yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Nourss:
I don't want to reset please help :-/

I already tried to :

Reboot

Activate/disable button in crdroid settings

CHange button order

Change theme button

Nothing works :|
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Sairagav:
Bugs I've faced

1. Notification LED doesn't work for apps. Only works for charging (may be a stock vendor issue)

2. When screen is off, fod keeps scanning and vibrating in my pocket
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Estudiante uno:
This ROM right here is the experience I was looking for when I bought this phone.

I don't have any issues at all.

The fingerprint is fast and responsive.

I have been having issues with previous ROMs where the mic level was too low and the speaker volume as well.

I couldn't even make WhatsApp calls...

This ROM seems to be the cure.

Thank you guys.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] buster358:
Only bug I noticed is media volume control when using bluetooth headphones.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Estudiante uno:
Question, in the crDroid settings, I can see from the screenshots in the website, there's a ' recent screen' tab. I don't have that. Is anyone else missing that?

Because I want to edit that place.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Technical:
If crDroid is like other ROMs, this area only appears if you set a navigation bar with Recents button. If you use gesture navigation, it won't be available.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Estudiante uno:
Is there a way I can edit that section? Because I had gotten used to access Google from there.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Taqizadeh:
The same problem for me.

BT headphones: Meizu EP51
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] charly0188:
Hi

I have been using this Rom for a while now and it's awesome!

However I am currently stuck on 6.9 as I cannot manage to flash 6.12 on top of it.

I am using the SkyHawk recovery 2.3.1.

Whenever I flash all seems to happen normally except that I have a faillure on SHRP injection and a request to flash it manually. I tried that but when I reboot I am still on Crdroid 6.9.

I have tried with or without the option to flash on the active slot with no effect.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
New build is up.

Crdroid 6.13

Switched to lineageos+ kernel

Vendor updated to v23
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Taqizadeh:
You made the best custom ROM for Mi A3. Thank you so much. I wish you happy and healthy life.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Estudiante uno:
Can I just do an OTA update I received a notification.

Also, thank you for this ROM.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] ReekyMarko:
Just upgraded to the latest build in the hopes that it would fix the issue of wifi slowing down when bluetooth was on. Now I have no internet, wifi or mobile data. It actually works for about a minute after boot but then it stops working until the next reboot.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I would really like to not have to flash again. I suspect this is an issue with the baseband, perhaps I could flash some firmware to make it work again?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] charly0188:
Hi, some help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] gaga0101:
Maybe you have to switch to inactive slot.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] charly0188:
I have tried both
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] gaga0101:
...mean after flashing the rom.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] charly0188:
How can I do that? With the fastboot command?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] gaga0101:
from fastboot and from recovery can do it
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] n.p.:
Finally got around to trying this (after the latestcrDroid release). It appeared to go normally, but I have encountered a problem). I can't boot to system. The phone only boots to recovery. Any idea what went wrong?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Estudiante uno:
How did you upgrade? I am asking because I wanna know the safest way to do it.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] ReekyMarko:
With the built-in OTA updater
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] alsson:
I've had issues with that, it breaking sine if the gapps. After the update when trying to open some Google app it just crashes. I've circumvented it by manually re-installing the applications. Anyone else run into this?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] M.H.Mukit:
Can anybody help to install anxcamera on the latest crdroid 6.13?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] buster358:
You don't need ANX, use Magisk module for stock Xiaomi camera.

Anyone know why is Ambient display so bright when turn off screen in dark room ?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Estudiante uno:
Where can I find this module?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] buster358:
https://xdaforums.com/t/mi-a3-stock-camera-for-custom-roms-10-magisk-module.4093565/
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] wetito:
Use gcam, is the best. Also Better than stock
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] ichbang:
anyone know how to bring fm radio app back?

I don't have a lot of the internet :cry:

thanks in advance
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Estudiante uno:
This one won't flash. I downloaded, tried flashing by installing from storage via magisk, but magisk won't recognize it so I can't even select the file for it to be flashed...
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] darkjm93:
I install rom with SHRP and no error, but when I restart, stock version is opened. Why?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] garylawwd:
Change slots after flashing and then reboot.

The ROM gets installed on inactive partition meaning if you flash the ROM while on slot a the ROM gets installed on slot b, you must change slots before rebooting
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Andy2244:
Updated to 6.13 and everything worked fine, yet in 6.9 on the PIN lockscreen, i just had to enter my 4 digit PIN and it would immediately unlock and go to the home screen. Now in 6.13 i have to also enter the "enter/next" button and i cant seem to find the setting to change this behavior?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] buster358:
@Golbinex

Can you fix bluetooth volume control in next update. My bluetooth headphone are unusable with this bug 😔
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] troje:
Hello, how are you? I have installed Crdroid 6.13 and the notifications won't wake up the lock screen. There is sound but it does not show the notification. In the settings I can't find the solution. Will you help me?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] reskara15:
Have you tried notification lock screen?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Erlurdor:
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS " Wipe data partition"? Where this located?

In WIPE Section i see only "Format Data" and "Advanced Wipe", and in "Advanced Wipe" not include "Wipe data partition". WHERE IS IT LOCATED?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] wetito:
in the official crdroid page i see crdroid 7 for mia1 and mia2... the mia3 is under development, or no? tnx in advance
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
Hello, crDroid 6 is dropped. Thank you all for support. You can try crDroid 7 once you upgrade to Android 11 firmware.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] pixie71:
No, I don't use Gapps and flashed Magisk after first boot. Formatting data in TWRP worked well for me.

Did you boot Android 10 before flashing CrDroid?

You can try the platform-tool version provided in the installation instructions of the Dev.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Makishima:
I was planning to use microg as well, but I need the Play Games app unfortunately...

I booted into android 9 I'd flashed through fastboot and went through set-up, then flashed stock 10 in both slots, immediately flashed crdroid and booted into crdroid just to make sure it boots, then went back to recovery and flashed gapps pico and magisk. I also did not format data.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
You must format data with fastboot version linked in instructions.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] adefxda:
oke, great tips. its work for me now.

did you have an idea, how to make my old viper4android 2.7.1 preset working again?

its now cant read my preset on storage/emulated/0/viper4android
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Makishima:
But it worked, I am using the rom now with the method I described. Is there a problem? Or is this a response to why my fastboot format failed?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
I thought your fastboot format failed, nevermind.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Technical:
ROM is excellent in all major topics: FOD, audio (including Bluetooth), battery life, OTA, many fonts available

OrangeFox recovery is not being able to backup data partition (yet).

Minor features I miss:

1. Ability to increase/reduce the brightness of the AOD (feature present in other ROMs, like EvolutionX)

2. Weather information in screenlock

3. Smart pixels disable while battery is low (feature present in other ROMs, like Havoc)

4. Hide/Show dashboard conditions & suggestions (feature present in other ROMs)

5. Very few accent different colors options available

6. Wakelock & alarm blocker, suspend actions, doze, aggressive battery, etc.

Bugs?

1. Keyboard notification (when more than one is present) is not being shown (even when the option is enabled in settings)
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Rajendran Rasa:
No offline charging:(
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
Data backup works for me, even internal storage backup. Sometimes it freezes at start and you have to cancel backup and do it again.

Vendor problem.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Technical:
Wow... I couldn't make it neither in internal nor the sdcard. I'll test it again.

Is there any tutorial or info on how to integrate OrangeFox into a ROM like you've done? Is it a shareable info for builders like me?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
https://gitlab.com/Golbinex/android...mmit/b23abb556c057e50bb27357aa1ba4a57cbfe52d8

Replace .cpio file with your recovery.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Technical:
Oh, I see. I've thought you've compiled the recovery each time (and also we can expect the latest OrangeFox updates inside the ROM).
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Technical:
Is FM radio working for anyone or it's broken just for me?

Also did anybody managed to install Viper4Android and get it work? If so, how? Even AudioCompatibilityPatch module for Magisk is not doing the job for me.

Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] eusouomano:
After a long time, i was able to flash into the ROM, it the amount of features is just amazing. But the FOD is still not working. It flashes the entire screen and doesn't read the fingerprint at all.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] alexxaman:
Flashing stock with flashmi will fix it
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
New build is up.

Updated CrDroid to 6.5 (Face unlock...maybe)

April security patches

Fixed round corners in transition animation
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] SyeedAhmed:
okay till now this is the best rom for me thanks dev ?

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just offline charging is missing...not a big deal
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Technical:
After applying OTA (and reflashing Magisk internally, before OTA reboot), on first boot I've got several Google apps crashing.

My guess is that Google has updated within the last ROM flash/update and, when I've booted to the new ROM, some kind of "downgrade" make them crash.

Rebooting into OrangeFox recovery, flashing OpenGapps again sorted it out.

Thanks for the ROM update ;)
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] adefxda:
best and most stable ROM with latest android 10 based..

+ FOD, Magisk, Viper4android, ANX camera, wifi, data, call recording, statusbar netspeed indicator, and much more feature.. work good. recomended for daily use.

- bluetooth audio, conected, but still no soud.

- no AOD bright adjustment like havoc.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] KillswitchEngageX:
No sound for Bluetooth devices :(
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] SyeedAhmed:
my Bluetooth headset is working just fine
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Nodierg1:
Magisk brick this rom
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] adefxda:
with viper installed?

no problem with my phone
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] PodiApps:
Hi All,

Is viper installation is must ?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] shashank017:
How you got viper work?

Without having ring volume issues?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] pixie71:
Installing OTA made bootloop first.

But after restoring a backup of CrDroid 6.4 system, boot and vendor to inactive slot, it worked.

This ROM is great, smooth, and can be used as daily driver. MicroG and enforcing Selinux are big plus!

Thanks a lot for this !
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Technical:
Mine too.

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Strange. Here is working perfectly.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] adefxda:
Url update

try this tips Magisk fix Mi A3 viper4android on android 10, Bluetooth no Audio Fix, speaker distortion fix
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] mc191:
OrangeFox randomly reboots. Used TWRP.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Noexcusses:
Can you create for once right steps so we can install a rom?? Jeaszzzzz
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Noexcusses:
twrp reboots also.....to boot loader
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] cumhurfatih:
Thank you for that link. It works awesome. I tried havoc 3.3, works perfect.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Technical:
It works here too. Can I return back the SELinux to enforcing?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] cumhurfatih:
I have no idea about this. Sorry
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] adefxda:
I'm in Enforcing, Bluetooth and Viper4android still work.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Technical:
Lucky you. Viper stop working for me on next reboot.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] adefxda:
if force close during load old preset,

try created new preset profile
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] mc191:
I never faced it. IDK. :o
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] eduardomaio:
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but on the installation instructions there is this step:

The link is for the global version, I'm on EU version that is still in Android 9. How can I flash CrDroid?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
EU doesn't have A10 yet I think, just flash global version.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
New build is up.

Included libperfmgr

Firmware is now included, this make initial installation easier and keeps FW updated
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] SyeedAhmed:
please add offline charging animation
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] vaykossil:
How can I have this rom with permissive selinux ? Enforcing dosn't let xposed modules to load at startup and changing selinux after boot is useless, because modules load during startup not after it, what can I do ?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
Nothing if selinux module doesn't help I guess, but most other ROMs have permissive by default.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] eduardomaio:
All installed and running perfectly, only issue is the screen flicker with the FOD. Installation was a breeze!

Great job with the ROM!
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Noexcusses:
i cant install rom idk why i use 2 diffrent steps...

First flashing android 9 stock rom to A slot

then boot phone use usb debugging

Restart phone to fast boot

open adb

Adb devices

astboot set_active b

fastboot flash boot OrangeFox_laurel_sprout_22-03-2020.img

Hold volume up button before executing fastboot reboot

Phones goes to recovery

lash ROM zip

Flash Gapps (optional)

Flash Magisk (optional)

Wipe dalvik cache

Reboot to system = After rebooting to system phone reboots again and again to recovery....

second way

installing android 10 stock rom first (From flash all bat)

then boot phone use usb debugging

Restart phone to fast boot

open adb

Adb devices

astboot set_active b

fastboot flash boot OrangeFox_laurel_sprout_22-03-2020.img

Hold volume up button before executing fastboot reboot = Phone doesnt reboot recovery reboots again and again on FAsto boot manu.....

Any one knows what im doing wrong? If im doing something wrong.... Thnks...
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Rajendran Rasa:
https://xdaforums.com/mi-a3/how-to/guide-how-to-flash-custom-rom-mi-a3-aka-t4087111
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
You forgot about last installation step - formatting data partition, that's why it kept rebooting into recovery.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
New build is up.

HOTFIX: fix Bluetooth audio
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] sadeg111:
finallyi flash rom thank you for easier flash rom !!!
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Voliminal_8:
Hello, I'm having a problem to setup this ROM on my phone. I unlocked bootloader also the "critical" option.

I started trying to install OrangeFox but I had some weird problem, when booting from it I had random generated characters (like they were encrypted) on the "sdcard" path. So I couldn't do anything from it.

Somehow I think I messed up my "a" and "b" boot slot though.

My default active slot from the factory was "b" so I tried all that with "a" slot but had no luck.

I managed to get TWRP installed on slot "b" which boots into TWRP recovery if I press volume+ and power, and if not the phone boots to the normal android one factory ROM.

I then gone through TWRP and installed CrDroid Rom through the zip (crDroidAndroid-10.0-20200413-laurel_sprout-v6.5) and after the successful installation of the zip the phone reboots.

And slot "a" gets activated and it just shows fastboot mode.

So anyway the thing is when I activate slot "a" the phone does nothing even with volume+ and power it just goes into fastboot mode.

If I activated slot b the phone works as I stated above.

edit: I tried flashing TWRP while slot "a" is active but still won't go into recovery. Just shows fastboot

Any ideas?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Voliminal_8:
Ok I also just realized that Wifi got broken. MAC Address changed to 02:00:00:00:00:00. I read that I have to flash persist.img.

Downloading fastboot room to find the .img

...

Frustration
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
You can flash to a slot from b slot recovery, you just have to select b slot in reboot menu and TWRP should flash rom to inactive slot.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] romabah:
Gents, Do you know if CrDroid ( or any other ) implemented a high brightness mode option for mi A3? I know that cc9pro, the chinese version of this phone had this option in MIUI, but was absent from the android one version.

Also, if present, does it work?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Noexcusses:
im not using any sd card or odv if i format i loose twrp and a10 rom ..
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
You need to wipe data partition with SHRP/TWRP (internal storage wipe not necessary) to use crdroid, a/b partitions aren't designed for dualboot. You can only use stock or crdroid, not both.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Tyrese117:
Does fingerprint scanner works when screen is turned off?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Voliminal_8:
Hello, I managed to restore my phone.

Now I'm stock with custom recovery on both A and B slot and stock rom.

I want to install CrDroid, Magisk and MicroG.

Which partition must be active at first to install the CrDroid rom?

Next, in which order do I install magisk and microg?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
No.

You can use any slot, I recommend to flash it to both slots. First magisk, then microg.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Gabriel .G:
G apps gone

I am using a xiaomi MI A3 and yesterday I update to the latest version and when my phone finished rebooting all my G apps were gone:crying: then any I had installed from the Play Store continue to crash.

I was able to go back into TWRP and Flash the G apps again.

Is there a way to keep G apps when you update?:confused:
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
Follow update instructions, you have to flash gapps again.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Voliminal_8:
Okay, I will use TWRP because OrangeFox gave me problems.

Now I have TWRP and fastboot rom on both slots working perfectly.

What should I check to wipe while installing CrDroid?
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
Wipe data partition.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Voliminal_8:
Hey, I followed your directions but my phoned got bricked again.

I now managed to restore it again and now it is in this state:

A and B slot working TWRP with correctly patched boot.img (so everything works with wifi/gsm etc.)

Stock fastboot 10.3.13 Rom.

Last time I managed to flash CrDroid it replaced the recovery with orange fox, have you included it in the Rom?

Anyway, last time I got CrDroid working and booted, google services stopped working etc.

I want to go from the state I am now (stock fastboot with twrp) to this state: CrDroid without gapps and recovery on both slots working correctly.

Then when I get there I will install magisk and then microg.

Can you give me exact directions so I won't brick it again? MiFlash tool is giving me headaches everytime.......
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Golbinex:
Install rom zip, right after install shrp/twrp installer zip, reboot recovery, wipe data partition, reboot to system.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] ninux_android:
Hm, I did that and the only way it managed to boot was to FORMAT data, not to simply wipe. Spent a good 3 hours recovering from the brick after the first mistake. Now it's all smooth
[Xiaomi Mi A3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Voliminal_8:
Lol I was actually going to try this right now... But reading your post made me not to want to :p

I've spent literally 2 days bricking and recovering my phone. Answers are vague, instructions are unclear. A/B slot not mentioned anywhere... OrangeFox is problematic.

I really don't want to brick it again.

I just want a clean CrDroid install without google apps.

TWRP recovery on both a and b slot

And then install magisk and microg.

Is that big of a deal to manage this? Any help appreciated.