From now new OrangeFox Recovery builds will be posted in @OrangeFoxUpdates, this channel will be left for OrangeFox Recovery News only.

I see that some peoples leaving, I'll repeat: this channel will be left for OrangeFox Recovery News. That means only important news will be here. This channel won't be deleted or abandoned.
Thanks.

Some minor news which are too small to be written about separately:
1. We have updated the strings on the crowdin - https://crowdin.com/project/orangefox/, please help OrangeFox Recovery become more localized. If you have trouble with crowdin - ask @MrYacha to get an xml file.
2. We created our own API. The documentation is here - https://api.orangefox.tech/
3. We created our own Telegram bot (@ofoxr_bot). Currently, it working in OrangeFox chats and PM. The sources of the bot are here - https://gitlab.com/OrangeFox/site/obot. It's also a nice example of how to use our API

Thanks for using and trusting OrangeFox Recovery!

Today, OrangeFox Recovery is two years old! I hope you will celebrate this milestone with us.

We have moved from supporting a single Xiaomi device to a position where we now have Stable releases for more than 70 devices, from several manufacturers. We now have more than 100,000 downloads every month!

We wish to appreciate and thank our hundreds of thousands of users, our testers, and our Team, for all their loyalty and support.

Today, we are introducing a brand new OrangeFox Recovery site. This new web site uses the OrangeFox API, and was created by @JackOfBadTrades.

From now you can easily find and download releases for your device.

Our website is fully opensource - https://gitlab.com/OrangeFox/site/dsite

The new web site is orangefox.download

We have implemented a major upgrade to our OrangeFox API, with our new API v2.

Please read the new documentation - https://wiki.orangefox.tech/en/dev/api

The old API v1 is now abandoned (read the same page if you are using API v1).

Build your apps with our API and integrate OrangeFox Recovery in your sites!

Today, we have added support of translation to our wiki page (https://wiki.orangefox.tech) in our Сrowdin. Help us translate it.
https://crowdin.com/project/orangefox

Here are some important news items:
1. We have updated orangefox.download to support translations. The URLs of devices and builds have also been changed, so please update your saved URLs. Thanks!

2. The OrangeFox crowdin has been moved to https://orangefox.crowdin.com, with added support for translating orangefox.download. The old translations were saved.

Now we have an OrangeFox OpenCollective page where you can help us by donating. Donating helps us to pay for domains and servers. All money will be spent only for OrangeFox Recovery.

https://opencollective.com/orangefox

OrangeFox Recovery is increasing exponentially in popularity every day. With this growth comes higher expectations from users. We are responding by raising our own expectations for general OrangeFox stability on all devices.

From now a maintainer will be able to release a 'Stable' build only if his build is bugless, especially regarding features like MIUI OTA (on Xiaomi devices) and Decryption.

'Stable' builds (especially the initial release) need to be fully and properly tested before release. Any build that is not fully and properly tested will now be restricted to release in the 'Beta' branch only. Currently, these restrictions will be applied only to new devices.

We also encourage you to support this initiative and help us make OrangeFox Recovery more bugless than ever.

Read our wiki about how to make proper reports and send reports to @OrangeFoxChat

OrangeFox Recovery R11.0 is near. R11.0 heralds a new era for OrangeFox Recovery. We started development in last year, and right now we are adding finishing touches. You can find the changelog here.

Very soon we will start updating our devices to the R11.0 version.

Release timeline:
11-12 July: Stable R11.0 release for lavender
18-19 July: Stable R11.0 release for devices that successfully passed beta testing
19-20 July: The OrangeFox Recovery R11.0 sources will be made public

We have a week's window after the lavender release to be sure that R11.0 is even more thoroughly tested. After that, other devices will come with stable releases.

If your device is not updated at this time, please don't ask us about it. Maintainers also have a life, and they will make their releases at their earliest convenience.

Kudos to the OrangeFox Recovery devs!

R11.0 for Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 (lavender) after moving the deadline, is finally released.

Download it here (https://orangefox.download/en/build/lavender/stable/R11.0). In that time (3 days) we have patched potentially critical issues.

Other timelines are not moved, and all should be as expected.

Also, we want to remind you that you should please NOT ask us about new updates. Updates will be released smoothly, after sustained beta-testing, and when we are sure that releases will be bugless.

The day you've all been waiting for has arrived. OrangeFox Recovery R11.0 is released!

You can check updated devices in @OrangeFoxUpdates channel and download from https://orangefox.download.

Other devices will be updated after full beta testing. We ask you be patient and wait if your device isn't updated to R11.0 yet. Please don't ask for whether (or when) R11.0 will be released.

The sources for R11.0 are opened and buildable, check out @OrangeFoxBuilding

Today we have updated our bot (@ofoxr_bot). It was rewritten from scratch, and is now faster, better, and supports new features:
- From now admins can subscribe chats/channels to individual devices. This will also work in pm - type /subscriptionhelp in the bot's PM to get started.
- Partial localization support translations have been added on our crowdin page.

For our bot we created our own python library and updated our API. You can read about the changes in the development news channel

We are pleased to announce OrangeFox Recovery R11.1 Stable

The changes introduced by R11.1 can be found at https://wiki.orangefox.tech/en/changelog

The R11.1 Stable updates will be rolled out individually for each device.
You can track new releases at https://t.me/OrangeFoxUpdates

You can download OrangeFox Recovery by visiting http://orangefox.download.

Hey guys,
We finally are now on Twitter to keep you all updated about the latest news regarding OrangeFox recovery project and also to provide support to our users no matter what platform they like.

Furthermore, our building/development chats are getting migrated from Telegram to Discord.

Twitter page: https://twitter.com/OrangeFox_Rec
Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/qbVMJdJbXF

The wait's finally over. fox_11.0 sources are finally public!
We've also begun rolling out releases for some devices that shipped with Android 11.

Follow the Telegram channel (@OrangeFoxUpdates and/or @OrangeFoxBetaTracker) to check if we made a release for your device!

Also check the wiki for a step-by-step guide how to build the recovery: https://wiki.orangefox.tech/en/dev/building

Year 2021 was really successful for us.
Launch of R11.1 version, new supported devices and under the hood successes.
But, 2021 has come to an end. We hope you had a really good time this year, and we wish you Happy 2022!

As you people might have noticed, the development of OrangeFox's Android 11 sources is a bit slower than usual. The main reason for this being that none of the core Developers have a device to work on that utilizes GKI, Virtual A/B or any of the other Android11 specific features.

To tackle this, we have decided to open crowdfunding for a Xiaomi Poco F3. The device will go to one of the core developers to ensure that OrangeFox will support all the new features.
In addition to that, the device will be officially maintained.

Please consider making a contribution.
OrangeFox is fully open-source, free, doesn't have ads, and is still going on only because of Your support.

https://opencollective.com/orangefox