Without turning around, we start directly with the bad news regarding the support around it development of LineageOS ROMs for Xiaomi devices. GitHub's policies have become more restrictive about the requirements that certain smartphones must respect for the development of custom ROMs, in particular focusing on synergy between hardware and software, putting the user experience as the final basis. These criteria do not seem to be respected by some devices of the Xiaomi brand (also others for the record) and therefore the development team of LineageOS has put an end to the following models:
- Redmire Xiaomi Note Pro 5 (Whyred)
- Xiaomi Note 3 Redmire (Kenzo)
- Xiaomi Mi Max (Hydrogen)
- Xiaomi Redmi 1S (Armani)
Good and bad news for LineageOS support on Xiaomi smartphoen
Note that on 4 models, 3 are certainly dated but the newest Redmi Note 5 Pro catches the eye, which in a sense was the negative pioneer about the denial of modding, like the anti rollback. But apart from that we also give the good news about LineageOS, because if we talk about modding, it definitely comes to mind POCOPHONE F1, which has demonstrated more than any other device of the Chinese brand to support and be supported by the international community of modders.
And LineageOS that comes to the 16 version, tries to give the maximum for this terminal, churning out a working porting even if as often happens in the first releases, more or less important bugs afflict the custom ROM, including the absence of support to the camera to infrared, used for face recognition, and other problems related to the touchscreen.
But the good news lies in the fact that LineageOS 16 solves these problems by integrating the IR camera support, thus allowing a decisively accurate face release even in low light environments. So if you are willing to leave the MIUI and try the custom ROM par excellence, you can download the updated version by clicking on the button below that will redirect you to the thread of the XDA forum.
