[Redmi Note 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] adithya2306:
CAF Android 11.0 - LA.UM.9.x

for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8/8T

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What's CAF?

CAF stands for Code Aurora Forum. It's a fork of AOSP which is well optimized for Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms and has a higher degree of performance, battery life, and functionality compared to plain AOSP. In addition to the opensource CAF android base, these builds also use Qualcomm's proprietary Android 11 Board Support Package (BSP) for Snapdragon 665, to ensure maximum compatibility and functionality with Android 11. It can also be called an engineered ROM, as it's built from pure CAF sources and BSP in the same way OEMs do.

CAF system version: LA.QSSI.11.0.r1-07000-qssi.0

CAF vendor version: LA.UM.9.11.r1-02100-NICOBAR.0

Security patch: November 2020

Build status: Stable | Enforcing | User | release-keys

Features on top of pure CAF 11

Merged november security patch and AOSP 11.0_r15 tag

Theming support - accents, fonts, icon packs from pixel 5

Rounded icons and corners by default

Disabled unlock animations

Black as default dark theme

Blur tweaked and enabled by default

Improved scrolling responsiveness

Faster screenshot capture and dismissal

Mini panel for wifi and NFC

QS Panel rows/columns customisation

Auto 3x3 QS panel when media player is hidden

Bluetooth battery level on statusbar

Advanced reboot options

Tweaked statusbar icon paddings

Battery light toggle (ginkgo only)

Dedicated battery saver extended to kernel-level

Removed screen recorder audio restrictions

Double tap to sleep on lockscreen

Xiaomi Parts - dirac, clear speaker

Vulkan as default UI renderer

ART and bionic optimizations

Cleaned up useless CAF apps

Permissions hub

MicroG support

Misc fixes & stability improvements

GApps build features - all of the above, and:

Inbuilt gapps replacing AOSP/CAF apps

Pixel theme by default

Pixel sounds

Pixel dark bootanimation

Pixel launcher

Pixel theme picker

Pixel live wallpapers

Pixel screenshot editor (Markeup)

Enhanced battery stats (Turbo)

Lockscreen Smart Space

Introducing QuicksilveR kernel v2 rebased on CAF's latest android 11 kernel source and 4.14 linux stable merged in!!

What's working?

Boots

RIL (Calls, SMS)

Mobile data

Bluetooth

Bluetooth Audio

WiFi/hotspot

VoLTE, VoWiFi

Media (audio/video)

Cameras

Camcorder, EIS

GPS

Fingerprint sensor

Notification LED (on ginkgo)

NFC (on willow)

DRM/widevine

Sensors

IR Blaster

WiFi Display

Enforcing SELinux

Offline charging

FM Radio

SafetyNet

ADB

etc.

What's broken?

Encryption (decrypted by default)

You tell me!

How to install?

MANDATORY - be on latest android 10 firmware

Wipe system, vendor, cache

Format data

Flash ROM

Reboot

Enjoy CAF's Android 11 goodness on your ginkgo/willow!

How to upgrade from an older build?

Wipe system, vendor, cache, dalvik

Flash ROM

Flash MagiskR.zip (optional)

Reboot

How to get root? (optional)

After 1st boot, reboot to recovery, flash MagiskR.zip and reboot.

Downloads (vanilla/gapps)

ROM: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=319085

Firmware: ginkgo | willow (android 10)

Screenshots

GApps - https://imgur.com/a/6pqCD8q

Vanilla - https://imgur.com/a/hQKIix9

NOTE: Make sure to read the FAQ in post #2 before asking questions. For reporting any bugs, describe the issue properly and make sure to accompany it with a logcat. Without a logcat, bugs cannot and will not be fixed.

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XDA:DevDB Information

CAF, ROM for the Redmi Note 8

Contributors

Adithya R

Source Code: [url]https://github.com/caf-ginkgo/kernel_msm-4.14[/URL]

ROM OS Version: Android 11

ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x

ROM Firmware Required: Latest Android 10 firmware - MANDATORY

Version Information

Status: Stable

Created 2020-10-26