I have a Redmi Note 11, I am planning to install a custom ROM. This is the first time I’m about to do something like this.

How good of a reputation does the Paranoid Android OS have? Will I get good long term support? How functional is it?

  • @[email protected]
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    111 year ago

    After years of ROM-ing phones, I recommend using LineageOS. They are going to have the longest support for a given phone. If your phone is available in their list, that means it is well supported with all functionality.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Ah. Sorry, I should have looked it up for you before I commented. I see someone else posted an unofficial version. You’d probably be happy with that, though not being official does kind of remove the advantage over other ROMs.

        • @[email protected]OP
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          21 year ago

          Oh don’t worry about it, mistakes happen.

          Paranoid Android seems to be working on Android 14 right now and they are regularly publishing updates on their discord/telegram groups. They seem like a pretty active team, I’ll just go ahead and flash the ROM I guess.

        • @[email protected]OP
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          11 year ago

          I’ve already seen this page before.

          The title says [UNOFFICIAL] and the rom isn’t available in the actual LineageOS official website. Is this version really safe?

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            41 year ago

            I’m running the unoffical one on my Samsung S8 without issues since it’s been released. Unofficial only means it’s not supported and compiled from the LOS developers. They’re safe and stable

            • @[email protected]OP
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              11 year ago

              Do the unofficial builds get regular security updates, though? Even if they do, I don’t think it’s the best idea to rely on two independent developers at the same time, I’d rather not have multiple points of faliure.

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                31 year ago

                Yes they do. At least the maintainer for the S8 releases them regularily. That’s not something i would worry about. When the unofficials get a stable state they’re fine and only get the latest patches from LOS. I’m running customs since 8 years and i never had problems.

                • @[email protected]OP
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                  11 year ago

                  I hope they do the same for my phone. Any way I can check if it’s being maintained? Thanks.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    21 year ago

                    Since the latest release was in June i guess they added the latest security patches. Click on the download link, it will forward you to the github page. And since this rom has OTA updates they definitely incorporate patches