Features & Usability
Manual brightnes | ✅ | Battery lifetime > 24h from 100% | ✅ | Automatic brightness | ✖️ |
No reboot needed for 1 week | ✅ | Fingerprint reader | ✖️ | Waydroid | ✅ |
Torchlight | ✅ | Boot into UI | ✅ | GPS | ✖️ |
Vibration | ✅ | Hardware video playback | ✅ | Proximity | ✅ |
Flashlight | ✅✖️ | Anbox patches | ✅ | Rotation | ✅ |
Photo | ✅✖️ | AppArmor patches | ✅ | Touchscreen | ✅ |
Video | ✅✖️ | Battery percentage | ✅ | Earphones | ✅✖️ |
Switching between cameras | ✅✖️ | Offline charging | ✅ | Loudspeaker | ✅ |
Dual SIM functionality | ✖️✖️ | Online charging | ✅ | Microphone | ✅ |
Carrier info, signal strength | ✅✖️ | SD card detection and access | ✅ | Volume control | ✅ |
Data connection | ✅✖️ | RTC time | ✅ | Pin unlock | ✅ |
Incoming, outgoing calls | ✅ | Shutdown / Reboot | ✅ | ADB access | ✖️✖️ |
MMS in, out | ❔ | Wireless External monitor | ✖️ | MTP access | ✖️✖️ |
SMS in, out | ✅ | Bluetooth | ✅✖️ | WiFi | ✅ |
Change audio routings | ✅✖️ | Flight mode | ✅ | Hotspot | ✅✖️ |
Voice in calls | ✅ |
- ✅ Confirmed working.
- ✅✖️ Working to some extent but with issues.
- ✖️ Not working.
- ❔ Not tested.
- ✖️✖️ Global issue.
Requirements
Dandelion
- Download the latest fastbootable image: droidian-UNOFFICIAL-phosh-phone-xiaomi_dandelion-api29-armhf-nightly_XXXXXXXX.zip.
Angelica
- Download the latest fastbootable image: droidian-UNOFFICIAL-phosh-phone-xiaomi_angelica-api29-armhf-nightly_XXXXXXXX.zip.
Installation
- Extract the archive
- run the
flash_all
script - Boot to fastboot and let the script flash everything.
UBports Installer
- Alternatively the UBports installer can also be used to install Droidian.
Notes
- The default password is
1234
.
Bugs
- Encryption not supported
- Mobile data needs an APN to be set up from Settings -> Mobile -> Access Point Names.
- RIL gets broken after switching airplane mode or modem off/on.
- Mobile data might stop working after making or receiving phone calls. Toggle Mobile Data from the settins off/on.
- Mobile data quick toggle doesn't work.
- Bluetooth can be used via the terminal using bluetoothctl command or using blueman sudo apt install blueman but does not work via the settings app.
- GPS doesn't work.
- Signal strength is reported at 1% but Mobile data and calls work just fine.
- Anything related to cameras only works in Waydroid.
- Changing audio to speaker in calls does not work on dandelion but works on angelica.
- When a headphone is plugged in audio output must be changed manually in the settings.
- Dual SIM functionality is currently not implemented in Phosh so only one SIM works at the moment.
- Mobile hotspot does not work.
Final notes
- I'm not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed.
- Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in the products you find here before flashing it!
- YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
Support
- Device specific telegram group: @ut_angelica.
- Droidian telegram group: @DroidianLinux.