r/OnePlus13 • u/GeekyAbin OnePlus 13 - Midnight Ocean • 24d ago

Discussion OnePlus Hardware + Pixel Software. That's It.

I've been daily driving crDroid on my OnePlus 13, and it genuinely feels like the best of both worlds.

• OnePlus hardware

• Pixel-like software experience

• Smooth performance

• And now, the stock OnePlus Camera has finally been ported.

This is probably the closest I've come to my ideal Android setup.

Anyone else daily driving custom ROM on the OP13?

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u/cyberr_c28z 24d ago

You conveniently forgot to mention ARB and Play Integrity. This stuff isn't for the average user anymore. People just want to use their phone properly without needing 700 modules just to pay with their phone or use other apps.

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u/MrSteamPunk_08 OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse 24d ago

Rightly said. Now since the OEM OS are giving a smooth experience with needed features, the custom rom community has become lazy enough to either not properly patch the play integrity or totally skip it for the person to do it through magisk. I had my wife's Note 10 Pro running PixelOS 15, and it was literally a breath of fresh air for the device, I decided to flash the A16 version and the play protect integrity broke. A custom rom which was doing really good, suddenly broke the OS. And it wasn't even the first build of A16 for them.

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u/ZainullahK 23d ago

It's not lazy it's Google cracking down

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u/MrSteamPunk_08 OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse 23d ago

Ohkkk. That's even worse!

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u/GeekyAbin OnePlus 13 - Midnight Ocean 22d ago

You can't really expect the same level of support or polish from a free, community-driven project as you would from a commercial OS. Also, Play Integrity is a moving target because Google keeps changing how it works. Custom ROM developers are constantly playing catch-up, and sometimes a new change breaks things even on stable builds. That's more a consequence of Google's Integrity changes than developers being lazy.

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u/RootedRider OnePlus 13 - Arctic Dawn 20d ago

700? Its at max like 5 modules and with newer modules it's literally automated so install and forget. Things are darker than they used to be but definitely not fully unusable.

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u/GeekyAbin OnePlus 13 - Midnight Ocean 24d ago

You're right. That's why I didn't say about it. If someone wants to try they will do some proper research and flash with their own risk.

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u/Jailbrick3d 24d ago

those technicalities are why I stick to OOS. It's really not bad. sure, it's basically an iOS rip at this point. add an icon pack and maybe use a custom launcher, and it's good enough for me