#Xiaomi Poco F5 custom ROM saga

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royal siren
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I moved the file into my download folder.

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Do I need to check any other settings @jovial jackal-chi?

jovial jackal
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lol the title

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no need for other options

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you can add more zips too like magisk if you please so

vague imp
royal siren
vague imp
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no need to keep moving around the same thing

royal siren
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ADB sideload?

vague imp
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yea

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works fine

jovial jackal
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adb sideload can be finicky at times

royal siren
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Uh what's the difference with that?

jovial jackal
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twrp can complain

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but usually is fine

jovial jackal
vague imp
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you just serve the file from pc instead of copying it or moving it to the phone manually

royal siren
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I already moved it over from my computer to the download folder.

jovial jackal
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thats fine too

vague imp
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adb serves the file in a stream and then the file is flashed automatically in twrp

jovial jackal
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you can delete the zip file after all

royal siren
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Okay

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I'll try ADB then.

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Guide said to either flash or sideload.

jovial jackal
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no need if you already flashed from internal storagr

royal siren
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Honami-chi do I wipe Dalvik now?

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Or just reboot?

jovial jackal
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just reboot

royal siren
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Hmm it failed.

jovial jackal
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dalvik/art is cache partition btw

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what failed

royal siren
royal siren
jovial jackal
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thats weird

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cn you do a complete wipe?

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go to wipe option from home screen

royal siren
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Unlocking bootloader wiped it and then I manually wiped it again.

jovial jackal
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then tap the format data button

royal siren
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Uh do I click on reboot?

jovial jackal
royal siren
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Oh nvm I can go back.

jovial jackal
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also if you format data you'll lose the zip file

royal siren
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That's fine.

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I'll put the zip file back from my computer.

royal siren
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Maybe that's why it failed.

jovial jackal
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you can also sideload like whoami said but anyway

jovial jackal
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formatting data will wipe the data partition

vague imp
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an advanced wipe like a linux user is the way tech_kiddingme

royal siren
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Instructions say adb sideload <filename.Zip>. I need to find the adb folder on my computer?

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Or just give the path of the zip and use that command?

vague imp
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just zip path

royal siren
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Ty ty

jovial jackal
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you can use tab to autocomplete filename

royal siren
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I guess now it is waiting time.

royal siren
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I guess I can always reflash MIUI 14 if something happens.

jovial jackal
royal siren
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Okay, all good then.

jovial jackal
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iirc there's xiaomi's official tool that downloads and flashes for you

royal siren
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I didn't have any important files, so I should be good then.

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Should I leave the bootloader unlocked after flashing?

jovial jackal
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you can

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also probably you shopud

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because locking bootloader will prevent booting custom roms

royal siren
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Yeah maybe if something breaks it is better to leave it unlocked in case I need to clean flash.

jovial jackal
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unless you're a baller with a pixel

royal siren
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So that would maybe brick my phone.

jovial jackal
royal siren
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All images from Evolution X are unsigned.

jovial jackal
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not really an issue

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what would be an issue is the selinux mode

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permissive isnt what you want to see

royal siren
jovial jackal
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you can look up in the system settings

royal siren
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I don't care as long as my banking app doesn't complain.

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I heard from Av1 that it should be fine if I don't root.

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I hope it doesn't care about an unlocked boot loader.

jovial jackal
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permissive selinux is like having antivirus disabled

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and what makes android secure is selinux

royal siren
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Or once I boot into my custom ROM?

jovial jackal
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no, on the android itself

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what i said above doesnt really apply to twrp lol

royal siren
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Did the sideload do the job or is it still not flashed?

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My apologies, I am new to this xD.

jovial jackal
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from the screen shot i guess its fine

royal siren
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So, I should give rebooting a shot now?

jovial jackal
jovial jackal
royal siren
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Honami-chi do you make backups?

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On TWRP?

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I guess it isn't needed rn since I don't have any important files on it.

jovial jackal
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if it fucks up you can always reboot to recovery with a vol button + power combination, the exact combinatiopn depends on the model

royal siren
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And my important stuff is backed up on the cloud.

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I did hear that Yogi and Bucky hard bricked their phones but they used Mediatek phones xD.

jovial jackal
royal siren
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Uh do I reboot from Slot A or B?

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I guess Slot A?

jovial jackal
jovial jackal
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give it a try

royal siren
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Evo X is showing up!

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Logo is loading

jovial jackal
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yaaay

royal siren
jovial jackal
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looks nifty

royal siren
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I think it works now. Ty Honami-chi.

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💜

jovial jackal
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youre welcome

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look if selinux is enforcing or permissive

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should be in about phone section

royal siren
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It seems to be a modified Pixel Rom.

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Because it treats it like a Pixel.

jovial jackal
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pixel is stock with google's tweaks

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so every rom looks like pixel

royal siren
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Oh I can just easily copy my old data over with a USB cable.

jovial jackal
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thats cool

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you can use kde connect for apple airdrop type stuff too

royal siren
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Does KDE connect also work on Windows and Mac?

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Would be nice if I could use it in places other than Pop!_OS.

jovial jackal
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can be unstable tho

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sharing files wotk fine

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also remotely locking and shutting down

royal siren
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I just want to share some images pretty quickly.

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Now I just send them through a private Discord server but that's kinda inefficient.

jovial jackal
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a quick trick to share photos is to copy the photo and pasting on text bar

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i do that on my iphone

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works everywhere but idk about android

royal siren
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Maybe with Windows Phone it has some stuff.

vague imp
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just use sftp or something

royal siren
vague imp
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beware that it might try to limit your speed according to wan and stuff

jovial jackal
vague imp
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so just bare hotspot without internet should do

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otherwise use robocopy from windows

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if i recall correctly robocopy can write to network shares as well

vague imp
jovial jackal
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what you said is kdeconnect with extra steps

jovial jackal
vague imp
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robocopy is much better performance

jovial jackal
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it use all the cool stuff under the hood

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and works without me needing to enable hotspot

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also kde connect has cool stuff like file manager integration

royal siren
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In my Google Acc it seems to be recognized as a Pixel 5.

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Interesting.

jovial jackal
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lmao

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shouldnt matter

vague imp
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i like the aosp ones instead, coherent to better tweaks

jovial jackal
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lineage ftw

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debian of custom roms

royal siren
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Oh it is enforcing.

jovial jackal
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youre all set then

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enjoy your "new" phone:D

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meanwhile this is the most up to date custom rom available for my device lmao

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royal siren
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Galaxy S4 is still going strong iirc.

jovial jackal
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exynos died off on android 11, snapdragon died off at android 12

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sadge

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were the peak of custom roms

grim geode
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yall doing custom roms now?

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surprise

grim geode
grim geode
vague imp
royal siren
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I think I'll refrain from signing the custom ROM. All my apps like banking apps seem to work fine, so I see no reason to add complexity for now.

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But thanks for the tip, I'll remember it.

grim geode
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nono

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xiaomi doesnt allow signing with custom keys

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firmware only know how to deal with xiaomis keys as they are embdedded in firmware