[Miscellaneous Android Development] fire855:
General F.A.Q.

Q: What the hell is madOS ?

A: madOS, (M.A.D. Team OS), is a ROM based on pure A.O.S.P. with extended capabilities and customizations made by or merge/adapted by M.A.D. Team.

Q: Which recovery should I use for this ROM?

A: Latest M.A.D. TWRP recovery for the Ulefone Metal

available here

Q: Some translations are missing for my language, can I help?

A: Sure you can, please check our translations repo available here , you can either do a pull request, or if you don't know how to work with git, sent us the XML. Strings for your language ( Check Readme on repo).

Q: What's working ?

A: Check first Post for current status

Update for 7.1.1

Q: When I try to install the ROM it says "Error 7 symlink failed", what gives?

A: You need to unmount /system first on twrp

Q: After flashing TWRP says "No OS Installed?"

A: Ignore this message. If the ROM flash indicated as being successful, you can swipe to reboot and the OS should boot.

Q: Do i really need full wipes?

A: Yeah

Q: App "x" doesn't work, why?

A: Probably not compatible with Nougat yet, feedback is welcome

Q: Is the rom rooted?

A: NO, But you can easily root with SuperSU v2.76 onwards.

Q: Does xposed work?

A: As of now, there's no Xposed for N, so no

Q: Does busybox still works on Nougat?

A: yes

Q: AdAway no longer works on Nougat, what can I do?

A: Simply install busybox first, available from the Play Store, and it'll download hosts and work just fine then

Q: Data Connection does not work, why?

A: The ROM, already includes latest APNs, if you still have no active data connection, check your APN settings

Q: How is battery life with Nougat on the Jiayu?

A: It should be comparable to Marshmallow.

Update: We've already fixed several memory leaks and draining issues

Q: Does this build support Vulcan?

A: No. Vulcan does not provide support for MediaTek (yet?)

Q: Does doze work in this build?

A: Yes. You do not have to enable anything; it is active by default.

Q: Does this ROM supports Substratum ?

A: YES, latest rootless substratum is supported on madOS ;)

madOS: We are now an Official Substratum supported rom

Q: Does the ROM features disabling SIMs , On Settings SIM Options?

A: YES, we've now merged our own implementation (adapted for N)

Q: when will (feature/issue here) be fixed?

A: NO ETA , please

Porting F.A.Q.

No porting support, no port questions allowed on this thread, and porting PMs will be auto-deleted, porting replies will be reported as well

G.APPS F.A.Q.

Q:What GAPPS package should I use?

A: BeansGapps or Open GAPPS

Update 7.1.2

Beans GAPPS (MINI) or OpenGapps (pico/nano) Packages, are recommended

Q: How to properly install GAPPS?

A:Flash Rom + Flash Gapps at once

CREDITS and Thanks ;)

madOS Team

Our translators, credits list here

A.O.S.P.

Slim Roms

Pure Nexus

AOSPA

Lineage

DU (Dirty Unicorns)

Omni

HELP supporting madOS

We do this on our free time, however we do have costs on maintaining this :/

Any donation is highly appreciated ;)

You can donate by using

this link

If the above doesn't work in your country, then you can directly donate by using this e-mail adress: mediatekandr0iddevelopers@gmail.com

About madOS Proprietary Apps

You are NOT allowed by any means, to use our madOS apps on any other build, your rom

This is exclusively for OFFICIAL madOS ROM releases

@To Moderators: Feel free to clean the thread, whenever users start spamming, severe OT, or questioning about porting...