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[ROM] [ 8.1.0 ] Official madOS - Oukitel U13 [MT6753]

fire855

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This is a Official Build of madOS ( based on AOSP Oreo ) for Oukitel U13 with MTK 6753 SoC

madOS is based on pure A.O.S.P. with many additional customizations and MediaTek support.


Code:
#include
/*
 * Your warranty is now void.
 *
 * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
 * thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
 * do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
 * before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
 * you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
 */
Installation Instructions:
  • Download ROM from M.A.D. Facebook
    OR from xda DevDB
  • Download OpenGapps nano or pico from OpenGapps
    (choose ARM64 and Android 8.1)
  • Backup
  • Flash new TWRP (available on downloads)
  • Boot to the new TWRP recovery
  • It's recommended to wipe data, cache and system
  • Install ROM (optionally following by GAPPS if you use them)
  • Reboot System

Working:
  • RIL (Calls, SMS, Data connection, etc)
  • Wifi
  • Bluetooth
  • FM Radio
  • All Sensors
  • Fingerprint
  • Lights
  • Both storages & MTP
  • HW de/encoding
  • Camera (photos and video)
  • GPS & aGPS
  • Audio
  • madOS Extras

Not working:
  • -

XDA:DevDB Information
[ROM] [ 8.1.0 ] Official madOS - Oukitel U13 [MT6753], ROM for all devices (see above for details)

Contributors
fire855, DerTeufel1980, superdragonpt
Source Code: https://github.com/MediatekAndroidDevelopers

ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.x
ROM Firmware Required: TWRP
Based On: AOSP

Version Information
Status: Stable

Created 2018-04-19
Last Updated 2018-04-19
 
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General F.A.Q.

Q: What the hell is madOS ?
A: madOS, (M.A.D. Team OS), is a ROM based on pure A.O.S.P. with extended capabilities and customizations made by or merge/adapted by M.A.D. Team.

Q: Which recovery should I use for this ROM?
A: Latest M.A.D. TWRP recovery
--> Check xda Download Section

Q:
How do I flash new recovery ?
A:
1: You can flash it with a scatter file
2: You can simply flash it from the existing twrp recovery: Install> Install image> Select Oreo TWRP> Select "Recovery" as partition to flash.
Reboot to recovery to use new one

Q: Do I need to wipe anything?
A: Yes, it's recommend to wipe Cache, Data and System when you come from an older android version

Q: What should I use f2fs or ext4?
A: Both are supported but f2fs is often better

Q: Does this rom have any Theme support
A: Yup, We have working Theme Engine (madOS extras)

Q: Some translations are missing for my language, can I help?
A: Sure you can, please check our translations repo available here , you can either do a pull request, or if you don't know how to work with git, sent us the XML. Strings for your language ( Check Readme on repo).

Q: I want to report a bug(s) do you have an issue tracker?
A: Yeah... madOS issue tracker

Q: What's working?
A: Check first Post for current status

Q: App "x" doesn't work, why?
A: Probably not compatible with OREO yet, feedback is welcome

Q: Is the rom rooted?
A: NO, But you can easily root with :
1: Magisk ( v14 onwards.)
2: Super SU ( v2.82 onwards)

Q: Should I root together with flashing the rom?
A: Not advised.
Flash ROM and GAPPS (if you use gapps), after first boot get back to recovery and flash your desire rooting method

Q: Does this build support Vulkan?
A: No

Q: Does doze work in this build?
A: Yes

Q: When will (feature/issue here) be fixed?
A: NO ETA , please



Porting F.A.Q.
No porting support, no port questions allowed on this thread, and porting PMs will be auto-deleted, porting replies will be reported as well

G.APPS F.A.Q.
Q: What GAPPS package should I use?
A: OpenGapps arm64 nano/pico

Q: How to properly install GAPPS?
A: Flash Rom + Flash Gapps at once




CREDITS and Thanks ;)


  • madOS Team
  • Our translators, credits list here
  • A.O.S.P.
  • AOSPA
  • DU (Dirty Unicorns)
  • Omni



HELP supporting madOS

We do this on our free time, however we do have costs on maintaining this :/

Any donation is highly appreciated ;)

You can donate by using
this link

If the above doesn't work in your country, then you can directly donate by using this e-mail adress: [email protected]



About madOS Proprietary Apps

You are NOT allowed by any means, to use our madOS apps on any other build, your rom
This is exclusively for OFFICIAL madOS ROM releases



@To Moderators: Feel free to clean the thread, whenever users start spamming, severe OT, or questioning about porting...
 
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Changelogs

[Stable] Build [8.1.0] 20180419
  • First Oreo Release
  • Patch Level: April 5, 2018
  • Kernel: 3.18.105
 
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Sky994

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Can' Install the ROM

Hey, I have a U13 running madOS 7.1.2, and when I tried to install 8.1.0 I got an error on TWRP: error status 7
How do I procede to get 8.1 on U13?
 

milllan

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IR Remote

Works great, only thing missing is IR Remote app. Tried a few from play store but none of those work ...

Anyone managed to make it work ?