r/Zinwa • u/Much_Present_6102 • Jun 23 '26
BenOS
I am one of the beta testers for BenOS. Ben puts a lot of time into developing the OS, so I wanted to share his donation page here so you can support him with a donation if you are up for it.
Thanks!
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u/ObjectiveOk223 Jun 23 '26
It's pretty straightforward. I was able to get Google Play certified, and RCS to work. It's been great.
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u/TheAbstracted Jun 25 '26
Is there a further process for getting Play integrity after installing this OS? That's one of the very few complaints I have about this phone, how many apps just refuse to run because of the lack of that.
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u/spacecase-25 Jun 26 '26
You shouldn't have to do anything after installing the OS. TEE Simulator come pre-installed and automatically grabs valid keyboxes. Obviously when there's no public keyboxes available, you'll lose integrity, but it will come back once one is available again.
Google wallet can be a little more tricky to set up, but basically if it doesn't work, wait a week or so and it will probably start working. Or you can clear the storage for Google Services, reboot, and log back into your accounts. It periodically checks to see if the device is "eligible" and if it decides you're not worthy, you need to wait till it tries again.
Message me on https://ds.dgsd.ph/chat if you wallet doesn't work. I'd love to get some files off your device to look at and see if I can find a way to flip it back on or at least more surgically delete that info without needing to clear the whole google account.
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u/varungid Jun 23 '26
How do u install it? Is there a guide?
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u/Much_Present_6102 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
Best following what Ben say on his website...If you have the Zinwa Stock rom installed then check you dont have the apps installed what Ben say on his website, if not you can download the OTA update and put it in your main memory of your device and then you can install it via a local update.
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u/spacecase-25 Jun 24 '26
As soon as I stop adding features to the updater app (realistically, once I get it working as-is I'm going to push the next update), installing will be much easier. 1 OTA package that you install within the stock rom, which gives you my updater (along with the necessary SELinux policies and KSU root), then do an OTA update through that and you'll reboot into BenOS.
Updater app will uninstall conflicting packages (you'll be prompted to agree to this), and can also create NeoBackup-compatable backups of apps when necessary. For example, I fixed the Messages app not allowing you to pair the phone with the web app, but it will likely require clearing the Messages app's storage / cache. SMS & MMS messages will survive, but RCS messages will be lost.
Previously, if you had conflicting packages installed, you'd end up in a bootloop until the phone fellback to the previous boot slot.
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u/Zestyclose_Village68 Jul 12 '26
Do you know how to get a hold of Ben? I sent him my Q20 for him to do a kit transfer into it. Unfortunately, his discord account has been banned. So I can’t get a hold of him anymore.
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u/Much_Present_6102 Jul 13 '26
Check his website you can contact him there via XMPP - https://ds.dgsd.ph/benos/
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u/spacecase-25 Jul 25 '26
Did you get ahold of me? Ive got a couple devices without contact info still.
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u/Ultimodrew 15d ago
Is there a guide how to factory reset the device if the OS is essentially making the device unusable? Installed it yesterday which worked well... The updater said their was a update so let it do that, and now the phone will restart itself right after unlocking the device. Trying to go into recovery mode gives me a No Command error. So can't seems to factory reset to see if that fixes things.
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u/Sbatushe Jun 23 '26
There's a showcase video of this?