[ROM][OFFICIAL][sunfish] LineageOS 18.1

[PeterCxy]

LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 11, which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. LineageOS does still include various proprietary hardware-specific code.

All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit our Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.

Notes

• Before the initial installation, please make sure your Pixel 4a has already been updated to Android 11 official firmware so that the recovery can function correctly.
• This ROM comes with latest firmware bundled, so after the initial flash you don't need to worry about updating firmware manually.
• This ROM comes with source-built kernel and modules
• eSIM functions without GAPPS, but to manage (add / erase) eSIMs you will need to have GAPPS installed

Installation

• Update your Pixel 4a to official Android 11
• Download the latest boot.img and rom zip
• Boot to bootloader
• fastboot flash boot boot.img
• Boot to recovery
• Format data
• Flash LineageOS zip
• Optionally flash any addons:
  • Advanced > Reboot to recovery
  • Flash the addons
• Reboot

Updating

• Boot to recovery
• Flash LineageOS zip
• Flash the same addons you had previously installed:
  • Advanced > Reboot to recovery
  • Flash the addons
• Reboot

Downloads

Official: https://download.lineageos.org/sunfish

Reporting bugs

• Grab a logcat right after the problem has occurred. (Please include at least a few pages of the log, not just the last few lines, unless you know what you're doing.)
• If it is a random reboot, grab /sys/fs/pstore/* (Do not bother getting a logcat unless you can get it just before the reboot. A logcat after a reboot is useless)
• If the problem disappears after running "setenforce 0" from a root shell, grab /data/misc/audit/audit.log

Remember to provide as much info as possible. The more info you provide, the more likely that the bug will be solved.

Known Issues

• On the first boot, you might be presented the message "SIM Manager has crashed". You can safely ignore it.

Source Code

LineageOS

A free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform. This is a mirror of https://review.lineageos.org/ - LineageOS

github.com

 

[Raj Pandiyan]

LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 11, which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. LineageOS does still include various proprietary hardware-specific code.

All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit our Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.

Notes

• Before the initial installation, please make sure your Pixel 4a has already been updated to Android 11 official firmware so that the recovery can function correctly.
• This ROM comes with latest firmware bundled, so after the initial flash you don't need to worry about updating firmware manually.
• This ROM comes with source-built kernel and modules
• eSIM functions without GAPPS, but to manage (add / erase) eSIMs you will need to have GAPPS installed

Installation

• Update your Pixel 4a to official Android 11
• Download the latest boot.img and rom zip
• Boot to bootloader
• fastboot flash boot boot.img
• Boot to recovery
• Format data
• Flash LineageOS zip
• Optionally flash any addons:
  • Advanced > Reboot to recovery
  • Flash the addons
• Reboot

Updating

• Boot to recovery
• Flash LineageOS zip
• Flash the same addons you had previously installed:
  • Advanced > Reboot to recovery
  • Flash the addons
• Reboot

Downloads

Official: https://download.lineageos.org/sunfish

Reporting bugs

• Grab a logcat right after the problem has occurred. (Please include at least a few pages of the log, not just the last few lines, unless you know what you're doing.)
• If it is a random reboot, grab /sys/fs/pstore/* (Do not bother getting a logcat unless you can get it just before the reboot. A logcat after a reboot is useless)
• If the problem disappears after running "setenforce 0" from a root shell, grab /data/misc/audit/audit.log

Remember to provide as much info as possible. The more info you provide, the more likely that the bug will be solved.

Known Issues

• On the first boot, you might be presented the message "SIM Manager has crashed". You can safely ignore it.

Source Code

LineageOS

A free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform. This is a mirror of https://review.lineageos.org/ - LineageOS

github.com

Using it now... ROM is stable, smooth and fast... as of now...

Initially, I couldn't call or text but after resetting the apn and switching it once to 2G and reverting back to 4G should fix that...( Jio users India).

Used nikgapps

https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikgapps/files/Releases/NikGapps-R/30-Jan-2021/NikGapps-core-arm64-11-20210130-signed.zip/download

 

[Raj Pandiyan]

LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 11, which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. LineageOS does still include various proprietary hardware-specific code.

All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit our Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.

Notes

• Before the initial installation, please make sure your Pixel 4a has already been updated to Android 11 official firmware so that the recovery can function correctly.
• This ROM comes with latest firmware bundled, so after the initial flash you don't need to worry about updating firmware manually.
• This ROM comes with source-built kernel and modules
• eSIM functions without GAPPS, but to manage (add / erase) eSIMs you will need to have GAPPS installed

Installation

• Update your Pixel 4a to official Android 11
• Download the latest boot.img and rom zip
• Boot to bootloader
• fastboot flash boot boot.img
• Boot to recovery
• Format data
• Flash LineageOS zip
• Optionally flash any addons:
  • Advanced > Reboot to recovery
  • Flash the addons
• Reboot

Updating

• Boot to recovery
• Flash LineageOS zip
• Flash the same addons you had previously installed:
  • Advanced > Reboot to recovery
  • Flash the addons
• Reboot

Downloads

Official: https://download.lineageos.org/sunfish

Reporting bugs

• Grab a logcat right after the problem has occurred. (Please include at least a few pages of the log, not just the last few lines, unless you know what you're doing.)
• If it is a random reboot, grab /sys/fs/pstore/* (Do not bother getting a logcat unless you can get it just before the reboot. A logcat after a reboot is useless)
• If the problem disappears after running "setenforce 0" from a root shell, grab /data/misc/audit/audit.log

Remember to provide as much info as possible. The more info you provide, the more likely that the bug will be solved.

Known Issues

• On the first boot, you might be presented the message "SIM Manager has crashed". You can safely ignore it.

Source Code

LineageOS

A free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform. This is a mirror of https://review.lineageos.org/ - LineageOS

github.com

Any way to use banking apps bro... (Like in descendent without magisk)

 

[PeterCxy]

Any way to use banking apps bro... (Like in descendent without magisk)

I'm sorry but LineageOS does not provide any officially-supported way to bypass SafetyNet restrictions. Please look into third-party solutions for that.

 

[Fung-i]

I happened to install the last unofficial LOS (lineage-18.1-20210308) on a new phone an hour before this was released. I have everything setup and installed, safetynet passes etc etc, is it worth upgrading to this? Are there any big differences?

Also, is it possible to use twrp with this or lineage-18.1-20210308?

Thanks.

 

[PeterCxy]

I happened to install the last unofficial LOS (lineage-18.1-20210308) on a new phone an hour before this was released. I have everything setup and installed, safetynet passes etc etc, is it worth upgrading to this? Are there any big differences?

Also, is it possible to use twrp with this or lineage-18.1-20210308?

Thanks.

The unofficial build will still be updated, but if you don't need microG it might be a better idea to switch to the official build for more timely updates and official guarantees. Of course, to switch to the official build, you have to wipe all data and start over.

I have no experience with TWRP on Pixel 4a.

 

[miko12312]

has anyone had issues flashing rom using adb sideload and it failed , when loading recovery after reboot from data wipe , has failed mount emulated/0/
will try again and post imgs , have been able to flash unofficial and any other roms besides grapheneos, same issue upon flashing rom ,on latest stock android 11 unlocked bootloader

 

[Edmontonchef]

has anyone had issues flashing rom using adb sideload and it failed , when loading recovery after reboot from data wipe , has failed mount emulated/0/
will try again and post imgs , have been able to flash unofficial and any other roms besides grapheneos, same issue upon flashing rom ,on latest stock android 11 unlocked bootloader

No problem here, flashed with mindthegapps.

 

[wawap68]

any idea why nikogapps stock package doesn't work (device does not boot ) but Core package does?

 

[mma1162]

The unofficial build will still be updated, but if you don't need microG it might be a better idea to switch to the official build for more timely updates and official guarantees. Of course, to switch to the official build, you have to wipe all data and start over.

I have no experience with TWRP on Pixel 4a.

hi,
first of all, i want to thank you very much for your hard work on this rom. I have installed it yesterday and it runs perfectly showing almost 50% battery life increase and much better performance comparing to stock. I just noticed one strange thing: I can not monitor the kernel wakelocks using BBS as well as GSAM Battery monitor utilities. Both got root permission but don't show Kernel Wakelocks at all. Do you have any idea what could be the reason? I can access the /sys/kernel/debug fs, but don't see anything helpful in logcat...

 

[HeartWood]

Does the "Show battery percentage in status bar" works for anyone?

 

[mma1162]

Does the "Show battery percentage in status bar" works for anyone?

you should be able to configure the battery percentage using settings > system > status bar

 

[Raj Pandiyan]

any idea why nikogapps stock package doesn't work (device does not boot ) but Core package does?

It replaces many of LOS stock apps and stuff... So download omni variant, extract and edit nikgapps config file ( It is self understandable when you open and read it.. basically change variable from 1 to 0 which affect LOS framework and default apps like dialer etc...)... Again zip them and now sideload... It should work fine...

 

[miko12312]

Got everything working passing safteynet

 

[claviger-pc]

Got everything working passing safteynet

please tell us what method worked for you!

 

[mma1162]

hi,
first of all, i want to thank you very much for your hard work on this rom. I have installed it yesterday and it runs perfectly showing almost 50% battery life increase and much better performance comparing to stock. I just noticed one strange thing: I can not monitor the kernel wakelocks using BBS as well as GSAM Battery monitor utilities. Both got root permission but don't show Kernel Wakelocks at all. Do you have any idea what could be the reason? I can access the /sys/kernel/debug fs, but don't see anything helpful in logcat...

fugured it out. It was the Magisk Fault. After reconfiguring BBS using ADB everything worked fine.

BTW the battery life is gorgeous comparing to stock ))

 

[mma1162]

please tell us what method worked for you

please tell us what method worked for you!

1. extract the boot from LOS payload.bin
2. install Magisk 22 by patching the extracted boot image
3. hide the magisk from: google play store, play services, gpay, clear data for all these apps.
4. install magisk module safetynet-fix-v1.1.1.zip
5. reboot

 

[droncheg]

Firstly, I want to thank the Lineage team and those who accompany our device.
I have been using this firmware since April 1 and have not seen any particular problems. However, it lacks some features that were in the RR 8 - a charging indicator when displaying a textual charge level, an extended reboot menu (recovery and bootloader). Or maybe I didn't find it =)

And as far as I understand it is now impossible to update LOS 18.1 via OTA, but only through recovery?

 

[mma1162]

Firstly, I want to thank the Lineage team and those who accompany our device.
I have been using this firmware since April 1 and have not seen any particular problems. However, it lacks some features that were in the RR 8 - a charging indicator when displaying a textual charge level, an extended reboot menu (recovery and bootloader). Or maybe I didn't find it =)

And as far as I understand it is now impossible to update LOS 18.1 via OTA, but only through recovery?

Advanced restart option is there.

 

[roxy1712]

Anyone coming off the unofficial build... tips? I nuked everything: went back to stock, flashed Lineage recovery, wiped/data reset, flashed zip, rebooted to recovery, then flashed MindTheGapps as OpenGapps won't install due to a version mismatch. Been stuck on the boot screen for eons.

Went back and repeated the process only to still be stuck on boot screen. Is there any log I can record/provide to figure out what's going on?