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Sailfish OS on the bullhead

edit: latest 14.1 base out with fixed camera and booting
edit: alpha6 is out, sensors fixed, but camera is completely broken
So I finally have a decent enough port of SFOS on bullhead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKWHeTUiU34
Thats an old video but a quick demo.
http://images.devaamo.fi/sfe/bullhead/
images can be retrieved from the above
Flash the latest stock image for your base and boot into it. for android 7 thats 7.1.2 (N2G48C, Aug 2017) and android 6 thats 6.0.1 (MTC20K)
Reboot to twrp
Format data
Reboot to twrp again
copy over the zips
flash cm or lineage from prefered base, but 14.1 is better.
Flash sfos zip
Working
Audio
Calls
Texts
Data
Wifi
Camera
Sensors
Not Working :~( :
Fingerprint scanner
Bluetooth
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Issue with install apps from the app store or warehouse?
need to setup password in developer options
devel-su pkcon refresh
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also since store is sometimes a bit meh, you can use
https://openrepos.net/content/basil/warehouse-sailfishos
best way to copy files onto device is through ssh, setup password in developer options
store is sometimes broken, you need to do devel-su pkcon refresh in terminal, need to set password up in developer options.
OTA - Over the Air update
Best way to update SailfishOS is by using an ssh connection to the phone.
Disable all patches and Openrepos repositories before updating.
Before updating use
Set desired release version, for example 2.2.0.29:
ssu release 2.2.0.29
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Refresh the package cache:
devel-su pkcon refresh
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Upgrade SailfishOS:
version --dup
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Reboot the phone and enjoy the new release.
this wouldnt of been possible from the immense amount of help from the guys @freenode#sailfishos-porters

Really nice job! hope we can get all working in near future

Awesome cant wait to see stable build!
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Can this be installed with multirom as secondary rom?

m4r0v3r said:
So I finally have a decent enough port of SFOS on bullhead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKWHeTUiU34
Thats an old video but a quick demo.
http://images.devaamo.fi/sfe/bullhead/
images can be retrieved from the above
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Nice job, fingers crossed for getting other features to work!
btw. which vendor to use with it?

latest 6.0.1

fnldstntn said:
Can this be installed with multirom as secondary rom?
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never tried it, didnt know we had a multirom stable.
on hammerhead it works fine as 2nd rom.

Holy crap this is awesome! I was waiting for a sailfish os port since I switched from my nexus 4. Is there a way for me (as an non-coder) to help you out somehow?
Oh and do you think it is possible that camera will work in the future or is this a missing driver code thing?

m4r0v3r said:
never tried it, didnt know we had a multirom stable.
on hammerhead it works fine as 2nd rom.
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Yes there is a stable multurom on jolla kernel tread but in that case probably i will need to use the cm13 as primery rom to becouse of the vendor.

OMG a New Rom i don't know sailfish Os wow i go to try it
Thank you very much for your work

Really nice, sadly i need the camera for my work so i cant use as DD

Renaf2 said:
OMG a New Rom i don't know sailfish Os wow i go to try it
Thank you very much for your work
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Not a rom, it is a completely different operating system so no android apps.

giantflash said:
Holy crap this is awesome! I was waiting for a sailfish os port since I switched from my nexus 4. Is there a way for me (as an non-coder) to help you out somehow?
Oh and do you think it is possible that camera will work in the future or is this a missing driver code thing?
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the camera thing is a 32bit/64bit issue atm so i'll see were I get with it, am also messing around trying to get sfos working on a Huawei P9
No android apps at all, we have sfdroid, but its not working on cm13 as far as I know.

Very cool indeed, def hope this goes further. Remember it on N5 and was awesome

It's a nice ROM. But on my N5X the WiFi and Data isn't working.So sad.

justf0127 said:
It's a nice ROM. But on my N5X the WiFi and Data isn't working.So sad.
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That was my fault, issue with PARANOID_ANDROID. New image thats been upped should fix the issue

Ah... So it seems that its source is based on cm13 built in 161222, then should I use December mm vendor or January mm vendor?
(Sorry for my bad English...)

Riskypedia said:
Ah... So it seems that its source is based on cm13 built in 161222, then should I use December mm vendor or January mm vendor?
(Sorry for my bad English...)
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December probably.

And I know I'm bothering, but another question...
Is this rom doesn't contain boot animation? Cuz I saw cm13 booted well, but after flashing this over cm13 I can't see anything except google logo. Should I set my bootloader to the latest one?

6.0.1 (MTC20L) is what am using

AL00 chinese version new firmware is out (B225) with one particular issue

Hi
I downloaded the b225 firmware 3-4 days ago and since then the battery from its over 5 hours average SOT has lost +20% of its power...
Has anyone else faced a similar issue after updating??!!
The old issues for me still not resolved :
Google now does not get activated by voice command
Whatsapp/telegram/etc social apps dont download latest messages unless the apps are open and running in background
Oh well....

I'm not facing the battery issue.
But the WhatsApp messages' auto receive failure persists.

Better battery life...
Sal_Al said:
Hi
Has anyone else faced a similar issue after updating??!!
The old issues for me still not resolved :
Google now does not get activated by voice command
Whatsapp/telegram/etc social apps dont download latest messages unless the apps are open and running in background
Oh well....
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I upgraded from B213 to B225 and I've actually seen slight improvement in battery life overall. FYI, I use Brevent.
As for notification issues.. still there... no change since I bought the phone in December last year.

Interesting answers...
Thanks.
Will keep on monitoring battery...

Have you installed google framework to use push.
Test with the app PNF push.
My device: Mate 9 supersu b156 Mediapad X2 GEM 701->703 B212 KangVIP (AJ mod)

audioralf said:
Have you installed google framework to use push.
Test with the app PNF push.
My device: Mate 9 supersu b156 Mediapad X2 GEM 701->703 B212 KangVIP (AJ mod)
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Thanks. Tried but not working.

You are try to factory reset after update ota?

newyesor said:
You are try to factory reset after update ota?
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Nope. Didnt try. Have lots of files to backup.

rbt001 said:
I upgraded from B213 to B225 and I've actually seen slight improvement in battery life overall. FYI, I use Brevent.
As for notification issues.. still there... no change since I bought the phone in December last year.
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Today finally back to the old levels of battery life...

can i use latest chinese firmware in us version of the mate 9 - B567 ?

Manan79 said:
can i use latest chinese firmware in us version of the mate 9 - B567 ?
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Yes. But you have to do rebranding.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-update-package-t3593108

5[Strogino] said:
Yes. But you have to do rebranding.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-update-package-t3593108
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Thanks, any advantage of rebranding US version to china version ? more upto date firmare, any other ?

Manan79 said:
Thanks, any advantage of rebranding US version to china version ? more upto date firmare, any other ?
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Yes, Chinese version is updated frequently.
Additionally, it has call recording out-of-box and option to hide navigation keys
But there are some disadvantages too, like some specific problems with Google apps. I can't say that it is big problem, but in some cases it can broke your common way of using phone (navigation, Google assistant...). Yeah, it can be fixed, but you have to do something instead of gaining same in world roms.
There are also some bloatware with Chinese symbols which you have to disable or uninstall.
And Chinese version has tough algorithm to unload apps from memory, so user will get some problems with notifications. There is workaround to lock apps in memory. But it is another fix that you have to do manually in Chinese roms.
Anyway, you can try rebrand to Chinese rom, use it a few time, then back to US version or stay.

Sal_Al said:
Today finally back to the old levels of battery life...
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I am facing a similar issue, what did you do to correct this?
Wipe cache partition or factory reset?

update to B231 and it will be back to 24+ hrs of battery

Saving Shamu

Dear members,
My Nexus 6 is in desperate need of some new life. It's been terribly laggy for the last year, and I can't buy a new phone right now.
I have very little experience with rooting, recoveries, kernels and other jargon words, and I really need your help!
What's the best combination of Kernel and OS at the moment? I was thinking about LineageOS 16 stock Kernel, but would like to be sure. Do I need root access?
Also, can someone point me in the direction of a tutorial to install what I need that can be done on Mac? I know you guys can probably get things done based on your experience and with little information, but I need a step-by-step or I will brick my phone.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Thank you!

Caio 73 said:
Dear members,
My Nexus 6 is in desperate need of some new life. It's been terribly laggy for the last year, and I can't buy a new phone right now.
I have very little experience with rooting, recoveries, kernels and other jargon words, and I really need your help!
What's the best combination of Kernel and OS at the moment? I was thinking about LineageOS 16 stock Kernel, but would like to be sure. Do I need root access?
Also, can someone point me in the direction of a tutorial to install what I need that can be done on Mac? I know you guys can probably get things done based on your experience and with little information, but I need a step-by-step or I will brick my phone.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Thank you!
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Actually ROMs and kernels aren't a mix and match. Use the kernel coming with the ROM or be prepared for funny things to happen.
Lineage has a pretty straightforward step by step guide for installation: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/shamu/install
You don't need root - if you want it you can flash https://mirrorbits.lineageos.org/su/20190709/addonsu-16.0-arm-signed.zip and enable it in the settings.

Elektroschmock said:
Actually ROMs and kernels aren't a mix and match. Use the kernel coming with the ROM or be prepared for funny things to happen.
Lineage has a pretty straightforward step by step guide for installation: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/shamu/install
You don't need root - if you want it you can flash https://mirrorbits.lineageos.org/su/20190709/addonsu-16.0-arm-signed.zip and enable it in the settings.
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Thank you! Do you think that just installing LineageOS will be enough to make my phone usable again?

Caio 73 said:
Thank you! Do you think that just installing LineageOS will be enough to make my phone usable again?
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Depends of your definition of usability. Of cause it's slower then newer devices as shamu was developed in 2014.
But I still use it as secondary device for browsing and watching youtube. Also I am a bit biased as I am the maintainer for shamu on LineageOS. Maybe you should ask other users in the Lineage-16.0 thread.

Elektroschmock said:
Depends of your definition of usability. Of cause it's slower then newer devices as shamu was developed in 2014.
But I still use it as secondary device for browsing and watching youtube. Also I am a bit biased as I am the maintainer for shamu on LineageOS. Maybe you should ask other users in the Lineage-16.0 thread.
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That's so cool that you kept working on the Nexus 6! Thank you for that and for replying.
I have been using my phone for more than a year with terrible lag. Really awful. So my bar for usable is pretty low. I am sure your build is great. I will give it a try.
Thank you

Caio 73 said:
That's so cool that you kept working on the Nexus 6! Thank you for that and for replying.
I have been using my phone for more than a year with terrible lag. Really awful. So my bar for usable is pretty low. I am sure your build is great. I will give it a try.
Thank you
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My combination Is LineageOS with Magisk and NFS Injector module, i think it's your best bet to eliminate lags without tinkering too much, everything it's literally "install and forget"
Sent from my Motorola Nexus 6 using XDA Labs

jacomail95 said:
My combination Is LineageOS with Magisk and NFS Injector module, i think it's your best bet to eliminate lags without tinkering too much, everything it's literally "install and forget"
Sent from my Motorola Nexus 6 using XDA Labs
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Hi, thanks for joining the thread. I have no idea what a module is. Would you mind explaining and showing me where I can a tutorial to get it installed?

I use LOS16 and Franco Kernel with ondemand CPU module and this is really great. Almost no lags, but sometimes, once a week it will freeze and reboot itself, dont know why.
Enviado desde mi Nexus 6 mediante Tapatalk

Caio 73 said:
Hi, thanks for joining the thread. I have no idea what a module is. Would you mind explaining and showing me where I can a tutorial to get it installed?
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If you search on Google about Magisk, you can directly go where you can download the zip and you can install it immediately after LineageOS and Google Apps. Then, once you booted the device, from inside the Magisk app, you can install from its internal repository the modules you want to use, every one of them does something you can find useful I think. In the end, I recommend you NFS Injector module to have your device good as a new one in terms of performance. I hope to have everything cleared for you
Sent from my Motorola Nexus 6 using XDA Labs

Hi guys,
I came back here to give some feedback on what I have done.
I followed the instructions on the Lineage wiki link and installed Lineage OS 16. I kept it as simple as possible and didn't do anything besides that. No module, no magisk, no root, no TWRP. Just Lineage. It's not that I didn't want to go further, but I don't know enough about android to do it. Even just installing Lineage was kind of a challenge. It was not a smooth process, but I managed to do it.
In any case, it fews like an entirely new phone now. Lag has been reduced to almost none. It was almost unusable before and know it's actually enjoyable to use. Thank you very much for your help and to everyone that kept support for Shamu alive.
I did run into a few problems so far, but nothing really significant. The flashlight and camera sometimes won't work and need a reboot to come back (thankfully boot time is really quick now). The Netflix app also won't work anymore, but that's expected with no magisk, right?
If I wanted to go back and install magisk and a few modules, can I do that now without having to wipe the phone again? Or would I have to redo the whole process?
Thank you!!

Caio 73 said:
If I wanted to go back and install magisk and a few modules, can I do that now without having to wipe the phone again? Or would I have to redo the whole process?
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No need to Wipe.
Just reboot to recovery and flash magisk installer ZIP.
Now reboot to system, and you see new Magisk App installed.
Just open it and install any of the Modules you want, just make sure to reboot after every Install/Update/Uninstall of any Module.

ovais_43 said:
No need to Wipe.
Just reboot to recovery and flash magisk installer ZIP.
Now reboot to system, and you see new Magisk App installed.
Just open it and install any of the Modules you want, just make sure to reboot after every Install/Update/Uninstall of any Module.
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Thank you for answering. Do you mind telling me what a module is / what is it for?
Also, this is day 4 since I have installed lineage and I have already been prompted two updates. Is that normal?
I have just experienced my first crash / weird behavior today. I hope it doesn't deteriorate too much over time.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Caio 73 said:
Thank you for answering. Do you mind telling me what a module is / what is it for?
Also, this is day 4 since I have installed lineage and I have already been prompted two updates. Is that normal?
I have just experienced my first crash / weird behavior today. I hope it doesn't deteriorate too much over time.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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If you are using your Nexus 6 as a Daily Driver like Me, I would recommend you to install LineageOS 15.1 (Android 8.1) which is much more stable and responsive than LineageOS 16 (Android 9.0).
About updates it is fine, because LineageOS 16 is in active development and updates are released regularly, as compared to LineageOS 15.1 which is almost finalized and its updates are released every weeks/months.
About Module:
A module is a mod or a customization for your device which can be installed systemlessly(without modifying your android system files) using Magisk.
For Example: If you want to enhance your audio of the headphone you can install Viper4Android.

ovais_43 said:
If you are using your Nexus 6 as a Daily Driver like Me, I would recommend you to install LineageOS 15.1 (Android 8.1) which is much more stable and responsive than LineageOS 16 (Android 9.0).
About updates it is fine, because LineageOS 16 is in active development and updates are released regularly, as compared to LineageOS 15.1 which is almost finalized and its updates are released every weeks/months.
About Module:
A module is a mod or a customization for your device which can be installed systemlessly(without modifying your android system files) using Magisk.
For Example: If you want to enhance your audio of the headphone you can install Viper4Android.
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I am using it as a daily. For the last few days it's been really good. It was stock before and pretty much unusable. Do you think it's worth redoing the process to put lineage 15.1 on? I am not that confident with these things. I am at that point where I think "I can't believe I've done it and it's working". And if I redo it and screw things up I am gonna be furious I tried to fix what was not broken.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Caio 73 said:
I am using it as a daily. For the last few days it's been really good. It was stock before and pretty much unusable. Do you think it's worth redoing the process to put lineage 15.1 on? I am not that confident with these things. I am at that point where I think "I can't believe I've done it and it's working". And if I redo it and screw things up I am gonna be furious I tried to fix what was not broken.
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I will recommend installing LineageOS 15.1
I have installed this ROM for 2 months and never had any issue, even my battery is also bad but this ROM handles it very well.
I think it will worth installing.
I am using LinagesOS 15.1 with stock gapps and without any mod or Magisk.

jacomail95 said:
My combination Is LineageOS with Magisk and NFS Injector module, i think it's your best bet to eliminate lags without tinkering too much, everything it's literally "install and forget"
Sent from my Motorola Nexus 6 using XDA Labs
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Are you also using Lineage 15.1 sir?

ovais_43 said:
I will recommend installing LineageOS 15.1
I have installed this ROM for 2 months and never had any issue, even my battery is also bad but this ROM handles it very well.
I think it will worth installing.
I am using LinagesOS 15.1 with stock gapps and without any mod or Magisk.
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Hi,
Coming back to share my experience. Lineage 16 was performing really well, but it got unstable after a few days. I was having 3-4 random reboots per day, mainly when scrolling through pages in multiple apps. The flashlight and camera also wouldn't work quite often and needed restart.
So I decided to take the advice given here and flashed lineage 15.1 (with mindthegaps, no root, no magisk). Performance isn't as good, but stability has been much better. No reboots so far. A few app crashes, but nothing major.
Once again I few like my phone has gotten new life and I will be able to squeeze a few more months out of it.
Thank you for all the replies to this thread. You guys helped a lot!
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Caio 73 said:
Are you also using Lineage 15.1 sir?
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16

jacomail95 said:
16
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Is it stable for you? When I had 16 I would have random reboots in the two digits per day.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

Caio 73 said:
Is it stable for you? When I had 16 I would have random reboots in the two digits per day.
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It's solid, absolutely no issues

Android Q Open Beta

I am rooted with Twrp and Majisk. I want to try out the Android Q beta, but want to make sure I install it properly. Was wondering if anyone has done this yet and what the best way to do this is?

Bildo41383 said:
I am rooted with Twrp and Majisk. I want to try out the Android Q beta, but want to make sure I install it properly. Was wondering if anyone has done this yet and what the best way to do this is?
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No one has. It doesn't exist yet.

idkwhothatis123 said:
No one has. It doesn't exist yet.
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My bad, it's a developer preview.

Flash dp3 , flash twrp installer
Reboot recovery
Flash again dp3, flash again twrp installer
Reboot system

Bildo41383 said:
My bad, it's a developer preview.
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Just wait a week. Don't use the developer preview. It's a really bad build and not stable at all.
The open beta is said to be coming out by the end of this month. Meaning it will be dropping this week unless there's been some sort of last minute critical bug found (doubtful).

hartleyshc said:
Just wait a week. Don't use the developer preview. It's a really bad build and not stable at all.
The open beta is said to be coming out by the end of this month. Meaning it will be dropping this week unless there's been some sort of last minute critical bug found (doubtful).
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Yep, any day now. Don't waste your time with the developer preview.
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What's the most current and bug free Pixel C Rom?

Hi. What's the most current pixel C rom that doesn't have any bugs or other issues? Looking to move away from stock but last I checked some of the roms had some bugs still. Is that still the case?

Lineage 17.1 is pretty smooth, camera crashes after ~30mins of video but I mean that's a lot, reboot fixes that. Sometimes on boot you have to wait ~2mins before unlock pattern will work if you want to secure it. Other than that, butter
Sent from my Pixel 4 using Tapatalk

tabormeister said:
Lineage 17.1 is pretty smooth, camera crashes after ~30mins of video but I mean that's a lot, reboot fixes that. Sometimes on boot you have to wait ~2mins before unlock pattern will work if you want to secure it. Other than that, butter
Sent from my Pixel 4 using Tapatalk
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Thanks. Looking into it. Not an easy thing to do for a semi-beginner. Will have to do more research on how to get it done. Want to be careful not to brick the device.

Sequoia1321 said:
Thanks. Looking into it. Not an easy thing to do for a semi-beginner. Will have to do more research on how to get it done. Want to be careful not to brick the device.
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Eh, bricking a Google device is pretty hard. Easiest thing is unlock it (enable oem unlocking) then flash twrp from fastboot (need a Linux liveboot or mac system to do that) then flash the rom+gapps. twrp should let you mount usb storage but if not you can adb 'em over, there's install instructions for all of those things in the requisite threads
Sent from my Pixel 4 using Tapatalk

Sequoia1321 said:
Hi. What's the most current pixel C rom that doesn't have any bugs or other issues? Looking to move away from stock but last I checked some of the roms had some bugs still. Is that still the case?
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LINEAGE 18.0 is here with Android 11! Check out @followmsi 's thread for Dragon.

Alxoom33 said:
LINEAGE 18.0 is here with Android 11! Check out @followmsi 's thread for Dragon.
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Looks like it's not fully stable yet, if that's the right term. Says encryption not tested. I tried looking into installing Lineage 17.1 as tabormeister mentioned earlier in the thread, but couldn't find an easy how to guide. It's been a while since I've installed a custom rom. Do you know where I can get easier info about how to install it?

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Do you know where I can get easier info about how to install it?
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Hey, what's rom currently installed on your device?