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[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Both are good.

My opinion is not to overthinking a lot about it, if you want some extra customizations go for crDroid, they are popular, active and trustable.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ushilives:
OK thanks, will go with crdroid me thinks
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Is there pixel props which we can flash via recovery? I mean... without root/magisk..
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] duttyend:
Also, I've read that E foundation is the current sponsor of microG project (thumbs up for that, as well as their initiative to offer smartphones with open-source OS and apps pre-installed).
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] amn1987:
e/foundation also still updates really old devices including some that had lost official LineageOS support years ago. For ex. my Redmi Note 3 from 2016. While kinda stable A11 ROMs have been available recently, A7 is still the best OS for it. Although AOSP stopped patching Nougat some years ago, e/foundation is backporting security patches from Oreo.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
As I said, their project is based on other projects work. They forked everything and re branded as their own, combined with their /e cloud services and I don't see anywhere giving the proper credits.

Even their installation guides, are kinda copy paste from LineageOS.

Their "App Store" relies on a third-party application repository called cleanapk.org which I don't trust.

Their builds are outdated with old android version (which is privacy/security issue) and I am sure are buggy, because it seems blind builds without a proper maintainer for the most devices.

It has nothing better offer and it seems bloated with their own stuff. If we want to talk about a real privacy and secure ROM, this is the GrapheneOS but unfortunately this are only available for Pixels which bootloader can be locked.

I would install Official LineageOS or LineageOS microG with F-Droid and Aurora Store instead, which are known to be trustworthy, up-to-date and clean.

However if anyone want to try out /e stuff, let me know how it is :)
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
New Update: 23/12/2021

Changelog:

Added latest ProtonAOSP by REIGNZ3, AncientOS and SuperiorOS at A12 ROMs.

Awarded Project Elixir and AwakenOS A12 with medal.

Added Fork LineageOS, ArcaneOS, Syberia at A11 ROMs.

Removed award from CalyxOS since it has some time get update and that's an issue for privacy/security ROM.

Added MGC_8.2.300_Parrot043_V9 in Google Camera section at my AFH Mirror.

Added a note at Clean Install Guide about flashing problems and possible solutions.

Added a link to some Android FOSS Apps at Useful Apps.

Added Bitwarden (Password managers sub-section) at Usefull Apps.

Added 2 methods for Battery Callibration guide at Battery Tips section.

Added Emojis at titles of Collection, Guides and Changelogs.

At #3 I separated the changelogs to Latest and Archive and hide them to save space in page 1 in thread.

Changed the Emojis on title thread.

⚠️ Note: From now and on, I recommend users of this community to ask for support and be more active in xda at proper ROM threads rather in telegram groups. Some mods in telegram groups warn, ban and kick for anything and being salty and toxic and thinking more about their ego, playing it pro. I never understood why they are so aggressive with newbies like they managing, the hell I don't know what and none controlling them. And I am talking even for the most popular groups. I hoped this would change eventually but nothing changed and this is not the philosophy of open source community's and not the purpose of "support group", at least for me. The time which these mods would spent throwing bans and writing salty reasons, they would kindly reply to newbies or post the rules. Have you ever seen a mod in xda to instantly warn or ban without a serious reason (like spam, crypto, nudes etc)?

So prefer the xda for support, which is handled by much more mature moderators/admins and guys.

Happy Holidays & Merry Xmas to everyone 🎅🎄
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I only trust XDA. I do not like how focus is shifted towards telegram. It is responsibility of developers to give more priority to XDA as it is a better environment for everybody.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
Is there any way to get google photos with magic eraser?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Try this. I don't know if it's gonna work.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
worked, thanks
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
May I ask in what ROM you are? Some people tried in internal A12 PE and didn't worked, would be nice to see in what ROM worked :p
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
I am still using lineage 18.1
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Sourceforge is really bad. The worst file hosting service I have ever faced.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
What happened? 😝

I never had any serious issue with sourceforge.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] amn1987:
Very slow speeds for one. Previously choosing a different server used to help or using a VPN but even that doesn't seem to work as well off late.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Well I guess it depends the country. I usually get good speeds. 🤷‍♂️

At least it doesn't delete files like Android File Host, which I had some old files for a legacy device Samsung Galaxy S4 and got deleted because of low population downloads.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I only get normal speed after midnight till morning (When they have low server load in my area/country). Every other time, I get less than 500 KBps. Mostly below 200 KBps. No matter what server I select, it's always been slow. :cautious:
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Hello and Happy New Year everyone 🎆 🎉

A quick mention about ProtonAOSP by @REIGNZ3:

You can translate the ROM to your native language by translating the strings (the sentences inside > <) from the xml files (unzip) I attached below. Greek and Polish are already translated and will be included in next update. If you translate the files, include them in one zip and upload them here, mention your language, and I will forward to REIGNZ.

Btw ProtonAOSP 12.2.0 is up. 🙃
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ved0704:
No I don't have an account but I got it done from https://t.me/miauthofficial_s

PS They'll charge you 20 dollars.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ved0704:
and I am very sorry I couldn't reply to you earlier.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
@Retrial how about had this https://github.com/Fox2Code/FoxMagiskModuleManager/releases/tag/0.2.5 to your guides (op) because magisk don't have a module repository anymore...
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Sure, I will add it. Thanks 😜

EDIT: Added on Magisk Collection.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] alrafiq:
I'm looking for a stable MIUI custom ROM for my Poco F1, are there any stable and functioning ones that you recommend [A11 or A12]?

Also, is the Poco OS any good to use?

I have some issues with PE and PE+

I feel that MIUI handles the battery way better, the haptics are more pronounced

The pairing with Bluetooth headsets always gives me better volume and more clarity

Aaaaand, I am somewhat sure that the signal reception and connection is better on MIUI

so, any recommendations?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] amn1987:
Try crDroid. So good that I have almost exclusively used it for close to 2.5 years. Your views about MIUI are quite surprising w.r.t. battery life. Users reported 6-7 hr SoT when in crDroid and probably other custom ROMs 12+ hours was easy. Even now with a degraded battery no issue getting close to 10 hours. I have a very low opinion of MIUI anyway.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] alrafiq:
Sounds good, can you say more about your experience? any noticeable differences or shortcomings? how is the connection\ lte+3g, how is connection with Bluetooth devices volume

You really seem to recommend crDroid
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] amn1987:
I can't say about any differences or shortcomings w.r.t. MIUI as I have used it for a few minutes at most. Even that was too much! My nos. are always on 4G VoLTE. Coverage is excellent in my locality. In all my Xiaomi devices I ditch MIUI at the first possible opportunity. There's no difference in network strength, stability or whatever. MIUI overstates the network strength in the Statusbar indicator. Look under About Phone for actual strength in dBm (less is better).

In my other devices I had to switch between ROMs on a fairly consistent basis before settling down with the one that was best according to my needs but in F1 it was crDroid all the way.

No issues with volume or stability in my Oneplus Bullets Wireless Z. I only use it for calls. 60% volume is more than sufficient.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Is there any way to remove Chrome browser from a Gapps build ROM?

I am using NikGapps Debloater but no luck with Chrome browser.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] amn1987:
You can try with Terminal Debloater module or App Manager https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager

The latter worked when nothing else did in A11. There's also one that works via ADB? but it requires a Linux environment.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
New Update: 20/01/2022

Changelog:

Added Pixel Experience*, PixelPlusUI, MSM Xtended, Project Arcana, SyberiaOS, SparkOS, CherishOS and CipheOS A12 ROMs.

Awarded Pixel Experience A12 and ProtonAOSP A12.

Added a note and link near ProtonAOSP for translation of the ROM.

Reorder some GApps.

Reorder GCams.

Added FoxMagiskModuleManager at Magisk Collection. This app replace the official magisk module repository since no longer available.

Added UIBencher at Usefull Apps (Miscellaneous sub-section). You can check kernel jitters with that app. Also added Squoosh, an image compression web app.

Added a link to How You can also Flash Custom ROM using ADB sideload Method at Clean Installation Guide. (Please let me know if I should create a seperate section about Clean Install via ADB Sideload Method)

Note about Pixel Experience A12*: Please check the Flashing Instructions here. Clean Install + Format Data required.

Do not flash any DFE or Encrypt zip

. Since TWRP doesn't support decryption for A12 Encrypted ROMs for now and the ROM comes encrypted by default, so in order to make OTA updates happen,

the ROM will replace the TWRP with PE Recovery after flashing

, which can handle the decryption of the ROM. This is a workaround until the TWRP fix the decryption issue. If you want to switch ROM simply flash TWRP again via ADB.

Note: Eventually awards from A11 ROMs will be removed due updates stopping and the focus of development is now on A12.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
AMD Ryzen???

or is it for newer AMD64 processors?

I am on 9th gen desktop intel processor and this script is needed on my machine. I think it's for newer AMD64 processors.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Possibly. 🤔

Usually Intel cpu's works without this script. (I have tested on my brother PC who has intel and was working)

If it's needed on intel too, I can change the name and the guide.

Please, more Intel users confirm this.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkerm:
Help. After updating Magisk I lost root! When I try to install it ask kor a file to patch! How do I get root back?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Go to my collection and flash the .zip.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkerm:
2nd Zip file?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Yes. You can also flash directly the .apk in TWRP but prefer .zip to avoid confusion.

For people with A12 ROM, if you use PE or crDroid which has their own aosp recovery you can sideload the .zip via adb.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkerm:
I want to use Android 12 rom but I wanna know if any of them has this feature. Per-app profile like AOSP Extended Rom? If not is there any App that can do the same thing?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
I am not sure which one has this feature.

I am currently on A12 PE and has only to choose a gaming profile nothing more.

Maybe on crDroid A12 or Awaken? I don't know... try to ask in their xda threads or telegram groups. 😜
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkerm:
so how is crDroid? specailly battery life?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
As I said I am currently on A12 PE which I can talk, and battery life and smoothness are improved a lot and the difference compared to A11 PE is noticeable.

crDroid should be also very good. I guess the battery life would be nice but since I haven't tried it, if someone else who tried it can talk about his experience.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkerm:
Thanks mate. I hope someone will port AOSP extended with A12 soon
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
My old 3rd Gen intel mobile processor had no problem with fastboot mode. But on my newer i3 9100f desktop processor, I have to use this script.

Few years ago, I thought my phone will not work on my newer intel 9100f. Recently, I gave your script a try and it worked.

Do you know someone who can explain what exactly this script does?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
My poco f1 recognized fine in fastboot adb in my brother's pc with intel i7 8700k.

I found the solution few years ago when I had trouble with my 3600 ryzen, in reddit and in some xda threads like this.

I don't really know what exactly it does change. As far as I can see, it adds some values in registry which has to do with usb handling.

In reddit, the guy gives credits to @nathanchance, so I guess is the original author and knows exactly what it change.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ramjisrk:
Hi,

I am getting 'failed to mount /cust (invalid argument)' error constantly. I think i started getting this after flashing some A12 rom(I don't remember the exact os).

Currently using PBRP recovery in my poco F1 (running on miui port rom)

Kindly suggest me any solution apart from MiFlash. Thanks and regards!!
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
That's because the rom wiped the cust partition, best way is go back to stock before flashing other rom, if not getting any problems beside the warning just ignore it....
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ramjisrk:
Thanks very much for your reply. I don't have any problems using other roms by ignoring that warning msg. minor glitch like ' not able to flash "region fix miui" zips as the /cust is not available. But otherwise all good. I assumed by flashing some 'cust.img' i can overcome that. Anyway I'll flash the stock miui soon to get partitions in order and play with custom os. Thanks again. Regards!!
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
New Update: 07/02/2022

Changelog:

Added a new sub-section Linux Distribution to Custom ROM section to include Ubuntu Touch and (new added) Droidian Unofficial.

Added Paranoid Android, CalyxOS and Project Radiant A12 ROMs.

Updated EvoX A12 link.

Removed xdroid Unofficial A12 ROM, since download link doesn't work.

Updated links to Magisk-v24.1. (Full changelog here)

Changed the name apk of Sanitys GCam hosted on my AFH, from _A11 to _A12 since they are working fine on Android 12 ROMs.

Added to my AFH the new GCam v8.4 by Parrot043. Cleaned up some older versions of Parrot043.

Added Mull and Fennec Browser at Usefull Apps. (Browser sub-section)

Changed the title of Fastboot fix to include Intel systems, since I have reports that some Intel Systems need it too. Also added a link in the guide for Intel Chipset Drivers.

Changed some steps at Clean Install Guide.

Added new section Universal Android Debloater.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
take a look at this:

Droidian for Poco F1

Droidian for Poco F1

You can view and join @pocof1droidian right away.

t.me
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Added it too. Should I create a general subsection in ROMs for Linux Distributions and include Ubuntu Touch and Droidian there instead of seperate subsections?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
maybe better for not causing confusion...
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Done. thanks (y)
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
Here is a thread about Droidian in xda

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-beta-droidian-unofficial-pie-based.4402285//unread
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Are you the dev or contributor of the ROM?Didn't knew it, nice! 👍

I changed the link with this one. Thanks 😜
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
No, the dev don't wanted to make a xda thread but some people wanted it and say it's good for other to get to know the rom, dev as said no problem in me making the thread so i will keep in contact with him to keep the info in xda updated...
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Hello, awesome job

It's been a while I update myself about what's going on here. Please I would like to do full custom ROM installation on my 3 years old pocophone F1. I would to know step by step to follow. I am on stock ROM MIUI global 12.0.3 stable. And I haven't done anything on the phone as regarding to development area.

Please where do I start from if I want to run custom ROM on the phone with necessary things that won't make me regrets my actions?

Thanks all in anticipation.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Hey,

You need to backup your files/data.

Unlock Bootloader.

Flash latest Official TWRP.

Flash custom ROM of your choice.

Check my Clean Install Custom ROM guide at #2 in OP for detailed explanation. I have all the steps there.

If you are going to flash Android 12 Pixel Experience or crDroid ROM take also a look on their instructions on their threads since they use their own aosp recovery for now.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Thank you sir
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
first thing is unlock bootloader...
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Thanks. I will work on that and get back here to know the next thing to do.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Everything is on my guides. Let me know if you have any issue.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] amn1987:
I am facing high CPU usage and massive battery drain continuously due to Google Play Services. Should I post the log here as my previous requests elsewhere seem to have gone unnoticed so far?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Which ROM/GApps/Kernel do you use?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] SmartJuwel:
After backup ☝️

Unlocking erases userdata ☝️☝️☝️
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tunnex190:
Is this app what I needed as MI unlock app?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] amn1987:
crDroid 7.14. Stock OD kernel. NikGApps Core.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
I would suggest you to move to crDroid 8 which is Android 12 since crDroid 7 is now EOL.

I recommend you to try MindTheGApps or FlameGApps and check. NikGApps seems to have some issues here and there from time to time.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Take the Mi Unlock from here.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] deepaklunked:
Hi.

I am thinking of changing ROMs, wanna use A11 for a bit. Currently on ProtonAOSP A12. But in the instructions for some ROMS, they mention 'Format Data'?

Whys this needed, coz for Redmi Note 5 Pro, I never used to format data; just wiped Caches, System, Data (NOT Internal Storage), and flashed the ROM that I wanted.

If this is related to encryption, I don't really need it. I flash DFE anyway.

If anyone knows the reason, can help me out here? Just wanna make sure that I understand what the 'Format Data' is for, so I can skip the painful process of backing up everything everytime I wanna change ROM, if it's unnecessary.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Format data is needed due some ROMs use encryption by default.

If you use DFE always and you don't care about encryption then you are good to go without format.

But remember OTA updates will not work with ROMs which are encrypted by default and you use DFE. You need to update manually and always flash DFE, otherwise you will end up with bootloops.

Btw, why you want to go back to A11? There are plenty of good A12 ROMs if you don't like ProtonAOSP.

ProtonAOSP by REIGNZ is good tho. I suggest you to also try crDroid, Pixel Experience or AwakenOS.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] deepaklunked:
Thank you so much for the prompt and detailed reply, OP. Noted your point with OTA, will manually flash.

Been using A12 for more than a month, and honestly got a bit bored, need some change, so gonna try out A11 ROMs. I didn't try any A11 ROM on Poco yet, started using this device just recently. Will try out AOSPA A12 tho, to see if it's as smooth as it was in Quartz..
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
Most A11 ROMs are EOL (expect LineageOS, ArrowOS and HavocOS which still get security patches) since the focus development moved to A12.

If you got bored you definitely need to try A12 crDroid which have many useful options and gets frequently updates. 😜

In case you still want to go back in A11 try these ROMs I mentioned above because others are outdated.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] deepaklunked:
Yea, Arrow, Havoc, Fork Lineage are the ones I am planning to try. Before all, will try PA Sapphire. If I like it, will probably stick to it for a while.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
I think PA is not so stable yet, and the frequency of updates (basically from the source team not the device dev) are disappointment.

Anyways, happy flashing 🙃
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
If you bored and don't mind a few bugs try one of the linux roms, droidian or Ubuntu touch, droidian has support for android apps...

If just want to try A11 just follow @Retrial advice....
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] deepaklunked:
@Retrial , I was looking into instructions to flash crDroid. The OP says I need to install their recovery. Is it required even if i am gonna flash DFE ?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] deepaklunked:
Thanks for the suggestion, mate. However, its my primary device, so will need to use android rom for banking and work apps.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] TioCareca:
I understand, they useful for primary device, but not for bank and work apps...
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Retrial:
No, you can use TWRP but as I said you need to always manually update along with DFE and never use OTA.

crDroid recovery only if u want encryption by default and OTA.

Btw, I recommend FlameGApps if you are going to install GApps.