Upgrading from *official* 14.1 to 15.1 (feedback/issues)

There was an official build from June 20 filenamed lineage-14.1-20180620-nightly-FP2-signed.zip.

Apart from that, I guess everything not containing “unofficial” in Settings - About phone - LIneageOS-Version or “test-keys” in Settings - About phone - Build number would strongly hint to official … but in the end you would have to know what you are running on your own phone :wink: .

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Thanks for your help.

To be honest, i have no idea about OTA or MicroG.
I have never seen this before so I guess i didn’t use it.
I installed lineage following the links in this forum only.
But I can use the built in updater to update LOS and if the date of 20 June 2018 matches with an official build… It should be official.
Also is written unofficial nowhere.

Yes, release dates in the screenshot match with official ones, so you have an official build. Don’t forget to make a backup and store it in you computer before attempting the update. That way, you’ll be able to restore it if anything goes wrong in the process (shit happens).

do i have to wipe something before the update? backup apparently is obvious…

It is a issue with Android 8. Manually update to 1.3.x and you’ll fix it. I thought they already pushed that update as the recommended, but I was wrong.

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Installed latest TWRP 3.2.3, then flashed the Update, Pico GAPPS and addonsu without problems. Thanks a lot :slight_smile:

But i cant find point described underneath. Where exactly is the three-dot-menu?
Thanks in advance.

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Okay, thanks. I wondered, because i already unchecked the point there but the Notifacations were still there. But after a reboot it seems to work.

What’s that status icon which tells you how much you’re up- and downloading? Kinda sad that with P they reserve that space due to notch (on all phones apparently :frowning: )

Settings

  • System (Languages, time, backup, updates)
    • Status bar
      • Network traffic monitor (Show current network traffic levels in the status bar)
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I just installed the first official lineage OS 15.1 build via TWRP coming from not official build. However, now I can enable root only for ADB, the majority of apps do not work and I have to reinstall them manually via f-droid or yalp. I think it is a root related problem. Should I install suaddon?
Thank you

I had a similiar problem when updating from unofficial LineageOS 15.1 to the official build. There was a permission problem with some apps (aparrently some settings were lost, and PrivacyGuard also lost some granted permissions). As a result, most of the apps I had installed crashed.

 Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: ConnectivityService: Neither user 10076 nor current process has android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Reinstalling the problematic apps solved the problem for me (no need to delete data/cache).

Edit: I just started over, some system apps crashed as well.

Is it just me or maybe the “wrong” impression of the first fully charged battery or did I have some settings set in a wrong way in 14.1? I have the Impression that my full charged battery again is lasting longer than in 14.1!

The increase was incremental in my perception with every new Android:

  • FPOS/FPOOS Android 5: I was happy when my battery lasted 10-12 Hours.
  • FPOS/FPOOS Android 6: No big change except that the phone was less hot, maybe 14 hours possible .
  • Lineage14.1+microg Android 7.1: 20-24 Hours with Little use, 18-20 Hours on a regular basis.
  • Lineage 15.1+ microg Android 8.1: My phone is running now since 24 hours and the battery settings predict it would run 10 hours more. And this eventhough I didn’t use the lowest brightness level as I did the versions before.

If this performance would be lasting in the next weeks, I am pretty impressed and finally satisfied.

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Yes, I have to reinstalled the majority of apps. However, I do not know why I can enable root only for ADB…

You probably need to flash the addonsu to enable root: https://download.lineageos.org/extras (be sure to check arm and 15.1 for the FP2)

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Just updated. Runs very smoothly and no special issues on my side so far, except from the already known issues.

Many thanks to Lineage team for keeping us up to date !!! :smiley:

BTW I still wonder what is the point of app authorizations limitation on Oreo, since the apps refuse to start when they are limited :stuck_out_tongue:
So … back to Xposed and Xprivacy like always.

I guess that Xprivacy should be more usable, but Trust’s Privacy Guard (formerly just Privacy Guard) provides what you want. E.g. you can grant the “contacts” system permission to an app refusing to work without it but tell Privacy Guard to pass an empty list. I do that with a pretty known closed-source IM app the world just keep forcing me to use, no matter which media scandal, :wink:

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I also upgraded successfully to 15.1 with a minor glitch: it didn’t recognize my 128 GB SD card which was formatted with exFAT. That worked fine with 14.1 but 15.1 said that the SD card was broken and needs to be formatted. So I checked the SD card on my PC where it worked fine, copied all the data and then reformatted with ext4 this time (I didn’t want to waste large blocks with FAT32). Now I am up and running again.
Thanks a lot for your work Chris!

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I had the same experience. My SanDisk 128 GB card was reported to be broken. In my windows 10 PC it was readable, albeit with a similar warning about being broken. Win 10 offered to fix it and that said it succeeded. Still no luck on the phone. I then copied everything to my PC, formatted the card on the PC and copied everything back. Again, no luck on the phone.
In the end I had to format the card on the phone and copy everything via MTP. Now it works.

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I noticed a little issue. When i use a secret chat in Telegram the word prediction from the stock keyboard doesn’t work. With another keyboard, AnySoftKeyboard for example, it works.