[ROM] [13.0] [Dragon] Pixel Experience Plus [UNOFFICIAL]

[michie]

PixelExperience Plus for Pixel C [Dragon]

What is this?

Pixel Experience is an AOSP based ROM, with Google apps included and all Pixel goodies
(launcher, wallpapers, icons, fonts, bootanimation)

Our mission is to offer the maximum possible stability and security, along with essential and useful features for the proper functioning of the device

Based on Android 13.0

Known issues

Camera
Webview based browsers won't play videos
Use a browser like firefox as a workaround (SW Codecs)
SELinux is permissive


DON'T FLASH GAPPS, ALREADY INCLUDED
Download

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• Android OS version: 13.0​
• Security patch level: February 2023​
• Source code: https://github.com/PixelExperience​
• ROM Developer: jhenrique09​

XDA evDB Information
PixelExperience Plus 13.0, ROM for the Pixel C

Contributors
@michie

Source Code:
https://github.com/ThaMichie

ROM OS Version: Android 13.0
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.18
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Stable

 

[michie]

Reserved

 

[Zapablast05]

Hey this is my first time posting and I've been lurking around here for about a month.This is the first custom ROM I've successfully installed on my Pixel C and it was really seamless. I flashed it using TWRP 3.4.0, clean install from rooted stock, I also flashed Magisk 21 with no issues, I have noticed a glitch/bug when you swipe up to see recent apps, the snapshot of the apps are flipped 90* to the left and won't align with the physical orientation no matter which way I turn the tablet while looking at the recent apps. Thanks for putting out this update, I'm loving it so far!

 

[michie]

Hey this is my first time posting and I've been lurking around here for about a month.This is the first custom ROM I've successfully installed on my Pixel C and it was really seamless. I flashed it using TWRP 3.4.0, clean install from rooted stock, I also flashed Magisk 21 with no issues, I have noticed a glitch/bug when you swipe up to see recent apps, the snapshot of the apps are flipped 90* to the left and won't align with the physical orientation no matter which way I turn the tablet while looking at the recent apps. Thanks for putting out this update, I'm loving it so far!

Does this happen in landscape or portrait mode? When I call the recent apps they display as they should. Can you share a screenshot?

 

[Zapablast05]

When pull up the recents in portrait mode and rotate it to landscape, the apps are stuck in portrate, and same when in landscape flipping to portrait.

 

[michie]

When pull up the recents in portrait mode and rotate it to landscape, the apps are stuck in portrate, and same when in landscape flipping to portrait.

I was able to reproduce this but also on my pixel phone running stock 11 so this means that it is not a bug but intended android behaviour. The fix/feature is in Google's hands

 

[Zapablast05]

I was able to reproduce this but also on my pixel phone running stock 11 so this means that it is not a bug but intended android behaviour. The fix/feature is in Google's hands

Wow you're right, I just checked that out on my stock Pixel 5 and it's doing the same. Well then I've yet to find any glaring issues so far with the ROM!

 

[hydromanbj]

After G logo appears, it hangs.... Any fixes?

 

[michie]

After G logo appears, it hangs.... Any fixes?

Do a factory reset (Full wipe) before flashing.

 

[JohnLongwood]

Very nice ROM. It runs like a charm. @michie thank you for that!

To bad the Pixel C is no official supported PixelExperience device...

 

[TianMo]

OMG.GOOOOOD JOOB

 

[michie]

Very nice ROM. It runs like a charm. @michie thank you for that!

To bad the Pixel C is no official supported PixelExperience device...

Thanks. I don't have a fix yet for the play store and chrome app which takes some time to launch. I think this is a gapps issue, can't trace the problem in the logs. Anyway, the next update will be a even better and smoother experience. Coming very soon

I could push my trees to official but the only benefit of "official" support would be automatic builds. I will probably post builds on a more regular basis here anyway.

 

[hydromanbj]

Do a factory reset (Full wipe) before flashing.

Problem solved. Like a breeze! Tkx!

 

[JohnLongwood]

Thanks. I don't have a fix yet for the play store and chrome app which takes some time to launch. I think this is a gapps issue, can't trace the problem in the logs. Anyway, the next update will be a even better and smoother experience. Coming very soon

I could push my trees to official but the only benefit of "official" support would be automatic builds. I will probably post builds on a more regular basis here anyway.

I used the UNOFFICIAL LineageOS 18.1 ROM from @followmsi before. My subjective feeling is, that the play store and the chrome app launches a little faster in your PixelExperience build. That's why I didn't mention that.

It's really good news that you plan to support that great device with more builds in the future! Thank you very much for that!

 

[michie]

New build up for download!

Changes:
- Fixed VULKAN support
- Enabled ZRAM (25% of 3GB)
- Switched drm_hwcomposer
- Force GPU rendering on init
- Set one more flag for UI optimizations

Thanks to @michie for all his work !

Enjoy

+ Switched to zram LZ4 compression in the kernel
+ Switched to SW codecs for now to fix video playback in chrome

Merry christmas everyone!

 

[JohnLongwood]

Installed the new build just over the old one and only wiped cache and dalvik. Booted and runs just like before. Just to be safe I also reinstalled Magisk 21.1.

@michie Thank you for your amazing work!

 

[michie]

Can the new GPU driver be ported to Android 11?

I don't understand your question, this is android 11.

I've been trying to port latest Shield blobs but it's not an easy job. They are still on android 9. It would be more convenient when they upgrade to 11 but then again... the proprietary Nvidia stuff is difficult to work with due to the many dependancies.

 

[michie]

Thank you for your reply. I think Android 9 can be used. It should be able to be directly extracted and swiped into Android 11.

Unfortunatly it is not so easy as you think. You can always try to decompile the system or download source and experiment

 

[IndigoAK]

I just want to say thanks for this ROM. It's been a bit of battle making this device feel like it's still the flagship device that it was intended to be before Google promptly took it out back and shot it, and this ROM goes a long way toward restoring a lot of that lustre.

 

[Everio9000]

Hi. Now I'm running PixelExperience_dragon-10.0-20200709-1839-UNOFFICIAL in my Pixel C. I want to flash this Pixel Experience 11..

What steps I have to follow? Thank you !!!