Realme launched the Realme XT back in the last year running ColorOS 6.0 on top of Android 10. The smartphone recently received the Android 10-based Realme UI 1.0 update with a bunch of new features. Among them, we have dual earphone connection, animated wallpapers, customizable icon shape, new charging animation, Realme Share (cross-brand file-sharing technology) and more.
According to the company, Realme UI is crafted to provide a near-stock Android experience. However, there’s still some stuff from Oppo’s ColorOS 7. If you wish to enjoy a true Android-lie experience on your Realme XT we have some good nows. The mid-range smartphone is now getting official Havoc OS (Android 10) support. If you’re Unaware, Havoc OS is one of the most popular custom ROMs in the third-party Android community. It includes a vanilla Android experience but also introduces several new features. Thus allowing users to customize it according to their taste.
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To flash a custom ROM, users will need to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery. Worth noting that unlocking bootloader does not void the warranty. Realme is quite friendly with developers. That said, flashing a custom ROM won’t be a problem as well. You can find both the custom recovery file (TWRP) and the download link for the ROM below. For the bootloader unlocking process, you can refer to this post.
Credits: We want to credit pjgowthamĀ for developing TWRP recovery, andĀ Probir Ghosh for developing Havoc-OS for Realme XT. Have fun!