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[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] GnuTheGreat42:
I knew it, as I already tried: zram, swap, upgrade to miui 12.5, ... It only slows down my phone even more.

I even tried these garbage apps, that are supposed to "clean" and make your phone """faster"""... Pure waste of time. I'm trying to mod this trash for 2 years. And you know what ? It's actually very bad for modding too !

You can't even install any custom recovery: black screen, recovery not launching: so no custom rom. Upgrading to better android version ? So frustrating that after trying, suicide feels like pure joy. And even when you succeed upgrading, it changes one thing: the """phone""" became even slower...

I learn from my mistakes, and I will never buy from Xiaomi again, just to preserve what's left from my mental health.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
Spend more time on improving your skills with unlocking bootloader and flashing custom roms and magic will happen.

You will be happy = new skills.

You will be happy = phone is working much better

:cool:
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] GnuTheGreat42:
I already have all these skills, but when working with such software, even the best of the best won't be able to do anything.

But I agree with your thinking, which is completely logic.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
Thanks raalph1 for your detailed guide, it really helped me to bring my 9AT back to life...

It was really lagging with the original stock ROM...

But now I realized that I can't use my banking apps Revolut for example not even listed in Google Play... :-o

What do you recommend?

Shall I re-lock the bootloader?!

I tried to register my Google Services Framework Device ID here: https://www.google.com/android/uncertified/

But didn't help: Google Play Store still says my devices is not certified...

My device is not yet rooted, I just went untill step #11 in your list and stopped just before installing Magisk...

Thanks in advance for any help!
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
Hey! Great news, like I said it works much better on custom rom. This lineage 12.1 is propably the fastest rom for this phone. Especially 2gb ram version. ;)

Now about Revolut app:

Install magisk, root your phone and after that install this module:

Releases · osm0sis/PlayIntegrityFork

Fix Play Integrity (and SafetyNet) verdicts, allowing custom fields and props - osm0sis/PlayIntegrityFork

github.com

Next. You will need to enable zygisk in Magisk settings. Revolut checks if you have unlocked phone so you have to hide it :cool: Force deny list in magisk settings and add your revolut app to deny list.

Restart your phone, clean revolut app cache and it should work.

Do not re-lock! you will brick your phone.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
Yesterday I already played with Magisk and apps like Revolut or Lightyear were successfully installed but I also want to install my bank app but it looks like it is more strict than these apps...

I dont know what it checks but I tried a lot of Magisk modules, Zygisk, different PlayIntegrityFix versions, Shamiko, etc.

And in YASNAC the "CTS profile match" still says "Fail" as attached, not sure if it matters if the app is already installed (just wont start in order...).

My other question: should I try LineageOS v20 maybe..?! I dont have any other idea... :-/

Or it will be significantly slower then v19.1?
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
If you want more help then you have to give us more details. What exactly banking app, what it showes on the screen, did you add this app to deny list in magisk, did you also enabled hide magisk...

Ps if you have only 2gb ram, you need 32bit rom. I use 13.1 arrowos but it also has cts profile match fail.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
I guess the app is known only in my country (Hungary): OTP (hu.otpbank.mobile v2.107.3).

Yes: I hided Magisk itself, enabled Zygisk, enforced denylist, added the app and still it won start.

It doesnt tell any technical info just opens a web page where there are just "human" level info

like something is not right so you cant use this app... :-/

They mention things like "jailbreaked phone", "rooted phone", etc.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
Some apps like Uber require strong integrity = locked bootloader. I checked this app on A14 Poco F3 and its the same like you wrote. Changing rom will not help.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
Thanks for trying though!
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
Strange, dont ask me why but the "OTP" app was successfuly installed after I flashed a LineageOS v20 (Android13) 64bit version... :o

(As described here: https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-13-unof...-unified-for-redmi-9a-9c-10a-blossom.4609367/)
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
Could you show yasnac from this rom?
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
I think the "root" ( :) ) cause is Magisk and not the ROM version (but I didnt try this with LOS v19 yet...).

If I installed the "OTP" banking app right after flashing the LOS v20 it worked.

Even if I dont have basic integrity and CTS fails and the bootloader is opened, etc...

And right after I installed Magisk (I used the latest v27) it stops working...

Is there something I miss to hide it 100%?!

I did these steps:

- install Magisk from APK

- saved my current boot.img using adb pull

- patched this img with Magisk

- flashed the patched boot.img via fastboot

- reboot to system

- start Magisk

- it prompted that is has to be reboot once again to finish setup

- after reboot I started Magisk

- hide it (with the internal option in the Settings) and renamed it to something random

- enabled Zygisk + Enforced DenyList + added the "OTP" app

- after this I cleared Data & Cache for "OTP" and started it

- but it detects the "tweak" somehow... :-/

Edit: I even tried to install Shamiko like explained here:

But still it detects it somehow...
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
You would have to check without magisk but maybe this is google blacklisting fingerprints? Google services are updating in the background and after that your app stops to work??

Try deleting updates for google play services and see just after that.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
I tried deleting updates for "Google Play Services" but didnt help.

Then I uninstalled all Magisk modules and then Magisk itself, this still didn't help.

But then I also restored my saved original boot.img (what I used for Magisk to patch)

via fastboot and then the app starts again... :-o

Somehow it can detect the tweak deep to the boot.img content..?!
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
Does it work after updating google play services but without magisk? then somehow it sees root, very strange :unsure:
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
Yes! As I researched, there are a lot of (easy) ways to detect such tweaks even if Magisk is hide or Zygisk is enabled, etc...

Now my plan is to use Magisk + PlayIntegrityFix + Next just while I need to install apps from Google Play Store as I found that after isntalling for example Revolut, even if I remove all of that it still starts, so then I can use my OTP app again...

But now I'll return to your steps and to LOS v19.1, because it was really much more responsive related to the v20.0 64 bit version...
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
Unfortunately my "OTP" app didn't work even with a freshly installed LOS v19.1 which is a shame

as I had to return to v20 A13 64 bit which is significantly more laggy and reloads all "inactive" apps

even after 1-2 minutes with a lot of free ram and running only 1 app (GMail for example) as tested...

I spent 4-5 days and countless hours trying to improve my phone and I'm almost at the beginning... :ROFLMAO:

I see 2 ways:

Is there a way/method to find out precisely what this "OTP" app detects as threat and solve it..?

(I mean like with some detailed root detecting technixal apps or something like that..?!)

Solve this app-reloading issue with the LOS v20

Do you have any (maybe other) idea / ercommendation..? :p

Thanks!
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
Well this has to be related with google play services and fingerprint ban. On Lineage 19.1 we are using latest gapps from 2024 and rom is from 2022.

1. Maybe using older gapps and prevent it from updating?

november 2022

https://sourceforge.net/projects/litegapps/files/litegapps/arm/32/lite/v2.8/%5BRECOVERY%5DLiteGapps_arm_12.1_v2.8_official.zip

2. You can try arrow os 13.1 that I use right now:

( deleted , some people dont know how to flash it properly )
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] nicetry33:
hello

my phone get brick after user arrow os 13.1 you share

how to fix sir?
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
I shared it for XTos24 that had A11 firmware, only.

You should use A12 tutorial on first page.....
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
Hi!

It took me 1 complete day to solve this automation (setting the safety related system properties after boot)... :LOL: but finally I managed to make it work.

Do you think this could be posted in other topic as well?

As I searched earlier in this area I hardly found any similar (and simple) solution...

Maybe it should be shared in a guide..? If you know where I shold post it inside XDA forum, just tell me!

Anyways the steps to achieve "basic integrity" and make the banking apps work and installable via "Google Play Store" without Magisk(!) and any other Magisk modules:

1. Installing the "resetprops" tool (from Magisk)​

get the "resetprop" file:

just use my attached file (remove ".bin" extension from filename) or get it (after a normal Magisk install) from /system/bin/resetprop:

install Magisk

adb pull /system/bin/resetprop

uninstall Magisk

reflash original boot.img (saved before the magisk patch)

boot into recovery mode

mount -o remount,rw /system_root

on your PC:

adb push resetprop /system_root/system/bin/resetprop

(if you want to install Magisk later, delete or rename it to "rstprop" else Magisk won't install!)

back to shell:

chmod 755 /system_root/system/bin/resetprop

reboot into system (or goto right the next section...)

2. Automate setting the safety related system properties after boot​

reboot into recovery

mount -o remount,rw /system_root

touch /system_root/system/etc/init/setsafetyprops.rc

chmod 644 /system_root/system/etc/init/setsafetyprops.rc

nano /system_root/system/etc/init/setsafetyprops.rc

and copy these lines:

on property:sys.boot_completed=1
exec u:r:su:s0 -- /system/bin/resetprop ro.debuggable 0
exec u:r:su:s0 -- /system/bin/resetprop ro.secure 1
exec u:r:su:s0 -- /system/bin/resetprop ro.boot.flash.locked 1
exec u:r:su:s0 -- /system/bin/resetprop sys.oem_unlock_allowed 0
exec u:r:su:s0 -- /system/bin/resetprop ro.oem_unlock_supported 0
exec u:r:su:s0 -- /system/bin/resetprop ro.boot.verifiedbootstate green

reboot into system...

check YASNAC, your banking app, install Revolut from Google Play Store, etc...
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
Good news XTos24! You have some skills :)

Today I installed youtube revanced and was running some videos at 1080p quality to test how it works. I was playing some youtube music ( with minimised player in the corner ) and also browsing on the Internet at the same time. It worked quite good! ZRAM usage was around 700mb 😅

I had limit 768mb zram but now I think that sweat spot is 1gb zram.

No freezes and it was quite good experience.

All was tested on Arrow Os 13.1 32bit version. This rom is slightly slower ( compared to lineage 19.1 ) but its based on Android 13. I can recommend Arrow Os dated 20230610. Based on A11 firmware!
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] hadi270:
hi! thank you for your tutorial!

i'm just bought a sealed brand new in box redmi 9A with 2Gb of RAM.

i bought it for only $30 so even the specs are so bad i think it's worth since i'm got 2022 production so the battery is still fresh enough to use in 3+ more years.

this phone was planned to use by my dad for just whatsApp and some social media use, no gaming at all so buy an expesive phone will be waste of money and i don't want my dad become addicted to the phone too much so buying a basic phone is an ideal choise. but i've read so many review that this phone especially the 2Gb of ram version is so extreme laggy even just for basic usage.

so before i'm unbox it do you think i'm better sell it for $50 or just custom rom this phone?

i just wondered if i'm upgrade to los 19.1 A12 can it run WhatsApp normally (instant notification and no lag), cellphone dial and is the FM Radio (offline) still works? i've read some people reports the system will automatically kill minimized/hibernated application after some minutes inactivity so i'm affraid the WhatsApp chat and incoming calls can't appear when the screen locked.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
You will not get better phone for 30$ 😅 and new one?! come on this is good buy.

You will need to update your phone to at least A11. If you have A10 firmware then you will have to unlock bootloader and flash official A11 firmware.

Then try deleting bloat from official A11 and check how it works. Maybe will be ok and no need to update to A12. If not then try A12 rom. People have mostly problems with A10 because it has disabled zram.

Its your phone so you have to decide. Good luck :cool:
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] hadi270:
thank you for your advice, i'll try to list on local marketplace for about 1-2 weeks first, if more than that nobody willing to buy this phone for $50 i'll keep it and upgrade the android version. it was actually around $28 include shipping, i think with that pricetag for brand new potato phone still was a good deal i can even use it for a while and sell it again for the same price so it nothing to lose unless i'm brick it.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
It was very good deal. I paid 11$ for mine but with damaged screen 🙃 Mostly I like battery, 5000mah, this gives some nice SOT considering that cpu is not so power hungry 🙂 I use it mainly for hotspot and its almost two days without charging. Great phone. 😎
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] hadi270:
glad to hear you can enjoy this phone and get full potential of this phone.

many of user comments on gsmarena reported can't even use this phone anymore in 2024 even for basic usage.

based on specs actually it's not so bad 12nm octa core cpu should be decent enough but the miui is consuming so much ram so the 2Gigs version is running so slow.

anyway do you have issue the screen is freezing and you have to turn off/lock and unlock the screen to make it normal again?
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
They are stuck on Android 10 and out of free ram memory 😅 just flash 32bit custom rom and it should be ok. Theres no screen freezing :cowboy:
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
I can confirm: with this Lineage v19.1 Android 12 this 2Gb RAM phone is surprisingly good..!

Of course it's not a gamer champion, etc but for a simple smartphone using for simple normal apps and as a phone I guess it's still very good!

I didn't mention regarding the 1st post that at the end I tried and succeeded to flash every zip in 1 go like this: (steps 5-6-7-8)

Unlock Bootloader (I didn't wanted to wait 1 week, so did it with MtkClient... :sneaky:)

Flashed OrangeFox as Recovery system

Made Data + NVRAM backup

Format Data

Flash latest MIUI 12.5.x Firmware for my 9AT

Flash MIUI v12.5.7.0 (Android 11) Stock ROM

Flash Lineage-19.1 Custom ROM

Flashed RECOVERY-LiteGapps-arm-12.1-20240225-official.zip

Format data

Reboot To System...

I installed 5-6-7-8 with the "queuing" option in OrangeFox when selecting a zip file, so it was very quick this way.

And I didn't made that Android 11 boot.img backup as we could get it from the MIUI v12.5.7.0 zip / boot.img easily to flash it back at the end of the process.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
So far I noticed 1 bug and 1 minor "issue":

The bug: when making a call on the speaker, the volume settings are "jumping": so as I increase it, it is sometimes a bit quiter but sometimes a bit louder... :rolleyes:

Is this a known issue with LOS..?

As you can see here there is an empty gap on the starting screen which is annoying as the useful icons above are much farther... (This way OK in LOS v20.0!)

Is there a way to make this gap 0mm..? Thanks!
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
You want more people to brick their phones? Tutorial is for people that have basic knowledge.

For example i gave you link for A13 and someone already bricked his phone....
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
And why is A13 better if the OS is slower?

I just shared my experience.

I don't understand your last sentence: who bircked his phone?

My A13 link? Which one and about what?
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] hadi270:
thank you for bug reports, i'm considering upgrade to A12 too but before that i want to confirm since your phone now on los 19.1 can you check the offline FM radio app still exist? do you install magisk and set zram or just stop until install gapps? can you do antutu benchmark please? i want to compare to og miui 12 and arrowos A13.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
Sorry I spent 1 hour with your requests but with not so much luck... :ROFLMAO:

Firstly there was no default offline FM radio app on LOS and I also couldn't find any offline version on the store... I downloaded 3-4 app but after turning the wifi off all stopped...

If you can find a real offline app maybe I'll try later.

About Antutu: I couldn't find on Play Store then I found it on a separate web site downloaded an APK then there was a lot of menu and when I clicked START then it said I should download the 3D Lite version, I downloaded it (it was 400Mb?!) started but was very slowly progressing (~45% after 10-15 min..?!) so I went to do other stuff.

when I came back the screen was locked and when I went back to the app it started from scratch... so I stopped doing this... :mad:

I just installed Magisk temporarily just for installing RO2RW, otherwise I don't use it at all.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] hadi270:
thank you for tried i really apreciate that.

i've find out on los 20 screenshoot's there's fm radio available. https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-13-unof...-unified-for-redmi-9a-9c-10a-blossom.4609367/

and also there's fm radio on some videos on youtube showing redmi 9 running on los 21.

i've done some research there's app named spirit but i don't know which version works on los 19.1

anyway about the performance, i just find out that redmi 9A usually use thermal paste too little that came from manufacture maybe to reduce the production cost which not cover the entire cpu surface evenly so the overall performance could get sluggish because cpu throttle. also this phone is already 3+ years so the thermal paste could be already dried.

maybe changing the thermal paste with fresh and better conductivity will increase the overall system stability.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] raalph1:
Maybe someone could pull radio apk from original A11 system with ADB command.
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] hadi270:
hi, i've found fm radio zip on other thread, would you like to test it on los 19 please?

[Shared] [ROM][64BIT] Lineage OS 20.0 for Redmi 9C / 9A [angelica, angelican, garden, dandelion, blossom]

LineageOS 20.0 | Android 13 Arch : 64 Bit By : @Sushrut1101 Date : 28/06/23 Device : Blossom Changelog: • Initial OSS vendor release • Initial 64 bit release Notes: • Vanilla Build • June Security Patch • PBRP is not supported • You *MUST* be...

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[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] XTos24:
Unfortunately this is a 64bit FM radio app, while LineageOS 19.1 is a 32bit OS... :-/
[Redmi 9A Guides, News, & Discussion] hadi270:
ah i see.. anyway thank you for your explanation.
[General Questions and Answers] keyring88:
Hello,

I have an Honor X8 (not the 8X!) and I'm struggling to find a compatible ROM - any ideas what I can flash with?

Keen to remove all the bloatware etc and have more control etc.

Cheers!
[General Questions and Answers] keyring88:
bump
[Sony Xperia 1 V] wfyuanlive:
I am going to try to unlock BL on my xperia1 IV. However, I am worried about the loss of DRM. Thanks.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] thatguy222:
What DRM?
[Sony Xperia 1 V] wfyuanlive:
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Thank you. Said like this. I am afraid that the camare will be affected after unlocking BL.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] tanago:
test and tell us so we know too 🙌
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Brachiahealer8:
I thought this was not the case for Xperia 1 V but since ask for Xperia 1 IV: Maybe go to their page instead https://xdaforums.com/f/sony-xperia-1-iv.12633/
[Samsung Galaxy M12] fotrsap:
I installed Miku UI GSI Rom, but there are some problems, I can't call people or receive SMS, sometimes when I turn on the phone, SMS comes for 1 second, but then the same problem stars again. when I installed the first GSI Rom, the IMEI was gone, but it came back after a restart and reverting back to One UI fixes the problem, but I want to stay in Miku UI (I apologize if my English is a bit gibberish or bad, I live in a different country)

SIM status (sim slot 1)

Network

Turk Telekom

Phone number on SIM

Unknown

Mobile network state

I don't know (It really says I dont know maybe it's normal, but it's a little strange)

Service state

In Service

Signal strength

0dBm 0 asu

Mobile voice network type

LTE

Mobile data network type

LTE

Roaming

Not Roaming

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[Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 (2021)] monsiu:
Has anyone had this issue? i have a custom ROM thats RO(read only) when i make it RW(read-write) using this software(RO2RW) https://medium.com/@mrx7014/how-to-make-an-android-system-form-r-o-to-r-w-5c2d9e3ad10c but none of the option it offers work. And alternatively when i unshare the blocks of the image file and shrink it back then try to flash it. It does not work and it bootloops too. I am curious if anyone has bypassed this issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 (2021)] Maxim-Root:
Good day sir, I've never done this and I don't understand why people do it and what purpose they are trying to achieve.