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[Q][P] Using encryption on your tablet

Hello!
I'd really like to use encryption on my tablet on a custom ROM but am failing spectacularly. Neither on Schischu's Lollipop nor on Schischu's Marshmallow ROM my encryption attempts were successful.
As nobody answered to my posts at all, I am starting to wonder if encryption is used by anybody on our P605. So I'd like to setup this poll to get a rough overview about the use cases of people and understand if it's simply my fault or if this feature is not used and therefore not tested.
Of course, I'd be happy to read some comments below if somebody made it working on a custom ROM (like Schischu's) how this was achieved.

OlafLostViking said:
Hello!
I'd really like to use encryption on my tablet on a custom ROM but am failing spectacularly. Neither on Schischu's Lollipop nor on Schischu's Marshmallow ROM my encryption attempts were successful.
As nobody answered to my posts at all, I am starting to wonder if encryption is used by anybody on our P605. So I'd like to setup this poll to get a rough overview about the use cases of people and understand if it's simply my fault or if this feature is not used and therefore not tested.
Of course, I'd be happy to read some comments below if somebody made it working on a custom ROM (like Schischu's) how this was achieved.
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Hi,
The fault does not lie with you. I havn't checked encryption on the note 10.1 2014 custom roms but I did check it out on the Note 4 forums. And all the custom roms that I've come across there don't support encryption, either because the dev's don't view it as important (because no one uses it) or because it's see as secondary compared to speed and battery life.
It's a pretty dangerous game to play without encryption, knowing that the lock screen is so easy by-passable. I was able to flash TWRP and root the note 4 without the device auto wiping user data. So e.g. flashing a custom rom onto the device in order to bypass the lockscreen, and therefore being able to access all the person's personal data and apps is pretty much childsplay for a person that's the least bit into tech.

Sad to hear that, but thank you very much for taking your time to post a reply! :good:
Vasishtha said:
It's a pretty dangerous game to play without encryption, knowing that the lock screen is so easy by-passable. I was able to flash TWRP and root the note 4 without the device auto wiping user data. So e.g. flashing a custom rom onto the device in order to bypass the lockscreen, and therefore being able to access all the person's personal data and apps is pretty much childsplay for a person that's the least bit into tech.
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Indeed - a mobile device is lost or even stolen quite fast. And since we already use custom ROMs and TWRP it's trivial to just access the data via ADB. *sigh* Well, I'm even thinking about going back to a rooted stock ROM with firewall to increase the safety of my local data.... Let's just hope the custom ROMs will support it eventually.

OlafLostViking said:
Sad to hear that, but thank you very much for taking your time to post a reply! :good:
Indeed - a mobile device is lost or even stolen quite fast. And since we already use custom ROMs and TWRP it's trivial to just access the data via ADB. *sigh* Well, I'm even thinking about going back to a rooted stock ROM with firewall to increase the safety of my local data.... Let's just hope the custom ROMs will support it eventually.
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What are you using a firewall for? Can you link me the firewall your using?
I use xprivacy in combination with a firewall(it's an old one and not available anymore on the app store).
There exists some apps that can wipe your phone automatically if you enter the wrong password to many times, I was using one but I can't find it anymore (locker).
-V

Sure! I am using AFWall+ which makes it easy to select the right processes thanks to the log. And it's not a proxy or so (iptables frontend), so it works on all processes and all connections (WiFi, Cell, Roamin, LAN, VPN).
The firewall in XPrivacy is much more finegrained, as it allows you to block certain IPs/Domains while AFWall+ is blocking the whole network access. So I'd say it depends on your needs and, to be honest, the time you want or can invest into setting up your tablet. I bought XPrivacy and am just downloading the profiles from the net as it takes too much time for me at the moment to find the settings on my own

I have upgraded to Android Lollipop + Root + TWRP.
I would use the full data encryption but it seems that you always have to enter a (long) password each time, when you start or unlocking (!) the Note 10.1 (2014 Edit.)
On my Huawei Mate 7 with Android 5, i can use a Passwort for the start and a pattern for unlocking. So, thats very good and fast, if i have to unlock the smartphone.
Only on my Samsung Note 10.1 there is no pattern methode for unlocking the tablet available.... (the same sh** as in Android 4.4)

While you can change the encryption password to be different from the unlock password (using the CLI), you can also use application like f.ex. Delayed Lock that modify the locking behaviour. I am not letting my phone lock when I am at home (WiFi, not that unuseable GPS/cell from the new Android ), for example. With those two approaches using a good encryption password is no hassle at all

Stock rom issues, BL unlocked no more OTA updates [Help/Advice?]

Hi guys,
I am using the stock rom now since the day I got it and unlocked the BL and installed Magisk for root and SafetyNet. Phone worked fine all the time (lazy me never changed the rom) until recent.
Most applications like Instagram, Snapchat (and all that garbage) and others randomly crash recently.. Application stopped working or process.media whatever stopped. Did try to do the usual stuff removing cache, but now this also does not work anymore. Also it's time to update because the WiFi driver has this RCE flaw(CVE-2017-13292) in it and well, lots of other bugs in the rom. The most irritating bugs that all my android devices had. The flashlight stops working because of the camera initialization or something, need to reboot the phone in order to use the flashlight again (when I was with a hot soldering iron in my car waiting for the device to reboot to solder some ****ing wires under the dashboard pissed me off really good. Though long time ago, but you get the idea... )
I did try to update my device using OTA (I knew it wasn't going to work, because mine is rooted). I did try it and the update failed(lol), luckily the phone still booted :cyclops:
What should I do now, can I just flash a stock rom using twrp or is there another stable rom that is clean like the lenovo roms without all the garbish? Which ones are advised?
The version of the rom I am using as of now is in my signature. I do not really need Magisk anymore for now, I had it installed mostly for NFC emulator but the company I emulated the card for no longer exists so meh.. No need for emulating anymore Pachting ads away with luckypatcher is also not worth it and there's like no proper way of blocking ads so I'll rather live with it instead of messing around and putting effort in it.

NiTrOwow said:
Hi guys,
I am using the stock rom now since the day I got it and unlocked the BL and installed Magisk for root and SafetyNet. Phone worked fine all the time (lazy me never changed the rom) until recent.
Most applications like Instagram, Snapchat (and all that garbage) and others randomly crash recently.. Application stopped working or process.media whatever stopped. Did try to do the usual stuff removing cache, but now this also does not work anymore. Also it's time to update because the WiFi driver has this RCE flaw(CVE-2017-13292) in it and well, lots of other bugs in the rom. The most irritating bugs that all my android devices had. The flashlight stops working because of the camera initialization or something, need to reboot the phone in order to use the flashlight again (when I was with a hot soldering iron in my car waiting for the device to reboot to solder some ****ing wires under the dashboard pissed me off really good. Though long time ago, but you get the idea... )
I did try to update my device using OTA (I knew it wasn't going to work, because mine is rooted). I did try it and the update failed(lol), luckily the phone still booted :cyclops:
What should I do now, can I just flash a stock rom using twrp or is there another stable rom that is clean like the lenovo roms without all the garbish? Which ones are advised?
The version of the rom I am using as of now is in my signature. I do not really need Magisk anymore for now, I had it installed mostly for NFC emulator but the company I emulated the card for no longer exists so meh.. No need for emulating anymore Pachting ads away with luckypatcher is also not worth it and there's like no proper way of blocking ads so I'll rather live with it instead of messing around and putting effort in it.
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Android Pie ROMs are pretty stable and usable now (everything works but be aware that all custom ROMs will have darker video recording in comparison to stock)
ROMs of choice:
On Oreo: RR(Unofficial final builds by fullbustah),CrDroid,Arrow or Xtended
On Pie: CrDroid(has an extended desktop bug), SuperiorOs,ArrowOs,AospExtented
I also recommend installing a modded Gcam version because that will significantly boost your camera quality without any throwback or setback.
To install a pie ROM, I have written a tutorial somewhere in our guides section. You will find it pretty quickly.
Also Magisk 18.1 (latest for now) and Adaway still blocks ads perfectly. (Systemless hosts enabled in Magisk settings needed)
I recommend joining Lenovo P2 telegram group for latest news, support and download links.

sm00th4f3 said:
Android Pie ROMs are pretty stable and usable now (everything works but be aware that all custom ROMs will have darker video recording in comparison to stock)
ROMs of choice:
On Oreo: RR(Unofficial final builds by fullbustah),CrDroid,Arrow or Xtended
On Pie: CrDroid(has an extended desktop bug), SuperiorOs,ArrowOs,AospExtented
I also recommend installing a modded Gcam version because that will significantly boost your camera quality without any throwback or setback.
To install a pie ROM, I have written a tutorial somewhere in our guides section. You will find it pretty quickly.
Also Magisk 18.1 (latest for now) and Adaway still blocks ads perfectly. (Systemless hosts enabled in Magisk settings needed)
I recommend joining Lenovo P2 telegram group for latest news, support and download links.
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Alright thanks for the information. I will try to flash my phone next week. I do have one more question. Is there a hardware selftest or test menu in the stock recovery or bootloader because I have a bad feeling that my board might be about to fail. I think this because all kinds of funky things did happen the last few days (I hope the mainboard is still fine, fingers crossed).. I know my old Lenovo had this menu and this way I found out it was dead. Well it was obviously dead but for sure after the test failed because Android didn't boot anymore, and was not able to flash another rom and get that one to boot up.

NiTrOwow said:
Alright thanks for the information. I will try to flash my phone next week. I do have one more question. Is there a hardware selftest or test menu in the stock recovery or bootloader because I have a bad feeling that my board might be about to fail. I think this because all kinds of funky things did happen the last few days (I hope the mainboard is still fine, fingers crossed).. I know my old Lenovo had this menu and this way I found out it was dead. Well it was obviously dead but for sure after the test failed because Android didn't boot anymore, and was not able to flash another rom and get that one to boot up.
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I'm not sure if the p2 owns a menu like that.
You might wanna boot to bootloader and navigate through the small menu via volumekeys.
But otherwise...no idea.
Good luck!

Has anyone tried a treble ROM on the Tab s4?

There are unfortunately no ROMs specifically for this device yet, but has anyone tried to use a generic treble ROM on this device?
Thanks in advance

I have tried several treble ROMs, the majority don't even boot. Lineage os worked but was buggy. The more stable one was Havoc, if I remember correctly.
I was interested in the Q developer ROM but it didn't work. I'm back to the stock pie Rom, since there is no Netflix HD support on those treble roms.

gtaadicto92 said:
I have tried several treble ROMs, the majority don't even boot. Lineage os worked but was buggy. The more stable one was Havoc, if I remember correctly.
I was interested in the Q developer ROM but it didn't work. I'm back to the stock pie Rom, since there is no Netflix HD support on those treble roms.
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Hi Mate, I've been trying to flash a working GSI rom but had no success so far(have an SM-T830). In the past have built ROMs for Tab A 10.1 and flashed them many times with TWRP and Odin so I just cannot understand am I retarded to not being able to flash a working one or what? Have managed to put TWRP 3.3.0.0 and TWRP 3.3.0.1 on the device. Have tried my own arm64_aonly image first. Then an original AOSP one, then a Lineage OS version, at the moment I am just downloading Havoc. The result (apart from the havoc) was always the same. The flashing went through successfully and when I rebooted into system the very fist image came up and boot looped from there. I am always able to go back to TWRP and try another image or through odin can restore the factory image but none of the GSI images seem to be working. So, here is my question. As you managed to get a Lineage and Havoc working, can you tell by looking at it what am I doing wrong please:
1.: OEM unlock
2.: TWRP install with odin
3.: Boot straight into TWRP to prevent being overwritten
4.: TWRP: format data
5.: Flash system image (arm64_aonly)
From here have tried so many things like,
- booting straight into system
- booting back to recovery
- flashing the force_decryptor or how the hell is that called
- formatted data again as the decryptor suggests
The result was always the same, boot looped from the very first image. It seems like that the image is not getting flashed and even if TWRP says was flashed right it is just not there. I'm literaly pulling my hair as it was so easy and straight forward with the Tab A 10.1, but with this ….. thanks for your answer in advance

anyone have any luck with treble GSIs? i can only get arrowos to boot and even then i cant install gapps.

droidbot1337 said:
anyone have any luck with treble GSIs? i can only get arrowos to boot and even then i cant install gapps.
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I used AOSP 9.0 and LineageOS 16 with OpenGApps Pico and both work but are very buggy.

After hours of trying to figure this out myself i ended up finding two ROMs that work for me. I was running stock Android 9 with september's security updates when testing these out:
Roms that i tried, that did NOT work:
BlissOS
ArrowOS
Lineage16
The ROMs that DID work for me were:
phunsson's Treble Experimentations
microG ufOfficial
The only 2 bugs that i've seen so far have been a small graphical glitch of quickettings not staying within the bounds of the pulldown and MTP not working at all. These are both present in both ROMs (The microg ROM uses phhusson's rom as the base). Neither of these bother me all that and i'm very happy to be able to move to microg and not have all the google/samsung bloat hogging my tablet and constantly trying to ping their motherships.
Here's a great list of Generic System Image (GSI) ROMs that you can click scroll through and try downloading and flashing to your device to see if you have any luck.
My process of installing phunsson's GSI ROM:
Reboot to TWRP,
Do a factory reset (Wipe > "Swipe to Do Factory Reset")
Install Image
Reboot
Took about a minute and a half displaying the bootanimation before it got to the home screen for the first time. If it's loading for more than 5 minutes then that ROM definitely isn't going to work with your device.
Hope this helps someone out there trying to get away from their bloated Samsung One UI.

motomotomotoG said:
After hours of trying to figure this out myself i ended up finding two ROMs that work for me. I was running stock Android 9 with september's security updates when testing these out:
Roms that i tried, that did NOT work:
BlissOS
ArrowOS
Lineage16
The ROMs that DID work for me were:
phunsson's Treble Experimentations
microG ufOfficial
The only 2 bugs that i've seen so far have been a small graphical glitch of quickettings not staying within the bounds of the pulldown and MTP not working at all. These are both present in both ROMs (The microg ROM uses phhusson's rom as the base). Neither of these bother me all that and i'm very happy to be able to move to microg and not have all the google/samsung bloat hogging my tablet and constantly trying to ping their motherships.
Here's a great list of Generic System Image (GSI) ROMs that you can click scroll through and try downloading and flashing to your device to see if you have any luck.
My process of installing phunsson's GSI ROM:
Reboot to TWRP,
Do a factory reset (Wipe > "Swipe to Do Factory Reset")
Install Image
Reboot
Took about a minute and a half displaying the bootanimation before it got to the home screen for the first time. If it's loading for more than 5 minutes then that ROM definitely isn't going to work with your device.
Hope this helps someone out there trying to get away from their bloated Samsung One UI.
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Did AOSP 10.0 work for you? I haven't been able to get it to boot. Strangely AOSP 9 and LOS 16 are the only ones I've had luck with.

@last1youlove whoa! You got LOS to work? What kind of magician are you? That one never booted for me. The only ROM I got working was ArrowOS and it has a few bugs. I really want to get HavocOS to work but it's a no-go!

droidbot1337 said:
@last1youlove whoa! You got LOS to work? What kind of magician are you? That one never booted for me. The only ROM I got working was ArrowOS and it has a few bugs. I really want to get HavocOS to work but it's a no-go!
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Strange, How did you go about installing it?

last1youlove said:
Did AOSP 10.0 work for you? I haven't been able to get it to boot. Strangely AOSP 9 and LOS 16 are the only ones I've had luck with.
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I have not. I just really wanted an AOSP based ROM and i had gotten to the point where i had reflashed the stock firmware 3 times through ODIN because I messed up 1 thing or another. So once i got a functional ROM that worked great I just decided to stick to it. Also I don't think Android 10 has Xposed support yet, and i need that in order to enable Signature Spoofing for MicroG's FakeStore.

Has Anyone Flashed LineageOS 16 On Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 (SM-T830) (No GAPPS)

I have flashed LineageOS on my old Samsung Galaxy S6 phone and I like it a lot. But I want this ROM on my Tablet and I want everything to be working.
WiFi
Bluetooth
Front Camera
Back Camera
Software Buttons (Apps, Home, Back)
Volume Buttons
Power Button
Sound
Etc
I could not find any official builds nor any unofficial builds of LineageOS for this device. Has anyone successfully flashed this ROM on the Tab S4 without GAPPS and it works like a charm? I have the SM-T830 model.

Any success?
trymeout said:
I have flashed LineageOS on my old Samsung Galaxy S6 phone and I like it a lot. But I want this ROM on my Tablet and I want everything to be working.
WiFi
Bluetooth
Front Camera
Back Camera
Software Buttons (Apps, Home, Back)
Volume Buttons
Power Button
Sound
Etc
I could not find any official builds nor any unofficial builds of LineageOS for this device. Has anyone successfully flashed this ROM on the Tab S4 without GAPPS and it works like a charm? I have the SM-T830 model.
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Hi Mate, I am looking for the same thing. Have you had any success?

_d4Mn_ said:
Hi Mate, I am looking for the same thing. Have you had any success?
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I have not tried it yet since it is an expensive tablet and I do not want to screw it up. I did more research and I heard it can be buggy with LineageOS
I plan on flashing my phone this fall when my contract expires and I could care less if it bricks my phone then but I want my tablet to last at least 5 years and I would like my tablet to be De-Googled with LineageOS and no GAPPs.

trymeout said:
I have not tried it yet since it is an expensive tablet and I do not want to screw it up. I did more research and I heard it can be buggy with LineageOS
I plan on flashing my phone this fall when my contract expires and I could care less if it bricks my phone then but I want my tablet to last at least 5 years and I would like my tablet to be De-Googled with LineageOS and no GAPPs.
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Hi mate,
I've been playing with this tablet for a while and I thing I have messed it up in every different way you can imagine. At one point with Odin I even flashed the BL bit to the AP and AP to BL. There I thought that's it, it didn't even bring up TWRP or anything after that. With the button combination you can get to download mode if the USB is plugged in. I believe there is no way you can overwrite the "download-mode" bit so you can get in there always, no matter what you do. This meant that I could flash the original stock stuff back onto the tablet. So don't worry, you cant mess it up.

_d4Mn_ said:
you cant mess it up.
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you can in fact.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s4/help/unbrick-image-t835-t3928912
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s4/help/accidentally-deleted-os-flash-stock-os-t3884633

Bumping this post. Also looking for lineageos for the samsung galaxy tab s4.

Hoping to get mine this week - I know you can flash any Treble based image, but will the Spen still work on other roms?
No luck so far getting anything to boot - just gets stuck on the logo

Lineage 16 works fine, haven't test everything, but it boots super quickly and the camera and even spen work.

veekay said:
Lineage 16 works fine, haven't test everything, but it boots super quickly and the camera and even spen work.
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Hey, Do you have a link I haven't been able to find it. Thanks

https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...i-lineageos-16-0-gsi-arm64-ab-how-to-t3908029
Use the arm64-a version

veekay said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...i-lineageos-16-0-gsi-arm64-ab-how-to-t3908029
Use the arm64-a version
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Hey, Thanks for this I installed it and ran it for about a day and it was pretty cool and worked . However it is unstable and is pretty much a ticking time bomb and I cannot recommend this to anybody wanting a stable ROM for their Tab S4. If you're looking for a good stable ROM go check out WETA it has great modifications and is kept up to date. That being said these are the following problems I had using this GSI.
List of things broken or not working
- Screen Locks (Any Pin,Pattern or Password will cause the UI to bootloop)
- Speakers (Only two of the four speakers will work causing audio to be low.)
- Root Access (Root only worked for a select set of apps.)
- Digital Wellbeing
- Unable to fully complete setup. (I.E Android Setup will often crash)
- Incorrect Battery Levels Shown
Im sure there are other things that do not work but these are what I primarily experienced.

Part of the problem of not having anyone who is willing to develop a custom rom for this device - being stuck with crappy stock samsung.
I have wondered if there would be enough interest to warrant setting up a pool for a developer to get something fully working - I'd certainly be willing to donate.

veekay said:
Part of the problem of not having anyone who is willing to develop a custom rom for this device - being stuck with crappy stock samsung.
I have wondered if there would be enough interest to warrant setting up a pool for a developer to get something fully working - I'd certainly be willing to donate.
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Agreed, I would be willing to donate a bit as well. Saddens me to see LOS for the S3 and S5e but not for the S4. Hopefully one day that will change.

You may want to test this one out as well -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...vice-development/aosp-9-0-phh-treble-t3831915
I ended up with a shutdown issue after every boot, if that happens to you then just wipe the data partition.
I only know so far that it has an issue with the brightness, haven't tested anything else yet.

I tried installing LineageOS 16 and 17 using arm64-a, but I always end with bootloop. There is some extra step I must do?
For now I done:
- Installing latest firmware version
- Installing TWRP
- Installing image.
- Format Data + Factory Reset.
Thanks!

WalterCool said:
I tried installing LineageOS 16 and 17 using arm64-a, but I always end with bootloop. There is some extra step I must do?
For now I done:
- Installing latest firmware version
- Installing TWRP
- Installing image.
- Format Data + Factory Reset.
Thanks!
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(after format data,try to flash "DM-VERITY - FORCEENCRYPT DISABLER" + Magisk - remove accounts google & samsung before beginning)
_ Just,read carefully-General Info GSI : https://www.xda-developers.com/flash-generic-system-image-project-treble-device/
https://developer.android.com/topic/generic-system-image#download-gsi
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...aosp-10-0-quack-phh-treble-t3992559?nocache=1
*(maybe you need) : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/universal-dm-verity-forceencrypt-t3817389
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk
_ Read carefully all posts,especially the newest: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s4/development/recovery-twrp-3-3-0-sm-t83x-t3928278
I'm not sure if it will work on android 10 gsi rom, just try it...
Even if it works, many things may not work on this device. There will definitely be many errors... Gl

daitalos said:
(after format data,try to flash "DM-VERITY - FORCEENCRYPT DISABLER" + Magisk - remove accounts google & samsung before beginning)
_ Just,read carefully-General Info GSI : https://www.xda-developers.com/flash-generic-system-image-project-treble-device/
https://developer.android.com/topic/generic-system-image#download-gsi
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...aosp-10-0-quack-phh-treble-t3992559?nocache=1
*(maybe you need) : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/universal-dm-verity-forceencrypt-t3817389
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk
_ Read carefully all posts,especially the newest: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s4/development/recovery-twrp-3-3-0-sm-t83x-t3928278
I'm not sure if it will work on android 10 gsi rom, just try it...
Even if it works, many things may not work on this device. There will definitely be many errors... Gl
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Thanks! Yeah, seems like my failure was related to encryption. GSI really dislikes encryption on our S4 Tab, you can't even set a screenlock, as an exception happens from the CryptoProvider.

[ROM][10] Lineageos 17.1 [Official] Pixel 3a "Sargo"

Does anyone have experience with this Official LineageOS Rom in Pixel 3a?
Official Device Info/Wiki:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/sargo
Official Installation instructions:
Install LineageOS on sargo | LineageOS Wiki
wiki.lineageos.org
Official Download Link for LineageOS ROM and Lineage RECOVERY:
LineageOS Downloads
download.lineageos.org

Horninho10 said:
Does anyone have experience with this Official LineageOS Rom in Pixel 3a?
Official Device Info/Wiki:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/sargo
Official Installation instructions:
Install LineageOS on sargo | LineageOS Wiki
wiki.lineageos.org
Official Download Link for LineageOS ROM and Lineage RECOVERY:
LineageOS Downloads
download.lineageos.org
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Yes, it runs nice and smooth, I was recently on LOS.

The post I'm about to make is not related to anything technical, so I'm not sure if it's appropriate on this forum, but I'm going to post it anyway...
Is there any advantages lineage has over stock? Seems like it's not really worth it. Right? What do you guys think about build?

pojr said:
The post I'm about to make is not related to anything technical, so I'm not sure if it's appropriate on this forum, but I'm going to post it anyway...
Is there any advantages lineage has over stock? Seems like it's not really worth it. Right? What do you guys think about build?
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I personally am running stock for SafetyNet purposes at the moment. I do think it's worth checking out if you want a few more options for customization. It was a very smooth ROM, but LOS in specific is not my cup of tea.

MoistPicklez said:
I personally am running stock for SafetyNet purposes at the moment. I do think it's worth checking out if you want a few more options for customization. It was a very smooth ROM, but LOS in specific is not my cup of tea.
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That is a very good point actually. That is one thing I was never a big fan of with the stock OS, is just the lack of options you have to customize your device. Might be worth getting it, even though it's a downgrade to Android 10

pojr said:
That is a very good point actually. That is one thing I was never a big fan of with the stock OS, is just the lack of options you have to customize your device. Might be worth getting it, even though it's a downgrade to Android 10
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Test it out if you're interested, but A11 ROMs are likely around the corner. I bet we'll get a build or two of something else down the road. Cheers!

I've personally had GPS issues (while using OpenGapps Pico) with the official release. Hoping A11 builds fix it.

Aah, a much needed rom option for sargo/pixel 3a ! There has been a lot of silence around the pixel 3a in this regard.
I'm trying it out now. First thing I noticed is SIM manager keeps crashing every minute or so (I'm in the Netherlands on the Ben/T-mobile network). If there is a dev out there I can supply a logcat or something like it if needed.
Meanwhile I disabled the SIM manager to get rid of the constant crash notifications. I'll try and report back any issues I encounter (But if there are too many of them, I'll have to revert back to Dirty Unicorns, although that rom development seems to have stalled pretty much).

I seem to have overcome my GPS woes! My installation process was the following:
Install the last Android Q factory image
Flash LOS boot, go to recovery
Factory reset
Install update > adb sideload LOS zip
Very important(?) - go back to main menu, advanced, reboot to recovery
Install update > adb sideload opengapps pico zip > yes, install anyway
Sign in to your Google account during the initial setup process
Test GPS with an app (Google Maps, Waze, OSMAnd, Pokémon Go... )
The only issue I seem to have now is that the Google Fi app doesn't seem to get that my Fi service is ESIM based, and prompts me to order a physical SIM card, but playing with the mobile service settings seems to have gotten my service set up anyway.
EDIT: After talking with Google Fi support, going to Settings > System > Reset Options > Reset Wi-Fi, mobile & Bluetooth, check erase downloaded SIMs, then trying to activate Google Fi again in the app, it worked.

In addition to the helpful tips from @Mokura3rd. My two cents: I had some gps issues as well, but didn't test it to great extent. Here's a description of my (rather weird issue):
When I first installed Lineageos (jan16 - my previous comment), Google maps and Gps status were able to find gps signal (and quicky), but strava didn't find any gps signal (it didn't even ask for permission, which I granted manually - to no avail).
Some time after the first OTA update, I checked strava again. And it worked without issue. So there might have been merged some bugfixes that fixed gps issues on recent builds.

guys, is it true you have to jump down to Android 10 in order to get the latest lineage? that doesn't make sense. Don't you have to wipe your phone in order to switch from stock to custom anyway? seems pointless to downgrade to stock 10 first. what's your guys stance on this?

pojr said:
guys, is it true you have to jump down to Android 10 in order to get the latest lineage? that doesn't make sense. Don't you have to wipe your phone in order to switch from stock to custom anyway? seems pointless to downgrade to stock 10 first. what's your guys stance on this?
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Because lineageos 17.1 is based on Android 10, you have to revert to stock Android 10 before you install it. The same goes for any ROM that is based on Android 11.

MoistPicklez said:
Because lineageos 17.1 is based on Android 10, you have to revert to stock Android 10 before you install it. The same goes for any ROM that is based on Android 11.
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Thank you for clearing that up with me. Now I at least have an answer on that. With that said, why would that be? Don't you have to wipe your phone in order to switch from stock to custom anyway? Is the ROM gonna say "we have somehow detected the you once had Android 11 before you wiped your OS"

pojr said:
Thank you for clearing that up with me. Now I at least have an answer on that. With that said, why would that be? Don't you have to wipe your phone in order to switch from stock to custom anyway? Is the ROM gonna say "we have somehow detected the you once had Android 11 before you wiped your OS"
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Android changes quite a bit between versions like dynamic partitions and other jazzy stuff. For example TWRP. It works on Android 9, but changes to our device made TWRP incompatible with A10 and A11. (Good news on that though, we just got TWRP 3.5.0_9-0, though I have not tested it.)

MoistPicklez said:
Android changes quite a bit between versions like dynamic partitions and other jazzy stuff. For example TWRP. It works on Android 9, but changes to our device made TWRP incompatible with A10 and A11. (Good news on that though, we just got TWRP 3.5.0_9-0, though I have not tested it.)
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did not realize we got a new twrp version. thats a step in the right direction. with that said, that info is good to know. i'm a lazy ass and prolly not gonna test out lineage os until it gets on 11 lmao.

For whoever needs it. I sure did after a derped update last week!
tl;dr install update, disable all modules before booting, get the latest recovery image and patch it, install with fastboot. long version below, just in case.
How To OTA With Magisk, Painlessly:
Open updater and download the OTA.
Press install and let it do its thing, but DON'T REBOOT YET.
Go to Magisk and disable all your modules.
Okay, you can reboot now. It might take longer than usual, it's a system update.
Open Magisk and note that it's no longer installed, don't panic.
Download the recovery image matching your update from here: https://download.lineageos.org/sargo
Open Magisk and patch the img you just downloaded.
Copy the magisk_patched_(random).img to a folder on your computer where you're able to access fastboot.
Reboot your phone to bootloader: either by the advanced power menu, enabled in developer settings, or by restarting and holding Volume Down while the phone boots up.
Open up your terminal/commandline/etc where you moved the image file.
Type the command "fastboot flash boot magisk_patched_*****.img", where the last part is the random string that got generated in the patching process. Press Enter.
After the command finishes, use the volume keys to scroll through the bootloader menu until you see "Start". Press the power button.
Your phone should reboot back to the OS, you can now go back to Magisk and re-enable your modules at your leisure.

So the one problem 'I've been having is with custom kernels. I've tried Elemental X & Gats Gulch. With both I lose wifi capability. Once I restore my lineage kernel viola problem solved. Now I've used both these kernels in the past on different builds so I know it isn't the kernel itself rather something related to the lineage build itself & the act of installing a custom kernel. Both kernels returned exactly the same type of error. WIFI attempts to turn on but returns to the off Position. If one attempts to activate the Wifi Icon dropdown during the System UI Crashes. Any input would be great. Other than this little hiccup
Lineage is running absolutely great. Best battery life of any custom OS by far. Sargo stays snappy, my kernel tweaks remain in place. Root maintains over system restores. Love it.
EDIT: ## By the way using Elemental X Kernel Manager App to flash ##

harryharryharry said:
Aah, a much needed rom option for sargo/pixel 3a ! There has been a lot of silence around the pixel 3a in this regard.
I'm trying it out now. First thing I noticed is SIM manager keeps crashing every minute or so (I'm in the Netherlands on the Ben/T-mobile network). If there is a dev out there I can supply a logcat or something like it if needed.
Meanwhile I disabled the SIM manager to get rid of the constant crash notifications. I'll try and report back any issues I encounter (But if there are too many of them, I'll have to revert back to Dirty Unicorns, although that rom development seems to have stalled pretty much).
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Just go into app settings and kill now & disable. I noticed that if you installl gapps, get rooted, setup the phone you prefer. Backup with google backup....use the lineage recovery to do a factory reinstall. Once you recover all the sim issues, installation issues simply stop.

nylar357 said:
So the one problem 'I've been having is with custom kernels. I've tried Elemental X & Gats Gulch. With both I lose wifi capability. Once I restore my lineage kernel viola problem solved. Now I've used both these kernels in the past on different builds so I know it isn't the kernel itself rather something related to the lineage build itself & the act of installing a custom kernel. Both kernels returned exactly the same type of error. WIFI attempts to turn on but returns to the off Position. If one attempts to activate the Wifi Icon dropdown during the System UI Crashes. Any input would be great. Other than this little hiccup
Lineage is running absolutely great. Best battery life of any custom OS by far. Sargo stays snappy, my kernel tweaks remain in place. Root maintains over system restores. Love it.
EDIT: ## By the way using Elemental X Kernel Manager App to flash ##
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The kernel issues might be because they're targeted toward Android 11, and LOS 17.1 is based on Android 10.

harryharryharry said:
[...] First thing I noticed is SIM manager keeps crashing every minute or so (I'm in the Netherlands on the Ben/T-mobile network). [...]
Meanwhile I disabled the SIM manager to get rid of the constant crash notifications.[...]
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It happened to me the same way. I am in the German T-Mobile network. I also disabled 'SIM Manager'.
Unfortunately, I do not receive any 'missed call'-SMS in case the mobile phone was in flight mode.
I think the app could have something to do with it because everything fits on the ISP side. So far, I haven't found an option to reactivate the App in the settings. Apparently it's some kind of hidden app. Can someone help please?
EDIT: There is a "hidden" "System-apps" option in the app settings. Unfortunately the error still occurs.