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[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] amn1987:
Development might have slowed down but it's quite likely to continue for a few more years I guess in light of years old devices like the almost 6 years old Redmi 3s being graced by A12 ROMs despite Xiaomi not releasing even a single Android OS update. As long as there's one committed developer. SD845 is unlikely to run out of steam for normal workloads.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] säbelzahntiger:
Hi all,

great thread! Someone had been able to boost mic sensitivity in recent ROMs? When I edit "mixer paths tavil.xml" the device is not starting anymore and stuck at boot screen.

I used this file for years, but it has no effect when being flashed... Thanks!
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Hello,

I am not into this, so I can't help. 😕

I hope someone else could help you with this. 🤞
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] säbelzahntiger:
no worries, maybe it is worth to attach this zip into your thread later, when this is resolved. In the meantime I made progress or new observations. This zip still works with STOCK Android 10 Rom to my surprise. I guess I am going to try LineageOS17 later with this ZIP just for testing.

My theories: Maybe the mic sensitivity is now handled in a completely different file than "mixer paths tavil", or there is some kind of write / modifiication protection now in current Android / roms.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Hey,

Sure I can include it on my collection when this is fixed to work in latest Android versions.

I hope someone could help with this, since I have no idea.

Thanks for the suggestion 😊
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
@Retrial Lineage unofficial is now 19.1 😉

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-unofficial-lineageos-19-1-for-xiaomi-poco-f1-2022-03-09.4410629//unread
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
I've already included, I will change the title to 19.1 and I will move it up since it's now active again.

Thanks 😜
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Quick update:

Added the new Magisk version 24.3 to my AFH and included in the latest changelog.

Sorry guys, I forgot it. 😝
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I agree that FlameGapps includes better selection of apps than any NikGapps package. But NikGapps includes Core package which is the most famous among all NikGapps packages and is great for LineageOS because stock apps in LOS are nice.

My NikGapps config remains mostly similar to FlameGapps packages but never includes the following:

CarrierServices

Google Markup

Android Auto

Google Package Installer

Setup Wizard

Digital Wellbeing

Device Health Services

Wallpaper Picker

2 things I require minimum are Gapps Core (obviously) and Google Photos (cloud storage).
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
@Retrial Out of three, which San1ty gcam is the most recommended? I am currently using the latest build by Parrot.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
9.6 ENG or MGC. The difference is the package name between these.

I personally use 9.6 ENG but if the Parrot has ENG package name then use the MGC one so to not overlap.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
I use the MGC 8.2.300 Parrot043 V9, for my use seems good, but you know if any is better?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
In my opinion the quality of sanity is the best, especially in night mode and also everything works. I haven't found better one.

That's why even the Poco company sent him free a new poco device back then as promotion 😛

Parrot is my 2nd best out of the box, but BSG with config XML may be better if you find the right settings.

Btw Parrots Gcams says MGC in title but I think they are ENG, so watch out the overlaps.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Beta to Stable or Stable to Beta will erase your data, the method you see "Save User Data" it's if u already are in stable and u want to update to a new version via Fastboot ROM.

So wipe data is necessary if you want to swtich. I recommend you to move to latest stable MIUI ROM and then unlock Bootloader and flash custom rom of your choice.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrshark:
i already had unlocked bootloader (1st thing done after receiving it, 2 years ago...), so i just flashed latest twrp 3.4.0.1 via fastboot, put latest zip file in internal storage root directory (not the fastboot one, the normal update package miui_POCOF1Global_V12.0.2.0.QEJMIXM_ce099a7067_10.0.zip), removed mi account from phone and removed all the security measures (fingerprint, pin, face, etc), rebooted in twrp and flashed the zip file directly, without wiping anything... then rebooted and now i've the stable rom installed, all data is still there, nothing lost... 1st boot after flash is VERY slow because F1 has to regenerate caches and update files, so leave it there alone till it finishes...
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
oh ok, I though u had locked bootloader.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] dmandroid88:
AMAZING ! Thank you @Retrial !
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mikekap:
You have done a fantastic job gathering all the necessary tools into one place. Really helped me out , during my first custom rom flashing on my beloved Poco F1! Keep going!
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] andris155:
The Optimus Drunk Kernel is why better than the No Gravity Kernel?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Thank you mate! I am glad my guides helped you 🙂

At the moment I have to say yes. NGK still has screen freezes. Hopefully to get fixed soon otherwise is a great kernel.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] andris155:
The NGK beta version maybe fixed this.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] petraru1:
How are you using it? On my phone it's working great with no screen freezes. I don't have root and it's on balanced mode.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
I don't know about the beta version, I've tried the latest build which released couple days ago.

I tried it on PE 10+ when latest NGK build released, no root, simple flashed the kernel with default profiles etc. It was good for a while until I got screen freeze while trying to open a link in browser. I've informed Pierre. He already mentioned that wasn't 100% fixed.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] S.M.R.T:
@Retrial please no Link to Oxygen OS11....my post link removed!!!!! OK

Hy

Oxygen OS11 is out great Image......................

OxygenOS base: OnePlus 8

Version: beta 4

SP: December2020

MOD EDIT: DOWNLOAD LINK REMOVED
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Actually I removed all OxygenOS Ports links from the thread. These ports seems risky and not safe.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] oferpelled:
Hi1 I need help with my POCO F1! It is in bootloop. I can go to recovery and also to fastboot, but I cannot flash anything because my bootloader is locked and I cannot bind device to my account. What can I do?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Hello, try my guide: "CLEAN INSTALL OFFICIAL STOCK MIUI ROM & RELOCK BOOTLOADER".
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krisranger:
He mentioned bootloader is locked. So Xiaomi fastboot rom won't work.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krisranger:
Try Chinese Mi Assistant (Chinese Mi PC suite) and connect your phone to PC by choosing Mi Assistant option from Miui Recovery mode and then use flash Rom online option. You may use Google translate app for translating the Chinese language.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
In this case, he can make factory reset via mi recovery and check if bootloop persists.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] oferpelled:
I have made wipe data in mi recovery a few times but it doesn't help. Still in bootloop. Does anyone know if Xiaomi blocked edl mode in those devices because I red somewhere that if I can enter edl mode then I can flash but when I try to do it by adb it doesn't work.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
May I ask what you did and the device started to bootloop? Do you use any external SDCard?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] oferpelled:
No I don't use any external sdcard. It started to bootloop after updating to MiUi 12.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] SPLESHER:
Hi @Nikhil

As i was switching to new version of ROM and after all that conservation on crDroid thread, I thought of making some tests with your GApps.

Config detection seems to be working now, it correctly skips packages to install not like last time I tried, but after rebooting to system I encountered bootloop, went again to TWRP, and reflashed everything, again bootloop, but in the end I found that the problem was format data after flashing everything, even tho I already wiped everything+format data before, steps of installation/flash doesn't say anywhere that user needs to format data again after, while FlameGApps doesn't require that additional step.

I guess this is why @Retrial couldn't make it to work and also our custom builds of your GApps,

I also gathered some GApps logs from that bootloop, if you are interested you can check it
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] SPLESHER:
Hi @Nikhil

Follwing to this post, I encountered some issues after updating to latest build of crDroid from initial 8.3 via OTA Updater, NikGApps were supposed to have OTA Survival script, they do, but after rebooting system, I get no Google Calculator and Google Dialer, also im getting force closes of PlayStore Services and PlayStore, basically PlayStore isn't even opening, I took some logs via MatLog, ADB and url copies of crashes:

PlayStore crash

PlayStore services crash

In the end I dirty flashed ROM+GApps according to @Retrial guidelines, and it's working, but that's not the way out.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] pixelodin:
I agree san1ty gcam indeed is the best one and still works better then any camera apps i used.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikhil:
yes, I agree and I will incorporate changes from your feedback.

in summary

config not working

- was probably because there were two different configs in your /sdcard and the one you thought the installer was pointing to was not the one the installer was actually pointing to. but regardless, I can confirm that is working perfectly fine (as designed)

permissions issue

- usually happens when users flash gapps after first boot, best way is to wipe /data if one faces that.

ota issue

- It worked in the tests that I performed and a lot of users confirmed that to be working. I think SPLESHER shared the logs of the case when it didn't work for him. strange! I will check that out. However, I was recently working on improving the addon.d implementation and I ended up testing OTA update for both A/B and A-only devices so the next canary should have it in working state (regardless of any unidentified bugs).

package definition

- vanced is going to be an addon only with next release. I will discuss the actual definition of packages with the team and make the changes (mind if I run it through for your feedback?)

custom build bootloop

- this is strange and I will test this before next stable release to ensure none of the packages are resulting into bootloop. However, as SPLESHER mentioned formatting /data worked for him on the same build on which he faced bootloop so I guess that's a workaround. is it possible for you to confirm by flashing your custom build and this time format data?

hope I covered everything!
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikhil:
format data shouldn't be required. the only changes NikGapps makes in /data partition is setting google dialer as default dialer and storing the logs at the end of the installation. The former can be replaced with overlay implementation and the latter should not cause any issues such that you need to format /data.

I will make the aforementioned changes and tag you, would you be able to test it then?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nikhil:
the only reason why you would get crashes after OTA update is that gapps didn't survive the ota update and you still see playstore and playservices in your app drawer because those were updated to a newer version but lacks the actual system files that provides necessary permissions to get it to work.

Yesterday, I tested ota update on my redmi note 7 pro which has same partition structure as poco f1. it worked perfectly fine and I tested on crdroid 7.x. The OTA update relies on many factors. starting from Rom's execution to the recovery that you're using to the addon.d script setup. if you are sure that the issue is with nikgapps, can you try out the latest April 5th 2022 canary release (after the deployment is finished)?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Sure you can get my feedback, but I am not the one who decide 😛 You are the boss, I just do some suggestions. In my opinion the packages and the changes below should be better, take a look if you want:

Spoiler content hidden.

About the rest "issues", indeed config worked fine this time as I talked with Splesher he tried it but he needed to do Format Data after installation to make it pass the boot screen and also after OTA he encounter issues. He attached some logs.

When I am about to clean flash again I will try myself too.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] SPLESHER:
Sure I can test it, but only at weekends since Poco is my main device and I need it for my work, I also don't know if I did any mistake, but I don't think so, I did everything according to the steps.

If you find anything in logs, let me know

I totally agree with you, your ideas are very on point, lots of users will like these packages, they are wisely made to cover every user's need
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Well done guys, please I have been trying to unlock the Poco F1 bootloader and this is what it's showing instead of showing that my phone is connected on the mi flash unlock app. Is there something I am getting wrong?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
i have just linked it with my phone number and it is not showing any more than this. I need to point it out that i have downloaded Fastboot_Drivers, AMD_Ryzen_Intel_Fastboot_Fix, minimal_adb_fastboot_1.4.3_portable as recommended on the #2 post but none of it seems like something i must run before all of this.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] fubo73:
Are you using USB 2.0 port? If not, the driver does not work properly.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Do I need to do anything with the drivers I have downloaded? Everything is in a folder after I extracted it. I believe the laptop has usb 2.0 port
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Go to windows device manager and connect the device to your pc while you are in Fastboot mode. The "Android" will show up there in device manager, right click and install the drivers manually, select the win10 folder.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
very nice. i have installed the drivers so i am trying it again now
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
thanks. bootloader unlocked
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
i want to flash twrp recovery image but i am not getting this part: fastboot boot <recovery_filename>.img

i would like to flash the latest twrp image. i have downloaded twrp-3.6.1_9-0-beryllium.img

is it okay to type it like this: fastboot boot <twrp-3.6.1_9-0-beryllium.img>.img

Also, am i supposed to use the cmd inside the minimal adb fastboot folder? or the one on the laptop?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
You need to write the path where the .img is located, to boot to TWRP.

For example:

fastboot boot C:\Users\Retrial\Desktop\twrp-3.6.1_9-0-beryllium.img

Note, this will just boot to TWRP and will not flash it. When u boot to TWRP you can flash whatever recovery you want by pressing Install Image and select the .img of the recovey you want and flash it to recovery partition.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
thanks it's done. What custom rom can you recommend for the first timer?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
In the collection I have awarded some ROMs, take a look to see which one you like more.

Atm I use crDroid.

Note, if you choose crDroid, you have to flash also crDroid recovery to be able to flash OTA updates normally.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
thanks i will check it
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
You can take a look here for more specific clean install crDroid.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Thanks a lot. Please which of these gapps will you recommend with little or no bugs?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
NiKGApps latest builds seems to fixed some issues it had (and some people didn't want to believe it) so you can try NikGApps.

I always use full package along with config to make it exactly how I want without being bloated with extra packages I don't need.

Otherwise you can try FlameGApps. Other GApps like MindTheGApps and BiTGApps should also work fine but don't have much flexibility in their packages.

P.S: Avoid Pixel Launcher in ur packages or in config, seems it has issues.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Ok. Noted. I noticed most people here tried NikGapps and especially the core file. Would you say the core is okay compared with the full package?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Core just have only the minimum packages to get access on Play Store and most of the times works out of the box. Keep in mind you also need Setup addon because it doesn't include it.

If you want to replace AOSP basic apps with Google one, you should use Full Package with Config to install and replace exactly what you want.

P.S: Generally NikGApps premade packages will get a lifting for better combinations soon.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Thank you
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
So if I go for core package, I can basically go to play store and install every other Google apps I want, since the set up add-on isn't included. Just asking.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Yes but you will have both AOSP/LineageOS Apps and Google.

For example if you go and install Google Calendar from Play Store it will not replace the LineageOS Calendar and you will have both.

Also you need the Velvet addon if you want Google voice Assistance to work properly.

With Full Package+Config replaces them.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Oh ok. Now I understand. Thanks
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Hey, I am just realising that the TWRP I did might not have installed properly. I followed every step until the last part:

9. Now into TWRP, press Install > Install Image > Locate & Select the twrp.img you previously downloaded and copied from PC into your Internal Storage or to your SDcard > Choose Recovery and Flash!

10. Go back into Home page of TWRP and press Reboot to Recovery or manually by holding Power Button + Volume Up (+) until you boot to Recovery.

After all of this. I switched the phone and use power button + volume up just to know if it's flashed but instead to see TWRP homepage, it's showing "Main Menu Mi Recovery 3.0" like I am still on stock recovery. Is this normal?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Boot to TWRP, Wipe everything, Format Data, transfer the ROM+GApps+crDroid Recovery from your PC to Internal Storage (while you are still in TWRP) Flash Rom+GApps, go back select Install Image and choose crDroid recovery (since you going to flash crDroid) and install it on recovery partition.

Reboot to system.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Ok. So I can flash crDroid recovery first and then install crDroid build and Gapps. Gotcha ya
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
You can flash via crDroid recovery but u need to sideload via adb or choose from sdcard if u have.

Follow the steps I wrote above to flash the ROM+GApps and then crDroid recovery so you be able to get OTA.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
thanks boss. crDroid is flashed, but i get both pixel launcher and crDroid home keep crashing that i could not use any launcher. How can i fixed that? i flashed full packaged GApps along with the ROM. Also I am trying to find out if there is a way to switch between sim 1 and 2 for internet connection. i cant seem to find option for that yet.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
I told you Pixel Launcher have issues and would be better if you used a config modded for your usage along with the full package :p

Change your default launcher to crDroid, and try to remove Pixel Launcher via ADB if you want.

I don't use 2 sims so I am not aware about that. You can try to ask in crDroid thread or telegram group.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
i totally forget that. besides i dont know how this config thing works. Please is there anyway to fix it because it is not allowing me to have access to any app. i can only go through settings alone. home screen is just blinking
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
i have done that but the crash still keeps popping up for both crDroid home and pixel launcher. You could tell me how to remove pixel launcher via adb. i really dont know the code/command to use
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
It's pretty simple to use config.

You download and open the config file via notepad and you set the values for the packages you don't want to be installed to 0.

0=skip

1=install

-1=remove

There also guide inside the config.

When you done, you save it and you move the config file in the same folder where the full package zip is located. This will detect the config file while flashing gapps and will skip the packages you set to 0.

Here is also information about all packages in NikGApps to help you understand what each package doing.

You could use config even to remove packages for example Pixel Launcher but I recommend you to do clean install with the same steps you did before and use the full package with the modded config which will include only the gapps you want.

If that's too much trouble for you, you should do clean install with FlameGApps Full which is less bloated and you can even use flamegapps config there too.

It's too late here, I will help you tommorow if you still have issues or you didn't understand something.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Go to apps and try to disable Pixel Launcher but as I said I recommend you to do clean install again since you didn't proceed far, and use either NiKGApps full with the config or FlameGApps Full.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
thanks
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
If you struggle so much to make the config just use this I made and put in in the same folder with NiKGApps Full package.

(Unzip it to get the config)

Note: this config will replace all the basic aosp apps with google one. It doesn't include the assistant so if you want it just edit and set the value where it says assistant to 1. (Or if want any other package).

You can install the rest apps from Play Store.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Thanks i really appreciate this. Now, do i just need to do total clean flashing from the start (like boot to twrp, flash crDroid>Gapps thing and then reflash crDroid recovery like you have instructed before) or i just need to do the GApps flashing part alone. I hope you understand what i mean.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
It's better to do clean install with the same steps i mentioned above.

Boot to twrp, wipe everything, format data, transfer the rom+gapps+crDroid recovery to Internal Stotage (while you are in TWRP), flash rom+GApps (make sure the config is in the same folder with the nikgapps full.zip), install crDroid recovery and reboot.