Hello, LineageOS 17.1

I love the project but I worry about the brain trust working on and improving the project getting massive "OMGWTF?!" offers to work full-time for Google on Android itself. Over-paying per head to lure the main devs away from Lineage would be a devious and effective way to put a stop to it.

Although possible, I wish installing operative systems in phones was as simple as it is for computers. I'm already hearing experts saying it is the simple but it's not :(

Excellent project, and glad 10 finally came through. I never buy a phone that isn&#x27;t supported by LineageOS, and it&#x27;s the first thing I install when I get a new (or old!) one.<p>I see my Pixel is not yet supported though (by 17.1). Could not find a list of phones that should be getting support later on. Anyone know if I am missing something?

Two months ago I bought an OP3T on Ebay specifically for LOS 16 and I am super happy with it.<p>Actually, I am running LOS for microG so I can still use apps like Uber, Moia or FreeNow.<p>OnePlus phones have been so far the best devices for LOS. OP phones are great by themselves. One reason why they have been so consistently supported by the LOS project is because the boot loader is unlocked with ease.

Having OnePlus phones running OxygenOS completely removed any need I previously had to flash a custom rom as soon as I bought it.<p>It&#x27;s such a nice out of the box pure Android experience with monthly updates. They are doing a stellar job.<p>Its still great to know once they drop support I can keep my OnePlus 6 going for a few extra years with LinageOS.<p>If you have a phone that runs like crap because of all the bloat I can&#x27;t recommend flashing Linage enough.

Removed 16.0 devices:<p>Wilefox Storm (kipper)<p>Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro (violet)<p>Yu Yuphoria (lettuce)<p>---<p>I bought a device with the express purpose of installing Lineage OS and not having to worry about it for the next ~5 years. Less than four months later support was removed.

I want LineageOS so badly, but it does not support the Samsung A50. (Frankly, no projects like it apparently do) I didn&#x27;t know before I bought it and now I&#x27;m stuck with it. :&#x2F;

It&#x27;s till unclear to me if I can now just download the new zip, download the new openGapps (on the phone), boot to twrp, select both zips and boot into them keeping all my apps and their data. I don&#x27;t need adb right? Also, I don&#x27;t need to loose any data, right?<p>Edit: Well for anyone reading this, I just did this and everything works and I have android 10 (with all apps and their data intact. Took 10 min, very nice).

I was quite happy to use LineageOS for my Nexus 5X and it worked great up to the point where my bootloader was now unlocked and certain apps, like for the bank or remote access apps, did not work anymore, as they considered the device unsecure. Do other phones allow you to flash the bootloader checksum, so you can lock it again?

Does this call out to google services by default? I stopped paying attention after they rejected MicroG.

If only there could be an open source desktop version of Android on par with Samsung&#x27;s Dex...

Upgrading to LineageOS 17.1 on Fairphone 2 via adb sideload worked like a breeze for me. Seems to be fully functional. Kudos to the maintainer chrmhoffmann!<p>Notes:<p>- It looks almost like 16.0, except for some icons.<p>- There is no root image available so far, so you can’t use e.g. Adaway for now.

Disappointed they didn&#x27;t add any new google devices. It seems odd to me they built this off of the Pixel 4 tag but they don&#x27;t support the Pixel 4 (or the 2,or 3, or 3A).<p>I&#x27;ll just keep running vanilla AOSP on my 3A :&#x2F;

I am very eager to see the number of handsets supported increase. Right now only my Galaxy S4 is supported; I would like to put this on my Nokia 3.1 Plus!

I would LOVE, LOVE, for them to setup auto update without having to manually install everytime new update comes around. Still running OS 14 on Galaxy S5.

Sorry, but LineageOS is pretty much a joke now. Most maintainers just randomly stop maintaining devices after a little bit of time. Also, there is shady stuff at the limits of legality when it comes to proprietary binaries. They preach security is their focus, but doesn&#x27;t look like that.<p>Also, vendor roms are quite good already, no need to install unstable roms like it&#x27;s 2015.