[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][10.0][ALI] LineageOS 17.1 [64 Bit][DISCONTINUED]

[BetoxxDios]

/*
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 *
 * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
 * thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
 * do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
 * before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
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LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 10 (Q), 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. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. LineageOS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit out Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.
What's not working:

• Moto Fingerprint Gestures
• You tell me

Instructions:

• Download the ROM
• Backup each and every partition from TWRP Recovery(optional)
• Make a full wipe (system, vendor, data, cache, dalvik)
• Flash LineageOS Package
• Flash gapps
• And at last Reboot!
• [First boot will take few minutes]
• Clean Flash is always recommended!

Downloads:
ROM
GAPPS

XDAevDB Information
LineageOS 17.1 for Ali, ROM for the Moto G6

Contributors
@BetoxxDios
@Electimon
@abhishek_d9
@jeangraff30
ROM OS version: Android 10
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.x
ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked bootloader, Custom recovery
Based On: AOSP

Version information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: LineageOS
Stable Release Date: 2020-10-06

Created 2020-10-06
Last Updated 2020-10-06

 

[roypen]

Hi,

Thanks, I was waiting for this. I will test it on the weekend. Can you please move the thread to "Moto G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Development" section? It will be easier to find it.

 

[BetoxxDios]

Hi,

Thanks, I was waiting for this. I will test it on the weekend. Can you please move the thread to "Moto G6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Development" section? It will be easier to find it.

Hi, I request to Moderators move the thread to that section. I don't have permissions to move it.

 

[BetoxxDios]

Thanks you ! This is great news for me.
Can you fix the Moto Fingerprint Gestures ? Or maybe the rom has it own alternative ?

I'm trying to solve moto gestures but don't get a solution yet, the alternative are the android 10 gestures but they work with the screen, not with fingerprint

 

[BetoxxDios]

Thanks you ! This is great news for me.
Can you fix the Moto Fingerprint Gestures ? Or maybe the rom has it own alternative ?

I'm trying to solve moto gestures but don't get a solution yet, the alternative are the android 10 gestures but they work with the screen, not with fingerprint

 

[fwiep]

Thank you

Thank you very much for building and posting this ROM. I would very much like to try it on my G6 (XT1925-5).

Following this thread, I got as far as unlocking the bootloader and booting TWRP from fastboot. But could not flash anything because of a locked boot.img. I have requested an edited boot.img and hope to get a reply.

Is there perhaps another way to get my G6 (XT1925-5) with firmware version PPSS29.55-37-7-10 to be able to run LineageOS?

Thanks in advance,
FWieP

 

[nightmw]

Thank you very much for building and posting this ROM. I would very much like to try it on my G6 (XT1925-5).

Following this thread, I got as far as unlocking the bootloader and booting TWRP from fastboot. But could not flash anything because of a locked boot.img. I have requested an edited boot.img and hope to get a reply.

Is there perhaps another way to get my G6 (XT1925-5) with firmware version PPSS29.55-37-7-10 to be able to run LineageOS?

Thanks in advance,
FWieP

Hi, which twrp did you try? You might want to use the twrp64 as this LOS17.1-build is a 64 Bit

 

[fwiep]

Hi, which twrp did you try? You might want to use the twrp64 as this LOS17.1-build is a 64 Bit

Thanks for the reply. I used twrp-3.4.0-0-ali, downloaded from the official download page.
Is there a special download page for 64bit TWRP?

Kind regards,
FWieP

 

[fwiep]

You can find it here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g6/development/twrp-twrp-64-bit-ali-t4093879

Once again: thank you all. I downloaded the mali.img and booted TWRP from it.
Then, I flashed the new LineageOS 17.1 and OpenGapps - without any problems, warnings or errors.

If there is no way to flash TWRP into the recovery partition permanently, I can live with that.
Most important thing is, I can flash the system partition when needed.

Hope to see more of your work!
Kind regards,
FWieP

 

[fwiep]

What's not working:

• Moto Fingerprint Gestures
• You tell me

Contributors
@BetoxxDios
@Electimon
@abhishek_d9
@jeangraff30

Having flashed this ROM a few days ago, I find it nearly perfect. Nearly

• the October 2020 security patches are available from LineageOS; can they be included?

Would it be possible for you to share your kernel (link to source) and roomservice.xml?
I would like to try and build the ROM myself. Perhaps contribute, at least providing a mirror for the ROM files?

If not you (@BetoxxDios), perhaps the other contributors (@Electimon, @abhishek_d9, @jeangraff30) ?
Thanks!

Kind regards,
FWieP

 

[whats-in-a-name]

failed to load kernel!

On my XT1925-5 I have flashed this rom serveral times, no errors, but it fails to boot.
When I restore the backup, I'm on stock again...
After installing twrp (mali.img) I did format data, reboot onto twrp, wipe, install etc.
Still it will boot only to fastboot: failed to load kernel!
Any suggestions?

 

[fwiep]

Close, but no cigar - yet

Would it be possible for you to share your kernel (link to source) and roomservice.xml?
I would like to try and build the ROM myself.

Thanks @BetoxxDios for providing the links to kernel, device and vendor trees in a private message.

After expanding the RAM of my machine to 16GB and some very educational experiments, the build finally succeeded.
TWRP flashed the ROM without any errors. Yeah!

Then the first reboot. I know that this usually takes a long time - say, 5 minutes. I've left it booting for more than 4 hours, but it doesn't get past the bootanimation.

Can anyone help me in solving this piece of the puzzle? Are there any logs I can get at while the phone is not yet adb-ready? What does LineageOS do while booting for the first time?

Thanks and kind regards,
FWieP

P.S. For the moment, I've flashed @BetoxxDios' original ROM. It's better (and safer) than Motorola's stock firmware.

 

[Baronstragen]

.
Then the first reboot. I know that this usually takes a long time - say, 5 minutes. I've left it booting for more than 4 hours, but it doesn't get past the bootanimation.

Can anyone help me in solving this piece of the puzzle? Are there any logs I can get at while the phone is not yet adb-ready? What does LineageOS do while booting for the first time?

Thanks and kind regards,
FWieP

A frozen boot screen like that has happened to me many times. Usually 1 of 2 issues. 1. Gapps problem 2. Magisk problem.

Cheers.

 

[fwiep]

A frozen boot screen like that has happened to me many times. Usually 1 of 2 issues. 1. Gapps problem 2. Magisk problem.

Thanks for the tip.
I'm afraid this is another issue - I haven't flashed any Gapps with my ROM (yet), and have never even used Magisk before.
@BetoxxDios has shown me a way to get logfiles during boot: build an -eng variant instead of -user or -userdebug.
Now, we're investigating what's going wrong. To be continued!

Kind regards,
FWieP

 

[fwiep]

Yes, you can flash it permanently :
Fastboot flash recovery xxx.img ; xxx.img being the name of the recovery file.

Up until today, I thought this wouldn't work. When doing so, fastboot would say:

writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Image not signed or corrupt

And thus, I thought it had not flashed at all.

Today, I read elsewhere on this forum, to simply ignore this message and check whether it flashed. It actually has!
So, thank you, once again

Kind regards,
FWieP

---------- Post added at 17:22 ---------- Previous post was at 17:08 ----------

Now, we're investigating what's going wrong. To be continued!

And continue it does.

Right from the start, while building this ROM, I got an error about an undefined shared library: libqsap_sdk in /device/motorola/ali/libshims/Android.mk.
I saw it was in a section marked "optional", so I commented it out. And the build succeeded. Yes! After flashing, I got the looping boot-animation. D'oh!

But then, while trying to build another ROM (Resurrection Remix OS 8.6.3 by @abhishek_d9), I got the same error.
I again commented the section out, built the ROM successfully, but got the same looping boot-animation after flashing.

So, XDA to the rescue: I found this post which explains to include '/system/qcom' from LineageOS to get that libqsap_sdk included. I've added it to my roomservice.xml and have started another build. It looks very promising.

Maybe case solved? I'll let you know.

Update
Close, but no cigar. The looping boot-animation still persists. I'll investigate further...

Kind regards,
FWieP

 

[whats-in-a-name]

On my XT1925-5 I have flashed this rom serveral times, no errors, but it fails to boot.
When I restore the backup, I'm on stock again...
After installing twrp (mali.img) I did format data, reboot onto twrp, wipe, install etc.
Still it will boot only to fastboot: failed to load kernel!
Any suggestions?

I bought a new phone, also XT1925-5 and unlocked. But also here, I get the same error:
failed to load kernel!
Stock Android was 8.0 and this rom is 10. could that be a problem?

 

[whats-in-a-name]

Solved 'kernel not found'

I bought a new phone, also XT1925-5 and unlocked. But also here, I get the same error:
failed to load kernel!
Stock Android was 8.0 and this rom is 10. could that be a problem?

I used Motorola Rescue and Smart Assistant Tool
First of all I restored the phone by using the rescue_and_smart_assistant and installed Android 9
Then I used: fastboot boot mali.img
In TWRP, I removed encryption by installing: Force_Encryption_Disabler_For_ALI_Oreo_v2.zip

Wipe, the standard wipe (factory reset) + Format data
Then reboot to bootloader, and again load TWRP: fastboot boot mali.img
Wipe again and install the system (lineage-17.1-20201001-UNOFFICIAL-ali.zip)
install Magisk
Wipe cache and Dalvik
reboot into system

 

[ccic2491]

Solved 'kernel not found'



I used Motorola Rescue and Smart Assistant Tool
First of all I restored the phone by using the rescue_and_smart_assistant and installed Android 9
Then I used: fastboot boot mali.img
In TWRP, I removed encryption by installing: Force_Encryption_Disabler_For_ALI_Oreo_v2.zip

Wipe, the standard wipe (factory reset) + Format data
Then reboot to bootloader, and again load TWRP: fastboot boot mali.img
Wipe again and install the system (lineage-17.1-20201001-UNOFFICIAL-ali.zip)
install Magisk
Wipe cache and Dalvik
reboot into system

I tried all of that and keep getting "updater process ended with ERROR: 255 Error installing zip file...." Any way to fix this issue? I'm on XT1925-6 32gb.

Never mind, I had the wrong TWRP installed like a dope.

 

[masterbi]

I installed the ROM following your instructions and other sources:
- unlocked the bootloader
- flashed the unofficial TWRP recovery for the moto g6 ali (https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/twrp-unofficial-twrp-64-bit-for-ali.4093879/)
- wiped system, data, cache and dalvik, my device has no vendor partition though
- flashed your Lineage Rom
- flashed the most recent GAPPS, for Android 10, arm 64, stock
Then rebooting the phone will just end up in an infinite boot animation.

Doing it all over without the gapps and the phone boots just fine. So it seems that the gapps installation is somehow causing the trouble. I tried many different gapps packages, but all without any success.

Could you provide a link to a gapp package that is known to work with your ROM?

Thanks in advance!

 

[masterbi]

I installed the ROM following your instructions and other sources:
- unlocked the bootloader
- flashed the unofficial TWRP recovery for the moto g6 ali (https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/twrp-unofficial-twrp-64-bit-for-ali.4093879/)
- wiped system, data, cache and dalvik, my device has no vendor partition though
- flashed your Lineage Rom
- flashed the most recent GAPPS, for Android 10, arm 64, stock
Then rebooting the phone will just end up in an infinite boot animation.

Doing it all over without the gapps and the phone boots just fine. So it seems that the gapps installation is somehow causing the trouble. I tried many different gapps packages, but all without any success.

Could you provide a link to a gapp package that is known to work with your ROM?

Thanks in advance!