With Android 12 source code uploaded to Android Open Source Project’s website (AOSP) back in October, developers have been hard at creating android 12 based custom ROMs for various devices.
Last week, we reported on the Paranoid Android team bringing Android 12 based Saphire custom ROM to OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro devices in an Alpha state. Now, according to XDA developers report, the ROM is available for more devices, including OnePlus 7T Pro, OnePlus 9 Pro, POCO F2 Pro/Redmi K30 Pro, and Xiaomi Mi 10.
Based on Android 12, Paranoid Android Sapphire packs most of the features Google introduced with the latest OS upgrade. On top of that, the ROM also includes a few unique wallpapers from Hampus Olsson, some UI improvements, and some other enhancements.
If you own any of these devices and are interested in trying out the Paranoid Android Sapphire custom ROM, click the link below, which will redirect you to the official thread.
Do note beforehand though that the build is still in the Alpha stage and may thus have some unexpected bugs and issues. A couple of the known ones include issues with Wi-Fi Direct and 5G connectivity.
To install the ROM, place the fastboot zip file in the root folder on your phone, reboot to the bootloader, and flash the fastboot zip file with “fastboot update aospa-*-image.zip”. Once that’s done, reboot to recovery, wipe user data. For further details, head over to the forum link given above.
NOTE: the ROM only supports the kernel that comes bundled with it and doesn’t support any custom kernels unless they’re said to be supported by their developers.
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