Need a confirmation regarding android oreo based custom ROMs from fellow riva users. - Xiaomi Redmi 5A Questions & Answers

Hey there everyone!
Now, as much as I love installing custom ROMs on my riva on a regular basis, I've been really wanting to ask this question ever since I installed my first android oreo based custom ROM on this device.
The question is: Is it only me or does everyone have random audio clicking/crackle/distortion issues with every android oreo custom ROM?
I mean, an entire song would play perfectly without any audio crackle/distortion, but random audio crackles make it difficult for me to stick to an oreo custom ROM. By random audio crackles I mean, you're unlocking your phone, you get this weird momentary clicking/crackle sound, you tap somewhere, you'll hear that sound. It all happens randomly, you don't know what thing would cause the next momentary audio clicking/crackle sound. Also, none of these random audio clicking/crackle sounds are heard while you're using earphones/headphones. You can only hear them through the speaker.
Almost every oreo custom ROM out here is a unified build: both for riva (Redmi 5A) and rolex (Redmi 4a). Has this issue something to do with the fact that the builds are unified? I've tried DotOS, ViperOS, AEX (AOSP Extended), Pixel Experience and many others but everyone of them has this issue. The most of this issue (the random, weird clicking sounds while tapping anything) can be heard while setting up the phone itself. Nougat and pie custom ROMs never had this issue, why only oreo ROMs though?
Thank you so very much, whoever answers... :angel:
Have an awesome day!

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Stock rom system sound is amazing, any custom rom speaker sound is too low, why?

Hey all,
why in any custom rom the maximum ringtones, notifications, songs, and anything that uses the phone speaker is very low you can barely hear the ringtone, the morning alarm - sometimes i miss it -, however in stock roms the sound is amazing and sometimes noisy? why guys? and any fix or a possible solution to fix this?
am running CM10 nightly BTW
Hossam.Abdelsalam said:
Hey all,
why in any custom rom the maximum ringtones, notifications, songs, and anything that uses the phone speaker is very low you can barely hear the ringtone, the morning alarm - sometimes i miss it -, however in stock roms the sound is amazing and sometimes noisy? why guys? and any fix or a possible solution to fix this?
am running CM10 nightly BTW
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I don't know if this phone is like my previous LG Optimus 2X but it also was like that, on Stock ROMS the speaker was way louder than on CyanogenMod based ROMS, try using a stock based ROM or install Volume+ from the Play Store it helps with the speaker volume. (Be careful with Volume+ and don't put the value too high or else the sound may be distorted.)
i've already tried the volume+ with no luck, i think its related to the speakers drivers in sense stock rom, and am looking for an advanced help to be brought to CM10, hope anyone from the dev team to find a real fix for this.
probably due to a proprietary driver in the tegra that is closed source... android is an open source software for closed source handset...

Stock Rom very low overall volume?

I just reinstalled the stock rom after months of being on Liquid Remix and i noticed that the max speaker/headphone volume of the stock rom is probably like 75% of what the custom rom was. If i could guess it might be tied to that new "Audio Amplifier" feature in android P, but what do i know? Anyone else dealing with the same issue? can this be fixed?
I think all the aftermarket rooms had louder in call volume than the stock rom.
That was one of my main quirks with stock

Question Is stock MIUI good or is it better to install a custom ROM?

Hi all, I'm coming from a Pixel phone. This is my first Xiaomi phone with MIUI on it. I just got the phone today and I've been playing around with it. So far the MIUI experience is not too bad. It's not too heavy handed and feels relatively stock. And it comes with some useful apps like a decent clock, weather app, voice recorder etc. so it seems alright and I don't mind it much.
What's your opinion of it? Do you like stock MIUI or do you prefer an AOSP based ROM? And also I like to take a lot of pictures with my phone. So is the camera better on the stock MIUI software or is the camera just as good or even better on an AOSP ROM?
In my opinion, if you like MIUI, you should go with a custom MIUI based ROM like xiaomi.eu or else. But you can still try others ROMs that you may like.
The other custom ROMs don't have stock camera (for the moment), but Gcam is available in many versions, many users thinks it is better than stock camera app, if you are coming from a pixel you might be more familiar with that (and other pixel like ROMs).
Always here if you need more information !
This is just my opinion but I'd rather stick pins in my arms than use Miui. There are so many ROMS for this device and they are all pretty stable and with Gcam they are amazing. In my personal opinion GCam is better than the stock cam and takes better photos especially when you want to zoom in.
My personal favorite ROMS based on stability and features are ArrowOS, crDroid and Syberia. I'm just not a fan of Miui and their annoying prompts when you try to do anything like change permissions for an app and their plethora of bugs. It reminds me of EMUI but worse.
You have a week until you can unlock your bootloader, so try MIUI for a week and decide for yourself. I would recommend to debloat Miui first. I am counting final hours, before which I can unlock..
Can't stand MIUI for more than a week
ajsmsg78 said:
This is just my opinion but I'd rather stick pins in my arms than use Miui. There are so many ROMS for this device and they are all pretty stable and with Gcam they are amazing. In my personal opinion GCam is better than the stock cam and takes better photos especially when you want to zoom in.
My personal favorite ROMS based on stability and features are ArrowOS, crDroid and AICP. I'm just not a fan of Miui and their annoying prompts when you try to do anything like change permissions for an app and their plethora of bugs. It reminds me of EMUI but worse.
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So true those 10 seconds of waiting for many changes become incredibly annoying vrey fast.
Arrow OS is really fast booting and incredibly smooth interface, to bad in the customisation department is a little lacking
What's the best rom for gaming in your opinion? I have the stable xiaomi.eu 12.6 but i don't know if there are others better than this one. Thanks in advance!
acbdo6 said:
What's the best rom for gaming in your opinion? I have the stable xiaomi.eu 12.6 but i don't know if there are others better than this one. Thanks in advance!
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same question. installed aosp based roms and CODM does not work properly. its lacking of graphics
fonzserge18 said:
same question. installed aosp based roms and CODM does not work properly. its lacking of graphics
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Good to know. Waiting for another answers from others members. Have you tried egg ns on aosp as well?
fonzserge18 said:
same question. installed aosp based roms and CODM does not work properly. its lacking of graphics
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the same here for me....in eu miui fast and stable for games...any good ather rom ?
My advice - use MIUI EU stable ROM first and see if it suits you - if not, then explore AOSP ROMS
AOSP always, but it's nice to try MIUI first! It's improving. Specially when in some month it will be updated to MIUI 13, and our F3 will be one of the firsts MIUI's devices to do it. So I would do what people said, but I'm completing it:
- Ask (yes, you have to ask first) to unlock your bootloader. You'll have to wait for a week before unlocking it.
- Try MIUI relaxed for a week. Take some screenshots about battery... and try to feel how smooth and performant can be
- (7 days later asking unlocking bootloader) Unlock bootloader. It will erase everything. Take advantage of it to change to some AOSP Rom, like AICP, ProtonAOSP, ArrowOS (never tryied), or whatever. You have dozens.
- Compare and decide some days later. You can always come to stock. And in the while, in some months you will have MIUI 13, so yeap
Depends on your taste! If you like MIUI over Vanilla Android, you can flash Xiaomi.eu Custom ROM for the best MIUI experience.
I dislike MIUI, but I use Xiaomi.eu Custom ROM, because the Vanilla Android ROMs I've tried don't have Dolby Atmos (or a good version implemented) and lackluster Camera-App.
dreamytom said:
Depends on your taste! If you like MIUI over Vanilla Android, you can flash Xiaomi.eu Custom ROM for the best MIUI experience.
I dislike MIUI, but I use Xiaomi.eu Custom ROM, because the Vanilla Android ROMs I've tried don't have Dolby Atmos (or a good version implemented) and lackluster Camera-App.
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The sound is so good on eu that I just don't wanna leave it, btw there's this bouncy scroll sometimes on eu, I'm on latest eu beta, same for you?
m0lly. said:
The sound is so good on eu that I just don't wanna leave it, btw there's this bouncy scroll sometimes on eu, I'm on latest eu beta, same for you?
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Yup, also Beta! Also, when trying out AOSP ROMs I noticed the vibration felt really cheap, and I think Xiaomi has done vibration motor calibration on MIUI, to make the vibration motor feel as good as it does. If you set a Custom Vibration Time in Gboard (MIUI & AOSP), it also feels weird and cheap.
dreamytom said:
Yup, also Beta! Also, when trying out AOSP ROMs I noticed the vibration felt really cheap, and I think Xiaomi has done vibration motor calibration on MIUI, to make the vibration motor feel as good as it does. If you set a Custom Vibration Time in Gboard (MIUI & AOSP), it also feels weird and cheap.
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Does the bouncy scroll thing happen on your end? ++ moto dolby on aosp doesn't sound good.
you can try out hentai os
m0lly. said:
Does the bouncy scroll thing happen on your end? ++ moto dolby on aosp doesn't sound good.
you can try out hentai os!
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Yup, but i think the Overscroll effect only happens in the Settings unfortunately. I tried Moto Dolby and didn't like it at all, it didn't sound anywhere near Xiaomi's Dolby Atmos?
My experience so far is:
* Yes, MIUI is very nice and the new UI (e.g. control center) is very nice as well
* MIUI has a lot of bloatware but you can remove them all
* Battery life is fine as well (getting 6h ~ 6h30 of SoT without gaming)
* The Xiaomi.EU ROM is as good as the stock one but with less bloatware and some nice additional features, still 100% compatible (so both camera and Dolby Atmos speakers quality are preserved)
ArrowOS is very nice and smooth but not really much faster to stock anyway. Camera quality is worse, speakers quality is way worse due to the lack of Dolby Atmos support. There are a few bugs here and there and globally you aren't getting the stability guarantees of the stock ROM as with all custom ROMs.
So, finally:
* If you want maximum stability to avoid all problems, or if you are fine with MIUI's UI, stick with the stock ROM
* If you want good stability and 100% compatibility, go for the Xiaomi.EU ROM
* If you want stock-like experience, ArrowOS or crDroid are both very good (although I've had problems with crDroid, but it's my personal experience)
dreamytom said:
Yup, but i think the Overscroll effect only happens in the Settings unfortunately. I tried Moto Dolby and didn't like it at all, it didn't sound anywhere near Xiaomi's Dolby Atmos?
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moto dolby is downright bad ive tried all aosp that have it, tbh theres no effect its just sound and hurting sound no effects whatsoever.
miui dolby is really nice and i love it it gives a sourround feel
if only it could be ported to aosp
m0lly. said:
moto dolby is downright bad ive tried all aosp that have it, tbh theres no effect its just sound and hurting sound no effects whatsoever.
miui dolby is really nice and i love it it gives a sourround feel
if only it could be ported to aosp
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I love it if it would get ported into an AOSP ROM!
Also small tip with Dolby Atmos: You can enable Video Toolbox in your favourite Music app (Spotify, YouTube Music, whatever) and customise the sound of the Dolby Atmos Video-Preset. This way you can adjust the surround sound of your music. ^^
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I love it if it would get ported into an AOSP ROM!
Also small tip with Dolby Atmos: You can enable Video Toolbox in your favourite Music app (Spotify, YouTube Music, whatever) and customise the sound of the Dolby Atmos Video-Preset. This way you can adjust the surround sound of your music. ^^
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ive turned video toolbox on but how do i toggle it? i mean how can i open it in app?
if it'd be ported it'd be dope,
you have any idea how to debloat all the tracking analytics i mean literally everything?

Question Current issues with custom Roms

Hi everyone,
I've been looking into custom roms because the vanilla oxygen OS experience gets worse every day.
Used OOS since the OnePlus One and its really frustrating.
Thats why I would like to flash a new rom.
Are there still any major disadvantages going custom?
- Afaik the OOS Camera isnt working (but can be replaced with the right gcam?)
- Does 90-120hz work?
- Is the general overall performance worse?
Currently I am using my phone for social media apps, reading manhwa and playing emulators (like citra or vDS) but the occasional hickups really annoy the heck out of me.

Question best custom rom

So i've recently found out about miuisr and eliterom and idk what to choose. Both look like very good roms but i can't decide. Is there anyone here that could give me some pros and cons of both roms? Or maybe an even better rom.
I like Besto OS rom haven't tried the other 2 your taking about , you try them tell us good luck
Hi the title of "Best ROM" is a bit vague,
there are threads already on XDA like:
Is there any rom that have smart charging like in CrDroid?
I'm looking for rom that have smart charging feature built in rom, is there any rom that still have that feature other than Crdroid 11 ?
forum.xda-developers.com
or my post:
Best custom rom
Hey, I have a Poco F3, I unlocked the bootloader recently, and I want to know which ROM should I get or is the best for you. I tried xiaomi.eu, but I prefer AOSP/pixel (I tried some, but I can't make a choice). What is the best, I know for now...
forum.xda-developers.com
You need to find the rom that best supports your needs, i am a Evo-X User,
its an amazing rom and suits my needs perfectly, other members also rave about crDROID.
I am a fan of Smart Charging, both Evo and crD have this feature.
I would suggest to read my post above before installing ANY roms that have little feedback or support,
also read the "BRICKED MY DEVICE/9008 EDL MODE" threads on here and choose your roms carefully.
all ROMs I have tried have a weird bug nobody talks about. Specific to TIKTOK. When I watch a video while using Bluetooth earphones (I have Anker Soundcore pi2), it's normal. When I go to the next video and then come back to the previous one, the audio is lower for some reason. Then I go to the next video again and go back again, the audio goes back to normal. If you repeat that, it keeps doing it. Audio normal, audio low, audio normal, audio low. Only on TikTok and only on Bluetooth earphones. It's annoying.
Only MIUI and ARROW OS don't have this problem.
Anyone else can check this?
johnr64 said:
Hi the title of "Best ROM" is a bit vague,
there are threads already on XDA like:
Is there any rom that have smart charging like in CrDroid?
I'm looking for rom that have smart charging feature built in rom, is there any rom that still have that feature other than Crdroid 11 ?
forum.xda-developers.com
or my post:
Best custom rom
Hey, I have a Poco F3, I unlocked the bootloader recently, and I want to know which ROM should I get or is the best for you. I tried xiaomi.eu, but I prefer AOSP/pixel (I tried some, but I can't make a choice). What is the best, I know for now...
forum.xda-developers.com
You need to find the rom that best supports your needs, i am a Evo-X User,
its an amazing rom and suits my needs perfectly, other members also rave about crDROID.
I am a fan of Smart Charging, both Evo and crD have this feature.
I would suggest to read my post above before installing ANY roms that have little feedback or support,
also read the "BRICKED MY DEVICE/9008 EDL MODE" threads on here and choose your roms carefully.
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i want a rom with the best battery life possible but idk what to choose. im willing to try custom kernels and other stuff too
aziouazrayes said:
all ROMs I have tried have a weird bug nobody talks about. Specific to TIKTOK. When I watch a video while using Bluetooth earphones (I have Anker Soundcore pi2), it's normal. When I go to the next video and then come back to the previous one, the audio is lower for some reason. Then I go to the next video again and go back again, the audio goes back to normal. If you repeat that, it keeps doing it. Audio normal, audio low, audio normal, audio low. Only on TikTok and only on Bluetooth earphones. It's annoying.
Only MIUI and ARROW OS don't have this problem.
Anyone else can check this?
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I Just test it now for you. My phone is Poco F3 8/256 And i'm using Crdroid 9.2 also my earphone is Soundpeats air 3 and i try with modded Tiktok and i don't see any problem wqith sound. i try it with 30-40 different video but sound level is same..
Gurkut said:
I Just test it now for you. My phone is Poco F3 8/256 And i'm using Crdroid 9.2 also my earphone is Soundpeats air 3 and i try with modded Tiktok and i don't see any problem wqith sound. i try it with 30-40 different video but sound level is same..
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Maybe CrDroid doesn't have this problem because they use their own kernel. Other ROMs that use NOKERNEL, IMMENSITY or NEXUS all have it.
I don't use CrDroid because it doesn't have "hey google" feature even after flashing GAPPS on it. It stays off for some reason.
aziouazrayes said:
Maybe CrDroid doesn't have this problem because they use their own kernel. Other ROMs that use NOKERNEL, IMMENSITY or NEXUS all have it.
I don't use CrDroid because it doesn't have "hey google" feature even after flashing GAPPS on it. It stays off for some reason.
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Ok google is working well. I just try with after lock screen
Soy nuevo en este foro. Tengo algunos problemas, ¿alguien puede resolverlos?
Bestos. OS 13 2.0 Dev.23685 foogle it

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