Firmware Paranoid Android - Overview: How to download, install?

Paranoid Android is a custom firmware with a variety of features. Its basis is the popular CyanogenMod project. The name of the firmware is consonant with the song of the Radiohead group. And perhaps (officially it is not confirmed), named in her honor. In this article we will tell about the unique features that this firmware opens, and also give a brief instruction on its installation.

The main difference between Paranoid Android from other firmware is the ability to change the appearance of each element of the system. This becomes possible thanks to the "smart" shift shift. Other firmware, to solve this problem, make changes to the system file build.prop.. What is not always justified and negatively affects the performance of the system.

Features Paranoid Android

As the main developer of this firmware Paul Henmel, Paranoid Android is ROM that meets the three main requirements:

• Hinders hybrid functionality. Today, many firmware use this opportunity. But, it is PA He became the first who introduced this mode into the masses. Of course, the hybrid mode itself does not firmware better, but without it it is impossible to present the functionality of modern smartphones and tablets.
• Is close to the drain. Stock Flash is better custom on such indicators as performance and safety. Therefore, the closer the custom firmware to the one that is pre-installed on devices under Android, it is safer and more productive. Base Paranoid Android is an Cyanogenmod.. And as we wrote in this article, this firmware is very close to custom and does not overload the system with useless and unnecessary features.
• Developed based on the requirements of fans. Now this firmware has a huge number of fans. They organized a community where they are divided by their vision of the future of this firmware. Developers take an active part in communicating within this community and the most interesting features submitted by users are used in new versions of the firmware.

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As mentioned above, PA has such a feature as Hybrid Mode.. With it, you can use the device simultaneously in the phone and tablet mode, without being based on the DPI system or a specific application.

You can configure the display mode using a special menu "PARANOID SETTINGS". It is enough just to move the slider to the right position. DPI.

The user interface is selected in the Workspace tab from several modes:

• Hybrid Off - Standard view, a hybrid mode is active
• Stock UI. - Stock view, active hybrid mode
• Tablet UI. - View with lots of useful area thanks to the association status and Navbar
• Phablet UI. - pure android, hybrid mode active
• Phone UI (Small) - Phone View
• Tablet UI (Small) - Optimal view for 8-inch tablets
• Tablet UI (MID) - Classic view for tablets more than 8 inches

In the firmware settings Paranoid Android You can specify the display mode of the appearance in default applications. This is done in the section "User Interface". Here you can also install a common DPI for application groups and lock screen.

Preview notifications

To work with the appearance of the application display created apps tab. When you change the DPI, you can always see what happened before applying the system changes. In this tab, you can also "force applications to think" that they start on the big screen. At the same time, applications themselves will select the settings of such a display.

Backup copies of the settings of this custom firmware can be made in the tab. "Backup and Restore". Here, if necessary, you can download the already saved copy of the settings. The tab menu is as follows:

• "RESET PROPERTIES" - Return settings to its original condition
• "Backup Preferences" - creating backup settings
• "Restore Preferences" - download backup settings
• "Delete Backup" - Delete all or some saved backup settings

If the user of the PARANOID Android firmware is incomprehensible to something, you can always read the help of this Roma. To do this, go to section Help..

Improved navigation

The reader of this article may have the impression that the main difference of this custom firmware from the stock is the possibility of modifying the interface to their needs. But it is not so. Here you can also take advantage of some functions that were told in article about firmware Cyanogenmod.

The main "chips" Paranoid Android, except to change the display on the screen are:

• "Floating Peek" - the ability to open one application windows to the top of another
• "Immersive Mode" - Hiding the statusbar and navigation keys in any application
• Fast and easy switching settings in a special window with finger hold
• Changing the display of the battery percent

Unfortunately, most of the team of this firmware works today at OnePlus. Because of what the development of this firmware slowed down. But, old developers have created many unique solutions for smartphones OnePlus., OPPO, Nexus 5x and Nexus 6p. In particular, mode "Peek" ("In Pocket") and gesture settings.

But such an interesting thing as a change in processor performance modes in Paranoid Android, as opposed to Cyanogenmod.

Installing Paranoid Android

Installing Paranoid Android

As in the case of "Cyan", the installation of this firmware on different models of smartphones may differ. Therefore, we will tell about how to install PA on a popular smartphone Google Nexus 5..

1. First, download the firmware from this site
2. Then download gapps package To install Google Services
3. We transfer files to the memory of the smartphone using a PC (you do not need to be removed from the archives)
4. Turn off your smartphone and load in recovery mode (how to do it in detail described in article about CyanogenMod.)
5. Create a backup Nandroid (Backup mode)
6. Drop settings to factory ( wIPE mode)

And after such a preparation, we start installing Paranoid Android to your smartphone:

1. IN cWM mode Go to B. "INSTALL ZIP FROM SD Card" and activate there "Choose Zip From SD Card"
2. IN TWRP. Select the tab "Install" and find the saved firmware file in the phone's memory

Important: While the process of downloading the firmware of the phone button is not pressed!

• After that we repeat the download for the second downloaded archive

Reboot your smartphone and use the updated firmware of your device.

Paranoid Android is an alternative firmware that has a rich functionality and an interesting appearance. It will noticeably improve the use of your smartphone on the Android operating system for the better. System updates come on OTA. But, unfortunately, the number of supported devices is not as large as I would like.

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