[ROM][R][OFFICIAL] LineageOS 18.1 for Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro [whyred]
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ow really? thx brother... btw, is there any other way to root besides using magisk which is safe for mbanking apps?
Sorry for the late reply. I was using OrangeFox recovery and flashed the ROM's zip from it. I jave always been flashing all the updates through the recovery only.
I do not know what went wrong with the bootloader unlocked message, but you can flash Magisk without the fear of losing data (though while flashing anything a risk remains that anything could go wront, but flashing magisk doesn't erase data by design).
BTW i hope you would have already done something by now. Is everything fine now?
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Really? Both Amazon Shopping and Kindle apps work on mine.
With LOS 18 it's now possible to set a time where the phone switches from light to dark theme and vice versa. Nice!
Great ROM. Thanks to the two maintainers! Very smooth and great battery usage. I was thinking about replacing the battery, but now it is not necessary anymore!
I'm running Google free so, that was my installation procedure coming from last LOS17.1 official build:
- backup
- update recovery (I'm using orange fox 11)
- update firmware (for global latest stable is fw_whyred_miui_HMNote5Global_V12.0.2.0.PEIMIXM_e714180088_9.0)
- flash rom
- flash magisk
- wipe caches and reboot
- done!
I'd suggest both of you check if you installed the correct and latest stable firmware.
Also regarding the display I am not sure if all Whyred have the same display manufacturer...
Yes, Amazon Shopping, Amazon Music, Prime Video will immediately closed. (17.04.2021)
German Version
last installed Miui V10 or V11 (long time ago....don't remember exactly)
clean flash
the problem for me and for the most user (i think) is:
with this OS 18.1 is no basic requirement given!
wich ORIGINAL MIUI is needet?
...the original file is about 2.2GB (latest stable global V11)
and some threads obove is a file suggested (Miui V12) that is abaut 60MB ???
ist that 'only' what is needed to upgrade the Kernel?
Im not a Android Programmer...
so my wishes for that ...a little bit of better description for what is needed basicly
to have the same (basic environment) in your phone.
...as the developers have it too
THX
Frank
Fellow n-word, just download the latest firmware for whyred which is indeed 60m. No need to download the whole MIUI botnet. After that install Los
I've been having this issue for maybe the last six months, but this past month my phone hasn't rebooted at all. Recently my GPS hasn't been working so I decided to manually reboot. The issue came back and my phone maybe reboots at least five times a day. I'm thinking of switching to Lineage 18 to see if the problem is fixed.Just wondering, has anyone else been affected by this? https://gitlab.com/LineageOS/issues/android/-/issues/2514
I started getting soft reboots seemingly out of nowhere and I could not figure out what was causing them
I managed to get a logcat once among all the reboots, and I had the same fatal exception in android.fg (and subsequent error messages). After reading these comments I turned off the data restriction on the apps I had set, and my phone seems stable again... fingers crossed
Yes there are 2 versions with different screens: my wife has a way better screen than mine, which is unusable when it's just a bit sunny, while her one is still fine.
Can anyone tell me if the problem with the Wi-Fi cast is fixed or still there? I use it quite often and would be sure before flashing. Thanks
After I turned off the network restrictions for all my apps, it happened once, then I checked all the restrictions again and it seems like it has stopped happening (thankfully!)
I wonder if trying another kernel, rather than changing the whole ROM, would help in your case
I have lineage-18.1-20210412-microG-whyred installed. (I updated from 1.17.)
And now Trust is telling me that my Vendor, whatever that actually means is out of date.
I flashed the newest firmware through TWRP, but It doesn't seem to have helped.
(fw_whyred_miui_HMNote5Global_V12.0.2.0.PEIMIXM_e714180088_9.0.zip)
This is my 1. custom ROM ever, and I couldn't find instructions elsewhere so I ask here rather than risking bricking my device / wiping all my data. How can I update my "Vendor" safely?
Also is there a way to check my "Vendor" version?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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This update breaks bluetooth HD with the LDAC codec for me. I have to manually change the codec to aptX HD in the developer settings every time I connect my headphones (or not use bluetooth HD at all and fall back to SBC). With the previous version LDAC was working.
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It was not a device-side issue, nor a ROM side issue, it's actually a build server isssue
If someone want an accurate explanation, ask me
If you don't, just wait the next build169Re: SoterService & Qualcomm Location
1. SoterService
So for starters it certainly isn't useful to anybody outside China. As for users in China (not Chinese users, there's a difference), official LOS isn't really suitable for them anyway without further patching (at least fallback DNS, SUPL, captive portal and connectivity test URLs should be changed, Chinese-specific fonts and IME also aren't included). In practice not many people there are going to install a custom ROM on a device like this and if they do, it's most likely going to be something locally-brewed like Moqu. Thus, "helping users in China" (not "Chinese," since Chinese people all over the world by and large don't and in fact usually can't use Weixin either unless they happen to be in China) is not a realistic consideration. And as you can see it's also not as if not having this preinstalled would be an extra burden to any user in China.
This APK was not included in official LOS 15.1. I don't even recall it being a part of MIUI Global ROM for this device. Those lucky few who have the use for it (if anybody at all) will know how to install it, just like everybody else installs all kinds of other stuff on top of LOS. However, Lineage OS defines itself as a "free [as in 'libre'] and open-source operating system," and incorporating proprietary, third-party blobs of dubious benefit to the user is hardly in line with the project's objectives.
I read it, again (I first did when I was looking up this APK before even writing anything in this thread) and all the more I don't see any reason why it should be included. On the contrary, it's specific to China and only compatible with some of the devices launched in that market. Why would it be so indispensable that it just has to be part of the official LOS build for this device? (If you were referring to some specific statement in what's written there, feel free to quote it, and I will look at it again.)
For the record, I never said it was spyware, just a leftover that serves no purpose. But device security can be compromised in a number ways, for example through an exploitable bug in the APK. We all know the whole vendor blob for this device is completely outdated. The less is kept of it in its original form, the better. If something can be safely removed without impact, this should be the default action to take.
The whole point of having a custom ROM is to be able to critically pick and choose what should be in it from the usability perspective. Obviously this involves informed experimentation and something can occasionally break, so what? Reading something like this here makes me want to scroll back to the top of the page to check if this is still "XDA Developers."
Vendor blobs are not sacred. Xiaomi's in particular are usually rather bad. For instance, previous vendor blobs for this device enabled Wi-Fi diagnostics by default, needlessly spamming the logs and draining battery. Should this have been kept too?
2. Qualcomm Location
What is that even supposed to mean? By definition it's a user-space application, so it's a "system component" as much as Candy Crush is in Windows.
I wanted to save everybody the boring details. In practice I doubt it makes any difference. It's supposed to work by querying the location from nearby Wi-Fi access points but only those with supported SoCs in them (so QCA-only I believe), and then again only those that were configured to provide it.
The benefit is supposedly better location indoors, so it could be life-saving if you get lost in a shopping mall but 99.9% of the time when you need precise location is when you are outside and not near any particular Wi-Fi access points.
The idea behind it is not unsound and it could indeed save battery life if GPS doesn't have to run in such situations (and if it really is indoors then it wouldn't work anyway) but the bigger point is that Google (and others) have already been doing the same for years and are better at it. So if you install Google Apps you are already getting all of this functionality anyway.
You can't blame Qualcomm for trying even though they're late to the game but essentially it's about duplicating what already works just was "not invented here." Your location won't get any more precise than what Google already provides, all it accomplishes is Qualcomm being able to use your battery time and data allowance to seed their own database so as to compete with the incumbent.
Actually, here you can't disable it either: given how it's set up, there is no setting for it anywhere in the UI, it just runs all the time in the background. I think it'll also interfere if you wanted to use mock location.
So even if Qualcomm location were to stay by default, there should be a toggle for it, or at the very least the framework overlay settings should be restored to their defaults because now it's effectively impossible to use any other location provider: it's either Qualcomm or nothing.
Since LOS does not include a complete location solution (people will install Google Apps, MicroG, or perhaps something else), arguably it shouldn't force a partial one on the user either. To be brutally honest, I thought these settings were left like that by mistake, couldn't imagine anyone defending them but here we are. (Feel free to also check out the discussion I linked to in my previous post, and the commit where it was removed for beryllium - Xiaomi Pocophone F1.)
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I appreciate your effort in building this ROM and making it official. I understand the way you responded must be due to the impression that I attacked or criticized your work. This was not my intention.
I'm not saying anybody should do anything, I'm just sharing what I did. Hopefully it can help others one way or another. And if I'm wrong about something I'll be the first to admit it, after all I'm here to learn.
In the end it's your work and your decisions, you'll do as you wish. But there is a valid argument for the majority of the users and readers of this thread not to have these included in the official LOS build, which is why I wrote about it.
Agree or disagree, either way it's really not necessary to make any of this personal.
