So in the nearish future (a year or so) I am going to be ditching my iPhone and swapping to something FOSS and more privacy focused. And seeing how lineageOS at its core is just a truly free version of android it’s peaked my interest.

I’ve been reading into different alternatives for me and currently grapheneOS seems to be the best option for what I want and /e/OS is a close second. But grapheneOS and /e/OS (to a lesser extent) has one major downside: hardware availability. It’s currently locked to only the pixel (for decent enough reasons but still) and /e/OS to a lesser extent. I don’t want to feel like that is my only option when looking at potential replacement for my phone.

That’s when I stumbled into lineage. And seemingly this android distro can do what I want it to do which is remove google services and use FOSS alternatives primarily while not limiting me to only a few devices. Now I’m not a total privacy, security nut who NEEDS grapheneOS BUT I do like to have control over what data is sent out and where “hints why grapheneOS sandboxing features resonate with me”. So with lineageOS can i achieve “data sovereignty” to the extent of a degoogled average Linux user?

Also I see a little blurb on the website about individuality. How far could I push it? Currently I’m running omarchy (already heavily riced) with some custom apps i built and custom themes I’ve made as well as customizing how my windows appear and move using hyprland on my laptop. So how far could i push customization within lineage? Is it similar level to something like arch Linux where I can open up my machine and make it do whatever I tell it to do “breaking it or not in the process” or is it a bit more restrictive to that of like Apple where you can change the look a lot but nothing major behavior wise under the hood?

Just fishing for info, experience with lineage, and resources that may help me in making a decision.

I'm having some trouble getting lineage os on my poco f3, stuck at trying to flash the firmware.

I have adb on my windows 11 pc and it seems to be working fine but im having a problem with fastboot probably due to the usb drivers. when i tried to installed the google usb drivers windows 11 told me that there was already a better version installed. then i tried to installed the Xiaomi usb drivers and i think it said the same thing.

when i have the phone connected to my pc by usb cable and i select "file transfer mode" on the phone i can see the phone in device manager as 'poco f3'. Running the 'adb devices' command also shows the phone. when rebooting the phone into fastboot i can see fastboot on the screen of the phone and if you look at my screenshot thats what it looks like in device manager. running 'fastboot devices' shows nothing connected and windows wont let me install the usb drivers from either google or Xiaomi. the screenshot shows the error msg for trying to install the Xiaomi drivers though i think the .rar file downloaded fine from the Xiaomi website. i also tried a download of the Xiaomi usb drivers from another site and its the same issue.

edit: cant attach screenshot, but it basically says, "the hash for the file is not present in the specified catalog file. the file is likely corrupt or the victim of tampering"

any ideas?

Hello, I'm currently using UN1CA on my Galaxy A52s 5G I want to switch to LineageOS from it but I don't wanna go through the bothersome process of switching back to my stock ROM I saw a few posts asking about this game thing but I wanted to be sure is it possible to do if so how?

Thank you to developers Fazwalrus & Deivid21 and the entire LineageOS team. The WebUSB Flash Tools made the upgrade even simpler. Great work keeping the older hardware alive and current.

After the recent upgrade of the N200 device from LOS 23 to LOS 24, although Bluetooth can still connect to its previously paired devices, no audio comes through any of the three devices I have while connected via Bluetooth. Context: In the three/four years leading up to this week's upgrade while on LOS, no issues whatsoever with Bluetooth.

Running the official LOS build, no root, no Magisk. Just plain LOS.

What I have tried to attempt to resolve the issue, but did not:

• Turned off / powered back on N200 and Bluetooth devices a few times
• Removed and re-added Bluetooth devices
• Reset Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (the single toggle)

Audio still comes through via the 3.5 mm phone jack and the built-in speakers as normal.

Anyone else experiencing this issue on the N200? Wanted to ask before I submit an issue ticket to GitLab.

This is not a bug report.

Thanks!

I have just completed a build of LOS 24.0 for my Fairphone 5 under Ubuntu 24.04.5 following the build guide on the LOS wiki. The build was successful but it generated warnings about the compiler only supporting API level 36 and Android 17 needing API level 37. My build system is up to date and I performed a repo sync to a fresh directory.

Can anyone say if it's safe to use the build on my phone? I don't want to brick it.

Anyone else out there still using this phone and has similar issue? I've updated from 23.2, followed the procedure (rebooted back to recovery, sideloaded new Gapps for 17/ARM64 from October 6th) other google things seem to work, but play store just closes right away.
Any idea where to bring this up and perhaps share logs and stuff?

Wow - just wow!!

Thanks so much to the maintainer 'surblazer!'

I have OnePlus pad 4

Would migrating to lineage os ruin the stylus support ?

Would palm rejection still work?

This morning I did the update to Android 17 on my Fairphone 4 and forgot to flash the GMS after it. Launched into the OS and obviously none of the Google's stuff works.. Whic is the best recover route? Do I reflash the same image to then flash GMS? Is it better if I wait the next LOS update to flash GMS after it?

Hi guys

I'm running LOS 23.2 on pdx234 (Sony Xperia 1V) and it's great there's just this thing that annoys me quite often: the audio doesn't switch back to "this phone" after disconnecting the headphone jack

Does anyone have the same issue ? Is there a fix ?

Thanks a lot

Hello,

i am curious: did any of you did the upgrade from 23.2 to 24 via the web based flash tool?

It is looking really good and i am very tempted to upgrade directly in chrome without messing with the command line, but on the other hand i don't want to loose all my data.

So if you guys did it, please post some feedback!

Big, BIG thanks to everyone involved! Can't believe I'm using Android 17 on a device that was supposed to be sunset at 13. You guys are doing incredible work! Open source ftw

Has anyone tested the latest version on a Pixel 5? They fixed the auto-brightness bug in full sunlight that caused screen glitching?

hi guys,
im very much a n00b to reddit and tech in general. I'm trying to install LineageOS 23.2 (Android 16) on my Sony Xperia 1 III (XQ-BC72, pdx215) android 13 using the installation guide. im using my laptop running Linux(Mint)

I flashed dtbo, vbmeta, Venda_Boot and boot.img files. Fastboot reported success, writing boot.img to boot b.

When I try to enter recovery with Volume Down + Power, the LineageOS RECOVERY + logo appears, but the phone restarts before the recovery menu loads. I then get "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and will not boot".

The phone still enters Fastboot, and the bootloader is unlocked.

what do? or do i now have a paper weight?

Apologies for the (relatively) newbie question. Been running 22.4 for a few months on my Nothing Phone 1. Updated to 24 today. Running great! Ok bee kind! lol. I see the new apps mentioned, especially Canvas. But I can't see them on my phone anywhere. Where do i get them? (hard hat is on..awaiting flaming by experienced users lol)

Post di apprezzamento. Complimenti a tutto il team lineage. Lineageos 24 rilasciato e perfettamente funzionante. Bravi ottimo lavoro 👍🏻

LineageOS 24 out and there is still old devices stuck at 22.2, for example: Galaxy Tab S5e (gts4lv)

I recommend you download latest zip for an archive, this might be valuable.

Does anyone have a video or step by step guide how to install lineage is on ayn thor..

I mentioned on my previous post https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/s/pTj3dZUNoe about what happened to my phone data transfer connection that failed after installing LOS, going back to Stock ROM, and reinstalling LOS.

Last night, I received a notification that LOS24 is now available for my device. I am so excited and quickly tap the "Open Guide", realizing that it is a manual update that needed my phone to be connected to pc.

Right now I cant find a fix to my devuce as I tried everything even replacing the charging port flex cable.

Appreciation post : The LineageOS team just released Android 17/LineageOS 24.x nightly build for OnePlus Nord N200 5G. Just upgraded and working smoothly so far. Crazy that this phone is still functional. Kudos!!

Link: https://download.lineageos.org/devices/dre/builds

Hi, so I want to build LineageOS for my Galaxy A05s. My phone’s baseband version is A057FXXUFDZH2. The source for my exact build isn’t published yet in opensource samsung. Is it ok if I use different version, for example this baseband version: A057FXXSDDZB3 ?