Development Paranoid Android Topaz Beta 2 - Redmi Note 11 / 11 NFC

[chrisw444]

We are very excited to announce the alpha/beta of Paranoid Android Topaz, based on Android 13.


On the first launch, you’ll notice a clean setup with beautiful wallpapers from Hampus Olsson, who teamed up with us again to create several beautiful pieces of artwork. 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 enhance the overall user experience. You can find all of the Paranoid Android wallpapers and many more in the Abstruct app from the PlayStore.


Our builds are based on the Code Linaro Organization Android base, which is optimized for Qualcomm platforms and has a higher degree of performance, battery life, and functionality compared to the Android Open Source Project platform. The Paranoid Android team and contributors are focusing on squashing existing bugs, and implementing and improving features, performance, and stability. We are dedicated to providing a user experience with the stability that you can expect from stock ROMs with best-in-class performance and features to help you get the most out of your device.



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We kindly ask all of you that are in a position to donate anything, to help and support us so we can provide better and faster build releases, as well as increase the download speed of our servers, all looking for your enjoyment.


You can donate on the link below:


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Device-specific issues
° No issues have be found upon testing, feel free to report if you encounter any.


Requirements
° Make sure you've latest platform tools for Android.
° Make sure you've latest Stable firmware flashed before flashing the ROM.

Download


You can always get our Alpha builds from our website Paranoid Android website


Note: Custom kernels are NOT supported the kernel says it supports PA and GMS is included!


Changelogs


Keep an eye on our Twitter account, @paranoidaospa, as we will be posting about new features getting included in the release builds, as well as links to betas for those devices that will get them. For more detailed information please have a look at the second post of this thread of each build changelog on the website.


Paranoid Android Topaz released


Instructions

Fastboot Method
° Make sure your data is backed up
° Unlock your bootloader, and in bootloader mode follow the next command
° Fastboot -w (Wipes the entire device as well as userdata)
° Fastboot update aospa-topaz-beta-*-image.zip
° Reboot to system

Recovery Method

For Custom Recovery:
° Reboot to Recovery
° Wipe cache/ data/ *
° Install PA zip package
° Reboot to recovery
° Format data
° Reboot to system

For AOSPA Recovery:
° Reboot to fastboot
° fastboot flash boot.img
° fastboot flash vendor_boot.img
° Reboot to recovery
• Install PA zip package via SDcard or Via sideload
° Format data
° Reboot to system

Kernel Source (Prebuilt stock kernel)



Important / Useful links

Paranoid Android Twitter

Paranoid Android Channel (Telegram)

Paranoid Android Download Channel (Telegram)

Paranoid Android Community (Telegram)


Cheers and #StayParanoid!

 

[NeoPreacher]

Nice and also official. Can't wait to get paranoid again

 

[vyvy]

Peru !!!

 

[Adi_777]

niceeeeeeeeeeeee.......

 

[azteria2000]

Where do we get boot.img and vendor_boot.img?
From paranoid android file? Or from miui stock original firmware?

 

[guplo234]

Can I use minimal adb&fastboot to install fastboot img file?

 

[jim_greece]

Can I use 13.0.2 firmware from xiaomi.eu to flash it, or I'll get hard brick?

 

[douteiful]

Works beautifully, no lags or bugs. Best ROM for spes right now IMO.

 

[EthanNSenpai]

Looking forward to seeing this ROM being one of the best out there. Although the rom for this phone hasn't been optimized like I imagined but hoping that it'll be further improved in the future. For now, it's pretty good but not perfect like the way I wanted it to be. Anyways, keep up on the good work!

 

[Sameh.Mohamed]

Looking forward to seeing this ROM being one of the best out there. Although the rom for this phone hasn't been optimized like I imagined but hoping that it'll be further improved in the future. For now, it's pretty good but not perfect like the way I wanted it to be. Anyways, keep up on the good work!

I'm using crdroid a 13
And it's very stable and fast for me till now. Is it worthy to give it a try with paranoid android. Or should I wait for the final release specially its just a beta!?

 

[Sameh.Mohamed]

Works beautifully, no lags or bugs. Best ROM for spes right now IMO.

Is it better than crdroid?!. Thinking to try this rom and afraid of stability issues , specially its a beta release!
Or should i wait for the official release?!

 

[NeoPreacher]

Is it better than crdroid?!. Thinking to try this rom and afraid of stability issues , specially its a beta release!
Or should i wait for the official release?!

Like to try it also. The thing with PA is, beta is pretty stable comparable to most roms stable releases. I guess until kernel sources are released (if ever) crdroid in its general performance shows the limits

 

[Thestardr]

So beautiful, almost perfect rom.

 

[pulsar]

Please built ROM without gapps.

 

[androigi]

Please update shortcut for on/off NFC, like shortcut on/off bluetooth.
And show remaining ram used.
I like this rom

 

[debrajds]

This rom is nice, almost perfect. Almost evrything works according to my usage. Frustratrated of
using mi rom and their security app and coming from a oneplus experience, I had to move to other rom.
As of proprietory camera driver as I understand, I didn't find any camera app to work properly and
I prtend I don't have a camera with this crappy mobile phone.
Now coming to this rom, I found some issues which I am listing below.

1. Video calling works, tap2wake works and is stable(unlike Xtended, haven't tried crDroid yet)
2. No secure lockscreen i.e. notification menu on lockscreen is visible
3. No way to change navigation buttons functionality (i.e. long press & double tap)
4. No custom navigation panel style.
5. No display when incoming call (perhaps a bug) at times.
6. No AOD and no lockscreen clock customization.
7. Can't install twrp succesfully (The A/B methods are really messy and also fastboot and fastbootd) and I haven't risked anything using magisk.
8. Don't know if fast charging works(no fast charge visual confirmation).
9. Only one screen off gesture (double tap), have to long press power button to invoke torch.

But I do appriciate the good work of the developer. I'm using this rom as a daily driver. I haven't checked crDroid or PixelExperience.
Perhaps someone can shed some light on that.

Thank you all. Have a nice day.

 

[notBradPitt]

I know PA is one of the most popular custom ROM, but I can't seem to find a newer feature list. How does it compare to other ROMs?

 

[notBradPitt]

I use Pixel Experience Plus as daily driver and recently made a switch, here's my first impression/comparison

• Comes with GCam Go instead of the stock camera
• 4 numbers pin (PE+ makes you press the enter button)
• No double back tap
• Lock screen by double tapping home instead of quick settings
• At a Glace can be turned off
• Google search bar can be turned off
• Icon and Font customization
• Tons of feature flags on Home settings
• Recent menu shows Screenshot + Lens option instead of Screenshot + Select
• Comes with more GApps then PE+ (YouTube, Drive, Maps, Gmail, etc.)
• No option to hide battery icon when percentage is shown. Only option is to show icon, icon + percentage, icon + percentage when charging, or hide everything
• The one-handed mode gesture can be used for notification instead

I'd say they both have similar overall feel, with some customization changed in favor of other. PA feels a bit smoother, not sure if that's just my feeling. I wouldn't compare it with crDroid. crDroid adds tons of features and customization while sacrificing the overall looks.

This is my first impression, so I have yet to test the battery and performance. Please let me know if there was any mistake. I'll make an update after using this for a while

 

[rooveg]

Been used PA for 2 days, everything is good no issues so far, i think it smoother than crDroid, need more features such as:

1. NFC toggle not present
2. Network/data speed meter in status bar
3. 60 fps contents in Instagram is stuttered, I don't know in other social media platform

While crDroid has a lot of customization but PA is just simple & stable straight to the point, Thanks for your nice work.

 

[notBradPitt]

The experience has been smooth so far, face unlock and fingerprint feels faster compared to other ROMs. Only bug I've found is that when you create a WebApp shortcut from Chrome and try to uninstall it, Paranoid Launcher immediately crashes