Kernel update for klte? - LineageOS Questions & Answers

Hey guys,
I am running am running LOS 16.0 on a Samsung Galaxy S5 (klte). Recently I encountered an error when trying to update an app via the play store: "This app is no longer compatible with your device. Contact the developers for more info." So I did just that and they told me, that the kernel (3.4.112-lineageos-gf381f40) is no longer supported.
I have two questions:
1) Why is the kernel version important for an app? Without having done much research, I had always thought of the OS being the layer between app and kernel, whereby only the OS version is important for an app to run.
2) Can I update the kernel? If so, how?

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App Compatibility Issues With Rom

Hello everyone, I am new to this community so please try to understand. I just rooted and installed the Paranoid Android Hybrid Rom for my Bell S3 variant. Everyone went fine and I understood everything; considering it was my first flash, but now I cannot see most of the apps in the google play store because they are not "compatible" anymore. I was just wondering, is this a problem with just my install or evidence of the incomplete Rom and is there any way around this problem since the current app compatibility seems pretty limited. I would assume this a problem with the model name the google play store sees after my flash install in contrast to the stock model which let me download all apps. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you for reading.
Parth. said:
Hello everyone, I am new to this community so please try to understand. I just rooted and installed the Paranoid Android Hybrid Rom for my Bell S3 variant. Everyone went fine and I understood everything; considering it was my first flash, but now I cannot see most of the apps in the google play store because they are not "compatible" anymore. I was just wondering, is this a problem with just my install or evidence of the incomplete Rom and is there any way around this problem since the current app compatibility seems pretty limited. I would assume this a problem with the model name the google play store sees after my flash install in contrast to the stock model which let me download all apps. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you for reading.
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Did you alter your Build.prop for Google Wallet, per chance?
TheFiveDots said:
Did you alter your Build.prop for Google Wallet, per chance?
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No I didn't. I didn't touch any files, just rooted and then flashed the rom then the gapps.

Help a developer please!

I am currently working on porting one of my apps to this device. In order to do that I need some device-dependent data.
If you want to help me out and collect this device-dependent data (no personal information) please download my free eXperience Test app from Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aperture.ezekeel.experiencetest) and follow the instructions in the app. You will need a rooted device.
Thanks for your help!
o think i already responded to your previous thread mate.. and it doesn't work.. it shows incompatible
Sent from my One V
Kernel: HELLBOY-CM10-201302142348
ROM: PACman-19.3a-primou
Error initializing the eXperience tweak framework.
This Device and/or kernel is not compatible with the eXperience Pro app.
I believe that you made new thread because you updated Test App?
But, still not working...

Lineage downloader can't connect

Dear reader,
since a couple of days my device (samsung S7: SM-G930F) is running low on battery really quick. So I thought; it has been a while since my device asked me to update the new Lineage version. So I gave the app the instruction to look for updates, and it gave me the following notification.
Can't connect to download site. Please retry later.
When actually
You device is supported by the lineageOS team, but there are no versions that support this type of publication: Nightly. (this is translated from Dutch, so actual English sentece might be different).
Switching to Snapshot instead of Nightly in the Settings didn't help.
Then when searching again for updates it gave me the message:
No source file
Request for file: lineage-14.1-20181124-nightly-herolte-signed.zip To reconstruct the last update, the zip of the app should actually be installed. Do you want to select this file manually from storage, or download the last full zip-version?
When I press: download full zip-file it gives the following:
Error during implementation. Try to refresh.
When I click on select file (from storage), and select lineage-14.1-20180927-nightly-herolte-signed.zip, it gives me the message:
You should select the right source file. But I don't have that one on my storage; it's froma different date.
Can anyone help me please?
Kind regards,
Chris
Joheee said:
Dear reader,
since a couple of days my device (samsung S7: SM-G930F) is running low on battery really quick. So I thought; it has been a while since my device asked me to update the new Lineage version. So I gave the app the instruction to look for updates, and it gave me the following notification.
Can't connect to download site. Please retry later.
When actually
You device is supported by the lineageOS team, but there are no versions that support this type of publication: Nightly. (this is translated from Dutch, so actual English sentece might be different).
Switching to Snapshot instead of Nightly in the Settings didn't help.
Then when searching again for updates it gave me the message:
No source file
Request for file: lineage-14.1-20181124-nightly-herolte-signed.zip To reconstruct the last update, the zip of the app should actually be installed. Do you want to select this file manually from storage, or download the last full zip-version?
When I press: download full zip-file it gives the following:
Error during implementation. Try to refresh.
When I click on select file (from storage), and select lineage-14.1-20180927-nightly-herolte-signed.zip, it gives me the message:
You should select the right source file. But I don't have that one on my storage; it's froma different date.
Can anyone help me please?
Kind regards,
Chris
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S7 is no longer officially supported by lineageOS. You can search here in XDA for unofficial ROMs.
I have no big hope that a new ROM will really solve your battery issue. Most of the the success stories are a result of a clean ROM installation.
Joheee said:
Dear reader, since a couple of days my device (samsung S7: SM-G930F) is running low on battery really quick. So I thought; it has been a while since my device asked me to update the new Lineage version.........
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In addition to the outstanding information that @kurtn had provided...
There's no Official LineageOS Updater Apps on the Play Store.
The reason is that they have an implemented LineageOS Updater built into the Firmware and has no need to provide any such app separately from the firmware. That would just be counterproductive to the built in Updater.
The LineageOS Updater App(s) on the Play Store is via a 3rd party developer. I'm not stating that any/all of them are either good or bad but, individuals need to know that their Unofficial and is in no way supported by the Official Lineage Team Maintainers.
Just a few (so to speak) words of advice to keep in mind. I remember asking about them (quite a while ago) and those were the types of words/thoughts by @invisiblek and @haggertk (whose a part the Official Lineage Lead Maintainers).
No lectures here... Just some friendly information for you My Friend!
Good Luck!
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Hi Kurt and Ibuprophen, thanks for your answers!
Now I have finally holiday and time to actually fix things it's time to continue this
So current situation;
Phone running out of battery within half a day without frequent using, apps crashing > update definitely required.
Phone model: Samsung S7 SM-930F
LineageOS version: 14.1-20181124-NIGHTLY-herolte (so last update is over a year old)
Android version 7.1.2
Options:
1. Just reset to factory settings? Most easy option, but I think it will have negative influence when I use the phone for another year?
2. I found this unoficcial ROM https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/development/beta-lineageos-16-0-s7-herolte-t3842465, however, it doesn't include instructions and it is very technical and it speaks of Android 9 as base, which I don't have; just 7.1.2. Would that be a problem?
3. Update to 15.1 instead if that is easier?
So what would be your advice? Please bear in mind that I am a technical noob and can only follow instructions that are extremely clear & correct
Until now I haven't found instructions I felt comfortable with unfortunately.
By the way my laptop has Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.2
Joheee said:
Hi Kurt and Ibuprophen, thanks for your answers!
Now I have finally holiday and time to actually fix things it's time to continue this
So current situation;
Phone running out of battery within half a day without frequent using, apps crashing > update definitely required.
Phone model: Samsung S7 SM-930F
LineageOS version: 14.1-20181124-NIGHTLY-herolte (so last update is over a year old)
Android version 7.1.2
Options:
1. Just reset to factory settings? Most easy option, but I think it will have negative influence when I use the phone for another year?
2. I found this unoficcial ROM https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/development/beta-lineageos-16-0-s7-herolte-t3842465, however, it doesn't include instructions and it is very technical and it speaks of Android 9 as base, which I don't have; just 7.1.2. Would that be a problem?
3. Update to 15.1 instead if that is easier?
So what would be your advice? Please bear in mind that I am a technical noob and can only follow instructions that are extremely clear & correct
Until now I haven't found instructions I felt comfortable with unfortunately.
By the way my laptop has Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.2
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Oh, looks like ivan does a good job. I think it is a good idea to install his rom.
But be aware: whatever it is, that eats your battery, it can come back.
Edit: be aware: from the threads it looks like 15.1 and 16.0 are not SELinux enforcing. So the gain of security is not as high as one would expect from security patch level. So you can try a factory reset of 14.1 as well.
Do you think there is an easy, technical-illiterates-friendly way to install this version of ivan? I am not that keen to have the highest possible security.
When I am emptying the phone anyway, it seems best to me to have the most recent version (if it doesn't matter that I have android 7.1 and not android 9).
Joheee said:
Do you think there is an easy, technical-illiterates-friendly way to install this version of ivan? I am not that keen to have the highest possible security.
When I am emptying the phone anyway, it seems best to me to have the most recent version (if it doesn't matter that I have android 7.1 and not android 9).
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Download the zip files for rom (and GApps if needed) boot into twrp wipe system, data and caches (not internal: there are your pictures and downliads etc)
Install: navigate to downloads folder select the zip file and hipe it works.
If not: ask in the thread you linked.
How to use lineage downloader app
Hello sir,
I have redmi note 4 (mido) device which is officially supported by lineage team and I heard about lineage downloader app and (Delta Update) so please guide me how to use this app.
My latest built is 2020-01-15 (pie).
Thanks.
Waiting....
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Hello sir,
I have redmi note 4 (mido) device which is officially supported by lineage team and I heard about lineage downloader app and (Delta Update) so please guide me how to use this app.
My latest built is 2020-01-15 (pie).
Thanks.
Waiting....
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Don't use that app. Use the procedures described in wiki.lineageOS.org

[S9][Exynos][Lineage 17.1] Looking for modified Samsung apps for Custom ROM

Hello all,
Here is the problem as I understand this - Samsung has an feature in their apps to identify compatible devices and runs special features for them.
These features are not compatible with custom ROMs on those devices. Error message is a bit misleading there. There is a general solution by using root and lying to the app about build.prop. I do not want to root my phone.
However I know from my problems with Samsung Health on root that there is a patched version you can install and setup a profile.
Once you do, the app can be updated and it works normally.
Do you guys know if such apk exists for Gear Wearable? That app works fine on Lineage 17.1 on my Sony XA, but here it will not.
I do not want to use stock, but I also need this app.

Install custom rom on Nokia 5.1?

Hi all, I'm looking at a way to install a custom rom on my Nokia 5.1.
It's kinda slow so I wanted to either downgrade it to Android 9 or to install any other custom rom. Does anybody have a working guide to point me to? Unfortunately there are a lot on the web that simply don't work.
Thank you a lot!
Nokia did not share the device tree with us, therefore no ROMs are available
I also got automatically updated to 10 and it started choking itself, so I uninstalled every evenwell app via APT and switched from default launcher to "Rootless Pixel Launcher"

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