[Discontinued][ROM][OFFICIAL] LineageOS 18.1 - Xiaomi Mi 8

[haxnhaxn]

Hey friends, I've tried to read through this whole thread, but I think my search terms are too broad/generic. Could someone quickly refresh me what "firmware" is that is being referred to throughout? I get it that by flashing OEM Xiaomi firmware I might flash some software unique to running this phone, before flashing any custom ROMs.

However, in the past, OEM firmware is installed using wonky flashing software (like Flashtool for SONY) and typically rewrites the whole phone, including the recovery partition, thus nullifying my ability to subsequently install any custom ROM. Is that not the case being discussed in this thread?

Thanks in advance!

*Edit: I did just bludgeon my way through and installed the "firmware" for the Xiaomi Mi 8 via TWRP, and then the LineageOS zip via TWRP, and have rebooted and all appears to be in working order.

Followup question: I had begun this process because I had thought the Mi 8 had a better camera than a 12 megapixel in the back. Also, I started using OpenCamera, which allows switching between cameras manually, which I thought neat. However, with this, and the previous (Havoc) installation, it seems like the camera is nerfed, or not reading the hardware correctly? Or, do I remember wrong and the hardware camera on the Mi 8 is only 12 mp in the back?

The rear-facing camera module features twin 12Mp cameras, one a wide-angle with a 1/2.55-inch size sensor, 1.4µm pixels, and an f/1.8-aperture lens, and the other a short telephoto with a slightly slower f/2.4 aperture. Other features include phase detection autofocus, 4-axis optical image stabilization (OIS) on the wide-angle module, and an LED flash. [dxomark]

 

[Goalach]

Hello, everyone. I just noticed that wear os stopped working. The app does not start anymore. Reinstalling the app didn't help.

It's very annoying. Lost my vital data since the 8/12 update.
@infrag did you change something ?
Wear OS does not start and so no sync.
I had to reset the smartwatch and tested without any issued on another phone (LOS18.1).

Solved. I had to download googel play services from apkmirror and install.
I don't know why ?????

 

[mkz14]

How can I use GCam in this rom? I installed many ports and all fail

 

[crisagatie]

I recommend you install BSG ports. Right now I have working version 8.1.101_A9_GV1j_ENG, but newer ones should work too.

 

[s7eVe90]

Hello, I have noticed an irritating problem that I still haven't found a solution yet. Since several months my dipper is always with the latest version of lineageos. But when I'm using the facebook messenger app with bubbles and when I receive a message, I open the bubble read the message, the notification in the notification bar is going away, BUT the notification number on the app is still there. So somehow the notification is not fully dismissed, because when I connect my phone with windows app ("Your phone") to the PC it is showing the notifications from messenger but I don't see a notification on the phone itself. If I open the message within the app the notification goes away, and also If I have other notifications in the bar and I hit "clear all" the not showing messenger notifications are also being dismissed....Can someone suggest something about that? Thank you in advance!

 

[roperp]

The rear-facing camera module features twin 12Mp cameras, one a wide-angle with a 1/2.55-inch size sensor, 1.4µm pixels, and an f/1.8-aperture lens, and the other a short telephoto with a slightly slower f/2.4 aperture. Other features include phase detection autofocus, 4-axis optical image stabilization (OIS) on the wide-angle module, and an LED flash. [dxomark]

Thanks, Haxn! Any ideas if this edition of LineageOS utilizes these hardware features?

 

[haxnhaxn]

Thanks, Haxn! Any ideas if this edition of LineageOS utilizes these hardware features?

I use the same gcam as crisagatie: BSG 8.1.101_A9_GV1j_ENG.
As far as I know, camera hardware is fully supported. Tele camera is supported, but I never use it. Main camera is too good. OIS (optical image stabilization) does work, must be enabled in settings. However, EIS (electronic image stabilization) used for video recording is not as good as in the MIUI camera. But this is probably software and not hardware. Gcam ftw!

 

[najabi]

Can I disable or reduce the brightness of the white blinking led light of the phone when I'm under 15% battery? It's too bright compared to MIUI.
I have tried disabling led light notifications, to no avail.

Maybe other people have noticed before, i just can't search within this thread.
For the rest, very happy with my switch to LoS 18.1, rooted with Magisk, SafetyNet pass and everything fine, except the unnerving flashing power of white led ;-) Thanks infrag for all the continous support and development of this rom on dipper.

 

[haxnhaxn]

Can I disable or reduce the brightness of the white blinking led light of the phone when I'm under 15% battery? It's too bright compared to MIUI.
I have tried disabling led light notifications, to no avail.

Maybe other people have noticed before, i just can't search within this thread.
For the rest, very happy with my switch to LoS 18.1, rooted with Magisk, SafetyNet pass and everything fine, except the unnerving flashing power of white led ;-) Thanks infrag for all the continous support and development of this rom on dipper.

Yes, it is possible. Something like "Settings > Battery > Battery LED". Not exactly sure, because I dont use it in English.

 

[crisagatie]

Can I disable or reduce the brightness of the white blinking led light of the phone when I'm under 15% battery? It's too bright compared to MIUI.
I have tried disabling led light notifications, to no avail.

Maybe other people have noticed before, i just can't search within this thread.
For the rest, very happy with my switch to LoS 18.1, rooted with Magisk, SafetyNet pass and everything fine, except the unnerving flashing power of white led ;-) Thanks infrag for all the continous support and development of this rom on dipper.

Search in settings for Notifications and then notification light.

 

[gregcrago]

Getting Boot Loop with lineage-18.1-20210819-nightly-dipper-signed.zip and TWRP
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.5.2_9-0-dipper.img
Then Boot to LineageOS and with advanced Restart to Recovery I get bootloop.
To fix I have to FASTBOOT and flash lineage-18.1-20210819-recovery-dipper.img

 

[s7eVe90]

Hi people, do you have any problems with bubbles of facebook messenger and the notiications dismissal of those?

 

[mkz14]

Can you use "ok, google" functionality?

For me IT shows this device is not available for use it, however I can turn it on, but after a few seconds it comes back again to disabled, anyone knows? Did It ever worked?

 

[haxnhaxn]

Can you use "ok, google" functionality?

For me IT shows this device is not available for use it, however I can turn it on, but after a few seconds it comes back again to disabled, anyone knows? Did It ever worked?

Can't tell, because I don't use it. But please let us know, which gapps package you have installed.

 

[mkz14]

Can't tell, because I don't use it. But please let us know, which gapps package you have installed.

I have tested with nikgapps basic and omni, never worked. You can enable voice match but It will auto disable passed few seconds. Also shows the message I said "this device is not available for this servioce" (<- not literally, but something like this)

I guess LOS misses too much Google's frameworks, I'll gotta go back to PixelPlusUI or something like that. What a pity since LOS is fast as hell and non-bloated at all

 

[haxnhaxn]

I have tested with nikgapps basic and omni, never worked. You can enable voice match but It will auto disable passed few seconds. Also shows the message I said "this device is not available for this servioce" (<- not literally, but something like this)

I guess LOS misses too much Google's frameworks, I'll gotta go back to PixelPlusUI or something like that. What a pity since LOS is fast as hell and non-bloated at all

I tried to get it run, but I habe the same issue: At "voice match" it says the feature is not available for this device. I don't know.
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Maybe you can try Nikgapps "full". There is google assistent already included. Maybe there are some missing pieces for this feature as well. Since you consider to switch to pixel rom, you probably don't mind the google bloat too much.

 

[mkz14]

I tried to get it run, but I habe the same issue: At "voice match" it says the feature is not available for this device. I don't know.
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Maybe you can try Nikgapps "full". There is google assistent already included. Maybe there are some missing pieces for this feature as well. Since you consider to switch to pixel rom, you probably don't mind the google bloat too much.

Basic nikgapps works just fine for voice match in other roms, also tried omni just in case. However if Basic worked with other roms... There's no much room to discussion haha

I guess LOS is so "unbloated" that is missing a lot of frameworks to make it work. Hopefully someone can shed a light on this

 

[Goalach]

.....

I guess LOS is so "unbloated" that is missing a lot of frameworks to make it work. Hopefully someone can shed a light on this

No, everything is fine here and works flawlessly.
But I also installed OpenGApps.
The only thing that didn't work see post # 1782.

 

[mkz14]

No, everything is fine here and works flawlessly.
But I also installed OpenGApps.
The only thing that didn't work see post # 1782.

Which package of opengapps did you installed?

I thought opengapps was over in Android 11.

 

[Goalach]

Which package of opengapps did you installed?

I thought opengapps was over in Android 11.

The Open GApps Project

OpenGApps.org offers information and pre-built packages of The Open GApps Project. The Open GApps Project is an open-source effort to script the automatic generation of up-to-date Google Apps packages. All Android versions and platforms supported.

opengapps.org

I installed Nano.