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recaf - CAF enhanced AOSP for Xperia SP

Hello Boys and Girls,
Everyone at XDA loves AOSP based projects. However AOSP is designed only for the Nexus devices. For most other devices, a significant ammount of extra code needs to be added for them to run properly. For Qualcomm devices, most of this extra code is supplied by the Code Aurora Forums. Here you can find a variant of AOSP that is not only designed specifically for Qualcomm based devices, but it also includes various tricks and enhancements.
So today I'm introducing a little project I've been cooking up for myself, which might also be interesting for other Xperia SP users.
It's called recaf - adding the CAF optimizations back into your AOSP rom.
This is now based on Android 4.4 KitKat. On the surface, it looks almost exactly like pure AOSP as provided by Google. You wouldn't know just by looking at it, but under the surface there are lots of changes to dalvik, the frameworks and the hardware drivers to massively improve battery life.
However, pure AOSP sometimes feels a little bit featureless compared to advanced roms such as CyanogenMod, so I have included a few basic tweaks that I feel make life easier when using an AOSP-like rom:
CyanogenMod camera app - because AOSP camera app is rubbish
CyanogenMod cLock widget - because it's actually pretty nice
Integrated Superuser - it's right there in the settings menu!
exFAT and NTFS - needed for larger SDCards
Multicoloured notification lights - AOSP gives us white lights only
Quick settings - easily accessible by swiping down the right side of the status bar
Advanced reboot - Always available in the power menu
ADB and SU security - root access is disabled by default
So without further delay, here is your download link:
recaf-4.K1-20131212-huashan.zip
recaf-4.K1-20131207-huashan.zip
recaf-4.K1-20131202-huashan.zip
recaf-4.K1-20131129-huashan.zip
recaf-4.K1-20131127-huashan.zip
I assume you will also want to install GAPPS, the version I recommend is the FULL version created by the Paranoid Android team from THIS THREAD.
For your first install you will need to flash the boot.img from inside the zip - SELinux changes for Android 4.4 will cause the zip to fail on other recoveries.
If you want to chat about recaf, join the Freenode IRC chat room #recaf.
recaf-4.J3-20131110-huashan.zip
recaf-4.J3-20131113-huashan.zip
pa_gapps-full-4.3-GH-20131112.zip

Known Major Bugs
Location services are currently broken for certain apps. fixed in 4.K1.
GSM data sometimes (very rarely) randomly disconnects until reboot - I need help to determine what causes this. If you can reliably reproduce this, let me know.
Android RunTime (ART) will fail at boot time fixed.
Known Minor Bugs
WiFi does not connect to WPA secured networks. WPA2 security works as expected.
For Superuser to work you need to change ADB access to apps and adb (in developer settings)
Language does not change in some parts of Android, most notably the Settings app. Most other apps work fine and I didn't touch the language code, so this is a CAF bug I will need to fix.
Custom notification colours for missed calls and voice mail don't work
LED on charging sometimes gets stuck when disconnected until reboot.
These are features, not bugs
Facebook sync cannot be activated.
Quick Settings poll
I created a poll about Quick Settings (discuss it there)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550027

some feedback,
flashed rom+gapps= setup wizard FC
flashed rom=boot then reboot then flash gapps= profit
seems like integrated SU is not working properly for me though

Downloading...
One question though, did you manage to fix the "Phone" app battery drain issue?

Ahh yes the setup wizard will crash due to the above bug. You can skip it by pressing the four corners of the screen, start top left then go clockwise.
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I will search all bugs and i will post them here. Thank you for your job, I am waiting for Aosp or Cm based on android 4.4. Regards
BUG #1 : Settings language is always English, if you change language it doesnt help ofc, still english on settings.
BUG #2 : There is 2x calendar app xd
BUG #3 : SU dont work, and i dont know how to root this firmware :/

lorkan126 said:
I will search all bugs and i will post them here. Thank you for your job, I am waiting for Aosp or Cm based on android 4.4. Regards
BUG #1 : Settings language is always English, if you change language it doesnt help ofc, still english on settings.
BUG #2 : There is 2x calendar app xd
BUG #3 : SU dont work, and i dont know how to root this firmware :/
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download superSU from chainfires site

What are you trying to user Superuser for? I tested remounting /system and adding a file with Root explorer and it worked fine
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@adfad666 thank you so much for sharing this rom! I have decided to switch to this one as my daily driver, pure stock 4.3 jellybean just the way i like it battery life is significantly better than cm10.2 and lag is non existent. Looking forward to future updates/bug fixes and of course AOSP kitkat roms!
Bug report: The notification light doesnt seem to work when charging via usb but works for notifications. Also, even though ive changed the notification lights to custom color values it still blinks white
ive attached a logcat below hope it helps.

Going to test this out as I'm currently running PAC and my battery ran out in 6 hours with 1 hour tops screen time. Hope this is better like the previous comment stated. Will post a small review afterwards.
Ok first off: battery life seems to be A LOT better than CM10.2/PAC.
Doesn't have SU installed by default, so I had to flash it.
Seems to be smoother than PAC. Might be placebo effect though.
1 question as well. Is there a way to enable facebook sync? I did it on CM10.* with this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064859, but the CM10.2 apk doesn't work with AOSP

Storm.Breaker said:
Bug report: The notification light doesnt seem to work when charging via usb but works for notifications. Also, even though ive changed the notification lights to custom color values it still blinks white
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I noticed it works if you change the default notification colour, so I must have missed some part about the custom colours for apps.
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Doesn't have SU installed by default, so I had to flash it.
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Super user is for sure installed, but I think you need to enable developer settings for it to work. It's the exact same code as for CyanogenMod ( I didn't even fork it I just link to their projects) and I think super user is hidden and disabled there until developer mode is enabled. I'll add the code like CM has to hide it unless developer mode is enabled.
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1 question as well. Is there a way to enable facebook sync?
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Absolutely not, Facebook needs to die. Immediately. Seriously.

Sahand_N said:
Downloading...
One question though, did you manage to fix the "Phone" app battery drain issue?
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The phone app battery drain is a CM bug, it works perfectly fine in this.

adfad666 said:
The phone app battery drain is a CM bug, it works perfectly fine in this.
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Unfortunately I encountered the same issue on this ROM too, I'll re-flash and provide a log tomorrow.

undoubtedly the best work so far
the ram and the battery is what most pleased in this rom
but heating in many aspect
I did return to the stock expecting some solution
or next actulizacion

SuperUser is working fine for me .
-I've some force closes in Drive app; but i disabled this app so the force closes are gone.
-I suffer a reboot when i start the camera for first time -> The screen turns purple and like "melted" and after that turns off. And later turns on again (reboot). Note: i've this bug in CM10.1 and CM10.2 when i was playing HD videos.

avirale123 said:
undoubtedly the best work so far
the ram and the battery is what most pleased in this rom
but heating in many aspect
I did return to the stock expecting some solution
or next actulizacion
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using wifi will make the phone hot, try turning it off when not using

adfad666 said:
Super user is for sure installed, but I think you need to enable developer settings for it to work. It's the exact same code as for CyanogenMod ( I didn't even fork it I just link to their projects) and I think super user is hidden and disabled there until developer mode is enabled. I'll add the code like CM has to hide it unless developer mode is enabled.
I enabled dev options before flashing, but many apps still said, that there's no root.
Absolutely not, Facebook needs to die. Immediately. Seriously.
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I do agree with this, but I got all my phone numbers from facebook on stock and CM10.1.

sync all your stuff to google account, you have to login it in any ROMs anyway and facebook app drain battery alot
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I do agree with this, but I got all my phone numbers from facebook on stock and CM10.1.
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So what's the difference between this and say CM 10.1 and 10.2
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ngoralph said:
using wifi will make the phone hot, try turning it off when not using
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I do not use wifi and stays warm when charging the battery rather more than normal
I can not start playing as soon starts to overheat
is quite uncomfortable hopefully someone saying if you have the same problem or just
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Resurrection Remix 7.0.0 [Android 9] - Any experience?

Hi,
I just double checked the RR homepage if there is any Update regarding a new Mi5 Rom. And yes: Since a couple of days there seems to be a new ROM "RR-P-v7.0.0-20190220-gemini-Official" available. I can't found it within the Rom section on XDA.
Do you have any experience with the ROM? Battery, bugs?!
I know: It's very easy to flash and discover on my on. But maybe you can give some feedback or create a Thread within the XDA Rom section (not sure if only the dev's are allowed to).
https://get.resurrectionremix.com/?dir=gemini
Regards

I'm currently using it.
Only issue so far is ambient display that doesn't work.
Other than that it's really really fast

Its blazingly fast and give 7 hours of screen on time

Does ambient display work for you?
Or at least does the screen light up when you receive notifications?

j4472 said:
Its blazingly fast and give 7 hours of screen on time
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Is battery life better than jdc nougat revived ?

rmrbpt said:
Does ambient display work for you?
Or at least does the screen light up when you receive notifications?
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I finally managed to flash the latest Version (20190307) with Firmware version 8.11.22. Ambient light is not working - Screen stays dark. Only LED showing up.
About battery usage I can tell u more soon - Right now it says up to 2 more days.
Performance is really incredible. How fast the apps are coming up after touching them - Nice.
Another thing: I somehow can't manged to set vibration only for the HW keys - Not the onscreen Keyboard. Anybody any idea?

sarnz said:
Is battery life better than jdc nougat revived ?
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Yes battery life as similar to JDC nougat revived
But the ROM is not stable

2019.03.16 have a goog battery life?

respeckt said:
[...] or create a Thread within the XDA Rom section (not sure if only the dev's are allowed to).
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Well, technically everyone is allowed to create threads, but what is expected always is that you use common sense and respect the work of others.
With that in mind, creating a thread for a ROM should only be done by its developer or maintainer or at least always only when politely asking the creators for allowance beforehand.

Review based on 16.03 build
Hi,
the 16.03 introduced new issues like random reboots 1-2 times per day.
The Spotify App isnot working properly as if you press buttons to open a sub-menu it lead into a App crash (Like "More from this artist"/ "More from this Album"/"Add to playlist"). I tried Beta/Alpha/stable App version but always the same.
I had lot of issues with push notifications. They came up like 20-30min after received something.
The battery drain and performance is still incredible. Better than on HAVOC OS on which I'm right now.
Ambient display still not working - Screen show nothing after receiving a notification.
Automatic brightness is not working properly from my perspective - It is much to "aggressiv" switching the screen brightness to high and toggling a lot.
Used firmware: fw_gemini_miui_MI5Global_8.11.22_c5d7ee6745_8.0
Right now I'm struggling with super low mobile data rate around 0,03MB/s. But I have the same issue with HAVOC Rom - So nothing to do with that rom.
(ROM was dirty flashed over 09.03 RR build. I switched now to HAVOC Rom which is much more stable)

Phil_Smith said:
Well, technically everyone is allowed to create threads, but what is expected always is that you use common sense and respect the work of others.
With that in mind, creating a thread for a ROM should only be done by its developer or maintainer or at least always only when politely asking the creators for allowance beforehand.
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Why there is no forum for resurrection remix

j4472 said:
Why there is no forum for resurrection remix
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Some prefer certain channels.
Some only release on telegram, some only on xda, some on both or more.
If you ask the creator, there might be one, if you want one to be there and feel up for maintaining it.

On Mi5Arsenal telegram a new version of this romm appeared. 20190414.
Has anyone tried it?
Can you check if ambient display works on this new version?

More importantly are random reboots gone in new bulid?

Most stable rom that performs well

I actually really like this phone, except for the lack of good roms. im trying to find a stable one thats atleast as fast as the stock eui rom. i tried lineage os earlier this year and instantly felt slow withing 10 seconds of using it.

shatheone said:
I actually really like this phone, except for the lack of good roms. im trying to find a stable one thats atleast as fast as the stock eui rom. i tried lineage os earlier this year and instantly felt slow withing 10 seconds of using it.
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Try evolution x 2.0

venkatesh321 said:
Try evolution x 2.0
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hmm thats a relatively new rom, ill check that out after pixel experience

shatheone said:
hmm thats a relatively new rom, ill check that out after pixel experience
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After march update i had many problems with P.E
I didn't try latest version.
But in evolution everything is good with many customisation
Gcam 6.2 works so well
I had 3 problem with it
Camera crashes after opening it for 10 - 15 times or when enabling face unlock(needs reboot)
Unable to send WhatsApp audio
My battery standby is poor (i used extensively for 3 years)
If you want most stable then go for stock(good if you debloat it) or small eui or try Android 6 or 7 roms. But you cant use gcam 6+ over there

venkatesh321 said:
After march update i had many problems with P.E
I didn't try latest version.
But in evolution everything is good with many customisation
Gcam 6.2 works so well
I had 3 problem with it
Camera crashes after opening it for 10 - 15 times or when enabling face unlock(needs reboot)
Unable to send WhatsApp audio
My battery standby is poor (i used extensively for 3 years)
If you want most stable then go for stock(good if you debloat it) or small eui or try Android 6 or 7 roms. But you cant use gcam 6+ over there
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i have no problem with stock, is there a debloated one? or just a guide to debloat it correctly?

shatheone said:
i have no problem with stock, is there a debloated one? or just a guide to debloat it correctly?
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I recently found a video from YouTube, where they used adb from pc to disable the bloatware. But you have to root the device to completely uninstall it, though it backfires sometimes and crashes system apps frequently.
Small eui is better(no bloatware) but it has aggressive ram and battery management so there are some issues like notification arriving late and longer background apps reloading time and also unable to customise the icons for default launcher

venkatesh321 said:
I recently found a video from YouTube, where they used adb from pc to disable the bloatware. But you have to root the device to completely uninstall it, though it backfires sometimes and crashes system apps frequently.
Small eui is better(no bloatware) but it has aggressive ram and battery management so there are some issues like notification arriving late and longer background apps reloading time and also unable to customise the icons for default launcher
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i think i saw that same video, hm well im on Pixel exp now and will check out the one you recommended and lineage if this one breaks down

If MIUI 11 turns out to be as bad as 10, which custom rom is the most stable?

Don't want to switch to a rom where stuff randomly stops working, so basically it has to be almost perfect. I guess Pixel Experience is the best currently? Does Google Camera work on every rom exactly like it does on MIUI?
Give me your suggestions!

>If MIUI 11 turns out to be as bad as 10
what's bad about MIUI 10? Also I just ot MIUI 11 and it's nice.

ntmalol said:
>If MIUI 11 turns out to be as bad as 10
what's bad about MIUI 10? Also I just ot MIUI 11 and it's nice.
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AOD not displaying any relevant notifications, awful notifications in general, Android System using the most battery(though this might be just me), bloatware(removed it via ADB but still), automatic brightness randomly blinding me at night in bed.
I put Nova Launcher just to bypass some of the horrendous stuff MIUI has.

markoscouse said:
AOD not displaying any relevant notifications, awful notifications in general, Android System using the most battery(though this might be just me), bloatware(removed it via ADB but still), automatic brightness randomly blinding me at night in bed.
I put Nova Launcher just to bypass some of the horrendous stuff MIUI has.
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Just removing the bloatwares will do for a while. But if you're gonna ask for a custom rom. It's good to install LineageOS. I've been using that ROM since I was in Zenfone2.
PixelROM has still too much bugs. And I think all the custom roms will be stable after a year.

I haven't found any custom rom to be stable unfortunately.
Miui 11 is a tad better than Miui 10. But not by much. It's still got the terrible notification system, poor recents layout and overly complicated settings (thank god for search).

Turbine1991 said:
I haven't found any custom rom to be stable unfortunately.
Miui 11 is a tad better than Miui 10. But not by much. It's still got the terrible notification system, poor recents layout and overly complicated settings (thank god for search).
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You have a very narrow definition of stable.
markoscouse said:
Don't want to switch to a rom where stuff randomly stops working, so basically it has to be almost perfect. I guess Pixel Experience is the best currently? Does Google Camera work on every rom exactly like it does on MIUI?
Give me your suggestions!
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Most of the ROMs are stable, however none are without some minor issues, but nothing that stops them being used as a daily. Couldn't comment on all of them, but it looks like the Oxygen OS ROM is the only unusable ROM.
There are a few that are all at a similar level, with PE being just one of them.
My suggestion is look at the ROM threads that are the most active, as they're going to be the ones with the most users, which implies they're the ones with the least bugs. After that it's personal preference as to which you choose.
Unfortunately there isn't a perfect camera solution for custom ROMs yet.
To get the best out of it, you will probably need both GCam and ANX camera installed, as both aren't perfect, but their issues don't overlap much, so between them you get almost everything covered. There are many threads that discuss which versions of each work best.

markoscouse said:
AOD not displaying any relevant notifications, awful notifications in general, Android System using the most battery(though this might be just me), bloatware(removed it via ADB but still), automatic brightness randomly blinding me at night in bed.
I put Nova Launcher just to bypass some of the horrendous stuff MIUI has.
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They have fixed the notifications on AOD and I agree with the bloatware problem and automatic brightness problem. Battery life is better in miui11, at least for me.
I think the most stable 3rd party rom for this device is either LOS16 or Pixel Experience based on 9. I think they will soon all move to android 10 (Official builds) before 2020. But I haven't tried any of them.

markoscouse said:
Don't want to switch to a rom where stuff randomly stops working, so basically it has to be almost perfect. I guess Pixel Experience is the best currently? Does Google Camera work on every rom exactly like it does on MIUI?
Give me your suggestions!
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Try this one https://forum.xda-developers.com/k20-pro/development/rom-evolution-x-2-2-t3975157 it is as PE but much better.

General Stock vs XiaomiEU smoothness experience.

Guys i recently jumped from stock Chinese to XiaomiEU. I noticed that the phone became laggy with animation.
This thread for those people who actually tried both choices (stock/XiaomiEU stable/beta)
Besides animation with micro lags on opening apps (a specially if they closed in recently menu) there is other weird stuff, example YouTube started to lags in scrolling. Google keyboard sometimes comes up late. Phone after restarting laggy first 2-3 min.
I switched back to full Chinese stock and im shocked how quick and smooth this phone is !
Please share your statistics if you switch from XiaomiEU back to stock.
In my opinion (with full respect to developer) stock debloted root it rom with adaway bringing you a Pixel smoothness... however I can't say similar about EU rom...
Regards

Yes I noticed it's not as smooth as well like not 120 fps all the time while navigating. Also noticed the YouTube scroll lag. If you turn on show fps in developer settings when you load up the YouTube app it drops to 60 fps only.

Jbdub17712 said:
Yes I noticed it's not as smooth as well like not 120 fps all the time while navigating. Also noticed the YouTube scroll lag. If you turn on show fps in developer settings when you load up the YouTube app it drops to 60 fps only.
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Exactly!!!!! Stock is soooo smooth and quicker too!

You jumped to stable or nightly releases of xiaomi.eu ?

veimus said:
You jumped to stable or nightly releases of xiaomi.eu ?
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I tried everything Stable and Beta, weekly... factory reset it many times.
Stock(debloted/rooted/adaway) 12.5.4 just destroying with speed and smoothest !

I am planing to move to xiaomi.eu as I use android auto most of the times. But the above comments lead me to think twice..
I might keep my CN rom..

yektao said:
I am planing to move to xiaomi.eu as I use android auto most of the times. But the above comments lead me to think twice..
I might keep my CN rom..
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Move it for experience and for fun. Comeback later and vote it.

I noted the same thing, but it's not that big of a difference. I also have a question if your main screen starts lagging when you wake up the rear screen?

avetny said:
Move it for experience and for fun. Comeback later and vote it.
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That's sounds like a big challenge if I manage, definitely I will vote..

kuba319 said:
I noted the same thing, but it's not that big of a difference. I also have a question if your main screen starts lagging when you wake up the rear screen?
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There is no lagg anywhere on stock Chinese.
But i know why your phone is lagging when u activating rear screen and phone sleeping.
Disable this.

avetny said:
There is no lagg anywhere on stock Chinese.
But i know why your phone is lagging when u activating rear screen and phone sleeping.
Disable this.
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Did you fix your lag disabling notifications on rear screen?

dhaern said:
Did you fix your lag disabling notifications on rear screen?
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I don't have that problem at all.
But my notification access is disabled.
Also make sure you updating your apps via GetApps

avetny said:
I don't have that problem at all.
But my notification access is disabled.
Also make sure you updating your apps via GetApps
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Oh I read above you had lag with animations on Xiaomi.eu ROM. Im now in waiting period until I unlock my bootloader but I will install Xiaomi.eu after unlock, do you know if GetApps is installed on Xiaomi.eu?

Definitely download getapps as your system apps won't update without it. The EU rom should be coming with it, it shouldn't be deleted it's imperative.

pafc66 said:
Definitely download getapps as your system apps won't update without it. The EU rom should be coming with it, it shouldn't be deleted it's imperative.
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I just finished installing but do not have getapps..time to Google it..

Yesterday, I manage to complete the task of intsalling xiaomi.eu ROM. At first it felt slow but looks like I was spoiled by 120hz on Chinese version. After changing back 120hz, it feels much better.
I will not vote yet as I am stil catching with my apps and awaiting first stable update to see the update process before making any decisions.
All in all, the main reason for this change was android auto for me. I tested and working which makes all this hassle worth for me. I will revert in due course about the smoothness...

Is There still a difference in speed and smoothness or has it leveled out by now ?