[NEWS] LineageOS 17.1 adds support for Pixel 3a

[tim1987]

XDA posted late last week that LineageOS 17.1 will be adding official builds for the Google Pixel 3a (Link Here).

So far there have been no builds posted, but they should be here soon

Edit 2020-09-08: There is now a live build on the download page.

Both cdesai and npjohnson deserve a big thank-you for stepping up as maintainers!

 

[blksith0]

Nice.
Is it possible to dirty-flash over the unofficial builds (posted recently in telegram)?

No, scratch that, better question: Where's the active-edge support?

 

[Thad Boyd]

Is it possible to dirty-flash over the unofficial builds (posted recently in telegram)?

I was wondering the same; I've been using the invisiblek build but it hasn't been updated since April.

I should probably back up before I try a dirty flash just in case; can anybody recommend a good backup solution that works without root? The most important thing is my 2FA data.

 

[tim1987]

I flashed it yesterday and ran it all day today. So far it seems to be working just fine. I'm really going to miss having Google Pay at lunch the next time I forget my wallet at home. If there isn't a work-around anymore, I'll probably use the low-tech solution and stash a 20 dollar bill inside my phone case.

I came from stock (rooted), so I can't answer for any of the dirty-flashing questions.

Where's the active-edge support?

I'm wondering the same thing. The only thing I really used it for was flashlight, so I enabled the press-and-hold-power-when-locked option which will suffice for me for now.

 

[augt]

I flashed it yesterday and ran it all day today. So far it seems to be working just fine. I'm really going to miss having Google Pay at lunch the next time I forget my wallet at home. If there isn't a work-around anymore, I'll probably use the low-tech solution and stash a 20 dollar bill inside my phone case.

I came from stock (rooted), so I can't answer for any of the dirty-flashing questions.


I'm wondering the same thing. The only thing I really used it for was flashlight, so I enabled the press-and-hold-power-when-locked option which will suffice for me for now.

How is battery life and the camera compared to stock ROM ?

I'm looking for an alternative to the stock rom because i find it to be a little bit bloated with some google services that i don't need.

Are the installation instructions on the lineageOS website correct ? Does the google camera app work with this rom?

Thank's in advance for your response

 

[tim1987]

How is battery life and the camera compared to stock ROM ?

I'm looking for an alternative to the stock rom because i find it to be a little bit bloated with some google services that i don't need.

Are the installation instructions on the lineageOS website correct ? Does the google camera app work with this rom?

Thank's in advance for your response

Battery life might be slightly worse, but any time I load a new rom I'm picking up my phone more than usual so it could be that.

Instructions from the Lineage page are correct. I went with Open gapps pico and installed everything else from play store. Had a slight issue going through the wizard because it thought my WiFi wasn't working but I was able to skip and set up manually.

Google camera from play store is working and seems to open at least twice as fast as it did on the stock rom.

 

[eunichron]

I flashed it yesterday and ran it all day today. So far it seems to be working just fine. I'm really going to miss having Google Pay at lunch the next time I forget my wallet at home. If there isn't a work-around anymore, I'll probably use the low-tech solution and stash a 20 dollar bill inside my phone case.

I came from stock (rooted), so I can't answer for any of the dirty-flashing questions.

I could not get sideload to work using Lineage's recovery on QQ3A.200805.001 (Aug 2020 update). I had to downgrade to QP1A.190711.019, but it did work then using the steps from the LineageOS Wiki.

 

[waingro808]

I flashed it yesterday and ran it all day today. So far it seems to be working just fine. I'm really going to miss having Google Pay at lunch the next time I forget my wallet at home. If there isn't a work-around anymore, I'll probably use the low-tech solution and stash a 20 dollar bill inside my phone case.

I came from stock (rooted), so I can't answer for any of the dirty-flashing questions.


I'm wondering the same thing. The only thing I really used it for was flashlight, so I enabled the press-and-hold-power-when-locked option which will suffice for me for now.

Does Google call screen work? Is it just Google Pay or do banking app not work either? Thanks in advance. It's been years since I've played with LOS.

 

[rogers11]

I wasn't able to finish Google login during setup with and without Gapps. Back at stock.

 

[tim1987]

Does Google call screen work? Is it just Google Pay or do banking app not work either? Thanks in advance. It's been years since I've played with LOS.

Call screen is stuck saying "Activating Call Screen (requires WiFi)" but my banks and credit card apps work fine.

 

[remcor2000]

Nice!
Did anyone test the e-sim functionality?

 

[mpannen]

Google maps would not use location data. In order for location to work in Google Maps, I had to open it twice, doing an app close after the first open. Drove me nuts.

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