PixelOS 17 · redwood

Android 17 for the POCO X5 Pro 5G — built from source, signed with own release keys.

⬇ Download the 18 September 2026 build

Read this before you flash

This build is rooted out of the box with KernelSU-Next, and your bootloader stays unlocked. Together that means Play Integrity will not pass, and banking, payment and some DRM apps may simply refuse to run. If you depend on those apps, this ROM isn't for you — and no ROM can fix that for you.

Two more things worth knowing up front:

• Every unit gets the Indian (redwoodin) build fingerprint. On a Global unit, expect the occasional region quirk.
• There's no built-in updater yet. When the next build lands, sideload it straight over the top — same keys, no wipe.

Coming from another ROM? Format data.

Changelog

18 September 2026 — initial release

• First unofficial build, based on PixelOS 17 (Android 17)
• Ships the Vajra 5.4.302 kernel
• Root built in: KernelSU-Next with SuSFS
• Signed with my own release keys
• Extras: MIUI Camera, Xiaomi Parts

There's nothing to diff against yet — this is build one. For what changed in PixelOS 17 itself, see the upstream PixelOS changelogs.

Download

Everything for this build sits in one folder — redwood/20260918/

ef7f2efeeb6008da4bf1601b678c380a7dfc276162b227fa0832cd1f1518cb67  PixelOS_redwood-17.0-20260918-UNOFFICIAL.zip
71b9e4abd6656419d90fe60748dbc04c9d6658f8ef53fa6763e201958370f2b6  boot.img
9af76c242ee2c58aa0b577f704624bdd3648709c2abd9059734a7e21a331acc3  vendor_boot.img
cce76d86c51b852c7230e305d31fbec21f66d97adacb97f9a51e0956fa317734  dtbo.img

Flashing

Already running this ROM? Just sideload the new zip — skip to step 4. The zip is a complete build, kernel and recovery included, so there's nothing to fastboot. Same keys, no wipe.

First time here? You need the three images first. Your current recovery won't accept a zip signed with my keys, and flashing boot.img is what puts a working recovery on the phone.

1 — Check anti-rollback first. Do this before anything else.

fastboot getvar anti

If that number is higher than your current firmware expects, stop here. Flashing past it bricks the phone — an actual brick, not a bootloop you can recover from.

2 — Flash the images.

fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img
fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img

That writes to your active slot, which is all you need — the sideload in step 4 fills the other slot completely. If you'd rather have both slots identical anyway, use the suffixed form instead: fastboot flash boot_a boot.img, then fastboot flash boot_b boot.img, same for the rest.

3 — Boot to recovery and format data.

fastboot reboot recovery

Coming from another ROM, format before you sideload — pick Factory reset → Format data. Already on this ROM? Skip the format; same keys, no wipe.

4 — Sideload the ROM.

In recovery pick Apply update → Apply from ADB, then:

adb sideload PixelOS_redwood-17.0-20260918-UNOFFICIAL.zip

Reboot when it finishes.

What's inside

MIUI Camera · Xiaomi Parts · KernelSU-Next

Root is built into the kernel, but the manager app isn't preinstalled — grab it from KernelSU-Next releases.

Kernel source

The kernel in boot.img is GPL-2.0 and its complete source is public:

github.com/genie1997/android_kernel_xiaomi_redwood — tag 5.4.302-Vajra-20260918

Credits

Device and vendor trees by Harshit Rai, maintainer of Redwood-AOSP — @itsraiharshit on Telegram, @heyharshitrai on GitHub. His own redwood builds and support group: @redwood_aosp.

The kernel is built on Scarlet by Tashfin Shakeer Rhythm — @Tashar02, Atom-X-Devs.

Thanks to the PixelOS team for the ROM.

Maintained by genie1997 · github.com/genie1997

Unofficial build. Not endorsed by or affiliated with PixelOS or Xiaomi. Flash at your own risk.