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[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RaiderWill:
I've Tried All The Major Custom ROM Players.. :cool:

You know their names.

And for the most part.. they were "Glitch-Free" and fairly stable.

Lots of goodies to play with and adjust.. even one offering the "Pure" Experience.. for those that want it Bare-Boned.

And.. even though they were bloat-free, light in weight and smooth.. there were still complaints about this not working or that not working.. or, users asking if they could have Gestures working as smoothly as Stock.. both Camera lenses functioning etc.. etc.. :crying:

It's in EVERY thread.

I'd been mixing and matching so many Kernel's and ROM's trying to achieve... what? :confused:

That's when I decided to Re-Encrypt my software throw on 9.5.17.. and Re-Root the darn thing..

A Fresh Start.. :cool:

Not only has everything been scrubbed clean.. but battery ( Greenified ) Smoothness ( Nova-Prime ) Customization ( Themes ) all really work better than I remembered.

Even with the bloat.. ( I could remove it.. ) everything transistions just as fast as it did with the customs.

I Can Always Go Back.. to C-ROM's and my Anti ( 3 ) is not an issue.. but,

I really don't see a need to.. Stock-Rooted ( IMO ) offers the best Stability / Customization Combo for the XRN5 / Pro.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Tisckkytt:
For most people including me, it's just being close to raw aosp.

I admire the smoothness of miui edge gestures and some goodies that miui brings. But other than that, i just can't stand the ugly side of it, like why an oem will show ads when i download something with stock browser? I know i can use other browsers, but why would mi do that? Did i got the phone for free? So, they put ads to monetize?!

It's good that now i see threads for debloating miui easily but i don't see myself going back to miui anytime soon. Even now that mia2 Cam's been ported and working quite smoothly, i see no reason to go back.

Btw, it's just personal preference. And if stability is what's someone looking for, they should go stock. But it also can be achieved from aosp roms, no doubt. Highly depends on user and how/what they use it for. I have no major problems with the roms I've tried so far.

Aosip, havoc, dotos, now bootleggers. Aosip is the most perfect solution for me.

Cheers. :svetius:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RaiderWill:
Understood..

Great Post.. :cool:

Can't disagree with your opinion..

I have no issues either way as far as browsing is concerned.. even without the use of Adaway Rooted or Non-Rooted variants.

MIUI got the Gestures right... that's for sure. The Customs can't touch MIUI Smoothness and Sensitivity levels.

And Batterylife for me is 13% ( tested ) better going factory fresh as well.

Thank Goodness there is a road for each of us to get to our destination! :highfive:

Cheers.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] H4T3M4CH1N3:
Been there, done that. I remember the good old days when stock ROMs sucked big time. Not so long ago, I pretty much threw MIUI into oblivion on my RN3 because performance was sub-par. Now, it's a completely different world in which I find myself at home when using Oreo-based MIUI 9 and even 10.

All I need these days is the latest stable Android release, Magisk (+ a couple Modules), Nova Launcher, my apps and I'm good to go.

Gone are the days when I tweaked and tweaked the hell out the HW and SW to get decent performance.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Farhadul Haque:
I totally agree with the OP. I tried few of the major custom roms and while they were mostly bug free and stable, oreo based stock miui 9 and 10 beta is simply awesome. Miui 10 beta is giving me the best battery life and the most smooth performance, even with tons of bloatware.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] deathbearer:
Yeah this is the setup I have used since I got this phone. Stock os is stable and fast. Haven't tried any custom Roms yet . If things go south in miui 10 only then will i switch to other roms
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Sp8ky:
I am waiting to get my bootloader unlocked and want to root stock.

Will I be able to OTA upgrade without losing root? Or what's the process here.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jaidev.s:
Wish there was a tweaked, debloated, zip aligned stock rom..
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] kascro:
+1
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] rohanvaja:
I too think miui is better suited for our device.. btw how to get greenify working on stock miui?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Incogn:
Do you really need greenify with miui? It has some background and memory management itself, i think greenify is more suited for AOSP LOS etc. But thats just my opinion.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RockStar8:
I agree what Incogn said. MIUI doesn't need Greenify as it is pretty aggressive. But if you want it there is a Magisk module you can download from Magisk Manager itself. It makes Greenify perform way better like it works with Xposed.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] charafweb:
+1
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] vishaltehlan412:
Can u suggest me miui 9 or 10 with anti 3 for good battery and pubg
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] SHAWN_FROST:
I am using the same setup of stock miui 10 and magisk root can anyone please suggest me a kernel with wireguard support and good performance and battery life for miui
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RheinPirat:
Why u want a chinese spy rom? Every custom rom is better than miui.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] deathbearer:
Can you point me to a custom ROM which has everything including front and back camera working flawlessly?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MikiGry:
Every single rom has back and front camera working. It's the Google camera, that's still partially broken. Use Mi A2 port and everything is going to be fine
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Incogn:
If its spy rom and you are concerned why are you using google apps? The biggest data stealers there are. Im quite sure you also use facebook, so hipocricy here is very high. Even if it was spy rom(which is utter nonsense), they cant steal anything from you that google or facebook already didnt.

---------- Post added at 08:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:23 AM ----------

Stock custom rom camera compared to stock miui SUCKS. Gcam doesnt work on global, and Mi A2 port has 50 pages of user reported bugs, so no, its quite far from fine if you want stability.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RheinPirat:
Mi A2 Port works without any Problem on Resurrection Remix 2018.07.23
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] shetty_chadda:
go for MASIK Rom
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MikiGry:
[MENTION=1246462]imco[/MENTION]gn

Which bugs ? Latest version has only minor front flash bug
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Incogn:
Only minor.. dude im not gonna copy all the posts with problems, just go to 2 threads for A2 camera port and read comments.. there are various problems, starting with flash, hdr, crashing and other stuff. Not everyone of us can use their phone as experimental ground, there comes a point in life where you just cant be bothered flashing and fixing stuff anymore, you just want stability and a reliable phone, and thats what Miui gives you. And its exacty what op meant with this thread.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] shetty_chadda:
True !! But -

Why do i love Custum Roms :-

1) Power to use device as the way i want to...

2) Can be uptodate with sysmtem updates

3) Just make the phone the way u want it to be

What do i hate abt custum roms :-

1) Minor Bugs here and there ( Yes they are a bit of a pain )

What do i love abt Stock Rom

1) Stability - Battery Life ( Well latest MIUI SW are doing good in terms of battery )

What Do i hate abt MIUI Stock Rom

1) Hell Lot of Animations

2) Hell Lot of Bloatware ( i Know we can get rid of these )

3) But when we talk abt bloatware the apps are connected to system framework and deleting those are an issue for. e.g I love quikpic why the hell i am supposed to have MIUI Gallery, I love MX Ultra Lite Mode, why do i need MIUI Videos, removing gallery brings error to system framwork as they r linked

4) I dont need a security app which consist of cleaner too....we cant delete that

On the other hand if u ll look at overall ui of MIUI i feel it girlish, theme section is filled with themes which are either good for a lill mass of people and those which are good are outdate, font section have fonts which on applied makes fone ugly. Games Lag.

While custum roms are great for custimization nd perfomance and few of them are battery friendly too...lets come on bugs why do we have that...Source code are never completed released for MIUI Devices.

Go to rom sections of OnePlus or Samsung

1st thing u will find more stock based rom out there, coz they actaully have better roms which makes a difference.

2nd Customs roms dont have bugs for devices such as OnePlus or samsung
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Incogn:
Yes, tell that to hundreds of users who already reported many different bugs. Its nowhere near stability of stock miui camera.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RheinPirat:
what do you expect? Should i say that the Mi A2 port does not work on resurrection remix? That would not be true. I have no problem at all with the A2 port on my phone ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Front and rear cam works, all modes work, front and back led works, video works and so on
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jaidev.s:
Link please
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Incogn:
I dont expect anything. Im saying that even tho it works for you, it doesnt for hundreds of other users, and it is miles away from miui stock in terms of stability. And this thread is about stability and pros of miui compared to custom roms. So not sure what your point is.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] shetty_chadda:
If only you could fight with MIUI so much for releasing complete updated source code, the community would be so much better.

& the reak question is if custum roms were stable af how many of the user would have opted for stock rom, and u ursefl stating that 100's of people are complaining abt the camera ****, just think if the camera was better in custum, population would have shifted to using custom instead of stock rom
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Incogn:
Yeah, they would switch to custom rom. Like 1% of total users. No one gives a **** in real world about custom roms and development, not casual users, not xiaomi itself. You gotta understand that people like you who unlock bl, flash custom roms etc are minority.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] AlexanderKgr:
If anyone knows masik is based on arb 4 or 3?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] shetty_chadda:
If no one gives a **** then why the hell u are on xda, do u even know why xda exist ??
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] sanket_._._:
Yes MIUI is becoming better. I am planning to install Android 9.0 Roms Later with official GAPPS.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Sigray:
It is firmware free.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] SunilSuni:
I used to be a flasholic with my moto g (1st gen mobile) but after purchasing redmi note 5 pro im happy with stock ROM and i will stay with miui (stable build only) for another one and half year and then i will unlock bootloader and back to flasholic mood.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Incogn:
What the hell are you even talking about.. Ive been on xda since 2008, so long before you, i know perfectly well what xda is and appreciate it. BUT, that doesnt change the fact that we, xda community, are a MINORITY of phone users, and OEMs stopped giving **** about us long time ago. Thats a fact and it wont change no matter what nonsense you keep talking. I dont even understand what your point is. I give you facts, you talk nonsense and try to insult me lmao. Joker.

Xiaomi sells these devices in millions, lets say 2millions already sold. So 1% of that would be 20k, do you see 20k users in this forum? Do you? We dont even account to 1% of sales, so yeah, keep talking about your nonsense how users would switch to custom roms etc... Get back to real life, no one gives a crap
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] rocker00:
I suggest you to read more about Google and i am pretty sure You'll change your mind, FYI Google services are banned in China and Russia, that should tells you something, we are all ****ed man!

Totally agree with the OP, used to be flasholic but it won't happen again, after years of trying custom ROMs i can tell that stock or stock based ROMs are always the best choice especially when it comes to stability, also being flasholic makes you lose the pleasure of using your device since you're confused! stock or stock based with magisk and debloat as per your needs and you're good to go.

AOSP ROMs would be the last resort in one case, when Xiaomi stops supporting the device, then no choice! and at the same time it would never be stable due to the drivers and lack of sources from the OEM.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RaiderWill:
Alrighty Then...

Hey Guys.. I've Clean This Reply Up A Little..

This is getting a little too Heated... I'm sure for everyone's taste. :cool:

Let's Agree There Are *3-Sides* To The Fence...

Side 1: Those That Stay Stock But Like To Come Here And Stay Up With The Latest News.

Side 2: Those Of Us That Run Our Devices Multiple Ways... Stock / Stock Rooted AND C-ROM's.

Side 3: Those That Count Down The 360 Days To Boot-Unlock And Go Custom ROM's *Only*.

It's Cool no matter which one of those sides you feel works best for "You". :highfive:

Yes Sir,

I'll Be The First To Admit.. The C-ROM's have made progress.

And, I do dabble ( to pass the time ;) ) with some of the C-ROM's. HAVOC was doing Quite Well.. then out of nowhere, the Playstore just started Force Closing instantly.. I did not even get into the nuts and bolts of why..

I just Ran Back to my Stock-Rooted.. and it's *100%* stability.

Love The Speed.. Love The Theme Engine.. and with Admin Access... Love The Balance.

And EVERY APP WORKS! Like It Should.. :angel:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] SunilSuni:
Yes you are absolutely right .

May i know which theme you are using ??
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RaiderWill:
I Hate Bright Whites...

I'm Not One For Whites... :cool:

So.. The Black Theme Works For Me. ;)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] PGorgioski:
MIUI 10 or 9?

Official MIUI or eu/masik?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] lndiana:
Dear Community, I received my note 8 few days ago and tried to root/twrp it via odin. Now as I am new to Samsung devices, I must have done something wrong, now I'm able to enter recovery but phone won't boot up. I tried to unbrick with Samsung firmware, but odin won't recognize my phone. So, folks, help very much appreciated
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] j_hansen:
Are you using Odin 3.13?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] lndiana:
Yeah - maybe I should take out SD card that I put in? Or a fresh install of odin?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] stonedpsycho:
You could try a factory reset in recovery.

Did you boot the phone after rooting and now it wont boot or it just wont boot after flashing recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] lndiana:
Strange -I came home 5 minutes ago , started Odin, removed SD Card, and bang, it works- hopefully it will boot after flashing...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] lndiana:
Made my telephone great again...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] KruseLudsMobile:
Maybe the card is corrupted

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[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] Sutcliffe9:
I have installed the stock camera on dot os. The screen is black but when I change to front camera that is ok. Then when I change back to the back camera that is ok. Any possible fixes.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
So starting first thread of Note9

Guys please post latest info about availability of Note 9 Specifically in India

Currently in India only Pre-registration (Interest) started hopefully pre-book should start soon after lauching (9thAug18)

So got the device demo and checked following things

1.OEM Unlock available out of box on indian version :)

2.unfortunately infinity WP with animation while unlock is removed. Though I have checked sources on dump framework and it's partially removed so I still have hope for custom rom users

3.A/B seamless updates I don't found

4.treble support enabled

5.Dolby no much different from s9+ (I felt same like on my N8 ported rom)

6.Spen have option long press - open camera

While with single press some action according app opened

Camera - take picture

Gallery - next, double click previous

Same with music tracks

7.I couldn't confirm but according dealer, both SIM will work with LTE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mps200034:
Note 9 coming with Gear S3 for 4k extra ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] krumbs:
I have a Note 8 and interested in what Samsung will offer to those wishing to upgrade. If the cost of the Note 9 works out to under 30k, after the buyback and cashbacks, I will surely be tempted to upgrade!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kingjack:
128 gb or 512 gb

What do you guys suggest......Is it worth spending 17k extra for 384 GB storage and 2 GB RAM.........

I am currently using S7 edge 128 GB version and have only 8-10 GB free on internal storage. If given an option, would want to keep max internal memory to avoid deleting any photos/videos from phone and get into hassles of managing it on memory card, but is paying extra 17k worth it. I am inclined towards going for 512 GB, Others ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Unless you are rooted with TWRP, having extra space as internal storage is always pain. If anytime you need to factory reset on stock non rooted, you gonna lose everything, and we never know when device mess up and need to do factory reset. I prefer to have Ext SD to keep static data without bothering losing it (Though ext sd can corrupt but no nothing is forever lol !)

I won't pay extra for just storage. RAM I believe also enough with 128GB
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kingjack:
Rooting from day 1 or as and when root is available is obvious. And i had a lot of memory cards going kaput. Logically it doesn't make sense to pay 17k for storage, but emotionally inclined towards 512 GB :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Preorder offers currently, are as as lame as S9/S9+ offers when first launched. Within a few weeks it'll be much more attractive for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Touchmetallic:
Can you please elaborate? Did S9 get more attractive offers later?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
S9 plus preorder offer was with 6k cashback(some credit cards/payTM) with no additional offer. Within weeks it became 9k cashback and later offered with one time screen replacement and 9k cashback.

...

Till s8/s8+, the offers included cashback, goodies and screen replacement offers. B4 S6 it was with steep price cuts almost every month..... Samsung's strategy. :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
For Note8 One time screen replacement was offered since day 1. I have booked N8 first day
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Yup, for Note 8 it was. Unfortunately not with Note 9 now. It irks with such a massive screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
I have pre booked midnight black 128gb

Probably will get on 19th
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dpk1:
I currently have note 8. I'm thinking of pre booking midnight black note 9 (512 gb/8 gb). Can't decide if I should do it now (Samsung website) or wait for offline pre booking/availability through Samsung smartcafe.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Already started offline, I have prebooked with shop only
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] redscorpion_11:
Pre-booked ocean blue 128gb from Samsung website, just wondering if I'll be able to use it with 2017 gear vr. Anyone has any idea if it'll be possible?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] krumbs:
I checked the upgrade option in the My Galaxy app and I am getting a quote of Rs 38550 for my Note 8. This includes the Rs 6000 exchange bonus. So the 128GB Note 9 will work out to 29350.

Now the big question -- is it worth it?

Also, is 38,550 a good price for a one year old Note 8 without any scratches or issues? Or will I get a better price if I sell it directly to some shop or on Cashify?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Very much subjective. If we think, we are losing almost half amount for one year old device when we selling it but that's also true, we don't get more money than this. Here two things are important

1.If you look for budget, think your self what you are getting extra with 30K? If you convince yourself then go for it else leave.

2.No issue of budget and you are crazy, then go for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] superfast:
On top of this hdfc credit card cash back offer eligible ?

Wish option was there to buy gear s3 Frontier...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] samblue:
Hello guys, I'm planning to buy note 9 in exchange of my 4 months old S9 plus 128 GB version. My galaxy app is showing me an exchange price of 47,750. Should I go for it? It Will be my first note device bdw ?

Though it has same 9810 exynos processor as s9+ can I expect something different? Would've loved SD 845 instead.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] fulcrum1971:
Are we getting gear s3 or gear sport for 4999? Yesterday it was s3 but today it is showing gear sport. Am I missing something?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] krumbs:
I gave up on waiting and called up the local Samsung Cafe. Seems they will call me at 6 pm and then tell me when to come! It felt like I was taking a doctor's appointment!

In fact, for a moment, I thought I was dealing with Apple, not Samsung!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sandeeppathak007:
Which colour do you guys think is the best .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] fulcrum1971:
Got mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Got mine too
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] praveen1707:
Can you post pics of the box and the contents
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] karan2012:
Congrats sir

Still waiting for a update in delhi anyone from Delhi get the device do let me know please
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
So I have found how exact this 6K scheme works.

1.If you use credit catd, dealer have nothing to do, you will get 6K cashback

2.If you participate update programme

Your dealer will get 6K (same like we get after 2-3 month by using credit card) + our old device they have to sell by their own.

and this way some dealer giving both offer.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] karan2012:
Share some pics of the box and the device ? quote excited ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
yet not unboxed :(

delivered to office and I am still out for couple of hrs.