THE FUTURE IS LOOKING GREAT!
Now that @sToRm// has released the long anticipated DRM fix for this magnificant phone. Should we start to see an increase in ROM development? Hopefully.
Background
After owning an OnePlus One (and a 2 for a brief time), the ROM development scene made the phone a beast. It was my phone for 4 years and will continue to be (in my opinion) the Holy Grail of development for Android. That phone is what brought me to this community, and why I may never switch back to Apple. This phone is the perfect phone to a lot of people including myself and I would love to see some ROMs being developed, Mods like MultiROM being produced, and more like that. I currently would like to develop a port of LineageOS to this phone however there are some concerns I have.
Now that @sToRm// has released the long anticipated DRM fix for this magnificant phone. Should we start to see an increase in ROM development? Hopefully.
Background
Concerns
I posted about this in the TWRP thread here about an issue when restoring from a Nandroid backup with TWRP how it ends in a specific error and leaves the phone bootlooped at the Sony logo. I got a response from @Myself5 here mentioning how this error isn't something @sToRm// or @Myself5 could fix. I have seen countless other posts around the internet but I have not seen a fix that works. It has something to do with storage sizes as @Myself5 mentioned in his reply.The reason I bring up the TWRP issue is because producing custom ROMs requires a LOT of flashing and backing up ( I assume) and being able to restore would be really huge. Especially since restoring to stock requires a computer and newflasher. Once an issue like this is solved, I (and a lot of others) are most likely willing to dive into development. I really would like to start developing ROMs for Android phones as well as Mods for Magisk. If MultiROM was on the XZ Premium (which I understand would be a stretch), I think that would be very impressive.
Conclusion
The first post will be reserved for cool mods or updates on upcoming mods. This thread will change once the TWRP concerns are fixed to more of a "Mod Database" for this phone. I felt like making this post as it is a way to inform the users of this issue and also attempt to further start development on the XZ Premium. I'd like to thank @sToRm// for the DRM fix and to other developers who are willing to jump on the bandwagon like me and tear this phone apart. It is a fantastic phone, and I feel we should do something about that.- C
