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Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage (including, but not limited to, loss of data, non-functional device etc.) which may occur to your device from following the directions (or from any failure to follow the directions) found on this post. Use (and flash) at your own risk.
Credits go to genokolar for actually porting the U8860 2.3.6 firmware to the U8800Pro. This builds upon his port.
You may find his port announcement here, and you can download it from here. Thanks to user Skyline111 for the mirror.
Thanks also go to birdyi, who ported the U8860 2.3.6 firmware to the U8860. His port contained some brilliant things such as CarrierIQ framework removal.
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This is a 2.3.6 ROM for the U8800Pro based on the U8860 B866 ROM. 2.3.6, naturally, brings a slightly newer version of Gingerbread compared to our 2.3.5 with B540. While I know it's all about CM9 (ICS), MIUI and so on these days, I'm a fan of stock (in the Huawei sense of the term) Gingerbread.
Features (or limitations depending on what you think of some of the following entries) of this ROM:
Rooted (adb also runs as root, too)
(Huawei) DLNA
(Huawei) A task manager that shows open applications with pictures (launching it when pressing Home has disabled in this modification because I found the Recent menu saves more time)
(Huawei) Security Guard, a way of hiding text messages, I think
(Huawei) Traffic Manager – a data counter
(Huawei) Wi-Fi WPS support
(Genokolar) FPS unlocked by default (configurable in enhanced.conf)
(Genokolar) ZRAM (Compcache) enabled
(Genokolar) Changed the autorun.iso path to the image partition so that formatting /data from CWM does not leave you with an empty CD-ROM drive when you plug the phone into a computer
bugreports service turned off entirely so that pressing the volume up button quickly after you've pressed volume down does not leave you with a few seconds' delay and a bugreports folder on your memory card
BusyBox from CM7
Android’s toolbox (poor coreutils replacement; more barebones than BusyBox) has its full set of links installed in /system/bin, so you use Android’s native chmod etc. tools. Why? To match the stock B512 firmware and to ensure developers testing on the U8800Pro correctly hardcode “busybox” in their root programs if needed
Optional lazy CPUfreq governor
Default language and region changed from Chinese – China to English – United Kingdom
Added in boombuler’s AppWidgetPicker
CM7’s Pacman added in to remind you to install Google Apps after adding an account with the Setup Wizard (make sure GApps is installed!)
VoiceDialler.apk added in from B512 firmware (although, to be honest, the microphone quality on my phone is awful…)
Bash shell, fix_permissions script, iwmulticall, MMS.apk, tcpdump and gdbserver and additional ringtones etc. from CyanogenMod (20120107-cm-7.1.0-u8800pro-Geno-en.zip) added in
Phone model changed to Desire HD, so Gameloft games can be bought. This may cause licensing problems with bought Market applications so be careful. (Although, I must admit that giving money to a company that doesn't support our phone seems counter-intuitive.)
Shutdown vibration reduced from 500ms to 100ms because I hate it (especially at night) but understand its usefulness in determining the answer to the question “Has the phone gone off yet?”
Huawei’s god-awful Low Battery notification replaced with a nicer one from CyanogenMod
Widgets actually restore themselves after a reboot! This was fixed by me replacing 2.3.6's PackageManager service with Huawei's 2.3.5 one.
MyCalendar widget from birdyi's port and MyEmail from B512 added in
Fixed proximity sensor dying if the light sensor was on, too.
Stripped down enhanced.conf - only swappiness, VSync and ZRAM settings available. I don't like /system/log.txt being created every time my phone boots and I think using a tool in Android like, say, No-frills CPU Control is the better place to set the frequency. SetXperia has support for setting the phone's CPU voltage.
More languages selectable from the Setup Wizard than just English (US) and Chinese.
Flash Player removed for copyright reasons. You can install it from the Market
Notepad and Richpad removed
Droid Sans Fallback supports more character ranges
Toolbox correctly has "Wi-Fi" instead of "WLAN"
Misc. kernel modules, like in B512, included
But I like the BusyBox tools and want to use them without having to prefix BusyBox everytime!
Just run the bash shell; BusyBox versions of cat, chmod, chown, df, insmod, ln, lsmod, mkdir, mount, mv, rm, rmdir, rmmod, umount, sleep, kill, and ifconfig will become the default while you’re using the bash shell (also nicer, BTW: you get tab-completion, for one) thanks to the CyanogenMod team.
Attempts to remove Carrier IQ. Huawei *do* include Carrier IQ in their firmware.
I’ve done the following to attempt to remove it the best I can:
Edited boot.img to not start Carrier IQ services
Removed Carrier IQ libraries from /system/lib and CiQ binaries from /system/bin
Added lines to build.prop to disable CarrierIQ, taken from the framework.jar file itself.
birdyi has also modified framework.jar to stop the CarrierIQ objects from being instantiated.
Ideally the best way to be Huawei-free is to use CyanogenMod.
I've removed the Cloud+ apps because of this. I've left some Huawei apps in, but I strongly recommend you install PDroid (the patcher works fine with this ROM) and block the more concerning permissions of Huawei system apps.
Kernel changes
Since the kernel genokolar provided with his port had a problem when a program used the light and proximity sensor at the same time – the proximity sensor would die out until the next restart – I took it upon myself to rebuild the kernel available from his github repository with the config from his latest kernel. After comparing his kernel to the source Huawei put out, I could see no code changes that would cause the proximity sensor to die out. Since I was rebuilding the kernel, I thought I’d make a few changes:
Add in the Lazy CPU governor by Ezekeel
Update a patch by stockwell to disable keypad lights (echo 1 > /sys/module/leds_msm_pmic/parameters/disable_button_leds) - use ButtonLock to control
Reverse genokolar’s decision to always allow NV logging – this can be turned on and off from the service menu on a stock ROM anyway…
Set minimum backlight level to 15, from Franco’s kernel. Warning: I haven’t tried setting it to 15 so I don’t know if that value renders the display practically useless, and I don’t know if Android lets you set it to 15 from its settings!
ButtonLock
Not as revolutionary as I'd like it to be, but useful nevertheless. I've written a quick widget, which looks like the Power Saving one, that turns off the button backlight. Useful for when you're reading books through FBReader.
You need to be using my kernel as it has the disable_button_leds patch. The advantage the disable_button_leds patch has over the chmod 444 method is that it doesn't introduce noticable lag. The widget's source is in the same folder.
When pressing the widget's button for the first time, there is a delay as the Superuser allow/deny dialog box takes its time to come up. After accepting, future launches are instantaneous.
If you need something that this ROM doesn’t provide compared to other stock ROMs, I recommend:
Not using it; or
Using a combination of diff, abootimg, Winmerge (or Beyond Compare) and apktool to compare this with genokolar’s original release, and with birdyi's ROM, and add what you want back in
Installation
Note: You must be running firmware version B522 on your device! If you have B540, you need to downgrade. If you have a firmware version lower than B522 (Froyo?), you must upgrade to B522 first. If you're already running a custom ROM, ignore this.
Take out the SIM card if you want the setup wizard to use Wi-Fi during setup.
Install genokolar’s recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343276
Place u8800pro-2.3.6-geno-v1-modified.zip on the internal memory card or an external one (I recommend the internal one to ensure you don’t run into U8800Pro CWM bugs with the external).
Get gapps for Gingerbread and place on your memory card. Find the link using every Android user’s favourite search engine.
I highly recommend using PDroid, but it’s up to you whether you want to use it. If you would like to use it, get the patcher from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357056 and point it to u8800pro-2.3.6-geno-v1-modified.zip. Place the PDroid-v1.27-u8800pro-2.3.6-geno-v1-modified.zip file onto your memory card.
Boot into recovery (make sure that fast boot is turned off in Settings->Applications and hold power and volume up while turning the phone on)
Do a data/factory reset.
Install the ZIPs, starting with u8800pro-2.3.6-geno-v1-modified.zip (obviously).
Reboot!
Install the Google apps (those ones not included in CM's gapps ZIP like YouTube) if desired when prompted – but note that the Market will probably close as you’re doing this as it will automatically update itself.
Downloads
ROM: http://www.mediafire.com/?k0g17z1kraw7b67
SHA512: 4988B123488B8B24732401420DE849E8D8E5632C075A4520F176AA1D64DA0ECF946FF4D4E6CEC4D257EE4C4C999200A93C2CB309FD7B5FE50234A1C5700DEB2D
Modified kernel source (I suck at Git - I really need to read that VCS by Example book I have ): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?a0022t73q2v7r7d
ButtonLock source (Apache licensed, though I must admit I'm more of a GPL person...): attached.
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Extras:
genokolar's 5.0.27 recovery for the U8800Pro with the charging animations from https://github.com/Victor-android/android_device_huawei_u8800pro/tree/master/recovery/res/images:
attached.
Anyone tried it?
ill try it this evening I hope it fixes missed calls....
I have B512 official gingerbread, am I good to go?
Too times was a situation, when phone lost connection with wi-fi spot, he see the network, but can't connect. Help reboot.. else working so far without problems, testing..
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turned off the wi-fi and got the main bug - does not work 3g/2g data transfer, hmm....
bobsido said:
with wi-fi spot, he see the network, but can't connect. Help reboot.. else working so far without problems, testing..
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Interesting. I've had no problems reconnecting to a network that uses WPA2-PSK and another that uses 802.11x authentication.
turned off the wi-fi and got the main bug - does not work 3g/2g data transfer, hmm....
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Are your APNs set correctly? In my case 2G works and I've had HSDPA working because when testing the Weather Clock widget (from B522, when I had it in) it would connect using it - I could see the icon in the status bar - and I had the pleasure of having my balance run down each time - I'm not a rich man
Edit: In build.prop, you can try playing with ro.config.hw_fast_dormancy=3 - genokolar had it set to 2, but I changed it back to 3 from the U8800Pro original ROM because I wouldn't be able to connect to my network otherwise.
Hopefully, it's not the case but it could be hardware differences. genokolar, who's work this is based on, being from China, probably has a Unicom U8800Pro, just like I do...
@Zaic
B512? This is for the U8800Pro. I'd advise you not to flash it. I'd recommend using birdyi's ROM. If you're after a certain improvement from this ROM, tell me and I'll try and isolate it for you (as long as it doesn't involve kernel stuff - I don't know how to build U8800 kernels) so that you can use with birdyi's ROM
I have u8800 pro - 100%
My ROM is original unrooted 2.3.5 B512 its one before the latest release which is B540
My ROM still has access to pink screen, otherwise its the same as B540 I guess
SO what should I do first to install this ROM? roll back to 2.2.2 or was it 2.2.3?
Ah, if you're running 2.3.5 already and in the pink screen mode you see a folder called image when connecting your phone to the computer you're ready to go
Hi!
My compliments for the porting of Android 2.3.6 to U8800Pro!
I am using your rom since yesterday and still now I am not having any kind of problems.
Anyway I notice the same bug of the B512 and B540 roms: put your smartphone on screenoff, then wait about 1 minute and fastly unlock the screen and try to pinch to zoom on the home. Sometimes the multitouch doesn't work on every position of your fingers, it only works correctly if your fingers are in the position of principal axes.
Please try to reproduce this bug.
I am using LauncherPro but this bug is indipendent by the launcher (for example I tried also Zeam Launcher, Go Launcher EX, etc etc).
I hope you can solve this bug, maybe kernel-related.
Regards,
kalo86
Hi,
kalo86 said:
My compliments for the porting of Android 2.3.6 to U8800Pro!
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The honor is genokolar's
I am using your rom since yesterday and still now I am not having any kind of problems.
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Thanks; it's nice to know that it's working OK on somebody else's device other than mine.
Anyway I notice the same bug of the B512 and B540 roms: put your smartphone on screenoff, then wait about 1 minute and fastly unlock the screen and try to pinch to zoom on the home. Sometimes the multitouch doesn't work on every position of your fingers, it only works correctly if your fingers are in the position of principal axes.
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Sorry for asking, but how do you pinch to zoom on the home screen? I'm using Go Launcher Ex and I know that that has the swipe up gesture but I can activate that with one finger, anyway.
In any case, have you applied the Synaptics touchscreen update? For me it has increased the touchscreen performance greatly. I had one problem that when after unlocking, the touchscreen wouldn't respond unless I turned the screen off and tried again. The update solved that.
If you want to try it, open the service menu (*#*#2846579#*#*), go to ProjectMenu->Upgrade->Touch screen version query and see if it says "synaptics". If so, put the original Huawei recovery.img back on and put the synaptics.img file in a folder called update on your SD card. Use the recovery's "touchscreen firmware update" update option and it will automatically reboot when it's done.
Best regards,
qwerty12
Oh, really thank you for this "news" about the synaptics touchscreen update!
I have a synaptics too, then I am going to update the firmware.
Another bug, still present in B512, B540, Cyanogen and U8860 port: unplug your battery from the smartphone, insert it again, power on, then open your file manager and try to read the sdcard content. At 99% my sdcard is not read, then I have to reboot my U8800Pro and magically the sdcard is read.
Thanks to You and Genokolar for our development!
Regards,
kalo86
UPDATE: I updated the synaptics touchpanel but I have always the bug of multitouch. It is reproducible when you unlock the screen after a pause of 1 minute (about), then you open the stock browser and try to zoom with the multitouch. It works only if your fingers are on the principal axes and not in other positions. I have this bug on 4 different U8800 Pro! It cannot be a singular problem.
So, I have tried a lot of roms, based on B512, B540, U8860, CyanogenMod 7.1, I am sure I will try this bug on the next release because it's mabe a kernel bug due to the multitouch field.
Video demonstration
This is a video which I just uploaded on YouTube with the real multitouch bug.
This bug is in 4 different U8800 Pro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avSdW2V8TLg
kalo86 said:
Another bug, still present in B512, B540, Cyanogen and U8860 port: unplug your battery from the smartphone, insert it again, power on, then open your file manager and try to read the sdcard content. At 99% my sdcard is not read, then I have to reboot my U8800Pro and magically the sdcard is read.
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I really can't reproduce this. I pulled out the battery while it was on, put it back in and started File manager (the one included with Huawei ROMs) and the internal SD card along with my external one were seen fine.
UPDATE: I updated the synaptics touchpanel but I have always the bug of multitouch. It is reproducible when you unlock the screen after a pause of 1 minute (about), then you open the stock browser and try to zoom with the multitouch. It works only if your fingers are on the principal axes and not in other positions. I have this bug on 4 different U8800 Pro! It cannot be a singular problem.
So, I have tried a lot of roms, based on B512, B540, U8860, CyanogenMod 7.1, I am sure I will try this bug on the next release because it's mabe a kernel bug due to the multitouch field.
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Thanks for the video! Unfortunately I don't know how this can be fixed - I'm not a developer! It was only yesterday I tried looking in the driver to see how I can enable more than two finger recognition but I'm not seeing it...
Best regards,
qwerty12
Sorry for disturbing you, but I have a question: do you have the same bug of the multitouch after the lock-screen?
This is a second video about the same problem:
http://youtu.be/64NvbFJD3rs
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I really can't reproduce this. I pulled out the battery while it was on, put it back in and started File manager (the one included with Huawei ROMs) and the internal SD card along with my external one were seen fine.
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The same here with sd,full power off device, power on then sd card is not mounted and cpu load is almost 100%. after restart or reinserting sd, problem just dissapear. on every rom i tried. i flashed official V100R001C00B512G001Gb (2.3.5) and then tried CM7; u8800+v100r001c00b540g001gb-rooted_geno-v4.
Is FM Radio working in this ROM?
Yes, Radio is working fine
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Are your APNs set correctly?
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i fix APN settings and 3g/2g start work, thanks.. after reflashing wi-fi start work without problem. but after first reflash don`t work home button. they have response, but nothing happen. i secondary reflash phone, without wipe data/cash and home button start to work correct.. now tests are continuing
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Sorry for disturbing you, but I have a question: do you have the same bug of the multitouch after the lock-screen?
This is a second video about the same problem:
http://youtu.be/64NvbFJD3rs
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A little bit - after unlocking, I can do the multitouch gesture and phone will respond like it's supposed to but I have seen twice that it has not responded to me; I have to do it twice more...
Barracuda72 said:
Is FM Radio working in this ROM?
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Like kalo86 said, it is indeed
bobsido said:
i fix APN settings and 3g/2g start work, thanks.. after reflashing wi-fi start work without problem. but after first reflash don`t work home button. they have response, but nothing happen. i secondary reflash phone, without wipe data/cash and home button start to work correct.. now tests are continuing
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Please do let me know if you come across more problems
Zaic said:
Anyone tried it?
ill try it this evening I hope it fixes missed calls....
I have B512 official gingerbread, am I good to go?
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So, any missed calls?
If someone wants to help the Community to understand the sdcard mount bug, please have a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483519
This is a poll, please vote!
Best regards,
kalo86
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So, any missed calls?
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Haven't had time to install this ROM yet.... but ill report as soon as I know
Hello,
since I'm not qualified (yet) to post this in the developer thread for the X compact - here's a LineageOS 14.1 ROM for the device to be flashed with fastboot as stated on Sony's website for the AOSP ROM (fastboot –S 256M flash boot boot.img etc).
filefactory.com/file/5wfgwk1cmzw9/LineageOS-05-03-2017-kugo.zip
Things that don't work so far:
* AudioFX (use PowerAMP or VLC for mp3 replay with bass boost/EQ)
* FM radio (no stations found at all)
Big thanks to the LineageOS team, the SonyLOS guys and Sony itself
Enjoy,
jtk_de
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Hello,
since I'm not qualified (yet) to post this in the developer thread for the X compact - here's a LineageOS 14.1 ROM for the device to be flashed with fastboot as stated on Sony's website for the AOSP ROM (fastboot –S 256M flash boot boot.img etc).
filefactory.com/file/5wfgwk1cmzw9/LineageOS-05-03-2017-kugo.zip
Things that don't work so far:
* AudioFX (use PowerAMP or VLC for mp3 replay with bass boost/EQ)
* FM radio (no stations found at all)
Big thanks to the LineageOS team, the SonyLOS guys and Sony itself
Enjoy,
jtk_de
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Hi! Thanks for this rom. I will try it when i am at my home pc. But, a question. It's got a built-in-root? Or we use the add on root package? Or use magisk phh superuser? I'm a little confused about the root process.
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lba810701 said:
Hi! Thanks for this rom. I will try it when i am at my home pc. But, a question. It's got a built-in-root? Or we use the add on root package? Or use magisk phh superuser? I'm a little confused about the root process.
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To install, as with the Sony AOSP ROM, your bootloader must have been unlocked. After installation via fastboot root access can be enabled in the developer options.
If you want to build the ROM yourself init the LineageOS sources from github (cm14.1 branch) and add the local_manifests folder from SonyLOS (also on github) to the .repo directory to have a device profile and the binary blobs for the X compact aka kugo. Then repo sync, and brunch lineage_kugo-userdebug.
Hi!
I flashed your homemade rom. My first impression, is it's very smooth. But I found some little bugs? First is a LineageOS recovery. I must flash OpenGapps twice, to install it correctly. ( second time i mount the system inside advanced settings... maybe thats the key ) Second one is a fingerprint sensor. I can't make it to work. Neither on first run, neither later in the settings. Phone calling working, but sometimes it's dialer force stop in middle of the voice calling. ( but you could speak, just a notification came up about the FC ). Bluethooth seems ok, about music listening and about calling. Camera with the roms app is working. But, google cam doesn't start. On selfie picture, the picture is upside down. Root is inside developer settings, and it seems working fine. ( except flashfire... ) I'm using kernel toolkit ( v 1.2.1 ), and it's showing me the big cores allways off, and the phone doesn't go to deep sleep. About the battery life time i can't say too much, because the roms is nearly one day on my phone. I think it's a good start the LinageOS 14.1 to our phone. Thanks again.
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lba810701 said:
Hi!
I flashed your homemade rom. My first impression, is it's very smooth. But I found some little bugs? First is a LineageOS recovery. I must flash OpenGapps twice, to install it correctly. ( second time i mount the system inside advanced settings... maybe thats the key ) Second one is a fingerprint sensor. I can't make it to work. Neither on first run, neither later in the settings. Phone calling working, but sometimes it's dialer force stop in middle of the voice calling. ( but you could speak, just a notification came up about the FC ). Bluethooth seems ok, about music listening and about calling. Camera with the roms app is working. But, google cam doesn't start. On selfie picture, the picture is upside down. Root is inside developer settings, and it seems working fine. ( except flashfire... ) I'm using kernel toolkit ( v 1.2.1 ), and it's showing me the big cores allways off, and the phone doesn't go to deep sleep. About the battery life time i can't say too much, because the roms is nearly one day on my phone. I think it's a good start the LinageOS 14.1 to our phone. Thanks again.
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Thank you for testing. You're right there's some more issues. I was able to unlock the phone with the fingerprint sensor once but I guess this should work a little bit more smoothly. Face camera image is vertically flipped. Normal phone operation seems to be OK, battery runtime also. Didn't examine core load nor install Google apps so I can't say anything about it. All in all it looks quite usable but needs a little bit of fine tuning
Flashed your ROM yesterday (coming from an unofficial cm14.1 build) and till now everything runs smooth. I didn't flash recovery.img since I already had twrp flashed and flashing opengapps was also successful. Fingerprint sensor is working too. The camera quality is bad, but that's what I have with every custom ROM.
Issues I found out so far:
- registering the fingerprint sensor for purchases in the play store doesn't work, play store closes upon trying to set it up
- the volume when calling can't be changed
Maybe there's something else but I'm really satisfied. I hope you keep on updating the rom jtk_de
can you give us a short update on this?
Still Progressing?
Is this still being developed?
The thread seems to have been continued here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/x-compact/help/rom-lineageos-14-1-sonylos-7-1-binaries-t3584504/
jtk_de said:
If you want to build the ROM yourself init the LineageOS sources from github (cm14.1 branch) and add the local_manifests folder from SonyLOS (also on github) to the .repo directory to have a device profile and the binary blobs for the X compact aka kugo. Then repo sync, and brunch lineage_kugo-userdebug.
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@jtk_de
Is there currently any place where can I find the source code?
The reason I ask this question is that SonyLOS (github.com/SonyLOS) has been removed.
Hi guys,
the trouble began when switching my AP from 2.4 GHz wifi to 5 GHz.
After some time in which everything worked well, it would just suddenly bloody stop working.
It started like this: random disconnect from the wifi, reconnect and then just stopped working (no ssids visible).
Normally I could restart and the problem was gone, but now it is persistent even throughout reboots and I therefore have to use the mobile network (which is really expensive where I live).
I'm using Lineage OS 16, but the problem was also there when I used previous releases iirc which is why I changed the phone for some time.
What I tried:
* flash different firmware versions
* upgrade /system LOS
* restart
* set interface down/up
* delete entry for my SSID and create it again
Right now nothing works.
Maybe someone has knowledge about the internals of the wifi on this SoC.
How is the general design?
E.g. I saw that the kernel loads some files (wcnss.mdt, wcnss.bXX) that are inside the NON-HLOS.bin disk image.
I assume that the trustzone does something with it?
Very weird architecture to get wifi going and debug it.
What are things that I can try?
Does the driver / firmware / android store data that might lead to a different state after reboot and this behavior being persistent?
Who else had this kind of problem?
I also opened an issue at the LineageOS bugtracker where I pasted some excerpts of dmesg / logcat and bit more details https: //gitlab.com/ LineageOS/issues/android/issues/1323 (not allowed to post URLs).
Right now I'm not sure what it is, could be firmware (and therefore not LOS related, which right now I think is more likely) or e.g. kernel or who knows, maybe even hardware?
Thanks!
BEFORE YOU decide to try this rom, please read all of post 1 and 2.
The UNOFFICIAL LineageOS 17.1 T550 ROM
BACKUP YOUR DATA AND OLD ROM BEFORE trying my rom.
Let me be clear, I have the SM-P550, NOT the SM-T550.
So I built a SM-P550 rom which is almost the same as the SM-T550 except the "P" stands for Pen.
I believe my P550 rom with minor modifications will work on the T550, but I have no T550 to test it on. I believe it will work because I have used virsys T550 rom on my P550 and it works, but the X-axis touch is inverted.
So I built SM-P550 with code to fix the X-axis touch inverted problem and it's one of line code. If I leave that one line of code out, then the X-axis will be correct for the T550. I have tested my 17.1 T550 rom on my P550 and it works, but again with the X-axis inverted. Just remember I don't have a T550 to test it on so you may run into bootloops, stuck at boot animation, etc.
If you are NOT an expert in using fastboot, adb, odin, heimdall, twrp, DO NOT attempt this ROM. You must know how to use these tools to revert back to your old rom. I'm not a Windows user so do not expect any help from me. My main OS is Lubuntu 20.04 LTS and all my roms are built on this platform.
If you are new to flashing custom roms, do NOT attempt this.
If you need your tablet for work and something important, do NOT flash this rom. This rom could result in a bricked device or boot loop or non booting device or you not being able to revert back to your old rom.
Again, the T550 rom that I built does boot and function on my P550, but I have no T550 to verify.
BACKUP YOUR DATA AND OLD ROM BEFORE trying my rom.
The rom has the latest monthly 2021 security patches.
What works
1. bluetooth
2. wifi
3. brightness
4. external audio
5. GPS
6. audio through headphone jack
7. camera
8. touchscreen X-axis works properly
9. Google play store - use pico apps
10. flip flap smart cover
11. audio over bluetooth
What doesn't work
1. LineageOS FM Radio app does not work. The P550 and T550 don't have the LTE chipset for it to work.
2. The stock Jelly browser crashes a lot. Use a different browser. There's lots of better options that are more stable and reliable than the built in Jelly browser.
3. Home screen text may look fuzzy.
Text on home screen looks funny/fuzzy. This only seems to affect the home screen and nowhere else. I have seen the same problem on the SM-T350, SM-T560NU, SM-P550 and Nexus 7 2013.
Problem is with stock trebuchet launcher and/or its fonts. I tried rootless pixel launcher from fdroid as a quick and simple test and see no problems with home screen text. Rootless pixel uses a different font though. A future LineageOS update could resolve the problem?
FAQ - I spent hundreds of hours building this rom. The least you can do is spend a few minutes reading everything before posting.
Q1) Why are you releasing a ROM for a tablet that you do not own?
A1) I don't own the SM-T550, but have the SM-P550. I also build roms for the SM-T350 and SM-T560NU. All these platforms use the same msm8916 code base. As such, all my work from the SM-T350, SM-T560NU and SM-P550 could possibly benefit SM-T550 users. For one P550 owner, there are probably twenty T550 owners.
Q2) What if my app, xyz, doesn't work?
A2) I won't answer questions regarding why your app doesn't work. If your app, whatever it is, doesn't work, then go back to your old rom. It's difficult enough building and maintaining these roms. Remember, I'm an unpaid volunteer making a rom for free for your benefit, not mine as I don't even have the T550.
Q3) Your rom is laggy and buggy.
A3) If you find the above, then go back to your old rom. There's only so much software can do on a 2015 budget level tablet. Remember a budget tablet will have the slower SoC/CPU and less DRAM than a top of the line model. Your tablet will also run slower when you use gapps (google apps). You can run a lot of software without using gapps. Research newpipe, microg, youtube vanced, aurora store etc.
Q4) What TWRP should I use?
A4) Use 3.4.0.0. Get it at
Download TWRP for gt510wifi
Download TWRP Open Recovery for gt510wifi
dl.twrp.me
Q5) Why should I use this rom?
A5) You don't. I only offer it because I have built the SM-P550 and it was an easy change to make a SM-T550 rom. If you don't like this rom, then don't use it. Yes, it's that simple.
Q6) Can you build SM-T555 (LTE) or a crDroid version of the SM-T550?
A6) No. All the source code is open source and my changes are in the repo diff file. You can use these two with the roomservice.xml to build your own rom.
Q7) Will you offer monthly updates with security patches?
A7) That all depends on if I continue to have high speed Internet and on the reaction of the posts in this thread. If people are going to complain, then I have NO incentive to make an update. Remember, I don't have the T550 so I get zero benefit from making this rom for myself.
Q8) Can you help me? I'm a newbie. Can you provide step by step instructions?
A8) There are lots of tutorials, videos, etc on how to flash roms. Do your own research.
Q9) Can I report a bug with respect to the rom?
A9) Yes, but you need to supply a) how to recreate it b) a logcat c) a github commit showing how it was fixed. Even then, if I don't have the means to recreate it, I won't be working on it.
Q10) Can I build this rom? Where are the source and kernel source files?
A10) Yes. The kernel source files are at
Samsung MSM8916 Devices
Samsung MSM8916 Devices has 68 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
github.com
aala27 - Repositories
aala27 has 7 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
github.com
Q11) Okay, I understand the consequences and that this is beta rom and willing to take the risks outlined, now where can I find the rom?
A11) Downloads are at
retiredtab - Browse /SM-T550/17.1 at SourceForge.net
sourceforge.net
Hi rretiredtab
I have a T550 with the latest virsys image 16.0 from March 2020.
It is more or less stable, but I think, it will be always slowlier. Empty dalvic and cache does not help.
I'm ready for a new challenge. If I can help you, please let me know.
Best regards
Schaagi
Hi retiredtab,
I ready to try this rom
Schaagi said:
I have a T550 with the latest virsys image 16.0 from March 2020. It is more or less stable, but I think, it will be always slowlier. Empty dalvic and cache does not help.
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My 16.0 rom for the SM-P550 is based on virsys repos. However, I was only able to make 2 builds using his repos before a LineageOS update in Sept 2020 caused it to get stuck at the boot animation.
Then I tried virsys 17.1 repo and it too gets stuck at the boot animation. I know virsys built crDroid Android 10 rom and uploaded it sometime June 2020, but his Android 10 repos on github are dated March 2020 so whatever patches he did to get crDroid working isn't on github.
I don't know if 17.1 will be faster than 16.0. The 17.1 builds, by default, use an overclocked CPU and GPU in the kernel code. However, I don't know if you will see any real world differences in performance from the overclocking.
In addition, I don't know if virsys March 16.0 March 2020 is overclocked or not. You can always download an utility like CPUinfo at
CPU Info | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Information about device hardware and software
f-droid.org
to see if the CPU is running at 1.2Ghz or 1.6Ghz (overclocked).
@Schaagi and @Simone101, please let me know if the T550 ROM boots or not after you have installed it. I'm pretty sure it will, but would like to know ASAP.
Then, afterwards, you can let me know how it works over a 24 to 48 hour period. I'm interested to see if it randomly reboots or crashes.
As for speed and performance, just remember it's a 5 year old entry level tablet and unless LineageOS is written in assembler language, it will never match a top of the line model tablet.
Thank you.
I've installed your image as clean-install. It boots !!!
At the beginning of the setup process there is a bluetooth error, that repeats after every new boot.
First installation without opengapps -ok
Second one with opengapps - ok
Restore Data from previous image - ok
As next I will try to install magisk.
Wow, good job. I will check it for the next days and give feedback later.
Best regards
Schaagi
Schaagi said:
At the beginning of the setup process there is a bluetooth error, that repeats after every new boot.
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Can you provide a screenshot of the error please?
I haven't seen the bluetooth error before on my SM-P550 and I reboot my SM-P550 a lot because I'm always flashing new builds.
I don't use bluetooth at all, but when I turn it on, I can see my neighbor's 65 inch TV. Also, I can pair two tablets together using bluetooth.
Meanwhile I have installed Magisk 21.1 and it works too
I've attached 2 screenshots from Bluetooth error.
Schaagi said:
I've attached 2 screenshots from Bluetooth error.
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The above is why we need BETA testers.
Okay, I ran into the bluetooth error problem on the SM-T350 and it was due to a missing bluetooth library.
In my SM-T350, I have
Code:
# RT 17.1 copy bluetooth file otherwise bluetooth keeps crashing
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
vendor/samsung/msm8916-common/proprietary/vendor/lib/libbtnv.so:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/lib/libbtnv.so
Those 3 lines of code are not in the T550 build. It's easy to add and I can create another BETA build. It's building right now and probably be done in the next 2 hours or so.
If you want to add the libbtnv.so file yourself, here are the instructions
1) Boot into TWRP 3.4.0.0.
2) Click Mount. Choose System.
3) On your computer, goto
proprietary_vendor_samsung/libbtnv.so at lineage-17.1 · Galaxy-MSM8916/proprietary_vendor_samsung
proprietary_vendor_samsung. Contribute to Galaxy-MSM8916/proprietary_vendor_samsung development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
4) Click download.
5) Goto the directory where the libbtnv.so is saved.
6) Plug in microusb cable to tablet.
7) Then use adb to push the file using the command
Code:
$ adb push libbtnv.so /system/vendor/lib/libbtnv.so
libbtnv.so: 1 file pushed, 0 skipped. 48.5 MB/s (16128 bytes in 0.000s)
8) Check to make sure file was pushed.
Code:
$ adb shell ls -al /system/vendor/lib/libbtnv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16128 Dec 19 21:24 /system/vendor/lib/libbtnv.so
9) Reboot into system and bluetooth error should be gone.
OR
Just wait until my next build is done to get rid of the bluetooth errors. I'm confident the error is due to the missing bluetooth library file.
I will send you and Simone101 a PM when the new build is done.
The new BETA build is finished, but having problems uploading to host server right now. I will try again in a couple of hours to upload. I will PM when I get it uploaded.
I've installed the new image and bluetooth error has gone.But I'didn't test the functionality of bluetooth at the moment.
Will check more in detail and inform you about the results. Thank you.
Regards
Schaagi
@retiredtab
I want to test your ROM , where I can download it.
At the moment I use the cdroid 10 by virsys
My CPU runs at performance mode with 1600 MHz.
bierma32 said:
At the moment I use the cdroid 10 by virsys
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Over at the T550 thread, it seems that some people who are using crDroid 10 are reporting
1) camera not working
2) brightness not working
3) browser crash (that's you)
#1 and #2 work on my build. As for #3, if you are using the built in Jelly browser, I have noticed that if you open more than 4 windows, it crashes sometimes.
While not perfect, I found that smartcookieweb app works better than Jelly.
Releases · CookieJarApps/SmartCookieWeb
A secure, open source web browser for Android. Contribute to CookieJarApps/SmartCookieWeb development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
The Brave browser seems to work the most reliable. You can use Aurora store to download it from play store or try downloading brave apk somewhere.
On a daily basis, I use smartcookieweb as it has built in adblocker and suits my daily browsing needs.
@retiredtab
Both cameras works on Cdroid for me.
Yes, browsers crashes after some times, I use opera mini.
Bluetooth works for, tested sending and recive images.
GPS is not working, will try it again next time.
Magisk 21 works.
WiFi works.
Hi retiredtab,
Nice to see that anybody has try to give us an update for this fossile
Please let me knoe where can I download and test your build.
regards,
L
bierma32 said:
GPS is not working
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No need to retest GPS. I already know what's wrong. This is the same problem I had with the T350.
The T550 build is missing the commands
Code:
# GPS
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
vendor/samsung/msm8916-common/proprietary/lib/libloc_api_v02.so:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/lib/libloc_api_v02.so \
vendor/samsung/msm8916-common/proprietary/lib/libloc_ds_api.so:$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/lib/libloc_ds_api.so
Now I did test the T550 build on my P550, but it looks like when I made the final image, some of my scripts or commits didn't get copied, like the above, over when I initially changed some P550 naming/parameters to T550.
Some background. I had only 1 hard drive for the P550 and T550 code. I did test bluetooth and gps on my P550 and both work.
After I tested everything, I then later split the P550 onto one hard drive and the T550 to another so I wouldn't get confused when compiling and making changes. I suspect now that I forgot to copy over my T350 script to fix gps and bluetooth onto the new T550 drive.
To fix gps without having to re-download another 440MB file,
1) Boot into TWRP 3.4.0.0.
2) Click Mount. Choose System.
3) On your computer, goto
proprietary_vendor_samsung/libloc_ds_api.so at lineage-17.1 · Galaxy-MSM8916/proprietary_vendor_samsung
proprietary_vendor_samsung. Contribute to Galaxy-MSM8916/proprietary_vendor_samsung development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
and
proprietary_vendor_samsung/libloc_api_v02.so at lineage-17.1 · Galaxy-MSM8916/proprietary_vendor_samsung
proprietary_vendor_samsung. Contribute to Galaxy-MSM8916/proprietary_vendor_samsung development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
4) Download both files above (libloc_ds_api.so and libloc_api_v02.so).
5) Goto the directory where both are saved.
6) Plug in microusb cable to tablet.
7) Then use adb to push the file using the command
Code:
$adb push libloc_api_v02.so /system/vendor/lib/libloc_api_v02.so
libloc_api_v02.so: 1 file pushed, 0 skipped. 7.6 MB/s (116316 bytes in 0.015s)
$adb push libloc_ds_api.so /system/vendor/lib/libloc_ds_api.so
libloc_ds_api.so: 1 file pushed, 0 skipped. 29.5 MB/s (26132 bytes in 0.001s)
8) Check that both files exist.
$adb shell ls -al /system/vendor/lib/libloc_api_v02.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116316 Dec 7 2020 /system/vendor/lib/libloc_api_v02.so
$adb shell ls -al /system/vendor/lib/libloc_ds_api.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26132 Dec 7 2020 /system/vendor/lib/libloc_ds_api.so
9) Reboot into system and GPS should be work now.
I'm making a new BETA image again and before I upload it, I will retest everything again on my P550. It's a bit awkard as everything is mapped backwards on the X-axis.
I'll post here when it's up.
Well it was around 1AM in the morning when I saw the gps not working post and now it's 2:13AM. I'm just waiting for the last 5 minutes of my new build, but the host server is having major problems right now.
So I'm going to sleep and will try uploading the new image tomorrow after I retest everything with the P550 running the T550 image. Everything will be mapped backwards for me on the X-axis while testing.
Dec 21 BETA build up. Androidfilehost is having major problems so I put it up on sourceforge.net. No way I could go to sleep with this hanging over my head. It's 2:30AM. Now I'm going to sleep in tomorrow.
Dec 21 build has gps fix.
Ooh i want really like to test!
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*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* 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
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
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LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 12L (Sv2), 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 Githup repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit out Gerrit Code Review.
Installation:
If you are on stock OS, you need a custom recovery first. You can get the recommended LineageOS recovery in the official installation instructions link below.
You can use TWRP for installation, however it is no longer officially supported since we do not have full control of its update cycle and potential issues.
If you are coming from stock or other ROMs, you need to make a factory reset.
As always, make sure to backup before installing this ROM.
Installation Instructions:
Backup your data and see the next post below
Recommended TWRP Image:
twrp-3.7.0_9-0-kuntao.img
ROM Download Links:
Google Drive | SourceForge
Recommended Google Apps Package:
NikGapps-core-12.1
NikGapps-SetupWizard
NikGapps-AndroidAuto
Or
MindTheGapps-12.1 (Google Drive mirror)
Root Access:
Magisk v25.2 (more stable experience)
Magisk v26.1 (more updated build)
Recommended Useful Add-on:
p2oggle-1.2
Source Code:
https://github.com/LineageOS
ROM Firmware Required:
Any version of stock 6.0. Recommended P2a42_S251_171107_ROW
Acknowledgements:
Thanks to @mikeioannina for his hard work regarding kuntao and to all other Lineage OS developers
Special thanks to @Astridxx for the device tree sources and for helping me out and to @en666 for early testing the initial build
Important Notes:
As you can see from my profile, I'm not an experienced developer. I've made some builds as a considerable amount of users showed interest in having their devices updated with latest LineageOS code. Therefore, my main objective here is to bring the latest Android security patches to kuntao making monthly builds.
To be clear, I'm more in a situation of "user became builder" than of "ROM developer". Please, understand this.
Long live to our beloved kuntao!
XDAevDB Information
[ROM][12.1][UNOFFICIAL] LineageOS 19.1 for Lenovo P2
Contributors
@Astridxx ,@XiaoAk ,@Sohit5s, @mikeioannina
ROM OS Version: 12.x
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.18.x
Based On: LineageOS
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2023-02-22
Last Updated 2023-06-11
Installation Instructions
Remember, making a backup of your data before proceeding is recommended
If you are coming from Stock ROM, please refer first to the instructions below:
Install LineageOS on kuntao
If you are coming from astridxx previous build (aka lineage-19.1-20220822-UNOFFICIAL-kuntao) or my initial build (aka lineage-19.1-20230222-UNOFFICIAL-kuntao) or any version of LOS18.1 or below, you must perform a clean flash. Clean flash instructions:
0- Make a backup (optional, but recommended)
1- Reboot to recovery
2- Format data (will delete all your data!)
3- Reboot to recovery again
4- Wipe > Advanced Wipe:
- Dalvik
- System
- Vendor
- Data
- Cache
- Internal Storage (optional, but recommended)
5- Flash ROM ZIP, Gapps, Gapps add-ons, Magisk add-on, etc
6- Reboot to system
7- Wait until it boots for the first time (may take some minutes)
Update Instructions
NOTE: Dirty flash from any of the aforementioned builds is not supported, device trees were changed. You have been warned!
For updating from one of my builds to another (aka dirty flashing), please do the following:
1- Download ROM ZIP and copy it to the phone
2- Reboot to recovery
3- Flash ROM ZIP
4- Clean cache
5- Reboot to system
Known Issues- Storage encryption is partially broken (if your /data partition is unencrypted, trying to encrypt it using ROM menu will result in a dead OS; if already encrypted, storage encryption may or may not work. IFAIK, it's a kernel side issue)
- Device may not go to deep sleep
- Storage forceencrypt flag is disabled (to encrypt /data partition follow the instructions below)
- TWRP backups are broken (read notes below)
- You tell
Google Play Store Update Bug
If Google Play Store app keeps failing to find updates for apps with message "Something went wrong. Try again.", just clear its data and then it should work again
SafetyNet Check Fails
If your device is rooted, please, follow the instructions contained here
Magisk is Gone After First Boot
Please, just reflash Magisk again (i.e. Reboot to recovery > Flash ZIP > Reboot back to system)
How to encrypt data partition
0- Backup your files (this process will erase everything)
1- Boot to TWRP recovery
1.1- Wipe > Format data > Reboot to system
2- Settings menu > Security > Encryption & credentials > Encrypt phone
3- Reboot to system again
Error restoring TWRP system backups
It looks like TWRP backups are broken for now, so please, if this is a must have for you, you can try to install OrangeFox recovey and follow these instructions (thanks @Zdeslav for that)
ROM Change logs
Code:
02/22/2023
- Initial release
02/27/2023
- Sync latest LOS sources
- Device Tree change: Use old A12L dt instead of los
- Add Lenovo Parts menu (fp gestures, USB fast charge, in-call audio gain, screen kcal)
- Updates phone vibration strength
- Add fix to device deep sleep issue
- Many more changes
03/29/2023
- Fetch latest Device Tree sources
-- vendorsetup.sh: Add Trebuchet patch
-- AOSP WFD doesn't support protected Wi-Fi Display buffers
-- Overlays:
--- Enable voWIFI support
--- Disable IMS features for Turkiye networks
-- Don't warn user about FC in Vanced microG
-- DT rootdir:
--- Add cpuset for the camera daemon
--- Remove permission restrictions to the socket file
--- Restore iio sensor device6 on boot
-- Bump graphene camera version to 60
-- Don't force enable ims features
-- sepolicy: Address sensor hal denials
- Update LOS components
-- Manifest: Sync x86_64 webview prebuilts again
-- Update zlib source
- Sync latest LOS source
- Merge March security patch
04/09/2023
- Fetch latest Device Tree sources
-- Add navbar enable/disable support
-- fs: Revert sdfat update for OTG
-- block: Add zen io scheduler
-- dts: Decrease BCL low battery threshold to 5%
-- DeskClock:
--- Wallpaper based text coloring for digital
--- Adapt digital clocks to S style
--- Remove night mode
-- Trebuchet:
--- Kill haptics in recents
--- Make overview scrim transparent again
-- Nfc: Fix Mifare Classic reading
- Update LOS components:
-- lineage: Track the FMRadio App and dependencies
- Sync latest LOS source
04/19/2023
- Fetch latest Device Tree sources:
-- sepolicy: Silence tracingproxy_service neverallow denial
-- sepolicy: Allow system_app to access storaged via IPC
- Sync latest LOS source
- Merge April security patch
05/09/2023
- Fetch latest Device Tree sources:
-- Bump graphene camera version to 62
-- devicesettings: Protect broadcast to fingerprint gestures
-- rootdir: Remove permission restrictions to the socket file
- Sync latest LOS source
- Merge May security patch
06/11/2023
- Fetch latest Device Tree sources:
-- parts: Update few parts icon
-- vendorsetup.sh: Use depth=1
-- Remove pixel_2016_exclusive
-- Bump graphene camera version to 63
- Sync latest LOS sources:
-- Additional zstd cmdline tools
-- zstd compression support for rsync
-- 2023-06 ASB patching: packages/apps/Traceur
- Merge June security patch
ROM Screenshots
Attached below. Others are available here.
February 27th 2023 Release
Changelog:
- Sync latest LOS sources
- Device Tree change: Use old A12L dt instead of los
- Add Lenovo Parts menu (fp gestures, USB fast charge, in-call audio gain, screen kcal)
- Updates phone vibration strength
- Add fix to device deep sleep issue
- Many more changes
Download URLs: GDrive | SF
Dirty flash still not supported (tree changed), please make a clean flash
Thank you so much for keepng Lineage alive, its very much appreciated.
@leo_97 thank you for this new build! Installed it straight away and now the phone is running since then and also, I've flashed with battery at 67% and atm, after a quite hard usage to test out the new features, I'm on 13%. Basically, so far so good!
p2a42, twrp 3.7, rooted, unencrypted
Thank you @leo_97 !
I was frustrated that Lineageos 18.1 was no longer maintained when I saw this update!
It's amazing
To all users and developers who tested and created this ROM, is it time to switch on this version ?
Or is it better to wait ?
For example, automatic update is possible after install ?
bidulez said:
automatic update is possible after install ?
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No
bidulez said:
Thank you @leo_97 !
I was frustrated that Lineageos 18.1 was no longer maintained when I saw this update!
It's amazing
To all users and developers who tested and created this ROM, is it time to switch on this version ?
Or is it better to wait ?
For example, automatic update is possible after install ?
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You are welcome
If it's time to switch, I believe it's a matter of personal decision. Maybe you could wait the next build and then decide...
If with "automatic updates" you mean OTA updates, then the answer (as already pointed out by @utwer ) is no. But once the trees are stable enough, I hope every user will be able to just update to the newer versions flashing ROM ZIP through TWRP (just like it's done on LOS18.1)
BTW, IDK if you already saw it, but we are maintaining a monthly build of LOS18.1 which you can download from here. The source tree used there is far more tested (as it's older) than this one. Anyway, except by the encryption thing, you shouldn't have any problems using this LOS19.1 ROM as our amazing developers made an excellent job here.
Reg, Ive installed it and I may say it is quite good. Not tried to root it yet. Dont have direct problems with ROM and functionality, for me everything works. Camera, Location, GSM, Data, WiFi. With developer options I've turned off Animation scale on three options to OFF, and is good. Stable reliable.
MindTheGapps-12.1 works every app from Google, Phone, Contact, Gmail, maps...etc...
What I need root mostly is for Call recording (Skvalex) and Viper4Android.
Some words about twrp-3.7.0_9-0-kuntao.img,
With this I have only problems, so far I lost a few backups and I need to install it all over again a few times allready. Disappointed very. I can't rally on this when I make a nandroid ba.ckups.
Also lost backups for LOS18.1 and I am been very pis....ed off. Error 255 on System recovery, other Data, Boot, EFS, Vendor, etc.. recovery is good.
So I've installed OrageFox for Kuntao. Tried several backups to restore already and I may say I am very satisfied. Puh
What is on my mind, when I installed a Magisk 25.2, no matter of LOS 18.1 or 19.1 with very few modules, after 7-8 reboots I've got boot loops which is beyond repairable.. Try to remove modules in TWRP in file manager, uninstall whole magisk, no way, but what it is seems that DATA got corrupted some how, everytime.
There were also installed TWRP mentioned above.
Now I am with OrangeFox and I will try tomorrow to Root it and see is there any connection between Magisk and recovery software (OrangeFox or TWRP).
Reg
Tried quickly this ROM yesterday. In general all working, but didn't test much.
Few feedbacks:
-Scaler for brightness level is weird, very different from the original Lenovo roms. Anyway, not really important, but something that I noticed.
-Missing haptic feedback when using the fingerprint reader as a gesture button. Again, not critical, but I am really accustomed to it and thus I noticed immediately.
-Missing haptic feedback intensity regulation, or could not find it. It's there for general call/notification vibration, but if I remember correctly lineage could also change haptic.
Impressed that you could integrate also some lenovo features, even if of course not all of them
If you want me to test something more specific, please let me know. Ah, my model is the 4 GB/ 64 GB combination.
Cheers!
leo_97 said:
You are welcome
If it's time to switch, I believe it's a matter of personal decision. Maybe you could wait the next build and then decide...
If with "automatic updates" you mean OTA updates, then the answer (as already pointed out by @utwer ) is no. But once the trees are stable enough, I hope every user will be able to just update to the newer versions flashing ROM ZIP through TWRP (just like it's done on LOS18.1)
BTW, IDK if you already saw it, but we are maintaining a monthly build of LOS18.1 which you can download from here. The source tree used there is far more tested (as it's older) than this one. Anyway, except by the encryption thing, you shouldn't have any problems using this LOS19.1 ROM as our amazing developers made an excellent job here.
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So for 18.1 we can just flash the newer versions via TWRP and do not have to reinstall the entire ROM?
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Reg, Ive installed it and I may say it is quite good. Not tried to root it yet. Dont have direct problems with ROM and functionality, for me everything works. Camera, Location, GSM, Data, WiFi. With developer options I've turned off Animation scale on three options to OFF, and is good. Stable reliable.
MindTheGapps-12.1 works every app from Google, Phone, Contact, Gmail, maps...etc...
What I need root mostly is for Call recording (Skvalex) and Viper4Android.
Some words about twrp-3.7.0_9-0-kuntao.img,
With this I have only problems, so far I lost a few backups and I need to install it all over again a few times allready. Disappointed very. I can't rally on this when I make a nandroid ba.ckups.
Also lost backups for LOS18.1 and I am been very pis....ed off. Error 255 on System recovery, other Data, Boot, EFS, Vendor, etc.. recovery is good.
So I've installed OrageFox for Kuntao. Tried several backups to restore already and I may say I am very satisfied. Puh
What is on my mind, when I installed a Magisk 25.2, no matter of LOS 18.1 or 19.1 with very few modules, after 7-8 reboots I've got boot loops which is beyond repairable.. Try to remove modules in TWRP in file manager, uninstall whole magisk, no way, but what it is seems that DATA got corrupted some how, everytime.
There were also installed TWRP mentioned above.
Now I am with OrangeFox and I will try tomorrow to Root it and see is there any connection between Magisk and recovery software (OrangeFox or TWRP).
Reg
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So,
Resolved issue of bootloops:
after you install SU like Magisk, and wan to freeze apps by Titanium Backup or Neo-Backup, Apps which causes bootloops are ROM's Phone and Massages (In my case, for 16.1, 18.1, 19.1), I freeze Audio.apk who need to be shutdown for Viper4Android app who takes audio management and freezing is OK.
But Phone and Massages which are frozen cause bootloops, so you need to return from freeze state somehow in TWRP or OrangeFox with file management or revert backup. Revert backup is easier .
Camera; found issue when suddenly is out of work and cannot be connected to app. Also have problems with video cast Skype, Viber, Whatsapp, Telegram video is frozen. Hardly switch in Camera app from Camera mode to Video mode and vice-versa.
Clock & Info; missing dock icons and info, can't "capture" moment for reason when they disappear but after a while all is returned again.
P2oggle, left switch button work okey in form of 0.4 version.
Reg,
thanks on the development for this 19.1 ROM.
Zdeslav said:
Camera; found issue when suddenly is out of work and cannot be connected to app. Also have problems with video cast Skype, Viber, Whatsapp, Telegram video is frozen. Hardly switch in Camera app from Camera mode to Video mode and vice-versa.
Clock & Info; missing dock icons and info, can't "capture" moment for reason when they disappear but after a while all is returned again.
P2oggle, left switch button work okey in form of 0.4 version.
Reg,
thanks on the development for this 19.1 ROM.
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Hello,
I've been using this ROM as my daily driver and couldn't confirm this camera bug, could you please give a few extra details? I tested on Telegram app. Which version are you using? The Play Store's one or the one from Telegram's official website? Did you give the app "While using app" permission or "Ask every time" permission for camera? Are you sure the QS Tile "Camera access" is activated (available) when the mentioned bug occurs?
Regarding the Clock widget, yes, there's a small glitch and I'm not sure on how to fix it, if it doesn't load at all, a system reboot should fix it.
P2oggle v1.2 is 100% working as far as I can tell, so you guys can try it too if you want.
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-Scaler for brightness level is weird, very different from the original Lenovo roms. Anyway, not really important, but something that I noticed.
-Missing haptic feedback when using the fingerprint reader as a gesture button. Again, not critical, but I am really accustomed to it and thus I noticed immediately.
-Missing haptic feedback intensity regulation, or could not find it. It's there for general call/notification vibration, but if I remember correctly lineage could also change haptic.
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I'm not sure if it's possible to "fix" the brightness slider.
If with "haptic feedback" you mean the phone vibration, you can just adjust it to your liking in Settings > Lenovo parts > Vibration strength, it should affect fp reader too, dunno if it affects call vibration but IFAIK it should.
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Leo_97
I've been using this ROM as my daily driver and couldn't confirm this camera bug, could you please give a few extra details? I tested on Telegram app. Which version are you using? The Play Store's one or the one from Telegram's official website? Did you give the app "While using app" permission or "Ask every time" permission for camera? Are you sure the QS Tile "Camera access" is activated (available) when the mentioned bug occurs?
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Yes on latest Telegram app from web site, tried with Google Meet, Whatsapp, Viber.., always breaking connection with API/drivers. Yes I gave all permissions to Camera. If I am not giving permissions for camera, I have always noticed to confirm what I am giving, so I am excluded from this solution. And clean storage and cashe from app regular but not prevail.
But, in a while after installed a new ROM without giving SU/Root I noticed this behavior, right after I wrote earlier post up. My bad .
Choppy startup of camera, can't easily transfer from video 2 camera and vice-versa, so I tell to my self to test intensively.
Regarding the Clock widget, yes, there's a small glitch and I'm not sure on how to fix it, if it doesn't load at all, a system reboot should fix it.
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Yes after a while it is returned back without reboot. weird.
P2oggle v1.2 is 100% working as far as I can tell, so you guys can try it too if you want.
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Didn't know about P2oggle v1.2 app, thx
March 29th 2023 Release
Changelog:
- Fetch latest Device Tree sources
- Update LOS components webview & zlib
- Sync latest LOS source
- Merge March security patch
- Many more changes
Full change log available on the bottom of this post
Download URLs: GDrive | SF
Note: Please, before flashing, carefully read the instructions from the 3rd post above to avoid breaking your system.
Enjoy!
Big Thank you for this release. Will try it. - test
Great job, dude.
Previous versions had some buggy charging driver that left a wakelock running after each charging, and u had to restart phone each time or leave it to slowly drain battery by not going to sleep.
Somehow this problems seems to be gone in your build and that is awesome.
I've been using the build for about 2 weeks now and so far everything seems to be working fine.
April 09th 2023 Release
Change log:
- Fetch latest Device Tree sources (lots of changes)
- Update LOS components:
-- lineage: Track the FMRadio App and dependencies
- Sync latest LOS source
- Many more changes
Full change log available on the bottom of this post
Download URLs: GDrive | SF
Note: Dirty flash is unsupported for this build, please make a clean flash
Enjoy!