How to install crDroid 4.4 on Xiaomi Mi A1

1. First, download the ROM and GApps files. Here you can find the links:
   1. crDroid 4.4 download link
   2. GApps download link
2. Once you have the files ready, transfer them to your Xiaomi device.
3. Now, boot your device into Recovery mode (TWRP or CWRM).
4. Locate the ROM file and flash it. Once it finishes, restart your device.
5. Boot your device into Recovery mode again. Now, flash the Gapps file. Next, flash the Magisk file.
   • Note: Magisk is necessary for GApps to work in this ROM.
6. Once you are done, restart the device.

Keep in mind that the first boot may take up to 20 min.

crDroid 4.4 Kernel Characteristics

The kernel of crDroid 4.4 is based on voidKernel. It includes all the features of voidKernel:

• Vibration intensity control
• KCAL support
• Wi-Fi Aware support
• Gesture control support

crDroid 4.4 Features

crDroid 4.4 is an excellent ROM with tons of features. It has a Pixel look and feel, and operates blazingly fast. Here are the most notable features of crDroid 4.4.

General Usage:

• crDroid Launcher is revamped and customized launcher with GoogleNow integration.
• Music player based on the popular music app – Phonograph.
• File Manager based on the Amaze file manager app.
• OTA notifications for every supported device.
• Many customization settings.
• Runs on Android 8.1.0

User Interface Characteristics:

• Customizable animations for toast notifications, system, QS tiles, list view.
• Ability to switch between light, dark and accent themes.
• Customizable screen-off animations.
• Ambient music ticker adjustments.
• Ambient display adjustments.
• Toggle to turn off animations.
• Customizable fonts.
• Gesture settings.

Status Bar Customizations:

• Toggles in the status bar (including Roaming toggles and NFC).
• Quick PullDown and Smart PullDown customizations.
• Customizable clock, date, and carrier label.
• Ability to show weather info in Statusbar.
• Network traffic customizations.
• Toggles for Data activity.
• Bluetooth battery toggle.
• Custom logo in statusbar.
• Customizable battery bar.
• Tap to sleep toggle.
• Ticker customizations.

Quick Settings:

• Fast scroller for small QS tiles.
• Slider for adjusting brightness.
• Ability to create custom header.
• Vibrate on touch toggle.

Lock Screen:

• Toggle for accessing quick settings and power menu on secured lock screen.
• Vibration toggle for fingerprint authentication.
• Weather on lockscreen customization.
• Media cover artwork toggle.
• Customizable notifications.
• Tap to sleep toggle.
• Battery info toggle.
• Visualization toggle.

Navigation Features:

• Music visualizations for smart bar – Pulse customizations.
• Customizations for the navbar height.
• Dynamic navigation bar toggle.
• Stock navbar customizations.
• DUI Smartbar adjustments.
• DUI Fling adjustments.

Notifications:

• LED light customizations for notifications and battery.
• Toggle to force enable expanded notifications.
• Adjustable power notifications.

Sound:

• Mute notification sounds when no media (music or video) is playing and screen is on.
• Toggle to turn off screenshot sound.
• Live volume level customization.

Here is what is working:

• Calls, SMS and Data works perfectly
• Fingerprint reader
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• Camera
• Video Recording
• Video Playback
• Audio Recording
• Audio Playback
• Sensors
• GPS
• FM Radio
• IR
• VoLTE

crDroid 4.4 users doesn’t have reported any major bugs or problems. It is a reliable ROM and I highly recommend trying it if you haven’t already.

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Download Official crDroid ROM for Xiaomi Redmi 5A (Riva)

crDroid ROM Feature Overview

Here are the essential features of the crDroid ROM.

1. Stock (Pixel) look and feel
2. Preinstalled Google Assistant
3. OMS-rootless theme engine support. (You need to install Substratum from Play Store).
4. All LingeageOS 14.1 mods and features are included
5. Status bar customizations
   • Network traffic icon in the status bar.
   • SU icon and Ticker toggle in the status bar.
   • Hide/Show icons in the status bar.
   • Hide/Show data activity arrows.
   • BatteryBar customization in the status bar.
   • Date customization.
   • Tap to Sleep in the status bar.
   • Variety of clock and battery styles.
   • Custom logo in the status bar.
6. Quick Settings customizations
   • Quick Settings header image customization.
   • Weather tiles integration in quick settings.
   • Quick Settings tiles customization.
   • Brightness slider toggle.
   • Optional brightness icon.Wi-Fi easy toggle.
   • Vibrate on touch functionality.
   • Bluetooth easy toggle.
   • Location easy toggle
   • Data easy toggle.
7. Navigation customizations
   • PIE navigation availability.
   • Navbar toggle.
   • DUI navigation (SmartBar / Fling Toggle, customizations, and animations, one hand mode).
   • Smart visualization (Pulse).
   • Dynamic navigation bar color.
8. Notifications customizations
   1. Power notification controls.
   2. Option to force expanded notifications.
   3. Toggle for immersive mode messages.
   4. Heads up Snooze option.
   5. Heads up timeout customization.
   6. Breathing notifications.
   7. Display customizations.
   8. Ambient display customization.
   9. Blur personalizations.
   10. Transparency customization.
   11. Scroll animation adjustments.
   12. Expanded desktop customizations.
9. Lock screen customizations
   • Toggle long press for screen shortcuts.
   • Lock screen shortcuts.
   • Swipe shortcuts.
   • Toggle media cover art.
   • Toggle clock, date, and alarm.
   • Toggle status bar.
   • Tap to sleep option.
   • Toggle long-press torch.
   • Customizable number of lock screen notifications.
   • Toggle power menu for secure lock screen.
   • Toggle quick settings access.
   • Hide swipe shortcuts while on lock screen.
   • On the go mode (camera overlay) available in Power Menu.
10. Recents customizations.
    • Immersive recent apps.
    • Hidden apps option.
    • Toggle OmniSwitch or Slim Recents as default recent view.
11. Sound customizations
    • Customizable charging sound.
    • Toggle screenshot sound.
    • Live customization of volume steps numbers.
    • Customizable less frequent notification sounds.
    • DND customizations.
12. Customizable toast notifications, system notifications, etc.
13. Customizable clock widget.
14. Wakelock blocker (experimental feature).
15. Partial or full screenshot selection option.
16. Toggle suggestions in settings dashboard.
17. Show CPU info overlay.
18. Toggle summaries in settings.
19. Disable force-close notifications.
20. Toggle auto-start music on headphones detection.
21. Increasing ringtone volume.
22. Quick password and pin unlock.
23. 15 new quick settings tiles (Caffeine mode, Sync, Expanded desktop, etc.)
24. Default sounds from latest Nexus.
25. Performance and stability improvements.
26. Optimized for ART platform.

crDroid developers are focused on getting more features but only if the ROM stays stable.

Known Bugs

The only bug can happen when using some third-party camera apps (like Gcam, etc.). While recording the exposure is very low. However, this is already known issue (blob problem), and soon will be fixed.

How to install crDroid ROM?

Before installing the ROM, we recommend creating a full back up of your files. Here are the download files:

• Latest crDroid Rom
• OpenGapps

If you are installing crDroid for the first time (or coming from another ROM), make sure you do the following steps.

1. Check if you are running a proper working Recovery (TWRP or CWM).
2. Copy crDroid.zip, Gapps, and Firmware to your external SD Card.
3. Boot your device into Recovery.
4. Wipe system, data, and cache partitions.
5. Flash the crDroid zip file.
6. Flash the Gapps zip file.
7. Reboot your device.

Note: Do not expect any support if you are not running a stock crDroid kernel or you have installed any mods such as Xposed. Also, make sure you don’t have modified system files.

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Download best Android 7 Nougat Custom ROMs for Xiaomi Mi 4i

Download Linage OS 14.1 for Xiaomi Mi4i

This is currently the most stable and most widely used Android 7.x ROM for Xiaomi Mi4i. Please read the installation guide carefully before flashing Linage OS 14.1 on your device. Linage OS 14.1 works really smoothly unlike other custom ROMS. The sound / microphone works flawlessly. This ROM have great performance in games.

• Official XDA Thread

How to flash Lineage OS 14.1 on Xiaomi Mi4i

1. Before flashing wipe “Data”, “Cache” and “System” partitions.
2. After all required wipe download and install this patch via TWRP: firmware-lp-8.1.5.0.zip (30.0 Mb). This patch is required for stable work, without this patch you may get sudden reboots.
3. Download Linage OS 14.1 ROM for Mi4i device;
   • lineage-14.1-20170406-UNOFFICIAL-ferrari.zip
   • lineage-14.1-20170315-UNOFFICIAL-ferrari.zip
   • lineage-14.1-20170306-UNOFFICIAL-ferrari.zip
4. Download and flash GAPPS, select ARM64 for Android 7.1.1, Pico or Nano.
5. To enable Root use Magisk app. Download Magisk v4.3.1.

Download Cyanogenmod 14.1 for Xiaomi Mi4i

CyanogenMod is a custom ROM based on AOSP, Android 7.0 Nougat. CM 14 provides fantastic performance combined with reliability.

• Download CM 14 for Xiaomi Mi4i: download link
• Official XDA Thread

How to flash Cyanogenmod on Xiaomi Mi4i

1. Boot into TWRP recovery.
2. Make a full backup, copy full backup on a computer or USB flash drive.
3. Download and install this patch with TWRP recovery (if you have already custom ROM installed on your device, then skip this step): New.Patch.by.Eka_Aditya.zip
4. Wipe System, Cache, Dalvik and Data partitions.
5. Install downloaded Cyanogenmod 14.1 .zip file.
6. Optionally flash GAPPS .zip (you must flash GAPPS before rebooting into the system!!).
7. Wipe Cache & Dalvik.
8. Reboot your device.

Download AICP 12.1 Nougat Custom ROM for Xiaomi Mi4i

One of the best community build Android 7.1.1 custom ROM for Mi4i device.

• Download here
• Official XDA thread

How to flash AICP 12.1 Nougat ROM on Mi4i

1. Boot into TWRP recovery.
2. Make a full backup, copy full backup on a computer or USB flash drive.
3. Wipe System, Data, Cache and Dalvik partitions.
4. Flash AICP 12.1 .zip file.
5. Optionally flash GAPPS .zip (you must flash GAPPS before rebooting into the system!!).
6. Reboot your device.

Download Resurrection Remix Custom ROM for Xiaomi Mi4i

Another quite popular Nougat custom ROM based on CM. This ROM combines fantastic performance, tons of new features, improved battery life and customization options.

• Download latest build
• Official XDA thread

Download crDROID 7.1 for Xiaomi Mi4i

Great Android 7.1 Nougat ROM with a ton of unique custom features. Follow the XDA thread link to find more information and installation guides.

• Download link
• Official XDA thread

Slim7 Custom Nougat ROM for Xiaomi Mi4i

Quality and very light weight ROM for Xiaomi Mi4i with a lot of unique original features.

• Official XDA thread
• Slim7 website

Download Tesla N Android 7 Custom ROM for Xiaomi Mi4i

Very smooth and stable Nougat custom ROM with elegant dark theme.

• Official XDA thread
• Download link

Download PixelROM for Xiaomi Mi 4i

Very fast Android 7.1.1 custom ROM with additinal features and improved battery life.

• Official XDA thread

XOSP Android 7 Custom ROM for Xiaomi Mi4i

• Official website
• Download link

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