Development Paranoid Android Topaz Beta 1 - Poco F3/Mi 11X/ Redmi K40
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I think he might be referring to this: https://eu.dl.twrp.me/alioth/Can you please share the URL of the TWRP version you used? Thanks in advance!
It does succeed in booting with "fastboot boot", but that is about all it does. There are tons of errors (visible in red on the console screen), it can't decrypt, it can't mount any partition, etc.
Just wanna say thanks guys! This rom is the best I've seen so far in terms of speed, responsiveness and stability!
This ROM uses vendor_boot-as-recovery. That is the cause of all the issues with custom recoveries.Ok, thank you for your warning
Very good rom in terms of speed battery life and responsiveness thouogh I had some strange reboots at night which disabled my alarm clock x( .
Not rooted... So still beta I think... I tried to get a crash report but could not identify anything (probably do not know enough how to
)Need to wait for next release I believe.
Great work by the way.
Thanks to support our device
ps: It seems than stable releases already exist for other devices (eg berylium)
omg just released (02/17) in fact .
i submitted to the Telegram group to get notified as soon as the release come.
I hope it will come soon
Thanks
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Does this mean in plain language that we cannot flash the PA via OF or TWRP correctly?
Until a proper vendor_boot-as-recovery build of OrangeFox is released, yes.
I was able to flash it with the standard OrangeFox builds (coming from another ROM). But I wouldn't recommend it. Once you have flashed it, you would be then need a vendor_boot-as-recovery build, else you will get all the problems that have been described.
Is this rom in development still? Is been more than a month from last release. I want to use it as daily driver.
It is still in development, yes. But PA isn´t known for their rapid updates. If you´re looking for a solid ROM with amazing battery life, this could be your daily driver. If you´re looking for weekly or monthly updates, this might not be for you.
I just successfully installed it, with OrangeFox coming afterward. Initial setup fails due to timing out on connecting to Google services. Wifi and data connection are just fine.
Installed Topaz 1 Stable (from website)
First impressions: This is stupidly fast, raw android experience with Google Apps pre-installed. I've tested almost every ROM out there nothing feels this snappy. Best first impressions I've had on alioth.
Will be trying out this rom for a while, I'll report any issues I encounter.
This thread should probably be re-done with a better more long-term title as it's no longer in beta.
With better instructions, a non-broken image, etc..
First impressions: This is stupidly fast, raw android experience with Google Apps pre-installed. I've tested almost every ROM out there nothing feels this snappy. Best first impressions I've had on alioth.
Will be trying out this rom for a while, I'll report any issues I encounter.
This thread should probably be re-done with a better more long-term title as it's no longer in beta.
With better instructions, a non-broken image, etc..
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Poco F3 - M2012K11AG
aospa-topaz-1-alioth-20230426.zip
Little rom reviser, rom very fluid, duration is similar to the use I had with MIUI.
AOSPA comes with the google go camera is good but I prefer the port of gcam or the version of the Leica camera, the sound is heard a little canned, you miss the equalizer of miui or dolby I do not know what possibility there is to include this and if it does not go against the "philosophy" of the rom as happens with lineageos.
Finally customization is little perfect for me, many like a system full of features but if you prefer something more basic and functional this rom is perfect for you.
Bugs:
The first boot I encounter an infinite cycle of reboots the solution was to use a different carrier as the main one, it is a known bug that certain phone carriers probocan a bug with the networks of the bit and in some roms cause reboots.
The health application in
>get help quickly > get started > start setup >next.
It doesn't go past this button I've noticed it on other roms so maybe it's something in the app.
It would be interesting that people try to reproduce errors try to reproduce the errors that I have and see if it is something general or a bug of mine, if someone knows how to make a log of errors could send it or teach me to me.
Many thanks to the developer and the Paranoid Android team.
aospa-topaz-1-alioth-20230426.zip
Little rom reviser, rom very fluid, duration is similar to the use I had with MIUI.
AOSPA comes with the google go camera is good but I prefer the port of gcam or the version of the Leica camera, the sound is heard a little canned, you miss the equalizer of miui or dolby I do not know what possibility there is to include this and if it does not go against the "philosophy" of the rom as happens with lineageos.
Finally customization is little perfect for me, many like a system full of features but if you prefer something more basic and functional this rom is perfect for you.
Bugs:
The first boot I encounter an infinite cycle of reboots the solution was to use a different carrier as the main one, it is a known bug that certain phone carriers probocan a bug with the networks of the bit and in some roms cause reboots.
The health application in
>get help quickly > get started > start setup >next.
It doesn't go past this button I've noticed it on other roms so maybe it's something in the app.
It would be interesting that people try to reproduce errors try to reproduce the errors that I have and see if it is something general or a bug of mine, if someone knows how to make a log of errors could send it or teach me to me.
Many thanks to the developer and the Paranoid Android team.
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I don't just imply. I state it categorically as a fact.
The most straightforward way to recover the brick for most people would be to flash a MIUI fastboot ROM, using the Mi Flash tool. This is of course a drastic solution (and people must be careful to not accidentally re-lock the bootloader in the process).
There is a less drastic solution, but this is not realistic for most people, because it involves already having some good, flashable images from the vendor_boot ROM (boot.img, dtbo.img and vendor_boot.img). For those who have them, all that is needed is to boot to bootloader, and then flash those images:
This should make both the vendor_boot ROM and its recovery bootable again.Code:fastboot flash boot boot.img fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img fastboot reboot recovery2Been on this rom since May 3rd (Topaz Stable) from paranoidandroid.co and I can't say I've faced a single issue, even rooted without trouble. Still the smoothest experience I've had and probably also the best battery life I've had on Poco F3 across lots of roms!
That said there's no instructions on the website and this post really sucks with that, so newbies beware.11
That should work.
But - depending on what happens when you first try to boot the ROM (ie, if it just returns you to recovery), you might have to format the data partition using "fastboot -w" at the bootloader prompt.
Also, sometimes (depending on the ROM) it works better to reboot straight into the ROM's recovery, after step [5], and then do a factory reset there, then boot into the ROM and configure it, before having a modified step [6] - reboot to the ROM's recovery, and flash the vendor_boot OrangeFox using adb sideload.
There can sometimes be an amount of trial and error involved.
Nope. It is more complicated than this. You have to do a completely clean flash of crDroid (and GAPPs if you were using that) using the current vendor_boot OrangeFox. Then flash the standard OrangeFox, reboot to OrangeFox, format data, and then reboot to system. After this you can reboot to OrangeFox and restore the crDroid backup.
It is. Another Google bright idea ...
The most important thing to remember is that, once you are running a vendor_boot ROM, you must not flash a standard recovery until you have first flashed a standard ROM. -
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Device-specific issues
Does not have HBM mode
Requirements
Make sure you've latest platform tools for Android.
Make sure you've installed latest Android 12 based firmware from your region.
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You can always get our Alpha builds from our website Paranoid Android website
Note: GMS is included and custom kernels are NOT supported the kernel says it supports PA!
Instructions
Fastboot Method
- Make sure your data is backed up
- Unlock your bootloader, and in bootloader mode follow the next command
fastboot format:f2fs --fs-options=casefold,projid,compress userdata (Wipes the entire device as well as userdata)
fastboot update aospa-topaz-beta-*-image.zip - Reboot to system
- Reboot to Recovery.
- Factory reset.
- Install PA zip package.
- Reboot to system
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This ROM uses vendor_boot-as-recovery. That is the cause of all the issues with custom recoveries.Ok, thank you for your warning
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Until a proper vendor_boot-as-recovery build of OrangeFox is released, yes.
I was able to flash it with the standard OrangeFox builds (coming from another ROM). But I wouldn't recommend it. Once you have flashed it, you would be then need a vendor_boot-as-recovery build, else you will get all the problems that have been described.3
Well, I flashed it successfully with OrangeFox (my current working build - I haven't tried with the latest released version, but I don't see how that would make a difference).
I guess that the trick is to format data before flashing the ROM, and, immediately after flashing the ROM, reboot OrangeFox (ignoring any errors that might be shown), and then format data again. Then reboot to system (again ignoring any errors be shown).
BTW: I flashed it successfully two different times, just to satisfy myself that the first success wasn't a fluke (it wasn't a fluke).
