[MeMO Pad 7 Original Android Development] lambdadroid:
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*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
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LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

NOTE: LineageOS 14.1 is no longer updated. Consider using LineageOS 16.0 instead.

About this project

This is not a regular ROM. Usually, ROMs are based on certain components of the stock system (e.g. the kernel and certain proprietary components). This is a completely new ROM with a new Linux kernel and new implementations for all system components. It is not goal of this project to reach full hardware support or to make it perfectly stable. I will try my best, of course, but I mostly see this as a research project for myself to see how much you can implement with open-source components.

New features

Android 7.1.2 (LineageOS 14.1) with latest security patches

Linux 4.14 kernel

Vulkan graphics (experimental)

Less/no bloatware

Full backlight control (allows much lower brightness)

F2FS (with a compatible recovery)

USB OTG

Rootless Substratum theme engine

Signature spoofing (allows using MicroG instead of proprietary Google Play Services)

WireGuard

Tested features

Everything not mentioned here is likely not working.

Device boots

Graphics (OpenGL etc)

Charging

WiFi

Sound (Speaker + Headphones), Microphone (quality is pretty bad though...)

Bluetooth (incl. Bluetooth Audio (A2DP))

Accelerometer (used for device rotation), magnetometer (needs verification that it is reporting values correctly)

Backlight control

SD Card

Hardware video acceleration (experimental)

DRM (e.g. for Netflix and other streaming apps, experimental)

Full disk encryption

Planned features (not working yet)

Suspend/Deep sleep states

Not planned

Camera: See issue #47 on GitHub

GPS: See issue #48 on GitHub

FAQ

How is the battery live? Screen-on time is probably similar if not longer, but there is a lot of battery drain in standby mode (even worse than on the ASUS system). I recommend that you turn off the tablet when you're not using it.

How do I obtain root access? There are various ways, but the recommended way for LineageOS is to flash addonsu. For some reason Lineage's x86 addonsu isn't working correctly. Download and flash addonsu-14.1-me176c-signed.zip instead. However, note that this will break SafetyNet. Use Magisk alternatively.

Can I use Netflix with this ROM? Yes.

Installation

Preparation

Make sure you are running Android Lollipop (5.0).

You need an unlocked bootloader. The recommended bootloader is me176c-boot, but in case of problems you can also use the older bootloader.

Install TWRP. I recommend downloading the latest version of TWRP from the separate thread.

Make a full backup of the ASUS system. You may want to go back to it.

Do a full factory reset. Wipe data and cache partitions.

Install the ZIP provided below.

Download

System image (install as ZIP in recovery): lineage-14.1-20180926-UNOFFICIAL-me176c-signed.zip

TWRP recovery image: Available in a separate thread.

Optional: Download Google apps (x86 for Android 7.1): Open GApps

Optional: Root access: addonsu-14.1-me176c-signed.zip (Magisk is also working if you prefer that)

Optional: Custom build of Xposed that doesn't cause boot loops: xposed-v89-sdk25-x86-me176c-signed.zip (flash it in recovery)

XDA:DevDB Information

Unofficial LineageOS for ASUS MeMO Pad 7 (ME176C(X)), ROM for the Asus MeMO Pad 7

Contributors

lambdadroid

Source Code: https://github.com/me176c-dev

ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat

ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x

Based On: LineageOS

Version Information

Status: No Longer Updated

Created 2017-07-07

Last Updated 2020-05-12