PixelExperience/Plus Beryllium August Update

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Changelog:

  • Device Specific:

    • August security patch
    • Updated brightness curve
    • Enabled ThinLTO and Whole Program Devirtualization for display HAL
    • Moved kryo385 target from cortex-a53 to cortex-a55+nodotprod in the soong build system to take advantage of extra instructions
    • Updated WFD, DPM, IMS, and RIL system blobs from LA.QSSI.11.0.r1-12100-qssi.0
    • Updated display and media HAL from LA.UM.9.3.r1-02800-sdm845.0
    • Translation updates
    • Minor fixes

  • Etude kernel:

    • Linux 4.9.280
    • CAF tag LA.UM.9.3.r1-02800-sdm845.0
    • fixed -mcpu target for kryo385 by dropping the dot product instructions
    • backported symbol export inside assembly from upstream
    • backported modern annotations for assembly functions from upstream
    • backported the latest version of ARM’s optimized routines for arm64 from mainline kernel (Linux 5.13): memcmp, strcmp, strlen, strncmp, memcpy, memmove, and memchr
    • backported support for tagged userspace pointers from upstream
    • enabled driver for the Steam controller
    • backported SELinux fixes and android-specific patches from Linux 4.14
    • enabled fast multipliers and flatmem for arm64
    • DO NOT use a third party kernel without proper support for Pixel thermal hal

NOTE

  • You can dirty flash normal version over previous BETA builds but clean flash is recommended for installing Plus version.
  • Users might face minimal Jitters right after updating, But give it some time, an hour or two and it’ll be totally alright.
  • Do not flash any other kernel on A11. First check if it supports Pixel Thermals.
  • For google Camera, Use any Camera Mod. Parrot043’s and San1ty’s Builds Work good with PocoF1, But Anyone can try any mods. Find the Apks here (https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/).
  • Gapps are included. Vendor and firmware are included.

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