[ROM][Android 12L][BERYLLIUM] crDroid v8.12 [19.12.2022]

[gwolfu]

*** Disclaimer
I am not responsible for any damage you made to your device
You have been warned

crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features existent today

Features:
https://github.com/crdroidandroid/crdroid_features/blob/12.1/README.mkdn

Flashing Instructions:
Pre-installation:

• Recovery (from download page, recovery button)
• NikGapps core (Download from here - note that you may also need setup wizard addon if you rely on Google restore)
• Magisk root (after first boot)

First time installation:

• Backup your data to PC, OTG flash drive
• Boot to fastboot and flash recovery

• fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

• Now boot to recovery by holding VOL UP + POWER
• Navigate to Factory reset and format data, wipe cache and wipe system
• Now reboot to recovery
• Navigate to Apply update and choose from adb (if you have crDroid.zip on external sdcard, you may choose this option and navigate to where the zip is)
• Now sideload crDroid zip

• adb sideload crDroid.zip

• If you are running with gapps, choose again to apply from adb and sideload gapps.zip
• Reboot to system

Update installation:
Via recovery

• Boot to recovery
• Navigate to Apply update and choose from adb (if you have crDroid.zip on external sdcard, you may choose this option and navigate to where the zip is)
• Now sideload crDroid zip

• adb sideload crDroid.zip

Via OTA:

• Go to Settings -> System -> Updater and download latest build
• Choose install and let it finish
• Reboot

Do note that crDroid 8 is encrypted by default, so if you want to run decrypted, you'll need to sideload dfe.zip

Sources:
ROM: https://github.com/crdroidandroid
Kernel source: https://github.com/crdroidandroid/android_kernel_xiaomi_sdm845

Download:
ROM https://crdroid.net/beryllium

Known isues:
- none critical

Visit official website @ crDroid.net
crDroid Poco Telegram
crDroid Community Telegram

If you like my work, consider a donation > My Paypal

 

[stefan_lorenzkowski]

The installation worked liked charm. Thank you so much!!

 

[Retrial]

Thanks for your work Gabriel! Wonderful, I'm glad the ROM is finally encrypted by default

 

[Deleted member 8833290]

Bug: Bluetooth is trying to turn on and off, repeatedly.

Overall, it feels like a LOS developer build with unlocked features.

 

[Sia_scazy]

HI GWOLFU TNX IN ADVANCE
im not be able to root
flash latest magisk apk or zip no difrens beetwin apk and zip

 

[gwolfu]

HI GWOLFU TNX IN ADVANCE
im not be able to root
flash latest magisk apk or zip no difrens beetwin apk and zip

Needs magisk canary
That has support for A12

 

[gwolfu]

Bug: Bluetooth is trying to turn on and off, repeatedly.

Overall, it feels like a LOS developer build with unlocked features.

Aware from telegram chat
Will try to fix with next update

 

[forumi0721]

Thanks
Best rom.

 

[Oehr]

Thanks gwolfu! I'd love to upgrade this week, but I've got a few questions first:

• Is a dirty flash upgrade from crDroid 7 supported?
• I had issues with nikgapps before, with the signal app not receiving any messages unless I open the app (nikgapps specific issue). I'd like to try bitgapps instead. your rom should also work well with that gapps pack, right?
• I use encrypted f2fs data partition right now. is that also supported by this crdroid 8 build? or do I have to update the fstab again?
• Does it pass safetynet (with/without magisk)?

 

[gwolfu]

Thanks gwolfu! I'd love to upgrade this week, but I've got a few questions first:

• Is a dirty flash upgrade from crDroid 7 supported?
• I had issues with nikgapps before, with the signal app not receiving any messages unless I open the app (nikgapps specific issue). I'd like to try bitgapps instead. your rom should also work well with that gapps pack, right?
• I use encrypted f2fs data partition right now. is that also supported by this crdroid 8 build? or do I have to update the fstab again?
• Does it pass safetynet (with/without magisk)?

1. Not possible to dirty flash
2. Should work with other gapps (I just shared what I used, however not tested by me)
3. F2FS data is not added yet due to some bug I've noticed
4. Passed SN out of the box even without magisk

 

[gwolfu]

Build 20200124 is up

Changelog
- Fixed bluetooth issues

 

[Oehr]

There is an issue with the recovery: it does not automount the micrsod card. manually mounting using adb shell works, but as I am not sure where to mount it, I have no means of applying the update from the microsd card.

P.S. I am using a 1TB microSD card with a single exfat partition

 

[wladoom]

*** Disclaimer
I am not responsible for any damage you made to your device
You have been warned

crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features existent today

Features:
https://github.com/crdroidandroid/crdroid_features/blob/12.0/README.mkdn

Flashing Instructions:

Pre-installation:

• Recovery (here)
• NikGapps core (Download from here)
• Magisk root (after first boot)

First time installation:

• Backup your data to PC, OTG flash drive
• Boot to fastboot and flash recovery

• fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

• Now boot to recovery by holding VOL UP + POWER
• Navigate to Factory reset and format data, wipe cache and wipe system
• Now reboot to recovery
• Navigate to Apply update and choose from adb (if you have crDroid.zip on external sdcard, you may choose this option and navigate to where the zip is)
• Now sideload crDroid zip

• adb sideload crDroid.zip

• If you are running with gapps, choose again to apply from adb and sideload gapps.zip
• Reboot to system

Update installation:

• Boot to recovery
• Navigate to Apply update and choose from adb (if you have crDroid.zip on external sdcard, you may choose this option and navigate to where the zip is)
• Now sideload crDroid zip

• adb sideload crDroid.zip

Do note that crDroid 8 is encrypted by default, so if you want to run decrypted, you'll need to sideload dfe.zip

Sources:
ROM: https://github.com/crdroidandroid
Kernel source: https://github.com/crdroidandroid/android_kernel_xiaomi_sdm845

Download:
ROM https://crdroid.net/beryllium

Known isues:
- none critical

Visit official website @ crDroid.net
crDroid Poco Telegram
crDroid Community Telegram

If you like my work, consider a donation > My Paypal

Bug bluetooth.....not working

 

[Oehr]

Bug bluetooth.....not working

Works fine for me with Build 20200124:

Build 20200124 is up

Changelog
- Fixed bluetooth issues

1. Not possible to dirty flash
2. Should work with other gapps (I just shared what I used, however not tested by me)
3. F2FS data is not added yet due to some bug I've noticed
4. Passed SN out of the box even without magisk

as for bitgapps: doesn't work. It fails mounting the vendor partition. tried nikgapps now and receiving message in signal seems to work for now. only time will tell!

as for f2fs, the mounting parameters for encryption differ. I didn't check out the fstab yet, but for crdroid 7, I had to remove the ext4 mount for /data and leave only f2fs with the following permissions in there:

#<src>                                   <mnt_point>   <type>   <mnt_flags and options>                                               <fs_mgr_flags>
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata   /data         f2fs     noatime,nosuid,nodev,discard,background_gc=off,fsync_mode=nobarrier   latemount,wait,fileencryption=ice,quota

And even then it was wonky: it only worked when the data partition was COMPLETELY empty, so that encryption was enabled on first boot. encrypting afterwards failed. Maybe that helps you in troubleshooting f2fs support for data.

P.S. Unless it goes mainline again, I'll stick with the current ext4 variant, as I had to patch fstab every time I updated the rom back with crdroid 7...

 

[Makigo123]

Hey, huge thanks for crDroid, currently on 7.13, will flash 8 this weekend. I've noticed that when hiding nav bar, the back gesture doesn't work anymore and haven't find out how to fix this (7.13 version though). Did I miss something ?

 

[gwolfu]

Works fine for me with Build 20200124:


as for bitgapps: doesn't work. It fails mounting the vendor partition. tried nikgapps now and receiving message in signal seems to work for now. only time will tell!

as for f2fs, the mounting parameters for encryption differ. I didn't check out the fstab yet, but for crdroid 7, I had to remove the ext4 mount for /data and leave only f2fs with the following permissions in there:

#<src>                                   <mnt_point>   <type>   <mnt_flags and options>                                               <fs_mgr_flags>
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata   /data         f2fs     noatime,nosuid,nodev,discard,background_gc=off,fsync_mode=nobarrier   latemount,wait,fileencryption=ice,quota

And even then it was wonky: it only worked when the data partition was COMPLETELY empty, so that encryption was enabled on first boot. encrypting afterwards failed. Maybe that helps you in troubleshooting f2fs support for data.

P.S. Unless it goes mainline again, I'll stick with the current ext4 variant, as I had to patch fstab every time I updated the rom back with crdroid 7...

you can't encrypt afterwards
you either do it at first boot (does that automatically in crDroid 8), or you flash DFE and no encryption from there on
also no real benefits in F2FS imo

 

[Oehr]

you can't encrypt afterwards
you either do it at first boot (does that automatically in crDroid 8), or you flash DFE and no encryption from there on
also no real benefits in F2FS imo

f2fs has been specifically developed for flash memory. it comes with fs-based wear leveling which is great for flash memory without a proper flash controller (microsd cards, emmc, etc.). Some more recent android phones (e.g. pixel 6, poco x3) use f2fs as its default fs for the data (and cache) partition.

Hey, huge thanks for crDroid, currently on 7.13, will flash 8 this weekend. I've noticed that when hiding nav bar, the back gesture doesn't work anymore and haven't find out how to fix this (7.13 version though). Did I miss something ?

do not disable nav bar. switch to gesture bar and set its size to compact and/or disable navigation hint instead. i stumbled into the same "issue" in crdroid 8, until i figured out that I was doing it wrong. It is confusing, as all these options are split between basically three different screens.

 

[Makigo123]

do not disable nav bar. switch to gesture bar and set its size to compact and/or disable navigation hint instead. i stumbled into the same "issue" in crdroid 8, until i figured out that I was doing it wrong. It is confusing, as all these options are split between basically three different screens.

Thanks, you made my day brighter

 

[Oehr]

Unfortunately, I have the issue with receiving message in the Signal app again: After a while, especially while not charging, signal stops receiving messages on the phone unless I specifically open the signal app again...

I checked the usual culprits, such as battery optimization and such, but everything checks out... I had the issue before with crdroid back when I also tried nikgapps... There was no issue when I later switched to opengapps, but that is not possible for now.

Any clue as to how to fix this? I really don't want to check my signal app all the time

 

[gwolfu]

Unfortunately, I have the issue with receiving message in the Signal app again: After a while, especially while not charging, signal stops receiving messages on the phone unless I specifically open the signal app again...

I checked the usual culprits, such as battery optimization and such, but everything checks out... I had the issue before with crdroid back when I also tried nikgapps... There was no issue when I later switched to opengapps, but that is not possible for now.

Any clue as to how to fix this? I really don't want to check my signal app all the time

issue is with nikgapps
should be fixed in latest build released today
if dirty flashing new gapps on top, do also clear app data of Google Play Services app and reboot after dirty flash done and booted