Solved endless boot animation loop
Hi, thanks for the work.
after unlocking the bootloader, installing TWRP 1.1.1-1 and flashing the ROM, I have been stuck in an endless Lineage boot animation, which was solved with the procedure I write below, just in case someone else has the same issue. I do not know if the steps can be simplified or if anyting I do is necessary.
I have a single-SIM P9 EVA-L09 updated to the latest EMUI (5.0.3 I guess. It`s lost now).
Before being able to boot I have tried to change the filesystem on the data partition (after selecting it in the TWRP wipe advanced menu) to ext4, and formatting it, but it didn't work, tried installing only the Lineage ROM, with and without the lineage vendor zip, with and without opengapps (from stock to mini), but nothing seemed to work.
So, the correct procedure (for me), after booting into TWRP:
1) Wipe->Format data (Wipe main menu, not advanced wipe)
2) Wipe->Advanced Wipe->Wipe Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data (I had wiped System before, maybe that's needed too)
3) Install LineageOS 14.1 build 20170717 and lineage_vendor-eva.zip
4) Wipe->Advanced Wipe->Wipe Dalvik Cache, Cache
5) Reboot
Then the Lineage bootloader animation runs for about 11 minutes
6) Reboot TWRP
7) INstall opengapps stock
8) Wipe->Advanced Wipe->Wipe Dalvik Cache, Cache
9) Reboot
Then the Lineage bootloader animation runs for about 6 minutes
At this point the phone works, but it cannot connect to the mobile data, because it's still missing the APN information of my provider, which I find in the internet and enter in the config.