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Install Paranoid Android ROM on POCO F2 Pro [Android 10] [Unofficial] 

Paranoid Android Custom ROM for POCO F2 Pro (lmi) is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device with extra contributions from many people within the POCO F2 Pro XDA developer community. Paranoid Android is a pretty smooth and stable, free, community-built, aftermarket firmware open-source operating system based on CAF citrus. Paranoid Android ROM for POCO F2 Pro (lmi) is powered by Android 10.0 and the updated security patch. PA ROM is loaded with handpicking and unique features, beautiful System-UI, picked goodies, innovative ideas, and creative things. Paranoid Android ROM offers an excellent battery backup along with heavy basis performance. PA operates without any bug or error — RIL (Calls, SMS, Data), Boots, Fingerprint working, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Camera, Camcorder, Video, Playback Audio, Sensors, Flash, LED, GPS, Volte and every other feature are working. Please read all the steps very carefully if you want to install the unofficial version of Paranoid Android ROM on POCO F2 Pro (lmi).

Install Paranoid Android ROM on POCO F2 Pro [Android 10] [Unofficial]

Paranoid Android ROM for POCO F2 Pro [LMI]

ROM Description

ROM Name: Paranoid Android ROM

ROM Version: 5

ROM OS: Android 10 [Q]

OS Version: 10

ROM Based: CAF

Device: POCO F2 Pro [LMI]

ROM Firmware Required: V12.0.3.0.QJKMIXM

ROM Kernel: Linux Kernel 4.x

ROM Status: Unofficial and Stable

Rom Size: 635 MB

ROM Language: English/ Multi-language supported

ROM Source: XDA Forum

ROM Features

• General
  • Based on CAF
  • Powered by Android 10
  • Security patch update.
  • Smooth and Stable Build
  • Lightweight
• Device-specific features for POCO F2 Pro
  • Offscreen gestures
  • sRGB support
  • Alert slider customization
• Major features
  • Buttons customization (including navigation bar)
  • On the spot controls (OTS)
  • Reworked Pie
  • Color engine
  • Immersive mode
• Minor features
  • Battery icon customization
  • Battery/Notification LED control
  • Accidental touch
  • Various performance and battery improvements
  • Substratum (OMS) support (Color engine will be deactivated if you use Substratum)
  • SafetyNet Compatibility
  • Recent tasks locking
  • Google now page in the default launcher
  • Three-finger swipe Screenshot
  • Quick pulldown
  • Display Burn-in protection (for OLED screens)
• Specific device performance and battery optimizations
  • Two-step input boost
  • THP usage in kernel and memory allocator
  • Specific boosting in performance-critical scenarios
• ADB enhancements (ADB over wifi, Hide ADB icon, colored logcat “abd logcat -C”)
• Added ability to change the device hostname
• Add/remove (reboot, screenshot, screen-record, torch, airplane mode, user switcher, settings shortcut, search, voice search, the lock now, sound panel)
• Battery customization (stock, landscape, circle, dotted circle, text, none)
• Brightness slider on/off toggle
• Battery percent options (hidden, inside the icon, next to the icon)
• Battery Bar options (location, color, style, thickness, animation)
• Carrier Text customization (text placement, custom text)
• Clock customization (position, am/pm, date, date position, date style, date format)
• Control media volume anytime toggle
• Custom heads up options (global on/off, timeout, heads up snooze, force heads up, heads up a whitelist, heads up do not disturb, heads up blacklist)
• Download Speed in download notifications
• double tap anywhere to sleep
• Expanded desktop options
• Show apps being optimized during initial boot
• Scrolling cache improvements
• Option to enable/disable wake on plug
• Option to enable 3 finger swipe to screenshot
• LED controls
• Media & Notifications
• Option to disable camera shutter sound (does not work with hdr+ mode)
• Option to disable double-tap camera vibration
• Option to disable battery saver notification
• Option to customize lock screen shortcuts
• Long press power for torch
• Scramble pin layout
• Quick pin unlock
• option to hide lock screen clock
• option to set custom lock screen clock fonts
• option to hide lock screen date
• option to hide lock screen alarm text
• Force Expanded Notifications
• quick settings pulldown (left, right, always)
• smart pulldown (no ongoing, no dismissable, no notifications)
• fully customizable quick settings with now up to 30 custom tiles
• Immersive recent (stock, full screen, status-bar only, navbar only)
• Recent search-bar on/off toggle
• Status-bar options (notification counter, double-tap to sleep, status bar brightness control)
• Option to disable headset icon, vibrate icon, VPN icon in status bar
• Volume Rocker
• Volume key wake
• Volume key keyboard cursor control
• Volume button swap toggle
• Long-press recent for last app toggle
• Navigation bar size customization (width, height, length)
• Navigation bar customization (placement, buttons)
• Option to disable on a secure lock
• Volume key music control
• Live volume steps
• PiP QS tile -New Pretty Adaptive Icons for included AOSP apps -Run SysUI tuner from Extensions
• Everything Working – Wifi, RIL, Mobile data, GPS, Camera, Flashlight, Camcorder, Bluetooth, FM radio, Fingerprint reader, Face unlock, NFC, Lights, Sound/Vibration,
• And so much more.

Known Bug

• NONE

Disclaimer

Modification of your android device such as Rooting or flashing Custom Recovery/ROM/tweaker’s results to void the warranty of the device. (We) RaphsonBD and its authors will not responsible for bricked devices / dead SD-card or any damage in your device which is incurred in the process of installing tweaker/ recovery / ROM / firmware/rooting/unlocking or any development process the device. We highly advise you to take a backup of your device prior to performing any modifications. Please do some research if you have concerns about any features included in this (ROM/recovery/root) BEFORE FLASHING IT! You are choosing to make these modifications, Use them at your own risk.

ROM Demo/Screenshots

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Duq9b4nCUkx8E3uA9

Requirements

You’ll need a custom recovery installed on your Xiaomi POCO F2 Pro to flash a custom ROM.

• POCO F2 Pro Development Portal (Twrp / Root / Custom Rom / Stock Firmware)
• How to Unlock Bootloader of POCO M2 Pro [Official]
• Install TWRP Recovery on Your POCO F2 Pro [lmi] [Unofficial]
• It’s wise to backup your Current ROM, no matter how confident or experienced you are. So anything happens unpleasantly you can retrieve back your old ROM. You may check this article if you need any guidance How to Back Up and Restore Stock Rom Using Custom Recovery

Pre-requisite Firmware

• Stock firmware version V12.0.4.0.QJKMIXM or higher
• If you are on v12.0.3.0 vendor, you can just update the vendor | SKIP If you are already in the latest version.
  • Full firmware: Here
  • Vendor: Here

ROM Download

Download all the necessary file given bellow for installing the Paranoid Android ROM on you Xiaomi POCO F2 Pro.

• ParanoidAndroid ROM
• TWRP by mauronofrio
• ADB-tools for Windows
• Magisk-v22 (for Rooting)

How to Install Paranoid Android ROM on POCO F2 Pro

 Step I – Installing Mauronofrio TWRP on your POCO F2 Pro

• First, download all the necessary files that are given. [Copy the Recovery and ADB in PC and ROM, and Magisk on your POCO F2 Pro]
• Extract the ADB-tools for Windows. I’ve extracted the file in C:\platform-tools, So that it can be easily accessible.
• Copy the recovery by mauronofrio.img file on to ADB Binary folder. (e.g.  C:\platform-tools).
• Now Press and hold the SHIFT key and right-click on an empty space inside of C:\platform-tools folder
• .Select ‘Open command window here’ or ‘Open PowerShell window here. ‘
• Turn off your device. Press the Power button and Volume down ( – ) button at the same time for few seconds to enter ‘Fastboot Mode‘ and connect the phone with your PC with a working USB cable
• Enter the below command on the ADB CMD window:

fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.4.0-14-lmi-mauronofrio.img

• Wait for the TWRP to be flashed on your POCO F2 Pro. After that execute the following command

fastboot boot twrp-3.4.0-14-lmi-mauronofrio.img

• The device will automatically reboot into TWRP. And this will fix the recovery bug. [REMEMBER: is important that from fastboot you directly go in TWRP mode or the TWRP will be overwritten.]

Step II – Installing the Paranoid Android ROM on your POCO F2 Pro

• After following ‘Step I‘, Now from TWRP on your POCO F2 Pro, Install > Select pa-quartz-5-lmi-20201016-dev.zip. Wait for the ROM to be flashed.
• Now factory reset your device from TWRP. And reboot to AOSPA / SYSTEM.

Step III – Rooting/Installing Magisk on Paranoid Android ROM

• Follow the ‘Step I‘ to boot into recovery mode.
• Now from TWRP on your POCO F2 Pro Install > Select magsik-v22.0.zip.
• Wait for the magisk-su to be flashed.
• Now Reboot to system

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