Breaking: Realme X2 Pro stable Android 11 update released with Realme UI 2.0

[Luuta]

For security reasons I'll jump ship as soon as (hoping that is) a custom ROM based on Android 12 becomes available. I did the same with Oppo's R7 Plus, which was already a year out of date by the time my order was delivered (that had me hopping made straight off). Lineage kept that phone going for five years. Oppo never released a single security update, let alone an upgrade to the Android version. The company (and it's umbrella sub companies) can't keep doing this. The pity of it is, is that the hardware is excellent for the price. But if you value your data and privacy, speedy security and OS updates are vital.

 

[ralphaverbuch]

you are expecting too much from budget company, a lot of phones that came out back when x2 pro did, had android 9: xiaomi mi9t pro (august 2019), note 8 and pro version (september 2019), mi note 10 and pro (november 2019)

global mi9t pro got android 11 barely one month before x2 pro, but we know how miui 12.5 with android 11 works on xiaomi devices (or we don't?) and guess what, rui 2.0 works fine for me (and probably not only for me), reinstalling app/doing factory reset is too hard?

there are huawei p30 and p30 pro that will never get into android 11 (figure out why) and both have started with android 9

i guess complaing about x2 pro is trendy here

I think that's fair. I've been using the Poco F3 for a couple of months and coming back to the Realme X2 Pro is so much better than MIUI 12.5. Realme UI 1.0 and now 2.0 are SO much easier to use that MIUI.

I was always about getting the latest hardware and there is no denying that the Poco F3 is a great piece of hardware for not much money... But it is a nightmare to use MIUI software.

For all its flaws, Realme UI 1.0 and now 2.0 on the X2 Pro is so much easier to live with. I'm glad to be using it again after 2 months with MIUI.

The performance difference for day to day tasks is really imperceptible between Qualcomm's 855+ and the new 870 chip. What benefits there were from the better hardware were, I feel, wiped out by MIUI...

Ralph

 

[Igoruss]

One issue though is that in upgrading to F.11 my previous install of the GCAM APK has died. I cannot even launch it. It's disappeared!

Q. Is anyone else running a version of GCAM successfully on the F.11 update? If yes, which one?

Try to clear all data app from android apps settings. It seems like ultra wide and telephoto lenses are broken. If u enable them in GCam setting app will crash. I tried few GCam apks and only main lens works. That kinda sucks because on Android 10 everything was fine

 

[Jederalke]

For security reasons I'll jump ship as soon as (hoping that is) a custom ROM based on Android 12 becomes available. I did the same with Oppo's R7 Plus, which was already a year out of date by the time my order was delivered (that had me hopping made straight off). Lineage kept that phone going for five years. Oppo never released a single security update, let alone an upgrade to the Android version. The company (and it's umbrella sub companies) can't keep doing this. The pity of it is, is that the hardware is excellent for the price. But if you value your data and privacy, speedy security and OS updates are vital.

I am gonna do the same although I have no idea if you can unlock the bootloader on RUI 2.0, since it was already a problem for few months

 

[enridalco]

Updated 2 days ago. It does feel as a more refined experience overall and I think I'm ok with that, did not expected any revolution of some sort. But overall behaviour is really satisfying, it is not bad at all and it feels lighter, smoother and more modern. And battery life seems to be on point again. I did not factory reset

 

[ralphaverbuch]

Try to clear all data app from android apps settings. It seems like ultra wide and telephoto lenses are broken. If u enable them in GCam setting app will crash. I tried few GCam apks and only main lens works. That kinda sucks because on Android 10 everything was fine

Yeah agree... C'est la vie...

 

[ralphaverbuch]

Yeah agree... C'est la vie...

Though the default app really isn't that bad...

 

[Luuta]

I am gonna do the same although I have no idea if you can unlock the bootloader on RUI 2.0, since it was already a problem for few months

Thank God for XDA and custom Roms. So grateful to the people who crack these things.

 

[Igoruss]

Though the default app really isn't that bad...

App itself is fine but HDR+ makes a big difference in quality and dynamic range of photos.

 

[Luuta]

Ok, two bugs now. The first is that RealMe's launcher won't show some icons. You have to go to Google Play Store to see them. The example I have is FL Studio for Windows. Nova launcher doesn't have a problem.

The second bug involves VPNs. They've stopped working. I get a message saying that they're blocked by the administrator. Uninstalling and reinstalling doesn't fix it. I can't see any way to resolve this myself.

I'm not sure if this is an Android 11 issue or a RealMe OS issue.

The two VPNs I use are PureVPN and NORTON 360, depending on connectivity.

If anyone has the same issues, or has a fix, I'd really appreciate your help. Thank you.

 

[ralphaverbuch]

On the launcher, I've always used Nova. Seems fine... so far at least.

 

[Luuta]

Ok, two bugs now. The first is that RealMe's launcher won't show some icons. You have to go to Google Play Store to see them. The example I have is FL Studio for Windows. Nova launcher doesn't have a problem.

The second bug involves VPNs. They've stopped working. I get a message saying that they're blocked by the administrator. Uninstalling and reinstalling doesn't fix it. I can't see any way to resolve this myself.

I'm not sure if this is an Android 11 issue or a RealMe OS issue.

The two VPNs I use are PureVPN and NORTON 360, depending on connectivity.

If anyone has the same issues, or has a fix, I'd really appreciate your help. Thank you.

Looking into PureVPNs settings there was an option to make this the default VPN on Android. Turning this off suddenly freed up both VPNs. Norton still won't work, but Pure VPN does, although it's become very flakey. So, if Android has a VPN set, and you have issues, try going into the apps and unticking the set VPN option.

 

[piotrnie95]

Hi! Anyone have a battery problem after updating to Realme UI2.0? I did a hard reset and still the same - about 2h SoT and the battery is discharged. With the screen off, it uses about 7-8% per hour. Before the update on Android 10, it wasn't perfect, but it lasted at least twice as long. Any ideas?

Overall, the phone performs better, smoother after updating to Android 11, and without any other issues.

 

[DarkImperator]

Since several people were asking, here is the direct OTA link for the OZIP file.

Link: https://ota-manual-eu.allawnofs.com/ota/21/07/09/28354b8e-dede-4414-bdf5-cf7df8833aa6.ozip
Version: RMX1931EX_11_F.11 (Final Android 11 Release - F.11)
Size: 2.84 GB
MD5: 74E0F40DCCDD7F945E7FE661DDE24307
SHA256: 5FA67B3CEA1D625A3682AF5636BAD14262762D1A298787C037B836FB01EF83BD

Recommended to flash via stock recovery. For restoring stock recovery just flash C.38.

 

[Luuta]

Another issue. My phone is now reporting that the storage is over 90% full. That's a sudden leap of 30%.

I removed all games and downloaded books, but the space taken by apps remains the same and although it should be far less full now, it isn't.

Once again, anyone have a solution? If you could please let r know if there something I can do about it, would appreciate the help.

 

[ralphaverbuch]

Not experienced that one... Very odd.

 

[grimman18]

Hello I flashed the ota file uploaded by DarkImperator. Since rui 2.0 can't be rooted and orangefoxbeta can't decrypt the data how can I restore stock rom? Do I have to downgrade to rui1.0 to be able to reinstate stock recovery.Tried flashing the f.11 file without flashing the orangefox recovery and the patched vbmeta in the hopes that it would revert back to full stock but it would not boot.I kind of want to relock the bootloader for the ota updates.Thanks

 

[alextrack2013]

Since several people were asking, here is the direct OTA link for the OZIP file.

Link: https://ota-manual-eu.allawnofs.com/ota/21/07/09/28354b8e-dede-4414-bdf5-cf7df8833aa6.ozip
Version: RMX1931EX_11_F.11 (Final Android 11 Release - F.11)
Size: 2.84 GB
MD5: 74E0F40DCCDD7F945E7FE661DDE24307
SHA256: 5FA67B3CEA1D625A3682AF5636BAD14262762D1A298787C037B836FB01EF83BD

Recommended to flash via stock recovery. For restoring stock recovery just flash C.38.

With the boot.img here, we can use magisk now? Thanks for sharing.

 

[DarkImperator]

Other Realme UI 2.0 Devices like the Realme GT 5G can be rooted. Maybe we need to wait for an update until Realme has fixed the root issue with the X2 Pro.

 

[alextrack2013]

Why shouldn't root work for RUI 2.0? Other devices like the Realme GT 5G, which is running RUI 2.0 as well can be rooted flawlessly.
Haven't tried it myself but you could try this to root your device:

Your bootloader neeeds to be unlocked. Try at your own risk! I'm not responsible if you brick your device. Make sure to backup all your data.

Download the patched boot.img and the vbmeta.img which you will find attached.
Then boot into fastboot mode, connect your device with your PC and enter following commands in the terminal:

fastboot.exe flash boot boot_magisk-patched.img fastboot.exe --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img fastboot reboot

Your device should boot up. Then you need to install Magisk Manager App and you should be rooted.

Flashed both of these right now, it's in bootloop. Realme has changed something inside boot image i think.
I already tried myself patching boot image with magisk (tried with canary variant too) and i got the same bootloop. So yeah.