How to install and start using LineageOS on your phone

(lockywolf.net)

24 points by todsacerdoti4 hours ago

5 comments

joecool10291 hour ago
I’m so confused by this submission. It’s not a guide but a collection of notes from someone (in china) customizing a oneplus build. There’s some useful info there but only if you’re already at a point where you’re comfortable running your own compiled full vanilla builds.Go to <a href="https://wiki.lineageos.org" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.lineageos.org</a> if you want to install and/or compile for a phone.
- friedtofu1 hour ago
 I don't use lineage OS myself, but I thought the same as I read the first few sections of this article. This "guide", if anything will just confuse the less tech savvy users rather than help.wiki.lineageos.org has specific install instructions for every phone/device they support, I have no idea why you would choose to follow anything else.just as an example, for the Nintendo switch v2(devices built after the homebrew method was patched) can be found at:<a href="https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/nx_tab/install/variant2/" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/nx_tab/install/variant2/</a>There's an install guide for almost every android capable device for the last decade on the wiki!
tripdout35 minutes ago
Title doesn't really fit, but useful info on AOSP internals nonetheless.
Dwedit1 hour ago
I personally had big problems doing an OTA update within LineageOS that required a factory reset afterwards. So yeah, don't do the OTA updates. Do full backups and full manual updates instead.
the_real_cher1 hour ago
Any guidance on whether I should use graphene or lineage if I want a simple easy to use replacement for google captured android?
- yjftsjthsd-h1 hour ago
 If you need to ask, probably graphene. IMHO the only downside to graphene is that they consider the user to be an attack vector and therefore eg. actively object to allowing root access, while lineage is less bothered by it. If you don't care about that, use graphene. If you do, probably go with lineage.
 - gruez58 minutes ago
 Didn't lineage remove built in root years ago? That means you still need a third party root solution like magisk. Factoring that in there's not much practical difference between lineage and graphene.
 - sillystuff1 minute ago
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 - yjftsjthsd-h39 minutes ago
 With one minor caveat[0] yes I believe neither actively includes it, but GOS devs actively denounce being able to give apps root access and at the very least I've never heard LOS devs say anything similar. While a quick web search will turn up discussions/repos/articles about installing magisk on GOS anyways, they give me the impression that it's more likely to break; in particular, GOS (understandably) wants to re-lock the bootloader and that's not going to play nice with things that (necessarily) modify the OS. So like... I think you can root GOS, but heuristically I would be much more nervous about it breaking.That said, for a user who says "I want a simple easy to use replacement for google captured android", I don't think rooting is likely a concern, so taking the more polished GOS is probably desirable.[0] I don't have a non-magisk LOS phone to check, but I think stock LOS includes an option in developer settings to allow root for adb. This is mostly not what people mean when they talk about root access, but it's a form of root access.
- c0wb0yc0d3r1 hour ago
 Personally I am not sure what "replacement for google captured android" means. That said, if you aren't using a pixel, you aren't using graphene. If you do have a pixel, then graphene is the way to go.I find it easier to install, and the fact that you can run google play services in a sandbox, is a great safety blanket.