Yo, I’m new here and I want to address something about the installation process.
In a few days I’m getting a hand-me-down Redmi 8 (not Note) as a replacement for my previous phone that died from unrelated causes.
I’ve been told by the owner that MIUI is chock full of ads so I want to install /e/OS on it. I checked the compatible devices list and saw that my new device is nowhere in it.
Has it been tested before? Will I face any issues during installation?
Thanks in advance!
olive.At the XDA forum: https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/xiaomi-redmi-8-roms-kernels-recoveries-other.9617/.
Lineage lists the device as Mi439: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/Mi439/variant2/.
Lineage for microG publishes a ROM, Android (T) LineageOS 20: https://download.lineage.microg.org/Mi439/.
The device tree is available which should allow an /e/OS build https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_xiaomi_Mi439.
Thank you! I’ll do more research next time!
It’s actually already supported by /e/, no need for end users to mess with LineageOS builds and device trees.
It’s just a bit difficult to find because if you search for “Redmi 8” or “olive” on the list of supported devices, it doesn’t show up because the listing is "Redmi 7A / 8 / 8A / 8A Dual “Mi439"”, and the search function filter algorithm is not smart enough to find that.
If the olive version is anything like the olivelite version (same processor and ROM), I can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s like a brand new phone and several magnitudes faster than it ever was with MIUI, not to mention spy- and bloatware free and it even gets security updates again to an extent.
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