Lineage OS

I'm thinking that I might need to get a new battery but I want to check the health of my current one.

It suddenly appeared and it doesn't do anything. Does anyone else has it?

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I've heard and read recently about a warrant that shows that the US government is monitoring push notifications on iOS and Android. This is possible because push notifications mostly work remotely, using "push notification post office" servers at Apple and Google.

I am aware that certain apps; such as Threema, Signal, Proton, Tuta, and others; use their own servers for push, but not all apps will do this. So, as a deGoogled operating system, how exactly does LineageOS handle push notifications?

I just noticed there's an app installed on a recently acquired pixel 4a 5g, "android system intelligence", which I never found installed on other phones like moto or xiaomi ones.

It also had by default a bunch of permissions granted, which I removes, and only left it with notifications.

Is this a system app I should leave working with more permissions? Should I disable it instead (if possible, I didn't try)?

Is it required for an android system proper functionality? Is it bad to remove all permissions except by the notifications one? Does this damage functionality?

I'm just suspecting about an "android intelligence" thing.

What have others done about it?

Hi !

I recently got a pixel 4a 5g (bramble), and when installing, I noticed there's a difference with respect other phones I've installed lineageos on, like motorola, xiomi redmi 4x (discontinued) and others.

On this pixel, and probably others, one needs to flash a boot.img, a dtbo.img and a vendor_boot.img, before sideloading lineageos. The vendor_boot.img is supposed to be the equivalent to the recovery.img.

On other phones there's only a recovery.img to flash, prior to sideloading lineageos.

Now, on this pixel majore version upgrades I see documented only the sideload of lineageos. For other phones I usually upgrade both, the recovery.img and then sideload the new major version of lineage. So not sure if I should then should flash all images, boot, dtbo and vendor_boot, when upgrading on major versions. I guess I could, but I'm wondering.

Moreover, even on same major OTA upgrades, I'm wondering what gets upgraded, if I have selected OTA upgrades to also upgrade recovery image, would it just upgrade the vendor_boot one, or would it flash all other images?

It's just that it involves flashing several other images, not matching the ones for other phones, :)

Thanks !

Okay, I have a Google Pixel 4a with LineageOS (sunfish). I followed the instructions given at this site, and created a Seedvault backup.

I had my phone plugged into my laptop via USB, and transfer of files for USB was enabled; so, the laptop could access the phone's files via MTP. However, this was not seen as an option for where the backup was to be created (IE, it did not give the option to create the backup on the hard drive of the laptop via a file transfer with MTP). So, I created it on the phone.

I have since copied that file to my laptop. Specifically, I copied the backup file which was created, that being .SeedVaultAndroidBackup, to my laptop. My laptop runs Debian Linux.

So, a few questions:

1.) will I be able to restore from the backup file, .SeedVaultAndroidBackup, that exists on my laptop? Or will this not work, given that it wasn't originally created there?

2.) if the answer to (1.) is "yes", then will I be able to delete the backup that was made on my phone?

3.) is there a way to create a backup with Seedvault specifically on my laptop, rather than copying the created backup file afterword? I wonder if there was a setting with USB transfer (MTP) that could be adjusted (IE, making the laptop the focus rather than the phone).

I recently bought a Google Pixel 4a. The link from the title outlines that security updates from Google will soon be ending for the Pixel 4a (though there was a surprise update in November, but no further updates are expected).

Yet, in spite of that, I assume that LineageOS security updates will continue for this phone, since for a variety of other older phones they have continued. But, I wonder, how will this be achieved? Is there information on how LineageOS creates and releases security updates for the devices that it supports?

Any Degoogled FOSS LineageOS ROMS for handheld pc gaming devices such as the Logitech G Cloud? Would be cool to have a privacy focused ROM for these kinds of devices and use Moonlight from F-Droid to stream from your gaming computer.

Google offered me a heck of a deal on a Pixel 8, so I took the offer. I already miss LineageOS on my Pixel 3. I miss the AOSP sounds, the custom network meter in the status bar, and the full control over updating.

Anyone else upgrade and instantly regret it?

So I have a Chuwi Hi9Air (is a tablet) and I wanted to put LineageOS on it but I have some questions.

1. I found this guide but it's 2 years old that makes me install Android 10. I know that the current LineageOS GSI is Android 13, so which one should I install?

2. If I should install Android 13, here, on the list of Android GSI there are 2 GSI versions ("LineageOS TD-based" and "LineageOS"Light"" ), which one should I install?

Because mine isn't anymore: https://gitlab.com/LineageOS/issues/android/-/issues/6353

I'd like to get some confirmation on this.

Is there a possibility to have a quick access button on the lock screen to go the camera app ?

I love lineage OS (thanks everybody who puts the time into this) but I miss this feature a lot.

Thanks in advance for your answer.

^Qn.

Any alternative for Digital Wellbeing ( eg: to check my screen time ) , in Microg

I'm trying to migrate from my old LineageOS phone to my new LineageOS phone (both rooted, both without gapps) Is there any list of applicable methods or apps for this? Have you ever done something like this? Any advice and relevant links greatly appreciated.

I am trying to get roaming working but it doesn't seem to want to jump to the closest AP

I switched devices, from Samsung to Pixel. Everything fine except I want to keep my 100+ wifi-connections. I tried a Neo Backup, but that doesn't seen to do anything. I copied WifiConfigStore.xml but it gets replaced. Do you have an up-to-date recommendation how to get this done?

Lineage os has enough market share that many foss apps would add support for it. It then could be ported to other Roms so that we could have a Foss notification method

I would like for app search to start right as I enter the app drawer and I want the app to start as enough chars are typed to match the app without additional clicks. I'm aware of 0launcher, kiss, and others launchers doing this (I believe I tried all launchers vailable on f-droid) but I want to stay with trebuchet style drawer. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

I'm using Redmi Note 9, the build I'm using is 20-20230811-microG-merlinx. Everything works as expected, and I love it so far. However, when I'm trying to do remote play on my PC, I realize that my DS4 is not working. It worked perfectly in MIUI 12.5

Step that I've taken: Using 1controller module DS4 kl module Insert .kl file to my keyboard folder

Nothing works. Any help would be appreciated :)

Hello. My main question is covered in the title of this post.

I have experience with installing LineageOS, and currently have it on a Fairphone 2. However, this question is pertaining to a friend who has a Google Pixel 3 that is not working properly. It frequently shuts shuts off and reboots after being turned on. She often needs to hold the power button to be able to read texts without it going blank and rebooting. I suggested she may need to free up some space, so she deleted some video files from it, and there is sufficient space now, but this made no difference.

So, as outlined in the title, I'm wondering if a LineageOS can be installed while preserving her user files -- similar to installing a different Linux distribution on a computer that has a separate /home partition (IE, preserving the home partition). Is this possible on an Android phone such as the Pixel 3?