UPDATE 2025-11-13

Updated all Android 16 builds to Evolution X 11.4.

These are stopgap Unofficial builds to mitigate the delay due to the ongoing rework of Evolution X Official build infrastructure.

UPDATE 2025-09-27

Added links to Evolution X 11 builds, Android 16 update, for the Pixel 4a. At long last.

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Third time's the charm, or so it goes.

My previous two attempts to provide an alternative Android distribution (aka "custom ROM") for the Google Pixel 4a and 4a 5G were very successful already, and I am going at it again with the Pixel 5 this time.

Is this the result of plain luck or strictly accumulated know-how ?

Maybe a bit of both, given that the Evolution X custom ROM I am adapting for these devices is relying on LineageOS, which provides a rock solid foundation for this kind of work.

Note that the Lineage project has not officially released their sources for Android 16 yet, at the time of this writing, so I had to do some preemptive hacking and debugging work to make it all run.

So, here we are again, you will find below the Evolution X 11 images for the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 based on Android 16.

And I have also built Android 15 based Evolution X for the Pixel 5 for good measure, just in case you need it ; check out my previous articles on Evolution X for the Pixel 4a and the one adding the Pixel 4a 5G to the roster if you want the previous releases for these devices.

	Pixel 4a (Sunfish)	Pixel 4a 5G (Bramble)	Pixel 5 (Redfin)
Evolution X 10.x (Android 15)	For Sunfish images, refer to previous post.	For Bramble images, or tips on how to flash multiple boot sector images, refer to previous post.	Redfin Standard image [1] Redfin 10.x boot sector image Redfin 10.x dtbo sector image Redfin 10.x vendor_boot sector image Redfin Vanilla image [2] Redfin 10.x V. boot sector image [3] Redfin 10.x V. dtbo sector image Redfin 10.x V. vendor_boot sector image
Evolution X 11.x (Android 16)	Sunfish Standard image Sunfish 11.x boot image Sunfish Vanilla image Sunfish 11.x V. boot image	Bramble Standard image Bramble 11.x boot sector image Bramble 11.x dtbo sector image Bramble 11.x vendor_boot sector image Bramble Vanilla image Bramble 11.x V. boot sector image Bramble 11.x V. dtbo sector image Bramble 11.x V. vendor_boot sector image	Redfin 11.x Standard image Redfin 11.x boot sector image Redfin 11.x dtbo sector image Redfin 11.x vendor_boot sector image Redfin 11.x Vanilla image Redfin 11.x V. boot sector image Redfin 11.x V. dtbo sector image Redfin 11.x V. vendor_boot sector image

[1]	"Standard" image includes Google Apps

[2]	"Vanilla" image does not include Google Apps

[3]	"V." stands for Vanilla for sake of consiveness

As always, feel free to peek at my GitHub for sources.