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[Android Head-Units] TorstenH:
It's easy to configure if you have a dedicated SWC key to run the navigation app. But other users got it running by using another SWC button.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
*** Disclaimer
I am not responsible for any damage you made to your device
You have been warned

crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features existent today

Features:

https://github.com/crdroidandroid/crdroid_features/blob/11.0/README.mkdn

Flashing Instructions:

Pre-installation:

TWRP(Z00T) (Download from here)

TWRP(Z00L) (Download from here)

NikGapps core (Download from here)

Installation:

Backup your data to PC, OTG flash drive

Flash recovery and boot to recovery

Wipe system, data, cache and dalvik, then reboot to recovery

Copy crDroid and Gapps to internal memory then flash them in TWRP in same order

Reboot and enjoy :)

Download:

Google Drive Folder

What's not working?

ZE60xKL Speaker.

You tell me...

What's working?

Everything else?

Known minor issues:

Rarely, opening the settings from quick settings can crash the system-ui. This issue is not persistent and if it happens, only happens after a reboot or restarting system-ui(like changing ui elements from customization options).

Opening a notification will solve this issue until the next reboot, also this problem didn't happen when i had a password/pin protection.

Info about the down-clocked kernel:

My device can't run 1.1GHz on the little cores so i'm using a modified version of the kernel. Previous builds of the rom were using that downclocked kernel, so just in case if the previous builds were working and the latest doesn't you can use that downclocked kernel. added in the google drive folder... normally you shouldn't need it but personally i'm using the down-clocked one.

Info about encryption(based on my own limited testing with 1 device):

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-android...6-05-2023-stable.4578239/page-7#post-88549583

ROM OS Version: Android 11

crDroid Version: 7.30

Android Security Update: May 5 2023

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.10.108

SELinux: Enforcing

Status: Stable
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
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I made this rom for personal use and can't regularly update or maintain it. Don't have enough time or storage space on my drives for it. So, if you find some other bugs feel free to report it for other users but i probably won't be able to fix them. Apart from the hotspot problem i didn't encounter any major issues...

also made an ArrowOS build for these devices. wanted to see if it was performing better or not but didn't notice any differences in terms of performance. also ArrowOS is a bit behind in terms of security updates... still, i already compiled it so why not share it? more options the better... if you want a vanilla rom you can check it out...

link to the ArrowOS thread https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-android-11-z00t-z00l-arrowos-v11-0-unofficial-20-04-2023-stable.4578273/
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] jimjack12:
Thanks so much for your effort and great work.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
good news! i guess...

while i won't be able to fix the built in hotspot feature, there's an alternative and no root required. tested it and got a connection. it's a bit inconvenient but if you're not connecting a lot of devices to your mobile hotspot shouldn't be a huge deal i hope?

the app is called PDANet+ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pdanet&hl=en

you have to set the proxy settings on the client device and that proxy info changes every time so you can't set it once and forget it sadly...

@str4610 you said it was an important feature for you...

so now we know there's a workaround. if you guys find a better alternative app feel free to share it.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Hello, I could not install ROM version 3.3.1 with TWRP. I used version 3.7.0.9.

Also, Nikgapps Hannibal did not allow restore backup from Google Drive and I used the basic version.

Battery consumption is high.

The ROM has a bit of lag

Also, after turning on and off the hotspot for test, Wi-Fi did not turn on until after rebooting the device.

The charging speed is good

I did not see another case
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
is your device a Z00T or Z00L?

about the issues... did you disable the blurs? i don't have any ui lags unless there's a background process like app update from play store etc. but blurs are causing a big lag problem. it requires a reboot after disabling the setting to take effect btw.

yes, trying the hotspot breaks the wifi and requires a reboot. i already listed hotspot as not working. since it doesn't cause a permanent issue i didn't give details. hotspot is not working anyways so normally you wouldn't touch that setting at all after trying it once. :)

i just recently charged my phone so only have a short idle drain info. i was constantly flashing roms and the phone was connected to my pc most of the time. but at least the idle drain looks great on my end

if you didn't disable the blurs that would explain the lag and maybe the battery drain? since it's working hard and use lots of power?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Z00T

and disable the blurs fix lag
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
did it help with the battery consumption?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
It seems that the process of draining the battery has improved a bit. The thing that caught my attention is that when working with a non-gaming phone, the back and top part next to the volume buttons gets a little warm. I am experiencing it for the first time
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
you mean the right side? that's where the soc is... it's normal for that area to be the warmest. didn't notice an unusual warming tho. it's like it's always been for me. so far i'm not having any problems with this rom except for the built-in hotspot. also made 3 phone calls since then, battery is still at 91%

were you using this phone daily? or just trying the rom?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
If you say so, then it's not a problem, but for me, it's the first time outside of the game that I feel the heat. Regarding the battery, it has been 3 months since it was replaced. I didn't have a problem with Rom RR running fast. However, after turning off the blure, both the lag and the battery drain have improved. You may not believe it, but I must say yes, it is my main phone and is used daily. However, apart from Instagram, Telegram and calling, I don't do anything special and that's enough for now.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
i lended this phone to someone else and it was in active use as well... still enough for basic tasks imo.

then he broke it's charging port and needed a working phone asap. he got a new phone, i got this back and repaired. he was running the groovy android btw, the nougat rom. that rom was fully functional and stable as well. but personally i like the notification categories a lot. so anything below oreo is a big no-no for my use.

my main phone is a poco x3 pro now. snapdragon 860 is pretty fast compared to this old device :P
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
so, how's the crdroid compared to rr? in terms of customization options i mean... is it missing any of the features u had on rr?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Let me say this, if I were to give a score out of 10. RR 10 and Crdroid 5
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
wow :D i didn't expect that big of a difference. so what are the extra features rr had over crdroid?

sadly rr is no longer around. they didn't release 11-12-13... and crdroid is the most feature-rich rom to my knowledge.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Maybe 5 is exaggerated, I will give it 7. I can't list them all, you must have used them before to understand what I mean. However, crdroid is worth using. Security update. Choosing the function of the physical keys and solving the problem of the speaker during a call. And thanks again for your effort. All these are advantages, I just wish there was a way to solve the hotspot.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
well as i said i wasn't using the phone. ofcourse tried rr, but the loudspeaker problem was a big deal since the user of this phone wasn't tech savvy. i tried it and just moved on. not having any problems was more important than the features. he was messing up the basic settings so i even locked the settings menu of his phone lol :D he was accidentally turning off the wifi and using mobile data etc. so i removed the quick setting tile of the wifi as well and removed the quick settings modification option. basically made a locked down phone for him.

so i don't remember much about the rr. but crdroid seems to have almost all of the same features and all of em works, unlike rr for zenfone. what features are that important, even though u can't remap hw keys rr is above the cr?

also, have u tried the PDANet+? it works for hotspots. yeah it's inconvenient compared to the built-in hotspot but its better than nothing...
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
I agree . I am only talking about RR because I care a lot about appearance and coloring, otherwise it would have had many problems. And I'm not trying to downplay your hard work for this ROM. I am using it now my friend.

Without hesitation, I suggest other users of this phone to use this ROM
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
What caught my attention is the shape of signal bar style zig zag and wifi bar style really something
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Report: The phone was reset twice during the installation and update of apps from Google Play when connected to the charger.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] jimjack12:
Thanks a lot for the great rom. As said before, in the Arrowos thread, I confirm the installation on ze550kl Z00L. Twrp 3.3.1-0 nikgapps core arm64.

The rom has all the configurations that can be useful for me.

I'm not using it as a daily driver, but I confirm that the basic functions work very well.

Good job.

A thousand thanks
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
well i'm inexperienced about android development. but i had a similar problem with my own Z00T in the past so i can try one thing if you want. my own device couldn't run any of the custom roms and it took a long time to figure out that it was caused by the unstable little cores. mine just couldn't handle 1.1ghz and made a modified kernel for myself.

i can't explain how your device is stable with rr and mine restarts. couldn't explain why my device was stable on stock rom and crash frequency was different across custom roms either. might be the kernel of some roms being more aggressive with the clocks maybe? so maybe the cores can handle those speeds in short bursts but not in the long term.

tldr: i can try building a slightly downclocked version of the kernel for you if you wanna try it. that fixed it for me and my device was rock solid since then. and i didn't have any reboot issues with this rom. before finding the solution i had the random reboots mostly during the heavy tasks like installations as well. like even the first boot could crash.

what was the exact model of your phone?

i made one for the snapdragon 615 variants like mine. most if not all z00t devices should be msm8939 i think? you can try this. just flash it with the twrp
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Since last night until now, when I worked with the phone and charged it once, the reset problem did not occur, however, thanks for the file, I downloaded it and if the problem occurs again, I will use it. And I will announce the result,phone model is Z00T ,so far everything is working well and it is very satisfactory, thanks for your effort, although I just realized that it is not possible to use software like SHAREit because of the hotspot not working.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
doesn't shareit use wifi direct? it should work. didn't try that specific app but even the hotspot workaround app is using wifi direct for it.

edit:tested... shareit works
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Thank you very much for your time, so maybe the problem is with my version of SHAREit, that version has been modded, I will change it.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
there's an improvement ^^

working on it to fix it completely but no promises... right now you can activate the hotspot once, when activated you can use it, no problems... but you can't turn it off and on again or switch back to wifi... requires a reboot.

still, when you're outside you can use the hotspot, when ur back home you can reboot and connect to ur wifi...

if i can fix it i'll share the new build.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Hello

After about 72 hours of installing the ROM and doing various things, I can say that in this version, except for the hotspot, everything works well. I even think the battery consumption has improved compared to the previous ROM which was RR.

In general, I would like to thank zenfone selfie for his good efforts to update and keep this device alive, and I will definitely recommend the installation and use of this ROM to other owners of this model.

PS

It seems that a solution for the hotspot has also been thought of and this is great.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
good news! hotspot works. doesn't break the wifi anymore... i will check everything else, make some final adjustments and disable blurs by default if i can... new build should be up in 2 days. apart from the minor system-ui crash bug it looks completely stable. since that bug only happens after a reboot and doesn't affect much, i can call this rom perfect at this point. again, just tested on z00t but the fix should work on z00l as well.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
new update is live! hotspot is now working and the blurs are disabled by default.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Hello, Everything is great, thanks for the effort🙏
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
new and probably the final release is up...

enable blurs option is completely removed from the display settings.

matlog won't be pre-installed.

dark mode is now the default...

these changes are not major so if ur on the apr28 build it's up to you. you can continue using the previous build.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
warning about the twrp version is removed. i found the problem and it was specific to my device :) apparently i messed up my partitions at some point in the past while messing around. resized my data partition and the latest version works fine now.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
I told you that I could not install the ROM with the old version of TWRP I'm glad that you understood the problem and it was solved.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
so... how's the experience? any problems recently? you mentioned phone rebooting etc. before... did it happen again?

i'll temporarily give this phone to my mother while i try to optimize her phone a bit... so she will use this rom for a few days at least :) is it reliable? you're the only one daily driving it rn. i didn't have any issues with it in my testing but it wasn't my main phone so, didn't use it as much as you did...
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
In fact, I am very satisfied with the ROM in general, yes, in general, the ROM can be considered stable and usable. Although there have been a few things that I did not mention, for several reasons, the first is that it was not serious, and the second is that I did not want to trouble you for small problems. But now that you asked, I'll tell you, I didn't have the problem of resetting, once while working with Google Chrome, the entire phone screen turned blue and I had to restart the device by removing the battery. There is another small problem, when using GBoard and typing in any program or page, the keyboard is very laggy and you cannot type quickly. That's all, I am currently using the version dated 29th.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
huh... weird. i'm using gboard as well, no problems here. i'm on the last build, the one without matlog preinstalled. this is an obvious way to describe :) but there shouldn't be any differences to cause that between the builds. is it always lagging or just sometimes? maybe some app was auto updating in the background or something? thanks for the feedback btw...
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Because you said that no special changes were made in build 30, I did not update. Unfortunately, this problem always exists. However, I didn't have this problem on the first ROM build. Yes, when typing in English, it becomes less, but as soon as I change the language, the lag increases. you're welcome . After all, I use it all the time and can tell you about general or minor problems. As I said, I am very satisfied with the ROM and thank you for your time and follow up
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
well all i did was adding few build.prop lines to remove that blur option which was already disabled by default and set dark mode default... you can try installing it? technically it shouldn't affect much but i didn't try installing other keyboards on the previous builds.

here's with a video recorder going on at the same time.

i don't feel any significant lag. keyboard language is changed, stuff like spell checker and recommendations are on. its fine for me.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Yes, it seems that the keyboard is not a problem for you. I just downloaded the new build, I will definitely install it and if there is any problem, I will tell you the description
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
i don't have any problems whatsoever... no lags(apart from normal low performance considering it's age) no blue screens etc. today i tested the phone a bit more since i'm considering to lend it to my mother. played candy crush for a few hours, no issues...

without the screen recorder:
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
I updated to the latest version, the keyboard still looks laggy, and there is a video in the link below that you can watch, of course, this is not a problem everywhere, for example, it is in Google Translate and Google Chrome, but not in WhatsApp. I feel that the speed of the menu and the opening of programs has increased a little. Smart lock based on location sometimes works and sometimes doesn't work, it's strange! Apart from these, there is no other case to report.

20230502_153240.rar - 10.2 MB
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
been trying some build prop settings. don't know if it made an actual difference but you can try. feels a bit faster but might be placebo :D

you can do it from the adb or manually with twrp file manager. its in the system folder, just backup your original build.prop, then replace it with this and chmod 644. no need to reinstall. you can edit buildprop whenever you want. if u do it with adb just reboot the phone after changing it.

also how did you change the recent apps overview screen buttons? didn't see that setting in the crdroid settings. rr had recents customization but...

i have 4 buttons. ss, share, kill the app, clear all.

also you can try updating the firmware? here's the latest versions: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UHcgDhxyta-Nf_k8HWHLJ_Mk1GxRBA4p?usp=sharing

i didn't see anyone having problems with other roms because of older firmware but i'm on WW-21.40.0.2214 myself. if you started using custom roms early and didn't update to the latest stock version first it might be out of date. saying this again, i don't think this is an issue... but you can try it.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Regarding the recent button key, unlike the RR ROM, I did not see customization in this ROM and I did not make any changes, I think it was the default. And I was completely confused about the explanations you gave and I didn't understand what you meant and what I should do! What is this firmware update?

I am not very familiar with ADB commands and I did not understand what to back up or...
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
well... the default was always 4 buttons for me? weird. did you dirty flash or clean install with data wipe? i don't even know if its possible to dirty flash over android 10 rr tho :D

firmware update is simple, you can just flash it like a rom or gapps from the twrp.

its from the official roms https://www.asus.com/supportonly/asus zenfone selfie (zd551kl)/helpdesk_bios/

21.40.0.2214 is the latest zor z00t as far as i know. this firmware zip is only the firmware without the stock rom. so you can update without reinstalling the os.

build.prop is a file in the system folder. you can use adb pull/push commands or if it's easier for you, you can do it directly in twrp. you know the file manager in advanced tab?

just navigate to the system folder, copy the existing build.prop and then move the new file in its place. then set chmod.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
If I flash this firmware, does it not appear for this ROM that is installed and used? What does this file do? Do I really need to install it?

I did a complete wipe. I even deleted the internal memory.

Should I place this build.prop file instead of the default.prop? Should I change his name?

I'm sorry for asking so many questions because I only have this phone and I don't have time to install all the programs again like installing a new ROM and customize the phone.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Why should I install the 2017 firmware version when I am using Android 11 custom ROM? This is a stock ROM right?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
its the firmware part extracted from stock rom. updating firmware won't require a reinstall of ur current rom. that's a software from asus, not the android part. and they didn't release another update since 2017 so that's the latest one.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
i don't have the phone rn so i can't give you a detailed guide. but editing build.prop is not that difficult and you can find guides on the internet.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
Does it make a difference? Which one should I use, one is 1 gig and one is 100 mb in google drive?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
How does changing the build file help the ROM function? Is it worth pursuing and spending time?
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] zenfone selfie:
100mb is the firmware only one. the file in asus' website is the full stock rom. you should use the google drive one.

as i said. i didn't see anyone having problems cuz of firmware version before. but our phones are acting differently and this is a variable we can eliminate.
[Zenfone 2 Laser Android Development] str4610:
I installed the file you sent me, but I did not feel or see any change