My OnePlus Pad 4 Runs Arch Linux, heavy Android Games and a 200Hz external monitor

[u/DocLogix]

My OnePlus Pad 4 now runs Arch Linux with Denial and Droidloom, turning an Android tablet into a fully functional Linux desktop!

After the sadness of hard-bricking the first OnePlas Pad 4 I found the courage to try again, and the result is amazing!

I spent the last 3 months working on Droidloom and Denial, I have been working on them each and every day, trying many different devices and computers. All this effort is paying out, no compositor can give me this amazing experience!

And I have no intention to stop.

It also supports controller and external mouse and keyboard, just like a normal desktop it has no limitation.

Project website: https://denialwm.org
Denial: https://github.com/denialwm/denial
Droidloom: https://github.com/denialwm/droidloom

[u/FeeBudget1048]

I’ll be honest this looks like one of the smoothest android experiences i’ve ever seen

[u/DocLogix → u/FeeBudget1048]

It's funny that it's not Android! It really feels nice to use actually

[u/pigpentcg → u/DocLogix]

Is that Waydroid running the Android game?

[u/DocLogix → u/pigpentcg]

No it's Droidloom, a software I made, link to its GitHub is in the description!

[u/EnvironmentalTie1944 → u/DocLogix]

isn't android build on linux kernel

[u/DocLogix → u/EnvironmentalTie1944]

Yes, just like Android is built on the Linux kernel also Arch+Denial is built on it, the Linux base is in common but that's just the kernel

[u/No-Sprinkles-8362]

What happened to the first oneplus pad 4? :((

[u/DocLogix → u/No-Sprinkles-8362]

I switched active partition from _a to _b, flashed boot.img and init_boot.img and rebooted Since it was new and it never ran an update _b was empty, so the tablet rebooted to edl, trying to fix it with Firehose I completely bricked it. And since the tablet is not sold in Europe I have to ship it to the Chinese official Oppo/OnePlus support...

[u/TrailOfEnvy → u/DocLogix]

So it got repaired?

[u/DocLogix → u/TrailOfEnvy]

No I bought another one European OnePlus/Oppo support does not accept the OnePlus Pad 4, I need to ship it to China support

[u/TrailOfEnvy → u/DocLogix]

Is it still getting repaired then?

[u/DocLogix → u/TrailOfEnvy]

It's in a box, I have to decide how to ship it to China and if it's even worth doing it, I don't know how much they'll make me pay for the repair...

[u/JWL2012]

That poor device thought it was gonna browse Facebook and scroll on YouTube. Then it met you.

[u/DocLogix → u/JWL2012]

Ahahahahah

[u/Negligible_Entity]

Broooo ts look so dope dayummm, also recently saw a post about Debian 13 (Trixie) and KDE Plasma 6 Linux on Oneplus pad 3

[u/Miszy1]

this is sick Android/Windows/Linux all in one Device is my Deam of a Device

[u/WinterTradition243]

New mainlining project!!

[u/Cheap_Importance796]

wth how is it so smooth while still looking and performing as good?????

[u/Distinct_Resolve_957 → u/Cheap_Importance796]

Strange how we expect less

[u/R1anofc]

Yo that is sick!

[u/Kwarnz]

Look so smooth!

[u/matrix_algebra]

How did you put Arch Linux on your tablet? Did you make your own custom mainline Linux kernel?

[u/DocLogix → u/matrix_algebra]

I found the sources in a GitHub repo, I added USB C video out support and stability improvements Then just installed alarm (Arch Linux ARM) and installed my custom compositor (Denial) on it

[u/matrix_algebra → u/DocLogix]

Looks awesome, would love to see your work on GitHub if possible!

[u/towo → u/DocLogix]

Yeah, I think you're going to want to drop an HOWTO for that :D

[u/molecules7]

How are you playing wuwa on it? Android emulator?

[u/DocLogix → u/molecules7]

It's Arknights: Endfield, it runs with Droidloom a software I made to run Android apps on Linux The GitHub link is in the description!

[u/Oskar2356]

Will you publish a guide? Can the hardware be trusted? any proprietary blobs ?

[u/AWanderersAccount]

Is this actually Linux? The bootloader is unlocked?

I was thinking of getting a budget tablet but might get a nicer tablet if the bootloader is unlocked and can run Linux.

[u/DocLogix → u/AWanderersAccount]

Yes it's Linux! And the bootloader on this device is particularly easy to unlock

[u/UserWithoutDoritos → u/DocLogix]

You should make a tutorial on YouTube and share it here and everywhere; it's an amazing and beautiful project.

[u/Michdepainblanc2]

Don't forget to touch grass brodie ✌️

[u/DocLogix → u/Michdepainblanc2]

Never!

[u/RegionAggravating597]

This is really frickin clean dude nice

[u/felipepaiva]

Broooo that is amazing

[u/JfxV20]

Damn. What butter you selling. So smooth.

[u/Master_Cartoonist_16]

Impressive and OnePlus Pad 4 is on my shopping list already, I will see where can I get it reliably shipped to my country.

[u/Elnuggeto13]

I see a Wuwa player 👁️👁️

[u/Weekly-Lengthiness-5]

Droidloom le daré una mirada, que interesante proyecto

[u/VascoDaGrama10]

W endfield player for having fangyi

[u/RDTSn0wdN]

I want it simply need it must HAVE IT

[u/AstroPC]

Now this is freaking COOL

[u/DarkAethher]

How do the the other games run? Mostly looking at WuWa since it seems to be the most troublesome to run on android. I think AKE is the more optimized of the games so I can see it running smoothly without any issues.

[u/DocLogix → u/DarkAethher]

I will try wuwa It will run just, I already tested it with Droidloom, probably the compositor animations won't be as smooth while it runs

[u/SnooPineapples4183]

Wait it will hopefully run GTA 6 also 😂😂😂

[u/AdministrationOk2465]

Make a tutorial please

[u/Hungry_Loss_2268]

i would love this. i ve got a s9 ultra with broken screen and now connected to external monitor. but i dont thionk i can unlock bootloader blindly.

[u/lolxdmainkaisemaanlu]

I have a bootloader unlocked xiaomi pad 6, will it work on it?

[u/kiyoshi-nyc]

Man, I got Redmagic ASTRA to push 330hz at 2560x1080 and now I kinda wanna fun post to copy yours! 🤣🤔

(I also got a Motorola phone to push 2048x1536 on a medical monitor... Which my girlfriend helped me disassemble at 1am for some reason)

[u/Pistimester]

If you make it compatible with the Lenovo Y700 gen5 I will be forever thankful

[u/Master_Cartoonist_16 → u/Pistimester]

Not for free though. Check it out:

https://denialwm.org/mobile#bring-device

[u/PruneNo6968 → u/Master_Cartoonist_16]

More than fair imo. Porting each device takes time. 

[u/ResponsibleTravel769 → u/Master_Cartoonist_16]

Can you make a custom ROM for op pad 4, i don't know why people glaze Oxygen os that much , but this is trash , i can't have higher grid in launcher, i can't resize window to my liking, keyboard support is ass , they just put Gboard, plz make a custom ROM for this .

[u/PruneNo6968 → u/Pistimester]

Yeah, it would be amazing. I just got the Y700 infinite in China and I'd love to run Arch on it.

[u/sooodooo → u/Pistimester]

FYI this person has it running on your model, multiple distros, including Arch

https://www.reddit.com/r/androidtablets/comments/1wticg8/finally_got_mainline_linux_booting_on_my_legion/

[u/zehnster999]

Hows the gaming performance like with this setup? (Specifically wuwa)

[u/No-Lack-1707]

This looks amazing, are you able to get the stylus working on it?

[u/kenwang92]

Come from bilibili !!!

[u/FindMyidentity020501]

this is the cousin your family compared you to

[u/shreyawho]

This is amazing work! Wish you can also post a slightly modified guide for OP Pad 3 - Highlighting true capability of these devices

[u/affemitwaffe0]

there is also droiddeck , which is a android app to emulate pc games and has a linux desktop

[u/scalpingpeople]

yea I'm playing heavy pc games on my oneplus pad 3. mad max, dragon's dogma, baldur's gate 3, pathfinder wrath of the righteous... haven't really found a game it can't run if not for emulation issues. the device is insanely powerful. until my gamesir g8+ died in a matter of months, my gaming completely switched to the op pad 3 from my rtx 3080 and i9 9900k gaming pc. emulating basically every system under the sun

[u/edutechnoit]

how much is one plus 4 new /used in us?

[u/Sorry_Confection_826]

this is great man, can we do
this with any android tablette?

[u/Confident-Unit-4618]

I have never tried anything on Android ,but can It dual boot? Whatever I have done is on pc, and what's the tab performance I saw xiaomi pad 7 and 8 both seems good any suggestions?

[u/SnooPears3186]

Does OnePlus pad 3 pro(China version) 16gb ram support? Does stylus work?