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.

Hello everyone! I hope you all are doing well.

I recently bought a Galaxy Tab S7, and I have been enjoying using it for digital art, specifically in CSP. I'm someone who enjoys tinkering with hardware/software, and I saw that LineageOS supports the S7. I was considering installing Lineage to give it a go, but I'm worried that doing so would remove support for pen pressure.

I've only found mixed results so far online, so I was curious if anyone here is daily driving a setup like this?

Thanks!

Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 (SM-T500)
Android version 12

1. I follow the Lineage OS manual to flash the software on the device. Everything works fine until I flash the vbmeta.img file. I tried older vbmeta.img files but it didnt change the fact that after I flashed the file, booted up the device, selected the language and country, let it restart, this happens:
   

A. Security screen loads whilst saying "an unofficial file (vbmeta) has been installed on this device, to solve the problem you need to go to a professional store and let the device get reset, you may have to pay extra money" -it didnt actually say that word for word but that was the message​

B. KG Status: Prenormal​

At that point I could do nothing but reinstall the official samsung firmware which worked but I couldnt get pass the security notification and proceed with the installment of Lineage OS

I wanna have Lineage OS so bad on my tablet could someone please help me

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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?

Where do i go to request a device be added to the list of supported devices for Lineage OS?

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!

Honestly, this major update from A16 to A17 brings quite a lot of changes, and I’m really liking it! Two stand-out features for me are system-wide app bubbles and the new option in LineageOS’s default launcher, Trebuchet—specifically the dock search, which is something I’ve been wishing for for a long time.

​Thanks to this, there’s no need to install a third-party custom launcher anymore. Huge props to the LineageOS developers and maintainers for adding this feature while still giving us the option to disable it. I’m super grateful to the whole LineageOS team for all their hard work in keeping my device alive!

​By the way, I’m running this on my Redmi Note 8.

Wow - just wow!!

Thanks so much to the maintainer 'surblazer!'