i bought a razer phone and its the mail now. the seller told me that it was on the stock razor ROM. I plan on rooting it and installing TWRP but I was wondering if I should stay on the stock ROM or if was worth going to the trouble to install a custom ROM?
Aosp 8.1 or Stock + root are most stable and don't have broken features
Any pie gsi without root should work but might need a quick WiFi fix
SeriousFlash said:
Aosp 8.1 or Stock + root are most stable and don't have broken features
Any pie gsi without root should work but might need a quick WiFi fix
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thank you. would you suggest the aosp from this post? https://forum.xda-developers.com/razer-phone/how-to/treble-install-generic-image-gsi-razer-t3770684
or what pie gsi would you suggest?
edit, update: this is a list of pie gsi's i found
https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki/Generic-System-Image-(GSI)-list
I would agree with @SeriousFlash, any 8.1 GSI or Stock plus Magisk 17.1 is a good bet.
I had Pixel Experience 8.1 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...-development/8-1-0-pixel-experience-t3796011) for a while, great looking ROM with nice features. I had some trouble with Bluetooth but that doesn't seem to be a common experience...
If you want Magisk, all the Pie ROMs will break in some way - no data. WiFi, Bluetooth etc.
Just one thing, I have never actually installed TWRP, just loaded it temporarily via fastboot. I do it this way just because of some of the bad luck stories I've read when folks have flashed it permanently. YMMV.
Peace.
chris5s said:
I would agree with @SeriousFlash, any 8.1 GSI or Stock plus Magisk 17.1 is a good bet.
I had Pixel Experience 8.1 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...-development/8-1-0-pixel-experience-t3796011) for a while, great looking ROM with nice features. I had some trouble with Bluetooth but that doesn't seem to be a common experience...
If you want Magisk, all the Pie ROMs will break in some way - no data. WiFi, Bluetooth etc.
Just one thing, I have never actually installed TWRP, just loaded it temporarily via fastboot. I do it this way just because of some of the bad luck stories I've read when folks have flashed it permanently. YMMV.
Peace.
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I just got my razer phone not long ago as well.
So just to clarify... If I want data, wifi, Bluetooth etc to function as they should then I should temporally load TWRP and use 8.1 GSI (e.g. Lineage 15.1 from here) with Magisk as an option for root?
-SKYLINE- said:
I just got my razer phone not long ago as well.
So just to clarify... If I want data, wifi, Bluetooth etc to function as they should then I should temporally load TWRP and use 8.1 GSI (e.g. Lineage 15.1 from here) with Magisk as an option for root?
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Yes.
Magisk breaks those things on Android 9/Pie. If you don't use Magisk then give them a go. There are versions of Pie which are already rooted without Magisk, check the threads to see.
Otherwise Magisk seems to work with 8.1 ROMs without issue :good:
Peace
-SKYLINE- said:
I just got my razer phone not long ago as well.
So just to clarify... If I want data, wifi, Bluetooth etc to function as they should then I should temporally load TWRP and use 8.1 GSI (e.g. Lineage 15.1 from here) with Magisk as an option for root?
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xda has a treble dev forum so you could try this link for more roms
https://forum.xda-developers.com/project-treble
ive been using my phone for a few days now and im still on the stock rom. has anyone tried xposed or maybe have a suggestion for magisk to get some more customizations like qs edit or advanced reboot?
update. im using xposed, gravitybox and magisk 18 now
Which is the best pie Rom?
[email protected] said:
Which is the best pie Rom?
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The one that suits your needs?
Try some and find out
I have only one device so if I mess that up. I am screwed.
So better to know from someone who has used.
Cr droid! Best stable pie rom!
Easy easy liqid remix
Thankyou all for the responses.
There is no stable Pie ROM yet.
All of them have broken keystore, so certificate based VPN's won't work.
But if you don't use VPN i can recommend AEX or crDroid.
I tried two Pie-ROMS (crDroid 5.0[24-12-2018] and Havoc-OS-v2.0-20190101) and with both I had several issues:
1) could not install Magisk 18.0 - fixed by installing TWRP 3.2.2 build from Linage 15.1 here: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=5862345805528044694
2) could not get LED flashlight in Havoc running, third-party apps also did not work - just no response, don't know how to approach a fix/error search
3) camera(s) always force-closed on start, tried natively installed and gcam-ports - restarts, removing pins + restarts, flashing extra zip (https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...enovo-p2-kuntao-main-camera-fix-hal3-t3819258) did not work
4) could not connect to my hidden SSID 5GHz WIFI, although hidden extra option when entering login information was checked - this is especially frustrating, as I have no idea how to solve this
5) Update2: and with AOSP, I cannot write with Open Camera or other third party apps to the SD card.
If anyone has suggestions how to fix any of these, you are welcome!
Update: I also tried AOSPExtended6.1-Unofficial which did not show issues 2-3.
abprie said:
I tried two Pie-ROMS (crDroid 5.0[24-12-2018] and Havoc-OS-v2.0-20190101) and with both I had several issues:
1) could not install Magisk 18.0 - fixed by installing TWRP 3.2.2 build from Linage 15.1 here: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=5862345805528044694
2) could not get LED flashlight in Havoc running, third-party apps also did not work - just no response, don't know how to approach a fix/error search
3) camera(s) always force-closed on start, tried natively installed and gcam-ports - restarts, removing pins + restarts, flashing extra zip (https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...novo-p2-kuntao-main-camera-fix-hal3-t3819258) did not work
4) could not connect to my hidden SSID 5GHz WIFI, although hidden extra option when entering login information was checked - this is especially frustrating, as I have no idea how to solve this
If anyone has suggestions how to fix any of these, you are welcome!
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Thankyou for deep insight. I wanted to install but after checking the thread and your comment I think I have to wait.
Disclaimer
Your warranty will be void
Some carriers' Terms of Service prohibit device modifications
Modifying will trip Samsung Knox and SafetyNet, so be aware that some apps will cease to work
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BRICKED DEVICES, FAILED ATTEMPTS AND OTHER CAUSES OF IMPROPER USAGE OF THIS GUIDE!Now that we got that out of the way, we can continue.
Unlocking the BootloaderUNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER WILL ERASE ALL OF YOUR DATA!
Go into Settings > About Phone > Software Information
Find Build Number and quickly tap it 7 times. This will enable Developer Options
Find OEM Unlocking and USB Debugging options and enable them
Turn off the phone
Hold Volume Up and Volume Down while connecting your phone to a PC to boot into Download Mode
Read the Warning carefully to understand it and then if you want to continue press Volume Up
On the Unlock Bootloader screen, press and hold the Volume Up button one more time (This is the step that erases all of your data, if you don't want to do it, now is the time to turn back!)
After the automatic reboot, repeat steps 1. - 3. and make sure that OEM Unlocking is greyed out and enabled
Congratulations! You bootloader is now unlocked.
Flashing a Custom RecoveryCredit to @BlackMesa123 for this guide.
Rooting your Phone
Download the latest version of Magisk on your Computer
Follow the Official Installation Guide from Magisk developers
Flashing a GSI (Generic System Image)
Choose a GSI from this List
Power Off your phone and connect it to your Computer
Hold Volume Up and Power buttons, after the logo appears, release only the Power button, this will boot you into TWRP
Do a Wipe and transfer the GSI file from you Computer to your Phone
Click Install >Image Flashing, find your transferred GSI file and tap on it.
Toggle the System Image option and flash the file.
After flashing Format Data to be able to boot into your new System.
I know your Camera doesn't work, don't worry check out this Post to get it to work again.
Useful Resources
A52s bootloader/modem collection repository
OrangeFox Recovery
SafetyNet Fix for Magisk (Zygisk)
Custom ROMs: RayOS (One UI 4.1), NcX (One UI 5.0)
Mesa's Custom Kernel
Credit to @BlackMesa123 @Ryzen5950XT @ShaDisNX255 for the additional resources.
That's it! Thank you for following the guide and enjoy your unlocked Samsung.
This is very helpful thanks
Thank you for the guide. Here's some additional resources/changes that can be added in the post:
- A52s bootloader/modem collection repository
- OrangeFox Custom Recovery, same as TWRP but with a different UI
- SafetyNet and (some) Knox features can still work with the correct adjustments. See the SafetyNet fix for Magisk (Zygisk) or custom ROM's such as RayOS (One UI 4.1), NcX (One UI 5.0)
- Mesa's Custom Kernel, greatly improves device's performance
Hoping to see the list enhanced soon.
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Thank you for the guide. Here's some additional resources/changes that can be added in the post:
- A52s bootloader/modem collection repository
- OrangeFox Custom Recovery, same as TWRP but with a different UI
- SafetyNet and (some) Knox features can still work with the correct adjustments. See the SafetyNet fix for Magisk (Zygisk) or custom ROM's such as RayOS (One UI 4.1), NcX (One UI 5.0)
- Mesa's Custom Kernel, greatly improves device's performance
Hoping to see the list enhanced soon.
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Thank you for the links, thread is now updated.
Quick question, with MCK, should I wipe everything before/after flashing and will it work with PE+ GSI?
kzyx said:
Thank you for the links, thread is now updated.
Quick question, with MCK, should I wipe everything before/after flashing and will it work with PE+ GSI?
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You shouldn’t wipe anything when flashing the kernel. If the stock kernel works fine, I don’t see why mine shouldn’t
Everything is working perfectly, thanks for the guide. I installed the PixelExperience GSI but for some reason Fingerprint sensor is not working. The process is stuck on "Touch the sensor" and the sensor is not lighting up. Yes, I set the color of fingerprint sensor to White (and even tried all other colors).
I even have the following options checked
- Enable Extra Sensor
- Enable workaround for broken fingerprint sensor
- Enable workaround for white-ish screen
Any help will be appreciated, thanks.
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Everything is working perfectly, thanks for the guide. I installed the PixelExperience GSI but for some reason Fingerprint sensor is not working. The process is stuck on "Touch the sensor" and the sensor is not lighting up. Yes, I set the color of fingerprint sensor to White (and even tried all other colors).
I even have the following options checked
- Enable Extra Sensor
- Enable workaround for broken fingerprint sensor
- Enable workaround for white-ish screen
Any help will be appreciated, thanks.
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I don't know what could be the issue, maybe try to google or try disabling and enabling the fingerprint lock again.
I have tried few GSI Roms. Here is my summary:
Android 13
- AOSP, Android 13, No image with GAPPs pre-installed and cannot seem to install it. Tried NikGAPPs, and LiteGAPPs, both didn't work
- Google GSI, Android 13, same issue
- Pixel Experience, Android 13, GAPPs pre-installed but Fingerprint sensor won't get detected.
Android 12
- AOSP, Android 12, GAPPs pre-installed, Fingerprint sensor detected (changing color to white). Will stick to it unless there is an issue detected.
Mian-786 said:
I have tried few GSI Roms. Here is my summary:
Android 13
- AOSP, Android 13, No image with GAPPs pre-installed and cannot seem to install it. Tried NikGAPPs, and LiteGAPPs, both didn't work
- Google GSI, Android 13, same issue
- Pixel Experience, Android 13, GAPPs pre-installed but Fingerprint sensor won't get detected.
Android 12
- AOSP, Android 12, GAPPs pre-installed, Fingerprint sensor detected (changing color to white). Will stick to it unless there is an issue detected.
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Thanks for the feedback, have you tried any ROMs instead of GSIs?
You have links for them in this thread.
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Thanks for the feedback, have you tried any ROMs instead of GSIs?
You have links for them in this thread.
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Nope, I tried to find a good custom rom for A52s but couldn't find any.
What about volte and hotspot on GSI pixel experience 13?
Mian-786 said:
I have tried few GSI Roms. Here is my summary:
Android 13
- AOSP, Android 13, No image with GAPPs pre-installed and cannot seem to install it. Tried NikGAPPs, and LiteGAPPs, both didn't work
- Google GSI, Android 13, same issue
- Pixel Experience, Android 13, GAPPs pre-installed but Fingerprint sensor won't get detected.
Android 12
- AOSP, Android 12, GAPPs pre-installed, Fingerprint sensor detected (changing color to white). Will stick to it unless there is an issue detected.
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Thanks for your summary,
Is there any experience with MicroG on this device with AOSP 13?
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Thanks for your summary,
I'm on AOSP 13 now, but perhabs it's better to go back to 12. I'm very interested in the AOSP with the GAPPs pre-installed. Could you share a link to the file?
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I got the image from AOSP under the official Android 12/12L section. You can find release here. The exact image I got is the system-squeak-arm64-ab-vndklite-gapps-secure.img.xz one since the standard gapps one came with an app called "superuser" which I couldn't seem to uninstall (I tried the scripts to remove supersu). This caused my banking apps to not run. That is why I installed the "secure" one and then installed Magisk and added my banking apps to the defylist.
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What about volte and hotspot on GSI pixel experience 13?
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I think VoLTE was available as an option in one of the ROM I tested but I don't remember exactly. Currently AOSP 12 doesn't support it. Hotspot worked on every ROM just fine.
Mian-786 said:
I got the image from AOSP under the official Android 12/12L section. You can find release here. The exact image I got is the system-squeak-arm64-ab-vndklite-gapps-secure.img.xz one since the standard gapps one came with an app called "superuser" which I couldn't seem to uninstall (I tried the scripts to remove supersu). This caused my banking apps to not run. That is why I installed the "secure" one and then installed Magisk and added my banking apps to the defylist.
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Hi Mian,
Thanks for your response. When I typed my question I realized that in the end I want to have and de-googled phone. So I changed my question in the direction of MicroG. I didn't expect you to be so quick with answering.
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Hi Mian,
Thanks for your response. When I typed my question I realized that in the end I want to have and de-googled phone. So I changed my question in the direction of MicroG. I didn't expect you to be so quick with answering.
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I haven't tried MicroG in any of the ROM. I just to have as little Google apps as possible but if you do find a good guide, let me know, I will try to use a de-googled phone.
Thx, all worked.
Mian-786 said:
I haven't tried MicroG in any of the ROM. I just to have as little Google apps as possible but if you do find a good guide, let me know, I will try to use a de-googled phone.
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I've installed MicroG. But it seems AOSP doen't allaw support system spoofs signature. Play services (GmsCore) is installed but without the spoofed signature it can't do much I guess...
I have been using AOSP Android 12 for the past week or so. Most of the things just plain works but somethings don't. Here is the list of things that are not working so you can decide if the hassle of installing GSI is worth it or not.
- Proximity Sensor is worse than it was in OneUI. Yes, it is a virtual sensor but on OneUI, it worked better. Now, it is worse. More often than not, it turns on the screen during the call. It would have been better if it simply didn't work.
- The viewport of default camera App in the AOSP displays picture in 4:3 but the camera hardware is giving out 16:9, so the viewport was squeezed. After installing GCam everything is good.
- Fingerprint Sensor simply doesn't work in-app like those in banking apps. It works on the lock screen but nowhere else.
- USB Audio Devices don't work. I have a USB-C to A OTG where I used to insert my headphones. On OneUI they used to work but here they don't. Storage devices work.
- 120 Hz felt smoother on OneUI.
Hello everyone
I managed to install LineageOS with working GApps and camera using this guide, so a big thanks to everyone who worked on flashing this phone
If anyone wants to install it, you need to:
Chose a bgN package (I installed this one : https://sourceforge.net/projects/an...UNOFFICIAL-arm64_bgN-vndklite.img.xz/download). It includes the GApps. You won't be able to install GApps after installing a vanilla (bvS / bvN) package. For some reasons, the /system partition is too small.
For unlocking camera and install magisk, just flash this kernel : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/kernel-12-13-a528b-n-mesas-custom-kernel-r4.4490653/
I also installed magiskhide prop conf module, but I'm not sure it changed anything and the camera fix was probably already in the MCK. You can find it here anyway : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...safetynet-prop-edits-and-more-v6-1-2.3789228/
hello, a few months ago I put a GSI on my moto G30 (ArrowOS), I actually liked this GSI a lot... but I can't use some phone functions like bluetooth and headphones on the P2 output...
I use headphones a lot and I was using one with a USB Type-C output but this headphones is having some problems and I want to go back to using my JBL bluetooth headphones that I stopped using because it doesn't connect with my cell phone...
But I don't remember how to put a GSI and I don't even know a good one that I can have a good performance on battery and in games...
Can someone help me?
Hi. GSI performance doesnt varry that much if at all so pick any you like best.
Look at phhusson's GSI List to find a GSI that is compatible
(Must be a higher or equal Android version to the one your phone has stock and the GSI shoud be A/B and arm64)
Your problems sound quite generic and are mentioned in the GSI Troubleshooting FAQ
Such as:
Wired headphones not getting detected.Solution 1Enable alternative headphones detection in phh settings and reboot
This one ^ worked for me and should work for you too i believe.
Bluetooth connecting to device and then disconnectingTry disabling A2DP offload in phh settings
I've tried this too but cant remember if it worked, what works for me is going to the Bluetooth settings for the device and disabling HD Audio.
You can find more fixes on the link above.
About installing the GSI first flash the stock ROM and then follow Sammm77's GSI Flashing Guide.
You can try ArrowOS again with the fixes above and see if they work or pick another GSI.
If you need any clarifications i would be more than happy to help!
KAN7A said:
Hi. GSI performance doesnt varry that much if at all so pick any you like best.
Look at phhusson's GSI List to find a GSI that is compatible
(Must be a higher or equal Android version to the one your phone has stock and the GSI shoud be A/B and arm64)
Your problems sound quite generic and are mentioned in the GSI Troubleshooting FAQ
Such as:
Wired headphones not getting detected.Solution 1Enable alternative headphones detection in phh settings and reboot
This one ^ worked for me and should work for you too i believe.
Bluetooth connecting to device and then disconnectingTry disabling A2DP offload in phh settings
I've tried this too but cant remember if it worked, what works for me is going to the Bluetooth settings for the device and disabling HD Audio.
You can find more fixes on the link above.
About installing the GSI first flash the stock ROM and then follow Sammm77's GSI Flashing Guide.
You can try ArrowOS again with the fixes above and see if they work or pick another GSI.
If you need any clarifications i would be more than happy to help!
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man, you really helped me alout...
i tried these two methods
-Enable alternative headphones detection in phh settings and reboot
-Try disabling A2DP offload in phh settings (in this case I restarted the phone too)
and both starting working again
Network Signal Guru is a cool tool, but its Advanced Mode has only worked on a couple of ROMs I've tried. It works on OOS and Lineage for me. On crDroid and Nameless, it says "Adapted base-band and driver is installed: No compatible devices were detected." I don't use crDroid anymore, but I'd like to have this fixed on Nameless. Is there anything I can do to fix it? Would love to have NSG Advanced Mode working (no, I don't care about band locking, just want the extra info it provides).
Hi maybe you get better help in the nameless Rom thread?
Maybe. I ended up switching back to Lineage and I forgot about this thread. I'm not sure if it's possible to close it, but I don't need this anymore.
How to access this mode I'm using nameless
Guys help anyone very please. After using the program at some point configured so that I can not call and receive calls, only sms, and the only solution - volte, which also flies off, and works when selected in the phone settings NR/LTE/CDMA/EvDo (it flies constantly).
Contacted the operators, sent me to hell saying the phone does not support (xiaomi Poco f3)?
Or should I move to other specific thread?