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List of working GSI ROMs

This post is meant to give an overview of ROMs that can be installed and booted into on the Mi 8 Pro as long as you follow my installation guide.

To give a more complete picture, I have also included the ROMs I couldn't get to boot into a working OS.

The Mi 8 Pro is an ARM64 - A Only device, so make sure you only try to install ARM64 - A Only GSI images.

I first ended up using AOSiP (August 19, 2019 version) after having given MSM Xtended a try. However, after half a year my screen started flickering, so I reflashed a stock MIUI to send my phone back for repairs, which is when I discovered that the screen still seemed to be working. This might have been just a coincidence and the screen may still have some issues that are just not showing, but it is, of course, also possible that a custom GSI ROM could mess with your hardware.

I'm now using AOSP 9.0 (v123) with Magisk, Substratum and EdXposed and I'm really happy with it. If you're interested in why, you can read more about it here.

Please help me expand this list - feel free to test other or newer ROMs you can find via these lists on Github and on XDA :).

Android 9.0 (Pie)

AOSP 9.0 / Phh-Treble

v123 - reported working with MIUI 11.0.5.0.PECMIXM by Laurisss :good:

Image file 1: system-arm64-aonly-vanilla-nosu.img.xz (11.12.2019 / without Google Apps preinstalled)

Image file 2: system-arm64-aonly-gapps-su.img.xz (11.12.2019 / Including Google Apps)

v119

Image file 1: system-arm64-aonly-vanilla-nosu.img.xz (23.08.2019 / without Google Apps preinstalled)

Image file 2: system-arm64-aonly-gapps-su.img.xz (23.08.2019 / Including Google Apps)

XDA page

All releases: See this page

AOSiP

Image file: AOSiP-9.0-GSI-arm64_aonly-20190819.img (19.08.2019)

All releases: See this page

ArrowOS

Discovered by PCrazee :good:

Image file: system_arm64_a.zip (27.01.2020)

XDA page

All releases: See this page

Bliss OS

Image file 1: Bliss-2019-04-11-arm64-a-stock.img.xz (11.04.2019 - without Google Apps)

Image file 2: Bliss-2019-04-05-arm64-a-gapps.img (05.04.2019 - Google Apps preinstalled)

This OS only started on second boot (boot animation loop on first boot); the camera app was not functional and it seemed a bit unstable on the Mi 8 Pro

XDA page

Release page: Check it out here

Descendant

Image file: Descendant_4.0.1_arm64_aonly (06.08.2019)

This image file can be "dirty-flashed", i.e. if you follow my installation guide, don't wipe the system partition as you normally would when installing a GSI ROM

XDA page

All releases: See this page

FlokoROM

Image file: system-arm64-aonly-vanilla-nosu.img.zip (09.06.2019)

All releases: See this page

Lineage OS 16.0 (AndyYan)

Image file: lineage-16.0-20190811-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_avN.img.xz (11.08.2019)

Newer images available - if they work for you, let me know and I will update this section

XDA page

All releases: See this page

MSM Xtended

Image file: MSM_Xtended-20190820-arm64_a.img.xz (20.08.2019)

There are newer versions, if they work on the Mi 8 Pro, please let me know :)

XDA page

All releases: See this page

Pixel Experience (Unofficial)

Image file: PixelExperienceP-arm64-aonly.zip (24.03.2019)

This is an older version, but unfortunately the only version I could get to boot - if you find a newer one that works on the Mi 8 Pro, please let me know :)

XDA page

All releases: See this page

Zirconium AOSP

Image file: ZirconiumAosp-9.0-IGNITE-arm64-a-20190319.rar (19.03.2019)

Release page: Check out this page

/e/

Reported working by PCrazee :good:

Image file: e-pie-20190827-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_aeN.img.zip (27.08.2019)

XDA page

More releases: See this page

Android 8.1 (Oreo)

Please note that I only tested three ROMs to see if I could get Oreo ROMs working as well. As there is no support to hide the Mi 8 Pro notch in Oreo ROMs and as I managed to get Xposed working on Pie, I quickly abandoned Oreo again :).

Nevertheless, please let me know if there are any other Oreo GSI ROMs out there that you got working on the Mi 8 Pro so I can expand this section.

AOSP 8.1 / Phh-Treble

Image file 1: system-arm64-aonly-vanilla-nosu.img.xz (06.07.2019 / without Google Apps preinstalled)

Image file 2: system-arm64-aonly-gapps-su.img.xz (06.07.2019 / Including Google Apps)

XDA page

Release Page: Check it out

Resurrection Remix (phhuson)

Image file: system-arm64-aonly.img (20.05.2018)

XDA page

Android 9.0 (Pie) (Non-working)

I couldn't find a working version Pie version for:

AOSP Extended

HavocOS

nitrOS

Resurrection Remix

Android 8.1 (Oreo) (Non-working)

I couldn't find a working Oreo version for:

Treskmod