[ROM][(Un)OFFICIAL] LineageOS 15.1 for Nexus 6 (shamu)

[dbrickg]

Ok fine but I have a new problem. After installing the latest version of lineageos 15.1 from 10-17-2021 as well as the opengapps nano package my phone goes to the setup screen where you put in the wifi password and it says its updating things and it gets stuck there. The last time I let it sit for an hour while it was claiming to update things. It gave me the option to update via cellular so I tried that as well but it just hangs forever. Also while this is going on, some of the gapps packages are erroring out? I followed the instructions to a T for the installation, and am using the latest version of twrp 3-5-2-9-0. yet the same thing happens if i use mindthegapps or opengapps. If I skip the gapps entirely when installing from twrp then los 15.1 starts and works fine. Any ideas?

Sounds like it might be some variation on the first heads up item: "When you initially install LineageOS, be sure you flash the gapps package with your ROM. If you boot your ROM, then go back and try to flash gapps after, you're gonna have a bad time"

Maybe try clean flashing everything? I really don't know

 

[dwardo]

I just updated the Top Post and provided links to download the lastest UNOFFICIAL build (from today) which includes the now (no more official SPL from now on as per comments here) non official December 2021 security bulletins.

This explains why there was no build in november, october being the last officila security bump for lineage-15.1

Don't forget to also read the instructions about migration from OFFICIAL to UNOFFICIAL

 

[dbrickg]

I just updated the Top Post and provided links to download the lastest UNOFFICIAL build (from today) which includes the now (no more official SPL from now on as per comments here) non official December 2021 security bulletins.

Just downloaded and installed. Looks excellent. Thanks a lot!

 

[ProBird79]

I've noticed recently that my screen isn't auto-rotating. I do have auto-rotate enabled. Is anyone else experiencing the same problem?

 

[dwardo]

I just updated the Top Post and provided links to download the lastest UNOFFICIAL build (from today) which includes the now (no more official SPL from now on as per comments here) non official January 2022 security bulletins.

Don't forget to also read the instructions about migration from OFFICIAL to UNOFFICIAL

 

[dbrickg]

I just updated the Top Post and provided links to download the lastest UNOFFICIAL build (from today) which includes the now (no more official SPL from now on as per comments here) non official January 2022 security bulletins.

oh boy! thanks! downloading it now .... installed and looks good! aha, just realized i was a couple of versions of twrp behind. seem to be having some problems installing 3.6.... restored and reinstalled and now it looks just fine

 

[dwardo]

I just updated the Top Post and provided links to download the lastest UNOFFICIAL build (from today) which includes the now (no more official SPL from now on as per comments here) non official February 2022 security bulletins.

Don't forget to also read the instructions about migration from OFFICIAL to UNOFFICIAL

 

[dbrickg]

I just updated the Top Post and provided links to download the lastest UNOFFICIAL build (from today) which includes ... non official February 2022 security bulletins.

Yay! Just finished downloading .... Installed and it looks good. Thanks!

 

[dbrickg]

I wish I could figure out how to delete an accidental post ;(

 

[dbrickg]

So, Verizon says they're shutting down 3g by December of this year, so my shamu will stop working. I'm looking for recommendations for a new phone. I've been sort of looking at the Pixel 4a and the Pixel 5. Any others I should consider?

 

[runekock]

So, Verizon says they're shutting down 3g by December of this year, so my shamu will stop working. I'm looking for recommendations for a new phone. I've been sort of looking at the Pixel 4a and the Pixel 5. Any others I should consider?

Well, I don't know what you're looking for in a phone. I can only say that my main phone now is the Pixel 2 XL, and I have not been disappointed. I still use the N6 as secondary phone.

 

[dbrickg]

my main phone now is the Pixel 2 XL, and I have not been disappointed. I still use the N6 as secondary phone.

how's the battery life on the 2 XL?

 

[runekock]

how's the battery life on the 2 XL?

I can get up to 6 hours of screen-on-time on the 2 XL in the best case, and that's clearly better than my N6 - but both phones are used, so their batteries may have degraded.

 

[shabang3773]

I've run into the 3G shutdown problem with Tmobile also. They're shutting down by the end of the month. The only way I can keep using my N6 Shamu on this network is to enable VoLTE. It's has been my daily driver for years. @dbrickg I think Verizon supports VoLTE. So all you need to do is get VoLTE working on your N6 Shamu and you can use it for a while longer until you decide on a new phone. Keep reading. I installed this unofficial ROM and VoLTE seemed to be enabled but I'm in a gray area because right now Tmobile has 3G still working. Its very spotty and I get dropped calls, long delays when connecting after dialing or just not connecting at all after dialing. This is what is happening, even though VoLTE is enabled the phone is defaulting to sending the voice packets over HSPA which is what Tmobile calls 3.5G, whiich is really 3G. In order to prevent this, I need to get into the service menu with *#*#4636#*#*, open the "Phone Info" menu and set LTE Only. I did this on my N5X Bullhead with the unofficial 15.1 ROM and it worked. However, with this Unofficial Shamu 15.1 Rom, when I try to enter that "Phone Info" menu the phone crashes. Must be some kind of bug. If I can't get into that menu and change that setting, the phone is basically unusable right now. So, for now my N5X Bullhead is my daily driver. My N6 Shamu may work after Tmobile shuts down 3G because when it isn't available, the phones only option is to send the voice packets over LTE, but for now it's not working out for me. Does anybody know where the file is located in the root directory that this menu writes to? If it is a text file or an XML file I can just open it in a text editor and change it from LTE Only=false to LTE Only=true and find the one that is enabled and change it to false. Then I should be good. Or, @dwardo if that bug could be fixed in the future, I would also be good. Anybody know where the file lives that this menu is writing to?