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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Unbrick Redmi 5A with locked bootloader and stock recovery

1. First of all, you should know which version of Redmi 5A smartphone you have. There are two different versions in the market right now: Global & China.
2. Download MIUI ROM for Redmi 5A.
3. Download and install MiPhoneManager: MiInst.exe
4. Allow MiPhoneManager to install all required drivers on your PC.
5. Turn off your phone, then press “Volume Up” and “Power” button, release the “Power” button after short vibration signal and keep holding “Volume Up” button, wait until your device starts in MiRecovery. As soon as you see the recovery screen release the “Volume Up”. At this point you should see three buttons. Use volume buttons to navigate in recovery menu and select “Connect with MiAssistant”. Press “Power” to confirm.
6. Your device will enter MiPCSuite.
7. Now connect your Redmi 5A device to PC via USB cable.
8. In “Device manager” you should see “ADB interface”, on the phone screen you’ll see inserted USB cable.
9. In MiPhoneManager the new window with 3 or 4 buttons should appear. If you see 3 buttons window, then you’ll need to download the MIUI ROM manually (recommended version will be displayed). If you see 4 buttons window, then you can press the first button and ROM will be downloaded and installed automatically.
10. In case you see a window with 3 buttons only, then press the first button and locate previously downloaded ROM.
11. If you’ve selected the right ROM version for Redmi 5A, then you’ll see green hieroglyphs. Press the first button once again.
12. The installation process will start and progress bar will be displayed on your phone screen.
13. After installation is completed your device will automatically reboot.

I hope that MiPhoneManager steps are clear, but if anyone can provide us with screenshots for this tutorial that would be great. You can contact us by e-mail or use the comments section below.

How to identify version of Redmi 5A – China or Global?

As we previously noticed there are two different versions of Redmi 5A:

• Global version: 2 SIM card slots and MicroSD. Comes with multilingual ROM installed.
• China version: 1 slot for SIM+MicroSD or SIM+SIM. Comes with China ROM installed which includes Chinese and English languages.

How to flash multilingual MIUI ROM on Chinese Redmi 5A?

Locked bootloader: Basically, there’s no way to install multilingual firmware on locked bootloader. Since Global ROM for MiFlash (fastboot) won’t work for Chinese version of Redmi 5A (leads to bootloop). While Global ROM for stock recovery simply can not be installed.

Unlocked bootloader: So, there’re two ways. You can flash TWRP Custom Recovery and then install any multilingual ROM version for Redmi 5A, xiaomi.eu for example. The second way is to flash Global ROM (fastboot) via MiFlash tool without locking the bootloader (Pay attention, do not use “clean all and lock” mode).

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How to enable root on Xiaomi Redmi 5A (Riva)

1. Download and install drivers for Redmi 5A.
2. Download Platform-tools (adb/fastboot) and unpack to “C:\adb”.
3. Start your phone in fastboot mode. Turn it off, then press “Volume Down” and “Power” buttons until fastboot logo appears on the screen.
4. Connect your phone to PC via USB cable.
5. Open command window from the folder with ADB files and TWRP .img file (download TWRP for Redmi 5A here).
6. Flash TWRP using the following commands (TWRP .img file should be in the same folder with adb files):

   fastboot erase recovery
   fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
   fastboot boot twrp.img

7. Your phone will reboot into TWRP.
8. Download SuperSU 2.82 and copy downloaded archive to phone internal memory or SD card.
9. In TWRP press “Install” and select SuperSU archive, swipe to confirm installation.
10. After installation is completed, select “Reboot into system”. First startup will take around 5 minutes.

How to unroot Redmi 5A?

To remove root on your Redmi 5A device, open “SuperSU” application, go to “Settings” > “Full unroot”. The second way is to download unroot patch and install it via TWRP Custom Recovery: unSU.zip

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Latest Official MIUI ROM for Redmi 5A (Riva)

Download all the latest version of official MIUI ROM for “Riva” device. We’ll update this post as soon as new ROM version is released and available for download.

Download MIUI Global Stable ROM for Redmi 5A

Redmi 5A – Global Stable V11.0.2.0.OCKMIXM | MIUI11 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Stable V11.0.2.0.OCKMIXM | MIUI11 | Fastboot | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Stable V10.3.2.0.OCKMIXM | MIUI10 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Stable V10.3.2.0.OCKMIXM | MIUI10 | Fastboot | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Stable 10.2.2.0 OCKMIXM | MIUI10 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Stable 10.2.2.0 OCKMIXM | MIUI10 | Fastboot | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Stable 10.1.2.0 OCKMIFI | MIUI10 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Stable 10.1.2.0 OCKMIFI | MIUI10 | Fastboot | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Stable 10.1.1.0 NCKMIFD | MIUI10 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Stable 10.1.1.0 NCKMIFD | MIUI10 | Fastboot | Download

Download MIUI Global Developer ROM for Redmi 5A

Redmi 5A – Global Developer 9.6.27 | MIUI10 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Developer 9.6.27 | MIUI10 | Fastboot | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Developer 9.6.20 | MIUI10 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – Global Developer 9.6.20 | MIUI10 | Fastboot | Download

Download MIUI China Stable ROM for Redmi 5A

Redmi 5A – China Stable 11.0.6.0 | MIUI10 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – China Stable 11.0.6.0 | MIUI10 | Fastboot | Download

Redmi 5A – China Stable 10.3.2.0 | MIUI10 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – China Stable 10.3.2.0 | MIUI10 | Fastboot | Download

Redmi 5A – China Stable 10.2.4.0 | MIUI10 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – China Stable 10.2.4.0 | MIUI10 | Fastboot | Download

Download MIUI China Developer ROM for Redmi 5A

Redmi 5A – China Developer 9.8.29 | MIUI9 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – China Developer 9.8.29 | MIUI9 | Fastboot | Download

Redmi 5A – China Developer 9.6.20 | MIUI9 | Recovery | Download

Redmi 5A – China Developer 9.6.20 | MIUI9 | Fastboot | Download

Download Unofficial Multilingual ROMs for Redmi 5A

Xiaomi.EU Localized ROM : Download from official link

How to flash Redmi 5A with MiFlash?

1. Install all required drivers (download links and installation tutorial can be found below).
2. Download and install MiFlash.
3. Download official fastboot ROM for Redmi 5A.
4. Unpack download ROM archive and extract files to “C:\”, so it will look like this:
5. Start your phone in fastboot mode by turning it off and pressing “Volume Down” and “Power” buttons until fastboot logo appears on the screen.
6. Connect your phone to PC via USB-cable.
7. Open MiFlash, press “Select” and locate folder with ROM files. Activate “Clean all” option in the bottom. Press “Refresh” so that your device appear in the list and then click on “Flash” to start flashing process.
8. After flashing process is fully completed you’ll see “Status – Flash Done” & “Success” messages.
9. Your device will reboot.
10. First startup will take around 10-15 minutes.

Download Custom ROMs for Xiaomi Redmi 5A

XOSP ROM for Redmi 5A

Download from Android Filehost: XOSP-UNOFFICIAL-20180212-riva.zip

How to install?

1. Boot into TWRP.
2. Wipe each partition except MicroSD and internal memory.
3. Install downloaded ROM archive.
4. Optionally flash Gapps and Magisk.

Resurrection Remix 5.8.5 for Redmi 5A

Unofficial | Developer by MURALITHARAN | Android 7

Download from Android Filehost

Viper OS ROM for Redmi 5A

Unofficial | Developer by MacTavish | Android 7

Download from Android Filehost

AOSP-CAF ROM for Redmi 5A

Unofficial | Developer by MacTavish | Android 7

Download from Android Filehost | Recent apps fix

crDroid for Redmi 5A

Unofficial | Developer by MacTavish | Android 7.1.2

Download from Android Filehost

Drivers and Tools for Xiaomi Redmi 5A

MiFlash – Software for flashing and updating Xiaomi MIUI devices | Download

MiPhone Manager – Software for managing Xiaomi smartphone (includes all required drivers for Windows PC) | Download

QDLoader Fastboot ADB Drivers for Redmi 5A – Package with Fastboot, ADB and QDLoader drivers | Qualcomm_Drivers_QDLoader.zip

How to install QDLoader HS-USB Driver & ADB Driver Lite

1. Disable driver signature verification and enable test mode on your Win10 PC by following the steps below:
   • Start command prompt and enter the following commands in order:

     bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
     bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON

   • Reboot your PC.
2. Proceed to QDLoader HS-USB Driver & ADB Driver Lite installation.
3. After drivers are installed successfully, you can disable the test mode by typing the following line in terminal:

   bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING OFF

4. Reboot your PC.

TWRP Custom Recovery for Redmi 5A (Riva)

Download TWRP Custom Recovery by Xiaomi.eu Team from Android Filehost.

How to flash TWRP on Redmi 5A?

You must have unlocked bootloader in order to install TWRP on your device.

1. Install QDLoader HS-USB Driver & ADB Driver Lite drivers.
2. Download and unpack Platform-tools (adb/fastboot) to “C:\adb”.
3. Unpack downloaded archive with TWRP and copy “twrp.img” file to “C:\adb” folder.
4. Open command prompt and go to the “adb” folder with the following command:

   cd C:\adb

5. Start your phone in fastboot mode by pressing “Volume Down” and “Power” buttons until fastboot logo appears on the screen.
6. Connect your phone to PC and check the bootloader lock status with the following command:

   fastboot oem device-info

7. “Device unlocked true” – Bootloader in unlocked. “Device unlocked false” – bootloader is locked, in this case you’ll need to unlock the bootloader before flashing TWRP Custom Recovery.
8. Now to flash TWRP, type the following commands in the order:

   fastboot erase recovery
   fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
   fastboot boot twrp.img

9. Phone will automatically reboots into TWRP.

If you’ll need to patch the bootloader, download and install the following patch via TWRP: lazyflasher-no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip

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