Development [ROM][13][OFFICIAL] PixelOS [AOSP][STABLE][15/02/2023]

[whyredFire]

How to root this?

sideload magisk or flash via recovery from sdcard

 

[MFN77]

Could you send a more detailed installation tutorial please?

After struggIing a little bit I've finally done it. I didn't have any knowledge about any of it before doing this. So I'm not an expert but here is a more detailed guide:

- Assuming you unlocked your bootloader. If you didn't, first you need to unlock it: Bootloader Unlocking Guide

- Download the Latest Android Platform Tools and after exctracting it, move it to the main "C:" folder.

- Download Recovery (boot.img) and move it to the same "Platform Tools" folder that we copied to the "C:"

- Download ROM and don't exctract it or rename it. Also move it to the same folder.

- Download Latest Firmware and also move this to the same folder that we copied to the "C:"

- Download Mi Flash Tool. After downloading it, open the program and select the driver tab and install it.

- Activate the Developer Options in your phone by Settings > About Phone > Tap on MIUI Number 7 times.

- Search "Developer Options" in the settings and open it. There is an "Usb Debugging" option, enable it.

- Connect your phone to the PC. And choose the File Transfer Mode from your phone's notifications.

- Turn off your phone. After that press the Volume Down + Power Button together a few seconds until you see it enter into the Fastboot mode.

- Open the Platform Tools folder that we moved in to the "C:" and type "cmd" into the Windows Explorer's folder direction bar and press Enter.

- Type "adb shell" in to the command prompt that opened. (If it didn't recognise the command, type ".\adb shell" and use ".\" before any command I give after this.)

- Type "fastboot devices". You should see your device. If you couldn't, then check the drivers or install the drivers again from Mi Flash Tool. If you still can't see your device and also can't see it in the Device Manager(Windows) then you probably using a diffrent USB-C cable. Try using the original one. If it still didn't solve the problem, try a diffrent PC or an USB Output.

- Type "fastboot flash boot boot.img". You should see it installing. Wait before it finishes.

- Type "fastboot reboot recovery". You should see your phone entering into the recovery mode. If it didn't, press Power Button few seconds until it shot down. Then press Volume Up + Power Button few seconds until you see it entering into the recovery mode.

- By using Volume Up and Down and Power Buttons you can navigate the recovery menu from your phone. So select "Wipe Data/Factory Reset" and confirm.

- After that go back to the Main Menu and select "Apply update".

- Open the command prompt from your PC again if you closed it and type "adb sideload
PixelOS_lisa-12.1-20220622-1650.zip" (the ROM file should be named this. If your file's name is diffrent, type that instead.)

- It should start installing. If this didn't, then you probably missed some steps from this guide. So please check that if you have the latest Platrfom Tools(adb) and that you download it from the official site. Also don't open it from the PowerShell Window, open it from the "cmd" like I said and make sure that it's in the main "C:" disc. Also try closing and opening again your PC and your phone before proceeding the second time.If it didn't start after all this and said cannot read the file, then you should try this: Large Adress Aware Program .

- Only do this next 2 steps if there is new firmware update or you are flashing this rom from any other rom. If you are just updating your ROM and there is no new firmware update, ignore this next 2 steps.

- After installing sideload reboot to recovery again. Then go into the "Apply Update" again from your phone.

- Open the command prompt from your PC again type "adb sideload fw_lisa_miui_LISAGlobal_V13.0.4.0.SKOMIXM_0508eaacfa_12.0.zip" (the firmware file should be named this. If your file's name is diffrent, type that instead.)

- After installing, navigate trough recovery menu again and select the "Reboot System".

- It's Done!!!

 

[whyredFire]

After struggIing a little bit I've finally done it. I didn't have any knowledge about any of it before doing this. So here is a more detailed info:

- Assuming you unlocked your bootloader. If you didn't, first you need to unlock it: Bootloader Unlocking Guide

- Then you need to download latest Android Platform Tools.

- After exctracting it, move it to the main "C:" folder.

- Download Recovery (boot.img) and move it to the same folder that we copied to "C:"

- Download ROM and don't exctract it or rename it. Also move it to the same folder.

- Download Mi Flash Tool. After downloading it, open the program and select the driver tab and install it.

- Activate the Developer Options in your phone by Settings > About Phone > Tap on MIUI Number 7 times.

- Search "Developer Options" in the settings and open it. There is "Usb Debugging" option. Enable it.

- Connect your phone to the PC. And choose the File Transfer Mode from your phone's notifications.

- Turn off your phone. After that press the Volume down + Power button together a few seconds until you see it enter into the Fastboot mode.

- Open Platform Tools folder that we moved in to the "C:" and type "cmd" into the windows explorer's folder direction bar and press enter.

- Type "adb devices" in to the command prompt that opened. (If it didn't recognise the command type ".\adb devices" and use ".\" before any command I give after this.)

- Type "fastboot devices". You should see your device. If it didn't then check drivers or install drivers again from Mi Flash Tool. If you can't see your device in the device manager(Windows) then you probably using diffrent usb-c cable. Try using original one. If it still didn't solve the problem, try diffrent pc or usb output.

- Type "fastboot flash boot boot.img". You should see it installing.

- Type "fastboot reboot recovery". You should see your phone entering into the recovery mode. If it didn't, press Power button few seconds until it shot down. Then press Volume Up + Power button few seconds until you see it entering into the recovery mode.

- By using Volume Up and Down and Power Buttons you can navigate the recovery menu from your phone. So select "Wipe Data/Factory Reset" and confirm.

- After that go back to the main menu and select "Apply update".

- Open command prompt from your pc again if you closed it and type "adb sideload PixelOS_lisa-12.0-20220122-1511.zip" (ROM file should be named this. If your file's name is diffrent, type that instead.)

- It should start installing. If it didn't and said cannot read the file then you should try this: Large Adress Aware Program

- After installing navigate trough recovery menu again and select "Reboot System".

- It's Done!!!


Btw it's working flawless until now. It's a fresh breath of air after MIUI. One thing that bothers me is the stock Camera app. Of course you can install Gcam but that one doesn't change colors with the theme so that bugs me a little. And I am curious about updates. Firstly how to know when there is an uptade available and also do I need to flash update also or there is an OTA update?

Thanks a lot for this guide, I'll link it to the main post.
Regarding updates, it'll be monthly and OTA Updater will be shipped with February update which is coming before this week ends. We're also shipping a GCam mod by default in the same update.

 

[zenfreddy]

Hey guys, need your assistance.. I have spent 6 hours trying to solve the adb "cannot read zip" error when trying to sideload the zip ... please help... Fixed

 

[zenfreddy]

I fixed it as soon as i posted this. It is due to bad adb.exe. Use the ones from google here

SDK Platform Tools release notes | Android Developers

Android SDK Platform-Tools is a component for the Android SDK.

developer.android.com

Restart your phone to recover fresh, Reformat data, and then do a clean flash using CMD (NOT PowerShell) with admin rights. run adb sideload filename.zip and it should run.

Everytime it fails just redo the steps (including rebooting your phone). I doubt the Large Aware Address helps.

 

[cssk19]

Finally, I can flash good ROM in my LISA. Thank you dev soo much for this. I was waiting for this since the day I purchased it. Any Improvement in cellular reception quality because MIUI supports only 2 C aggregation. Does it support 3c by any chance?

And what about camera application and battery performance.

 

[MFN77]

I fixed it as soon as i posted this. It is due to bad adb.exe. Use the ones from google here

SDK Platform Tools release notes | Android Developers

Android SDK Platform-Tools is a component for the Android SDK.

developer.android.com

Restart your phone to recover fresh, Reformat data, and then do a clean flash using CMD (NOT PowerShell) with admin rights. run adb sideload filename.zip and it should run.

Everytime it fails just redo the steps (including rebooting your phone). I doubt the Large Aware Address helps.

Before writing Large Address Awareness tip I did talk about all of those things in my guide. But I understand that could cause a problem for people that only looking for some solutions and not following it step by step. So I changed my post. Thank you.

 

[DeadlyPerformer]

Will this get further updates?

 

[whyredFire]

Will this get further updates?

yes sir, working on one

 

[duellerg]

Is call recording available?
And how about battery life?

 

[dacatrepairs]

i thought i was being smart with buying the mi 11 lite5g (not NE) as it has a better processor but theres little to no development for mine and no roms are working .

 

[duellerg]

i thought i was being smart with buying the mi 11 lite5g (not NE) as it has a better processor but theres little to no development for mine and no roms are working .

[SHARED] LineageOS 18.1 | UNOFFICIAL | Android 11 Updated: 04/12/22

First I'm not the developper of this rom and just share it here credits go to @NeoArian Be aware that it's a provisory thread and the dev will create his own when he decide the rom is ready.... LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket...

forum.xda-developers.com

 

[dacatrepairs]

[SHARED] LineageOS 18.1 | UNOFFICIAL | Android 11 Updated: 04/12/22

First I'm not the developper of this rom and just share it here credits go to @NeoArian Be aware that it's a provisory thread and the dev will create his own when he decide the rom is ready.... LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket...

forum.xda-developers.com

doesn't work for me i tried it .it boots on a black screen and if it boots in launcher nothing is working

 

[whyredFire]

i thought i was being smart with buying the mi 11 lite5g (not NE) as it has a better processor but theres little to no development for mine and no roms are working .

Nah, that's so wrong xD, there's so much going on behind the scenes.
Xiaomi didn't release full kernel source for lisa, but even then someone managed to rewrite the missing dtsi and got everything working. As of now we've pretty much everything working with OSS kernel and vendor. Just a bit more of final touches and you'll see some great roms here including Paranoid Android and maybe even official LineageOS (not by me though ).

 

[whyredFire]

[SHARED] LineageOS 18.1 | UNOFFICIAL | Android 11 Updated: 04/12/22

First I'm not the developper of this rom and just share it here credits go to @NeoArian Be aware that it's a provisory thread and the dev will create his own when he decide the rom is ready.... LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket...

forum.xda-developers.com

These are two different devices, Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G (renoir) and Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE (lisa).

 

[BremFM]

Been using this for a week or two now. Runs very smoothly, have only experienced visual bugs once that were helped when I restarted (a blue and green tiny dot were shown on the bottom of my screen). Overall very fast and clean, will prolly stay on this rom for a long while.

Battery life was however lowered significantly. I also installed Magisk so that may be causing it, although I did not use superuser apps yet.

Last: is there a Gcam available for this? Cause the camera that came with it is, well, absolute ****.

Edit: none of the custom features that I tested seem to be working. swiping up/down with 3 fingers does not take a screenshot, neither can I activate the torch with double/long press, and also cannot double tap to sleep.

 

[whyredFire]

Been using this for a week or two now. Runs very smoothly, have only experienced visual bugs once that were helped when I restarted (a blue and green tiny dot were shown on the bottom of my screen). Overall very fast and clean, will prolly stay on this rom for a long while.

Battery life was however lowered significantly. I also installed Magisk so that may be causing it, although I did not use superuser apps yet.

Last: is there a Gcam available for this? Cause the camera that came with it is, well, absolute ****.

Edit: none of the custom features that I tested seem to be working. swiping up/down with 3 fingers does not take a screenshot, neither can I activate the torch with double/long press, and also cannot double tap to sleep.

All the gesture features you mentioned work fine here, I'll suggest mtsl gcam as it works perfectly.
I'll say just wait for a while longer, next update will be based on a completely new set of trees with OSS kernel and vendor.

 

[BremFM]

All the gesture features you mentioned work fine here, I'll suggest mtsl gcam as it works perfectly.
I'll say just wait for a while longer, next update will be based on a completely new set of trees with OSS kernel and vendor.

I installed mtsl gcam but somehow the pictures are saved as black images

 

[Timfoolery]

I installed mtsl gcam but somehow the pictures are saved as black images

I installed mtsl V5 and it works perfectly fine for me, same rom too

 

[dan_729]

Battery life was however lowered significantly.

Uhh.. that's a bummer since battery life on stock MIUI is already not that great. Hopefully this can be improved with a new release.