lack of development

[jnralp00]

Just picked up the pixel 4 And hopped in here to see what's going on. It seems like there is a serious lack of development. Am I missing something? Last pure Google phone was a Nexus 6. I've been with OnePlus for a while. Not hating just curious if I'm just missing something.

**Sorry posted in wrong section

 

[user154]

Just picked up the pixel 4 And hopped in here to see what's going on. It seems like there is a serious lack of development. Am I missing something? Last pure Google phone was a Nexus 6. I've been with OnePlus for a while. Not hating just curious if I'm just missing something.

**Sorry posted in wrong section

Check out the 4xl boards, there is a bit more going on in the way of development and a lot of it is cross device

 

[tmoore3496]

Check out the 4xl boards, there is a bit more going on in the way of development and a lot of it is cross device

any roms cross device? i know we have pixel dust, just curious anything else.

 

[user154]

any roms cross device? i know we have pixel dust, just curious anything else.

Theres a couple, think its mainly kernels though.

As for why theres a lack of development I think it comes down to 2 main reasons:

Lack of TWRP

This is a relatively unpopular device

 

[xdadevnube]

I've seen it mentioned here on XDA that some Project Treble GSI ROMs are working with Pixel 4.

I tried out flashing some Project Treble ROMs to my Pixel 3a, and sadly, everything seems to work great except there is an issue with the RIL. So that means no SIM card recognition and no WiFi. This seems to occur with only a handful of devices.

I would 100% try it out. Its actually super easy and quick to install with fastboot, so I would give it a shot before giving up hope. I'm thinking about picking up a Pixel 4 just so I can have a daily driver with some AOSP ROMs on it!

 

[tmoore3496]

I've seen it mentioned here on XDA that some Project Treble GSI ROMs are working with Pixel 4.

I tried out flashing some Project Treble ROMs to my Pixel 3a, and sadly, everything seems to work great except there is an issue with the RIL. So that means no SIM card recognition and no WiFi. This seems to occur with only a handful of devices.

I would 100% try it out. Its actually super easy and quick to install with fastboot, so I would give it a shot before giving up hope. I'm thinking about picking up a Pixel 4 just so I can have a daily driver with some AOSP ROMs on it!

Do you have a link to said ROMs?, thanks.

 

[xdadevnube]

Do you have a link to said ROMs?, thanks.

Here is a list of Treble ROMs:
https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Generic-System-Image-(GSI)-list

It would be worth looking through the threads on the ROMs you are interested in. Some devices are reported to work great with Treble ROMs, and others may have limited compatibility or stability. I've seen reports where users on many phones had no complaints.


Here are just a few links to guide you through the installation:
https://www.the***********.com/install-generic-system-image-on-project-treble-devices/
https://www.the***********.com/android-q-gsi-project-treble-device/
https://www.xda-developers.com/flash-generic-system-image-project-treble-device/

 

[Xdevillived666]

any roms cross device? i know we have pixel dust, just curious anything else.

I installed unofficial du for Pixel 4 (flame). Check telegram channels . Rom is great and brought back my.vowifi that stock latest patch took away

 

[enzo_cz]

I installed unofficial du for Pixel 4 (flame). Check telegram channels . Rom is great and brought back my.vowifi that stock latest patch took away

Mind sending me the du unofficial details via PM, pls?

 

[Xdevillived666]

Mind sending me the du unofficial details via PM, pls?

Done

 

[vdevl]

at first i was sad for the lack of development on this device (as someone else mentioned lack of TWRP surely accounts for some of the reason). but then it's not so bad just getting little familiar with basic adb and fastboot commands. then we have some great kernels that work with our P4 (i prefer freak07's kirisakura). i can get pretty much any features i miss from custom rom's through either magisk modules or installing edxposed and xposed modules and gravitybox. this guide from the 4xl forums worked perfectly for me to install xposed and keep gpay and safetynet passing (https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-4-xl/how-to/xposed-discussion-thread-t3992607). still a little sad the regular 4 doesn't get as much love as the XL version, but i'm actually very happy with stock rom modded!