So I've been really wanting something with the February security updates to patch the PNG vulnerability. So I bought a used (like new) vs995 on eBay for ($109) .. downgraded it and unlocked the bootloader. Yesterday I flashed Lineage OS 14.1 for it but today I see they released all the new Lineage 14.1 roms for the v20 but they deleted the vs995 section (The last update it had was December 2018).
So I downloaded the us996 rom unzipped it and in META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script
replaced everything on this line that said us996 with vs995 this way, it wouldn't bomb out when trying to flash it via TWRP saying it's incompatible.
Before
After
I rezipped it with 7zip, dirty flashed it and after about 10 mins or so the boot process had finished.
All of the following works
Making calls
Receiving calls
Text messaging
Mobile Data (Speed tested it and was only getting 1.8 - 2 megs, the bar says LTE, so not sure if it's a signal issue since I don't really know what normal is seeing as I don't use mobile data hardly at all.
Camera
Wifi
Bluetooth
So I downloaded the us996 rom unzipped it and in META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script
replaced everything on this line that said us996 with vs995 this way, it wouldn't bomb out when trying to flash it via TWRP saying it's incompatible.
Before
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "us996" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "us996" || abort("E3004: This package is for device: vs995; this device is " + getprop("ro.product.device") + ".");
After
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "vs995" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "vs995" || abort("E3004: This package is for device: vs995; this device is " + getprop("ro.product.device") + ".");
I rezipped it with 7zip, dirty flashed it and after about 10 mins or so the boot process had finished.
All of the following works
Making calls
Receiving calls
Text messaging
Mobile Data (Speed tested it and was only getting 1.8 - 2 megs, the bar says LTE, so not sure if it's a signal issue since I don't really know what normal is seeing as I don't use mobile data hardly at all.
Camera
Wifi
Bluetooth
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