[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][11][R]LineageOS 18.1 for z5c (suzuran)

[Berni-0815]

New version out; see 1st post.

• Android security patch level: 5 March 2022

 

[android666]

I installed latest 2022/03/14, update went well, together with magisk,
then I tried to activate battery saving and since this saving, I'm not able to even turn on my phone (tried power vol-up), no reaction to anything. I guess, I have to open my phone and disconnect/connect battery :-(
at this moment, I have no idea what happened, battery/phone is cold, like off, but I'm not able to turn it on

day after: connecting to PC (with drivers) with vol+up gives blue light for a while - so i can fix it; now also battery started charging. so no idea what the hell it was

it looks to be some hw problem, red led started flashing 4 times. I'm not sure if it's battery, LCD (even if it looks good) or another circuit related

 

[1ggn3]

Huh. Works just fine for me. I've turned on battery saver, turned off the screen, ran a few apps and so on, everything looks normal. Really weird.

 

[grisu59964]

I currently have the problem that there is no audio for incoming phone calls. Outgoing calls are working fine.
The problem was there in November's version and still is in the current from March. I deleted the phone app's memory, installed another dialer, disabled and enabled 4G phone calls.
I can't hear the person that is calling and they can't hear me. But, as I said, only for incoming calls.
I saw some users in November like @cdannebe who also had issues like that. Is there a solution?

 

[Berni-0815]

there is no audio for incoming phone calls

I've never noticed such issues.

 

[grisu59964]

I've never noticed such issues.

Obviously having too much time on vacation, I played around with the device.
When I downgraded to your LineageOS 17.1, outgoing calls worked flawlessly. Upgrading back to 18.1, calls were broken again. I now leave the device on LineageOS 17.1 as it's not my own and a working device is required.

 

[Berni-0815]

Tested it today with a fresh clean install of my own LineageOS 18.1 from march 2022.
In- and outgoing calls are working flawlessly, as expected.
Dunno what's wrong with your device.

If you like to have any further help, I need informations as described in my 1st post in section "Troubleshooting"

Without these informations I'm not able and willing to help with any issues that I can't reproduce. Please respect this.

 

[algarues]

Has it ever been tried to run one of the various gcam mods on Lineage os for Z5 compact?
Is there any version known to work?

 

[Berni-0815]

Please, use the search function before you ask any question: Klick

 

[enorrmann]

the camera app and also opencamera app report a max resolution of 8MP, is that ok ?

 

[enorrmann]

the camera app and also opencamera app report a max resolution of 8MP, is that ok ?

reply to myself, this is already answered here

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-unofficial-11-r-lineageos-18-1-for-z5c-suzuran.4205135/post-84151065

 

[Berni-0815]

New version out; see 1st post.

• Android security patch level: 5 April 2022

 

[bvlgvr]

How do this version LineageOS 18.1 and the previous version (LineageOS 17.1) compare with respect to performance, battery drain, memory usage ... any opinions on this?

I've read the whole thread and collected some relevant quotes below. They're somewhat conflicting.

#5

I'm using this ROM since some hours now and I have to say, that it's working very good. Better that expected. The device is not getting warm (or hot) and the battery comsumption is very low.

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#10

Animations are not as smooth as in Android 10, such as:

• Opening/closing recents

• Notification panel

• Background grayout of popup boxes

• Horizontal scrolling

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#173

It's fascinating to see Android 11 running THIS smooth on a 6 year old device.

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#219

It is running very smooth (in my opinion faster than stock 7.1.1) and with a remarkable battery life (my Mi A2 drains about two times faster with stock android one).

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#480

it still lasts for about a day on a full battery

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#679

Never thought that it would run so smooth, almost considered getting another phone, but now I'm sure I'll keep this one for much longer

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#845

Since I also had problems with the restrictive memory policy on A11, I downgraded to Berni's LiOS 17.1. Unfortunately, after booting, the phone always hung and rebooted shortly after. I already wanted to give up and took out the external SD card in preparation for flashing the Stock Rom again, but then the system was suddenly stable. After having changed the partition of the external SD card from exFAT to FAT32, everything now runs stable and smoothly.

 

[bvlgvr]

dirty flashing over 17.1 is working. (I've never tried it before though.)

After flashing the 18.1 ROM, remember to reflash magisk before rebooting, in order to preserve Magisk environment.

For signature spoofing, just follow what you did on your previous device, so that microG could work.

Do I understand this correctly?

In order to get signature spoofing in 18.1 (to be able to install microG) I must:

• first flash 17.1 and activate signature spoofing
• then (dirty) flash 18.1 so signature spoofing will be carried over to 18.1

Right?

 

[litelinux]

How do this version LineageOS 18.1 and the previous version (LineageOS 17.1) compare with respect to performance, battery drain, memory usage ... any opinions on this?

I've read the whole thread and collected some relevant quotes below. They're somewhat conflicting.

Hi,

First of all, welcome onto the boat! Hope you enjoy your stay

The ROM was under active development and optimization, so older comments do not reflect the current state of the ROMs. Currently both the 17.1 and 18.1 ROMs are very stable and smooth.

As for the spoofing I forgot the exact procedure I did then, but as of now I believe you can flash a package from MinMicroG[1] and call it a day. Everything works after flashing (presumably).

BTW my Z5C completely died so I can't do any testing, sorry for that :-/

Cheers,
ltlnx

[1]: https://github.com/friendlyneighborhoodshane/minmicrog

 

[Berni-0815]

Signature spoofing (It is required for installing microG, if you're planning to use microG) is part of my ROM's. You only need to flash the ROM you want to use.
The only prerequisite may be that you're coming from the latest Sony stock ROM (32.4.A.1.54). Without that some required stuff (baseband, modem, partitions) may not be present.
If you're planning to use GApps instead (they can't coexist!), you should flash a GApps package of your choice after fully installing the ROM.

 

[Ermann123]

You can also just install FakeGapps (Whew version) from github as LSPosed Module and activate it for MicroG and all other apps, which normally need gapps installed.

 

[Berni-0815]

FakeGapps seems to be quite old...
I'm using the Services Core (gms), Services Framework Proxy (gsf), FakeStore and the DroidGuard Helper from here.

 

[Ermann123]

GitHub - whew-inc/FakeGApps: Signature spoofing for MicroG as an Xposed module

Signature spoofing for MicroG as an Xposed module. Contribute to whew-inc/FakeGApps development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

(not so old)
also works with other Roms, which do not support sig spoofing from start.

 

[Berni-0815]

Oumph! The latest mentioned Android version is 5.0! That's what I'm calling quite old...
Edit: I've just seen that he simply doesn't update the file Readme.md...
And, sorry, but I can't see any benefit in comparison with my way (gms, gsf, FakeStore and DroidGuard Helper; see my post above).
Nevertheless: Everyone should do what he wants to do...