yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] VitorBraga:
I made this steps(except the backup, which turn into a bad idea :crying::crying:), but the heating issue persists, in any Oreo based rom that i flash. I'm wondering what i've making wrong, but i'm pretty sure i made everything like the post says. i will try later to install a past version and see what happens.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
I have no heating and battery issue on my phone and on this ROM what-so-ever. Matter of fact battery life is great! I am only charging my phone every two days (not even full charge, about 80% when I have time) with light use (social media) and phone calls because I am outside my city for work. This is a great ROM. I am also using google cam mod so camera is working good, although it is a bit laggy with full HDR+ mode on. 10/10 ROM
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 4ur0r:
I'm not having heating issues either, SoT is about 6 hours for me. Never had any issues with camera either, both stock and modded Gcam.

The only bug I found is the scrolling lag happening after every boot, but plugging my charger and unplugging seems to fix it and then the system becomes buttery smooth. This doesn't happen with MIUI
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Mitoraf:
Camera fix

Hey I got the stock camera to work, after activating it from the apps menu and updating the app the stock camera app works, but I cannot seem to install this camera mod, can you please provide me a link to the working camera mod?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] khanjui:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Asapakyou01:
The updated gcamera of arnova has a front cam problem in our phone. Its only works perfectly on oneplus 3/3t

Can u suggest other apk file of gcamera that will work in our phone sir?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Oliver94:
There's a working GCam, it's the Final v6-test5. Just look for it, it's in the Moto G5 thread if I'm not wrong. You gotta check there, don't ask me for a link because I dont have it. It works front, back, portrait and stuff. And we should stop talking about GCam here, you guys should make a Feedback thread for it.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Mitoraf:
Thanks!

thanks for the kind help! I tried installing a couple of apps from that website but both failed :( do I need to install them in a specific way?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] khanjui:
I'm personally using this: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/UriKill_MGC_5.1.018_FinalMOD_All_Inc.apk
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Mitoraf:
Doesn't install :(

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Damn I don't know how do you have this issues, I took a picture of a day's use, and only half of the battery was used, very good battery life on this rom
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] khanjui:
You have to remove stock Google Camera before installing the modded one.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zj37tzbpl:
Is OTG working?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Asapakyou01:
Help me please this day my twrp encountered some problem icant root my phone coz it says my internal storage was 0mb icant find also all of my file in twrp but when in phone there are in. I also do reboot recovery and format data and twrp and still the problem are still in there. This is the first time that happened to me i also done many times changing roms. And this problem has came when im planning to root in this updated lineage rom. i hope u can help me to fix this
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] rodries:
You have to use last twrp 3.2.1-1

https://dl.twrp.me/natrium/twrp-3.2.1-1-natrium.img.html

If you have problems to update twrp you can use fastboot from your pc

Enter in fastboot/bootloader mode (from twrp for example: reboot -> bootloader)

fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.1-1-natrium.img
fastboot reboot

It will not wipe anything just recovery.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Dorisnov:
Face unlock crashes when adding a new face. Log attached.

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: library "libfrsdk.so" not found

Adding the lib to /system/lib64 solved the crash.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] blackphanter:
Hi Guys! I can't find the face unlock option in the smart lock? Does somebody have the same problem?

Tapatalkkal küldve az én MI 5s Plus eszközömről
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] enaoe:
After the recovery, brush your ROM, twrp display errors: 7. I want to find out the Internet reason, one of the reasons may be: you have a problem with the recovery. Two may be: the file system is wrong. Or is our Chinese Mi 5S plus different from your foreign constitution? In a word, I don't know how to do it...Who can give me the answer (from the China Baidu Translate)
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] khanjui:
https://basketbuild.com/devs/yshalsager/Xiaomi-Firmware/Developer/8.2.8
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] enaoe:
Excuse me: what's the meaning of the link you gave?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Mitoraf:
Its like a driver, you need to install it to use updated roms otherwise you will keep getting these errors
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Asapakyou01:
Mother fuc*in its work like a charm sir u saved my life. And why i read comments that the rom has now a face unlock? Theres a new update about this rom sir? Thank u so much for ur help sir appreciated
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Lorenzopapi99:
I cannot found the face unlock option, where it is?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] rodries:
To get face unlock working just use this gapps

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/arm-unofficial-opengapps-builds-android-t3743495

Enviado desde mi MI 5s Plus mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AtQwQ:
Hi,

After I successfully flashed the system and rebooted. It told me to enter device password. Any passwords could pass it, then it told that "Unlock failed! The password you entered is correct, but the data on this device has broken. You can reset this device and reboot." I reseted my phone but it appered again.

What should I do?

My device info:

Xiaomi Mi5s Plus(Natrium)

MIUI9 - China 7.9.7

Android 7.0

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Me, too. How did you solve it?:(
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AL_IRAQI:
You have to wipe your internal storage
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AtQwQ:
Thanks, I'll try it!:laugh:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] blackphanter:
Not Just wipe. Format the internal storage.

Tapatalkkal küldve az én MI 5s Plus eszközömről
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AL_IRAQI:
Yeah, i said "internal"
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
It's just a meme. Mashallah brother. :laugh:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] van zhang:
any update?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AL_IRAQI:
No. Why would they update it if there is no changes ?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
Hmm... Is this true?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] LuK1337:
No noticeable changes.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
I heard it on /g/ that all Oreo builds are required to have 4.xx kernels and only unofficial ports have 3.xx. Is this true?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] LuK1337:
/g/ lied to you. Pixel still runs 3.18 ~ https://i.imgur.com/WBOXY6w.png
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AL_IRAQI:
that requirement is for 2018+ device
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
The heck! Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sgt_peppers:
Hello, could you compile lineageos 15 for Xiaomi Mi Note 2 please? Thank you.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AtQwQ:
updataer error 7

What's wrong?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Dark Stranger:
This error occurs when the system installed on the device is not compatible with the rom you are trying to install.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AtQwQ:
so..what should I do?:rolleyes:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
Wipe and install.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] AtQwQ:
I tried again..But It seemed still fail.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Asapakyou01:
Sir why i cant download the gapps i already made an subscribtion. But still no download link
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sandypsd:
Hi guys i want to ask, if i want to going back from lineage os 15.1 to Stock Miui 9. What should i do..? Can i just flash from recovery.. I heard if i going back from lineage os 15.1 oreo to miui 9 nougat it will result on bootloop.. Is that true? Thx.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] lacrimasan:
Just try it. I dont know of any issue with flashing miui 9 or lineage os 15 Just make a clean install
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] blackphanter:
Yep. Highly recommended to make a clean install. Maybe you should use the earlier twrp if you use 3.2.1-1. i haven't got bootloop.

Tapatalkkal küldve az én MI 5s Plus eszközömről
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Asapakyou01:
Theres no faceunlock sir i downloaded 8.1 arm 64 pico
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] khanjui:
There is no face unlock on pico, you should install nano at least.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Asapakyou01:
Ahh now i know maybe i reflash again. Thanks for the info sir
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Lorenzopapi99:
Can I flash Gapps over existing Gapps, without wipe data?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Lorenzopapi99:
I don't know :confused:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] leosl123:
Same here, I'm only using social media and chrome. And now my device is at 39 ° C. And even in airplane mode already spent half the battery with only 2h and 30min.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Dorisnov:
I installed these. I'll flash them again.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] nani666:
Tried that... Flashed both Global and Chinese Stable and Beta ROMs... 4 different MIUI ROMs, via TWRP... Didn't boot... Had to flash back My AOSP ROM... Seems it will only be possible via Mi Flash tool
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Fabio Magalhaes:
Yes, nani666... Using Mi Flash Tool you can flash ROM to return to MIUI Global or Developer
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Asapakyou01:
how to use live wallpaper? i want a live wallpaper of goku with his ultra instinct form. i hope annyone here has know on how to do that
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
pic related
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Asapakyou01:
Sir u said pic related a format like jpg? Sorry sir im not good in english i cant fully understand what u mean
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
I like this meme tbh
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] nani666:
Will internal storage be wiped....?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Fabio Magalhaes:
Yes!
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jeonggeek:
It seems Official is out as Experimental now! Not on download link tho.

Thank you for ur effort LuK!
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
Official builds will officially start on Monday. Also post link for Experimental builds!
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jeonggeek:
https://mirrorbits.lineageos.org/fu...15.1-20180225-experimental-natrium-signed.zip

Experimental for now
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 4ur0r:
Thank you very much! Also, are there new features?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
https://www.lineageos.org/Changelog-16/
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
experimental official

https://download.lineageos.org/natrium:):)
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Lorenzopapi99:
It's possible to install the experimental build, with just the wipe of cache, Without wiping data?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] LuK1337:
No~
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] wurstel:
But updating the official (not-experimental) update that comes on monday should work without wiping data, right?

because the officical blog post says so:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ShAnDeR561:
And what will Open GApps do? And then on experimental, do not work, error at the start of the firmware
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962187416754462508
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] manstabs:
How about lineage os 14.1 ? Is that still receive update ?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] blackphanter:
If you need a face unlock function use at first the mindgapp when you flash the rom. Let it boot and after you can flash the unofficial gapp what contains face unlock and etc.

Tapatalkkal küldve az én MI 5s Plus eszközömről
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] manstabs:
I just flash it yesterday, i should flash los 15.1 now. Thanks LuK1337
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] blackphanter:
I wanna thanks to every developer for the huge and exhausting work. I am very happy and satisfied that i can use the latest rom on my phone. I really enjoyed to test the builds from September till now.

[MENTION=5075128]LuK1337[/MENTION] Can give some donation via patreon?

Tapatalkkal küldve az én MI 5s Plus eszközömről
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] LuK1337:
I don't really feel like creating patreon and figuring it out solely for a single donation is worth it. Let me know if you have any other ways of donating me that I can consider worth a while.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] wurstel:
There is a donate button on XDA when you click on luks name in the forum. Takes you straight to PayPal.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] blackphanter:
Thanks , I'havent realized yet.

Tapatalkkal küldve az én MI 5s Plus eszközömről
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Asapakyou01:
What is best flashable zip to root this rom? Magisk or supersu?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 4ur0r:
What firmware do you recommend flashing? Latest developer 8.2.8? Or maybe an older release?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] khanjui:
Latest is fine.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Penchock:
LOS team suggested the gapps, MindTheGApps. but I'd like to use other gapps, such as Open GApps.

is it unavailable?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
You can change the version inside the zip. idk how to do it lol but it's possible.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Lorenzopapi99:
To install the last nightly 20180226 I have to wipe only system?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
Official nightly is officially out! https://download.lineageos.org/natrium
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] khanjui:
Not a big deal but still says unofficial by the way.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ShAnDeR561:
I put the last firmware on the 26th, but writes that it is unofficial, and when I update the updates, I write "no internet" and January 1, 1970.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
They said they will fix it by next week.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ShAnDeR561:
And what about Project Treble, is it present? or wait for the next releases?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sammirati:
Is it Magisk16 compliant?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] uasudoasuod:
yes

通过我的 MI 5s Plus 上的 Tapatalk发言
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ShAnDeR561:
And what about Project Treble, is it present?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] LuK1337:
You got to ask 10 more times.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ShAnDeR561:
Sorry.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Snowderblazer:
Well done for getting to official 8.1 I haven't tried it yet but will be waiting a few more weeks, will this work with android pay, tsb banking app

If not what else will I need to install via TWRP to get them working
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] manstabs:
How is your experience with this rom version?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] rogela:
Am I asking a stupid question or is there no official root add-on for 15.1 at present? I mean do I have to use something like magisk to root?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
You can use magisk or https://download.lineageos.org/extras

I'm pretty sure both will work.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] stawidy:
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=243911
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] rogela:
Thank you very much!
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zj37tzbpl:
Can you help me find which version for xposed can be working on Lineage Os 15.1
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Dorisnov:
Just installed the first official build and I have a bootloop. Is there a new firmware? (where can I download it?)
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 4ur0r:
Latest should be 8.2.8.

If that helps, I flash roms and packages in that order: firmware > LineageOS > GApps > root addon (Magisk) and never encountered a bootloop in quite some time.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] khanjui:
Flawless.

[MENTION=5075128]LuK1337[/MENTION] How about upstreaming the kernel like these guys does? https://review.lineageos.org/#/c/207131/-1..3
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Dorisnov:
I don't have latest firmware. Where can I find it? Btw, I'm updating from previous build.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 4ur0r:
You can find them on this topic, check second post: https://xdaforums.com/android/software-hacking/devices-xiaomi-firmware-updater-t3741446

I use the developer one
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Dorisnov:
Thank you so much. Before installing it i got stucked in MI logo. I think I just screwed it up.

EDIT: Full wipe and reinstalled everything. Now boots but the Google first boot assistant force closes.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] luca020400:
How about no.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Dorisnov:
After installing the rom the first boot assistant repeats the voice trainingevery time.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ShAnDeR561:
Hello! I'll give you one stupid question. At me constantly when I speak by phone, and the sensor priblozhenija, happens that badly works, happens that that the screen is included. How to fix?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 4ur0r:
Seems like a GApps problem to me, maybe try another build
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] axolotl98:
Not sure what it actually means to you to read a thank you from a simple user but I am going to say it anyway.

Thanks a lot guys for bringing this OS to us
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zj37tzbpl:
[MENTION=343466]luk[/MENTION], Is Sub theme manager working on the new version?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sammirati:
Successfully installed!

I did TWRP update to last then flashed last firmware+ROM+MindTheGapps+Magisk16

Thanks to mainteners
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] IssLance:
It seems like I can't pass safetynet on Magisk on the official ROM. Any way to fix that?

[MENTION=309187]edit[/MENTION]:

Alright, nevermind. For some reason I had installed magisk 15 instead of 16.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Dorisnov:
Reinstalled everything and now works great.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Lorenzopapi99:
at the boot the setup wizard keep stopping, what can i do?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Bonegrindifier:
I migrated from the latest LineageOS 14.1 official to the new 15.1 official. Had doubts over whether I had to wipe the device or not to do so, and couldn't find a clear answer in this thread. So this is what I did:

- Backed up my device just in case

- Updated TWRP to latest version (2018-12-02). I actually did this after flashing LOS and Gapps since I couldn't flash Magisk 16 (some issue relating to TWRP not being able to mount /vendor ?). Then after rebooting, although LOS booted fine, I tried to install Magisk but TWRP couldn't decrypt /storage (an issue with Oreo I guess) so I had to flash the newer TWRP via an OTG usb drive which I luckily had. Don't do what I did, flash the new TWRP first! The decryption issue is fixed after the update BTW.

- Flashed LOS official 15.1

- Cleared Dalvik and Cache (did not perform a /system or storage wipe)

- Flashed the latest arm64 MindTheGapps

- Flashed Magisk 16

Now I'm not sure every step above is necessary (e.g. the MindTheGapps step or clearing the dalvik and cache). But it worked for me.

That's it. It took a while to boot, but when it did, all my apps and most settings were back. Wifi passwords seemed to have all been erased for some reason, but everything else works fine. Loving Oreo! And I am very happy I did not have to reinstall everything (Titanium backup helps make it a bit easier easy, but it's still a painfully long process). Smooth upgrade.

Thanks again Luk1337 for your hard work!
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] wurstel:
post 811, page 82 of this thread, theres the official guide, the clearest answer you can find:

its also on the official lineageos homepage.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Bonegrindifier:
Thanks for the information, but there is a lot of room for improvement for that guide. The instructions are generic, vague and lack specific links and details which I mentioned in my post. Which gapps version to get and from where? Where to update TWRP and the firmware? A link would be nice. These should ideally be made clear in the OP.

It would be nice to have an accurate and up-to-date installation from scratch, 14.1 -> 15.1, and also 15.1 unofficial to official upgrade guide with relevant links and specific instructions in the OP instead of it being buried in hundreds of posts among 80+ pages. A lot of confusion and "noob" posts could be avoided that way in this thread, especially with the release of a new OS and the changes it brought.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] wurstel:
gapps: official wiki https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps.html

firmware: this thread. its not the latest firmware but it works. i wouldnt take the latest anyway, they drain too much battery.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] udaan:
Google is your friend.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Bonegrindifier:
Thanks for the tip on the latest firmware. Also, again I'm not asking for information, just pointing out that although the information is out there it is too spread out. It would be great to have a simple guide here in the OP to help users out, new and old.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] wurstel:
yeah i tried telling that to luk a couple of times. he doesnt care.