[OFFICIAL] LineageOS 18.1 for the Nexus 6

[esysfound]

There is an XDA Forum that discusses A12 for an even older device - the Samsung Note 2. I have one, and have been running A12 (LineageOS 19.1) for months. Quite stable. Can be a little laggy but the Note 2 is not as capable as the Nexus 6. But works ok and I have many apps running and Magisk (24.1 - newer versions are a problem).

So maybe there is a way.....

 

[runekock]

Weirdly there is an XDA Forum that discusses A12 for an even older device - the Samsung Note 2. I have one, and have been running A12 (LineageOS 19.1) for months. Quite stable. Can be a little laggy but the Note 2 is not as capable as the Nexus 6. But works ok and I have many apps running and Magisk (24.1 - newer versions are a problem).

So maybe there is a way.....

Well, if we read closely what LineageOS wrote: "At the moment, with some hacky workarounds (that we won’t be merging, as they break packet filtering, etc.) legacy devices can boot"
then it does indeed seem possible, but probably not a good idea.

 

[Semseddin]

First of all, thank you very much sincerely for updating our decade old but loved n6. LINEAGE OS gave my n6 a 2nd life. I would never imagine this phone to run this well until i experienced it myself.

I have installed the latest may release through the updater. Updated successfully, so far the only issue i noticed is that the brightness control does nothing. It used to be fine with april nightly.

 

[esysfound]

Well, if we read closely what LineageOS wrote: "At the moment, with some hacky workarounds (that we won’t be merging, as they break packet filtering, etc.) legacy devices can boot"
then it does indeed seem possible, but probably not a good idea.

Might not be a good idea, but working mostly fine here....

 

[TotalChen]

Sadly it looks like the Nexus 6 won't get LOS 19, which was released today. IIRC my Nexus 6 on LOS18.1 is on kernel 3.10.108. Still one of my favorite devices to this day. Sad if this is actually the end of the road. Thank you to all the developers for the hard work over the years.

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Sorry to hear that. Pity. But I've found out android_kernel_google_wahoo and android_device_google_wahoo both on lineage-19.1 in LineageOS official repo for Pixel 2(XL) and the kernel version shows 4.4.302. Maybe this is due to the effort of the devs, however, is there still any oppotunity for our Nexus 6 to get it done like this? Pray.

 

[npjohnson]

Sorry to hear that. Pity. But I've found out android_kernel_google_wahoo and android_device_google_wahoo both on lineage-19.1 in LineageOS official repo for Pixel 2(XL) and the kernel version shows 4.4.302. Maybe this is due to the effort of the devs, however, is there still any oppotunity for our Nexus 6 to get it done like this? Pray.

No, because wahoo started with kernel 4.4. It just merged subversions.

we are on 3.10 lol - like 6 years behind it. And tens of thousands of commits.

 

[Detro_]

Hi guys, quick question, did anyone find any solution to the System Profiles resetting randomly after reboot/update?

 

[jcrompton]

Trying to setup my old Nexus 6 to be used as a navigation device for my car. Tried to install Lineage 18.1 - tried using both Open Gapps and MTG and I was unable to get Lineage to set up. Upon first boot I kept getting a FC of the Android Setup app and was never able to get past it even if I disabled the app.

Any suggestions ? Or any link to a known working combo of Lineage 18.1 and Gapps

 

[runekock]

Trying to setup my old Nexus 6 to be used as a navigation device for my car. Tried to install Lineage 18.1 - tried using both Open Gapps and MTG and I was unable to get Lineage to set up. Upon first boot I kept getting a FC of the Android Setup app and was never able to get past it even if I disabled the app.

Any suggestions ? Or any link to a known working combo of Lineage 18.1 and Gapps

No reason that MindTheGapps shouldn't work - you probably did something wrong...

Maybe you didn't format data?

Edit: also make sure you don't start the rom before you install gapps.

 

[jcrompton]

No reason that MindTheGapps shouldn't work - you probably did something wrong...

Maybe you didn't format data?

I actually think it was because I thought I had upgraded my bootloader and radio before - BUt I updated those to the latest and I don't have the Android setup error any more Gotta go outside to see if GPS works

But thanks for the reply

 

[jcrompton]

So I got Lineage 18.1 up and running on my old Nexus 6 (been sitting in drawer for a couple years, lol).
As mentioned elsewhere I was going to use it as a dedicated navigation device in my car. Kept having trouble with GPS lock. Finally got a GPS test app for a side by side test with my S22 Ultra. The Nexus has approx 10 to 18 satellites in view and intermittently locks on to 3 to 6. While the S22 sees over 40 satellites and can lock on to over 15. Realize the radios are very different in age but my questions are:
Has anybody had this experience with difficult GPS satellite lock on the Nexus (using Lineage 18.1)? And is there a fix?
And would there be any reason to expect stock firmware to utilize the satellites any better?

 

[alfacrux]

Nexus 6 supports only GPS and GLONASS, S22 adds also Galileo and BDS.
Never had problems navigating with Nexus 6 though...

 

[jcrompton]

Nexus 6 supports only GPS and GLONASS, S22 adds also Galileo and BDS.
Never had problems navigating with Nexus 6 though...

Thanks for reply .. are you on this Lineage OS?

 

[alfacrux]

Thanks for reply .. are you on this Lineage OS?

Yes, it is still installed. It was a long journey from december 2015 to 2022, starting to some CyanogenMod to LineageOS 18.1. Never ran stock Android and always no Gapps. But as it now switches off if battery drops below 60%, then I switched to Pixel 6 Pro.
Planning to use Nexus 6 as a car navigation system...

 

[esysfound]

Have used Nexus 6 / LineageOS 18.1 as navigator, no problems in 5 countries, 6 states, and using 3 different nav systems: Maps.Me Here We Go, and Google Maps. GPS has been fine.

@jcrompton : sounds like battery is dying. Calibration very suspect; it can easily be well below 60% with old battery. I just changed my battery 3rd time since 2014, OEM Motorola cost 10 Euros ($11) as phone doing similar things. Now works fine-can run all day and phone remains daily driver. It is a beast.

Lots of youTube vids how to do it, and it is relatively easy. Just have to be careful pulling off cover as it can pull out on off switch wiring.

 

[jcrompton]

Have used Nexus 6 / LineageOS 18.1 as navigator, no problems in 5 countries, 6 states, and using 3 different nav systems: Maps.Me Here We Go, and Google Maps. GPS has been fine.

@jcrompton : sounds like battery is dying. Calibration very suspect; it can easily be well below 60% with old battery. I just changed my battery 3rd time since 2014, OEM Motorola cost 10 Euros ($11) as phone doing similar things. Now works fine-can run all day and phone remains daily driver. It is a beast.

Lots of youTube vids how to do it, and it is relatively easy. Just have to be careful pulling off cover as it can pull out on off switch wiring.

Thanks for the reply - yeah so weird I kept trying and trying but with Waze it kept connecting and disconnecting (like every couple of minutes). GPS not available over and over .... but basically made it unusable for navigation. Maybe some sort of hardware issue??

 

[esysfound]

i almost never use on line navigation so that might be part of it. When I check traffic, it is very intermittantly if at all. Most of my trips are less than several hours so I often know ahead of time where there might be trouble spots. Far prefer the off line navigator maps, with no data or roaming charges (if crossing country borders), and open street maps used by e.g. Maps.Me are more useful and detailed at times than e.g. Google Maps.

Maybe try off line nav systems (e.g. my first 2 above) see if that makes a difference?

 

[McMannes]

I cant load any app to my phone. Cause play store always says insufficient storage. But i have 23 gb. How can i solve this problem. I did clean install

 

[npjohnson]

I cant load any app to my phone. Cause play store always says insufficient storage. But i have 23 gb. How can i solve this problem. I did clean install

Sounds like you wiped via TWRP instead of via Lineage Recovery when you installed maybe?

 

[McMannes]

Sounds like you wiped via TWRP instead of via Lineage Recovery when you installed maybe?

yes. I installed it with twrp. but I've never had a problem like this before. i am trying with lineage recovery now. thanks.