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Difference between so many similar ROMs?

First of all, it's amazing how far Mi5 has come in terms of development and developer attention. There was a time when all this subforum had was 2-3 unofficial TWRPs, and that's it.
Now there are an amazing number of ROMs available. But the increase in variety has brought with it increasing confusion. A lot of the features overlap. Which ROM to flash? Do we just keep on cycling between them till we find the best match for us?
So I would appreciate if we could document the differences between the various ROMs in terms of features, stability, lack of bloat, etc., to help users choose the one suited to them.
@33bca, your input would particularly help, since you've provided almost half the ROMs in this subforum.

Marshmallow:
Official CM 13 (stable snapshots)
-really light
-boots really fast
-no network traffic indicator
AOSP (JDC)
-has substratum theme engine
Dirty Unicorns
PAC-ROM
AOSP-CAF
Paranoid Android
AICP
Mokee
Old ROMs (not recommended):
Hexagon
AOKP
crDroid
BeanStalk
SlimROM
Tipsy-OS
H2OS
BlissROM
ZephyrOS
Resurrection Remix
-quite a heavy ROM (system takes up 10GB )
-boots slower than CM 13
-fast charging LED blinking issue still exists

Nougat: (CM theme engine and firewall missing for relevant ROMs)
Lineage OS 14.1 (Official)
AOSP JDC (OMS) (Official)
CypherOS 3.5.1
AICP (Official)
AOKP
BeanStalk
Resurrection Remix 5.8 (OMS)
Slim 7 (OMS)
SlimDragon 1.1 (OMS) (Official)
Nitrogen OS
crDroid 1.9
Mokee
Zephyr OS 6.1 (OMS) (Official)
XOSP 7.2
XenonHD
DU 11 (OMS)
Xiaomi.eu
UnitedMIUI

In my personal opinion, at this stage, the only Marshmallow ROM you should consider flashing anew is CM 13 because it's the only one with weeklies, and hence actively maintained. The other ROMs will not be maintained as the developers have moved to the Nougat ROM base.
All Marshmallow ROMs except CM13 contain the laggy performance bug below 5% battery.

The nougat ROMs so far are quite stable and usable.
There's just the issue of a missing CM theme engine on CM based ROMs, which is easily resolved by using Substratum Legacy. The OMS compatible ROMs of course can use the latest Substratum framework.
There are little features missing here and there, which probably won't affect usage for a majority of people:
In the WiFi menu, we can't select WiFi frequency between 2.4 GHz, 5 GHZ, and automatic.

Your input is right, having more roms dont mean basicly its better. You have more roms to chose, thats right, but you also have more roms which are basicly the same with the same features.
My experience is, that all the roms with a lot of modifications (like DU, AICP, RR, Beanstalk and so on) are basicly the same, they have an external app for all modifications and near the same options.
Other roms like Paranoid Android, AOSCP, JDC and Cyanogenmod, try to keep the system clean while they still offer some modifications built into the system app to keep the AOSP feeling.
AOSP is AOSP, there i dont have to say much about

Thanks, man. So is it fair to say that DU, AICP, RR and such can be clubbed into the same category, as in "Install any, they're all the same", while it would be more useful to differentiate between AOSP, JDC AOSP, CM, AOSCP and so on?

I'm unwilling to flash ROM after ROM to find out the differences between them. If anyone has the experience of flashing two or more ROMs, please contribute to this thread so that it can become a useful guide to people. I'll keep adding the info to the OP.

Is there a bugs free custom ROM based on cm13 or cm14 so far? What about Mokee?

@selmandeli The best you're going to get is of course the relatively stable weeklies of official CM13. Since it is being maintained by an official CM developer and has had several months to mature, a lot of bugs have been fixed.
Apart from that, most of the 6.0.1 ROMs should be fine, even though they're unofficially built, as the code base is stable and only some kernel changes were needed, which, thanks to the awesome dedication of bgcngm and h2o64, we have.
No 7.1 based ROM is stable yet, since the CM code base is being actively updated. Even here, your best bet is the unofficial CM 14.1, since the developer maintains and fixes bugs himself.
The other 7.1 ROMs depend on CM development, and additionally on whoever their active developers are. The guys we have do a great job of keeping the respective code bases up to date though.

andy356 said:
Thanks, man. So is it fair to say that DU, AICP, RR and such can be clubbed into the same category, as in "Install any, they're all the same", while it would be more useful to differentiate between AOSP, JDC AOSP, CM, AOSCP and so on?
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@andy356 DU has some original features built into it. Not sure about the version for MI5 though.

Thanks @mintyx. Could you elaborate a bit so I can put it in the OP if it applies?

@WhyOrean Do you plan to continue with your custom CM 14.1 like you said in the thread? Or will the focus be on other ROMs?

andy356 said:
@WhyOrean Do you plan to continue with your custom CM 14.1 like you said in the thread? Or will the focus be on other ROMs?
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Plan is not dropped..!

andy356 said:
Thanks @mintyx. Could you elaborate a bit so I can put it in the OP if it applies?
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@andy356 you should search for Dirty Unicorns Fling, Pulse and Smartbar. These are their original ideas. I don't know if someone else has used it in their rom. It is open source so anyone can implement them.

andy356 said:
In my personal opinion, at this stage, the only Marshmallow ROM you should consider flashing anew is CM 13 because it's the only one with weeklies, and hence actively maintained. The other ROMs will not be maintained as the developers have moved to the Nougat ROM base.
All Marshmallow ROMs except CM13 contain the laggy performance bug below 5% battery.
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@andy356 Tap to home feature implemented in any marshmallow rom?

dkmsn8 said:
@andy356 Tap to home feature implemented in any marshmallow rom?
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Nope. When it seemed like most of the bugs were gone, and devs could then focus on it, Nougat code was dropped. Now there's again a mad rush to get the major bugs out on Nougat ROMs.

andy356 said:
Nope. When it seemed like most of the bugs were gone, and devs could then focus on it, Nougat code was dropped. Now there's again a mad rush to get the major bugs out on Nougat ROMs.
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Yeah..

@andy356 Thanks for your precious feedback, it helps to understand the difference between the different ROMs. May I ask you to do an update version of your feedback since a lot a things have changed recently.
Thanks man!

@nicoula91 Right now I have a stable Marshmallow ROM that I want to stick to until Nougat ROMs become stable enough. When I'm ready to flash a new one I'll take that opportunity to flash all the Nougat ROMs and look at what's different. That sounds really troublesome, though.

Custom Rom Support

Will there be a Custom ROM available for Mi Max 2?

Vz97 said:
Will there be a Custom ROM available for Mi Max 2?
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Mokee OS 7.1.2 and Lineage OS 14.1 unofficial builds are there.

drmuruga said:
Mokee OS 7.1.2 and Lineage OS 14.1 unofficial builds are there.
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there is more other Best Rom such as RR , Viper OS nitrogen OS... I'm asking about them

Go to Github and miui forums and cry as loud as you can. Those roms are only available after kernel source is released.
https://github.com/MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource/
http://en.miui.com/thread-670231-1-1.html

Just enjoy the current rom that mi max 2 dev has to offer. The stock miui roms are solid and quite nice; the chipset itself handles battery life in a very good way that you wouldn't mind changing or getting a custom kernel as of the moment. So please, don't ask for ETA, this Isn't a nexus/ pixel thread so expect a snail update for this device. Admin, for thread close please.
P.s: OP ask for thread close so you wont get flamed in your own thread. Just my two cents.

Hallo，i'm a Chinese oneplus3 user， i want to comunnicate with you~

Nice to meet you ,i using oneplus3 ,and want to find a rom in XDA,because i thing HOS is uninsteresting,i hope someone can recommend a 7.0 rom for me~
em...How about FreeOS、Paranoid Android、Resurrection Remix-N ?

Hello, and welcome to the forum!
I personally recommend Paranoid Android (AOSPA) and VertexOS here. FreedomOS and Remix is quite great, but I like the minimalism and utilitarian interface of both AOSPA and VertexOS.

F4uzan said:
Hello, and welcome to the forum!
I personally recommend Paranoid Android (AOSPA) and VertexOS here. FreedomOS and Remix is quite great, but I like the minimalism and utilitarian interface of both AOSPA and VertexOS.
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Oh~~thank for your reply~and which kernel do you collocate?

ken19950622 said:
Oh~~thank for your reply~and which kernel do you collocate?
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I'm using the kernel built inside the ROM. I don't particularly like changing to custom kernel if the stock kernel of the ROM works well for me.

Sultan lineage os
I highly recommend the unofficial lineage os of sultan.
I've tried aospa and almost every Rom for the op3 and I had the best experience with the sultan's lineage os.

Instal a rom. See how it is. Install other, see how it is. It's about youre taste, what you use, what you like.
[ROM][2017-11-08] AOSPA Extended 7.3.1 [UNIFIED] Oneplus 3(T) rituj26
[ROM][7.1.2]AOSP-CAF for OnePlus 3/3T [Unified][LA.UM.5.8.r1-02900-8x98] by akhilnarang
[ROM] [7.1.2_r29] [ONEPLUS 3 & 3T - UNIFIED] ViperOS v3.0 + B14CKB1RD [OFFICIAL] by marchetto96
[ROM+Kernel][LA.UM.5.5.r1-05300-8x96.0][7.1.1][OFFICIAL]Citrus-CAF[Tangerine][OMS] by PhenomX1998

Resurrection remix (sultanized) for nougat is great

I'll say stock LOS with franco kernel , best battery life and awesome performance also it is having DCPI -3 color space and burn in protection

F4uzan said:
I'm using the kernel built inside the ROM. I don't particularly like changing to custom kernel if the stock kernel of the ROM works well for me.
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Can only blame the author described the kernel so amazing！ ：） make me very want to use. hhh

Carlingo said:
I highly recommend the unofficial lineage os of sultan.
I've tried aospa and almost every Rom for the op3 and I had the best experience with the sultan's lineage os.
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what is your impression of sultan camara?Did any unofficial ROM's camera can comparable to Oos? i really want to know,of cause ,we can use google camera App.

null0seven said:
Instal a rom. See how it is. Install other, see how it is. It's about youre taste, what you use, what you like.
[ROM][2017-11-08] AOSPA Extended 7.3.1 [UNIFIED] Oneplus 3(T) rituj26
[ROM][7.1.2]AOSP-CAF for OnePlus 3/3T [Unified][LA.UM.5.8.r1-02900-8x98] by akhilnarang
[ROM] [7.1.2_r29] [ONEPLUS 3 & 3T - UNIFIED] ViperOS v3.0 + B14CKB1RD [OFFICIAL] by marchetto96
[ROM+Kernel][LA.UM.5.5.r1-05300-8x96.0][7.1.1][OFFICIAL]Citrus-CAF[Tangerine][OMS] by PhenomX1998
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really like your sentence"what you use, what you like" thanks for your reply
which Rom do you using?

djrocks said:
Resurrection remix (sultanized) for nougat is great
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i don't know what different between sultan LOS and Resurrection remix (sultanized)

cpt.macp said:
I'll say stock LOS with franco kernel , best battery life and awesome performance also it is having DCPI -3 color space and burn in protection
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Oh，i really like your signature,because i 'm Anime fans too~

because of working,i usually reply after work,and USA time is afternoon?

ken19950622 said:
what is your impression of sultan camara?Did any unofficial ROM's camera can comparable to Oos? i really want to know,of cause ,we can use google camera App.
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To be honest, i don't oos since April, so I can't really tell you anything about the camera quality of oos. But i guess the ported gcam gives us the best photo quality so far.

i recommend ViperOS v3.1+Caesium Kernel

I would recommend Paranoid Android. The camera app is good and takes excellent photos. You can also install the Google camera app.

ken19950622 said:
really like your sentence"what you use, what you like" thanks for your reply
which Rom do you using?
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What you like...
I use Oxygen OS. It's same with Hydrogen but it's for Europa and World Wide (Google apps). Very stable & i my favorite thing, on Oxygen OS, Gestures for screen On-Off.

hiredantispammer said:
I would recommend Paranoid Android. The camera app is good and takes excellent photos. You can also install the Google camera app.
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i also install GOOGLE CAMERA on my oneplus3 (Hos) it's HDR is awesome!

null0seven said:
What you like...
I use Oxygen OS. It's same with Hydrogen but it's for Europa and World Wide (Google apps). Very stable & i my favorite thing, on Oxygen OS, Gestures for screen On-Off.
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my favortite thing on HOS , is that i can take bus or underground by using NFC,i needn't take my bus card or cash。In most cases, I forget to bring a bus card instead of a cell phone

Best cutom ROMs for Santoni

Hi I just got a new Redmi 4x and finally managed to unlock it. What Custom ROMs are best in terms of battery life and stability? Oreo or otherwise?

I think best oreo roms are AOSP Extended 5.3 and Nitrogen OS

I'm aware of the latest Oreo roms and I know recently Xiaomi has released the source code for the santoni phone but still no rom is perfect, specially the Oreo ones, so I'm looking for the closest aosp/stock experience I can get with full compatibility, I think a nougat based rom will do fine but wich one?
I'm planning to install a rom, install greenify, have a good battery life, have more free space and still have full camera, gps and other compatibility with no issues.
Wich rom could you recommend me?
Thanks in advance.

Xiaomi.eu:good::good:

MarvavCZE said:
I think best oreo roms are AOSP Extended 5.3 and Nitrogen OS
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What about lineage? Better or not? I looking for best cusrom too

nevansc said:
What about lineage? Better or not? I looking for best cusrom too
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Lineage is not updated. Use latest ROMs like Nos and pe

I had this same question when I bought my Redmi 4X.
I tried a bunch of the custom roms available and now I can say that the best is 8.1.0 Nitrogen OS
It's my daily driver and I have no complains about it

Xiaomi.eu rom

I tried every rom on nougat and oreo roms, and can guarantee that this build of Lineageos 14.1 is the fastest and battery also good, using that with nethunter kernel with enabled autosmp and it gives me 3 days of usage with 7-9 hours of screen usage
https://sourceforge.net/projects/loup-rom/?source=navbar
Oreo roms seems a lot buggy and not smooth as 7.1.2 roms, amd in 7.1.2 roms i prefer this
Link to kernel - https://yadi.sk/d/wGkzaIcp3U6gZv

Pixel experience

xiaomi.eu is by far more stable one.
In Oreo there a not 100% good roms yet, still on permissive SElinux.
And aosp Nougat based roms.. tried RR/AEX/LOS/crdroid and they are about perfect(rr is my prefered)

Go fr RR NOUGAT. No complaints here
Sent from my Redmi 4X using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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Try RR nougat. No complaints here
Sent from my Redmi 4X using XDA-Developers Legacy app

Best custom rom for redmi 4x
Now best custom rom for redmi 4x is pixyos 2.3
Very good stability and good battery

Nitrogen

[INDEX] All modification custom for REDMI 8

Hi !
i regroup here all CUSTOM MODIFICATION for the phone , if i forget one tell me for help me complete the index
CUSTOM ROM :
[ROM] {10} LIneageOs 17.1 [GSI] Build For Xiaomi Redmi 8 (UNOFFICIAL) by @zarco89
aospextended Device Tree for Redmi 8 olive and rom [Olive] (UNOFFICIAL) by @zarco89
MIUIMIX 2.0 ROM (11.0.8) for Redmi 8 by @vinith 32
GUIDE How to Instal GSI ROM- Havoc-OS-v3.5-Official-arm64 A/B On Redmi 8 by @Darth Inferno
[ROM][9.0.0][UNOFFICIAL] [redmi 8/olive LineageOS 16.0 by @zarco89
[ROM][11.0][OFFICIAL][olives] crDroid v7.7 for Redmi 8/8A/8A Dual (unified) by [SIZE=4]IAmDeadlylxrd[/SIZE]
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-olives-pixel-experience-for-redmi-8.4366771/
[ROM][AOSP][11.0][UNOFFICIAL][olives] Pixel Experience for Redmi 8 by​Fenix46​
ANOTHER CUSTOM ROM : FOR THIS ROMS NEED TO USE KERNELS WITH "IW" (INBUILT WLAN) PREFIX IN FILENAME IF YOU NEED TO USE HOTSPOT OR/AND WIFI!
EvolutionX by deadlylxrd
Nusantara Project by deadlylxrd
Xtended ROM by Jaxer159
Pixel Experience by Jaxer159
CherishOS by me_cafebabe
LineageOS by me_cafebabe
Project Sakura (official) by IAmDeadlylxrd
dotOS (official) by IAmDeadlylxrd
This rom can running on Redmi 8/8A/8 A DUAL
GSI ROM : WARNING it's possible what the following rom subject are not availlible on XDA !!!
Expressluke GSI roms
Resurrection Remix OS by @expressluke
Havoc OS OFFICIAL
Tunahan-s GSI roms
Igor-s7 GSI roms
Zerovoid GSI roms
Ancient OS OFFICIAL
Lineage OS 17.x by Andy Yan
AOSP by phhusson
look tutorial for how install GSI ROM or this tutorial by @Darth Inferno like havoc OS
FIRMWARE :
[Firmware] Xiaomi Redmi 8 [olive] [Auto updated daily!] by @yshalsager
KERNEL:
[KERNEL][4.9.225] LOLZ V8 [olive] (OFFICIAL) by @jprimero15
RECOVERY :
[RECOVERY] [OLIVE] Sky Hawk Recovery Project v2.2 [07-03-2020] by @afiqqo231
[RECOVERY] [TREBLE] [OTA] OrangeFox Recovery Project for Redmi 8 by @altsec
If you want update look this (it's OrangeFox site)
[RECOVERY][OFFICIAL][3.3.1][olive]TWRP for Xiaomi Redmi 8 by @oguz298
OTHER :
I don't know where to place that so...
[ROM][Stable] MIUI 11 xiaomi.eu (original but custom ???) by @Camerado
Gapps :
For this phone choose : ARM64 -----> "android version what you want" -----> Stock
PLS READ all page before install or report any things
I hope helpfull you
NB : the link in this thread come from Redmi 8 goup , if you want Telegram link's pm me
If i forget one things pls help me with one "hello" in your answer pls it's work here and another thread and it's pleasure

thank you very much for this index! really helpful. I have a question I want a debloated miui rom so which rom will be good and stable for daily use? xiaomi.eu or miuimix?

I didn"t try any rom for now because i just receive the phone and i didn't get the protection.. but when i reading any post on the forum i suggest to you try MuiMix or Xiaomi.eu and leave feedback here or in the rom thread.

List updated !

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Hi,
what is the best stable GSI ROM if u have tested?
Expressluke GSI roms
Resurrection Remix OS by @expressluke
Havoc OS OFFICIAL
Tunahan-s GSI roms
Igor-s7 GSI roms
Zerovoid GSI roms
Ancient OS OFFICIAL
Lineage OS 17.x by Andy Yan
AOSP by phhusson

soltanisamir said:
Hi,
what is the best stable GSI ROM if u have tested?
Expressluke GSI roms
Resurrection Remix OS by @expressluke
Havoc OS OFFICIAL
Tunahan-s GSI roms
Igor-s7 GSI roms
Zerovoid GSI roms
Ancient OS OFFICIAL
Lineage OS 17.x by Andy Yan
AOSP by phhusson
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Hi , i not yet tested gsi rom because my phone is on warrantly and officialy support on the phone is not dead

Can i use any GSI (official or unofficial) arm64 ab rom in redmi 8?

THREAD UPDATED : Added OrangeFox Recovery site for get update on this recovery
Rafi2020 said:
Can i use any GSI (official or unofficial) arm64 ab rom in redmi 8?
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You can use GSI ROM with ARM64 compatibility for this phone

Thread updated ! with NO-GSI category added !

Index updated :
Restructured index

just took a peek back after so long and was excited to see a new and official rom for our phones, ill give a short review in a few days since im somewhat busy,. hopefully others can chime in with their experience
[ROM][LOS][11.0][OFFICIAL][olive] crDroid v7.12 for Redmi 8
*** Disclaimer I am not responsible for any damage you made to your device You have been warned crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features...
forum.xda-developers.com
also, any thread/info on the dragonfire kernel found in your 'another custom rom' section? shouldnt it be also included with the LOLZ kernel in the same section? i found no TLR info for it. must be a custom kernel built for our phone

Index updated :
Added new rom !

What's the current status on this, what's the most stable, complete (i.e. everything works) and featureful ROM for Redmi 8?
I'm at the dawn of my phone's custrom age, and you could save me some pain if you'd tell me your opinion. What's the best one for daily use, if you like fancy things and hate things not working?

Godot11 said:
What's the current status on this, what's the most stable, complete (i.e. everything works) and featureful ROM for Redmi 8?
I'm at the dawn of my phone's custrom age, and you could save me some pain if you'd tell me your opinion. What's the best one for daily use, if you like fancy things and hate things not working?
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unfortunately for us the only way to know is to try them all out since theyre all still new (@skittels15 and @IAmDeadlylxrd ). download and usage stats do say hundreds, but many of users arent here. itd be much better if they were all encouraged to join the XDA and share their experiences but yeah, what else can we do?
im currently on crdroid 07-05 and honestly i find it stable enough for daily usage (i dont play games on droids). apart from 100% 'my bads' i havent noticed anything major, @mrjoker18 has tried a ton of them though.
and honestly with the current ROM devs, id suggest to not try GSIs

To answer my own question: I'm on the SakuraOS official ROM for the past few days, and it is literally flawless. Everything works down to the tiniest stuffs, no glitches despite my serious tweaking and testing, and it's super smooth, pretty and customizable. SafetyNet works too.
Frankly, it feels like a proper manufacturer OS. Better than the original MIUI.
I also tried DotOS before it for a week, which was nice, but had a few glitches. GPS didn't work, couldn't record video with the included camera app, and I had some random reboot and freezes. I also prefer SakuraOS's look TBH.

fonzacus said:
unfortunately for us the only way to know is to try them all out since theyre all still new (@skittels15 and @IAmDeadlylxrd ). download and usage stats do say hundreds, but many of users arent here. itd be much better if they were all encouraged to join the XDA and share their experiences but yeah, what else can we do?
im currently on crdroid 07-05 and honestly i find it stable enough for daily usage (i dont play games on droids). apart from 100% 'my bads' i havent noticed anything major, @mrjoker18 has tried a ton of them though.
and honestly with the current ROM devs, id suggest to not try GSIs
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Аll @IAmDeadlylxrd's and my roms tested and not have critical bugs and recommended for daily use. Don't panic about bugs. And all roms tested by maintainers and some users from our Telegram-communities. All roms is tested before release to public.
About DotOS: this rom have bugged sourcecode. All device-specified bugs was fixed long time ago in device tree. All roms have only rom's source-specified bugs.

skittels15 said:
Аll @IAmDeadlylxrd's and my roms tested and not have critical bugs and recommended for daily use. Don't panic about bugs. And all roms tested by maintainers and some users from our Telegram-communities. All roms is tested before release to public.
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dont take it the wrong way guys, im very thankful to you guys for porting ROMs here. i just havent tried the other releases thats why i said us forum users have to take a test run as most people dont comment on their experiences here. itd be nice if the telegram community could also come here and say hi from time to time

What happened to Nusantara ROM for Redmi 8 olive ?

Kirisaki_vk said:
What happened to Nusantara ROM for Redmi 8 olive ?
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what talking about ?