Paranoid Android Pie Beta - Mi Pad 4

[arter97]

We’re really excited to announce the release of Paranoid Android Pie betas.

On first launch, you’ll notice a clean setup with a beautiful wallpaper from Hampus Olsson, who teamed up with us again to create several beautiful pieces of artwork. For those who are unfamiliar, Hampus is a multi-disciplinary artist whose design stands for itself and we’re glad to have him onboard. We also added further UI touches that we believe enhances the overall user experience.

The beta builds include adjustments and improvements on top of the stock Android CAF base. The Paranoid Android team and contributors are focusing on squashing existing bugs, and implementing and improving features.

Important notice

• arter97 Pie Software Collection dependent.
• This Paranoid Android port was done with "arter97 Pie Software Collection" in mind, and vice-versa. You need to have "arter97 Pie Software Collection" installed to use this Paranoid Android builds. Do not expect this to work properly if that wasn't done prior.

Officially supported devices

• Mi Pad 4

PA specific known-issues

• Cover-to-sleep may not work properly(uncover-to-wake works)
• The device will be shown as "msm8998"

Download

arter97 Pie Software Collection
Get the latest build HERE

Changelog

Keep an eye on our Twitter account: @paranoidaospa, as we will be posting about new features getting included in the beta builds.

Paranoid Android Pie beta released

Instructions & requirements
Extract the .xz file to get system.simg.
The procedures to install should be about the same as for other GSI ROMs with system.img.

• Go follow the instructions from "arter97 Pie Software Collection"
• Flash the PA system.simg via TWRP or fastboot before reboot
• Reboot

Important / Useful links
OpenGapps
Paranoid Android Twitter
arter97 Twitter
Paranoid Android Channel (Telegram)
Paranoid Android Community Channel (Discord)

Help us improve PA by submitting good bug reports possibly with a log attached. Learn how to take logs HERE.

Our device maintainer for PA Mi Pad 4 build is @arter97. Mention @arter97 in your post if you need some assistance and/or when reporting bugs. Bug report without logs or clear steps to reproduce the issue will be ignored.

Cheers and #StayParanoid!

ROM Sources: https://github.com/aospa
Kernel Sources: Kernel is not included

XDA:DevDB Information
Paranoid Android - Mi Pad 4, ROM for the Xiaomi Mi Pad 4

Contributors
arter97, joshuous, herna
ROM OS Version: 9.x Pie

Version Information
Status: Beta

Created 2019-02-23
Last Updated 2019-08-10

 

[arter97]

/* Changelog */

20190810
Major update, new base
Requires 20190810 "arter97 Pie Software Collection for the Mi Pad 4" build
exFAT, f2fs, ext4 SDcard support added
Fixed status-bar and navigation-bar layout corruption
First custom Pie ROM to have AV Enhancements from Qualcomm working
- This ensures optimal operations with audio/video playback, better performance and lower power consumption
QPerformance is now working properly
aptX is now working

 

[arter97]

Reserved 2

 

[arter97]

Reserved 3

 

[thanhnvt194]

Well done arter!

 

[xzr3b0rnzx]

Jesus! Who would have expected! Flashing onti once I get home oh yeah!!! Thanks after will drop u a donation again soon!

 

[screenagers]

wow. I ve been using your rom since your work on galaxy s3. thanks.

 

[hassan_1000]

Extremely slow download speeds for this build

 

[nabildanial]

I apologize if this is a sensitive issue and I know this is selfish as a freeloader, but can we have a faster mirror for download? It is taking way to much time for a single ROM download. :fingers-crossed:

EDIT: Nevermind, I found a workaround. I use a VPN and the download speed went from 150 kb/s to 5 MB/s.

 

[grimez]

Working great Arter! Had a little issue when I chose Pixel launcher as the default, but managed to get it switched to quickstep and it's working like a charm! Thanks!

 

[Flaggusp]

Hey Arter! A question please, if someone wants to revert the changes we need only to flash another recovery (since your supports only f2fs) or need to do something else? I ask because I don't know if it changes any partition or what your vendor.

Inviato dal mio ONEPLUS A5010 utilizzando Tapatalk

 

[Sidfik]

Working great Arter! Had a little issue when I chose Pixel launcher as the default, but managed to get it switched to quickstep and it's working like a charm! Thanks!

try to install Magisk and install "pixel_stuff.zip" with it: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78029447&postcount=483

it work for me, but quickstep launcher will crash after this...

i think you can also flash pixel stuff via twrp with this package: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/pie-pixel-stuff-t3846138
it seems that text selection on recent apps work with it ( but haven't try yet ...)

edit: i try with the twrp packages, doesn't work

 

[knives of ice]

I got this loaded up tonight for the first time.

when i originally set up the tablet i added an SD card via Carbon Rom and added it as device storage. of course i had to format data in twrp when loading this rom. at first when i loaded the rom it told me to format the SD card. the format failed saying it was corrupted. i tried again and it would just stop. now when i try to go to storage in settings the entire settings force closes.

any idea how i can still use this SD card? going to really suck if its gone because its a 256gb card.

 

[arter97]

Hey Arter! A question please, if someone wants to revert the changes we need only to flash another recovery (since your supports only f2fs) or need to do something else? I ask because I don't know if it changes any partition or what your vendor.

Inviato dal mio ONEPLUS A5010 utilizzando Tapatalk

Change recovery, wipe data back to /ext4 and you should be ready.

 

[arter97]

I got this loaded up tonight for the first time.

when i originally set up the tablet i added an SD card via Carbon Rom and added it as device storage. of course i had to format data in twrp when loading this rom. at first when i loaded the rom it told me to format the SD card. the format failed saying it was corrupted. i tried again and it would just stop. now when i try to go to storage in settings the entire settings force closes.

any idea how i can still use this SD card? going to really suck if its gone because its a 256gb card.

You're probably using exFAT, which is unsupported in PA(yet).

If you need to use it with your PC, format it as fat32.
If not, use ext4 or f2fs. (iirc both will work)

 

[knives of ice]

You're probably using exFAT, which is unsupported in PA(yet).

If you need to use it with your PC, format it as fat32.
If not, use ext4 or f2fs. (iirc both will work)

i formatted the disc to fat32 and have the same problem.

as i said before, i was using the card already on the past rom before switching to this and formatted it as device storage. i assume this must be what is causing problems?

i formatted to fat32 on my PC though and as soon as i hit storage, even after rebooting settings force closes. i then force stopped settings and cleared settings storage. same thing, force stop of settings as soon as i hit storage.

any idea what to try?

EDIT - also just formatted to ext4 with the same results

 

[katergoo]

Hello

Tried Paranoid it works and fast
Nice work
Thanks

 

[abethell]

Installed this over the xiaomi.eu ROM I was using, and gotta say it's fantastic! Great work

A few thoughts:

* Adaptive brightness seems to be working a bit funny
* 4g data SIM seems to be working fine
* Touch response is way better than the stock/EU roms
* The pixel launcher with latest gapps seems to crash so I recommend using nano
* Is there any way to change the green accent on the UI? I'm not digging the green lol
* Picture in picture is working fine for apps that support it, but is there any way to get split screen apps working on this ROM?
* Any chance of face unlock being supported, or is that vendor functionality? The face unlock on the Xiaomi EU ROM was very sketchy

 

[davidroid1]

Installed this over the xiaomi.eu ROM I was using, and gotta say it's fantastic! Great work

A few thoughts:

* Adaptive brightness seems to be working a bit funny
* 4g data SIM seems to be working fine
* Touch response is way better than the stock/EU roms
* The pixel launcher with latest gapps seems to crash so I recommend using nano
* Is there any way to change the green accent on the UI? I'm not digging the green lol
* Picture in picture is working fine for apps that support it, but is there any way to get split screen apps working on this ROM?
* Any chance of face unlock being supported, or is that vendor functionality? The face unlock on the Xiaomi EU ROM was very sketchy

did you install with ext4?

Enviado desde mi Phh-Treble vanilla mediante Tapatalk

 

[crazyhotel]

Installed this over the xiaomi.eu ROM I was using, and gotta say it's fantastic! Great work

A few thoughts:

* Adaptive brightness seems to be working a bit funny
* 4g data SIM seems to be working fine
* Touch response is way better than the stock/EU roms
* The pixel launcher with latest gapps seems to crash so I recommend using nano
* Is there any way to change the green accent on the UI? I'm not digging the green lol
* Picture in picture is working fine for apps that support it, but is there any way to get split screen apps working on this ROM?
* Any chance of face unlock being supported, or is that vendor functionality? The face unlock on the Xiaomi EU ROM was very sketchy

My 4g data SIM not working