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Lineage Updater breaks all Google Apps/Services with A/B Partitions

I couldn't find a thread addressing this via Thread Search, so if one exists, please simply reply with a link​Device: Pixel XL
OS: LOS 16.0
Recovery: LOS
Replicatable: Yes
Upon rebooting after updating via Settings - Updater, device is crippled and unusable, as every single Google app and service crashes. The only way to rectify is boot to recovery, reinstall OpenGApps, and redo Android OOBE.
Even after doing so, because the System partition was shrunk to 2GB for the A/B Partition setup, it's no longer possible to update all Google Apps via OpenGApps (at most only a handful can be installed via OpenGApps), requiring the manual uninstallation of 90% of Google apps via the PlayStore, then manually reinstall each individually.
This results with an update taken via Updater requiring over an hour of manual intervention to rectify what the Updater breaks (it's faster to simply wipe the System Partition and re-install, which is not a realistic solution every week).

JW09I4 said:
I couldn't find a thread addressing this via.......... ​
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I don't have this device myself but, I believe that this is specific to TWRP...
The following are some helpful links that may have an issue already submitted as well as where to go to submit a new issue (if necessary).
TWRP Issues Page on Github - Search Results for "marlin"
TWRP Issues Page on Github - Search Results for "pixel xl"
TWRP Issues Page on Github - All/Submission of/for Issue(s)
Or you have the following thread options to go to for some support and guidance as well.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3500312
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3825866
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3489005
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Ibuprophen said:
I don't have this device myself but, I believe that this is specific to TWRP...
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Thank you for the information, however TWRP isn't being utilized.
Even if TWRP has been flashed before an update, it's automatically overwritten by the updater with LOS' Recovery on devices with A/B partitions (due to the kernel no longer being separate IIRC).
I figured I'd give this a day or two in case anyone has run across this with devices utilizing A/B partitions, as it's specific to the online update (i.e. being booted to the OS while the OS is being updated) method of A/B partitions, and if no one has, I'll file a bug report with Lineage, linking to it.

Hi, did you ever file that bug report?

lord high executioner said:
Hi, did you ever file that bug report?
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I forgot and did not. Lineage did resolve the issue within three months or so afterward, but I'm not sure with what commit.

Development [ROM][11.0][OFFICIAL] LineageOS Modded 18.1 [DISCONTINUED]

Code:
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/
LineageOS Modded is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 11 (R), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.
LineageOS Modded is based on the Android Open Source Project and LineageOS with extra contributions from many people within the Android community.
All the source code for LineageOS Modded is available in the LineageOS Modded Github repo.
What's working?
Everything as far as I can tell...
Installation
1. Boot into twrp
2. Advanced -> ADB Sideload -> Swipe
3. adb sideload copy-partitions.zip
4. Go back into sideload mode
5. adb sideload lineage.zip
6. Wipe Data
7. Reboot to bootloader
8. fastboot flash --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta vbmeta.img
Downloads: http://1pwn.ixmoe.com/android/ginna/los-18.1/lineage-18.1-20210621-HOMEMADE-ginna.zip
Notes
This ROM comes with Google Apps!
This ROM comes with Customizations that are not apart of LineageOS
Sources: https://github.com/motoe7
Credits: @electimon, @RohanHasabe8, betaxab
Jan 27 2021: Fix Safetynet, fix touch issues, fix some other issues
Jan 28 2021: Fix PIP mode
Jan 30 2021: Fix Hotspot
June 2 2021: Fix touch for ginna models with the new panel
June 15 2021: Fix touch for focaltech panels
June 20 2021: June Patch, fix safetynet and other little stuff

Awesome, been waiting for this, thanks very much! Had some errors while loading copy-partitions.zip but the image flashed and seems to be working well. Look forward to future versions with SELinux enforcing and also without gapps (but maybe that's not likely with no opengapps for 11?)
Would be great if there was a way to remove the obtrusive "device can't be trusted" message at boot. It can be just as trusted as my desktop PC ffs. At least moto allows the bootloader unlock without much trouble.

anthony.d said:
Awesome, been waiting for this, thanks very much! Had some errors while loading copy-partitions.zip but the image flashed and seems to be working well. Look forward to future versions with SELinux enforcing and also without gapps (but maybe that's not likely with no opengapps for 11?)
Would be great if there was a way to remove the obtrusive "device can't be trusted" message at boot. It can be just as trusted as my desktop PC ffs. At least moto allows the bootloader unlock without much trouble.
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hi, selinux is enforcing also there will be no version without gapps sorry

Electimon said:
hi, selinux is enforcing also there will be no version without gapps sorry
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No worries about the gapps, i'm grateful to have a lineage rom for this device.
I tried flashing again. Pardon if the details below are excessive, I don't fully understand the process, and the dual-slice device config. Here's what happened:
copy-partitions gets to 47%, then fails with the following error:
Partition vendor_a
dd: /dev/block/dm-4: write error: No space left on device
installed lineage again, this time went to slot B. rebooted back into TWRP and tried copy-partitions again (to see if it was different after lineage had been installed in both slots) and this time it succeeded. Installed lineage again, this time to slot A. Wiped the device, rebooted, and I still get the selinux error. If it's relevant, the device model is XT2052-1.
Also want to add: I applied disable-verity both times, and cmd line output indicated writing to vbmeta_a and vbmeta_b.

weird, how are you checking for enforcing?
android_device_motorola_ginna/BoardConfig.mk at efea8269c9a6a232d8ba38b0629a61eb590b2db5 · motoe7/android_device_motorola_ginna
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you can see here that permissive is commented out, the rom is enforcing.

I installed the rom mainly as a reference against the no speaker (except in calls) issue I'm having with 17.1. Also I'll note there the issue isn't jacksensing as I had guessed. A soundfile playback autopauses on headphone removal. With 18.1 here I do get speaker output, however one bug I noticed for me (boostmobile-sku:mot20526anb/xt2052-6) (also present in 0206 17.1) is that in-call volume adjust doesn't work. The indicator moves, but the actual volume does not. I'll send some logcats. Seems to be stuck at what is probably supposed to be max volume.

Electimon said:
there will be no version without gapps sorry
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Is there a standard/safe way to uninstall gapps via scripted adb commands immediately after install? I experimented with a crude attempted pm uninstall/disable/disable-user of all com.google.* packages but was not too surprised when the result failed to boot past the lineageos boot animation.

Cyb3rSl4v3 said:
Is there a standard/safe way to uninstall gapps via scripted adb commands immediately after install? I experimented with a crude attempted pm uninstall/disable/disable-user of all com.google.* packages but was not too surprised when the result failed to boot past the lineageos boot animation.
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I'm unsure of that

I finally figured out how to build 18.1 on my 8g-ram system such that I don't have to worry about uninstalling gapps (amongst other motivations). I'll post details once I've done another less manual build. The trickiest part was that the 17.1 workaround of setting JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS/_JAVA_OPTIONS to -Xmx6g wasn't getting used by metalava in 18.1. I ended up editing the last line of out/soong/host/linux-x86/bin/metalava and putting it in there which finally worked. Perhaps tools/metalava/gradle.properties is the right place. My first pass doesn't have carrier data/call service working, but that may be because I did something with TimeService to get it to compile. In any event, I think the 16g minimum warning from the build system is more than a bit confusing combined with the metalava java heap issues. I may try a 4g-ram build sometime just for amusement... It just seemed inconceivable that there really was a 16g-ram requirement. I know even phones come with 16g these days, but still. Of course my hope is to see a cheap phone of mine self-hosting one of these days. Perhaps with some high end microsd card or an otg drive for swap partition and build tree...

Cyb3rSl4v3 said:
I finally figured out how to build 18.1 on my 8g-ram system [...] The trickiest part was that the 17.1 workaround of setting JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS/_JAVA_OPTIONS to -Xmx6g wasn't getting used by metalava in 18.1. I ended up editing the last line of out/soong/host/linux-x86/bin/metalava and putting it in there which finally worked. Perhaps tools/metalava/gradle.properties is the right place.
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I haven't quite done a fully automated build yet, but tools/metalava/gradle.properties didn't work for me. Then I found that the metalava (wrapper) script was build/soong/scripts/jar-wrapper.sh, and adding a next to last line of-- javaOpts+=("-Xmx6g") --seems to work. I also now better understand device/motorola/ginna/lineage.dependencies and seem to be able to reproduce this image sans gapps (though an selinux issue i haven't looked too much at yet). I may focus more on 17.1 until 18.1 becomes more generally official. I also seem to be getting occasional sigsegvs with jre/metalava dumping hs_err_pid*.logs. However thus far a simple rerun of brunch/ginna has never reproduced the problem.

Camera apps have quite a lag related to camera apiv2. Haven't had time to debug, but Open Camera works perfect as it defaults to the old api.

Do we have system read/write on these builds and does magisk work?

Idk about system r/w, but Magisk works fine. This is also a really good rom. Stable and nearly everything works.

fddm said:
Idk about system r/w, but Magisk works fine. This is also a really good rom. Stable and nearly everything works.
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I checked, it has system rw. I can't believe how fast my LTE speeds are too. 7-10MBs vs 50kbs on stock. The only thing holding me back is no full screen toggle for apps, and the in call volume is stuck at the maximum at all times. Soon as those get fixed I'm running this 24/7.

2+ months now with 18.1 on my daily driver.
No hardware issues.
Ofox recovery.
Magisk 21.4 thru the latest canary build have worked as far as I can tell.
No volume troubles.
Can mount system RW.
My only setback is that I don't have access to around 9Gb on /data and /sdcard, including /sdcard/Android/obb
I can set perms any way in terminal and in recovery terminal 0777, 0655, etc., but upon reboot, I cannot read or write.
Can read and write to /system and /system_root, no problem.
This is possibly due to me forgetting to wipe encrypted /data after first flash? I wiped after first boot, no change.
Then, started the flash process from scratch and wiped before first boot, but must have missed something.
The file and folder names are not random characters.
One of those things I thought will work out when I get around to it, but now just found my pics are being saved to a folder in the mystery space, and I need to place a .zip in *./obb.
Im learning, A/B is new to me.
Maybe my mistake will help someone when I find a solution.
I am open to suggestions, lessons, and any other info, even if I should already know it.
I will report when something changes.

RaceyMcRacerson said:
2+ months now with 18.1 on my daily driver.
No hardware issues.
Ofox recovery.
Magisk 21.4 thru the latest canary build have worked as far as I can tell.
No volume troubles.
Can mount system RW.
My only setback is that I don't have access to around 9Gb on /data and /sdcard, including /sdcard/Android/obb
I can set perms any way in terminal and in recovery terminal 0777, 0655, etc., but upon reboot, I cannot read or write.
Can read and write to /system and /system_root, no problem.
This is possibly due to me forgetting to wipe encrypted /data after first flash? I wiped after first boot, no change.
Then, started the flash process from scratch and wiped before first boot, but must have missed something.
The file and folder names are not random characters.
One of those things I thought will work out when I get around to it, but now just found my pics are being saved to a folder in the mystery space, and I need to place a .zip in *./obb.
Im learning, A/B is new to me.
Maybe my mistake will help someone when I find a solution.
I am open to suggestions, lessons, and any other info, even if I should already know it.
I will report when something changes.
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I never had this issue so I'm guessing it's something to do with encryption. I would try clean flashing LOS to both slots then formatting data using the type "yes" option to remove encryption. Are you using adoptable storage by chance?

How can I install this rom via recovery, I have never used side load. Why is it not booting? What is wrong. I flashed rom in slot B with twrp in slot A sorry still a little new with this device. But regardless it is not booting whatsoever and I am confused as to why

Mr.Conkel said:
How can I install this rom via recovery, I have never used side load. Why is it not booting? What is wrong. I flashed rom in slot B with twrp in slot A sorry still a little new with this device. But regardless it is not booting whatsoever and I am confused as to why
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Flash it to both slots and format data before booting up.

Spaceminer said:
Flash it to both slots and format data before booting up.
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Is there any benefit of having it flashed to both? Cause I did get it working. There's not currently anything on slotB

Mr.Conkel said:
Is there any benefit of having it flashed to both? Cause I did get it working. There's not currently anything on slotB
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Not that I'm aware of. I've never got it to boot without flashing to both slots though. Did you use the zip, or fastbootd images?

Fairphone 4: remove Google Apps (microG)

This is a copy of my question on SO.
I want to remove Google apps and services on a new Fairphone 4 (Android 11, now rooted using Magisk. No TWRP build available yet.).
To this end, I am trying to use microG. In the Prerequisites for its usage, signature spoofing and deleting files in `system/priv-app` are listed. For signature spoofing, I followed the *XPosed solution for Android 11 and 12* listed here, i.e. using Magisk + riru + LSPosed + a FakeGApps fork. Not sure, whether or not this worked. All individual steps reported success, but the Signature Spoofing Checker says it didn't work.
Anyway, I'm definitely stuck at the second step, because I don't seem to be able to delete any files in `system_ext/priv-app`. I tried the solutions proposed here and here.
If I try
Code:
adb shell
su
# then confirm on the phone, then
mount -o rw,remount /
I get '/dev/block/dm-0' is read-only. Similar error (with dm-1) if I try mounting /system_ext.
adb root or adb disable-verity don't work, because it's a user build: adbd cannot run as root in production builds, verity cannot be disabled/enabled - USER build.
I even tried to write a Magisk module to replace the directories in question with empty ones, by putting the following in the customize.sh:
Code:
REPLACE="
/system_ext/priv-app/GoogleFeedback
/system_ext/priv-app/GoogleOneTimeInitializer
/system_ext/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework
/system_ext/priv-app/SetupWizard
/system/system_ext/priv-app/GoogleFeedback
/system/system_ext/priv-app/GoogleOneTimeInitializer
/system/system_ext/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework
/system/system_ext/priv-app/SetupWizard
"
I think /system/system_ext and /system_ext are hard linked, but not sure whether that matters. After loading that module and rebooting, the contents of those folders are still the same when checking with adb shell.
Any ideas?
For adb I'm using my desktop with Ubuntu 21.10.

Hello,
It's way easier than you can imagine. I did a tutorial there : https://forum.fairphone.com/t/tutorial-install-microg-on-fairphone-os/80016
But as you are quite advanced, the only thing you have to do is to install NanoDroid-MicroG with Magisk : https://downloads.nanolx.org/NanoDroid/Stable/
Just install the Zip and eventually update MicroG on the official website (version packed in NanoDroid is 17, newest one is 22...). This will erase all old Gapps.
PS :signature check spoofer don't work, the package you mentionned (which is the one I use also) only fake signature for Gapps, which is a good thing...

Thanks a ton! Looks like it worked, and it really wasn't more than installing that one module

Better use an ungoogled OS like LeOS-S. It's Android12L and works great an FP4
See https://leos-gsi.de

[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][A10][F500,LS991,H81x,US991,VS986] LineageOS 17.1

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* Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included in the products you find here before flashing it!
* YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
* Your warranty will be void if you tamper with any part of your device / software.
* Same statement for XDA.
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About LineageOS:
LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android, which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.
LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. LineageOS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.
​**** These builds are for both: official unlocked and UsU'd devices **** ​UsU? http://bit.do/unlockg4​
Requirements
Your device need to be unlocked either officially (h815 international or h811) or by UsU
Your bootloader stack should be on MM 20p (20x for H811) or higher! (see FAQ #8 for how to upgrade your bootloader stack witbout lgup).
.... and for your convenience I have alternatively created TWRP flashable files for that !!!! (click)
in particular that means this thread is for:
F500 (UsU'd)
H810 (UsU'd)
H811
H812 (UsU'd)
H815 (official unlocked or UsU'd)
H819 (UsU'd)
LS991 (UsU'd)
US991 (UsU'd)
VS986 (UsU'd)
Latest TWRP - PREVIEW build: click
Do a full Nandroid backup before doing anything!
Installation
This single very first step is for UsU'd devices only:
If you have ever flashed the UsU baseband package: Clean flash the modem partition from your backup in TWRP.
If you do not know if you ever flashed it simply flash your modem partition again and you can be sure. This can't do any harm.
If you have no backup:
- TWRP flashable MM modems (N might not work)
Full clean install as described here (FAQ "#2") is highly recommended. DO NOT REPORT ISSUES when you have skipped that step!
Flash LOS
Optional (f-droid is already included): Flash GApps (10.0 - ARM64) if you like to use google apps
Optional (if you want root): Flash Magisk (ensure you read FAQ #1 when using Magisk though)
Boot (will take a bit on first boot!!!)
Enjoy
Features
Pure LineageOS ROM experience
F-Droid included (Open Source alternative to Google Play)
Known issues:
Keep in mind that this is brand new stuff so it may (still) contain unknown issues!
It wasn't until Pie felt stable enough for everyday use that I released it publicly, but I still can't test everything on my own, so a lot of things only show up after a release.
So back up regularly and frequently!
Check the current issues at the github tracker (feel free to help, provide logs etc!)
If you find a bug not listed, follow the instructions here and provide me with the logs: FAQ #1
Download
Get your builds from my leech server
https://leech.binbash.rocks:8008/lineage/17.1
Note:
Builds are updated as soon as possible. There is no build cycle.
Information pertaining to your device is displayed accordingly.
The current build is the latest for your device.
Changelogs
see commits at github or ideally you join my matrix or telegram groups (see topic "Support")
Credits
LineageOS
aoleary (cam fix, bunch of fixes needed for a10 bringup)
DevUt (cam fix, being a punch ball)
tullyp (cam fix, vs986 fixes & tests)
and more..
Sources
build manifest
Support
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q #01: I want to report an issue. What is the proper way to do so?
I'm glad that you are asking: before doing so check the KNOWN ISSUES topic in the OP and ofc the other FAQ's listed here!
If you encountered a kernel panic follow FAQ #6 in this post instead.
If you have issues with "just" the boot process follow FAQ #7 for a very easy way to grab the boot logs.
if you have an audio issue follow FAQ #10 instead.
If your issue is not listed there click here to proceed:
If your issue is not listed there follow the directions here briefly and I may can fix it.
Often selinux can cause issues so try that at very first:
Code:
adb shell
su
(or "adb root" when enabled in developer settings)
setenforce permissive
Try again and if the issue is gone when in permissive mode: provide me a logcat as described here -> on step 3 I need the SELINUX log (option D)
If that does not solve your issue follow the logcat GUIDE to provide a valid log depending on what your issue is.
Ensure you have done a full CLEAN install before doing so (refer to FAQ #2 for what that means).
Warning: NO SUPPORT when:
- magisk is installed (known to cause issues sometimes - regardless of the ROM or version)
- Xposed is installed (known to cause issues sometimes - regardless of the ROM or version)
If you have installed any of these UNINSTALL or better do a FULL CLEAN install (see FAQ #2) before doing anything else. Often enough these above causes several issues like battery draining, problems on booting and much more. Even when they may work properly you should re-produce your issue without them first and follow the above to grab the log.
Magisk is a great piece of software and besides that it is Open Source which SuperSu never was.
I just saying I do not "support" issues with LOS when you have Magisk installed. Why? It is (like Xposed) extendable with modules (made by whoever) and those can cause billions of issues.
Other then that magisk was sometimes the reason for battery drain etc. Magisk modifies the boot "process" and sits very deep in the system (which is needed to make it work ofc) but that has the potential to make a system/ROM unstable or result in strange behaviors.
so in order to support a specific issue I have to be sure the ROM is in a "clean" state, no magisk, no xposed. The LOS root-addon is tested with LOS and made for it so that is not an issue but for the rest there are so many things which can going wrong..
Q #02: I want to install clean, how? What is a clean install? What is the recommended way to flash a new ROM version?
A clean install ensures that there are no leftovers from any previous install. One can say that there are 2 phases of a clean flash:
1) regular
2) full - when you (still) encounter issues
Usually the regular one is fully ok when flashing a new ROM version but if you encounter strange issues nobody else is reporting or if a release post is recommending it you should do a full clean install instead.
A regular clean install can be done like this:
WIPE -> Advanced -> select: System + Cache
Flash the ROM
reflash root addon/magisk if you want root
reflash opengapps if you want to use Google crap
A full clean install needs 2 steps more then the regular:
follow the steps for regular clean
go back in WIPE -> touch the "FORMAT data" button and type "yes" to format the internal storage (you will LOOSE ALL YOUR DATA - obviously)
REBOOT -> Recovery
Flash the ROM
reflash root addon/magisk if you want root
reflash opengapps if you want to use Google crap
It is absolutely recommended to create a backup before and COPYING IT to your PC(!) before doing the above.
Q #03: Are there any plans or a chance of official LOS builds?
TL;DR answer is: no.
Background:
LineageOS has "some" requirements before they accept it to do official builds: device-support-requirements.
For sure we do not met all and the most problematic one will be the kernel reqs as do provide a good battery life and a fast kernel kessaras had made unacceptable (for LOS) changes regarding several parts of that requirement topic. So a new kernel (branch) is needed to remove all the improvements we made which are not accepted. This process alone can take weeks (if you do not want to loose every good thing here). A much easier approach here would be to build a "just working" LOS stock kernel without any improvements and fixes and tell everyone: "Flash LOS, then a TITAN kernel afterwards". So while that might be the easier approach it will nevertheless take time to do that kernel and include the reqs + sec patches to the day.
Besides that a bit work is needed to fulfill some of the others like that.
Other then that and that is one of the most important things here:
Even when the device was accepted going official in the past (14.1... long time ago..) an incredible amount of changes happened to get oreo and now pie running. All these will be put to the test. Which actually means every commit we made will be discussed (worst case, yea, but ..) and changed. That can be from a simple "the commit message is wrong" to "pls re-write the code here". You maybe get an idea that this process is nerve-wracking (for me) and costs a lot of my free time.
Before RIL has been fixed (which had happened in the end of June 2019 first) it would have been impossible, I guess.
Now the base is fine, we could put a big amount of time into going to official to get finally ........ yea, what?
Well.. I would free resources on my build and leech server (I don't care - atm)
I would save bandwidth (I don't care - atm)
I would not need to tamper around anymore with (i.e jenkins) build issues (I don't care - atm)
you?
you would get a (LOS signed) build with a slow kernel, bad battery life and all the goodies missing... unless I build LOS kernels to bring those things back.
ok but to be honest. I can fully understand that request and I would feel better by myself when I were you. You do not know me so are my builds trustworthy ? Who knows. I could be a bad guy. :fingers-crossed:
Besides that I wrote above "I don't care - atm" so that might change in the future right? Correct.. there is no guarantee how long I can provide new builds or offer them on my leech server. There is nothing at the horizon that this might change soon but who knows? I can say that I am incredible happy with my OnePlus 6T and - believe it or not - I run STOCK OxygenOS here.. Why? It is just enough for me. So no need to do any dev there - which means all my dev time is still going here - to the G4. It is also a personal project to learn stuff around the Android eco system and woa.. who knows maybe Q came one day to the G4 as well..
... and yea official builds would give you some kind of guarantee that builds will happen - while that might change with my unofficial builds some day.
So.. as said in the TLDR above: No I personally do not have any plans in going official for the described reasons.
If someone else wants to go that way and needs help, I am here. But I cannot spend my whole free time on that.
Q #04: Google Play shows that my device is not "certified" - how can I fix that?
First of all you must be on the latest build. I fixed that from the latest July (2019) builds on.
If your issue persists click here to proceed:
The second thing is you must not be rooted by the LOS root addon (afaik). Magisk has its own protections to ensure you stay certified but I hadn't the time to test the LOS root-addon.
You also need to know that google play remembers your devices last state so if you are on the latest build and still having that issue do this and it will be certified again:
android settings -> apps -> find play store -> clear data (yes data, not cache) -> reboot -> open play store -> wait 2..5 minutes -> check certified state again
Q #05: It looks like the CPU cores 5 and 6 are disabled - how can I fix that?
TLDR;
There is no fix required! it is fully ok when those are idle. they get hot plugged whenever needed.
Details:
we have 2 clusters of CPU cores resulting in a Hexa-core CPU set: (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A57)
the big one (2 CPU cores - higher performance = more battery drain, more heat which potentially causing the: bootloop issue) and the little (4 CPU cores - less battery drain but a bit slower) are handled dynamically based on the load of your device.
the big cluster will run ONLY when it is NEEDED - i.e. high load.
so when you look closer: those are not DISABLED they are IDLE which is a big difference.
Q #06: I get a kernel panic or green/purple/blue screen how to grab logs for this?
You need a ROM with pstore fully enabled and working (pstore = debug kernel panics/oops happened in a ROM)!
All builds starting from 2019-08-15 on support pstore due to: commit#1, commit#2, commit#3
This is a 2-site change if you want to make use of it in TWRP you must install the latest TWRP "PREVIEW" release as well (TWRP is only able to show pstore logs when the ROM is able to write them so I needed to fix pstore in the ROM first (see above commits #1 + #2 )).
Besides those 2 patches these kernel configs were set: PSTORE
You can check if a ROM does support writing pstore logs by:
as soon as possible on a fresh boot:
Code:
adb shell
dmesg | grep "ramoops|pstore"
Code:
[ 0.000000] cma: Found [email protected], memory base 0x000000001fe00000, size 2 MiB, limit 0xffffffffffffffff
[ 0.000000] cma: CMA: reserved 2 MiB at 0x000000001fe00000 for ramoops_mem
[ 0.200846] cma: Assigned CMA region at 0 to ramoops.78 device
[B][ 3.957553] console [pstore-1] enabled
[ 3.957939] ramoops: attached [email protected], ecc: 16/0[/B]
[ 3.958079] drv probe : 200 ramoops 3744
[ 6.262463] SELinux: initialized (dev pstore, type pstore), uses genfs_contexts
or (if you are not fast enough) this ensures mostly the same check:
Code:
adb shell
ls -la /dev/pmsg0
Code:
crw-rw-rw- 1 camera camera 254, 0 2015-01-05 04:54 /dev/pmsg0
If you get no output your ROM does not support pstore logs.
From now on when you encounter a kernel panic and you are able to reboot without taking out the battery (taking out the battery will erase RAM):
1) reboot (without taking out the battery!) to either TWRP or (if you have root access) to your ROM
2) grab everything need from here: /sys/fs/pstore/ (e.g. adb pull /sys/fs/pstore/)
If you don't have a pc near you can do it directly from the device as well:
Enable the terminal app in developer options or download any
Open the terminal app.
su
cd /sdcard/Download
tar czf pstore.tgz /sys/fs/pstore
Attach pstore.tgz to your post.
It is crucial important that you do this only after the reboot happened . It's not important "when" though - as long as the device stays powered on.
Developers note:
convert PMSG log (requires a linux system):
Code:
tr -cd '\11\12\15\40-\176' < pmsg-ramoops-0 | sed 's/TENS\s/\n/g' > readable-pmsg.txt
Q #07a: I get a kernel panic on boot or having other boot issues but the pstore log are empty! What should I do?
Q #07b: How can I provide a clean boot log?
Since a while there is a very easy way to provide debug logs for the boot process. Before my convenient logging you had to follow FAQ #1 to grab them and it was a bit of PITA for some users.
So here you go for a much easier way:
boot Android
once booted : reboot to TWRP
when you have a bootloop instead: take the battery out just before the bootloop occurs, or better press the key combo to get into TWRP all the time to eventually get there directly
once in TWRP ensure that "Cache" is mounted in the "Mount" menu (if not mount it by ticking the box)
open a terminal on your PC and type:
Code:
adb pull /cache/debug/boot_lc_crash.txt
adb pull /cache/debug/boot_lc_full.txt
adb pull /cache/debug/boot_lc_kernel.txt
paste one by one to a paste service like https://del.dog/ , https://paste.systemli.org/ or https://paste.omnirom.org/
Q #8: upgrade your bootloader stack only?! Read here how:
If you don't mind you can use lgup as long as you do not have an UsU'd device! For UsU devices follow the UsU FAQ #20 instead of this one!!!!!
If you just wanna upgrade the bootloader stack without loosing data: Check the OP of this thread because:
it has a link to TWRP flashable files for updating your bootloader with 1 click ..
Anyways if you still want to go on doing it manually instead of the easy way then:
Download a KDZ of your device model.
Keep in mind that there a frankenstein devices out there (means refurbished devices with mixed hardware inside so you think u have model XXX as it was shown in Android but the mainboard is NOT the same!).
How to identify a Frankenstein device? Read FAQ #21 in the UsU thread.
IMPORTANT: Check the ARB of that KDZ (SALT v3.11 will show the ARB of a KDZ on extract!) - If you are unsure - DO NOT PROCEED. you can easily hard brick your device if!
Extract that KDZ with SALT - DO NOT USE ANY OTHER TOOL FOR EXTRACTING! The known windows tools like LG Firmware extract does not extract what we need here and not in the way we need it! So do not use that! You have been warned..
Open a terminal in the directory where you SALT backup before flashing UsU (or your extracted KDZ) is.
Then put your device in fastboot mode and type these commands (you have another file extension? read FAQ #24 of the UsU thread):
Again this guide is NOT for UsU'd devices!!!
Code:
fastboot flash aboot aboot.bin
fastboot flash factory factory.bin
fastboot flash hyp hyp.bin
fastboot flash modem modem.bin
fastboot flash pmic pmic.bin
fastboot flash rpm rpm.bin
fastboot flash sbl1 sbl1.bin
fastboot flash sdi sdi.bin
fastboot flash sec sec.bin
fastboot flash tz tz.bin
Alternative with TWRP (if the above fastboot cmds work for you no need to do this!):
Again this guide is NOT for UsU'd devices!!!
Code:
Boot TWRP
adb push factory.bin /tmp/
adb push hyp.bin /tmp/
adb push modem.bin /tmp/
adb push pmic.bin /tmp/
adb push rpm.bin /tmp/
adb push sbl1.bin /tmp/
adb push sdi.bin /tmp/
adb push sec.bin /tmp/
adb push tz.bin /tmp/
adb push aboot.bin /tmp/
adb shell sync
adb shell "dd if=/tmp/factory.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/factory"
adb shell "dd if=/tmp/modem.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modem"
adb shell "dd if=/tmp/hyp.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/hyp"
adb shell "dd if=/tmp/pmic.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/pmic"
adb shell "dd if=/tmp/rpm.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/rpm"
adb shell "dd if=/tmp/sbl1.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/sbl1"
adb shell "dd if=/tmp/sdi.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/sdi"
adb shell "dd if=/tmp/sec.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/sec"
adb shell "dd if=/tmp/tz.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/tz"
adb shell "dd if=/tmp/aboot.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/aboot"
Download this verify tool to ensure the flashing was successful: [ATTACH]4687157[/ATTACH] ([URL="http://leech.binbash.it:8008/misc/verifyflash.zip"]mirror --> verifyflash.zip[/URL])
Usage:
extract verifyflash.zip
adb push verifyflash.sh /tmp/
adb shell chmod 755 /tmp/verifyflash.sh
adb shell /tmp/verifyflash.sh
Read the output of the flashing on the screen and in your terminal. Do NOT flash anything else! Just the above - but ALL of the above! (if you miss a single file you will HARD BRICK)
If something is failing do NOT continue and try to re-do the above commands. if it still fails write in this thread or better come into IRC (when between Monday and Friday)!
If something failing here it WILL brick your phone.
Q #9: A life without Google?! Read here how:
A life without Google ? Is that possible ? ...and why you should consider it ?
So why? That's easy to answer and if those are worth it depends totally on your personal needs:
1) BATTERY. Google services are draining a LOT of your battery, so to get the most out of your battery you should abandon Google gapps
2) PRIVACY. Almost all Google apps phoning home to Google! You don't care about that? You really should. You have nothing to hide? Oh dear believe me you have no idea how much of your private data you do NOT want to share. Keep also in mind that you give your private data not to a company only , there are always humans behind and what they do.. You do not believe me? Read on
BREAKING NEWS:
You can go on with the following steps or simply head-over to /e/ OS which is LOS but completely Google-Free + microG fully working pre-installed:
check it out here!
WARNING:
The last build supporting this spoofing method was 20210307. Everything later has that patch removed. Sorry for any inconvenience but maintaining that patch took more time then thought and for those who really care about privacy there is now /e/ OS available containing full microG support. I will leave the instructions here for those who cannot or do not want to switch to /e/ OS.
So if you feel one or both reasons might fit your personal needs here are some first steps to go (if you do NOT want to switch to /e/ OS):
1) all my builds come with FDroid which is a special app store containing just free open-source apps. As this might be a very limited I recommend to install Aurora from here which is a frontend for Google play. So search in FDroid for "Aurora Store" and let it install. Start Aurora and choose anonymous!!! and you can install everything from play as before.
2) install the microG repo in FDroid. Just open that link from your G4 and it will install the repo:
https://microg.org/fdroid/repo?fing...EB6DAB39B73157451582CBD138E86C468ACC395D14165
3) due to the fact that many apps depends on Google services as backend you need to do 2 things now:
a) developer options -> scroll down to signature spoofing and enable it *(read FAQ #11 why)
b) Download the current stable "Services Core" apk from here: https://microg.org/download.html and install it like that:
Code:
adb install com.google.android.gms-[REPLACETHIS].apk
c) if you have root:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
exit
adb push /tmp/com.google.android.gms-[REPLACETHIS].apk /system/priv-app/GsmCore.apk
if you do not have root, boot to TWRP now and mount system, then:
Code:
adb push /tmp/com.google.android.gms-[REPLACETHIS].apk /system/priv-app/GsmCore.apk
4) Install a location backend provider to make location services work without Google (yea Google is spying you..).
There are several available, just search for them in F-Droid:
Apple UnifiedNlp Backend uses Apple’s Wifi database.
LocalGsmNlpBackend uses downloaded GSM Cell data (local)
LocalWifiNlpBackend uses (on-device generated) WiFi data (local)
Déjà Vu Location Service uses (on-device generated) WiFi + GSM Cell data (local) * recommended
MozillaNlpBackend uses Mozilla Location Services * recommended
Radiocells.org UnifiedNlp Backend uses Radiocells.org
Also install a reverse location backend:
- e.g. NominatimNlpBackend (currently the only I know)
5) Now it's time to configure microG. Go in the app drawer and open microG settings:
you will be prompted or a notification is showing for setting permissions, go through all of them and choose allow.
UnifiedNlp settings:
- Configure the location backend service (choose the one you installed in step 4)
- Configure the address lookup backend (choose the one you installed in step 4)
Go back to the main screen of microG:
Choose Self-Check:
- Tap "System grants signature spoofing permission" and you wou get a request for allowing that (which you should do..)
- Tap Battery optimizations ignored to ensure microG is function properly
- Ensure "UnifiedNlp is registered in system" is checked (if not repeat the above steps for pushing the APK to system/priv-app)
- Ensure "Location Backends" is checked (if not repeat UnifiedNlp settings above)
Read the installation wiki for microG and install whatever else you might need:
- https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Installation
6) reboot & re-do the self-check in microG settings
7) ensure the location service is *NOT* set to GPS-only (for LOS that means enable battery saving)
8) some general things now:
you might need to switch to alternatives sometimes. I use Waze instead of Google maps even though Google would work (but I don't like the Google spys). I use FairEmail as I love my privacy and supporting open-source. Usually you can find always an alternative, often paid apps offer activations and buying without Google play and that is often even cheaper (e.g. AquaMail costs 39€ on play and 30€ on their website etc).
There is one thing which really hurts me when it comes to gapps-less life: no smart lock. I really enjoyed it but for me the both reasons above have more weight then this.
So as you can see a life without Google has its advantages but also some changes are needed. If it's worth it depends on you. I can just recommend it
Q #10: issues with audio (e.g. echo's, silence on one or the other site, ..)? Read here how to provide a specific log for that:
Do the following steps:
1) Ensure you have adb set up on your PC, and have adb debugging and adb root enabled in developer options on your phone
2) Then perform the following (all one command)
On Linux:
adb root ; adb shell "stop audioserver; logcat -c -b all; start audioserver" && sleep 10 && adb logcat -b all |egrep -vi "(dialer|telecom|ril|gsm|touch|brightn|dct|QC-time-services|SST|sensors|AlarmMan|Lights|perfp)"
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On windows:
adb root ; adb shell "stop audioserver; logcat -c -b all; start audioserver && sleep 10 && logcat -b all |egrep -vi '(dialer|telecom|ril|gsm|touch|brightn|dct|QC-time-services|SST|sensors|AlarmMan|Lights|perfp)' "
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3) Then re-produce your audo issue and cancel the logcat from step 2 before hanging up!
4) Share the logcat output from the console screen using paste.omnirom.org
Q #11: I'm scared about that microG , I don't want to expose my phone so is this LOS version a security risk?
First of all you need a lot of trust installing ANY custom ROM. A developer can do nasty things right? Besides that yes microG allowing to let apps act like as they are another app, also known as signature spoofing. This CAN be a good and a bad thing. Read on why my LOS is different:
In general the microG patch is an all or nothing. A ROM which supports microG (i.e. signature spoofing) have that feature enabled, always. That's what I don't like.
I want the user to decide if he wants to take the risk or not and not exposing a feature for everyone even when they don't need it.
That's why the user must enable it explicitly in developer options before it gets activated (as described in FAQ #9).
All details of the implementation and why can be found here:
https://github.com/steadfasterX/android_signature_spoofing
https://github.com/Suicide-Squirrel/issues_pie/issues/30
Q #12: The ROM is lagging and/or the device gets very hot/warm, what can I do to help fixing that?
Ensure you read and understand about the ILAPO first.
If you encounter any overheat or lagging issues follow this:
Code:
adb shell
logcat -b all -d | egrep -i "thermal|kill" > /sdcard/Download/log.txt
ps -A >> /sdcard/Download/log.txt
free -m >> /sdcard/Download/log.txt
logcat -b crash -d >> /sdcard/Download/log.txt
exit
adb pull /sdcard/Download/log.txt
Share the log.txt as an attachment of your reply (bc txt is fine for that) or - as usual - by your favorite paste service
Q #13: I have graphic glitches / issues, what can I do?
My builds using skiaGL instead of OpenGL since a while. skia is the new and faster renderer coming with pie by default but it can cause graphic glitches in some applications and/or situations.
Is there any fix for skiaGL coming? No, details here .
To check if your current ROM version is using skiaGL do this:
Code:
adb shell getprop debug.hwui.renderer
If you get an empty result it means skiaGL is active.
If for any reason you wanna go back and enforce OpenGL you can do so by
temporary (immediately activated):
Code:
adb root (must be enabled in dev options)
adb shell setprop debug.hwui.renderer opengl
or make that change persistent:
Code:
boot TWRP
backup system
mount system
adb shell
echo "debug.hwui.renderer=opengl" >> /system/build.prop
sync
reboot

Reserved

Hooray​
Special credits and thanks to @aoleary , @tullyp and @DevUt (and well me..) we now see Android 10 coming to the G4! We had A10 running since 1 and a half year already but were not able to fix the camera. Due to the never ending tests by @tullyp and @aoleary plus @DevUt 's C knowledge they finally fixed that camera! That was a very long journey until now but hey here we are! Without @tullyp we might never seen this coming and he also was a great help when it comes to vs986 fixes and tests - so thanks again dude
TL;DR:
praise these guys
LOS 17.1 is very stable imho and well almost everything should work. Due to the camera issue we stopped working on other more minor issues (like NFC etc) but I still wanted to release LOS in the current state. It is not enforcing atm but I know you guys usually do not care anyways all that is on the todo list and might come anytime.
Check out all current known issues here
Jenkins has been setup now with LOS 17.1 and you can always find information and the current build state here
Other then that: have fun and consider joining my channels if you have any questions or need help.
Cheers
sfX

Greetings, sfx, everyone else.
Updated with full wipe from PIE. *
Seems a lot faster. Fantastic job.
* Quick question, is encryption working? Had to do full wipe because A10 was not accepting my encryption password from Pie.
Regards. Thank you very much for this breakthrough in our older phone.

hteles said:
Greetings, sfx, everyone else.
Updated with full wipe from PIE. *
Seems a lot faster. Fantastic job.
* Quick question, is encryption working? Had to do full wipe because A10 was not accepting my encryption password from Pie.
Regards. Thank you very much for this breakthrough in our older phone.
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pls see the OP and here 1 post above yours:
tip: check out "untested core features/functionalities"

Hey.
Will try soon later to encrypt the phone. Just downloaded all my Spotify playlists a few hours ago so i can ear music while working.
My G4 is my "music center" , no SIM is inserted. Auto Brightness it is working.
Don't know about the others unknowns ( Hotspot, calls .. )

can i use 4 core kernel boot on this rom?

theartanis said:
can i use 4 core kernel boot on this rom?
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You can with any ROM . Just follow the x cores guide.

Hi sfx, great build!! I first time ever solved g4 battery consumpion problem. Unbelivable!

After flashing this ROM, my phone does only boot to TWRP recovery. If I select reboot to system, it reboots to recovery. If I power it down and up, it reboots to recovery. If I reboot to fastboot then reboot, it reboots again to recovery !!!!!! I'm getting mad, sorry.
So I have re-installed the previous LineageOS 16.0 and... it boots up normally to Android !
So what am I doing wrong with this version 17.1? I have the H815 official unlocked btw.
EDIT ---------------------------------
I have tried both version 17.1 of 17 February and 3 February and none of them works on my H815.
So I'm simply moved back to version 16.0 that works.

Real-Baso said:
After flashing this ROM, my phone does only boot to TWRP recovery. If I select reboot to system, it reboots to recovery. If I power it down and up, it reboots to recovery. If I reboot to fastboot then reboot, it reboots again to recovery !!!!!! I'm getting mad, sorry.
So I have re-installed the previous LineageOS 16.0 and... it boots up normally to Android !
So what am I doing wrong with this version 17.1? I have the H815 official unlocked btw.
EDIT ---------------------------------
I have tried both version 17.1 of 17 February and 3 February and none of them works on my H815.
So I'm simply moved back to version 16.0 that works.
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FAQ #6 step 2 -> share the pstore log if avail
and do FAQ #7
Also ensure u have the latest PREVIEW recovery (pie) installed and share the recovery log too (see my sig)

how good the chance is a H818N variant can work with this rom?

hkdoublecat said:
how good the chance is a H818N variant can work with this rom?
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It will work perfectly fine - if you ever find a way to unlock it.

bluetooth not working properly and booting time massive. Over a minute with lg logo and after that normal lineage booting. H815 unlocked officially.

Anyone else having trouble with the reliability of the proximity sensor turning off the display?
Never mind if it's fine for you, then it's due to my dirty install...

Full "system" partition LineageOS for microG

Hello everybody. I installed LineageOS 19.1 for microG on my Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite and so far everything is ok. The problems began to appear when I attempted to install Android Auto using the NikGapps package (which I compiled by entering only Android Auto as mentioned in this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/microg-android-auto-fully-working.4319159): the package installation fails as it detects the "system" partition is full and after some checks I found that there are only a few MBs free (while for the installation of Android Auto I would need something like 40 MBs). In the aforementioned post this problem is mentioned but the only solution proposed is to manually compile the ROM from source in order to reserve less space for the installation of microG, but I haven't found any guide to do such a thing. The last thing I tried to do was to replicate the instructions in this other article (https://androidhiro.com/source/ques...-system-partition-and-decrease-data-partition) where they discuss about resizing the "system" partition, but as I have seen the partitioning scheme is definitely different from the Nexus 5's (the device mentioned in this other thread). Any tips or workarounds at this point would be really appreciated