[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] samej71:
Stock Verizon Galaxy S5 6.0.1 to LineageOS 14.1 with root and TWRP 3.1.1.0

I wanted to share my experience too, upgrading my wife's Verizon Galaxy S5 6.0.1 (with CID 15' Sasmung eMMC) to LineageOS 14.1 (android 7.1.2) with root and TWRP 3.1.1.0

General notes:

I followed instructions in post #3

When I got to step #8, clicking "Make it ra1n" gave me a kernel panic. I rebooted the phone and repeated step #8 and it worked for me the second time. If it doesn't for you, search this thread for things other people have tried with success.

Installation of BusyBox (or was it SuperSu?) hung on "removing old files" (or similar message). I simply hit the home button and ignored the fact it was hung. I was able to continue the steps without issue.

After step #15 in post #3:

16. I downloaded the following to the external SD card:

LineageOS 14.1 for ktle (Samsung Galaxy S5 Qualcomm)

LineageOS extras "su (arm)" addon for root

Gapps ARM 7.1 Stock and copied to external SD card and flashed it in recovery then rebooted. Other people may want a lighter version instead of "stock", such as "pico" or "nano". If you are interested, click the "variant" column header to see a comparison table of what is in each variant of gapps before downloading. The name "stock" here does

not

have anything to do with the ROM, you still have the same ROM you installed.

17. Power Off Reboot Phone To Recovery. (Volume Up + Home + Power)

18. Choose "Wipe." Choose "Advanced Wipe". Select Dalvik Cache, Data, System, and Cache. Swipe "Swipe to wipe" bar.

19. When done, click the back button. Click "Install" and choose LineageOS zip. Repeat this step for both the Lineage su extra and GApps.

20. Reboot phone. It will take awhile to boot as it compiles all the apps for the first time.

21. Go to phone Settings -> About Phone -> and click the "build number" section repeatedly until developer tools are enabled (7 clicks?)

22. Click "back" and go into the new "Developer Tools" menu. Click "Root access" and select "Apps Only"

23. Press home button and launch Google Play store. Search for and install TWRP app.

24. Open TWRP app. Enable root option, grant root access. Choose "download" and select "Samsung" -> "Galaxy S5 Qualcomm" and then select the 3.1.1.0 "img" file (not the "img.tar"). After it downloads, from the main TWRP app menu choose install for the file you just downloaded (it should be shown in the app). After a few moments, you'll then have the latest TWRP (no reboot necessary).

I did this from memory, hopefully I didn't forget anything and my descriptions are close enough to what need to be selected that it can help someone else wanting to do install LineageOS with root and standard Google apps. You could probably cut out a few steps in the original post #3, but I just wanted to get the upgrade done and over with, with the highest likelihood of success, so I followed all of the steps in post #3 before doing my own thing.

Good luck, and if this post helps you in any way, please consider clicking the "Thanks!" button.

--James

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What happens when you try to install it? Do you get an error message and if so, what does it say?