[ROM][DISCONTINUED] LineageOS 17.1 for Xiaomi Poco F1

[jojy thomas]

Strange, I have 4G or LTE.

Lol
4G+ or LTE+ is another thing
Google for more info

 

[jojy thomas]

Thanks for the hint, but the black bar under the keyboard or the free space still remains. The one you mentioned was deactivated anyway.

Flash full screen / immersive gesture module from magisk downloads

 

[ManyPhones]

I am desperate.
Two days ago i iried to restore an older TWRP backup of system and data to get some deleted contacts back. The LOS started to boot and asked for a pin. That PIN I did not know, so I tried to restore the current backup again. That ended up in messing up the phone completely for some reason, even fastboot was not responding properly any longer at some point; with different results on Win / Linux. I fixed installing a "recovery" version of the original MIUI to reset everything to "normal", which finally worked out.
Then I re-installed TWRP (3.4), installed the current version of LOS 17.1 (13.03.2021) and OpenGApps just to see, whether this would work. And it did.

Now the problem: whenever i restore the TWRP backup (system (also based on LOS 17.1 (13.03.2021)) AND data; OR data only), the device will boot into the "pocophone" logo, then restart automatically into recovery mode. Then it will prompt me "Enter Password for User[0]". Before taking the backup i had deactivated "Sicherer Start" (save start) in the LOS system lockscreen settings, but a pin code was active just after entering the SIM pins. Now, in TWRP it won't help to enter the lockscreen PIN of the system.
I can do "cancel" in that TWRP dialogue, got to Advanced, Decrypt Users, then it shows me "Select user" along with the old Username, followed by (0).
I am 100% sure, that the pin i enter is correct, as my wife and I both now it; it is the birthdy of our dog (-; (which nobody knows except for us two).

What can I do? I need the backup as it contains Signal and Threema databases.

Help appreciated. I spent like 10 hours on this now, and I am about to become crazy.

 

[ManyPhones]

P.S. The TWRP backup was taken with an older version of TWRP 3.3.something. Should that matter?

 

[in_out]

What can I do? I need the backup as it contains Signal and Threema databases.

Help appreciated. I spent like 10 hours on this now, and I am about to become crazy.

that is the know issue with TWRP from 8.1 for many phones, they are not able to decrypt the lockscreen password after restoring twrp backup if they wipe all the 5 partition

if you able to enter in TWRp menu then restore the backup then delete the some files using twrp file manager
/data/system and delete

• password.key
• pattern.key
• locksettings.db-wal
• locksettings.db-shm
• locksettings.db

/data/system/user/0 and delete settings_fingerprint.xml

working in mido & many other devices
don't know whether working on miui roms or not


better watch video on youtube how to do this after that try to do anything, i am not an expert

 

[Optimissimus99]

I have a question:
today I flashed build 20210313 (before I had an older build installed, probably late frebruary). For years, this was the first build that failed booting for me (Bootloop).
I didnt think of anything special and dirty flashed (downgraded) to the version before (0306).


After rebooting, lineage, but also TWRP do now ask to decrypt data. Even with my correct pin, it fails to do so.
(I think because the security patch level is now upgraded)
I think I had a very similar issue years before, back then updating to a newer rom fixed it up again.
However this was when Lineage was still decrypting on boot normally. It doesnt do that now anymore (not when it is working normally at least)

Is this correct? will version 20210320 (which hopefully will be built tomorrow) fix this issue?
Or can it be fixed otherwise? I dont necesarilly need the /data partition or a booting system, however I do need the /sdcard partition, as there are a lot of important files on it and my backups are kind of outdated.

 

[Optimissimus99]

20210320 is out, but it didn't fix the error. So I suppose the internal storage encryption has nuked the files.
(default_password and the 4 digit login pin don't work)

Just so others don't make my mistake anymore:
- With Android 10, NEVER EVER do a downgrade to a previous security patch level or especially vendor.
it will destroy all data. They will not be accessible anymore, not even with a more modern "vendor" image.
with data, I mean EVERYTHING on the internal storage, also /data/media ("/sdcard on older phones").

I thought everything that could go wrong would be that it doesn't boot. That was a mistake.

I think this should be written everywhere, on the OP and in the lineage wiki/download page. Even after modding phones for almost 10 years I made this mistake, thinking I am safe by making a nandroid backup to the internal storage.
There are a few reddit / xda posts about this, but I only found them after hours of googling. So please, include this to places where it can be seen.

 

[Largamelion]

For me the solution that has always worked when bootlooping is to flash the magisk uninstaller zip. I don't reboot very often (only when I run into issues) but when I do, 80% of the time the phone bootloops and the only way to get out of it is by uninstalling Magisk, booting the system and then reinstalling Magisk and my module (I only use ANX Camera).

 

[Optimissimus99]

that would have indeed most likely fixed the bootloop issue.
Well, for me, that was not the issue. The real issue was that downgrading the phone seems to permanently damage /data, including the internal storage, with no way to fix the issue.

With android 9, going back to the newest release fixed this. With Android 10, it doesn't. Your data are permanently lost!

This should be a big fat warning in the OP, as I didn't know that, and many other people probably don't know about it. It makes backups to the internal storage completely worthless

 

[Tremolo4]

The issue of erasing all data when downgrading security patch level comes up regularly in this thread. I fell victim to it as well around 1.5 years ago. (I lost only a week of data luckily, because I make out-of-phone backups before upgrading). A few pages back I posted a warning about it again.

As can be seen from your example, this is not sufficient. It is unreasonable to expect anyone to work through this whole thread to become aware of potential pitfalls. And this particular pitfall has quite severe consequences.

And it's so stupidly preventable as well. It's not like a bug that comes up unexpected. It is (as far as I know at least) expected behavior that one just needs to be aware of.

So, I very much agree with you, there need to be more prominent warnings about this, for example in the OP.


PS: When I encountered the issue I was on Android 9 and I did try upgrading patch level again so I cannot confirm that it's "fixable" there.

 

[Optimissimus99]

That.

Maybe the zip installer should also check if the patch level is lower than the currently installed one, and warn the user that this will have severe consequences.

 

[ManyPhones]

that is the know issue with TWRP from 8.1 for many phones, they are not able to decrypt the lockscreen password after restoring twrp backup if they wipe all the 5 partition

if you able to enter in TWRp menu then restore the backup then delete the some files using twrp file manager

Thanks for the description! I think, I had read about that method before, but I was not able to locate the files or I couldn't acccess them (I don't rememeber the details, in any case there was a mounting error for one partition - probably the encrypted one?).
In the meanwhile I re-installed everything from scratch, which took ages. I re-enabled Backup via Acronis mobile and Seedvault Backup to my Nextcloud, so I try to save as much data as possible (even though Seedvault does not successfully backup ALL apps).

For the next time: where exactly are those - above mentioned- files located?

 

[CHGICEMAN]

@bgcngm
here is an error message:
As soon as you switch to "only" vibration and then back again, the lower speaker no longer works. Restarting the phone will help the lower speaker work again.

Does anyone else have this error?

 

[SilverHawk.83]

Hi there,
is there a way to decrease the headphones volume? Not the speaker, only the headphones when on call.
I read that volume settings are related to mixer_paths_tavil.xml, but I don't know which tags I should change.
Any hint?
Thanks

 

[Kevlar.Engineer]

Hi,

Please could you tell me how to pass safety net and use bank apps?

Thank you in advance.

 

[mdude22]

How do we download magisk? Where can i find magisk

I downloaded the magisk app and i went to install it and it's asking for a img or tar file but i have no idea where to find the magisk file

 

[Retrial]

How do we download magisk? Where can i find magisk

I downloaded the magisk app and i went to install it and it's asking for a img or tar file but i have no idea where to find the magisk file

You can find ready flashable .zip along with guides, on my POCO F1 Ultimate Collection & Guides thread.
Btw the latest official twrp is able flash as it is (.apk).

 

[bgcngm]

Everyone, move over to https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-official-lineageos-18-1-nightlies-for-xiaomi-poco-f1.4188235/.

 

[stephendt0]

Hey guys - would someone be able to point me in the direction in the final LineageOS 17.1 ROM for this device? I cannot run LineageOS 18.1 quite yet. I have searched this thread and have not been able to find a working link. Thanks!

 

[bottomcentre]

Do I need update firmware or something to update from LineageOS 17 to 18.1? I have gapps for android 11 and twrp updated.
Thanks!