[ROM][Android 13][UNOFFICIAL][OTA] LineageOS 20.0 for Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite [daisy]

[Nic1982]

Hi

i've been busy with my last school exams, i just want to pass my last year at high school decently

 

[Hhh81]

What do you quote ? We can only trash this smartphone if doesn't have security updates if using for app banking management purposes.

 

[gagas1]

Hi

i've been busy with my last school exams, i just want to pass my last year at high school decently

Wishing you all the best

 

[cappuccini]

Very impressed by the monthly updates proposed, I just installed this rom on my second device for testing...
Edit: seems awesome! Starting daily use test...

"Starting daily use test..." What are your experiences...?

 

[norva]

Simply the best rom I tested so far: no bugs at all, internet connection sharing by USB or wifi is working great and is very reliable (not the case with Syberia A12 or Voltage OS A13). Only minor drawback: the lineage recovery that doesn't seem to allow backup on the contrary of twrp...
By the way there is no personalization but this is what I prefer.

 

[cappuccini]

Simply the best rom I tested so far: no bugs at all, internet connection sharing by USB or wifi is working great and is very reliable (not the case with Syberia A12 or Voltage OS A13). Only minor drawback: the lineage recovery that doesn't seem to allow backup on the contrary of twrp...
By the way there is no personalization but this is what I prefer.

Thanks for the information! Is the battery consumption as low as Syberia A12?

 

[norva]

Thanks for the information! Is the battery consumption as low as Syberia A12?

It seems to be yes

 

[CrystalCommunication]

What do you quote ? We can only trash this smartphone if doesn't have security updates if using for app banking management purposes.

A lot of vendors don't provide monthly security updates. We would all rather be running the latest security patches, but you're certainly not the only person logging into their bank with the March patch. Have some patience, remember that this ROM is maintained by a volunteer as a hobby. You are not entitled to timely security updates.

 

[Danhicsuntdracones]

A lot of vendors don't provide monthly security updates. We would all rather be running the latest security patches, but you're certainly not the only person logging into their bank with the March patch. Have some patience, remember that this ROM is maintained by a volunteer as a hobby. You are not entitled to timely security updates.

Related to this, do any of you know how safe it is to use this phone when its last Vendor security patch level is from July 2021? Do the Android security updates of this ROM still make up for such an outdated patch from Xiaomi, or do they cover different "security layers" so to speak (and thus one of them remains vulnerable)?

I keep using this as my daily phone because I resist to replace a perfectly functional piece of hardware, but often I wonder if vendor security patches would be a sensible reason for switching to a newer phone.

 

[CrystalCommunication]

Related to this, do any of you know how safe it is to use this phone when its last Vendor security patch level is from July 2021? Do the Android security updates of this ROM still make up for such an outdated patch from Xiaomi, or do they cover different "security layers" so to speak (and thus one of them remains vulnerable)?

I keep using this as my daily phone because I resist to replace a perfectly functional piece of hardware, but often I wonder if vendor security patches would be a sensible reason for switching to a newer phone.

They are different layers, but that doesn't necessarily mean the device isn't safe to use. The vendor security patch covers things like firmware and blobs that we can't really patch independently of Xiaomi. As long as you think before you click (i.e. avoid going to sketchy websites and downloading weird stuff), you should be okay. If you are super paranoid about it or you want everything to be as hardened as possible, you're always going to be better off with a recent Pixel that gets official monthly security updates straight from Google.

 

[Nightdavisao]

Can I safely format my SD card as an internal storage in this ROM?

 

[norva]

Can I safely format my SD card as an internal storage in this ROM?

What is the risk? That's a good one or I miss a point.

 

[Nightdavisao]

What is the risk? That's a good one or I miss a point.

Last time I formatted my SD card as an internal (adoptable) storage on a custom ROM, my phone went on an endless bootloop

 

[Nightdavisao]

got trapped on a bootloop again sadly

 

[Hhh81]

That happened to me too.
Switch it off, remove the micro sd card. switch it on. reaches the desktop, no more boot loop. switch it off.
Use the microsd card in usb card adapter in a pc. format the micro sd card (fat32) .
plug it in the smartphone, switch it on. use the other option to manage the sd card : use micro sd as a external memory (for videos, songs, ecc... )

 

[Nightdavisao]

That happened to me too.
Switch it off, remove the micro sd card. switch it on. reaches the desktop, no more boot loop. switch it off.
Use the microsd card in usb card adapter in a pc. format the micro sd card (fat32) .
plug it in the smartphone, switch it on. use the other option to manage the sd card : use micro sd as a external memory (for videos, songs, ecc... )

your solution implies that i CAN'T use a SD card as an adoptable storage on this device

 

[Its_Vixano]

well you get a pretty cool red warning when you proceed on doing so

anyway it should __technically__ works if you set manually this prop (https://github.com/xiaomi-msm8953-d...mmit/8552aa9a705e9cd8d9256b74484739f72d9ef83c) on

vendor/build.prop

It worked fine with my spare 8gb sdcard

 

[Nightdavisao]

well you get a pretty cool red warning when you proceed on doing so

anyway it should __technically__ works if you set manually this prop (https://github.com/xiaomi-msm8953-d...mmit/8552aa9a705e9cd8d9256b74484739f72d9ef83c) on

vendor/build.prop

It worked fine with my spare 8gb sdcard

Just tried it out and it worked! Thank you so much!

 

[Hhh81]

How to edit vendor/build.prop ?
I don't have root !

 

[Nightdavisao]

How to edit vendor/build.prop ?
I don't have root !

I don't think you can edit it without root :/