[OFFICIAL][ZS620KL] LineageOS 18.1 (Android 11) for the Asus Zenfone 5z

[JuanTamqd21]

I dirty flashed the latest LOS 18.1 over December 13 build and this is what I did.

Reboot to recovery
Flash the latest build
reboot

and now it get stucked at rboot animation

edit: it seems that encryption do something here.

 

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo @JuanTamqd21 , in the first post I have instructions for manually updating builds. Our device is A/B partitioned without a dedicated recovery partition so the instructions are different. You missed the reboot to recovery and reflash GApps so your GApps package is corrupt. You will need to wipe data and reflash your GApps and then start over.

In the future please follow the instructions in the first post or use the Lineage Updater which can properly make a backup of your GApps and include it in the OTA.

 

[JuanTamqd21]

Heyyo @JuanTamqd21 , in the first post I have instructions for manually updating builds. Our device is A/B partitioned without a dedicated recovery partition so the instructions are different. You missed the reboot to recovery and reflash GApps so your GApps package is corrupt. You will need to wipe data and reflash your GApps and then start over.

In the future please follow the instructions in the first post or use the Lineage Updater which can properly make a backup of your GApps and include it in the OTA.

Thanks for the Info and sorry about that.

 

[wovo88]

PLEASE HELP!!
I always fail to boot after restoring an encrypted system in TWRP.

Here is my process:
1) I did the factory reset and formated the data partition in TWRP, reboot to TWRP, then
2) installed LOS 18.1 (which has encryption and enforcing SELinux by default), flash TWRP zip file, reboot, do the initial setup wizard (without lockscreen security), then
3) reboot to TWRP right away and do the backup(boot, system image, vendor image, dtbo, data partitions) without any problem.
4) factory reset and format data partition, reboot to TWRP, then restore the backup (without any error/warning), then reboot
5) after "Powered by Android" logo showed up for several seconds, the phone reboot it self into TWRP, and the TWRP shows as following:
{
Android Rescue Party trigger! Possible solutions?
Either:
1. Wipe caches, and/or
2. Format data, and/or
3, Clean-flash your ROM.

The reported problem is:
'--reason=set_policy_failed: /data/misc'
}
6) when I reboot to system, I always fail to boot unless I factory reset the phone.

I've tried several ROMs (LineageOS, crDroid, ArrowOS) with encryption by default, ALL of them FAIL to boot. Then I try installing ROM and flashing "Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt" to disalbe the encryption and Dm-Verity, then I do the backup and restore in TWRP, It restore and boot successfully. So the issue must because of encryption or Dm-Verity.

Please help! I really want to use an encrypted system with working TWRP nand backup & restore function. Many thanks!

 

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo @wovo88, please check the TWRP thread for the guide on how to do nandroid backup/restore. Devices with File-Based Encryption are different than legacy Full-Disk Encryption methods.

[OFFICIAL&TESTS]TWRP for the Asus Zenfone 5z (zs620kl)

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[wovo88]

Thank you @ThE_MarD, I "DO" follow every steps in "nandroid backup/restore guide" in the TWRP thread, I've tried for several times, but it's just not working for me.