[ROM][N960F][LineageOS 16.0][UNOFFICIAL][03-12-19]

[Matthew29992]

A lot of GApps aren't fully installed when flashed using GApps. You can either wait for an update to come out for that specific app or you can, like me, uninstall the app and redownload it from the Play Store. For me, this fixed Now Launcher & Photos.

 

[xchatter]

Try a different dialer from the playstore or a substratum theme.

Thanks. I meant if the stock dialer can be used. I will look into substratum then.

 

[BltLkATnk1972]

What's working:
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Mobile Network (Calling, Data, etc.)
Audio (Stereo Speakers)
GPS
NFC
Camera
Fingerprint Sensor
S-Pen Basics
HDMI
MTP
Call Recording
HWC
Signal Strength
Encryption


What's not working:
Iris sensor does not work because AOSP upstream does not support that yet.
IMS services (VoLTE, VoWiFi, etc). Samsung has their own proprietary implementation. It is not really possible to easily port that to LineageOS.


Bugs:
S-Pen/Mouse will cause small graphical glitches during button animations sometimes.


Instructions:
Make sure TWRP has been installed and is functional
Download the latest build and CSF9 vendor.img (optionally gapps and magisk if needed)
Reboot to recovery
Wipe data and cache (required if you switch from other ROMs)
Flash the vendor image
Flash the latest build (then gapps and magisk if needed)
Reboot


How to update builds?
Do not wipe anything unless stated in the changelog
Flash only the rom.zip and it will automatically reinstall your gapps, magisk etc
use /system/addon.d if you would like to keep system mods after an update


Downloads:
Galaxy Note 9 Exynos (N960F): https://mega.nz/#F!sFVmVKqS!lfSse2Cb2zn8AATJFfREfQ
Google Apps: https://opengapps.org/


Telegram Group:
[N960F][LineageOS 16.0][UNOFFICIAL]

Paypal:
synt4x93
abtekk

Contributorsabtekk, @CodeFox, @jesec, @farovitus, @Eamo5, @Ivan_Meler + many others that i cant remember, commit history is on my github.
Source Code:https://github.com/LineageOS/
Device Trees + Kernel:https://github.com/synt4x93/

Version Information
Status: Stable
Last Updated: 01-07-19
ROM OS Version: 9 Pie
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.9.182

XDA:DevDB Information
Lineage-16.0, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Dude!...
This rom is very nice! It's snappy. Great job man!

 

[bandario]

Is this a viable choice now? Why aren't more people using it? This thread should be bursting.

 

[Gandicela]

Installing

 

[Nasty_z]

Is this a viable choice now? Why aren't more people using it? This thread should be bursting.

Been using it for a couple of hours. No issues at all so far. Definitely viable imo

 

[Gandicela]

Running great, after clean install from One UI.

A few notes.
- Flashing Endurance AOSP custom kernel bootloops for me
- custom edit of .gapps-config had no issues
- Pixel launcher force closes, however, Trebuchet is good
- for those needing encryption, no issues here

Sent from my crownlte using XDA Labs

 

[bandario]

Would love some reports of battery life. Screen-on time is not the biggest metric for me, I care more about day-to-day endurance. I need to be able to get 3 or 4 days out of my phone with very light use.

 

[magare]

Does nor work with N960F. Vendor image is wrong. Complains about the vendor and quits.
Followed the instructions exactly as listed.
Restored from TWRP.

 

[bdwilk]

Does nor work with N960F. Vendor image is wrong. Complains about the vendor and quits.
Followed the instructions exactly as listed.
Restored from TWRP.

So.....because you couldn't flash it correctly you're now saying it doesn't work on the device even though there's many many people here running it on the same device? Strange.

Sent from my Galaxy S9+ using XDA Labs

 

[manager77]

great work! l installed like op' s instructions but...brightness , autobrightness doesn't work..any advices?
edit: l flashed boot.img from zip and all are fine now

 

[Nasty_z]

great work! l installed like op' s instructions but...brightness , autobrightness doesn't work..any advices?
edit: l flashed boot.img from zip and all are fine now

Boot.img fixes the autobrightness? But isn't that flashed automatically once the rom zip gets flashed?

Only two things I've flashed after the rom flash and those are magisk and gapps.

I am getting three issues with brightness. Firstly, the autobrightness does not work.
Secondly, the brightness slider does not work accurately. If you drag the slider to the minimum, the brightness increases while you hold the slider but decreases once you leave it.
Lastly, when using video players such as mx player to increase the brightness to max, the brightness is stuck on max and won't go down with the slider until you reboot. I think this issue was present on earlier aosp versions as well but was fixed later.


Apart from these, the ROM is running absolutely fantastic. Super smooth, everything working well. It's awesome.

 

[manager77]

Boot.img fixes the autobrightness? But isn't that flashed automatically once the rom zip gets flashed?

Only two things I've flashed after the rom flash and those are magisk and gapps.

I am getting three issues with brightness. Firstly, the autobrightness does not work.
Secondly, the brightness slider does not work accurately. If you drag the slider to the minimum, the brightness increases while you hold the slider but decreases once you leave it.
Lastly, when using video players such as mx player to increase the brightness to max, the brightness is stuck on max and won't go down with the slider until you reboot. I think this issue was present on earlier aosp versions as well but was fixed later.


Apart from these, the ROM is running absolutely fantastic. Super smooth, everything working well. It's awesome.

did you tried boot.img from lineageos 16.0 zip? l flashed it and brightness is working now...

 

[magare]

So.....because you couldn't flash it correctly you're now saying it doesn't work on the device even though there's many many people here running it on the same device? Strange.

Sent from my Galaxy S9+ using XDA Labs

I could not flash it correctly? Not sure what you mean. I followed the instructions and the latest build refused to flash complaining about the model being different.
Did I miss something? Or the instructions are not complete? I am supposed to flash the vendor CSF9 vendor.img before the zip build, yes? And CSF9 sounds different than my model (if that is the model).

 

[Leeum]

Rom is running very nicely on my N9. Nice & smooth. Can't comment on battery life yet. Anyone know how to change LTE+ in statusbar to 4G without Xposed?

 

[bandario]

I could not flash it correctly? Not sure what you mean. I followed the instructions and the latest build refused to flash complaining about the model being different.
Did I miss something? Or the instructions are not complete? I am supposed to flash the vendor CSF9 vendor.img before the zip build, yes? And CSF9 sounds different than my model (if that is the model).

Are you sure you have unzipped the vendor image? Are you getting a message saying that the .zip file doesn't have the correct structure when you try to flash it in TWRP?

You need to click flash .img and flash the contents inside the zip for the vendor and boot images. The Rom zip has the correct folder structure to be installed from a .zip.

Also, use AROMA version of open GAPPS and ensure to click android 9.0 from the download link, then you can choose what to install. Note that you need to be careful with google phone app. If it isn't set as default an incoming call will crash your device.

 

[bdwilk]

I could not flash it correctly? Not sure what you mean. I followed the instructions and the latest build refused to flash complaining about the model being different.
Did I miss something? Or the instructions are not complete? I am supposed to flash the vendor CSF9 vendor.img before the zip build, yes? And CSF9 sounds different than my model (if that is the model).

CSF9 is the build number. I assume you're using a Note 9 with model number N960F. Just make sure you've downloaded the correct zip and that it's not corrupted. Flash the vendor if you need to.

Sent from my Galaxy S9+ using XDA Labs

 

[bandario]

Well, been playing with this all day. Great job, great rom and really stable. I particularly like the way that bluetooth functionality is handled, this is MUCH better than the stock android experience and setting of CODEC works immediatley and sticks. Even battery life seems good to me, but obviously no time for extended testing just yet.

On the down side, the included camera app crashes completely or does not respond to input on N960F/DS and should be considered NOT WORKING at this stage. I am using open camera without issue but given the recent improvements to samsung camera including night mode, this is a huge sticking point. Google camera via open GApps Aroma installer does not work either.

Other than that, I did not realise how much of the s-pen functionality would be unavailable. I know there are historical workarounds but none that seem to support the Note9 at this stage. Not sure what I will do from here but I will certainly be keeping an eye on this project, it's pretty sweet. Well done.

 

[Gandicela]

Are you sure you have unzipped the vendor image? Are you getting a message saying that the .zip file doesn't have the correct structure when you try to flash it in TWRP?

You need to click flash .img and flash the contents inside the zip for the vendor and boot images. The Rom zip has the correct folder structure to be installed from a .zip.

Also, use AROMA version of open GAPPS and ensure to click android 9.0 from the download link, then you can choose what to install. Note that you need to be careful with google phone app. If it isn't set as default an incoming call will crash your device.

Instead of Aroma, I use the ".gapps-config" file to suit GApps that I specifically need. At the same time I am able to delete all other files within the LOS ROM that I know i will never ever use.

 

[Leeum]

Does nor work with N960F. Vendor image is wrong. Complains about the vendor and quits.
Followed the instructions exactly as listed.
Restored from TWRP.

Made same issue. Flash Vendor first. Then rom then gapps if needed. Vendor issue in TWRP goes away. I am now running and is definitely worth it. Now hopefully get Resurrection Remix ?