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[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] veluwezoomrr:
Q&A - Reboot, Sec, Encrypt, Update Sys, Interface

Hello Everyone,

initial hails and praises were extended.

Back to the real world, following issues came up (ver 20-10-18):

1. Reboot is not smooth, after power down, power up, after entering user pin code booting screen freezes, automatically reboots. Only way to restart was start in TWRP first, shut down, then boot.

2. Some system security app said, there is no system private key, only the public one, which of course creates a security problem for all updates from play store. Solution anyone? can I create and implement one myself?

3. Before installing lineage, I formated everything to circumvent problems. Can the drive later be encrytpted again?

4. When I want to install a later version, lets say 28-10-18, do I need to wipe the old installation, or can I just install the package "on top" and it will "update" just the newer version files?

5. Pixel Interface keeps crashing, need to use Google Now for the moment.

Thanks in advance.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] aadvandersteeg:
Just install the most recent build, clean flash is recommended
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] hugolp:
Thanks very much for adding manual provisioning.

For those asking, manual provisioning is the capacity to manually turn on or off completely one of the SIM cards.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] chrome6boy:
Flashing Viper over magisk fixed this issue for me.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] hemn jimy:
hello noob needs some advice

a bit of advice needed , im always used to stock UI s and had a one plus 5 for some time , i got the poco about a month ago , i love to try this rom is it daily driver ready or not ? , and how is everything in the latest build so far i need to know before flashing it

thanks
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] neatworld:
Does it have link other than drive? I download it many time in drive and it failed
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] seichimaru:
Yes, I was able to solve this after NOT going thru the Advance Wipe option.

My next question is: is it normal that a Encrypting prompt before it boot. What I'm trying to say is, before the phone boot, a prompt saying something like "please wait while the phone is being encrypted" appeared.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] hugolp:
I'm very happily using it as daily driver.

There were some issues with hotspot that are supposedly solved in last update, there are some problems with Bluetooth and other minor things, but if that does not affect you directly, the ROM is a fantastic as daily driver.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Bonz:
Did you encrypt your phone?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] hemn jimy:
thank you for the feedback ill be installing it today hopefully it all goes well anyway thank :)
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] seichimaru:
My understanding was, once I flash the recovery img from the op, the force encryption disabler is already bundled in it, so i don't have to flash a separate force encryption disabler zip. but after flashing the recovery img from the op, the force encryption still happen.

To answer your question, no, i didn't encrypt the phone, but it seems like the force encryption still triggers.

When I look at the Encryption & credentials settings, it shows that the phone is Encrypted. Would there be a problem if the phone is encrypted? could I still decrypt the phone?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] saski4711:
Can't install the V4A drivers it always says I/O error and asks to reboot. :confused:
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] chrome6boy:
Install as a module from Magisk.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] saski4711:
Thanks that worked :highfive:. Voice Calls over bluetooth are still narrow band. Played with V4A bluetooth properties no changes. What are your settings? Are you sure you have HDVoice on your bluetooth device?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] itsmuhammedmuneer:
I do had the same issue. You should wipe data from the recovery once. That's all. Then no issues (in my case).
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Bonz:
If you came from MIUI or any other rom, it is suggested to do a clean installation. What I always do when trying different roms are the following

1. Wipe -> factory reset

2. Wipe -> advance wipe -> wipe cache, dalvik, system, data

3. Wipe -> format data

4. Flash rom

5. Flash gapps (nano or pico if you want basic google apps. package comparison can be found here)

6. Flash Magisk (optional)

7. Reboot to system

When upgrading to a updated rom version

1. Wipe -> advance wipe -> wipe cache and dalvik art cache

2. Flash updated rom build

3. reboot to system

So far doing the steps mentioned did not result in some bugs reported here even the encrypting bug you've mentioned.

Before the TWRP version with decrypt was released, I was using cosmicdan's version with sd card support.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] seichimaru:
Do I have to re-flash the rom or any other stuff if I wipe the data?

---------- Post added at 05:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:14 PM ----------

I did this step exactly as stated when I flashed the LOS rom the 1st time. After I did, this steps (except flashing Magisk), I noticed that the preserve for encryption is checked on Magisk Manager.

When the new rom was released yesterday. I tried wiping the cache and dalvik in advance wipe option, but it is always failing. So what I did was go straight to wiping (I didn't click the Advance wipe option). It didn't fail this time. But before it boots, the screen show something like "please wait while the phone is being encrypted".
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] archish:
When battery is low notification light keeps blinking. Any way to turn it off? Is it a bug?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] itsmuhammedmuneer:
No. Only wiping data is required. But it will lose your data including internal storage. So backup all your stuff before that.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Bonz:
Well the only thing different in what we both did was installing magisk. I do hope someone knowledgeable can give us a good explanation. I'm also new to xiaomi so some of the things I've learned from the LG V20 forum cannot be applied here.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] :
SELinux still not enforcing. Why is it not on a bug list? People deserve to know before flashing. SELinux makes sure that a rogue application can not access files of other applications or that it can't install itself as a system app etc. A device without SELinux set to enforcing is vulnerable and can't be considered secure. Your personal data, your phone numbers, photos are at risk. One malicious app can wreck real havoc without SELinux. This is more important than your ir camera or hotspot feature. Please set your priorities straight.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Perfectdevil:
I think everyone knows that selinux isn't enforcing and if u just used the search for it ull find talk abt it, plus if someone capable enough to unlock bootloader flash twrp and root I'm sure they know enough to handle malicious apps and or deal with it if the unfortunate happens...so it's not more important than IR camera and hotspot because THOSE ARE IMPORTANT!!!
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] seichimaru:
Thanks. I'll do that.

---------- Post added at 06:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:02 PM ----------

I have read the whole thread (all 1000+ reply) and it seems that it was implied that flashing of magisk is optional since it is already bundled in the rom (which is why I didn't flashed it on my first try). It was also stated in this thread that the force encryption disabler is already ported in the recovery img (but it seems that there's a step that I might have missed that is not stated in this thread which caused the force encryption).
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Bonz:
I agree with this one. What we are doing is not for regular users.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] hugolp:
Does the kernel of this ROM have Wireguard support?

If not, more info on how to integrated here https://xdaforums.com/android/development/wireguard-rom-integration-t3711635

This is completely ridiculous. You can never be sure if an App is ****ing around. Pretending you can know is ignorant.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Perfectdevil:
Lulz
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] seichimaru:
I need help. It seems I'm locked out my device. After I restored my backup. It says that my pin is wrong. And, no, I'm not entering it wrong.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] gogoffm:
Just Google it and I am pretty sure u will get hundred of.videos and post about this topic if you restore with TWRP
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] seichimaru:
Yes, I actually saw a way on how to remove/rename the file responsible. I'm just hoping to see a response to get a confirmation if its correct.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] itsmuhammedmuneer:
A smal request to OP,

Is it possible to remove the signal bar icon of the disabled sim card from the status bar ? Here, my 2nd sim card is disabled.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Bonz:
Flash reset screen lock

I have a copy here

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1rRjJHHqsp90bpfu9AC2pEefPcz8gcyQ9
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] ydd0ras:
Unlocking the bootloader, rooting the device, flashing custom ROMs or mods could be dangerous. But I think all we guys doing or using that stuff should be aware of the potential risks. But why we should install malicious apps? What for. For me personally it's more a crime to use an device without a firewall and an adblocker, but with apps like WA, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Amazon, or other data miners/leechers, trackers. Not to forget all that Google stuff!
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] seichimaru:
Thanks, bro. I already fixed it though thru renaming of locksettings.db file, but I appreciate your help. :highfive:
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] binoysankar:
Same thing happened to me. Was on los 16 and wanted to try PixelExperience, so backedup everything in twrp and clean flashed PE. After couple of days wanted to revert back to los and did a clean flash and restored the backup. Everything went fine no error. But on the lock screen if i entered correct pin also its was showing wrong pin. Atlast i clean flashed and installed los 16 new which solved the issue. But its wierd.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] hugolp:
I think I'll need to edit the theme or similar for this one.

In the status bar, the icons on the right are too big and I get the point indicating there is stuff that does not fit. But when in the lock screen, all the icons fit to the right of the notch in the status bar and I don't get the point. I'm guessing the difference is because of a minimal difference in the distance between the icons or size of icons in the theme for each screen (I really can not see a difference, its very minimal, but enough).

So I would like to know how can I change the distance between icons on the right of the status bar, so I can see all the icons I usually have.

The problem is not about installing malicious apps. The problem is that you can not be sure an app is malicious or not, and SELinux offers a big defense.

I run LOS without Google services, without playstore, with nothing google installed, with non of that stupid social media apps you mentioned, most of my apps are open source from fdroid, and the few that are not I need because of work and are isolated and usually freezed with Shelter. And yet, I do not trust the software I have installed. Even in open source apps they have found bugs that allowed malicious activity, imagine what could be in proprietary ones. You can never be sure an app is not malicious. That is the issue.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] LoneRanger007:
Hotspot still not working..dirty flashed from 18 oct to 28 oct one...any ideas what might be the cause of this?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bla.blub:
some ppl said 2.4ghz works just 5ghz not (was some time ago might have changed or some other fixed appeared).
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] :
To all of you saying that SELinux is not as important as ir camera or working hotspot feature. Imagine having your life "ruined" because of an app getting your social media passwords, bank details, dikk picks. SELinux is not bulletproof and while it mostly protects user from the user himself it does help overall security a great deal. You can check it's status in Android's settings for a reason. People responsible for security at Google ain't dummies. All I'm really asking for is to have it's status mentioned in the first post. Keep people informed.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] LoneRanger007:
28 oct update, 2.4 Ghz , no password...still not working.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] ferrari990:
Hotspot is working

But only 2.4Ghz,and no password
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] LoneRanger007:
How yr...i'm not able to do so..clean flash is not an option..it's barely started to getting used to my hands and i don't want to reflash.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] palbadi:
Hotspot (2.4 GHz) is working with password. Clean flashed.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] martonimix:
I don't see the option of adaptive battery.... Is it work on lineage OS?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] krizan:
Hotspot encryption is fixed for me. thank you OP.

New bug I found, Data toggle does not work.. I mean it turns on/off the data but, "visually" it does not. Did you understand that? I Hope you did OP, thank you again for the update
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joni2012:
First impressions last rom is very good. Double tap navbar sleep screen, battery better

Enviado desde mi Poco F1 mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] ssunjoo:
When I forward an office phone to my pocophone and someone calls the office,

the calling number on my phone is superimposed on my number.

For example, if my phone number is 1234567 and the number 7777777 is called, my phone will say 77777771234567 calling.

There is no such thing in MIUI.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] martonimix:
The sounds of notifications, calls and alarms listen to me very badly, is there any solution?

edit: solved by uninstalling viper4android magisk module
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] sajib ahmed:
Which launcher r u using.. didn't like the los16 launcher..any link?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] WesterWest:
Other than bluetooth everything works perfectly

Just as i said, great job, thanks very much. I only hope that those weird bluetooth issues are gonna be fixed

Like:

audio stopped on bt headphones/watch stops only after waking the phone (same for volume changes)

Phone wont find devices/connect to them.

Clicking disconnect and connect again just dont work, phone wont connect again.

Random disconnecting of watch. (i blame google for this as well)

just listed it for anyone, i still use it as daily driver, only those annoyances make the smooth experience a bit bitter
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] asparaz43:
Me too :good:

And it makes me download the smartwatch battery quickly
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Raghul Prasad:
I have a problem , when i insert my 128GB samsung evo+ sd card , the phone freezes and starts rebooting.After reboot it again detects the sd card and again freezes and again starts rebooting. This continues until i remove my sd card from the slot. What to do?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] ramdesai:
Backup sd card and format as FAT32, should work. Faced simillar issues and this fixed it.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Raghul Prasad:
This issue is also with pixel experience. I don't want to take any risk, so i flashed official miui 9. Anyway thank you for your concern.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Escudo:
So, I've installed LineageOS today, pretty impressed by the clean Android 9. Keep up the good work! :good:

What I miss though is the option to turn on camera by double pressing the power button. Isn't it possible?

Oh and is it possible to turn off the vibration on successful reading of the fingerprints?

Also facing an issue of screen flickering like crazy after having used Android Auto for awhile and disconnecting the phone from the car unit. Any one else facing this issue?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] CM-Tester:
Try to format SD-Card to NTFS (after backup of data from it).

If that helps with your problem, it is much better than FAT (faster, can handle bigger files...).

In my Poco, i run a NTFS-formatted card too without problems.

You can read in this thread, that exFAT will bring problems.

And, because you are new here, just keep in mind to push thanks to the people/posts, that helped you ;)
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bassbounce:
When connected to bluetooth on my cars radio, I am unable to call someone commonly I am also unable to receive calls. It seems the mobile network is lost frequently while connected to a Bluetooth device.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] chrome6boy:
After installation of Viper from Magisk reboot to TWRP, mount vendor and delete /vendor/lib/soundfx and /vendor/lib64/soundfx folders.

This will get rid of the distortions and Viper will work just fine.

Take backups in case you run into any other issues.

---------- Post added at 01:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:47 PM ----------

I use Jio Volte for calls and I assumed (maybe wrongly) that all voice calls through Jio Volte were HDVoice. So when Volte voice calls worked through bluetooth...
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] xxsender:
I connect my phone dozen times in a day to BT devices (cars, BT headset, JBL speaker) and no have that issue. (use 28th build)

try clean flash
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] robyzal:
Please increase the radio FM :fingers-crossed:
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] The Chone:
Anyone having BT issues:

I had different BT issues, mainly reconnecting to my car or headsets which needed me to disable and re-enable BT.

I resolved these issues by flashing the newest BETA firmware from:

https://xdaforums.com/poco-f1/development/firmware-xiaomi-poco-f1-t3854873

I flashed fw_beryllium_miui_POCOF1Global_8.10.25_241c24c080_8.1.zip and now my BT works way better and I haven't found any issues yet.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] asparaz43:
Have you installed the beta miui from twrp vasishath and then the lineage again?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] saski4711:
Did voice quality improve also? i.E. did you get HDVoice in phone calls?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] The Chone:
No, only flashed the file mentioned in my post. That is not a ROM, only the firmware.

Didn't test, I'm unsure if I would recognize the difference. But since this process is really simple (you don't have to wipe anything, just flash the firmware) I would say just try it.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] saski4711:
Thx m8 will give it a shot this evening and report back :)
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Diavolo:
Used the last image an hang in a bootloop any ideas?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] seichimaru:
You may want to remove the inserted sd card for awhile. If the bootloop still happen when you insert the sd card, you may want to format the sd card to fat32. That's what I read in this thread.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Diavolo:
Thats the Problem thx! Release the SD-Card an system is running
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] muexda:
Will try that tonight and report back afterwards. :fingers-crossed:
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] saski4711:
fw update did speed up BT connection in deed. Voice still not wideband speech quality unfortunately. Hopefully this will be fixed soon :(
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] EthanKairos:
Would probably be better to format it as NTFS. FAT32 can't take in files that are more than 4GB all at once.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] FabioTech1986:
Sorry for not searching but with the new update of Lineage, October 28, the MObile data is turned on but dont show anymore the red icon like before. now sometimes show some arrows side of the icon. How can i solve this ? :(
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] muexda:
The Firmware Update did help a lot. Bluetooth is a lot faster and I was able to connect and use my K380 keyboard for the first time. Lets see how it goes over the next few days.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] BigsyBiggins:
Yeah just to confirm the firmware update seems to have improved bluetooth substantially for me.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Daniktheboss:
MMS has issues, cant send pictures
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] NortonRAdix:
I am new with treble devices. How did you update the firmware???

Thanks
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] EthanKairos:
Simply flash the ZIP with TWRP. Not sure if you have to, but on my end I wiped cache and dalvik after flashing just in case.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] hugolp:
Why the developer version and not the stable latest 9.6.25?

Also, anyone knows why stable is labeled 9.xx.xx and developer is labeled 8.xx.xx?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] The Chone:
I just decided to go for it and haven't found any issues so far.

I don't know. Anyone?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] meltbanana:
beware, flashlight doesn't work and autobrightness is buggy now
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] EthanKairos:
The flashlight works just fine on mine after the firmware update. Even holding the power button while the screen is off works.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Escudo:
Had the flickering screen several times now after unplugging the phone from AA. Gonna switch back to Miui tomorrow, I prefer the half screen over the flickering screen for now. Hope this issue gets fixed soon. :good:
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] sjhotwings:
remove sd card bootup work. format both exfat32 and ntfs bootloop. i don't know what to do anymore, sdcard work fine w miui tho
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] seichimaru:
have you tried formatting it to fat32?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] meltbanana:
curiously camera flash works but not long press power or enable it from the pull-down menu
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] tlf55:
What about the Auto brightness issue being Jittery ? The latest FW from closed beta 8.10.30 PIE solve the issue ?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] meltbanana:
not for me, it shows weird behaviour, perhaps due to a workaround for oreo vendor?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] dzontra83:
Did you flash back the oreo FW?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] meltbanana:
not yet, I disabled autobrightness, bluetooth appears to be rock-solid now and that's more important for me