First things after buying a new phone:
Unlock bootloader, install Lineage OS

@Torbuntu You should definitely install this. My default rom was Miui and was full of bloatwares and chinese apps. I wasn't sure if Lineage is a good choice but now I love it. No regret.

Approved

Which MI model do you have? I recently bought redmi 4, couldn't find suitable rom for my mobile. I'm kinda new at this. Never tried rooting my phone. Can you tell me whether redmi 4 has lineage os support?

@shamik I have redmi 3 prime, you can check the official lineage os website.
https://download.lineageos.org/

Thanks. I just checked. redmi 4 is not listed. :-(

My Samsung s5 runs super on lineage.

Byebye bloatware

@shamik Go on XDA and check if there are other custom ROMs for your phone

@demiko Shit, I hope the OpenKirin team will make one for you

@Neraeh there is surprisingly less number of posts for redmi 4. I could find a rom or two but they have wifi bugs etc. I'm using nova launcher to make it look like stock but that's not a permanent solution! Hopefully lineage will release support for redmi 4 too in near future.

@demiko but I've bought it from Amazon in India. I guess the Chinese version of redmi 4 is redmi 4X. Anyway, which model do you have?

@demiko ah I see. So do you think there's a chance they might release lineage for the Indian version?

Approved (by a LineageOS maintainer). 😉

The only thing that surprised me is that there is no theme engine. I used to have a lot of themes on my old phone with cm13. I don't know why they removed it :(

No official lineage for OnePlus 5 yet

@Alireza6677
They didn't remove it, with Android nougat, theme engine needed some changes. They were being worked on, but then CM became history. And in LineageOS, I don't think anyone is working on it right now, they may ditch CMTE altogether (coz of copyright issues maybe).

What I did with my phone, too bad the ROM is not official (yet)

@0xTJ oxygen os is super nice. No lineage needed

Still rocking Linage OS on my 4 years old Moto X.

Bought a zenfone 2 a few years back as an extra phone for my mom. I asked for it since I got her a new one. I feel terrible letting my mom use that interface and the bloatware that came with the stock rom. Installed Lineage and feels like a new phone all over again. (Almost) Vanilla Android ftw!

Or as I do, grab the device tree or make my own and compile CarbonROM from source! Love that ROM ❤️

100% agree. Have used it a lot and it's stable and reliable even though they didnt make a stable version for my poor phone (oneplus one)

I made an unofficial build for my Galaxy S5 Sport since it isn't supported. Completely worth it.

First thing I do, before I buy a new phone, is to check how active is the dev community for it on XDA-developers. Once you start using custom ROMs there is no going back

The Redmi Note 4 or 4X with Snapdragon CPUs just recieved official Lineage! http://download.lineageos.org/mido
It's not showing up in the list yet so you have to go to mido manually

@filthyranter Mido is redmi note 4. It's a different model from redmi 4

@demiko ah I see.. ir blaster is also working?? Btw apparently they've just released lineage for redmi note 4. Hopefully redmi 4 will get it too soon

@shamik Dude, I know. I'm just one of the few people in Austria that show up on stats.lineageos.org/mido under countries.

@demiko
Hey man just came across this one:
https://xiaomifirmware.com/roms/...
do you think it's legit?

@demiko Found one more. http://cyanogenmods.org/forums/...

@shamik I can find you a legit link if you want. Which CPU have you got? Some Xiaomi phones have MediaTek CPUs, some Qualcomm Snapdragon...

...or do you know an exact codename?

@demiko Codename for 4X?

@filthyranter I think codename for 4X is santoni.

@shamik Hmm... The only link I found is http://cyanogenmods.org/forums/...

Maybe you can find something in the official MIUI forums because cyanogenmods.org seems not too legit to me...

I have Redmi 4A. Is there an official lightweight ROM for it?

Edit: I am new to the whole thing.

@BlueNutterfly You can check out the xda forum:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...