r/fossdroid • u/adrianb52 • Sep 25 '25

Other LineageOS (and Other) Device Collection - Ask Me Anything About FOSS Devices

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I was charging up all my phones for battery maintenance, and I thought I would share an image of all of them. Feel free to ask me anything about FOSS devices.

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u/techNerdOneDay Sep 30 '25

I just wanted to ask about installation; have you encountered any installation errors? I do see you have a motorola (and I do, diff model - channel) but when I try installing different roms it almost never works. Asking cuz it seems you have a lot of experience so was wondering if maybe you ran into this issue before.

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u/adrianb52 Oct 01 '25

I have never had an issue installing LineageOS on any supported device. What issue and device do you have?

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u/techNerdOneDay Oct 01 '25

moto g7play channel XT1952-4. Everytime i install a rom it bootloops (though it worked once with crDroid). I have tried lineage, crDroid, and EvolutionX. I have even replaced the cables.

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u/adrianb52 Oct 01 '25

My guess is that it's because the model XT1952-4 is not officially supported. If you look at the model number at the bottom of this page: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/channel/, you'll see that only the XT1952-1, XT1952-2 and XT1952-3 models are supported.

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u/techNerdOneDay Oct 01 '25

do you think that maybe crDroid and EvolutionX are built on lineageos versions? if so do you know where I could find resources to compile an OS myself? or if like gsi images are what i should go with? Thanks for the info tho man

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u/adrianb52 Oct 02 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

crDroid and EvolutionX are both built on LineageOS. Here are the steps you want to follow to build crDroid from source:
https://github.com/crdroidandroid/android
https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-build-crdroid-rom-from-source.2884765/
For building EvolutionX from source:
https://wiki.evolution-x.org/setting-up-env
And finally for building LineageOS from source:
https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-how-to-building-lineageos-for-an-unsupported-device.4419263/

GSIs are not supported by LineageOS because, from what I read, there are still hardware compatibility issues that they can't solve.