Nokia 8 Sirocco smartphone launched in early year, it’s a mid-range smartphone that comes with amazing specs and features. Nokia 8 Sirocco has a 5.5-inch P OLED display panel that supports 1440 x 2560 pixels of resolutions and offers 16:9 aspect ratio. The display of the phone protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The phone powered by Octa- Core Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) processor under the hood along with Adreno 540 GPU. It packed with Non-removable Li-Ion 3260 mAh battery which supports Fast battery charging 9V/2A 18W feature.
Nokia 8 Sirocco features dual camera sensors on the back side along with LED flash, 12-megapixel main and 13-megapixel secondary camera. On the front side, it has a 5-megapixel camera for selfies. The phone comes with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB internal storage option. There is no micro SD card support. The phone is available only black color option.
The phone runs on Android 8.0 Oreo operating system out of the box, but the company already released Android Pie update for the officially. If you are a custom ROM lover and want to experience Android Pie based custom ROM on Nokia 8 Sirocco, then you are at the right place. Custom ROM offers more customization than the stock version.
Here in this article, we will guide you on how to download and install Android Pie on Nokia 8 sirocco which is based on Resurrection Remix 7.0 (RR 7.0) custom ROM. The Resurrection Remix 7.0 is one of the best custom ROM available in the market based on Android Pie.
The Android 9.0 Pie for Nokia 8 Sirocco is based on Resurrection Remix 7.0 ROM. The Android Pie Resurrection Remix 7.0 ROM for Nokia 8 Sirocco is also with GSI with Treble Enabled. GSI means Generic System image.
Thanks to the XDA Recognized Developer mracar who work hard on this project. With the help of Project treble, the custom ROM communities boosted ROM development.
Android 9.0 Pie features:-
- Indoor navigation with Wi-Fi RTT
- Gesture Navigation
- Dashboard
- App Timer
- Wind Down
- Notch support
- App Actions and Slices
- Lockdown mode
- Zoom in text
- Smarter Notification Channels
- Improvement in messaging apps
- An easier way to take screenshots and edit them
- Auto-Rotate Button
- Dark theme
- Increased security
- Default HTTPS for apps
- Pair up to 5 Bluetooth devices
- Alert tone to notify call recordings
- Media Panel UI change
- Support for HEIF image and HDR VP9 video format
- Autofill in browsers
- 157 new emojis
- Ambient Display for Battery Percentage
- Adaptive Battery
- Adaptive Brightness
- ART improvements
PRE-REQUISITES
- Make sure your device charged up to 60%.
- Make sure your device bootloader is unlocked.
- This tutorial is only for Nokia 8 Sirocco. Don’t try it on other devices.
- Make sure to take a complete backup of your device.
- Enable your device USB debugging.
- Make sure you have installed latest TWRP recovery.
DOWNLOAD
- Download Android 9.0 Pie for Nokia 8 Sirocco based on Resurrection Remix 7.0
- Download GApps
How to install Android Pie on Nokia 8 Sirocco based on Resurrection Remix 7.0
- Download all the files from links on your PC/Laptop as mentioned in the download section
- Now extract the Resurrection Remix 7.0 Android Pie GSI file and transfer both Android Pie system.img image and Gapps into internal storage of the phone.
- Now reboot your phone into TWRP Recovery.
- Now Wipe data factory reset, Cache partition, Dalvik Cache and Format the System partition.
- Now, tap on the install and select the system.img zip file and flash it.
- After installation complete, flash GApps zip file.
- After complete installation, go back to the main memory and reboot your device.
- It will take time to boot while doing first time after installation.
That’s it. You have successfully installed Android 9.0 Pie custom ROM on Nokia 8 Sirocco based on Resurrection Remix 7.0. If you are facing any problem while installing Android 9 Pie ROM on your device, please let us know in the comment section.
