[ROM] LineageOS 17/18/19 UNOFFICIAL - (Update: 2023-05-20)

[teguwecali]

Hi, can anyone help me?
I dirty-upgraded from version 17 to 18, and after that I dirty-upgraded to 19. I made a backup of version 17 beforehand.
After upgrading I wanted to roll back to version 17. I wiped all the data and did a clean install, but the system doesn't want to boot. After restarting, my phone boots to a black screen (with the green LED for microsecond) and then boots back to TWRP on its own.

Now all I can do is install a clean version 19 and use it. The backup doesn't want to boot, giving an error `extractTarFork() process ended with ERROR: 255`. Both clean installed 17 and 18 versions are won’t boot.
I even updated TWRP, but it had no effect.

What can I do?
Thanks.

 

[petefoth]

I wiped all the data and did a clean install, but the system doesn't want to boot.

You need to format the data partition, not just wipe it. It is usually possible to upgrade to a higher Android version by dirty flashing. but downgrading to a lower version usually requites you to format. The steps I usually follow are
1. Format data partition
2. Install the ROM
3. Boot the system, go through first time setup, setting whatever screen lock (pattern, PIN) you had when you made the backup
4. Boot to recovery
5. Restore the backup

Good luck!

 

[teguwecali]

You need to format the data partition, not just wipe it. It is usually possible to upgrade to a higher Android version by dirty flashing. but downgrading to a lower version usually requites you to format. The steps I usually follow are
1. Format data partition
2. Install the ROM
3. Boot the system, go through first time setup, setting whatever screen lock (pattern, PIN) you had when you made the backup
4. Boot to recovery
5. Restore the backup

Good luck!

Thank you very much! Everything is now fine.

 

[android666]

this v19 react the same way as "LineageOS 19.1 UNOFFICIAL - 1.6" - no DATA for Telekom (flapping) on my device

 

[Flamefire]

this v19 react the same way as "LineageOS 19.1 UNOFFICIAL - 1.6" - no DATA for Telekom (flapping) on my device

You mean you get reception and can do calls&SMS but no mobile internet? Have you checked the APN settings? If you find the correct APN settings (MCC, MNC, APN, ...), best on the website of your provider, let me know and I can include them. But I need that information as "Telekom (flapping)" isn't enough, although "flapping" turns up funny pages on Google, just nothing related to phones ;-)

 

[Arcline]

Sometimes reset WiFi, data and Bluetooth in settings fixes the problem for me.

 

[android666]

when i turn data on (with any LTE or another combination) connectivity to GSM provider flapping, situation is mentioned in 1.6 release of v19, or v20 (like here)


it looks to be problematic with Tmobile


flapping everything: gsm,sms,data...whole connectivity

 

[3ncryptet]

Amazing, thank you for keeping us up to date with this firmware @Flamefire.

Two thing I noticed:
- 2G is not selectable anymore as preferred network type in Settings (I sometimes need that when I'm in the mountains)
- Direct unlocking with fingerprint does not work. It first unlocks to lock screen, then I have to touch a second time. Worked directly before updating.

I upgraded from derf elot's lineage-19.1-20220918-UNOFFICIAL-1.6-lilac.zip

All the best

 

[Arcline]

Amazing, thank you for keeping us up to date with this firmware @Flamefire.

Two thing I noticed:
- 2G is not selectable anymore as preferred network type in Settings (I sometimes need that when I'm in the mountains)
- Direct unlocking with fingerprint does not work. It first unlocks to lock screen, then I have to touch a second time. Worked directly before updating.

I upgraded from derf elot's lineage-19.1-20220918-UNOFFICIAL-1.6-lilac.zip

All the best

The 2G setting is gone since 19.1 i believe on derfelot's build as well.
As for the fingerprint it's been like this on flamefires builds for a while, dunno why, some of his changes broke that functionality because on derf's builds it's working fine.
Im curious does going into Settings > Security > Gear icon on "Screen lock > Touch fingerprint to unlock change anything?

 

[Flamefire]

The 2G setting is gone since 19.1 i believe on derfelot's build as well.
As for the fingerprint it's been like this on flamefires builds for a while, dunno why, some of his changes broke that functionality because on derf's builds it's working fine.

I can double-check why the 2G setting is gone but it looks like it was removed upstream. I see if I can patch it back.
As for the fingerprint: This is not "broken" but working as intended: A lot of people here complained that touching the on/off button immediately unlocks the phone. Hence I decided to follow suit with upstream LOS to disable this if the fingerprint is integrated into the powerbutton and cherry-picked a change used in similar LOS devices: https://github.com/Flamefire/androi...mmit/924352c24a95959941fe5a471741528dc2d87026
Unfortunately there isn't a user-setting to change this although I was thinking about adding one. I think that the current setting being the default makes sense also from a security perspective as unlocking the phone also enables NFC payments so doing that by accident can be a real problem.

Anyway: I'm currently very packed with work as I'm backporting security patches to the kernel, incorporating new changes from 19.1 to 17/18.1, updating blobs to hopefully resolve the connection loss issue (has anyone observed those on 19.1?) and just got the MicroG build working on 18.1 so at least that will be there once I'm done

 

[Flamefire]

January updates out. Security updates only, MicroG versios will follow in about a week when I'm back from vacation. Stay safe!

 

[gagou7]

Tested latest lineage 19, even connected to a WIFI, no internet. Tested all TWRP version, the data partition was still encrypted. Version 3.7 is unusable, the screen is cropped.

Tested latest lineage 18, wifi working, fingerprint as well, TWRP 3.6 is able to decrypt the data partition ! MindTheGAPPS work perfectly as well.

So, no Android 12 for now but an up-to-date Android 11 with latest security patch ! Thank you for your awesome work !

 

[Arcline]

Tested latest lineage 19, even connected to a WIFI, no internet. Tested all TWRP version, the data partition was still encrypted. Version 3.7 is unusable, the screen is cropped.

Tested latest lineage 18, wifi working, fingerprint as well, TWRP 3.6 is able to decrypt the data partition ! MindTheGAPPS work perfectly as well.

So, no Android 12 for now but an up-to-date Android 11 with latest security patch ! Thank you for your awesome work !

Use the TWRP in Los20 thread for A12/13

 

[hadr1an]

Updated today to 18.1 20230120 (dirty flashed from older 18.1) and mobile data is not working. Any fixes / anyone with the same issue?

 

[hadr1an]

False alarm, now its working. Possibly unstable? It was down for quite a long time.

 

[7alvoo]

Updated today to 18.1 20230120 (dirty flashed from older 18.1) and mobile data is not working. Any fixes / anyone with the same issue?

My setup:
- twrp 3.7.0
- 18.1 20230120
- NikGapps-core-arm64-11-20220908-signed
- always backup the data and reformat the system part. before update
- the end: like a swiss clock

 

[PhD Zoidberg]

Thank you, everything works

I love my XZ1 compact so much...and I keep coming back to it.
You gave me a few more years out of the phone.

 

[Matlaw]

Been using this ROM for over a month and I'm really happy with it. Thanks for your work.
However, today SafetyNet failed for no reason. Play Integrity also fails. Last time I checked both passed.
Aby advice or thoughts what happened?

EDIT: wiped system, reflashed zip and OpenGapps, wiped Dalvik (or rather ART) and cache... and it fixed itself. That's bit odd.

 

[Flamefire]

- 2G is not selectable anymore as preferred network type in Settings (I sometimes need that when I'm in the mountains)

I found this: "Android 12 users need to go to Settings > Network & Internet > SIMs > Allow 2G"

However I just quickly checked on the spare phone and I do still have that setting on latest 19.1, although it is more hidden than on 17.1 (which I'm using personally)

Also switching to 2G is what I do when I have network issues (and done by the switcher service on startup). But I've seen a changeset that might help better here. Will be included in the February builds if that works.

EDIT: wiped system, reflashed zip and OpenGapps, wiped Dalvik (or rather ART) and cache... and it fixed itself. That's bit odd.

Wiping dalvik and cache is what I always do. Here I guess there was something on /system which shouldn't be there. Glad you could fix that! The SafetyNet fix is one of the things I do test for every update so I'd be surprised if it doesn't work.

 

[Flamefire]

I uploaded MicroG builds for all 3 versions, they are named e.g. lineage-19.1-20230131-MICROG instead of lineage-19.1-20230131-UNOFFICIAL but are contained in the same folder.

As they are not compatible with each other (not sure if you can dirty-flash one over the other, at least you need to wipe system) you have to be careful to choose the correct one!