LineageOS 19.1 (Android 12L) [Signature Spoofing][OTA updates] for S8/S8+/Note8

[Befour07]

If it fails again I'm out of options.. I don't own a Note 8, so I cannot confirm that it's working for me with latest build. Maybe someone else can?

Latest build works fine here on Note8 (didn't flash from scratch, but instead upgraded using OTA after the first release).

From time to time the device loses network access (can't resolve anything via DNS), but rebooting once or twice typically fixes the issue.

 

[umtbt]

hello, can wifi call feature be added to this rom?

 

[BiG_FooT]

hello, can wifi call feature be added to

The answer is 'no' as it has something to do with Samsung proprietary / closed source stuff.

 

[umtbt]

The answer is 'no' as it has something to do with Samsung proprietary / closed source stuff.

thank you for the answer

 

[Alloxda]

Hello. It is a pity that I can't adjust the screen mode as Samsung provided in factory firmware(Photo/Reading Text/Cinema)

 

[Ivan_Meler]

New builds are up here and via ota
- Fixed issues with keystore present in a lot of bank/secure apps like binance
- Fixed issue where setupwizard would crash when adding fingerprint due to bug in keystore
- Cleaned up patches required for build and removed unneeded ones
- Synced with LineageOS source

This was one of hardest things to track down and it prevented some security related apps from working, big thanks to everyone who supported this project and got me coffee (This took over a month on and off time to debug and figure out, one of weirdest error caused by googles keystore changes in android 12) and thanks to those who helped cover the build server cost

Enjoy new build and stay safe

 

[user900]

thank you for the update. can we do something about the screen brightness kick in time? it feels like it takes 3-5 sec for screen brightness to adjust when touching screen home button. also bring back theme colors. it worked in jan update if i remember correctly. also it feels like phone is getting hotter...

 

[reyanshzuber]

I installed this in my korean s8+. Rom is stable. Only issue i have is weak wifi signal which is not ROM related. I encounter the same issue for every custom rom i installed on this phone. Im using the same ROM for Note 8 and i dont have any issues so far

 

[Ivan_Meler]

I havent posted an actual progress update in quite some time so here is some behind the scenes.

• First of all selinux, that is actually being worked on and it should be supported in near future (Tho it needs some testing to make sure things dont break)
• Kernel upstream and full eBPF support, thats on its way too so we wont need any hacks to make bpf work anymore which is a nice bonus + we will be able to use some nice new features like gpu monitoring which requires eBPF
• HWC This is a big one, without revealing too much there is big progress on this behind the scenes and while it does require quite a bit of work once this is sorted we will have much better battery life and UI will be waaay smoother (2x increase at least), this and few other hals will be open sourced too once this is nearly finished so no more proprietary blobs for it
• Keystore will also be looked into a bit further to see if there are edge cases left where some secure apps break
• OMX again without going into too much details we will see some changes on that end and it will be open sourced
• Camera, well ill just let this one be a surprise for now since it will require most work

There is a lot more going behind the scenes and some of those changes will take some time (Keep in mind i do this in my free time so i really cant talk about etas) but in general once most of those chanegs are up 8895 devices will be in perfect condition and once android 13 source is out it wont take too long to get it working.

Some other small notes since s8 i use to develop this rom on has broken screen (i use scrcpy to mirror screen on pc) im actually still looking into getting 8895 device, Someone offered to send one from UK but since im in EU ill have to look into import tax and stuff caused by brexit which is not fun to deal with.

And finally HUGE thanks to everyone who supported this project and helped cover the build server cost, thius project really wouldnt be possible without them, They also covered the coffee cost and some stuff like recent keystore fixes really took a long time to debug which indeed required a lot of coffee at night haha.

 

[maej72]

I havent posted an actual progress update in quite some time so here is some behind the scenes.

• First of all selinux, that is actually being worked on and it should be supported in near future (Tho it needs some testing to make sure things dont break)
• Kernel upstream and full eBPF support, thats on its way too so we wont need any hacks to make bpf work anymore which is a nice bonus + we will be able to use some nice new features like gpu monitoring which requires eBPF
• HWC This is a big one, without revealing too much there is big progress on this behind the scenes and while it does require quite a bit of work once this is sorted we will have much better battery life and UI will be waaay smoother (2x increase at least), this and few other hals will be open sourced too once this is nearly finished so no more proprietary blobs for it
• Keystore will also be looked into a bit further to see if there are edge cases left where some secure apps break
• OMX again without going into too much details we will see some changes on that end and it will be open sourced
• Camera, well ill just let this one be a surprise for now since it will require most work

There is a lot more going behind the scenes and some of those changes will take some time (Keep in mind i do this in my free time so i really cant talk about etas) but in general once most of those chanegs are up 8895 devices will be in perfect condition and once android 13 source is out it wont take too long to get it working.

Some other small notes since s8 i use to develop this rom on has broken screen (i use scrcpy to mirror screen on pc) im actually still looking into getting 8895 device, Someone offered to send one from UK but since im in EU ill have to look into import tax and stuff caused by brexit which is not fun to deal with.

And finally HUGE thanks to everyone who supported this project and helped cover the build server cost, thius project really wouldnt be possible without them, They also covered the coffee cost and some stuff like recent keystore fixes really took a long time to debug which indeed required a lot of coffee at night haha.

That is some great news to hear boss, can't wait to jump from android 9 to 12 finally.

Thank you very much for keeping this amazing device alive.

Just a question, does this make porting other feature rich roms like arrow os or crdroid easier?

Much love bro.

 

[Ivan_Meler]

That is some great news to hear boss, can't wait to jump from android 9 to 12 finally.

Thank you very much for keeping this amazing device alive.

Just a question, does this make porting other feature rich roms like arrow os or crdroid easier?

Much love bro.

not like they are hard to port at all now, its same as it would be with any other device but nobody bothered to do so.
I provide full source i use that other developers could use to build their roms but yeah all of the development still happens here

 

[ChrisAntono]

Hello everyone! Thanks the developer for the hard work he's putting in our old device.. Before I jump to this rom from stock I need to now about some things..
1) Can I use Gpay and banking apps?
2) How about the Bluetooth calls??? I read that there were some problems..
3) Camera is good??
4) And lastly ab opinion about perfomance and battery life comparin to stock..
I've read some of the pages in the forum but I am asking just to be sure..Thanks everyone!

 

[Refayatul]

Hello everyone! Thanks the developer for the hard work he's putting in our old device.. Before I jump to this rom from stock I need to now about some things..
1) Can I use Gpay and banking apps?
2) How about the Bluetooth calls??? I read that there were some problems..
3) Camera is good??
4) And lastly ab opinion about perfomance and battery life comparin to stock..
I've read some of the pages in the forum but I am asking just to be sure..Thanks everyone!

Cheak the telegram discussion group shared by ivan

 

[Na-race]

I have installed this rom on my s8….and i have been using this rom since 2 to 3 months…and it has notification light and mobile data problem both are not working well…..every time i have to reboot my mobile for notification light for working and after some time it again stop working….and for mobile data it not working well some time it’s working and some time not…..when will you fix this two bugs….do it as soon as possible….i hope it fix soon….!!!!

 

[099349613a5fbd51bd6237f13]

Hello everyone! Thanks the developer for the hard work he's putting in our old device.. Before I jump to this rom from stock I need to now about some things..
1) Can I use Gpay and banking apps?
2) How about the Bluetooth calls??? I read that there were some problems..
3) Camera is good??
4) And lastly ab opinion about perfomance and battery life comparin to stock..
I've read some of the pages in the forum but I am asking just to be sure..Thanks everyone!

1) I've been using my local banking app just fine. Haven't tested Gpay, as I don't use it, but I've seen others saying it works well enough.
2) There were problems with bluetooth calls, but they're perfect now (for me and some others, at least).
3) Camera works as expected, except inside of apps (such as whatsapp), in which it can be sometimes slow.
4) I'd say that, at this point, it's about the same as stock, concerning battery. Performance has been better, but take that with a grain of salt as I don't use my phone for performance heavy stuff. Your mileage may vary.

Also, now that I'm here, can someone confirm (or disconfirm) that vibration works? I don't think I have a hardware issue, as the phone vibrates when starting and on TWRP, but I've never seen anyone mentioning the issue, so therein lies my doubt.

 

[SworDroids]

1) I've been using my local banking app just fine. Haven't tested Gpay, as I don't use it, but I've seen others saying it works well enough.
2) There were problems with bluetooth calls, but they're perfect now (for me and some others, at least).
3) Camera works as expected, except inside of apps (such as whatsapp), in which it can be sometimes slow.
4) I'd say that, at this point, it's about the same as stock, concerning battery. Performance has been better, but take that with a grain of salt as I don't use my phone for performance heavy stuff. Your mileage may vary.

Also, now that I'm here, can someone confirm (or disconfirm) that vibration works? I don't think I have a hardware issue, as the phone vibrates when starting and on TWRP, but I've never seen anyone mentioning the issue, so therein lies my doubt.

@Na-race
For me with my Note 8.
1) No problem with bank app, Gpay working fine
2) I never have any problem with Bluetooth call even before the update that change it
3) Camera works normally but for me the second camera is not working
4) For me I have a better battery life with lineageos but you need to know that my battery is in bad condition (less than 1 day of life)

For the vibration it works as expected.

 

[099349613a5fbd51bd6237f13]

1) I've been using my local banking app just fine. Haven't tested Gpay, as I don't use it, but I've seen others saying it works well enough.
2) There were problems with bluetooth calls, but they're perfect now (for me and some others, at least).
3) Camera works as expected, except inside of apps (such as whatsapp), in which it can be sometimes slow.
4) I'd say that, at this point, it's about the same as stock, concerning battery. Performance has been better, but take that with a grain of salt as I don't use my phone for performance heavy stuff. Your mileage may vary.

Also, now that I'm here, can someone confirm (or disconfirm) that vibration works? I don't think I have a hardware issue, as the phone vibrates when starting and on TWRP, but I've never seen anyone mentioning the issue, so therein lies my doubt.

@Na-race
For me with my Note 8.
1) No problem with bank app, Gpay working fine
2) I never have any problem with Bluetooth call even before the update that change it
3) Camera works normally but for me the second camera is not working
4) For me I have a better battery life with lineageos but you need to know that my battery is in bad condition (less than 1 day of life)

For the vibration it works as expected.

Update on the vibration issue, it turns out that Energy Saving Mode actually disables vibration system-wide, even when vibrate mode is turned on… And this seems to be and Android thing, not even LineageOS' or this rom's.

 

[Ivan_Meler]

Here we go. part 1 of that prommised plan
- Fixed HWC
- Improved gcam ports compatibility and post processing speed
- Major battery life and ui performance imporvements
- Synced with LineageOS source

there is still quite a lot on that todo list but this is one of largest changes
July security update will be out as soon as google releases source for it
this will also get backported to July 18.1 update

As always big thanks to everyone who supported this project and helped cover the build server cost

enjoy new build and stay safe

 

[Refayatul]

Here we go. part 1 of that prommised plan
- Fixed HWC
- Improved gcam ports compatibility and post processing speed
- Major battery life and ui performance imporvements
- Synced with LineageOS source

there is still quite a lot on that todo list but this is one of largest changes
July security update will be out as soon as google releases source for it
this will also get backported to July 18.1 update

As always big thanks to everyone who supported this project and helped cover the build server cost

enjoy new build and stay safe

Thanks a lot ivan

 

[sirfnomi]

Thank You So much Ivan