crDRom 11 Android Generic System Image (GSI) Download + Review

crDRom 11 Android Generic System Image (GSI) Download + Review

SiDaryadi Comment /Tech android gsi

Nerdizen.xyz — crDroid is one of legendary Android custom ROM project known for its massive customizations. And now every Android device can experience crDroid Android 11 ROM even if there are no ROM yet built specifically for the device by installing the crDRom 11 GSI.

crDRom 11 is an Android GSI project maintained by “eremitein @Github” which turn crDroid Android 11 ROM into a Generic System Image so every Android device with Project Treble supported can taste the latest Android 11 crDroid.

crDRom11 is a project which based on crDroid 7.x with Andy Yan‘s and phhusson‘s Treble GSI patches. Built with some Andy‘s patches & recommendations, also even without “ALLOW_MISSING_DEPENDENCIES=true” flag. And system can run with SELinux enforced state, as original Phh AOSP GSI. Fully compatible with PHH-Treble patches.

Has dynamic root which can be activated/deactivated without reboot – ‘su‘ binary and SuperUser app (can works on all devices even with system read-only). Also has dynamic SafetyNet helper (but it compatible with not all devices), users have four ways to pass SafetyNet:

1. Just enable SafetyNet option (recommended).
2. Disable SafetyNet and enable “Spoof Pixel 5” then reboot.
3. Enable both above options and reboot.
4. Mount system as RW and create empty file /system/phh/secure (legacy method).

github.com/eremitein/treble-patches/wiki/crDRom11-Project

crDRom 11 Android GSI info

name	crDRom 11
maintainer	eremitein @Github (github.com/eremitein)
build	Unofficial
android version	Android 11 R
partition style	A / AB
architecture	ARM / A64 (Binder) / ARM64

How to install crDRom 11 Android GSI (example on ASUS Zenfone Live L2)

For detailed step by step on how to install an Android GSI on ASUS Zenfone Live L2, I have written it on: How to Install Generic System Image (GSI) on ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android Phone.

For common bugs I usually found on Android GSIs I have installed on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2, you can check it on: Common GSI Bugs on ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android Phone.

Quick review of crDRom 11 Android GSI on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2

eremitein @Github for me is one of best Android GSI builder from my experience installed dozens of Android GSI on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2. And so this crDRom 11, it is quite stable for daily drivers for me.

crDroid ROM itself as we already know is a project that bring Android users for full customizations as much as possible, more or less similar to other legendary custom ROM like Bliss, Resurrection Remix, etc.

So if you are a customization maniac who love to personalized every little parts of your Android device’s user interface, then this crDRom 11 is one of the best choice for your Android device.

crDRom 11 Android GSI download link

crDRom 11 Android GSI | All Target Builds.img.xz

File download guide:

crdrom-[GSI_VERSION]-[BUILD_DATE]-[ARCHITECTURE]-[PARTITION_STYLE][GAPPS_BUILD]Z.img.xz

*[ARCHITECTURE]: arm / a64 / arm64 | a64 = Binder
*[PARTITION_STYLE]: a / b | a = Aonly; b = AB
*[GAPPS_BUILD]: v / g / o | v = Vanilla; g = GAPPS; o = GAPPS Go

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crDRom 11 Android GSI quick tour on Youtube

qiDroid (Bootleggers Q) Android Generic System Image (GSI) Download + Review

qiDroid (Bootleggers Q) Android Generic System Image (GSI) Download + Review

SiDaryadi Comment /Tech android gsi

Nerdizen.xyz — qiDroid is an Android GSI project that uses Bootleggers as the ROM base. So qiDroid = Bootleggers GSI-fied.

Although there are no official Android GSI yet for Bootleggers, but thanks to the massive community of GSI enthusiasts now one of best Android GSI builder eremitein @Github made a Bootleggers Q GSI named qiDroid.

qiDroid (Bootleggers Q) Android GSI info

name	qiDroid (Bootleggers Q)
maintainer	eremitein @Github(https://github.com/eremitein)
build	Unofficial
android version	Android 10 Q
partition style	A / AB
architecture	ARM / A64 (Binder) / ARM64

How to install qiDroid (Bootleggers Q) Android GSI (example on ASUS Zenfone Live L2)

To get to know how to install an Android GSI for ASUS Zenfone Live L2, you can check it on: How to Install Generic System Image (GSI) on ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android Phone.

If you want to know common bugs I usually experienced on different Android GSIs and how to fix it, you can read it on: Common GSI Bugs on ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android Phone.

Quick review of qiDroid (Bootleggers Q) Android GSI on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2

Bootleggers is one of popular custom ROM project know for its unique slogan: Shisufied. Certainly Bootleggers is not just an ordinary custom Android ROM because they have a concept here.

So what is Shishufied exactly? Well, I don’t know either. But from my experience since used the olders Bootleggers Android 8, Android 9 and now Android 10, Shisufied perhaps similar to retro feels.

As Shisufied at its core, Bootleggers ROMs always have preinstalled themes, colors, sounds, etc. to Shisufied our Android device experience.

Other than the Shisufied concept, Bootleggers is just like any other AOSP-based custom ROM that strive for maximum customizations just like Bliss, CrDroid, etc.

qiDroid (Bootleggers Q) Android GSI download link

qiDroid (Bootleggers Q) Android GSI | All Target Builds

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qiDroid (Bootleggers Q) Android GSI quick tour video on Youtube

Project Sakura Q Android Generic System Image (GSI) Download + Review

Project Sakura Q Android Generic System Image (GSI) Download + Review

SiDaryadi Comment /Tech android gsi

Nerdizen.xyz — Searching high and low for a perfect Android GSI, now I stumbled upon a quite unique GSI called Project Sakura.

So what is so different from Project Sakura? Other than it’s catching name maybe, it is one of few ROM project left that still based on LineageOS.

Quoting from the info from the GSI source, this Project Sakura Q GSI is actually ported from ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1 ROM.

Project Sakura Android GSI info

name	Project Sakura
maintainer	Nippon GSI @Telegram (https://t.me/nippongsi)
build	Unofficial
android version	Android 10 Q
partition style	A / AB
architecture	ARM64

How to Install Project Sakura Android GSI (Example for ASUS Zenfone Live L2)

For detailed steps about how to install an Android GSI for ASUS Zenfone Live L2, you can read it on: How to Install Generic System Image (GSI) on ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android Phone.

To get to know what bugs I usually found on GSI I used on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone, check it on: Common GSI Bugs on ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android Phone.

Quick review of Project Sakura Android GSI on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2

Unlike most of ROM project that is based on AOSP, Project Sakura made a choice to built the ROM project around LineageOS instead.

But unlike LineageOS that is only ships minimal features of customizations, Project Sakura Q instead extended it to become full featured ROM like CrDroid or Bliss.

And what’s awesome of this Project Sakura Android Q GSI built is, it has working FM radio on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone (I was using the ARM64AB). Maybe it is because the GSI is ported from ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1 ROM which perhaps shares some similarity in hardware or software.

Bugs I found on this Project Sakura Android GSI on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2

I was installed the ARM64AB of this Sakura Project GSI on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone and found some bugs:

• Dead flashlight
• Dead camera

However the above bugs seems more like to my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 vendor bugs as I also experienced it when using another GSI with the Android 10 vendor of the phone.

Project Sakura Android GSI download link

Project Sakura GSI – ARM64-AB | 2020-08-05.7z

Project Sakura GSI – ARM64-Aonly | 2020-08-05.7z

Project Sakura Android Q GSI video on Youtube

ArrowOS Q Android Generic System Image (GSI) Download + Review

ArrowOS Q Android Generic System Image (GSI) Download + Review

SiDaryadi Comment /Tech android gsi

Nerdizen.xyz — ArrowOS is one of Android custom ROM that carry simplicity over bloated unnecessary features. And thanks to the GSI community, we now can try using the ArrowOS Q even if there are no ArrowOS ROM yet built for our device.

ArrowOS Q Android Generic System Image (GSI) info

name	ArrowOS Q
maintainer	igors1974@Sourceforge
build	Unofficial
android version	Android 10 Q
partition style	A / AB
architecture	ARM / A64 (Binder) / ARM64

How to install ArrowOS Android Q Generic System Image (GSI) (Example for ASUS Zenfone Live L2)

For ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone, you can read detailed steps of how to install Android Generic System Image (GSI) on: How to Install Generic System Image (GSI) on ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android Phone.

For common bugs of Android GSI that I usually encountered and how to fix it on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2, you can check it on: Common GSI Bugs on ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android Phone.

Additional patches for this ArrowOS Android Q Generic System Image (GSI)

When I try to boot the first time of this ArrowOS Android Q Generic System Image (GSI) on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone (I was installed ARM64A), it is stuck and reboot itself back to fastboot. But by flashing the SELinux Fix Q GSI A patch can solve it, you can download it below:

SELinux Fix Q GSI – A.zip (407 kB)

Quick review of ArrowOS Q Android Generic System Image (GSI)

Just like I said earlier, ArrowOS focus is to give users the original AOSP experience with selected essentials extra features only. With only minimal features to be maintained means more stability and developers can focus more to the performance tuning instead.

Even on the older version which is ArrowOS Pie GSI, it is one of a few GSI that I found Miracast are working on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone.

Because the system is not bloated with unnecesarry features, the ArrowOS Q is one of GSI we would like to consider if we have a low end Android device, just like my ASUS Zenfone Live L2.

ArrowOS Q Generic System Image (GSI) download link

ArrowOS Q Android GSI | All Target Builds

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ArrowOS Q Android GSI ROM (February 2020 SP) Features Review video on Youtube

Samsung Sans Mod 1000 Fonts (Flipfont) APK Download

Samsung Sans Mod 1000 Fonts (Flipfont) APK Download

SiDaryadi Comment /Tech android app

Nerdizen.xyz — Samsung Sans might be the exclusive font default to Samsung devices, but not this one because this Samsung Sans flipfont has been modded to include ± 1000 fonts in a single APK!

Usually on a Flipfont app / APK, it only include one to five fonts. But unlike other, this Samsung Sans Flipfont I’m going to share is the modded one where by installing it, we can add more than 1000 fonts at once from the single APK.

As a foreword, I want to say that this Samsung Sans mod 1000 fonts Flipfont APK is not mine, but I found someone posted it on XDA Forum long-long ago maybe more than 7 years ago. I remember that was when I still using my Android 4.4 Kitkat Samsung Galaxy V SM-G313HZ phone.

What I want to say is because it was long ago, I have lost the link to the original thread and author who was first posted this Samsung Sans mod 1000 fonts Flipfont APK on the XDA Forum (sorry and huge thanks to you whoever made this awesome Samsung Sans Flipfont mod).

So, if you know the link to the original thread that was first posted about this Samsung Sans mod 1000 fonts Flipfont APK on the XDA Forum, you can comment below and I will add the link on this post.

Steps how to apply the Samsung Sans Flipfont Mod APK

Note: This Samsung Sans Flipfont Mod apk could not be installed over if we already have Samsung Sans Flipfont installed on your device (Probably the original Samsung Sans Flipfont) because it will have signature conflict. The problem is if the original Samsung Sans was preinstalled on our Android device which means it is a system app, so we need root: to remove/uninstall the original Samsung Sans Flipfont first, OR we can force install (update) this Samsungs Sans Flipfont Mod by disabling signature verification.

Steps:

1. Install the Samsung Sans Mod 1000 fonts flipfont APK just like normally installing an app to our Android device.
2. Open the font setting on our Android device. The Flipfont or change font setting usually located under “Settings” → “Display”.
3. Because the Samsung Sans mod has 1000 fonts included, it might take few seconds before it completely loaded.
4. After the fonts are completely loaded and all showed up, just choose the font we want to use as the display font of our Android device. Done!

Font list preview video on the Samsung Sans Mod 1000 fonts

Getting the “ttf” from the Samsung Sans mod 1000 fonts Flipfont Mod APK

For advanced users, example our Android device do not have the Flipfont feature and we want only to get the font “ttf” file for whatever the reason it is, we can also explore and extract the Samsung Sans mod Fliptont APK.

For example we can apply the packed font ttf(s) using font changer app (usually need root access) to change the display font of our Android device or maybe used it for something else.

A little bit About Flipfont on Android

So What is Flipfont? Well as much as I know, Flipfont is a feature on an Android device where we can change our Android device’s font on the fly easily from the system Settings menu.

Usually Flipfont or the change font menu can be found under “Settings” -→ “Display”.

The advantage of Flipfont is it is kind like extendable, where we can install additional fonts just like installing (or uninstall) an Android app.

However, not all Android ROMs has Flipfont built in. As far as I know, Flipfont can only be found on stock Android ROMs built from the device manufacturer like:

• Samsung Touchwiz. My old Samsung Galaxy V SM-G313HZ has Flipfont feature built in on the stock ROM that is Android 4.4 Kitkat.
• ASUS ZenUI. Flipfont is included on the Android 8.0 Oreo stock ROM of my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone.

The above ROMs is also the two where I was installed & tested the Samsung Sans mod 1000 fonts Flipfont and found it works nicely.

So far I have not found any Android custom ROM I have installed that has Flipfont feature included.

Read also: How to install Android app/game from apk, apks or xapk to our device

Samsung Sans Flipfont Mod 1000 fonts APK Android app download link

SamsungSans FlipFont Mod.apk (69.5 MB)

Dual Booting Windows 10 & Linux Mint 20.x on Toshiba Dynabook R734/K

Dual Booting Windows 10 & Linux Mint 20.x on Toshiba Dynabook R734/K

SiDaryadi Comment /Tech linux distro linux tutorial toshiba dynabook r734/k toshiba dynabook r734/k tutorial windows tutorial

Nerdizen.xyz — Dual booting is a process to make our computer / laptop to be able to boot into two different Operating Systems (OS). And my first experience of dual booting a computer / laptop is when I dual booting Windows 10 & Linux Mint 20.3 on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K.

I want to try Linux based OS on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K but want still keeping my Windows OS installation intact in case I want to use the Windows 10 back. And that’s where dual booting are the lifesaver.

Actually there are plenty of Linux based OS out there called distros (similar to Android’s custom ROM, maybe) and from many articles, Linux Mint always comes on the list as one of popular Linux distro (I also kind of like the desktop and User Interface), and that’s why I choosed Linux Mint for my very first Linux computing experience.

Default dekstop appearance of Linux Mint 20.3 on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K

After so many years using Windows (8.1 and 10), I begin to start interested on Linux based OS upon reading articles on internet about how lighweight and efficient Linux based OS are in term of performance and resources usage, and about Linux are Open Source which means it is comes from community, by community, and for community.

But the main reason I started using Linux based OS is because I am interested in programming (mostly coding). Again from the articles I read on the internet, using Linux based OS is a no brainer for people who are mostly using the computer working with programming because everything tends to be more stable thanks to the Linux being Open Sourced.

Steps dual booting Windows 10 and Linux Mint 20.x on Toshiba Dynabook R734/K

1. Prepare the Linux Mint 20.x installation media. Here, I am using Rufus program to make the Linux Mint installation media into my USB drive.
   
2. Boot our Toshiba Dynabook R734/K into BIOS mode: Restart the laptop, then when the LEDs are turned on, press repeatedly the F12 key until it entered the BIOS / ‘Boot Menu’.
3. Now we are entering the Boot Menu. If you have not plugged in the installation media yet, now is the time.
4. If on the “Boot Menu” we can see the installation media listed (in my case it is “USB Memory)”, then we can just choose it to straightly boot our Toshiba Dynabook R734/K to start the Linux Mint 20.x installation media, otherwise proceed to step 5.
   
5. [Optional] Make the installation media to be the first boot priority. On the main “Boot Menu”, choose “Enter Setup” → “Advanced”, scroll down and find “Change Boot Order”. Next, make the Linux Mint installation media into the top of the list, in my case it is the “USB Memory” (use the touch pad to reach the “Move Up” / “Move Down” buttons). Next, choose “OK” → “Exit” → “Exit Saving Changes”.
   
6. Now we are on the Linux Mint 20.x installation boot menu, choose “Integrity check” to boot the Linux Mint 20.x live OS on our Toshiba Dynabook R734/K while checking whether our Linux Mint 20.x installation media has everything working fine or not.
   
7. Yay! We are now on the desktop of Linux Mint 20.x live OS (pretty neat User Interface for me). Double click the “Install Linux Mint” icon to begin the installation process. Follow first installation configurations like choosing languages, keyboard, etc. NOTE: It’s recommended to run the installation offline (without connecting to Wi-Fi) to avoid unexpected issues.
8. Then on the “Installation type”, choose “Install Linux Mint alongside Windows 10”. Next, adjust how much space we want to give for our Linux Mint 20.x OS installation on our Toshiba Dynabook R734/K by shifting the block edges between Windows 10 and Linux Mint. After done, choose “Install Now”.
   
9. Next, configure our profile settings like location (time), computer name, password, etc.
   
10. Done! Restart our Toshiba Dynabook R734/K when prompted. Now everytime we powered on our laptop, we can choose to boot between Windows 10 or Linux Mint 20.x.

This tutorial may also be the same whether we are using another Windows version like Windows 7, 8.1 etc. with another Ubuntu-based Linux distro.

Linux Mint 20.x quick review on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop

The Linux Mint 20.3 is running smoothly, flawlessly, on my old Toshiba Dynabook R734/K which is released around 2015 that has Intel i3-4000M processor with 4 GB RAM.

I am still learning and makes coding mostly as hobby, so most of the times I switched to the Linux Mint to use it for that purpose either for blogging.

Compared to Windows 10, I can feel significant differences when multitasking where programs I used such as Visual Studio, Android Studio, Eclipse, etc. are run snappier on the Linux Mint 20.3.

Plus, I really loved the clean User Interface of Linux Mint 20.3 has. And customizations is just crazy, Windows 10 which is a paid OS are very lame compared to the free OS Linux Mint 20.3.

Surprisingly after some times using Linux Mint 20.x on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop, for me it can also almost completely replace the Windows OS on daily jobs like typing word document, multimedia like watching movies, and even playing games (I mostly use emulators to play older console titles like PS2, Nintendo, Sega, etc.).

Heck I can even played Windows games on Linux Mint 20.3 on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop using a program called WINE. You can check the video of some Windows games gameplay I played on Linux Mint 20.3 on my laptop using WINE at Youtube below:

• Fairy Bloom Freesia (https://youtu.be/W367OgSjeYw)
• Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005 (https://youtu.be/D3anjmsUvUY)

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Dual booting Windows 10 and Linux Mint 20.x on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop video at Youtube

Havoc-OS Q Custom ROM - ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Download + Review

Havoc-OS Q Custom ROM - ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Download + Review

SiDaryadi Comment /Tech asus zenfone live l2 asus zenfone live l2 rom

Nerdizen.xyz — Havoc-OS is one of popular custom ROM project know for it’s pixel style user interface along with plenty customizations. And now, finally this ROM comes to our unpopular ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone!

After so long I waited a Havoc-OS ROM would be created so I can install it on my little ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone (a real ROM, not just GSI-based), finally after one or two years maybe, the day has come 😄. Huge gratitude to the dev who ported this Havoc-OS Android Q ROM.

Until this post first published, this Havoc-OS Q is my daily driver I used on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone. I love this ROM for it’s performance thanks because it built as vanilla.

Havoc-OS Q custom ROM for ASUS Zenfone Live L2 info

ROM name	Havoc-OS
author	🏅 techfanciers @Sourceforge (https://sourceforge.net/u/techfanciers/)
target device	ASUS Zenfone Live L2
Android version	Android 10 Q
ROM status	Unofficial

Steps how to install Havoc-OS Q ROM on ASUS Zenfone Live L2

Requirements:

• Custom recovery installed. NOTE: recommended to use Orfox (Orange Fox) recovery to avoid “different model” install error, read: Custom recovery collections for ASUS Zenfone Live.
• BACKUPS!!!

Steps:

1. Boot into recovery: Turn off ASUS Zenfone Live L2, then press and hold volume down + power for a few seconds. When the phone vibrate, release the power button while still holding down the volume down button until the phone entered the recovery mode.
2. Then on the recovery mode, first thing as usual, choose Wipe menu and do the 5 wipe:
   • Cache
   • Dalvik
   • Data
   • System
   • Vendor

   Then, reboot into recovery mode (be careful to not to reboot into other mode).

3. On the recovery main menu, then just straight install the ROM zip file and wait until it done.
4. Next, mount vendor and system partition and install the Decrypt zip file.
5. [Optional] Lastly, install the Google Apps (GAPPS) for the ROM is vanilla if we want to have Google Play Services in the device.
6. Done! Reboot our ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone.

Havoc-OS Q ROM quick review on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone

On previous post I have shared about the Evolution X Q custom ROM for ASUS Zenfone Live L2, and compared to this Havoc-OS I can say that both ROMs shares similar features except the GAPPS presented in Evolution X.

In fact, I would preferred the Evolution X Q rather than Havoc-OS if it did not have stock GAPPS included. Because of the stock GAPPS, the Evolution X is just too unresponsive, more battery hunger, and more storage space used (personal opinions).

Just like I said, this Havoc-OS Q has been my daily driver on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone for maybe ± 3 months now. It’s pretty stable , even FM radio and Miracast are working.

But, to increase the performance especially when multitasking when using this Havoc-OS Q ROM, I suggest you to enable zram. You can read it here: How to Enable zram on Android.

Bugs on the Havoc-OS Q ROM on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone

However, I noticed a few bugs when I used this Havoc-OS Q ROM on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone, and it is :

• Dark video on stock camera app when using front camera. Solution: Install another camera app like HedgeCam, Open Camera, etc.
• SIM card setting of call preference always revert back to SIM 1 after a reboot.

Havoc-OS Q custom ROM for ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone download link

Havoc OS v3.7 20200805 – X00R – Unofficial.zip (629.3 MB)

Additional files

Decrypta10.zip (124 kB)

Open GAPPS ARM64 10.0 Pico – 20220215.zip (180 MB)

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Havoc-OS Q custom ROM quick tour video on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone on Youtube

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Credits:
• ASUS ZENFONE LIVE L1 & L2 TELEGRAM GROUP for the Decrypt 10 file.

Evolution X Q Custom ROM - ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Download + Review

Evolution X Q Custom ROM - ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Download + Review

SiDaryadi Comment /Tech asus zenfone live l2 asus zenfone live l2 rom

Nerdizen.xyz — After Nusantara Project R custom ROM I have shared before, now here it is another custom ROM for ASUS Zenfone Live L2 that is even better (or not, personal opinion) and that is Evolution X Android Q custom ROM.

Just like the previous Nusantara Project custom ROM for ASUS Zenfone Live L2 I have shared, this Evolution X Android 10 custom ROM is also a real custom in term it is not a GSI based ROM.

My personal point of view, I prefer this Evolution X Q ROM over the previous Nusantara R Project custom ROM because it has less bugs compared to it and more features works like FM radio and Miracast when I used it on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone.

Evolution X Q custom ROM for ASUS Zenfone Live L2 info

ROM name	Evolution X
author	🏅 techfanciers @Sourceforge (https://sourceforge.net/u/techfanciers/)
target device	ASUS Zenfone Live L2
Android version	Android 10 Q
ROM status	Unofficial

Steps how to install Evolution X Q custom ROM on ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone

Requirements:

• Custom recovery installed. NOTE: recommended to use Orfox (Orange Fox) recovery to avoid “different model” install error, read: Custom recovery collections for ASUS Zenfone Live.
• BACKUPS!!!

Steps:

1. Boot our ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone into recovery mode: Power off phone, then press and hold power + volume up buttons simultaneously and hold for a few seconds, when the phone vibrate release the buttons.
2. Choose Wipe menu on custom recovery menu and do the following wipe:
   ✓ Cache
   ✓ Dalvik
   ✓ Data
   ✓ System
   ✓ Vendor
   Then on the custom recovery menu, choose to reboot to recovery (Be careful to not reboot to other mode).
3. Next, just straigt choose Install menu on the custom recovery and install the ROM zip file, wait until done.
4. On the custom recovery menu, Mount the vendor and system partition then install the Decrypt 10 zip file.
5. Done! Reboot our ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone.

Quick review of Evolution X Q custom ROM on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone

Evolution X is an AOSP based custom ROM project that has idea to bring every Android users a chance to feel the Pixel experience along with tons of customizations.

Just like I said earlier, this Evolution X custom ROM is better in my opinion than the previous Nusantara Project custom ROM because when I used it on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone, it has less bugs and… FM radio and Miracast working! Finally!!!

The downside hovewer when I used this Evolution X custom ROM on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone is because the ROM is packed with Google Apps (GAPPS) included and it is no less than stock GAPPS if I recall it correctly, yep, this ROM is like a bit heavier and slower.

To increase the system performance when using this Evolution X custom ROM on your ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone, you may want to consider:

• Enable ZRAM (use app method, I can’t make build.prop method to work).
• Disable unused system apps (yeah, I am looking at you Google Apps…).

Evolution X Q ASUS Zenfone Live L2 custom ROM download link

EvolutionX 4.5 X00R – 10.0 – 20200728-2322 – UNOFFICIAL.zip (1.2 GB)

Additional files

DecryptA10.zip (124 kB)

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Evolution X custom ROM quick tour video on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone video on Youtube

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Credits:
• ASUS ZENFONE LIVE L1 & L2 TELEGRAM GROUP for the decrypt 10 file.

How to Enable zram Swap on Android

How to Enable zram Swap on Android

SiDaryadi Comment /Tech android tutorial

Nerdizen.xyz — zram is a Linux kernel module for creating a compressed block device in RAM. In short, zram is useful to make use of device RAM for better use and make it more efficient for the device performance especially in devices with low RAM but need extensive multitasking, in this case the Android devices. For more about zram, you can check the Wikipedia about zram.

Usually, we do not need to care whether our Android device are to zram or not to zram, because it is already handled by the settings from the Android device manufacturer that installed the ROM to our device.

But when it comes to custom ROMor Android GSI, zram is one of the extra thing we must take care manually so we can get better performance on our Android device.

Illustration image, by ColiN00B @Pixabay

We can understand why zram is not enabled by default after installing Android GSI to our device because of how and what for Android GSI is built. But even on custom ROMs I installed on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone, I found that zram is not enabled by default.

Without zram being enabled, I can feel reasonable differences on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone peformance especially when switching apps where the apps are more often reloaded thus we are spending more time on multitasking.

How to check if our Android device has zram enabled

To check whether our Android device has zram enabled or not, there are lots of apps that can do that actually.

On Play Store, we can use keyword like disk info to search apps that has capability to show our Android device hardware storages, including zram.

Usually in those apps, zram can be notices as swap, SwapTotal, or simply zram. If none of those exists or it is exists but the sum is zero, then zram is not enabled.

For example I am using SmartPack-Kernel Manager. On the app’s homepage, I can know whether zram is enabled or not by checking whether the Swap is exist under the Memorysection.

How to enable zram on Android device

There are several ways we can enable zram on our Android device:

1. Enabling zram on the build.prop.
2. Setting zram manually using system tweaker app like SmartPack-Kernel Manager.

The first way by editing the build.prop is easier, I mostly do it when using a GSIon my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone.

However it’s different story on custom ROM. I have installed two custom ROM on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone and editing build.prop can’t make the system to enable zram.

So for custom ROM, I always using SmartPack-Kernel Manager app to enable zram on the device.

1. Enable zram on Android by editing build.prop

The first way to enable zram on our Android device if it is not enabled by default is by editing the build.prop reside in our Android device system directory. How it works?

As we know, the build.prop is a special text file in Android device that holds various system related default settings that is usually located on /system/build.prop or /system/system/build.prop.

Edit our Android build.prop and add the following lines to the end of the texts:

# ZRAMro.vendor.qti.config.swap=truero.vendor.qti.config.zram=true

Don’t forget to add an empty line at the end of the build.prop.

2. Enable zram on Android using system tweaker app like SmartPack-Kernel Manager

There are lots of apps that provide capability to tweak our Android device system performance, including zram. You can find those kind of apps on Play Store usually under keyword like Kernel manager.

The app that I mainly use on my ASUS Zenfone Live L2 Android phone to enable zram if the build.prop method is not working is SmartPack Kernel Manager.

Requirements:

• Android device is rooted.
• SmartPack-Kernel Manager app, download the latest version on its GitHub page.

Read also: How to install Android app/game from apk, apks or xapk to our device

Steps to enable zram using SmartPack-Kernel Manager

1. On the main menu of SmartPack-Kernel Manager, open the sidebar by tapping the hamburger icon on the top left.
2. Then on the sidebar menu, scroll down and find Virtual Memory.
3. Now we are in the Virtual Memory setting menu of SmartPack-Kernel Manager, scroll down and find the Z-RAMsection.
4. First on the bottom, choose the “Z-RAM Algorithm” first. It is usually “lzo” or “lz4” depend on our Android device kernel.
5. Next, on the Disksize slide under the Z-RAMsection, adjust it to how much we want our zram size is. Usually the zram size is between 25% to 50% of RAM size. For example if our Android device RAM is 2 GB, then we can set the zram size around 512 MB or 1 GB (1024 MB) (no need to be exact).

   

6. After we set the zram size to our liking, turn on the Apply on boot and Virtual memory tunable'sswitch. Next reboot our Android device.

   

7. After the Android device is rebooted, check whether the zram or swap size is present to make sure the zram is enabled.

Toshiba Dynabook R734/K Laptop Specifications and Review in 2022

Toshiba Dynabook R734/K Laptop Specifications and Review in 2022

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Nerdizen.xyz — Toshiba Dynabook R734/K is a laptop released around 2015 or 2016 (sorry, because the information I got of this laptop is so little because how old or unpopular this laptop is). I just bought the built-up used of Toshiba Dynabook R734/K this year, and it’s been 6 months since I used it.

Just like I said earlier, whether it’s because Toshiba Dynabook R734/K is too old or because it’s unpopular, the information I can get of this laptop model is so limited even on the official Dynabook website at http://dynabook.com.

I bought a built-up used of Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop 6 months ago at one of local online shop platform in my country for IDR 2,850,000 or around USD 190 (1 USD = 15,000 IDR) that has Intel Core i3-4000M processor with 4GB RAM and 120GB SSD storage presented in 13.3 inch display.

There are two stickers placed on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop when I bought it, it is below the keyboard and the other one is below the laptop that displaying Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 respectively. So I can assume that one of them is the original operating system installed when the laptop is originally released.

My Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop specifications

My Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop front view

system model	Dynabook R734/K
system manufacturer	Toshiba
processor	Intel Core i3-4000M CPU @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
memory	4GB RAM (Upgradable up to 16GB)
DirectX version	DirectX 12
display	Intel HD Graphics 4600, 1366×768 resolution, 13.3 inch display monitor
ports	3 x USB 3.0 ports, 1 Ethernet port, 1 SDHC port, 1 VGA port, 1 HDMI port
wireless features	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0

Tested Operating System (OS) on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K

My Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop was comes with Windows 10 Pro 64-bit OS preinstalled, but later on I tried other OSes, mostly Linux-based and they can be installed and run smoothly too on it such as:

• Windows 10 Pro Mod by Phoenix Lite OS (TeamOS-HKRG)
• Linux Mint 20.x
• Ubuntu 20.x
• Ubuntu Mate 20.x
• Lubuntu 20.x
• Android x86 4.4
• Bliss OS 11.13
• Phoenix OS 3.6.1

Before, I even dual booting Windows 10 Pro 64-bit and Linux Mint 20.x and use them as daily drivers. I was using Windows 10 Pro 64-bit for general purpose like writing articles / video editing and Linux Mint for coding.

Toshiba Dynabook R734/K easily upgradable and tweaked

Currently, I am upgraded the RAM of my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K into 8GB. It’s very easy to upgrade this laptop RAM and SSD, all we need to do is just open the smaller one cover under the laptop by unloosing the screws.

Or if we want to uncover whole of the hardware placed under this laptop for example for cleaning or replacing the thermal paste (or maybe more advanced things like fixing stuffs), it can be done also by just unloosing the bigger screws placed on sides under the laptop that will released the big bottom cover of this Toshiba Dynabook R734/K.

Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop review in 2022

After 6 months using it, I generally satisfied with my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop. The performance is good and I never experienced lags when using it.

I never use currently most popular and updated software though as for me if my current software is works to get my job done then it is enough, they are such as:

• * Microsoft Word 2013
• * Movavi Video Editor Plus 22.1.1
• * Paint.net
• Avast Premium Security 21.11 (Used in Windows 10 Pro Mod Phoenix Lite OS)
• ** Browser: Latest Firefox, Opera or Chrome
• ** Typora
• ** Visual Studio Code
• ** Eclipse

* Used in Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
** Used both in Windows 10 Pro 64-bit and Linux Mint 20.x

Gaming in Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop

The SIMS 3 Ultimate Collection screenshot on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop

Well, although Toshiba Dynabook is indeed not designed for gaming because it only have integrated graphic of Intel HD 4600, I tested some games on it and run smoothly although the graphic setting should be either in low or medium to have a stable 30 or 60 fps (You can watch some of them on my YouTube channel linked below).

The OS I used is Windows 10 Pro 64-bit when tested the games, the games are such as:

• Fairy Bloom Freesia
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 with Smoke Patch 21 (https://youtu.be/LD3JY5hs6as)
• The SIMS 2 Ultimate Collection
• The SIMS 3 Ultimate Collection (https://youtu.be/KTqlUdo5KAI)
• The SIMS 4 (As of version 1.70). Installed packs: All stuff packs + Get To Work Expansion pack.
• Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005
• Need for Speed Most Wanted 2012
• PCSX2 Emulator (Stable framerate mostly up to 2x resolution)
• Citra Emulator (Stable framerate mostly up to 2x resolution)

Installing Windows 10 Pro on Toshiba Dynabook R734/K Laptop with Drivers + Bluetooth

Installing Windows 10 Pro on Toshiba Dynabook R734/K Laptop with Drivers + Bluetooth

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Nerdizen.xyz — Toshiba Dynabook R734/K is a laptop released around 2014-2016 (I can’t find exact date, just guessing). I bought a used one of this laptop 6 months ago, and from the stickers this laptop maybe released with Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 preinstalled (There are two stickers I found on my laptop).

When I bought my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K, it comes with Windows 10 Pro 64-bit preinstalled from the seller. Because it is a used laptop, reinstalling the OS is a priority to make sure the laptop is clean system wise.

So, now I will share how I installed the Windows 10 Pro 64-bit on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K along with all its drivers, including the Bluetooth driver.

Steps installing Windows 10 Pro 64-bit on Toshiba Dynabook R734/K

1. Prepare the Windows 10 64-bit installation media. Here I am, using Rufus program to make the Windows 10 installation media into a USB stick.
   
2. Boot into BIOS. Restart the laptop, then when the laptop start turning on, keep repeatedly pressing F12 until your Toshiba Dynabook R734/K entering the BIOS menu.
3. Now we are entering the BIOS or Boot Menu. If you have not plugged in the installation media, now is the time.
   
4. If we see the installation media listed on the boot menu (for example on my case is USB Memory), then we can choose it by pressing Enter on it to boot right away and start the Windows 10 installation media (use arrow keyboard to navigate), if not proceed to step 5.
5. [Optional] If we cannot see the installation media listed on the Boot Menu of our Toshiba Dynabook R734/K, then we need to change the boot priority to the installation media from the BIOS setting:
   1. From the main Boot menu, choose Enter Setup → Advanced.
   2. Scroll down and choose Change Boot Order.
   3. Rearrange the list so the installation media is placed at the top, in my case it’s USB Memory (use the touch pad to reach the Move Up / Move Down button). Choose OK after we done.
   4. Lastly, choose the Exit → Exit Saving Changes to restart the laptop and it should be starting the Windows 10 installation media.
6. Installing the Windows 10 Pro. Just like a normal Windows 10 installation process, follow the steps by choosing the disk partition, finishing the setup wizard, etc. until our Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop boot into the Windows 10 desktop.

Installing drivers for Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop on Windows 10

After we successfully boot our Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop and entering the desktop, the last task is installing all its drivers so the laptop can operate optimally.

There are three sources I used to install drivers for my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop, they are:

• Windows Update / Microsoft server
• Dynabook website (Bluetooth driver)
• Auslogics Driver Updater (missing drivers)

Installing Toshiba Dynabook R734/K drivers from Windows Update / Microsoft server

The first and main source to install drivers for our laptop is of course from Windows Update a.k.a. Microsoft server.

Installing Toshiba Dynabook R734/K drivers by updating Windows

1. Open the Settings menu.
2. Choose Update & Security → Windows Update.
3. Keep updating and restarting (when prompted) until there is no update left on the Windows Update.

Fetching Toshiba Dynabook R734/K missing drivers from Device Manager

Next, we will try to fetch missing drivers for our Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop from Microsoft server if available using the device Device Manager menu:

1. Right click on Windows icon at the bottom left of our taskbar to open the context menu, choose Device Manager. Now we can see all installed device/drivers listed on it.
2. To look for missing drivers, look the one with yellow exclamation mark.
3. Right click on the item with yellow exclamation mark, then choose Update driver → Search automatically for drivers to fetch and install the missing driver of it from Microsoft Server.
4. Repeat step 3 until there is no item with yellow exclamation mark.
5. Note that there is no guarantee the driver will be available even from Microsoft server. So if there is no driver found on the Microsoft server for our Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop, just let it be and we must choose another source (read more below).

Installing Bluetooth driver for Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop

Bluetooth driver is the most tricky for me, because at first I tried to search and install numerous Bluetooth drivers from various source for my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K but none of them is working normally.

Luckily, after a thorough search I stumbled at Dynabook website and found the correct one that finally made Bluetooth working normally on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K.

You can download the Bluetooth driver for Toshiba Dynabook R734/K below:

Dynabook Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth Driver – TCK0001100C.exe (9.9 MB)

Installing the rest missing drivers of my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K using Auslogics Driver Updater

Auslogics Driver Updater diagnostics on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K

At this point, I can say my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop is fully ready but I still noticed one or two missing drivers and it just annoy me when I see it on the Device Manager.

So, for the rest of missing drivers I used Auslogics Driver Updater program to install the missing drivers on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop. Install drivers from the program with missing label only.

We can purchase and install Auslogics Driver Updater program for Windows at the official website: https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/driver-updater/

Note: Don’t rely too much on driver updater programs. Use them as necessary, in this case we only use Auslogics Driver Updater program to install missing driver only.

Updating touch pad driver for Toshiba Dynabook R734/K

After sometimes using my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop, I noticed that simple gesture like scrolling are not working on the touch pad. I was not realize this sooner because I am using mouse most of the times.

The solution? It’s still thanks to Auslogic Driver Updater program. Using the program, look and update driver that has mouse icon on it to install updated touch pad driver and make our touch pad more useful.

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Youtube video on installing Windows 10 Pro with all the drivers on my Toshiba Dynabook R734/K laptop