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

[Homeye]

New builds.

LineageOS 20 (Android 13)

for Raspberry Pi 4

konstakang.com

LineageOS 20 Android TV (Android 13)

for Raspberry Pi 4

konstakang.com

• Android 13 QPR2
• HDMI audio improvements
  • implement audio HAL that uses alsa directly to get rid off using alsa loopback for HDMI audio (thanks to nename0)
  • update alsa-lib and alsa-utils to v1.2.8
• update to libcamera master/v0.0.4
  • fix camcorder (i.e. recording videos) with Pi camera modules
  • add support for Pi camera module v3 (untested)
• use USB audio input for camcorder videos with the built-in camera application
• update to FFmpeg 5.1.3
• update to Mesa 22.3.7
• update to Linux 5.15.94 kernel and patch known vulnerabilities (CVE-xxxx-xxxx, and more)
• Android security patch level: 5 March 2023 (merged)

Thanks for the wok! I'll test the performance later.
However, the Google Play Store app disappeared after the update. Do i need to reflash the gapps zip or just download an apk for it?

 

[KonstaT]

Thanks for the wok! I'll test the performance later.
However, the Google Play Store app disappeared after the update. Do i need to reflash the gapps zip or just download an apk for it?

It shouldn't disappear anywhere or require reflashing. Most GApps packages have backup script that preserves GApps during OTA updates (at least the one linked in the FAQ does).

 

[Homeye]

It shouldn't disappear anywhere or require reflashing. Most GApps packages have backup script that preserves GApps during OTA updates (at least the one linked in the FAQ does).

Well, i used the "fixed" gapps zip for the tv version of your rom. Yesterday i flashed the update and your magisk zip. The play store is not in the app list. There's this "panel" where you can see the "get more apps" and "get more games" buttons. Only the games is present now and when i click on it, the google play games app is shows an error. I'll try to downloand and flash the gapps zip again today after work.

 

[KonstaT]

Well, i used the "fixed" gapps zip for the tv version of your rom. Yesterday i flashed the update and your magisk zip. The play store is not in the app list. There's this "panel" where you can see the "get more apps" and "get more games" buttons. Only the games is present now and when i click on it, the google play games app is shows an error. I'll try to downloand and flash the gapps zip again today after work.

Well, I don't know what "fixed" package you've used but copying the backup script was also broken until it was fixed pretty recently (https://gitlab.com/MindTheGapps/vendor_gapps_tv/-/commit/763e0a6e0e40e90e373f841d2a73d66a5d1ddc5b).

There are new MindTheGapps Android TV releases yesterday (20230321) that are now working on the Pi 4 as well so use the latest package.

 

[quiOt]

Anyone was able to pair a PS4 controller over Bluetooth with LineageOS 20.0 ? Mine hangs on pairing.. Is this related with the new gabeldorsche bluetooth stack ?

 

[KonstaT]

Anyone was able to pair a PS4 controller over Bluetooth with LineageOS 20.0 ? Mine hangs on pairing.. Is this related with the new gabeldorsche bluetooth stack ?

Something with the bluetooth stack introduced in Android 13 certainly doesn't play nice with Pi bluetooth firmware. As commented on the AOSP13 topic (https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...raspberry-pi-4-b.4481977/page-5#post-88301805) there's a new bluetooth firmware available. It seems to fix connecting BLE devices in Android 13 but overall bluetooth seems more unstable than with the older firmware that is included in this build by default.

 

[quiOt]

Something with the bluetooth stack introduced in Android certainly doesn't play nice with Pi bluetooth firmware. As commented on the AOSP13 topic (https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...raspberry-pi-4-b.4481977/page-5#post-88301805) there's a new bluetooth firmware available. It seems to fix connecting BLE devices in Android 13 but overall bluetooth seems more unstable than with the older firmware that is included in this build by default.

Thanks @KonstaT!

 

[Homeye]

Well, I don't know what "fixed" package you've used but copying the backup script was also broken until it was fixed pretty recently (https://gitlab.com/MindTheGapps/vendor_gapps_tv/-/commit/763e0a6e0e40e90e373f841d2a73d66a5d1ddc5b).

There are new MindTheGapps Android TV releases yesterday (20230321) that are now working on the Pi 4 as well so use the latest package.

The fixed package the one linked here or in your website's comments with the fixed install script

So, I was able to test the latest mindthagapps before work today morning. Here are the results:


Play Store is back. There was a notification that said I need to sign back in. I was able to update apps.
Google Play Movies and Games crashed when I tried to open them. Force close, clear cache and data, still crashing. I had to uninstall them and redownload from the store. Now they are working.

Live Channels app is the same, but after the redownload it was still crashing at the "choose source" window. After a reboot it's working angain but it see 2 GPMovies source, one of them shows an error like "no source from this app", the other is working.

GBoard looks okay, it shows the keyboard.

I don't have any other app from Google just like tv setup, etc. I'm using SmartTubeNext instead of Youtube, so I wasn't able to test if any other google apps has the same error.

Spotify is working.


Right now, it looks fine. The double source in Live Channels is bothering me just a little, but it's fine. I'll wait for the next OTA update to test if the gapps will work after the update or not. Regardless of the result, I'll reinstall everything from scratch.

 

[KonstaT]

The fixed package the one linked here or in your website's comments with the fixed install script

So, I was able to test the latest mindthagapps before work today morning. Here are the results:


Play Store is back. There was a notification that said I need to sign back in. I was able to update apps.
Google Play Movies and Games crashed when I tried to open them. Force close, clear cache and data, still crashing. I had to uninstall them and redownload from the store. Now they are working.

Live Channels app is the same, but after the redownload it was still crashing at the "choose source" window. After a reboot it's working angain but it see 2 GPMovies source, one of them shows an error like "no source from this app", the other is working.

GBoard looks okay, it shows the keyboard.

I don't have any other app from Google just like tv setup, etc. I'm using SmartTubeNext instead of Youtube, so I wasn't able to test if any other google apps has the same error.

Spotify is working.


Right now, it looks fine. The double source in Live Channels is bothering me just a little, but it's fine. I'll wait for the next OTA update to test if the gapps will work after the update or not. Regardless of the result, I'll reinstall everything from scratch.

If you've booted without GApps in between, you need to do a factory reset in any case.

There's no need to wait any new update to test this. You can just flash the OTA package of the latest build over and over again. But preserving the GApps does work with the latest MindTheGapps Android TV package.

 

[adioph]

still unable to pair with bluetooth controller using the latest package... :-(

 

[adioph]

still unable to pair with bluetooth controller using the latest package... :-(

already copied the two files in /vendor/firmware/brcm as instructed

 

[Homeye]

If you've booted without GApps in between, you need to do a factory reset in any case.

There's no need to wait any new update to test this. You can just flash the OTA package of the latest build over and over again. But preserving the GApps does work with the latest MindTheGapps Android TV package.

I almost forgot, that i had an img file of the sd card with every app configured (rpi likes to corrupt sd cards). So i used my backup, flashed the ota update + gapps + magisk zip (i guess i need to reflash magisk after every update yes?). With these steps, no crashes.

An other thing: i'm thinking about to change my sd card to a faster one, but i'm not sure about the specs nowadays. Like i remember in the past there was a thing class 10 card, etc. What are your suggestions? Also, which is the better? A fast sd card, or a small and fast usb 3.0 drive to boot?

 

[KonstaT]

still unable to pair with bluetooth controller using the latest package... :-(

already copied the two files in /vendor/firmware/brcm as instructed

Logcat? Could still be for numerous reasons and there's not much point in guessing. There's e.g. been some previous reports of issues with pairing bluetooth remotes on Android TV after installing GApps (e.g. https://github.com/opengapps/opengapps/issues/915#issuecomment-1236377741).

I almost forgot, that i had an img file of the sd card with every app configured (rpi likes to corrupt sd cards). So i used my backup, flashed the ota update + gapps + magisk zip (i guess i need to reflash magisk after every update yes?). With these steps, no crashes.

An other thing: i'm thinking about to change my sd card to a faster one, but i'm not sure about the specs nowadays. Like i remember in the past there was a thing class 10 card, etc. What are your suggestions? Also, which is the better? A fast sd card, or a small and fast usb 3.0 drive to boot?

There's a list under 'How to install' on what is/is not backed up and restored during flashing OTAs. Yes, Magisk needs to be always reinstalled on my builds. GApps are preserved on LineageOS (but not on my AOSP builds).

At least class 10 sdcard is recommended. Storage speed does matter. Decent SSD with USB 3.0 adapter is probably quite a bit faster, regular USB thumb drives might not be. I personally just stick one of my sdcards to USB 3.0 card reader if I need to test/develop something related to USB boot so I wouldn't really know. There's of course various third party apps to benchmark I/O speed if you're interested.

 

[Spielmops]

LineageOS 20 and cameras:​

the new Rasdpberry cameramodul 3 is not working! No camera recognized!​

What I did:
- start Raspi 4 with Raspbian and make sure the camera was working, that means it's correct connected.
- update LOS to the latest version from March
- start LOS and start Opencamera
Result: no camera found ...

 

[KonstaT]

LineageOS 20 and cameras:​

the new Rasdpberry cameramodul 3 is not working! No camera recognized!​

What I did:
- start Raspi 4 with Raspbian and make sure the camera was working, that means it's correct connected.
- update LOS to the latest version from March
- start LOS and start Opencamera
Result: no camera found ...

Thanks for the report. I don't have the hardware to test myself.

Apparently Pi camera module v3 also needs lens driver (https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/commit/a218eb7f81b6b1824416fd8014438f200191c20b) that I missed to enable on my kernel (https://github.com/lineage-rpi/andr...mmit/a3306062f3f99fb37af54b2450f99975129b8f56).

Please test the attached kernel (unzip and copy kernel 'Image' to boot partition to replace the existing file). If it still doesn't work, please attach 'dmesg' output and check if the camera is present as video devices (/dev/video0 & /dev/video1). Edit. latest kernel available for download here (https://github.com/raspberry-vanilla/android_device_brcm_rpi4-kernel/blob/android-13.0/Image).

Use the built-in camera application. OpenCamera is one of the third party camera apps that fails to capture photos with camera module v1 & v2 at least.

 

[Golbinex]

Is it possible to run 120Hz on 2560x1440 resolution?

 

[KonstaT]

Is it possible to run 120Hz on 2560x1440 resolution?

No idea TBH if Pi hardware is even cabable of this. Some specs I've found say that 2x [email protected], 1x [email protected], 2x [email protected], and 1x [email protected] is possible.

This is something that you need to test yourself if you have hardware that support this. You can check 'logcat | grep hwc-drm-connector' after booting the device and/or 'modetest -c' if your display reports that as supported. If it does, you can try forcing the resolution/refresh rate by setting '[email protected]' in /boot/resolution.txt.

 

[Spielmops]

New kernel and camera:
this kernel is working with the camera-modul 3. I tried the original camera-app, but could reach the settings just once, when the app showed me the tooltip (first use). In settings I can toogle "location" and go to "resolution and quality", but there goes nothing.

I can toggle grid and set timer (didn't try it) change still photo/video. If I shoot a photo, the picture is stored at "pictures" and not DCIM. Not able to change this (settings ...), but if I change to video and start recording, the app shows "Camera-failure, no connection to camera possible". No chance to get back to still photo, but to delete camera-app's storage.

Opencamera shows the camera-picture and I can change the resolution as well with still photo and video, but with the shutter the message appears "serious camera-error". No setting for white-balance showed.

So far. I'm now off for 7 days with my motorhome

Spielmops

 

[KonstaT]

New kernel and camera:
this kernel is working with the camera-modul 3. I tried the original camera-app, but could reach the settings just once, when the app showed me the tooltip (first use). In settings I can toogle "location" and go to "resolution and quality", but there goes nothing.

I can toggle grid and set timer (didn't try it) change still photo/video. If I shoot a photo, the picture is stored at "pictures" and not DCIM. Not able to change this (settings ...), but if I change to video and start recording, the app shows "Camera-failure, no connection to camera possible". No chance to get back to still photo, but to delete camera-app's storage.

Opencamera shows the camera-picture and I can change the resolution as well with still photo and video, but with the shutter the message appears "serious camera-error". No setting for white-balance showed.

So far. I'm now off for 7 days with my motorhome

Spielmops

Thanks for the report. Good to know the v3 module is now working to this extent at least.

I can't reproduce that with v1 & v2 modules and the included camera app (both photos & videos work and so does changing resolution for both). It could be that the v3 module reports resolutions somehow differently but impossible to say without seeing any logs. Yes, pictures are stored at "Pictures" and there's no setting to change that.

On OpenCamera with v1 & v2 modules capturing photo just freezes (it will show that "serious camera-error" message only if you've switched to Camera2 API in the settings). Recording videos works with OpenCamera as well.

 

[uukelele]

Hi,
Does anyone know how to boot into recovery mode for Android TV? I have enabled the advanced restart option in settings, however I can't access the power menu. I also tried the F5 key on my USB keyboard, but it just powered off, and I think GPIO 21 will act the same anyway. I need to get into TWRP to flash the resize zip found in the FAQ. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks