I use a Realme GT Master Edition as my primary device and it has worked great ever since I got it, didn't even feel like upgrading to a newer smartphone till now.
Realme recently pushed its Android 13/Realme UI 4 update to my phone and I forgot to turn off auto-updates. Now the phone is full of ads (there were none earlier), the UI is very slow, and the local music app keeps crashing every now and then. As expected, the camera quality has also degraded after the update and the battery life isn't what it used to be like. So I was wondering if I should downgrade my phone to Android 12 or not. Just a few months ago, this phone was way better than many latest smartphones in its price range, but now it's trash. I'm 100% sure that if I were to switch to a new smartphone, it wouldn't give me as great of an experience as this one when it ran A12.
So, here are my questions to anyone who can help me with the problem:
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1) if a previous stock ROM was better. Then better revert to it.
2) yes. Anyways it's out of warranty. If your newbie to flashing stock ROMs , watch YouTube videos and follow. It's pretty easy and safe.
3) experience after flashing stock ROM of A12 will be same as before experience.
4) follow 2nd point.
How about installing custom ROM's.
Also installing stock rom or rollback shouldn't be an issue.
Step 1: Download the roll back package in your phone and remember the location.
Link: Rollback package for realme GT Neo 2 5G
Step 2: Enter recovery mode to roll back:
Turn off your phone-->Long press the volume down and power buttons at the same time enter recovery mode-->Choose the language -->Install from storage--> Input your screen locked password-->Find & tap the rollback package to go back to the previous version.
After quitting of madhav Seth, realme downfall started
Same like MI
My realme gt master edition is working fine as it was before the update
any custom ROM not available?
A few A13 ROMs are available. Being based off of kernel 5.x there are no roadblocks to longterm custom ROM development. Don't know if it's a GKI 2.0 device though. It's however not good to gauge the quality of custom ROM development based only on the number of custom ROMs available. I made the same mistake twice, first in case of Redmi Note 10 Pro (RIP) and later in case of Poco F4. However it seems it got better eventually in case of the former so I am hoping that it comes true in case of the latter as well.
I had to downgrade as well to Android 12. The A13 was slow and copy of realme/oppo OS and I did not like it one bit.
My device is One plus Nord 2.
All device data was wiped out after roll back.. But Phone is now usable at least.
Apart from Samsung/Apple all manufactures provide degraded OS in the name of OS upgrade.
Absolutely no issue after upgrading to MIUI 14/A13 from MIUI13/A12 in my Poco F4. I had read negative comments regarding MIUI updates in the past years so I didn't update for several months after it was released but ultimately gave in due to 5G requirement. Surprisingly there's no issue whatsoever. I didn't even factory reset the device after the upgrade as some had suggested as I am planning to unlock the bootloader and that will accomplish the above. Quality of MIUI updates varies according to the price range apparently (though that didn't prevent device bricking updates in flagship devices in 2022 ).
As far my experience, RealMe, OPPO, VIVO phones has very high security in their phones. They don't allow rooting or any software modification. After android 9, Google has introduced Anti Rollback system means you can't downgrade your phones after update. The software version is saved in RPMB partition of flash storage which is encrypted & only CPU can decrypt the partition & read or modify android software version. If you downgrade your phone, Anti Rollback protection will compare the version & if it finds lower version they either will remain in dead condition stuck in recovery or logo.
tutorial downgrade yang support realme 8
realme devices cant be flashed they need some kind of authorization from service center for stock rom
if ur bootloader is unlocked then u can try custom roms
I can't download down grade package my realme gt neo 3
Thanks a lot!!
Any stock ROMs that you would recommend?
Stock roms means original firmware released by manufacturer. It will be region specific. Install for your region.
After quitting of madhav Seth, realme downfall started
Same like MI