Custom Roms (Lineage etc)

[XenGi]

Ahoi,

the guys from f(x)tec said they would send out some devices to developers of custom roms including lineage to help development of the rom. Did this already happen? Do lineage devs have the phone and did they start porting? Just curious if that happens at all. I'm hoping to put lineage on mine asap.

 

[Flash-A-Holic]

There are few developers who are making Lineage OS and Sailfish OS for Pro1. Chen showed some alpha build on Twitter previously. Also, devs has the source code since last month.

• https://mobile.twitter.com/chenliangchen/status/1148357734204616704
• https://mobile.twitter.com/tdmcode/status/1180553338389028865

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1560008&postcount=2235

What I can confirm is that there are 2 senior developers has been working on Lineage OS since a while ago. And they've made some great progress. (All the credit goes to them)

They are awaiting for the official release and can move the porting project into the next stage I believe.

That's as far as I know, and again, it's a great work of Lineage community.

PS: When I tried to flash SFOS initial release onto Pro1 I need to flash a custom TWRP, which is I believe also from Lineage OS devs.

 

[enigma9o7]

https://github.com/tdm?tab=repositories

With the email today confirming those who are in the first batch, we're getting close! What I think would be really nice would be working TWRP so can make stock backup on day zero. And of course for root, los, or sfos...

 

[j1505243]

https://github.com/tdm?tab=repositories

With the email today confirming those who are in the first batch, we're getting close! What I think would be really nice would be working TWRP so can make stock backup on day zero. And of course for root, los, or sfos...

As a member of the proto guys, I can assure you that the fastboot images will get released quickly. We have the shipping firmware, maybe there'll be simply a website for that. A working TWRP exists, but keep in mind system-as-root limitations.

 

[enigma9o7]

A working TWRP exists, but keep in mind system-as-root limitations.

Does backup work now? I'd heard the earliest port worked for flash but not backup.

Any chance you can share? I expect my phone any day now...

 

[j1505243]

Does backup work now? I'd heard the earliest port worked for flash but not backup.

Any chance you can share? I expect my phone any day now...

Backups require decryption support, but since it's a stock msm8998 platform you can expect that rather quickly. Sharing is what I'll leave to the original creators, we're informed about the shipment progress.

 

[enigma9o7]

keep in mind system-as-root limitations.

Don't suppose you have a link that could explain this to people who have no idea what you mean?

I think this has something to do with the fact that even as root in Android if you modify stuff in /system it doesn't stick after reboot. But I'm really only guessing and haven't bothered to read up on it yet.

 

[j1505243]

Don't suppose you have a link that could explain this to people who have no idea what you mean?

I think this has something to do with the fact that even as root in Android if you modify stuff in /system it doesn't stick after reboot. But I'm really only guessing and haven't bothered to read up on it yet.

System-as-root means that /system is mounted as /, but it also means that recovery is a part of boot image, so flashing it as the whole boot partition won't let you boot the system. There'll be a need for TWRP installer script.

 

[j1505243]

Don't suppose you have a link that could explain this to people who have no idea what you mean?

I think this has something to do with the fact that even as root in Android if you modify stuff in /system it doesn't stick after reboot. But I'm really only guessing and haven't bothered to read up on it yet.

https://source.android.com/devices/bootloader/system-as-root

 

[enigma9o7]

https://twitter.com/tdmcode/status/1197945254906777600

 

[Flash-A-Holic]

Test builds are available:
- http://files.nwwn.com/android/pro1/lineage.html

 

[maplesteel]

Initial impressions?

Test builds are available

Thanks for posting this. I've been unable to find any impressions as to the stability of these ROMs. Yes, they are testing roms, but IME there are testing roms and then there are testing roms.

Are these the former (unsupported but mostly stable) or the latter (you don't want any of your real data on it, will crash at random times and missing core functionality)?

 

[tdm]

Thanks for posting this. I've been unable to find any impressions as to the stability of these ROMs. Yes, they are testing roms, but IME there are testing roms and then there are testing roms.

Are these the former (unsupported but mostly stable) or the latter (you don't want any of your real data on it, will crash at random times and missing core functionality)?

It's been stable for some time now. I'll be posting a thread here in the next day or two and making lineage official in the next week or two.

 

[maplesteel]

It's been stable for some time now. I'll be posting a thread here in the next day or two and making lineage official in the next week or two.

Great to hear it TDM.

Cannot give you enough kudos after lurking in the lineageOS test forum thread and seeing all the work you have been doing.

I may even give AOKP a try once you've had a chance to look at it. Lineage is great but it's been years since the Halcyon days of having _multiple_ viable on-stock Androids!