Fuck these companies

I just installed Lineage OS on an old Galaxy Tab S6 Lite. Turns out I need MicroG to make one app work (Clip studio Paint). This is my second Lineage install, so while familiar, I am still new to it. Do I have to re install the Lineage fork with Microg found here from scratch? Or is there a way to get MicroG with the existing lineage installed?

@keepandroidopen — this is the final push for our freedom of choice. Without swift action, Europe risks losing control and paying a high price to stay connected to the digital world we value.
Here are some alternative operating systems to consider:
- @GrapheneOS
- @lineageos
- @murena /e/OS
- @sailfishosnews
Let’s explore these options or develop other alternatives to keep our digital future open and accessible.

Hi,

I have this terrible old little tablet that was shit even when new with the stock OS. I’ve found on the Lineage website that the regular A7 tab was supported, but I didn’t find anything on the lite.

I’ve checked and it’s an SM-T225. Is it possible to easily install lineage on this device? I finally found a use for it and wouldn’t want to generate ewaste.

Sorry if it’s a dumb question, I don’t know too much about mobile devices.

My only problem with it is when u swipe up to the homescreen navigation window, that navigation bar is not blured. Which makes it look realy bad in darkmode, u can't even see your icon's border (if they are themed). Nothing can't be fixed with modules, but why not come with stock 😭.

yay 🫤

Why? Who would need that?

So, here we go again. The first time I had an issue was because of a scam card. Now, I have a real SD card. Problem: I have been trying to move music and photos to it to keep on my new device (Moto G Stylus 5G 2022 / milanf) and when I insert it into my phone it says "Issue with SD card." And it wants me to set it up. However, when I plug it into a computer it's totally fine. I can't find any answers online, and the only other issue I saw similar was someone using a Xiaomi device running LOS 17. I didn't have the issue on my phone until the most recent LOS 23 update on the 8th of Jan. What do I do to resolve this? I don't want to have to carry multiple devices with me, for the time being, to access certain photos or music.

• edit: I neglected to add this detail. It has been formatted by the Lineage device, but the issue persists.

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/56970410

I just got a new device and flashed LineageOS to it. No issues there, that part is fine. What isn't fine is that I am trying to move music, videos, and pictures from my old device to the new one. Old device is stock Android, however hardware-wise the charging port / USB C port exploded a few years ago, so I can't plug it into anything to move things that way, and have to rely on either swapping SD cards back and forth or trying to use a nearby share service or cloud service. Problems: the cloud service I use is dogshit and the upload/download speeds are awful. Part of that is being stuck with the worst ISP and the other part is that it's not a great service and found out way too late. Not a viable option. The nearby share application I use is called LocalSend and it works fine, but I still seem to not have ALL the files I'm trying to move despite watching it move every single file. Lastly, when I have used the SD card swapping method, formatting it to different things, etc. I still have the issue of not all the files I want show up AT ALL. Example: trying to copy over roughly 14k to 27k songs, but each method I have used only produces approx. ~5k songs in total. What is going on here? I also have realized that I cannot write images in bulk to the SD card from the old device, as it stops and then gives me a warning about how it's been set to read only. The music when I transfer it this way does not give me the same message, but I still end up with a fraction of what I actually have. Is this an error mostly with the SD card and should I just buy a new one, or do you think there's something else going on here? I really want to move everything over and not have to just give up. I'll take whatever suggestions I can get. Only reason I think it could be an SD card issue is that when I tried to do backups of all data on both devices it fails each time. No specific errors other than just saying it fails.

any valid reasons?

Today I bought Xiaomi 12 pro for 100$ (a lot of money for me) it's considered a "flagship phone" by xiaomi back in the day, but after I got it home tried to unlock bootloader but it made impossible by xiaomi (I did checked on LineageOS site and see that the phone is supported with my model number that's why I bought it), you have no idea how much I wanna throw it to the brick wall but I need a phone for work I spare it for now but when I got my old Pixel 3 fixed I might have a little "fun" with it.

I didn't add the google tools to my LineageOS install, so I don't have the play store. Would kind of like Cash App, my bank app, etc, but don't want to download from a random site for obvious reasons. For instance, cash app is available here.

Is there a trustworthy source for these kinds of apks? Or does everyone just use websites/do without.

I was using it without any problems in 21. I think I should downgrade.

When Menschen museum roof merge with Berlin TV tower

Fairphone FP 4 running Lineage OS + MicroG #freesoftware #fair

Not so bad for a simple smartphone camera at night with all parameters set to auto or default and a very beginner photographer (no tricks here) 😀

#Photography #Berlin #PhoneShot

@lineageos @microg @WeAreFairphone

Can anyone help?

hey so i'm looking to finally change from android to a custom rom cause of what google is about to do, but i cant really find anything online about whether my phone is supported. I was able to find out that it might be a rebrand of a moto g play but i'm not sure. anyone know anything? (model name: T790W)

I'm on a phone with A/B partitions (slots?), and just did a LineageOS OTA update.
I forgot to resinstall Magisk after the update applied and before the reboot.
Yet Magisk is still there and my phone is rooted.

Is "Install to inactive slot" in Magisk not needed anymore? I've been doing it for years.

Weird icon on text app on Android 15.

I just bought a oneplus phone from a friend for 30€ only needing some cheap repairs. As I tested the camera on different apps, I realised, the photo quality is good only in the default app (not in gcam or opencamera). Is there a OOS camera port for this device or something similar?

Hi guys is there/ was there any support for LG D505 (android 4.4).

Not sure who needs to read this, but if like me you're using Android Auto with your LineageOS/other libre OS smartphone, you probably need to go to Android Auto's development settings (click 10x on Android Auto's version number) > "Allow apps from unknown sources", so that apps from Aurora Store/F-Droid can connect correctly to Android Auto. I used to have "Media Unavailable" whenever I tried to play things on my car, and this fixed it.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60123252

Unihertz is one of the only phone manufacturers still making small phones. The Jelly Max is the only compact 5G Android phone on the market.

BUT... Unihertz has a terrible track record when it comes to supporting their phones. Most OEMs issue Android and security updates for years. Unihertz phones often get less than 1 year of software/firmware support, including security updates. In a recent email to me, Unihertz confirmed, verbatim, "We don't update our phones very often. And we're not sure of the exact frequency of updates."

This is crazy, and it doesn't have to be this way. Chris Allegretta has argued that Unihertz could allow the Lineage project to take over the Jelly Max and ensure that the phone is supported for years to come, simply by sending them some restore zips and 5 pre-prod units. That's it!

Tell Unihertz: Either support the Jelly Star, or help the Lineage team take it over.

Unihertz also told me, "we do collect user feedback and forward it to our technical department. They will evaluate the feedback and implement updates if necessary." So let's give 'em some feedback!

Their email is:

service@unihertz.com

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The left side of the image above shows how icons currently look in LineageOS even when the dark theme is enabled in the phone settings. At least when using the default launcher, Trebuchet (com.android.launcher3).
Right side is how I imagine that icons should look like with dark theme enabled.
Ideally, this change should take affect across whole system. So on home screen, in the app drawer and in all other parts of the UI where app icons get displayed.

My two questions for you:

1. Any ideas or suggestions for what options or workarounds could be used to achieve this right now?
   • Yes, launcher with support for custom icons could mitigate part of this issue.
   • Themed Icons affects just home screen and changes whole icons instead of just background.
2. What would be the development / contribution process for introducing this functionality into LineageOS by default?
   • LineageOS issue tracker prohibits submission of feature requests. Which part of the internet would then be most appropriate for discussion about how to make this happen?
   • Is this even within a scope of LineageOS? Should this feature be implemented within AOSP in order to get introduced into LOS?

Hey :)

A couple of days ago, hotspot and usb-tethering stopped working on my phone (running lineageOS).

I can still connect to the phone through hotspot and usb-tethering and my computer shows a connection just as it did before. However, no data passes through the connection. I'm connected to the phone, but I'm still offline.

I still have a connection to the internet on my phone. The only problem I experience on my phone, is that the settings application crash whenever I try to open hotspot settings.

Two things happened around the time, that it stopped working. First, I reached the limit on how much data I can use in my phone subscription, but it did reset for this month. The second was a systems update to lineageOS.

Are there any recommendations as to how I can fix this ? :)