The heartbeat of the Xiaomi Redmi 5 is the brand-new Snapdragon 450 OctaCore processor. This processor runs at 1.8 GHz and has 3 GB of dedicated RAM helping it to power the most demanding applications and games while at the same time helping you run multiple instances of your favorite apps and games all at the same time.

The display is a 5.7 inch, 1440 x 720 HD+ screen with 282 pixels per inch. It’s one of the most beautiful LED crystal displays we’ve ever seen on an Android flagship like this, and it also incredibly durable and resistant to scratches and cracks.

32 GB of onboard storage allow you to carry all of your music, movies, documents, and downloads, but you’ll also be able to expand that storage with cloud-based solutions and streaming options. This is very much a phone made for the modern world.

At the end of the day, the Xiaomi Redmi 5 represents one of the biggest leaps forward as far as Android flagship designs are concerned. You are going to love it!

Now let’s continue to the most interesting part of this post – we’ll begin our list of custom roms for this amazing flagship Android device.

Android Custom Firmware for Xiaomi Redmi 5

To install any of these custom ROMs you must first unlock the bootloader on your device. Next you’ll need to flash TWRP Custom Recovery and make a full backup of your current system. It’s also recommended to backup all personal data in case of any possible error. Right before installing custom ROM, you should wipe the required partitions except SD card. If you need to install Google Apps, then download it separately and install it along the Custom ROM without booting into system for the first time.

Right now we only have Android 7.x custom ROMs released for Rosy. Let’s check each of the ROMs one-by-one and we’ll start with the most recent one, dotOS 1.2.

dotOS v1.2 ROM for Redmi 5

Official source: XDA Thread | Download: Google Drive

dotOS ROM Features:

• Very stable performance
• Lagfree
• Awesome interface
• Pre-installed applications
• OMS support

dotOS seems to be one of the most convenient ROMs ever released. Almost all features work perfectly find, including: fingerprint scanner, camera application and more. Another great thing is that this ROM consumes very small amount of RAM.

AOSP Extended V4.6 for Redmi 5

Just another popular ROM version, have working double-tap and most of applications are working perfectly fine.

Download: Sourceforge

LineageOS 14.1 for Redmi 5 (rosy)

Source link: XDA Thread

Let me say a few words about LineageOS for rosy. I want to start with battery life and it’s really amazing and incomparable. Google Camera (Arnova) is working as well as many other applications. LineageOS is still one of the best ROMs you could try.

Resurrection Remix for Redmi 5

Developed by juanan | Android 7.1

Many of the users think that RR ROM is even better than LineageOS. Very good firmware version.

Download: MEGA.nz

Unofficial crDroid v3.8.7 for Redmi 5

Developed by abhijeetdahiya

Find more information about this ROM as well as installation tutorials on official XDA Thread.

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If you’re flashing your phone in fastboot mode, then all the files that are going to be installed should be copied to the same folder with fastboot.exe file. These tutorial will also work for other similar device models including Redmi 5A, Redmi 5 Prime etc, but you’ll need to download the corresponding TWRP version for your exact device model. Because flashing TWRP Custom Recovery from a different device model than yours will most probably lead to hardbrick.

This method will require you to have unlocked bootloader on your phone.

Download and install TWRP Custom Recovery on Redmi 5 (Rosy)

1. Well, to begin with you’ll need to download the TWRP Custom Recovery for Redmi 5 (Rosy): TWRP_rosy.zip
2. Make sure you’ve download and installed fastboot and adb tools on your PC (tools_r27.0.0-windows.zip), then copy TWRP Custom Recovery file to the same folder with fastboot.exe file.
3. Start your Redmi 5 device in fastboot mode by pressing “Volume down” and “Power” buttons at the same time and wait until fastboot logo appears on the screen.
4. Go to the folder with adb files and recovery img.

   

5. Open “Command prompt” on your PC and go to the ADB folder with the following command “cd C:\tools”.

   

6. Next enter “fastboot devices” to check the connection with your phone. You should see device unique ID number. If it doesn’t shown, then you’ll need to reinstall drivers or check and try different USB cable / USB port.
7. If your phone is found successfully, you can proceed with TWRP custom recovery flashing. To do this enter the following command, where “recovery.img” is the TWRP file name and “recovery” is the partition you want to flash:

   fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

8. After flashing is completed, you can reboot your phone with “fastboot reboot” command.
9. You can also use the “fastboot boot twrp.img” command to boot your device in the virtual TWRP Custom Recovery. You can use this to install root or some important patch for example, without installing TWRP permanently.

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Unlocking bootloader tutorial for Xiaomi Redmi 5, 5A and Redmi Note 5A

1. Apply for official unlock permission with your Mi-Account. Go to this link: http://en.miui.com/unlock/

   

2. After you’ve applied and received unlock permission from MIUI sign into your Mi-Account on your phone.
3. Enable “Developer options” on your device by tapping few times on MIUI version.

   

4. Go to “Developer options” and enable “OEM Unlocking”, then go to “Mi Unlock Status” and tap on “Add account and device”. “Mi Unlock Status” is available on Developer ROM versions as well as the latest Stable ROMs. There’s still a chance that you can get a device without “Mi Unlock Status” option, in this case you’ll need to flash the latest Developer Weekly ROM version first.
5. Download and install the latest version of MiFlashUnlock (unlocking with MiUnlock 1.x version won’t work).
6. Install MiFlashUnlock, open it and press “Agree” button.
7. Sign into your Mi-account.

   

8. Turn off your phone completely and start it in fastboot mode. Press “Power” and “Volume Down” buttons at the same time until fastboot logo appear on the screen.
9. Connect your phone to PC in fastboot mode and press “Unlock” button.
10. If everything was done the right way the progress bar will stop at 99% and you’ll see “Binding time is too short, less than 72 hours” or “After XX hours of trying to unlock the device” message.
11. Now you’ll have to wait until the countdown. There’s no way to skip or make the process faster. Do not change Mi-Account or flash different ROM version at this point.
12. After the required waiting period is over, open the MiUnlock tool once again and repeat steps from 6 to 9. Now you’ll be able to unlock the bootloader finally.
13. You can check the bootloader lock status by going to “Mi Unlock Status” in the settings menu.

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