[DEV][ROM][UNOFFICIAL] LineageOS 20 (Android 13) for Raspberry Pi 4 B

[duckdown]

I got it installed! Installed all my apps manually since there is no App Store and most work for the most part. The sadness hits when you try and playback modern media.. I wasn’t able to get any x265 stuff to playback. Stremio would complain playback failed and would be falling back to libVLC where the cpu can’t keep up, I assume.

All I can conclude is this must be related to how hardware decoding is noted to be not working?

if I’m wrong I’d love a solution, though!

 

[Augustin.Nodle]

hi buddy , thanks for your hard work , i need help with a gps , can you recomend me a gps to put on rpi4 ??
i want install your android version on rpi4 and attach an gps module (i dont know if i have to install the gps on rpi4 befoure install the android or i can do after or not need to install any program and its just working ) Thanks

 

[KonstaT]

Is it me or is there no place to download your copy of TWRP for this?

TWRP is included in the OS image. It's /boot/ramdisk-recovery.img but I have no idea what you would with that alone.

I got it installed! Installed all my apps manually since there is no App Store and most work for the most part. The sadness hits when you try and playback modern media.. I wasn’t able to get any x265 stuff to playback. Stremio would complain playback failed and would be falling back to libVLC where the cpu can’t keep up, I assume.

All I can conclude is this must be related to how hardware decoding is noted to be not working?

if I’m wrong I’d love a solution, though!

No, since software decoder keeps up with 1080p H.265 videos just fine as well. I haven't tested 4k videos since I don't have 4k display either. Impossible to say without seeing any logs. Logcat?

hi buddy , thanks for your hard work , i need help with a gps , can you recomend me a gps to put on rpi4 ??
i want install your android version on rpi4 and attach an gps module (i dont know if i have to install the gps on rpi4 befoure install the android or i can do after or not need to install any program and its just working ) Thanks

As stated under 'Working' in the OP, external USB modules such as U-Blox 7 and similar serial GPS modules are supported. You need to have the USB GPS dongle connected when you boot to Android for the Android GPS HAL to detect it.

 

[nomadman]

anyone know how much of an improvement when installed on Pi4 4gb with argon one v2 and Argon ONE M.2 NVME Expansion Board with 128gb NVME SSD? Does the setting have the option to control the Argon One v2 fan?

 

[Augustin.Nodle]

buddy , when i start the rpi4 after some time the red and green led go off , black screen , but if i take sd card out its work , when i enter again and its reading config file its going same , any ideea ? i did not change any settings

 

[KonstaT]

anyone know how much of an improvement when installed on Pi4 4gb with argon one v2 and Argon ONE M.2 NVME Expansion Board with 128gb NVME SSD? Does the setting have the option to control the Argon One v2 fan?

Storage speed certainly matters.

Argon case discussed https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...aspberry-pi-4-b.4356891/page-23#post-87633437 and few posts forward.

buddy , when i start the rpi4 after some time the red and green led go off , black screen , but if i take sd card out its work , when i enter again and its reading config file its going same , any ideea ? i did not change any settings

Why make the same post in several places?

If you have issues with display, please read the FAQ. If you have issues with USB boot, please read the FAQ. No, if you've written the OS image to sdcard it's not going to magically work without any sdcard/OS to boot to begin with. If you're booting from USB, you're not supposed to have any sdcard inserted (as also stated in the FAQ).

 

[Moogle]

TWRP is included in the OS image. It's /boot/ramdisk-recovery.img but I have no idea what you would with that alone.

No, since software decoder keeps up with 1080p H.265 videos just fine as well. I haven't tested 4k videos since I don't have 4k display either. Impossible to say without seeing any logs. Logcat?

As stated under 'Working' in the OP, external USB modules such as U-Blox 7 and similar serial GPS modules are supported. You need to have the USB GPS dongle connected when you boot to Android for the Android GPS HAL to detect it.

Sorry I guess I'm not understanding the install instructions well.

So I'd put 'Download lineage-20.0-xxxxxxxx-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi4-ota.zip' on my micro-sd card and then boot to TWRP from the microsd card but the FAQ doesn't say how that's accomplished on a system that doesn't already have LOS installed.

```A: You can boot to TWRP by selecting Settings -> System -> Reboot -> Recovery after enabling advanced restart options.```
Is this line assuming Raspbian or LOS?
I'm trying to test this out on a system normally running openelec (kodi)

 

[KonstaT]

Sorry I guess I'm not understanding the install instructions well.

So I'd put 'Download lineage-20.0-xxxxxxxx-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi4-ota.zip' on my micro-sd card and then boot to TWRP from the microsd card but the FAQ doesn't say how that's accomplished on a system that doesn't already have LOS installed.

```A: You can boot to TWRP by selecting Settings -> System -> Reboot -> Recovery after enabling advanced restart options.```
Is this line assuming Raspbian or LOS?
I'm trying to test this out on a system normally running openelec (kodi)

Just flash the OS image (first download link) like you would any other OS on Raspberry Pi (i.e. 'How to install'). This will of course overwrite whatever you have on the sdcard.

Once you have Android installed you can boot to TWRP to install GApps/Magisk/other add-ons/OTA updates (if/when newer builds come available).

 

[Augustin.Nodle]

sorry for multiple post , what you mean about boot os , i put the image on sd card with PI imager and one time with Balenaecher .. and its same

 

[Moogle]

Just flash the OS image (first download link) like you would any other OS on Raspberry Pi (i.e. 'How to install'). This will of course overwrite whatever you have on the sdcard.

Once you have Android installed you can boot to TWRP to install GApps/Magisk/other add-ons/OTA updates (if/when newer builds come available).

ah so I think I understand now. So first I would image ```lineage-19.1-20220923-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi4.zip``` to the SD card. After that I would place the file ```lineage-19.1-20220923-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi4-ota.zip``` on the sdcard to be used after rebooting into TWRP?

 

[KonstaT]

sorry for multiple post , what you mean about boot os , i put the image on sd card with PI imager and one time with Balenaecher .. and its same

General advice is to use proper sdcard (at least class 10) and power source (3A in case of Pi 4). If you have issues with your display, please read the FAQ.

Sorry, I don't have any better advice to offer with the information you've provided.

ah so I think I understand now. So first I would image ```lineage-19.1-20220923-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi4.zip``` to the SD card. After that I would place the file ```lineage-19.1-20220923-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi4-ota.zip``` on the sdcard to be used after rebooting into TWRP?

No, you don't.

Better that you just forget that the OTA package even exists at this point. Just flash the OS image exact the same way you would any other OS on the PI (Pi imager/Etcher/'dd'/whatever) and that's it.

 

[Moogle]

got it booted now, mistake was starting with the OTA package intially. Thanks for the patience. I look forward to being able to use Newpipe on my tv now! Skip Silence feature is worth it.

 

[Augustin.Nodle]

done , i add this from google ..
# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
hdmi_safe=1 #
uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible # and your display can output without overscan disable_overscan=1
# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output hdmi_force_hotplug=1
now i have image , but the problem is my mouse its not detected

 

[vexille]

No matter which version of the GAPPS file I try it errors out stating that it's GAPPS for 12 but OS is 13. How do you actually get this running without GAPPS installed? Is there a sideload process?

**Installing the Tablet GAPPS (13) makes it further but when you try to start it you get another version error...

 

[KonstaT]

done , i add this from google ..
# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
hdmi_safe=1 #
uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible # and your display can output without overscan disable_overscan=1
# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output hdmi_force_hotplug=1
now i have image , but the problem is my mouse its not detected

hdmi_* options in config.txt have no effect with KMS driver that is used with hw accelerated graphics on Android builds. Overscan is already disabled by default so none of these actually make any difference.

USB mouses should work just fine, never even heard anyone having issues with this. General advice is to use proper power source (3A in case of Pi 4) so you can power external devices as well.

No matter which version of the GAPPS file I try it errors out stating that it's GAPPS for 12 but OS is 13. How do you actually get this running without GAPPS installed? Is there a sideload process?

**Installing the Tablet GAPPS (13) makes it further but when you try to start it you get another version error...

I assume you mean the Android TV version. I'm not aware that there is currently any GApps package for Android TV 13. You can't use GApps package for wrong Android version of course. GApps are not part of my releases so this is something you'd need ask/discuss where you generally get your GApps.

 

[romucifer]

hello little question maybe stupid does the raspberry with android 13 support touch monitors via usb (touch yes) but is the video stream supported by usb (like a mirror screen)

 

[KonstaT]

hello little question maybe stupid does the raspberry with android 13 support touch monitors via usb (touch yes) but is the video stream supported by usb (like a mirror screen)

No, I'm not aware that this would be technically possible with Pi 4's hardware.

 

[mohamedbk]

Hi,

Thank you for the port but i have some problems :
- I have 1TB HDD formatted as NTFS, for exemple KODI don't recognize the disk and also other apps don't see the HDD
- when i go to storage in settings and selected the external drive the program closed automatically

Anyone have a solution for that ?

 

[KonstaT]

Hi,

Thank you for the port but i have some problems :
- I have 1TB HDD formatted as NTFS, for exemple KODI don't recognize the disk and also other apps don't see the HDD
- when i go to storage in settings and selected the external drive the program closed automatically

Anyone have a solution for that ?

NTFS is a proprietary Windows file system and it's not supported. There's third party apps to mount NTFS drives (paid apps due to licensing).

You need to format your drive to FAT or exFAT file system that are natively supported on Android.

 

[mohamedbk]

NTFS is a proprietary Windows file system and it's not supported. There's third party apps to mount NTFS drives (paid apps due to licensing).

You need to format your drive to FAT or exFAT file system that are natively supported on Android.

So in my case wich format do i use for my 1TB HDD ?

I will use it for multimedia , kodi and plex
can you help me choosing the right format ?