Droidian for the Poco F1

A collection of tips to install and use Droidian on the Pocophone F1 (beryllium)

Requirements

• A computer with fastboot and adb access to the phone
• A USB 2.0 port/hub with actual USB 2.0 controller (fastboot on USB 3.0 can be problematic with Poco F1)
• Unlocked bootloader
• Backup all your data, as your phone will be WIPED

Installation

0. Download files

• Latest nightly or stable release of droidian-rootfs and droidian-devtools for arm64 from the Droidian repo
• Latest boot image
• Latest adaptation zip
• Vendor image
• Android 9 Pie official firmware
• Latest TWRP

1. Install TWRP

• Boot to fastboot mode by pressing the Vol- and Power buttons until the phone vibrates
• Check that the phone is recognized by running fastboot devices
• Install TWRP by running fastboot flash recovery twrp-*-beryllium.img

2. Install Droidian in TWRP

TWRP:

• Boot into TWRP by pressing Vol+ and Power buttons until the phone vibrates
• Go to Wipe and Format data (type yes)
• IMPORTANT: Reboot into TWRP again

PC:

• Connect the phone via USB
• The internal storage is now available over MTP from the PC
• Copy the downloaded files to the internal storage of the phone

TWRP:

• Install image: boot.img to Boot partition
• Install image: vendor.img to Vendor partition
• Install zip file: fw_beryllium_miui_POCOF1Global_9.6.27_6673f8a455_9.0.zip
• Install zip file: droidian-rootfs-api28gsi_arm64_YYYYMMDD.zip
• Install zip file: droidian-devtools_arm64_YYYYMMDD.zip
• Install zip file: android-recovery-beryllium-adaptation.zip
• Go back to main menu and reboot to System (TWRP might complain that there is no OS installed, but that's fine)
• The first boot may take longer, and at least one spontaneous reboot is expected during the process
• If all goes well, your phone will boot to the Droidian lock screen, the unlock code is 1234
• Now open the King's Cross terminal app and run this command: sudo systemctl enable enable-ipa (the password is 1234)
• Reboot the phone (long press power button)
• Installation is complete

Notes

SIM slot

Dual-SIM mode is not supported as of now. Only the SIM2 slot is active, so a microSD card can be used at the same time.

Mobile data

Basic cellular features (phone calls, SMS) are working, but mobile data does not seem to work as of now. In order to test it, set your Access Point Name (APN) in Settings, and try the various modes supported by your network (2G, 3G, 4G, etc.). Please, let us know if you succeed.

Additional tweaks

For other tweaks, open the King's Cross terminal app, and run beryllium-extras.sh. The following options are available:

• Notch fix (moves the clock from its original invisible position to the right side)
• Switching between dark mode and light mode (Adwaita theme)
• Automated installation of Waydroid

Credit

Joel Selvaraj

1petro

Droidian

UBports

For further assistance, visit the Droidian for Poco F1 and Droidian Telegram groups.