yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] zeyentology:
Keeping this toggle enabled doesn't result in the common, always visible clock on the locked screen. If I enable the hand wave feature and wave it looks as usual but turns black again after a while. Other than that the screen stays black.. I want to have my good old always on display as common for OLED displays. What am I missing, what am I doing wrong? Is lineage implementing this feature differently than all other roms? Is there a module to enable it? The app store alternatives are to battery hungry and I'd love to go with the onboard ambient display. Apart from that all seems to be amazingly smooth and lovely. Thanks for your efforts and the good work. BTW. I'm coming straight from the miui 8.11.15 xiaomi.eu. Hope this is okay and I don't have to go down to some prior version before flashing this ROM here.[ ATTACH]4648606[/ATTACH]
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] zeyentology:
Screenshot for my previous post. Editting removed the attachment unfortunately
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Vihru:
yeah!! thanks for that, how that privacy guard is going? any proces with that? and has anybody tested will new gcam for bsg work with los?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
I havent turned the feature on in overlays.

I've tested it recently and it doesnt function well. On charge the screen stays on but otherwise it stays on for a random amount of time.

I have some ideas on why but rather than activate a semi-working feature I left it off.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] zeyentology:
I'm already getting used to it. Apart from that all is running very smooth. One question remains: while having a call I realized a very poor data bandwidth. Could be because of the bunker I was in at that time... VoLTE is generally working for the latest build? My provider definitely supports it. Thanks again! Especially the battery life is so much better compared to the other non-miui roms.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 0n3-70uch:
Thanks for your work... downloading :).
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 0n3-70uch:
I'm missing one option:

- Navigation gestures (new one from android 9)

VoLTE works great without any module but VoWifi isn't working. But this option is back: press power button two times to start camera. Cool :)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] zeyentology:
Just stopping by to tell how much I enjoy this rom. Battery life is outstanding and it is a pleasure to use it as reliable daily driver. The latest mi 8 port of the GCam works amazingly smooth, overall performance is outstanding. I tested all ASOP derivates and I have to say, this rom nails it. There really only a few minor glitches. Thanks a lot and I'm looking forward for all future releases. Your work is highly appreciated. The unorganized approach of the xiaomi.eu team drove me away from the only more or less acceptable MIUI ROM releases. You rock, man! Keep on the good work!
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] leszekpap:
Did you test also pixel3rom? I'm using it currently and I would like to know if this lineage is better :)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Alessandro999:
confirm yes... whitch kernel are you using? stock extreme or sphrinx?

i found extreme kernel the smoothest due to gpu OC and 65 hz refresh rate
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] zeyentology:
I have to admit, I don't have a clue. I'm quite into mi8 roms in the meanwhile but this whole kernel topic is more or less a black box for me. When I found a suitable release I'll start playing around with kernels [emoji6] prefer a decent battery performance over oc. Went straight from MIUI global over to xiaomi.eu Oreo to xiaomi.eu pie. Not to mention havoc, Aosip and pixel roms... Never explicitly flashed a dedicated third party kernel. What's the benefit anyways? Can you explain in one sentence? Guess I'm using stock. I don't need gpu oc since the performance is more than I need ATM. The refresh mod sounds nice though...

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Imo absolutely. But you have to clean flash. If you have a Xiaomi pie firmware already, what I expect, your good to go. I came from 8.1.15 and after a clean flash all runs smoothly. Ambient display is not the same as on other roms and it just starts on wave, motion or notifications but I guess that's something that's sorted out soon... Apart from that... Absolute recommendation...
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] leszekpap:
Currently I'm on pixel3rom but lineage tempts :)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] zeyentology:
Yeah... I get you. I've been constantly on the hunt for a ROM that is rather stock but none of the current available releases deliverwd such a comprehensive experience. Of course: it's not all working but the overall experience is great. Even drove this beauty without gapps for a couple of hours. That's what LOS was about in the first place... Give it a try... Titanium is your friend... [emoji6]
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] nono77240:
I loved lineage since the beginning.

I'm currently using AOSiP and find it good too.

I will go back soon on LOS to see which one is the best.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] zeyentology:
The fact that the dark theme never persisted a restart and the poor battery performance of Aosip drove me here. Did I mention the fluid gestures app already? How amazingly tight this is working... It's kind of MIUI gestures on steroids. Absolutely unrelated to this release but in combination with it really cool. Look it up in the app store. AOSIP is still a really promising project.... Not only because of the cute owl and the majoras mask theme... [emoji6] My second favorite!.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] stephenju:
I flashed the new firmware and build. It automatically flashed Magisk. Now it keeps rebooting back to the recovery. Any idea how I can get out of the loop? Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] zeyentology:
Interesting... Same happened to me as well but I thought I'd put magisk in the installation queue unintendedly... Seems like there is something wrong on initial blank installations. I guess you have to start from scratch. Format data. Purge everything except persist and system and everything should be fine...if you go up a couple of posts you'll find my post complaining about the exact same issue..

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]Little recap of what's subjectively not working well atm:

The version of google assistant initially installed from the opegapps bundle has a working voice match. I'm in the Google assistant beta program and the updated version automatically installed after the setup is NOT working. open_gapps-arm64-9.0-mini-20181120.zip google app is working though. If your in the beta program, disable auto updates for the Google app to keep voice match operational. This was a major reason for me to try all those releases in the first place. Great I can fix it this way... Ambient display works with slight compromises. Pick-up, wave and notifications make the AOD turn on which is fine for now. Not showing the clock constantly adds up to an all in all crazy good battery life and sot. Surprisingly I had to install the props module to set a dedicated fingerprint to make the ctsProfile green. Picked the mimix 2 one. Mi8's not available in the list ATM. Without that safetynet check was failing. Still not sure if VoLTE is working for me. All checks while being on calls resulted in poor bandwidth and a mobile icon displaying Hsdpc or a H+ or so. Did a little googling while on call an the result was really bad. I doubt it's enabled. Help highly appreciated on how to fix this. Would be great to have an option for putting the Close all button on the recent so view to the bottom instead of having it on the very right... For me that's it. The rest is perfect for me...
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] stephenju:
I had to format data to get out of the loop. But now the sdcard are encrypted and all the directory and file names in recovery are just random strings of characters and I can't install anything from it. Is there an setting the TWRP to decrypt them? The filenames show up find when connected to PC.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rizahakam:
hi [MENTION=1187148]infrag[/MENTION]

I don't know whether this is bug or not, however when I choose battery icon to text, it won't show on status bar.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
You need to format data in twrp.

then type in yes

if you just individually format data partition and internal storage it doesn't decrypt properly.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
Seems like a bug to me.

Have to wait for lineage team to fix it as I cant be bothered looking at it as it doesnt seem that important.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 0n3-70uch:
Hi [MENTION=1187148]infrag[/MENTION]... Where I can check the vendor and firmware version? Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rizahakam:
yes it's not that important. but actually I manage to solve it.

if I use Circle as battery style and choose Inside the Icon as battery percentage, when I changed battery style into Text, it won't shown.

however if I choose Next to Icon as battery percentage when choose Circle as battery style, it will show when I changed battery style into Text.

it's minor bug and can be solved easily
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
Updated link in OP.

Added back Snap camera...

Switched to Oneplus6 build fingerprint again to pass Safetynet.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] nono77240:
The thing I really like on AOSiP and is missing on LOS is the face auto unlock.

I know this is not a must have function but I find it really useful.

I never found any solution on LOS to have it.

You're right about the battery, better on LOS.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 0n3-70uch:
Hi [MENTION=1187148]infrag[/MENTION], nice new rom. The boot time is very good. Thanks.

I found the reason for my missing navigation bar: I removed the stock launcher quickstep. Bad idea :).

Only one very little problem: the translation for one option is missing (security and privacy). But I think that's a lineage problem. See my attached picture.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] hypern0va:
As my GPS problems on this ROM continue, I've decided to make a little test: I clean flashed the latest build and tested GNSS satellites detection in the same place at the same time with two Mi8s, one using this ROM and the other one using MIUI 10. As expected, the phone using MIUI 10 immediately got a GNSS lock, with high precision too, while the one using this ROM took a while in order to get over 10 satellites, never detected any Galileo or BeiDou satellite and always had a much worse localization accuracy. I attach a screenshot of the detected satellites after about 3 minutes from the start of the test:

[IMG="infrag's LOS16 vs MIUI - GNSS satellites detection"]https://i.imgur.com/NKOwEj9.jpg[/IMG]

This was a warm start, as cold starts show much more problems with getting a GNSS lock, as not even 15+ satellites with good signal and 10+ minutes seem to be enough to get an (even imprecise) lock.

[MENTION=1187148]infrag[/MENTION] can you confirm the issue?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rodries:
I have same issue, it's happen in all no miui roms

Enviado desde mi Mi 8 mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] zeyentology:
Just an educated guess, but could it be that the secondary GPS module has to be explicitly ported? The base system probably simply doesn't even know it exists without a driver.

Gesendet von meinem Mi 8 mit Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] hypern0va:
Do you mean the L5 frequency one? If yes, I don't think this is the case as this ROM does use L5, as you can see by the screenshot. The problems are the lack of Galileo/BeiDou satellites detection and the extremely slow locking times even with a lot of in-view satellites with good signal. Actually I never had a lock on cold starts, only warm ones were successful but still remained a lot slower and less accurate than MIUI.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rodries:
I have fast gps locking, try to flash last miui eu and without reboot then the rom, I'm using that vendor (Chinese) instead global vendor (and firmware)

Enviado desde mi Mi 8 mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] RainGater:
You flash miui EU and then this ROM. Then, you flash the vendor (Chinese)? It's not really clear from your description.

Also, where did you get the vendor separately? If you flash miui EU, vendor also flashes automatically.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] zeyentology:
Just realized the "Streaming"/Screen cast function is not working. It detects my Hisense Anyview Cast television. If set it to wireless, the display turns black right after the connection has been established. It simply crashes...

Gesendet von meinem Mi 8 mit Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] RainGater:
Is there a way to remove the LTE indicator from the status bar? I want to keep the mobile data indicator but want to remove the LTE name from the indicator.

Since the battery percentage as Text doesn't work, there is always a dot on the right notification bar.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rizahakam:
the battery percentage as Text is working. you can read my post on previous page regarding way to solve this bug
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] RainGater:
I know it works but adds an empty space around it and that makes the dot appear as the mobile data icon + LTE goes behind. That was my concern, duh :(
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rizahakam:
oh I see what you mean. for me it's not going into dot as I'm hiding the notch so the space in notification area is quite big
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Vihru:
[MENTION=1187148]infrag[/MENTION], how is going with privacy guard?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rodries:
Miui EU use Chinese vendor.

Just flash miui eu then the custom rom.

When you flash miui eu firmware, vendor, boot and system are flashed, so you need to flash your rom to overwrite system and boot. So you will use firmware and vendor from miui eu and system and boot from the custom rom.

Enviado desde mi Mi 8 mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] hypern0va:
I don't think it's a firmware issue either, as the phones in the comparison I posted were both using the same firmware.

By the way I'm talking about the actual GNSS lock, not just getting a location on navigation apps, which could be based on many other factors (mobile signal cell, WiFis).

If you download the GPSTest app by barbeauDev (you can find it both on the Play Store and on F-Droid) do you get a fast lock with it? Do you see any Galileo or BeiDou satellite?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Soketto:
I can confirm I am experiencing similar behavior. TTFF was 16 seconds and only GPS, Glonass and Japan's satellite were visible. Was running 8.11.15 global beta before flashing Lineage.

(BTW thanks infrag, rom is pretty awesome )
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] RainGater:
Well, that's what I have been doing from day one since I got this phone ;)

Your initial instructions were not clear to me and now I see that we are on the same page. :)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
Yes I've done some commits for dipper there.

Official will depend on when Lineage is ready but I see no reason at this stage why it wont happen as the other Xiaomi devices are very similar.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
Has any of this been fixed up in the new Gcam versions that BSG released for mi8?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
If anyone is bored I've made a build of DirtyUnicorns for mi8 if you feel like trying it ...

I havent tested if the current version boots but it worked a month ago with a similar configuration. (I didnt keep using it as they hadnt added any useful customisation options to their dirtytweaks app yet... there should be more by now though)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] arifqur:
Show me the way. Always ready to test stuff.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
What ROM are you currently using?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] arifqur:
I'm on Descendant GSI at the moment.

Why does it matter?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Alessandro999:
[MENTION=1187148]infrag[/MENTION] will be included an option to use notch area in some games/apps?.. or hide notch in some games but make it more rounded like the bottom of the phone.. this is present on pixel 3xl
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] kingronaldinho:
Can i flash vendor & firmware files without losing my data?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Andrewpao13:
Can you post up a link or smth? :)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
I can.. I just feel bad doing it as I havent tested it myself yet as I just havent had time.

I know that its not ready for prime time yet. Just would be nice to know how far they've progressed.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-uYu6YkXlOuPoJ7bzYTVPE-2lUFezo3B

Please one person test this.

The reason I asked about ROM was you need to have the 8.11.25 vendor + firmware just like in this lineage thread.

If it doesnt boot or has some other weird bug sorry... and thanks for testing.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Alessandro999:
Is lineage os included latest 4.9 Caf kernel?

It seem very smooth on Los 16 mi A1. The difference Is noticeable

Hope you add it
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Vihru:
what is caf kernel?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Alessandro999:
CAF stands for the Code Aurora Forum. It's the place where Qualcomm releases source code for their phone processors. It's directly supported by Qualcomm and it's generally a more optimized branch for Snapdragon phones

Overall Caf kernel Will perform Better and give smooth experience
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Vihru:
is it possible the get that someway? :D
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Alessandro999:
Developer [MENTION=1187148]infrag[/MENTION] should add it
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
Should add it?

You mean can add it.

Xiaomi havent released source code for kernel for pie yet.

I've got a working version of the 8.1 code rebased on CAF pie kernel yes.

Is it better? I doubt it. Is it stable? not yet but its not too bad.

I've been told by a reliable source that Xiaomi will release PIE sources for kernel soon.

Since that is incoming I'm not going to waste more time trying to get my rebased kernel stable.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] berglh:
1. Go into advanced settings on the GCam app and enable HDR button so you can toggle it on the main screen

2. When you switch HDR off, the camera does not take any photos (Still present)

3. When you select HDR mode, it changes automatically to HDR+ (Seems to stay on one or the other)

4. There is no discernible difference and there is obviously no different exposure merging happening to brighten the dark areas of a photo (This still seems to be the case to me. It's hard to tell because I can't take photos with HDR off, so I can't compare.)

5. Front facing camera is limited to 5 mpx (This is still the case)

Regardless, I'm still not getting anywhere near the kind of camera performance with the stock MIUI Camera app in terms of HDR ability. I took a variety of photos before flashing with Lineage OS. I'll try to replicate them with the current GCam for comparison. I'm not sure how much of this will improve once the Pie kernel sources are released by Xiaoxiao.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
Well regarding 5. In the OP i list that its actually 5mp as its 20/4. They use pixel grouping or whatever its called...

Which version of Gcam are you using?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] arifqur:
Pixel binning
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
Google should try doing that... it might improve QualityControl for their phones :)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] arifqur:
Nice one
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
super exciting update to 8.11.23. build in OP
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rizahakam:
wow IR Face Unlock is added. really thanks. but did Sphinx kernel still required or it's already included?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
I dont include Sphinx kernel no.

I also didnt say I added IR face unlock. I just said I added the driver for it.

Its up to the end user to test it...
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rizahakam:
oh ok it seems I misunderstood. basically if I flash latest build and flash Sphinx kernel, I can test it right? no need to activate something from build.prop or something like that?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] infrag:
What I'm saying is I've added the IR driver that Sphinx kernel added.

Therefore there should be no need to flash Sphinx kernel to get IR face unlock working.

However since I dont use IR face unlock I havent tested it.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Vihru:
yeah please dont add sphinx.. i like it stock way..

so new build has cutout notch hide?

how about privacy guard?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rizahakam:
I already tried the new built and I think IR Face Unlock not yet work, as previously in AOSIP when I register my face, the camera turn into black and white (which I assume used IR Camera to register my face) but for LOS it's still colored. but maybe I'm wrong

cutout hide already had since previous build
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] xdamami:
Can you try in darkness place face unlock? Want to install if it's works. Also on Citrus Caf no colors when registering face.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rizahakam:
I will tried this night because in my place it's still daylight
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] xdamami:
Just lock device wake and don't let him to see your face, check IR scanner you will see there red light.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] rizahakam:
no I think I didn't see any red light on the notch area. if this feature is a must, you can try other ROM such as AOSIP or Havoc, it's already implemented IR Face Unlock.

for me double tap home button is more important than IR Face Unlock, that's why I prefer to use LOS
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] milouk:
[MENTION=1187148]infrag[/MENTION] for the IR to work you dont need the drivers yet as theres no way to use them.

You have to pick this commit that uses Google face unlock but redirects the front camera to IR camera.

https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_frameworks_av/+/234980

(gapps are necessary)

Edit:

As far as i know The Id of the IR camera in Dipper is 5.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] RainGater:
Thank you [MENTION=1187148]infrag[/MENTION] for providing the vendor/firmware + ROM. You are the only one providing the vendor/firmware for every release... Much appreciate it.

Btw, 8.11.29 firmware was released today ;)

EDIT: I flashed 8.11.23 firmware and GPS seems to work much better than before. I see 3 L5s which was not the case before.