Development Paranoid Android Topaz Beta 1 - Google Pixel 7 Pro

[cimbajunior]

This is what I am curious of as well. I would try it out, however, there are a few features that may go missing that I can't easily live without. Those features would be:

- Now Playing (which I know could be added manually - so no worries there)
- Visual Voicemail
- Call & Text Screening
- Camera/Video Quality (which I see has been discussed with mixed statements in the comments)

- Lastly, I would be curious to see if there is an alternative variant with 64bit only GApps so that they would all work on the P7P version of the phone - as I saw one comment mentioning that half of the apps weren't working since they were the 32bit versions. I haven't used a custom ROM since the Galaxy Note 3 lol - so I'm no longer aware of which GApps packages are available, haha.

Oh, and also, does the fingerprint scanner work with the phone in 1080P mode? For instance, can I set it up correctly in 1440P mode and then switch back to 1080P mode and still have both the fingerprint scanner and face unlock working correctly?

If I hear anything back about this, I (and a few others) may give the ROM a try in the near future =).

Thanks all and take care!

I think there is no point of installing custom roms on Pixel 6 and 7. We only lose half of great features and since new tensor chip inside I doubt even the best developers here can optimize the OS like Google can.

 

[P6P]

I think there is no point of installing custom roms on Pixel 6 and 7. We only lose half of great features and since new tensor chip inside I doubt even the best developers here can optimize the OS like Google can.

The only feature you'll miss is pixel specific adaptive charging. Everything else works perfectly on p6p or p7p. At least it works on p6p because p7p roms are in beta stages.

 

[J0nhy]

This is what I am curious of as well. I would try it out, however, there are a few features that may go missing that I can't easily live without. Those features would be:

- Now Playing (which I know could be added manually - so no worries there)
- Visual Voicemail
- Call & Text Screening
- Camera/Video Quality (which I see has been discussed with mixed statements in the comments)

- Lastly, I would be curious to see if there is an alternative variant with 64bit only GApps so that they would all work on the P7P version of the phone - as I saw one comment mentioning that half of the apps weren't working since they were the 32bit versions. I haven't used a custom ROM since the Galaxy Note 3 lol - so I'm no longer aware of which GApps packages are available, haha.

Oh, and also, does the fingerprint scanner work with the phone in 1080P mode? For instance, can I set it up correctly in 1440P mode and then switch back to 1080P mode and still have both the fingerprint scanner and face unlock working correctly?

If I hear anything back about this, I (and a few others) may give the ROM a try in the near future =).

Thanks all and take care!

I was the one complaining about the camera quality, i switch back to stock but the problem with the video and photo quality persisted so i guess it's an issue with my device, i contacted Google and apparently my device could be defective so I'm doing an RMA with them

 

[J0nhy]

I think there is no point of installing custom roms on Pixel 6 and 7. We only lose half of great features and since new tensor chip inside I doubt even the best developers here can optimize the OS like Google can.

To be honest i though the same but i have this rom a try and it's really smooth, fast and battery last longer

 

[cimbajunior]

To be honest i though the same but i have this rom a try and it's really smooth, fast and battery last longer

Any bugs?

 

[J0nhy]

Any bugs?

The only bug I've seen so far is the fingerprint not working on 1080p, device needs to be set on 1440p in order to work, other than that it runs pretty fine, I'm happy with this rom so far

 

[sirhc]

This is what I am curious of as well. I would try it out, however, there are a few features that may go missing that I can't easily live without. Those features would be:

- Now Playing (which I know could be added manually - so no worries there)
- Visual Voicemail
- Call & Text Screening
- Camera/Video Quality (which I see has been discussed with mixed statements in the comments)

- Lastly, I would be curious to see if there is an alternative variant with 64bit only GApps so that they would all work on the P7P version of the phone - as I saw one comment mentioning that half of the apps weren't working since they were the 32bit versions. I haven't used a custom ROM since the Galaxy Note 3 lol - so I'm no longer aware of which GApps packages are available, haha.

Oh, and also, does the fingerprint scanner work with the phone in 1080P mode? For instance, can I set it up correctly in 1440P mode and then switch back to 1080P mode and still have both the fingerprint scanner and face unlock working correctly?

If I hear anything back about this, I (and a few others) may give the ROM a try in the near future =).

Thanks all and take care!

This rom supports every feature you want except now playing (which is being worked on)

64 bit only was enforced by Google for the Pixel 7 series and will be enforced everywhere else going forward, the Gapps that we include in the rom are 64 bit compatible

 

[J0nhy]

This rom supports every feature you want except now playing (which is being worked on)

64 bit only was enforced by Google for the Pixel 7 series and will be enforced everywhere else going forward, the Gapps that we include in the rom are 64 bit compatible

Is there a way you can enable 32 bit apps by default following this?

[Tutorial] [Magisk] Enabling 32-bit Support For Apps

The 32-bit apps are back! https://streamable.com/hb1dqp Synopsis The Pixel 7 line is Google's first "64-bit only" phones, along with being the highest profile release of a 64-bit only device so far. The device uses the Tensor G2 (GS201), which is...

forum.xda-developers.com

You could do like a rooted variant of this rom with 32 bit support, that be awesome

 

[sidbaxter]

Sadly camera quality on any device with a custom rom won't be as good as the camera sources are closed.

This is VERY valuable knowledge - thank you. Camera performance is paramount for me. You just saved me hours of work and worry wiping, flashing, setting up PA and maybe Lineage, only to have to revert back to stock due to image quality issues. Hopefully someday camera source code may be made open, or maybe some of the brilliant devs out there may figure out a solution.

 

[NepoRood]

The Google Camera was made to run on Pixel devices, whatever HALs, libs, permissions, etc, not in AOSP already can be extracted from the device itself (and it's not a lot, lol)

This is VERY valuable knowledge - thank you. Camera performance is paramount for me. You just saved me hours of work and worry wiping, flashing, setting up PA and maybe Lineage, only to have to revert back to stock due to image quality issues. Hopefully someday camera source code may be made open, or maybe some of the brilliant devs out there may figure out a solution.

My cam works just fine, if this is the first time being on a Pixel for some of you, then you're stressing about nothing, lol, Google Camera was made for Pixels.

I can't speak for this PA build because I haven't flashed it, my builds have everything stock has, plus some. I can still use my camera to zoom @ 30x, the macro works as expected, now playing, etc, etc

There's only one way to see if a custom ROM is right for you...

That's my two pennies...

 

[P6P]

This is VERY valuable knowledge - thank you. Camera performance is paramount for me. You just saved me hours of work and worry wiping, flashing, setting up PA and maybe Lineage, only to have to revert back to stock due to image quality issues. Hopefully someday camera source code may be made open, or maybe some of the brilliant devs out there may figure out a solution.

Don't believe him, his statement is wrong. I have already said that yesterday but seems like people just keep skipping it.

 

[nobrain3000]

I can also say that the cam quality is excellent on PA like on stock. It's 100% the same quality.

Don't believe him, his statement is wrong. I have already said that yesterday but seems like people just keep skipping it.

 

[Sigray]

This is VERY valuable knowledge - thank you. Camera performance is paramount for me. You just saved me hours of work and worry wiping, flashing, setting up PA and maybe Lineage, only to have to revert back to stock due to image quality issues. Hopefully someday camera source code may be made open, or maybe some of the brilliant devs out there may figure out a solution.

I think you can use the official gcam with PA.

 

[Grusel]

I think you can use the official gcam with PA.

Yea the Stock one 8.7.165 works fine for me

 

[Pixel86]

If I flash the latest Beta 1 over stock and relock the bootloader, will I pass SafetyNet?

Can I OTA future updates with a locked bootloader?

 

[surubutna]

If I flash the latest Beta 1 over stock and relock the bootloader, will I pass SafetyNet?

Can I OTA future updates with a locked bootloader?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that is a very bad idea.

 

[japanicana83]

If I flash the latest Beta 1 over stock and relock the bootloader, will I pass SafetyNet?

Can I OTA future updates with a locked bootloader?

Relocking a bootloader on a custom ROM is almost always a very bad idea.

 

[Pixel86]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that is a very bad idea.

Just flashed. Here are my observations:

1. You are unable to relock bootloader due to the ROM being unsigned I assume.
2. Although the device shows as being UNCERTIFIED, I was able to install Netflix and all my bank apps. Google Wallet works too.
3. This ROM is fast and so smooth. It is a night and day difference between stock.

Many many thanks Paranoid Team. Excited what future updates bring.

 

[fuadhdmini]

Relocking a bootloader on a custom ROM is almost always a very bad idea.

back when I wsa still using pixel 6 pro and currently helping my friend with his pixel 6 with HentaiOS rom, no issue relocking bootloader only that it requires custom avb key (from the ROM dev) in order to be able to relock bootloader. And OTA update afterwards can be sideloaded via ADB in recovery mode.

 

[Sigray]

5G and volte isnt working at unsupported country