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!!
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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 :)
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.
Just go with any. I try to stick with the Official ones. Don’t know how much of a difference that makes
You can go with microg, if you know you don’t need it’s shortcomings
The thing is my first option was LineageOs, because I use it rn, but the fact that I don’t know why it is not official “scares” me
So, don’t use Lineage OS then?
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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.
