Question Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro Custom Rom

[Menic0]

Hi all,

since there is not dedicated forum as of now, I'll try and post my question here.

Are there any custom roms or has anyone tested a GSI for the new Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro?

 

[niveZz]

there are no custom roms yet
GSI roms should work similar to this device

 

[_Hinnie_]

Just installed this GSI: https://github.com/ponces/treble_build_pe/releases/
Seems to work fine so far, although, it for some reason thinks there's always a physical keyboard connected, so I had to make the on-screen keyboard always enabled.
You can also force the display to use 144hz with the GSI under Phh Treble Settings > Misc features > Force FPS

 

[Menic0]

nice. thanks for sharing!

 

[Menic0]

How did you unlock the bootloader and flash a recovery?
I can't find TWRP images for this device.

 

[bref]

How did you unlock the bootloader and flash a recovery?
I can't find TWRP images for this device.

You can go to https://en.miui.com/unlock/index.html to download software to unlock bootloader. (check here on xda, how you can unlock.. ;-)).
One of the activities is to have xiaomi account. You need to login with that on your tablet, before you can unlock.

You have to do some activities and wait for 168hours... (not a joke).

Then after the unlock, you need to boot into Fastboot, where you can flash the GSI image with ADB.

(must likely you would need to remove the product partition, otherwise the the image wont fit. Also make sure you download A image. Pad 6 Pro only has A. )

 

[Menic0]

pfff.. 168 hours I wish.. I got the message that I have to wait for 300 hours.. 15 fricking days..

But if I understand you correcrly you've used the standard xiaomi recovery system to flash the custom rom?

 

[Taobaibai]

Are there any custom roms for the new Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro?

Same here, I will receive the tablet tomorrow.

I have to wait 168h too :'-(

 

[arydlews]

Same here, I will receive the tablet tomorrow.

I have to wait 168h too :'-(

I have already done the unlock according to the instructions from mi pad 5 on this forum is the same.

 

[Yangonnerd]

I've been using this Xiaomi Pad 6 pro with 12/256 for about 2 weeks now, and normally I feel the urge to get away from MIUI as quickly as I can, but dang this chinese rom is doing so well! No weird chinese apps that can not be removed, no problems with syncing all my google accounts ... Not sure yet if theres a need to change to another customr rom (yet) im surprised.

 

[arydlews]

Just installed this GSI: https://github.com/ponces/treble_build_pe/releases/
Seems to work fine so far, although, it for some reason thinks there's always a physical keyboard connected, so I had to make the on-screen keyboard always enabled.
You can also force the display to use 144hz with the GSI under Phh Treble Settings > Misc features > Force FPS

It's great that there are already roms that can be flashed. Unfortunately, I lack the knowledge of how to do it - I found a description for mi pad 5 below:

Run an GSI on your Mi Pad 5

To run an GSI on your Mi pad 5 : Unlock bootloader Download an arm64 AB gsi: https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/treble-enabled-device-development-a-ab-roms.7260/ I used system-roar-arm64-ab-vndklite-vanilla.img by Phh Download vbmeta.img from...

forum.xda-developers.com

Reboot to fastboot
Open an cmd:

fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img

fastboot reboot fastboot

fastboot flash system system-roar-arm64-ab-vndklite-vanilla.img

fastboot reboot recovery

Make an factory reset

Reboot

A question for the author if and what instructions you gave, whether the same as for mi pad 5 from this manual or other. Please write more precisely what and how you flashed along with the issued commands.

 

[arydlews]

Does fast charging work on the GSi (the tablet will be 100% charged in 1hour)?
where to download this file vbmeta.img ? Is it supposed to be the same as for mi pad 5?

 

[Menic0]

Yesterday I've installed the PixelExperience on my Pad 6 Pro.
Installation wasn't as straight forward as you'd like, since the recovery is in chinese.
Biggest pitfall: Please make sure to use a current version of the Google Platform Tools (adb, etc.).
I've used the files included in MiFlash 2022.05.07 and they worked. The ones I've used before just threw some unrelated errors that I spent hours researching to no avail.

After the flash, as _Hinnie_ mentioned, it thinks there is a physical keyboard attached so you have to skip the setup-wizard and go to the settings and enable the on-screen keyboard when a hardware keyboard is attached.
-> so thats no problem

For bluetooth audio to work, you need to activate the setting "Use System Wide BT HAL" in "Phh Treble Settings".
As far as I can tell, everything works like a charm. Didn't find anything broken as of yet.

Rooting the device using Magisk worked as well, I've downloaded the fastboot ROM from MIUI directly to get the correct vbimage.img and boot.img to work with.

I love this tablet without this shi**y MIUI.

 

[Djreppa]

Yesterday I've installed the PixelExperience on my Pad 6 Pro.
Installation wasn't as straight forward as you'd like, since the recovery is in chinese.
Biggest pitfall: Please make sure to use a current version of the Google Platform Tools (adb, etc.).
I've used the files included in MiFlash 2022.05.07 and they worked. The ones I've used before just threw some unrelated errors that I spent hours researching to no avail.

After the flash, as _Hinnie_ mentioned, it thinks there is a physical keyboard attached so you have to skip the setup-wizard and go to the settings and enable the on-screen keyboard when a hardware keyboard is attached.
-> so thats no problem

For bluetooth audio to work, you need to activate the setting "Use System Wide BT HAL" in "Phh Treble Settings".
As far as I can tell, everything works like a charm. Didn't find anything broken as of yet.

Rooting the device using Magisk worked as well, I've downloaded the fastboot ROM from MIUI directly to get the correct vbimage.img and boot.img to work with.

I love this tablet without this shi**y MIUI.

Hi there !

i'd like to proceed and do the same on my Pad 6 Pro, can you please share the link to the tutorial/thread you've followed to install PixelExperience ?

Thanks !

 

[Menic0]

All info neccessary is in this thread already.

Download Bootloader unlock.
Download PixelExperience.
Download MIUI fastboot ROM (for the vbimage.img).
Flash it with adb (see post from arydlews).
Done.

 

[Djreppa]

All info neccessary is in this thread already.

Download Bootloader unlock.
Download PixelExperience.
Download MIUI fastboot ROM (for the vbimage.img).
Flash it with adb (see post from arydlews).
Done.

Ah ok !
Sorry thought you went through some different thread! Thanks a lot mate !

 

[Djreppa]

Can anyone help please ?

I flashed the vbmeta.img (got it from Google website) and i get to the FASTBOOTD screen, however when i try to flash the ROM, i get the error message below:

PS C:\Users\Reppa\Downloads\miflash_unlock_en_7.6.602.42> fastboot flash system .\vndklitePixelExperience_Plus_arm64-ab-vndklite-13.0-20230503-UNOFFICIAL.img
Resizing 'system_b' FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition')
fastboot: error: Command failed

Can anyone help with this topic please ?

 

[Djreppa]

Ahh finally did it !!

I followed this to remove the partition:

Fix FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition')

In this comprehensive tutorial, we will show you the steps to fix the FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition') error.

droidwin.com

I'll keep you update as I go if anyone is interested

 

[arydlews]

Can anyone confirm to me that fast charging works under GSI?

 

[Djreppa]

Can anyone confirm to me that fast charging works under GSI?

Hello,
I'll try to check once home, however I don't have a fast charger, the one sent with the tablet has a Chinese plug/socket and I didn't receive the adapter yet.