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[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
wiping system also kills the entire droid. like i said you first need to force uninstall the preincluded core gapps then test it out.

nikgapps does have a config to uninstall itself and has a big pack (full and go) that includes goog assist. opengapps can be reflashed with just bigger packs.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
Yah i mean wipe system and cache then flash rom again that still works too right?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
yep it should work, of course i havent tried any of the recds so youre on your own. personal experience is the best learning tool. if all else else reflashing should fix it. take it a step at a time and test if debloating works as expected, theb continue from there

i still havent upgraded to 7.12 since im trying to learn how not to use root with the current events...
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
I noticed open_gapps-arm64-11.0-nano-20210924.zip works just fine but open_gapps-arm64-11.0-nano-20211109.zip is the one that has problems and open_gapps-arm64-11.0-aroma-20211109.zip is the worst one

So I am goanna report the problem to opengapps

But the update itself is perfectly fine so far
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
yeah opengapps is a bit buggy, and most people would say use flame or nik (you want the big pack). bitgapps is also extremely buggy.

dont know i havent remembered this, but havoc 4.10 was recently released but not mentioned here. it has a vanilla variant, but less customizable than crdroid. you could easily flash a big gapps pack there.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
awesome do all of them use phonesky?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
yep, phonesky is the ID for google play store, dont know why but its been that way since i 1st started using droids since '12.

instead of using crdroid as a test bed for google assistant, why not try something else vanilla?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] aljoscha81:
i got a qiestion can you please do a vanilla version of this rom again it is much more better i think of self choosing the apps with the now available aroma package of open gapps ;)
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
it wasn't about testing I just wanted to update and I was like let's install new gapps which I got into the trouble of testing trying to figure out what's going
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
yep, as said before its a no no to install gapps on top of a preincluded gapps. try another rom for the time being. i see a bunch of vanilla variants on here

also as a non related heads up, the devs here (and also not on here) are actively working on a12 since late last month, expect some new years fun guy ;P
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
Yeah I know that but I really like CrDroid and wanted to have google assistant working more like risk it for the biscuit XD so that was why I was experimenting

tbh I can't go to any other ROM after trying this one and got to say the devs are doing an amazing job for it
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
havoc 4.11 was just released, i might give it a whirl and try giving it goolag assistant with a fat gapp pack. im not too picky with roms, but i also feel crdroid is prolly most stable, even out of all of them not listed on the xda
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] clow468:
Could someone answer me if the bluetooth, emission and ps4 control work in this rom? It is that previously I emulated games on the redmi 8, I transmitted them to my smart TV and played with the ps4 control but the control and the emission stopped working well due to miui updates, sorry for the bad English
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
havent had any play through on this device, but most of them (deadly, skittels and chuck) share a common tree. if it works on their roms it should work on others.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] ahmetakif616:
Wifi call working, good
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
Just got a message that there is an update available, CrDroid 7.13.

It appears this new version is not based on LinageOS.

Being this a "vanilla" build, it has to be clean flashed and also does not include any Gapps.

Due to my lack of experience with flashing cellphones, can anybody explain how to backup everything on my phone before doing a clean flash?

I'd like a complete backup including SMS and call history, contacts etc.

Cheers.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
its still based on los, but with a deadly (olive) only tree (split from the sdm439 tree)

for backuping, root is mostly required. stock|google backups are an alternative, but not good enough IMHO

migrate (available in PS, still works just fine on A11, not 12), its easy to us, grant it permissions, select app+data+perm (and call, sms, hist logs). it makes a recov flashable zip (works in twrp and orfox, should work on other forks as well)

restoring requires root to be flashed and installed, so flash the backuuped data on 2nd boot

warning, if you select too much stuff, you could end up with tons of GBs in backups. keep it to a minimum and dont backup big datas like browsing etc. bank apps etc require to be logged back in agaiin. so yeah, ignore app data for now i guess
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
What does clean install mean like just wiping System or it also includes Data?

also what is "OSS Camera HAL" and "vanilla builds" exactly
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] yandra_:
i got bootloop when updating to ver 7.13 from 7.12... because i forgot to look at changelog...

you guys should backup all data... especially if you install magisk
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
exactly as said on the 1st post, starting over from scratch. thats what backupers are mainly for, take a look at my post above yours

camera hals = different patched camera methods, and vanilla means no more gapps, flash your preferred flavor
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] yandra_:
camera still not look good..

better use GCam mod... example
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
For update instructions it just says "Wipe dalvik cache and cache" or I need to install like "First time installation"

Cause I last time with kernel update i just wiped System
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-los-11-0-official-olive-crdroid-v7-12-for-redmi-8.4299817/post-86199237

id humbly suggest to clean install and not dirty flash (aka update). i very rarely dirty flash since i dont really trust the udate process (bugs, redundant files etc...)

im currently trying out havoc for awhile and might pop back to crdroid later on. there have been lots of changes in the device tree side as well
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] yandra_:
from the changelog

Highlights & Device Specific Changes:
Build type: Monthly
Device: Xiaomi Redmi 8 (olive)
Device maintainer: deadlylxrd

===== 2 January, 2022 =====
- crDroid 7.13
- New device tree maintained by me
- OSS Camera HAL (thx @shield44)
- Full R vendor blobs
- Upstream kernel to 4.9.294
- Switched to vanilla builds again. This build is vanilla!
- December 2021 security patches
- NOTE: CLEAN FLASH NEEDED!

yes, clean installation needed
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
Well i just did a clean install and it boots back right in to recovery without installing anything else in it
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
any particular error messages? dis you check the hash? others have installed it just fine even on the newer twrp 3.6

if it reboots to recov its usually a not formatted data, wipe =/= format
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
I wiped everything like a few times and what hash the ROM file hash? i am back on 7.12 which works perfectly fine
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
This happened to me also, look what I wrote:

"When it said "format data - yes" I did in fact a normal wipe data. That was the single biggest mistake.

Format data and writing "yes" is not the same as a "wipe data".

I didn't pay attention or did not follow the instructions to the letter. And lost a whole night chasing my tail."

Are yo sure you didn't make the same mistake?

Cheers.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
Oh so Advanced Wipe option doesn't do it for this case and I have to format it? and now 7.13 works just fine for you

Can you explain how exactly you got it working?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
No, I did not install it yet.

Simply "wipe" does not do it. You must indeed format and write "yes" when asked.

It happened to me when changing the stock rom to CrDroid.

Most likely this is the issue you're facing.

Cheers.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
Oh, I hope so going to try it ty :)
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
I just updated using the format option which worked tyvm

and also it seems like the Smart Charging option is gone now can someone else who has the update installed confirm this?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Redmi8 series:
After updating to 7.13 , my gyroscope Is not working. Anybody facing similar issue?? Is there any solution?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
glad you got it up and running. yep when changing roms format data - yes is usually required as it also deletes locking mechanisms from previous roms

on sourceforge, the md5 and sha1 can be seen on desktop mode, theres an (info) button to the far right

many devs are reconsidering the smart|adaptive charging feature. theres been some buzz about it lately, but it seems pretty rare imho

https://www.reddit.com/r/PocoPhones/comments/oa3xnx
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
Not sure if this phone has that it only comes with Fingerprint, accelerometer, proximity, compass
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
Oh welp i hope that thing gets sorted out really loved that feature

And yah I just didn't do the format option soo that's why it didn't boot didn't think that step was necessary
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Redmi8 series:
No, that's not the case..i have been playing PUBG with gyro on , the phone has but it stopped working after 7.13 update. ..it's working perfectly fine now that I have shifted back to 7.12 again.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
Oh It wasn't listed on GSMArena

@IAmDeadlylxrd About things missing from the new kernel is it going to be added to it again?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
it does have a hw gyro sensor, we can take a look at any hw info app and see it does exist, and is usable. others in our tg group do recd also installing a sw pseudo gyro to assist

while there are a few other kernels available for our devices, theyre not posted ok the xda so i cant really share them without permission. pm me if you guys feel like trying other kernels
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
Is it possible to install the old kernel to get the things back?

Also for the smart charging alternative, I use https://xdaforums.com/t/app-root-4-0-battery-charge-limit-v1-1-1.3557002/ but do you know any other options
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
yep, you can extract both the boot and dtbo .imgs from the roms zip. just remember to also flash magisk if you use it as sometimes the survival script is a bit buggy
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] POQDavid:
Do you happen to know which one of these are the right option for this ROM in this image

Spoiler content hidden.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
sorry dont know, is it a smart charging replacement? honestly if we use original stock chargers we can safely leave it charging overnight, its been a bad habit of mine for ~2ys on this phone and i havent noticed much degradation (as long as it isnt in active use while charging)
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] tonyjeffferson:
In crDroid 7.13 I disable the option "tap to wake" but the function remains active, even the button showing as inactive
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
It appears that development has stopped, or maybe the author is preparing to release something based on A12.

I've been checking the Crdroid homepage but for this model (Olive) there are no recent releases.

Other than that, the rom is still running superb on my device.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] MR.RAHULJISHARMA:
Clock not working

Keeps stopping
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] gadom92:
I read the thread and nobody wrote about video recording. Someone Has that issue? I can make a picture but when I try to video record it gives an error
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
havent had that happen, is that a backed up data? more often than not it might be

yep, many of the redmi8 devs are trying out a12, altho there are some slight issues. only 1 is published here. pm for some tg groups to join

713 does have some kernel issues. if you switched to lolz it should be a workaround
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] gadom92:
Unfortunately bot working with lolz Kernel. Video that Has 17 sec lenght shows only 3 sec of it and get in loop with 3 sec video.

I Hope you understant what I mean
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] MR.RAHULJISHARMA:
From last 3 days GPS (location) is Not working, I don't know how to solve this problem

Can anyone pls help i have tried all solution available on YouTube.

Maps, And Any App unable to detect my location ..Kindly help me please
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
did you pick the correct lolz variant? or was it magisk 24.2? i also had issues with that version

on current roms, we also need to activate sensors for most things to work correctly. add the sensor to the quick tiles to easily enable it
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] gadom92:
I choose variant for aosp v17
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] MR.RAHULJISHARMA:
I have activated location sensor Still Mobile is unable to detect my location
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] gadom92:
Downgraded from v17 to v15 and video recording works.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] MMStheHoly:
Development most likely stopped for unknown reason
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Aviruk Basak:
Excessive data used by "System Updates". I've kept "Updater" for crDroid disabled.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
it happens on a bunch of other roms too iirc. there isnt really a sure fire way to block it off. you might try disabling background connections and turning on data saver mode

its kinda like wandows update, sooner or later itll find another way around
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
Kind of a n00b post, but still:

I was browsing the crdroid download page for Redmi devices, and there has been no new build in a while for Olive (Redmi 8).

But I did find something interesting, an A12 build for SDM439 devices.

This looks like some unified build that suits several devices, and Redmi 8 is such a device as it is also SDM439.

The ROM has been posted on this board as being for Redmi 7a/8/8a:

https://xdaforums.com/t/12-arm64-mi439-crdroidandroid-v8-official.4431227/

So could this be be flashed on my Redmi 8? There are nearly no comments.

Cheers.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] MMStheHoly:
Yes, you can flash Mi439 build on Redmi 8.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
yep it is compatible with redmi 8s and 7a, but format data is required

if you guys are interested in more roms, pm me and ill send over a tg group where more roms are available
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Col_xim:
Hi, this ROM is the only one without bugs...but I have a terrible battery drain.

I don't find any good ROM...

Someone can help me?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
Can confirm. Battery drains quickly, over some months of usage I could confirm this.

Sadly, it is not being maintained anymore and for Redmi 8 there are not many roms available.

Cheers.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Col_xim:
Yes...i reinstalled original MIUI and works much better than any other custom ROM.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
not sure about the bat drain, is it due to google trying to force update the system? ive seen it plenty of times on older roms (tons of data drain)

for more roms, try checking out my sig, its a preview of a tg group thats most active
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
Thanks, joined the group on TG.

A lot of roms but sadly the majority for Redmi 7 (pine).

There are a few for redmi 8 (Olives) including Lineage OS 18 and 19, Havoc, Pixel Experience and CrDroid.

I would want to give crdroid another try, in the form of the unified build I posted about a few messages up.

I'm not the type of user that flashes a new rom every month, but the current crdroid 7 for redmi 8 is not maintained anymore (dev has vanished?) and some bugs still remain, like battery drain and notifications sometimes not working, audio volume goes down and a reboot is needed to get it back up again.

That said, I came to the conclusion that a custom rom is not for the every day user.

Almost all of them have bugs, some minor some mayor. If you like to fiddle, that's ok but some people just want it to work.

I also tried to make a compromise between custom and stock by installing a mi.eu rom, but... Surprise! Redmi 8 is not supported anymore because of screen resolution.

So if the SDM439 unified rom works on my device, will post about it. If not, I'll go back to stock MIUI.

Cheers.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] fonzacus:
yep somewhat like me. im the boring type that sticks with it for months even without updates. i could honestly care less about uptodateyness since security is more about how users handle things, not what corpos shove down our throats

the unofficial unified crdroid 8 did have good reviews in our indo tg group

but with skynet being up and mighty nowadays, staying within their bhbbles a bit more annoying
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
This weekend the dev of this rom was finally active again on telegram channel.

Maybe we will get an update?

These are the issues I found with crdroid 7.12, please keep in mind i'm not a pro user:

- Fingerprint sensor sometimes not registering, as reported in this topic

- Device reboots suddenly

- Battery drains quickly

- When taking photos with camera, it takes a long time for them to show up in gallery

- Volume automatically goes down, reboot restores it.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
I've no longer got crdroid on my phone.

After a lot of reading and searching, the only two alternatives I came up with for this device (Olive) were Cherish OS and Arrow OS.

Arrow OS is very good but less rich in features.

Cherish OS has more stuff, but is reportedly using a bit more battery.

Ended up with Cherish OS and for now I can say this as compared to crdroid:

- No changes in volume anymore

- fingerprint sensor works consistently

- Photos taken with camera show up in gallery immediately

- It's a lot faster and based on A12L.

No custom rom seems to be free of issues, on this one I got a black screen once while using settings. No biggie.

In general, and speaking as the n00b I am, it's really sad that so few people help out on social media.

The lot of the issues I had during flashing could be avoided but every single question (telegram for example) remains unanswered.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] GSAdmOfc:
redmi 8 oliva, all the roms that i install on this phone after 2 days it starts to fail the apps it keeps closing and i didn't find it anywhere nhm how to solve this can anyone help me?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] totonls:
did you try using Lawnchair and Project Themer as customization? it is very good and you could change it for cherish if it consumes too much battery

by the way, cherish os is tempting me
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
I've not seen this happen on crdroid, you may have bad hardware, as it happens on every custom rom.

Have you tried stock rom, does it happen on that one also?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
Yep I have been playing with that a bit.

Did not find the battery consumption an issue, it was much worse on crdroid.

The only real bug on Cherish is the camera app, it does not work when you turn on flash (no picture is taken).

Also, you cannot set flash on simultaneously with HDR+.

This is just an issue with the camera app, it is a gcam go mod by Greatness.

I tried to report the issue in both tg channels but there was no response at all.

For now I installed tgcam 7.2 final found here and that works a lot better.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] totonls:
damn, that sucks.

could you give me the link of that cam? the one that comes with syberia is not that good.

by what i know, you can use flash and hdr+ at the same time.

most tg channels where i entered was dead.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
Yeah the Telegram channels are pretty dead, the ones that function do not offer much help.

The gcam go in Cherish is useless.

I used this cam:

https://xdaforums.com/t/all-working-google-camera-in-redmi-8-video-hdr-4k-astro.4165541/

The first one with the quality catcher config.

There is a tiny bit of lag in the viewfinder, but I have tried about 30 apps and this one takes the best quality photos.

Cheers.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] totonls:
thank you very much.

gcam go or gcam ports doesnt work here in syberiaos too but used to work in havoc (gcam port 8.2, i dont remember the author).

cheers
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
Do you think flashing another kernel can help?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] totonls:
what do you mean? for make the gcam work on cherish? maybe yes, maybe not, a guy in this same thread said that redmi 8 usually dont need kernels or drivers/firmwares, but you could try.

i dont know how to find a camera kernel but you could check in youtube or another forum like xiaomi.eu

good luck
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] escorpiompom:
Yeah but I meant a kernel like lolz or cherry kernel. Maybe I'll test it after a few days, for now Cherish is a lot better than crdroid so gonna keep it.

Cheers.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] totonls:
if you need to chose between those, use cherry, lolz will cause wifi problems (at least in my device) and will drain battery in background.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] GSAdmOfc:
sim, mesmo em roms de estoque esse erro acontece, mas com menos frequência do que em roms customizadas, não sei o que fazer meu celular é muito ruim
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] totonls:
whats your device? olive?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] GSAdmOfc:
yes this one, at this exact moment I've been with dotos for 3 days and it started to fail the apps don't want to open I click they close, and my only cell phone I don't know what else to do