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.
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!
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.
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).
Going to post this here as well. So sometimes the .img wont flash on the current slot which was A and switched to B. Using the given commands I managed to flash b, but the command set active a didn't work. So ChatGPT helped and suggested I use fastboot --set-active=b which WORKED. Before that, Chat helped me get back on the fastboot screen from the recovery screen that says no command with the droid bot by holding + and power since adb reboot fastboot was not working.
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.
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.
Help! The seciton with "assets" with the link doesn't appear when I go to the GitHub page. Instead the instructions show to download using wget, but I'm not sure how to do that in Windows 11.
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
@tomstuart1955 I'm going to stop by my service provider sometime over the weekend and see if there's anything they can do. I have heard through different sites, not about this phone. In particular, that there are certain registration codes or something that need to be put into the deeper settings of the phones, texts information. It's beyond me. It's something that my service provider has to do. I'll let you know if that solves anything.
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 😉
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.
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
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 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
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
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
More credit goes to the developer 'Archfx' on XDA forum and on Github along with other contributors than Steve. Let's be fair.
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.
Great surface content 😊
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.
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!
I appreciate the love for the Duo 2. It deserves it.
Is it working on duo 2 ?
@AlexPaganfatgnome whoops my bad that's the gen1 duo ✅
@@AlexPaganfatgnome It works perfectly, only brightness could not be adjusted. But default brightness is okay.
@@AlexPaganfatgnome Ys, it works really well.
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.
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).
Oh wow! This is great! I love my Duo 1. I need to find someone near by that can do this for me🙏
Going to post this here as well. So sometimes the .img wont flash on the current slot which was A and switched to B. Using the given commands I managed to flash b, but the command set active a didn't work. So ChatGPT helped and suggested I use fastboot --set-active=b which WORKED. Before that, Chat helped me get back on the fastboot screen from the recovery screen that says no command with the droid bot by holding + and power since adb reboot fastboot was not working.
Wonder if the surface pen works. The original duo is still the best folding phone hardware wise that I’ve ever seen
stylus works fine. Just can't get the options to work
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.
This is exciting, hope it comes to Duo 2!
it could be installed on SD2, and best part is OTA updates are feasible thru 'Updater' at Phh Treble settings
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.
Do they have this for the duo 2?
Ooh yes please!
Plus 1
Please bring this to duo 2
it is available and works quite well on my SD2 as a daily driver.
Cool stuff
I use Microsoft duo 2 everyday in 2024
Keyboard doesn't pop up, went from 14 to 15, 14 gave me network issues with struggles on sim, wifi was ok. This update fixed that but no keyboard
Help! The seciton with "assets" with the link doesn't appear when I go to the GitHub page. Instead the instructions show to download using wget, but I'm not sure how to do that in Windows 11.
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
So install went perfect, everything is running great save for messages. I cannot send or receive texts? Any ideas?
I have same problem and not able to send or receive messages but phone works.
@tomstuart1955 I'm going to stop by my service provider sometime over the weekend and see if there's anything they can do. I have heard through different sites, not about this phone. In particular, that there are certain registration codes or something that need to be put into the deeper settings of the phones, texts information. It's beyond me. It's something that my service provider has to do. I'll let you know if that solves anything.
Can I do a question? If I install this A15 for duo 256 then is it possible to install windows 11 in dual boot or not?
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?
Leave in unlocked
Can people send in their surface duos so you can do this for payment ?
Nah, that's not something I want to get into
how is battery life
What is brochure posture? Does android 15 know about trifold displays?
Not sure exactly what they're meaning tbh. Never heard that term.
Nice
Can I flash this rom to my HUAWEI matepad air? or my realme phone?
Can u please say something to Esim and Dual sim Feature!
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 😉
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.
That was in Windows. Audio is fine here.
@@shanecraigtechOhh, good! Thanks!
Duo on A15 before OPO. Damn.
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?
Interesting. No such issue for me. I would trying messing around with gboard. Force quit, disable, uninstall updates, enable it again, etc.
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.
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.
I wonder the security side. Is it safe?
Hi Shane! You know if there is any problem flash this with Windows 11 instaled?
I think they gave instructions for that scenario specifically
Does it work for duo 2
Does MS Launcher work?
Will this still work on a cellular network?
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.
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
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.
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?
Pretty sure I talked about this error in the video lol
@@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
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
Interesting, Now can it run but oxygen OS, I would rather have nothing to do with Microsoft. Thank you
it's only for duo1 ? works with duo2?
Duo 1
Do books split screen? I thought I read (back in the day) that it did
@@sdelliott31 yes it does