Installing and Testing Android 15 for Surface Duo

[@shanecraigtech]

Shout-out to ‪Steve Litchfield for the inspiration on this one! I was a guest on The Phones Show a few days back! stevelitchfield.com/sshow/chat.html

[@NareshPasalkar]

More credit goes to the developer 'Archfx' on XDA forum and on Github along with other contributors than Steve. Let's be fair.

[@samuelventimiglia7327]

This looks really good and I may just give this a go for my OG Duo. Thanks as always Shane for making these Duo videos still for us fans.

[@ACatCalledSnow]

Christmas came early! This looks very cool. Sadly, I no longer have my SD1 though. If I did, I would try this out for sure. Thank you for the great video, Shane.

[@mrmarkyrichards]

Great surface content 😊

[@JeffreyTan]

This is exciting to see you doing an install of the ROM on the SD1! With Niagara Launcher and Be Nice pairing app this'll look great! Shout out from Singapore here!

[@purian23]

I've been a long-time Microsoft user, dating back to Windows 6.0/6.5, Windows Phone 7/8/8.1, and Windows Mobile 10. While I was initially massively excited about the Surface Duo series, the early models fell short of expectations. After the disappointing lifecycle of the Surface Duo 2, I switched to the Apple ecosystem, impressed by their commitment to product support and continuous improvement. Their products support one another, they are more in-sync than anything else on the market. Personally, I now find the Pixel 9 Pro Fold to be a very compelling device they worked hard to produce vs what Microsoft could have offered, could have been. It's unfortunate that Microsoft's mobile division has struggled in the last decade and a half, especially considering their potential. It's hard to fathom how badly they failed in this segment.

[@ludovician]

I appreciate the love for the Duo 2. It deserves it.

[@AlexPaganfatgnome]

Is it working on duo 2 ?

[@ludovician]

@AlexPaganfatgnome whoops my bad that's the gen1 duo ✅

[@NareshPasalkar]

@@AlexPaganfatgnome It works perfectly, only brightness could not be adjusted. But default brightness is okay.

[@NareshPasalkar]

@@AlexPaganfatgnome Ys, it works really well.

[@ArthurZakaryan23]

This looks really good and just like you said it seems to be quite usable. To be able to get the majority look and feel of the Pixel Fold on the Duo is something I'm very interested in doing. I get pretty wonky, generally bad battery life on my Duo 1 running the last build of 12L so I can't imagine this being any worse than that. Do you mind testing the digitizer if you have a stylus laying around. For me it only ever works properly with OneNote, the stylus capability hasn't yet rolled out to Google Keep but leaks do show it's in the works. Thanks Shane, this is a great find.

[@MasterH2005]

I wanna try a Surface Duo, but they're gonna be hard to find since Microsoft pulled the plug on its production. I would love to use it for trying AOSPs.

[@EfraLpz_33]

Hello Shane, I like your work a lot and thank you for all you do, I would like to ask if you have noticed that the Microsoft apps have recently stop working on the surfece Duo at dual screen, what I mean is that normally office apps would span and use the entire real state of the 2 screens, also one drive at opening a Pdf it would expand to both and you were able to read it as a book, however recently office shows a nasty green screen in the right side and one drive no longer works as a book but as any other generic pdf reader; those are the ones I noticed but maybe more apps stop working on the 2 screens. Do you know if this is the case for everybody or just me? This kills some of the advantage of the 2 screens and sadly on MS native apps!! 😢. Thanks

[@jonnyrock55422]

Thanks for the help, bringing new life to my Duo 1! Do we re lock the boot loaded when this is done, or is it now always unlocked?

[@shanecraigtech]

Leave in unlocked

[@kevinkev1530]

Cool stuff

[@Hosanie88]

Do they have this for the duo 2?

[@stevedymoke]

Ooh yes please!

[@matsleight]

Plus 1

[@AlexPaganfatgnome]

Please bring this to duo 2

[@NareshPasalkar]

it is available and works quite well on my SD2 as a daily driver.

[@loofers]

Honestly the duo still looks like a great device, it only needed a folding screen. A windows version with a folding screen would have been so sick (full windows for gaming).

[@OleHippy]

Shane, Wasn’t there a problem with audio in the previous version? I can’t recall what it was specifically but you mentioned some audio function wasn’t working yet.

[@shanecraigtech]

That was in Windows. Audio is fine here.

[@OleHippy]

@@shanecraigtechOhh, good! Thanks!

[@matsleight]

This is exciting, hope it comes to Duo 2!

[@NareshPasalkar]

it could be installed on SD2, and best part is OTA updates are feasible thru 'Updater' at Phh Treble settings

[@LearnwithjoshuaSHS]

Can I flash this rom to my HUAWEI matepad air? or my realme phone?

[@flobarthlein9152]

Can u please say something to Esim and Dual sim Feature!

[@ricardochaves445]

Hi Shane! You know if there is any problem flash this with Windows 11 instaled?

[@shanecraigtech]

I think they gave instructions for that scenario specifically

[@localblackman427]

What is brochure posture? Does android 15 know about trifold displays?

[@shanecraigtech]

Not sure exactly what they're meaning tbh. Never heard that term.

[@rabagorr]

how is battery life

[@mikegodwin2117]

I've flashed the android 14 ROM and went back to stock. I'll have to try this one now! My question is... When i went back to the stock firmware i relocked the bootloader. But I've not done that on a custom ROM. Could the bootloader be relocked after flashing this Android 15 ROM? I have no real reason to do that, but I've always wondered if you could 😉

[@Butter_Ballerina]

Does MS Launcher work?

[@stevem4416]

Thanks for this Shane. I did this on my DUO1, the only problem i'm having now is I don't have the onscreen keyboard, so I can't type anything on it. Do you have any idea?

[@shanecraigtech]

Interesting. No such issue for me. I would trying messing around with gboard. Force quit, disable, uninstall updates, enable it again, etc.

[@NareshPasalkar]

If you use gboard /google Keyboard, it comes with a floating bar which when clicked allows to use on-screen keyboard, including 'writing with stylus'/ However, due to muscle memory efficiency I prefer using Microsoft Swiftkey keyboard with multilanguage capabilities. It just works fine.

[@조영제-z5f]

I wonder the security side. Is it safe?

[@jenniferclements1123]

I use Microsoft duo 2 everyday in 2024

[@CMxPunk]

how is the phone connectivity like does it connect to 4G and can you make just phone calls? And does the camera work like its usable? no orientation errors or something? I remember having those stuff on the android 14 pixel rom :D

[@shanecraigtech]

Camera is wonky, but usable. Cellular is a bit weird. I was able to text (didn't test a call), but no LTE. Just good ole G. Might be some settings to play with to improve things.

[@pop6324]

Does it work for duo 2

[@johnny14794]

Invalid sparse file format at header magic Resizing 'system_a' FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition') fastboot: error: Command failed getting that error. I then did what the dev said that might fix problem and go this: Invalid sparse file format at header magic Sending sparse 'system' 1/15 (262112 KB) OKAY [ 6.157s] Writing 'system' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory') fastboot: error: Command failed help please?

[@shanecraigtech]

Pretty sure I talked about this error in the video lol

[@johnny14794]

@@shanecraigtech Invalid sparse file format at header magic Sending sparse 'system' 1/15 (262112 KB) OKAY [ 6.162s] Writing 'system' FAILED (remote: 'No such file or directory') fastboot: error: Command failed but I followed the exact instructions and you work around fix. What am I doing wrong here? I'm on fastboot mode, bootloader is unlocked. Step: adb reboot fastboot fastboot delete-logical-partition system_ext fastboot delete-logical-partition product #get the current slot fastboot getvar current-slot # if current slot is a, delete the system_b fastboot delete-logical-partition system_b # if current slot is b, delete the system_a fastboot delete-logical-partition system_a fastboot flash system a.img

[@NareshPasalkar]

Instructions at github are pretty fine, and categorized for following as follows: 1) if one is coming from stock 12L ( first check 'curret-slot' , using getvar command, and delete logical partition product - which is other than current slot first). fastboot getvar current-slot (if current-slot is a , use following commands in the sequence below , and replace 'a' by b' in first command line and 'system_b' by 'system_b' a if current-slot is 'b') (Note : R15.img = aosp-arm64-ab-gapps-15.0-[[version]].img) fastboot delete-logical-partition a fastboot delete-logical-partition system_b fastboot flash system R15.img fastboot reboot 2) from 13/14 pixel experience: adb reboot fastboot fastboot flash system R15.img fastboot reboot For subsequent updates over OTA : Go to Setting ==> Phh Treble Setting ==> Updater ==> Select 'Complete action using PhhTrebbleApp' ==> Always ==> Click on 'Check for update' to update. It's very seamless. Great efforts by Developer (Archfx) at github.com

[@stradn]

Nice

[@plipogamez3173]

I would like to see a video which comprehensively examine why Microsoft created these phones, what type of customers they expected to buy the Duo, and did they believe the price point was acceptable to the intended customers. I am puzzled as to why a company which has failed several times to make phones that appeal to a mass audience, seemed to have punted with this line of phones. Wasting billions of dollars. The Duo line looks fantastic, but seemingly does not do any one task outstandingly.

[@adventurebunch]

Will this still work on a cellular network?

[@shanecraigtech]

Cellular is a bit weird. I was able to text (didn't test a call), but no LTE. Just good ole G. Might be some settings to play with to improve things.

[@mxbblife_mu]

Can people send in their surface duos so you can do this for payment ?

[@shanecraigtech]

Nah, that's not something I want to get into

[@sayididit2930]

Duo on A15 before OPO. Damn.

[@owlstarvideos]

Interesting, Now can it run but oxygen OS, I would rather have nothing to do with Microsoft. Thank you

[@ionutmane]

it's only for duo1 ? works with duo2?

[@shanecraigtech]

Duo 1