features but only if the rom stays stable
if you have a request please ask on our G+ site

chagelog v3.8.4 12/12/2017

changelog v3.8.5 20/01/2018

changelog v3.8.5 19/02/2018

BUGS
- When use Some thirdparty Camera Apps like Gcam etc have low exposure problem when record video (need kernel for fix it ,sorry)

SCREENSHOTS
CHECK HERE

Always Have a full functional Backup. Just in case!

DOWNLOADS
Grab the latest build ROM DOWNLOAD V3.8.5 19/02/2018
Old build ROM DOWNLOAD V3.8.5 20/01/2018
OpenGapps

First time installing crDroid to your Redmi 4a, or coming from another ROM:
- Make sure you're running a proper working Recovery (CWM or TWRP)
- Copy GApps,Firmware and crDroid zip to your external SDCard
- Boot into Recovery
- Wipe system,data and cache
- Flash crDroid zip
- Flash GApps zip
- Reboot

Don't expect any support if you:
- are not running stock crDroid-kernel
- have installed any mods such as Xposed!
- have modified system files

Thanks to:
- Google
- LineageOS
- SlimRoms
- OmniRom
- NamelessROM
- Team-Ghost
And all telegram Redmi 4A testors and supporters

Contributors
Nik001, muralivijay, ataberkozen for using their vendor/device source and for all who helped me to build this Rom.

We are paying for servers that build nightlies/weeklies and everything that comes with it, so EVERY DONATION will really be appreciated and be used to cover those expenses.
Thank you!!

LINKS
crDroid G+ community
crDroid Github

ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat

Version Information: 3.8.5
Status: Stable
firmware Nougat firmware 7.11.16
Based Lineage Os
Created 2017-12-08
Last Updated 2018-02-20

LinuxPanda · Dec 10, 2017

Great ROM. Really smooth.

Everything works fine but backlight does not turn off in lock screen.

PS: Facing same issue with your HalogenOS build too.

LinuxPanda · Dec 10, 2017

Damn, that's lot of work. Thanks for the detailed writeup. :good:

LinuxPanda · Dec 10, 2017

skmaiti2050 said:
Did the hotspot tethering and USB tethering bugs are fixed in the latest build?

I don't use them, so no idea.

But flashing 3 ROM just to try a new ROM is too much work for me.

theraaj · Dec 10, 2017

crdroid is good & stable rom, but still using old cyanogenmod base? as cmfilemanager, cmparts, trebuchet luancher are there...nothing is new same old look as cm13

EvilMegaDroid · Dec 10, 2017

I don't get this line "are not running stock crDroid-kernel". Did xiomi release redmi 4a kernel source? Anyways is it possible to know if this rom has the nougat battery mode shown. The one I'm using right now has only the default mode.Would switch to this If I can set the mode myself for example to ultimate battery mode.

Thanks

mohitzr · Dec 11, 2017

Roms is smooth...battery backup needs improvement
Signal arnt strong....volte is broken in 08/12 update
Backlight issue can be sorted by flashing nougat firmware and flashing rom

LinuxPanda · Dec 11, 2017

mohitzr said:
Backlight issue can be sorted by flashing nougat firmware and flashing rom

How to do that? Sorry for my ignorance as I don't have experience flashing firmwares.

EvilMegaDroid · Dec 11, 2017

mohitzr said:
Roms is smooth...battery backup needs improvement
Signal arnt strong....volte is broken in 08/12 update
Backlight issue can be sorted by flashing nougat firmware and flashing rom

Are you running the latest official build. Is it possible to check if there are 5 different power save mode?

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skmaiti2050 said:
I had tried an older unofficial build of crDroid earlier. It had the the battery mode as far as I remember. The battery mode consisted of 5 modes starting from powersave mode which at default gets enabled when the battery saver is turned on then efficiency enabling the battery optimisations, balanced for normal users, quick mode and lastly the performance mode but I still doubt that it works or not because for all these, the system needs kernel optimisation to be performed and still now the kernel sources has not been yet released.

If your device is rooted, I can suggest you to try Kernel Adiutor to check if your device goes into deep sleep mode when the device is not used. If your device doesn't goes into deep sleep mode then try some doze apps like Greenify, ForceDoze etc.

Its not that I got bad battery Life , just that I loved that mode in older nougat version. It gave me quite alot of batter life when I neded it.Right now I'm running a fully custom rom with amplify and greenify so don't want to switch to another rom If it doesn't have the 5 battery mode.

EvilMegaDroid · Dec 11, 2017

skmaiti2050 said:
I would suggest you to use DisableService and disable those pesky services for a better battery life. Using Amplify without knowing proper settings for wakelocks causes delayed notifications and I'm sure that it has battery mode in this ROM but I'm on MIUI 9 now. I have flashed more than 20 different ROMs and I don't want to try any other ROM :crying: :silly:

After using DisableService and disabling unrequired services will help to save more battery then using battery saver and different power modes. In idle state, after using the app you'll notice almost no battery drain when phone is not used.

Men I'm using every posible way to save battery, even using microG insteed of google service and I still only get a mere 3h-4h SOT with 15-20h standby time.Maybe thats good since I never tested it to only stay on SOT. I've seen people achive 7h SOT on miui with this phone so I was hoping for at least 5h SOT

EvilMegaDroid · Dec 11, 2017

skmaiti2050 said:
I have also achieved almost 8 hr SOT on MIUI 9. That's I'm on MIUI 9. I have even achieved almost 7 hr SOT on Lineage OS 14. I have already posted the screenshots for that. I had flashed picoGapps for every ROM I have tested.

Link to the post:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74675890&postcount=12

Direct Screenshot Album link:
https://imgur.com/a/2eTwQ

did you keep your brightness to medium or low? I'm going to try to do a video test with aeroplane mode to see how much the display would go on nougat.And I think il probably change rom since this one gives my 10+% usage in standby mode at night.

EvilMegaDroid · Dec 11, 2017

skmaiti2050 said:
I had kept auto-brightness on and mostly it was on low brightness for most of the time :fingers-crossed:

oh ok, since you tried most roms, what would you say is the best from them. I mostly care about battery life.

muralivijay · Dec 11, 2017

xDoge said:
Great ROM. Really smooth.

Everything works fine but backlight does not turn off in lock screen.

PS: Facing same issue with your HalogenOS build too.

firmware problem make sure check nougat firmware

muralivijay · Dec 11, 2017

skmaiti2050 said:
Welcome! I know that's tricky but to get something good, you need to work a bit to achieve it! :silly:
Did the hotspot tethering and USB tethering bugs are fixed in the latest build?

yes fixed

muralivijay · Dec 11, 2017

mohitzr said:
Roms is smooth...battery backup needs improvement
Signal arnt strong....volte is broken in 08/12 update
Backlight issue can be sorted by flashing nougat firmware and flashing rom

all in one solution just flash nougat firmware ... if you are running with marshmallow firmware you will get backlighting problem and broken volte .. too .. so read my post carefully .. iam mententioned flashed nougat firmware 7.11.16

muralivijay · Dec 11, 2017

theraaj said:
crdroid is good & stable rom, but still using old cyanogenmod base? as cmfilemanager, cmparts, trebuchet luancher are there...nothing is new same old look as cm13

Crdroid based lineage mine

EvilMegaDroid · Dec 11, 2017

muralivijay said:
Crdroid based lineage mine

I flashed the firmware and it broke my phone backlight. Had to revert back to dev nougat rom to fix it. So should i install the firmware again or is it the same as dev nougat rom ?

EvilMegaDroid · Dec 11, 2017

skmaiti2050 said:
I would suggest you this ROM indeed, because it was the most stable ROM I have ever tried, now in addition the hotspot bug is also fixed and now officially supported. Bunch of thanks to the developer. For good battery life, go for this or else if you really care about battery life like me, then go for MIUI 9 and debloat it. In addition, I had passed SafetyNet in MIUI 9 even after modifying system partition whereas in most of the ROM it wasn't possible due to build.prop mods by the custom ROMs.

To debloat, you can refer my thread: https://xdaforums.com/android/help/miui-8-debloater-script-t3678972

And I had tried Lineage OS 14, I also would recommend it but it has the hotspot bug and also the device wasn't been able to use on mass storage mode and access files on PC. I don't know if this build of crDroid has the same problem, otherwise it was really flawless to use just like running on a butter

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As I have suggested earlier in this thread, the simple solution is:

Case 1: If you are on MIUI 8 with custom recovery
a) Wipe system, data, cache and dalvik cache without wiping internal storage to keep your data safe.
b) Then flash the nougat firmware zip given in the main thread of this ROM.
c) Now flash the ROM given in the thread.

Case 2: If you are on MIUI 9 with custom recovery
a) Wipe system, data, cache and dalvik cache without wiping internal storage to keep your data safe. No need to flash the zip.
b) Now flash the ROM and reboot.

Case 3: If you were on MIUI 8 and directly flashed the ROM and facing backlight and VoLTE issue
a) If you have MIUI 8 fastboot rom then flash saving user data via MiFlash and follow the steps of Case 1 thereafter.
b) If you have MIUI 9 fastboot rom then flash saving user data and then follow the steps of Case 2.

Some users actually flashed MIUI 9 recovery zip via updater app in MIUI 8, which also creates this issue. Clean flashing is always recommended. In such cases, clean all along with wiping internal storage and then according to Case 3, follow the steps.

I'm flashing the rom right now since I'm on miui 9(backed up my custom rom and flashed miui from fastboot that fked up all my storage so I backup for nothing T_T )

EvilMegaDroid · Dec 11, 2017

skmaiti2050 said:
All the best, and please verify on my behalf if the MTP is working after you connect the device. Calm down and sorry for the trouble. If you get success, please let us know so then this ROM would be the best ROM for the device till now! :good:

MTP working , 4g working . Quite a clean rom no gapps library (I found some custom roms that include them ).
The only problem I'm having is that the battery goes 1% for 1-2min of screen usage. Maybe wrong calibration because thats way to strange.
Also baseband shows as unknow dunno why.

EvilMegaDroid · Dec 11, 2017

skmaiti2050 said:
You have to manually flash Gapps package in recovery. Go for pico version and for battery callibration either the battery is faulty then go for replacement or else in this ROM, use your battery till 0% or automatically turns off on its own and then let it remain for some time. In switched off condition charge up your device till 100% and then use the device. Don't use the device while charging.

Hope the battery issue also gets solved. :fingers-crossed: :angel:

You got it wrong, its a good thing that it comes without any sign of gapps I don't plan to use them.I use a google less system. And as you say it may be a bad battery. Its some months old anyways. Going to probably get a powerbank.

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