Hello guys, i just inherited a Redmi Note 8 Pro. I’ve been using LineageOS for a lot of time, and I really like the way I managed to set up everything.
I’ve been searching and because of the processor (MediaTek) it is hard to install Roms, but I really hate MIUI and Google ecosystem, and I don’t want to go back to it.
It is really important for me that the rom doesn’t have google services.
Any recomandation? I’ve seen roms like:
- CrAndroid
- Unofficial LineageOS
- HavocOS
Thanks for everything!!
I managed to hard bricked this phone while playing around with various ROM. Thankfully someone uploaded mediatek auth file for this phone that can be used to revive the phone using SP Flash Tool on youtube of all places. You might (eventually) need this too.
Have you considered submitting this to the Internet Archive? This seems serious enough to be somewhere outside YouTube. No idea if they’d accept it though considering the legal grey area.
By the way, this is unimportant, but hard bricks cannot be fixed. I think you’re thinking of a soft brick.
In this case, the phone was literally hard bricked (at least in the state of what people on xda forum would consider a hard brick, which require EDL mode from authorized repair shop to fix). Can’t be powered on at all, not showing up in usb device list, not charging, etc. Basically would require a trip to an authorized repair shop if not for someone posting the authfile on youtube.
How did they get that file? Is it common nowadays, that this file is leaked?
Sorry for my mistake. That’s interesting.
Lots of thanks for the info!! Hope I don’t have to use it tho :)
Not at all what you’re looking for, but in case someone else finds this thread,nit does appear that PixelExperience has an official build.
https://get.pixelexperience.org/begonia
I haven’t used this ROM before. It is AOSP-based and comes with all the Google stuff. So, not wha OP wants…but at least no MIUI.
you could also learn to compile roms and simply use PE’s trees and kernel to bring a different rom to your phone!
You can try GSIs even! You could get the device trees, learn and build halium-boot for your phone! Instant ubports and droidian support.
The potential is limitless.
I will eventually do it, and I will blame you for giving me the idea.
Just joking, but you gave me lots of project ideas, thanks!!
I’m almost sure that I won’t do it rn, I don’t have enough time to do so, but since I’m always researching and trying new things, that is a very good objective to reach.
Many many thanks!!! :D
Feel free to blame me in the XDA thread xP
*as long as you have a good CPU, a minimum of 32GBs of RAM, about 200GB disk space, fast internet access, and 12 hours of time per clean build (or try incremental builds that will constantly break).
Having maintained my own branch of LineageOS for a while, I would not take compiling Android as lightly.
True but here we’re just playing around
A service that comes close to giving 100gb is enough for our needs… ish
On older branches maybe or for compiling twrp, halium and the like.
I would recommend CrDroid. Havoc is meant to be similar to a Pixel, so it has some more Google stuff than you want, but CrDroid is basically Lineage with some extra features. I haven’t used it, but I’ve heard good things about it.
They’re all pretty equivalent stock Android with a few extra customization options. I’ve usually ended up on CRdroid. Havoc comes with a bit of bloatware which may or may not be what you want.
[This comment has been deleted by an automated system]
