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[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] E90 Commie:
There were an announcement regarding the XOSP about it being discontinued; see this post:

https://plus.google.com/+C%C4%83linNeam%C5%A3u/posts/FgcLaXPk44F

I don't know if any other team member are going to continue that project - the basic idea is nice since it is similar to a Sony Concept ROM. There's a major obstacle coming up for Sony app deployment in the future:

Their latest Album 8.4.0.4 look for an unlocked bootloader and DRM keys -

it seems like new Sony apps are heading in the wrong direction so the possibility of basing ROMs on them is a bit sketchy at the moment.

I think the "best" option is for a feature rich/customizable ROM since Lineage OS is well supported as it is by njiel8, who is doing an excellent job. It means that everyone looking for "less features" have an excellent solution in place.

My recommendation based on the general ROM situation is:

1. PureNexus. It is a very interesting ROM, customizable and fast. More or less what you achieved with your RR builds starting from the "historic" 20170730.

2. BlissROM. I have used it for a long time on the Xperia Z Ultra and it is great, excellent customization options and also feature development. It's fast, reliable and a great alternative to RR.

I put some BlissROM links here for your reference:

https://blissroms.com/

https://github.com/BlissRoms

https://plus.google.com/communities/118265887490106132524

Since both BlissROM and PureNexus are "abandonware" and the device offer AICP and RR I think they are the most promising alternatives, especially since Lineage OS is well supported already and therefore fulfill the needs of those who don't like "unnecessary features".

Edit: I post some videos showing the ROM configuration options:

Nitrogen OS:

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzqNhE7kJ4I[/YOUTUBE]

BlissROM:

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6YNUjFH9rE[/YOUTUBE]
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Skalexs:
I prefer paranoid but it seems that you are looking forward to working in purenexus... So enjoy!!!
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] PassieWater:
Okay....maybe offtopic again but what is the difference between official and unofficial and why cant you join official ? Your (this) rom is the best
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Blissrom: Looks good, but still on Android 7.1.2_r17, so 2 month behind. In my opinion, things like android security patches should be merged within 1-2 weeks. I personally would switch to an other rom if not so. Compare it with LineageOS RR or NitrogenOS for exemple, that's impressive :)

ViperOS: can't find the github !?!

...difference to official and unofficial is, official has to follow some rules like which device trees they are using, even if there are better ones out there, they must use the official ones. (For RR lineageOS device trees)

Unofficial can do what they want. They are totally free, so regarding to the quallity of the build, it doesn't say anything. Also a bit annoying in my opinion, official doesn't seem to have rules about the update frequency. Many official builds are more than 4 weeks old.

Look at nijel8 for exemple. Unofficial maintainer, but sInce the beginning you get frequent updates and don't have to beg for it.

So unfortunately the official status is getting more and more just some kind of status icon that sounds cool and most people using it so they can say "I use an official rom". You should always look for the dev, the maintainer, not the official/unofficial status.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] PassieWater:
I would hate to see you go..... Your support is awesome even on questions that are obvious to others you take time to answer. And your build ROCKS! Take care mate... In whatever you are gonna do i wish you all the best
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Thanks, don't worry, I just switch the project, I'm not leaving. If you suddenly don't hear anything from my side without any informaiton, then I'm probably dead :D
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] mandarthedon19@gmail.com:
Don't say that man. Long live Dave :good:
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] rumput_liar:
nitrogen rom is my favorit.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] rsrohit315:
Why not just try to make a kernel..... That's actually what this device needs.... Power saving, best battery life one
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Alex Tian8800:
Sir, I don't agree with you! This rom is not the same as Lineage, it has a lot of advantages, for example, perfect battery saving (11hrs+),it has unique wallpaper pack for bar, it was the only Nougat rom where I could use AM3DZirene, it has enough customization, it made me feel bad, when it was deprecated for our device...

P. S. Only you decide what to build, but most of your fans wanna see a perfect Nitrogen rom from you... Hope, you'll make the right decision... ;)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Sounds good. I only saw some videos about it, but of course you are right. In this case there IS a different :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] naryhd:
hi, can you please add glance option?!!!!!!!!!!!!

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can some one provide the official rom link?!!!!!!!!
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
so are you continuing with this rom?if yes then i will flash it back
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] kevinpunk:
Pure nexus or paranoid android (unofficial)

Both roms are great,
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] parnz:
[MENTION=8001680]Davehimself[/MENTION] Before you wipe your local source.

could you push your change of helium device tree your github please? I need them for my local RR repo.

Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
I didn't change anything on helium device tree. It's nijel8's helium tree
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] parnz:
Thanks Dave, No wonder why It built flawlessly. :D
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Gibbon_999:
How about Dirty Unicorns ?

https://github.com/DirtyUnicorns
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
[MENTION=2804689]Dave C[/MENTION]an you guide me how to install and use v4a in se enforcing mode,i tried lot of methods posted
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
You need the fixed I/O version of it and have to put it in system/priv-apps. After a reboot it should work like in my build
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Also possible. Never tried it. Can you tell me something about it ? Any special things on that rom ?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
And does someone know XenonHD ?

It looks pretty cool and has a lot of github activity!!
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Gibbon_999:
It's a lot like RR - heaps of options, and it's also stable and fast.

See here - they are already talking about 'O' - https://dirtyunicorns.com/
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Alex Tian8800:
Yes, not bad rom, but they really don't like Lucky Patcher, because it can crack apps. But, this app is used not only for this, it has a lot of useful options! No more problems with it.

Nitrogen is better, IMHO! Please, Nitrogen!
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] man2106:
it is smooth but i try it on redmi note 3 and didnt like it at all battery was ticking like a clock if you have time look at desolation rom it is base on du n smoothness is the same best is it battery life.

https://github.com/DesolationRom
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Yes, looks good and seems to be pretty big. I wonder why there is no ROM for the MI MAX yet :confused:
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
thanks,2 things

1.what to do with exisisting audiofx app

2.i have the apk for fixed io viper ,do i insta it or directly copy the apk to the priv folder and give 644 permission?

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i amusing nijels rom
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] judytankgirl:
dave, i love NitrogenOS. I would like to have NOS on my mi max.. been using it on my oneplus one last time.. thank you so much.

ps: i am using microg, no need to include gapps..
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] faorekh:
I love NitrogenOS as well. Please, create it!
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Problem with NitrogenOS: I can't use all the nijel8 trees with it. If so many of you would like to have NitrogenOS I will build it, but unfortunately without nijel8 trees. In this case, I don't know if everything will work perfectly like in my RR rom. If I build something which is based on CM like XenonHD, RR etc. I know everything will work perfectly without any doubt, so are you sure ? :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] paarkhi:
whatever ROM best possible based on Nijel8's trees apart from lineageOS without gapps.

thanks
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Every CM based rom works perfectly on nijel8 trees. RR, XenonHD, AICP....there a lot of cm based roms out there.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] paarkhi:
better to make a poll of the roms which can be safely built on nijel8 trees
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] spectra9:
Voting for NitrogenOS too. Too bad the last build have non working Wifi tether, otherwise I would've still be using it
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] rakesh_4utoo:
which is the latest stable version of this ROm without Gapps/Nova launcher .
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Newryt:
PureNexus would frequent updates be awesome. My favorite rom one of the things I like about it is the night light where you can make your own schedule for when it turns on It helps me sleep by blocking the blue light. Lots of other roms don't have it for some reason. The start up animation looks nice and it's stable and smooth. I'm using dungphp's version and it's perfect, but he said he won't updating his anymore. Please make it for helium too if you choose PureNexus. Whatever rom you choose please try to add the night light and a helium build. Thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] paarkhi:
27 july 2017

Hydrogen

Helium
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
PureNexus works fine, already build it and everything was working perfectly, so that would be no problem.

...Nitrogen is really hard. I'm trying it right now but I get tons of errors no matter which trees I use. Even if I take all the trees on their github I get tons of errors. I guess I need some help from somebody who built it already, cause I have no idea how to build it. They got three github pages. Nitrogen project, nitrogen dev and nitrogen for devices. Marchetto linked those sites in his thread but maybe they changed something on it because there is nothing on it I could probably need for the mi max.

Building RR is a child's play compard to that :D :D
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] k4rn8g3:
How about AOSP CAF ???

With pixel ui colors but no round icon support..
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
CAF is always way behind AOSP. If android O will be released, you will still have to wait a long time until you get it.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] man2106:
some1 on nitrogen os on redmi note 3 said nitrogen has 4000 script starting on boot lol
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] khaled7mailru:
And what about flyme os??it would be a bomb i think, don't you??!
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
i am so confused right now after using this rom which should i switch over to,which one is going to be maintained for a long time ,i was thinking of xosp but again there are 2 unofficial roms one by dungphp and one by romfactory,any suggestions

nijels rom is always there but looking for features like this one

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looks like all the custom roms are not for longer use :(
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] 63holdenolden:
A vote for Pure Nexus here with Magisk
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
PN with viper;)

PN for sure

but isnt there a official thread going on for it?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] afridi.shahriar:
You know what, on the jelly bean days, lr, even on nougat inside 1gb ram phone, system takes only 300-500mb of ram; while on our 3gb phns system apps take 1gb - 1.1gb ram.

Can u please make a rom whose system apps will take less than 500/600mb ram instead of 1/1.1gb of ram???

Or, can u create a jelly bean/ ics rom for mi max???

As, no body ever build backward version of os.

U gonna be the 1st one!!

Its a fun too.

Also, u should build a rom, where there is many customisations like rr.

Also a delta ota will be good.

And, plz add an app like aegis: an app, which auto force close selected apps after swiping them from the recents screen.

Ex: many games/apps uses ram while we don't require anything from it, and, use it once in a blue moon.

So, selecting these apps will help us to auto fc them, while we swipe them from recents screen.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
I only switch the project, I don't leave. Probably tomorrow I will be ready and come back with a new build. Whatever it will be, You know it will get frequent OTA updates, is up to date with latest android version and fully nijel8 based, so everything will work perfectly.

I checked all roms the users mentioned now and also built some of them for testing purposes and I think tomorrow I can announce the winner :D

What I personally looked for and probably many users don't is the base and activity on github. For exemple:

I checked every rom about the security patches. Many of them still didn't get the agust security patch merged. ---> All of them are out.

ROMS that I couldn't fully adapt to nijel8's base ---> out

No ROM's Github activity for longer then 3 days ---> out

CAF based roms are way behind AOSP, so they are out too.

ROMS with no OTA support ----> out

ROMS with no substratum/OMS support ---> out

ROMS with only very few customizations like lineageOS or slim roms are out.

All big names you hear frequently on XDA are out, cause I want to support a dev team, which is not very known yet but does a great job.

Of course no ROM that is already officially maintained like AICP, Mokee RR etc. or unofficially maintained with frequent updates and reliable support.

..right now, there are only 2 left, so like I said, I will probably announce the winner tomorrow or no later then sunday (gmt+1) :D
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
You really want me to create a jelly bean rom, are you serious ? :laugh::laugh::laugh:

delta updates will come, but probably not on first release :)

For now the next rom will be stock without any changes, because the two I'm pointing at right now already got a unique look and feel different.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
That's android 6!! :eek: ...Sorry I couldn't live with that :D
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] E90 Commie:
It will be really interesting to see what the winner is... It sounds very exciting to put it mildly and also something that is less known here too.

I remember a few developers that left XDA and started their own forums such as Thor with his Galaxy Note I kernels and ROMs which I used at that time.

I will be ready to flash the new ROM when it is done. The only thing I would like to ask is if it is OK to keep download links for your Helium RR builds since they are excellent for any owner who want this particular ROM. It seems like the official build is mostly Hydrogen at this time.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
It's not totally unknown. I guess most users already heard about it, but there was actually only one rom as far as I know with the typically scheme, 2 builds in 3 month and no further support and it wasn't nijel8 based and for hydrogen only.

Sure, I wont remove my RR builds. Maybe in a few weeks but right now they are up to date, so there is no need to remove them.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Q21:
Dave,

And why not make a new rom together with the base of nigel8 ?. It would be your rom, with your ideas, with a new name of rom. Do not you think it would be the best project instead of choosing an existing rom? Or, why do not you choose what you think is the best of each of your favorite roms and do all of that your new rom?.

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Sure it would be nice to have an own rom. But for doing that, I really need some more knowledge and experience. I started about 5 weeks ago with android developing, so that's a bit too much now I guess :D

Creating an own custom rom project is something for the future. Maybe in one or two years I will think about that :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] sameermehta1977:
thanks dave will wait eagerly for something hood,i just tried AIM,its a ok rom,no offence for the efforts put bu develoersin building a rom but the expectations have increased as a normal user post using the RR by you,anywaus wil se what comes up,switched back as i had backup of yhos rom

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its actually would be interesting to know how android was developed for phones,and how taking the base of android all the forks have come up, i dont know if someone is interested in developing something like android as a whole system
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Q21:
Thanks for your answer.

You've done a great job in just 5 weeks as a developer. You've made a solid rom for Mi Max.

I also have another cell phone. A nexus 6. In it I have the Dirty Unicorns rom. It is a solid rom too, with monthly updates and for now there is no official rom for Mi Max. Value it. It's a good rom.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Neo.Collin:
I think couple of have tried, but always ended up with telephony error... last time [MENTION=2772810]dungphp[/MENTION] got one build out, but it didn't work.... may be he can tell you why it didn't work...
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] afridi.shahriar:
Yeah im serious.

It gives us a kind of nostalgical feeling.

Don't even need to jelly bean/ ics rom. As, it will no more be updated, just build it once, if u can.

Delta update is very good. Now, mokee rom supports delta update even with pico/nano gapps and xposed.

WHAT'S ABOUT low ram using rom??

And, more i have to say u.

Everyone creates a rom here,but, adding non stock apps, leads the rom to be popular.

Like, replace all the AOSP apps with gapps.

Look, only a few comments not to merge gapps.

But, most users r fine with it.

So, just add them

And yeah.

Xperia's Dialer.apk, InCallUi.apk, conversation (mms app), contacts app are cool to be added too.

And, one more thing/suggestion for u:

It's You, who had been able to build RR rom over the [MENTION=4399618]nijel8[/MENTION] Lineage OS 14.1+ miui8.x base.

Then, why u stop and left this rom just because of somebody else also started to build it officially/non-officially???

So, if the next rom also gonna get official version too, or, anyone else build it; u also gonna left this rom too??

I always preferred official version, doesn't matter how buggy is that.

But, in nijel8 's base; its pretty much battery friendly, while rr is known for excessive battery consuming.

U just decide to build a rom ,and, firmly stay on this decision; no matter it gets official privilege,or, 1000 of other developers building it.

Because: people use it, as your rom is extremely battery friendly.

More over, most of the developers, even the official maintainers create a rom and left it's further responsibilities (i mean, no more updates).

So, u must continue a rom , irrespectively of which rom isn't being built how much time.

Do u understand?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] yepyup:
Charging speed is slower than other roms

use 2.1a charger
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
Using stock charger from Xiaomi and charging speed is same as MIUI rom. Quick charge 3.0 ?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] NicoloSebastien:
Gonna flash this one however i am coming from sawdoctors 06052017 build. Is it okay to dirty flash? Should I do Wipe cache to do a dirty flash? Need help thank you.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Davehimself:
So far I got the feedback dirtyflashing from sawdoctors build is going well. Just make a backup and try :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Maczuga:
I was wondering about the same - was using some May build, was stable as hell, I wanted to update without losing settings. I dirty flashed it over sawdoctors build and had no issues so far.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] NicoloSebastien:
Because the last time i dirty flashed i got errors. So should I wipe cache on this then dirty flash?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] E90 Commie:
I did a cache, Dalvik and system wipe when I dirty flashed the ROM. Everything worked well. I am more comfortable about wiping /system in order to have it clean.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] NicoloSebastien:
Oh thanks for the info. Just one question I downloaded the helium one since i use the 3gb/64gb mi max but i did got an error. It told me that my phone is hydrogen how to fix?
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] E90 Commie:
No such error with the Helium build. It sounds like you have the Hydrogen build with an install-script checking device model.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] HannibalLecter:
can you show some screenshots? Tell me how to do this?

I use GRVY Substratum theme. Whenever I make a call, there is a glitch in animations. Happens on mi max (tried on RR and crDroid)only. Does not happen on my bacon running carbon ROM.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] NicoloSebastien:
I used sawdoctors build helium. How do i fix this? Need help :(
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] E90 Commie:
Redownload the ROM. Sawdoctor didn't release Helium builds. You should download the ajmsg78 builds for Helium.

If you really want a Hydrogen build on your Helium; change the install-script.
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Aloosh1982:
Great work [MENTION=8001680]Davehimself[/MENTION]

Has anyone else got an incompatible version error with Netflix and this ROM? I'm on the 21st July build. Cheers
[Xiaomi Mi Max ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other D] Maczuga:
Yep, didn't have such issue with sawdoctors build.