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[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
It doesn't matter what recovery you leave installed. An ota update will be installed seamlessly, without booting into recovery. Just like how updates are installed on the stock rom. So there's no need to boot into recovery anymore to flash updates. But lineage recovery is built into the rom so that's what will be there if you boot into recovery. And you can use it to flash zips by using "adb sideload filename.zip". Or you can just fastboot boot twrp if you want to use it to flash a zip or whatever.

the system partition is very small on the pixels, so you need to use a smaller gapps. see installation notes in first post.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dylanneve1:
Oh OK. That makes sense. Thank you for your reply.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lukazaz:
on the July or the official release I keep getting errors when using the data transfer tool.... anyone have a copy of the first release (I did not get this error on the first release of the unoficial rom)
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] stebomurkn420:
This is a gapps issue. Which gapps package are you using?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lukazaz:
Nano gapps 8.1 arm64
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] :
There's yer problem. Opengapps doesn't have this package. The right gapps are in the op
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lukazaz:
ok.... now I feel like a 1d10t

ok wiping flashing rebooting flashing and hopefully restoring to today's cloud backup
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] alawatsakima:
The RazorLove's gapps build... Does that include the "Project Fi Stuff?" And do I understand it correctly that that build WILL survive OTA updates?

If one installs the "Project Fi stuff" from OpenGapps Aroma as recommended... Does the "Project Fi stuff" survive OTA updates?

Also... I have never used Aroma... Does it label the "Project Fi stuff" thusly? If not... Which stuffs are we grabbing?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] haibane:
Lol you're funny. You act like its not posted a page previous where razor showed all the info. Honestly not sure if people are being sarcastic on here anymore or not.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
No. Yes

No

Yes
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] alawatsakima:
So... Once a week, my phone is gonna OTA update, lose Project Fi support and it's recovery, so I have to plug it into my computer to sideload them back again?

Am I the only one that thinks this sucks? What happened to "You never need recovery anyway?"

Or... Did I misinterpret your yeses and noes? Or did I misinterpret something else?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
Yes, it sucks for you and the 3 other project fi users out there. It's taken over a year to finally get roms working right on a/b devices. Opengapps and magisk hasn't caught up yet.

You can find out where the opengapps dev lives and go picket in front of his house. That might get him to fix his gapps quicker.

Or you can just manually flash the weekly update, with aroma gapps.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] alawatsakima:
Fair... I suspect its easier to disable two crashing apps than it is to hunt down a computer with working ADB once a week... But you are right that we project fi users are few...

Which thread do I need to subscribe to to find out when OpenGapps pulls their head out of the sand? Will this thread stay alive now that we are no longer "unofficial"? Will such an announcement happen here?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] haibane:
As an already heavy "Google" user, I would suggest that google is your friend. https://opengapps.org/#supportsection
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] alawatsakima:
I know how to find their website... I wasn't asking how to bug them, I'm sure they are well aware of the problem.

I ASKED where to subscribe to learn where to REGAIN LOST FUNCTIONALITY... Functionality lost for the benefit of a few who couldn't be inconvenienced to disable two apps... Two apps that don't conflict with the rest of GApps... So COULD be included in a custom "Almost Nano" build of MindTheGapps... But isn't...

This SEEMED like the right place to ask my questions... I'm sorry for ruffling your unhelpful feathers.

So... We won't be finding out here?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] haibane:
Yeah I'm sorry mate, I forgot that this is a paid service, and that everyone here is making a paid salary to assist. I also forgot that this entire system was created by charging you the standard device fee of 99.99. We will do our best to resolve your issues in a more hasty manner in the future. I'll get our customer service team right with you while I go back to trying to fix some glitches at the same time. Can I have someone call you right away? What's your preferred calling hours?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] alawatsakima:
I didn't realize we were BSD users here...
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] haibane:
Well its not like we have a personal contact list of everyone in the community that we can share. I think this thread is significantly more helpful than the cancer in most BSD threads, but if you don't like the answer sure take it out on those in the thread who are trying to help.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] alawatsakima:
It DOES suck that a problem that could be solved on device was solved with a problem that has to be solved with an external, properly configured, second device... Especially when problem of the first part is only an inconvenience of closing a popup, and problem of the second part costs the ABILITY TO FUNCTION AS A PHONE...

RazorLoves acknowledged that it sucks... I felt vindicated in that...

I was just trying to assess the situation before jumping feet first... And I'm genuinely sorry for pissing you off in the process...

I'll go back to my hole...
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] derflasher:
Nice! Thank you razorlove for the official builds.

Did anyone tried VoLTE and WiFi-Calling with Telekom Deutschland on the Pixel? Is it working?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] luckylui:
I noticed the OP says Magisk 16.6 isn't working right, but what about 16.7?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zoltrix:
Is there a way to just not update every week?

I'm used to ROMs breaking OTAs, so i can update it whenever theres a stable update to the ROM / whenever i actaully want to update.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] liam_davenport:
Works fine for me
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] boostedduece:
Great ROM can't wait to see how OTA works. Rooted with magisk 16.7 also. I wish people wouldn't complain about having to flash zips, I mean you are running a custom ROM, and this is the first one to offer OTA updates seamlessly.

Couldn't you just edit the OTA URL to go to 127.0.0.1 in the host file and update manually anyway?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] theodorius123:
Same for me...but I guess the question was if Magisk 16.7 survives an OTA update...
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] luckylui:
Correct, I should have stated that on my reply.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
none survive. hopefully the next one (16.8) will have it fixed

of course. you're in complete control of what the updater does.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Smyc151:
Okay guys, I'm about to lose my mind. Can someone help me make sure I'm doing things in the correct order?

I am coming from PureNexus (ages ago, I know) and decided to finally update.

First, I read through as much as I could, including every post on this thread since well before the official release of LOS.

Second, I followed the directions here to fully update to the July stock ROM. Did that, everything went smoothly, the phone booted up no problem, everything was fine.

Third, I put the LOS ROM zip, the TWRP zip, and the gapps zip (all from the first post) on the phone.

Fourth, I rebooted into bootloader, used fastboot to boot into TWRP.

Fifth, followed the directions in the first post:

At this point, the phone reboots to the Google logo several times, then reboots into the recovery.

I've done this whole process about five times so far and keep getting the same result: reboots to the Google logo several times, then will only boot into the recovery.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bnmEEFaej:
Wipe system/data again first to get a fresh start.

Did you see if the slot changed when rebooting into recovery after flashing the ROM and twrp zip? You shouldn't change slots manually. Also, have you tried his custom build of open gapps on the first page (NOTE#1) instead of the mindthegapps download from their website? A lot of people have been saying in this thread that they're having issues with mindthegapps on this ROM, even though it won't survive ota updates (you'll just have to reflash it in twrp every time you update the ROM).

Are you installing magisk or any other mods?

I haven't tried a clean flash yet, but sometime in the future I plan to do a clean flash and test installation.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Smyc151:
I'll try a different gapps. And yeah, I made sure that rebooting recovery changed the slots. Haven't even tried Magisk yet, because I didn't want to overcomplicate anything on the first install. On that note though, I can just flash Magisk at any time after the ROM is set up, right? It dosn't have to be done when first installing it, correct?

Thanks for the help!
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bnmEEFaej:
You're welcome! Glad I helped you! :)

Yeah, you usually flash Magisk after booting into the rom once to avoid bootloops on the pixel phones. I've done that with unofficial and i've had no issues with magisk. I wouldn't recommend flashing magisk at the same time as mindthegapps to not overcomplicate the installation (probably something to do with gapps and the boot image since magisk modifies it).

This guide points this out in step C, but doesn't explain why: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76059286&postcount=355

I remember that the reason appeared on some of the kernel guides earlier. I can't find it anymore. But now it's here!

Just to make sure, don't use opengapps from opengapps.com as it isn't compatible with A/B partitions yet (razorloves made a post earlier explaining why). Also, don't use his earlier opengapps builds for the unofficial lineageOS builds (they worked only on his unofficial rom builds).
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
try installation note #1 in first post
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] jguy:
This rom is the balls. Thanks for bringing it to us. Unfortunately I need my Verizon Wi-Fi calling. Can't wait to get back to this rom when it's straightened out. Keep up the the good work.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
Thx. I already have it fixed. It will be in next week's build.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] boostedduece:
Has anyone tried a custom kernel on this build yet?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] jguy:
The Balls!
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] luckylui:
Flash Kernel 1.19 is what I'm running. [emoji16]
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
Does it work on the stock pixel rom? I'm suspecting it should work fine because of this here:

https://github.com/LineageOS/androi...apps/CarrierConfig/res/xml/vendor.xml#L54-L57

That file is from the stock rom and it is setting volte and wifi calling enabled for mncmcc 26201 (telekom de).
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] sverfaillie:
Question: Can a dirty flash be done with the official package and the modified mindthegapps, considering that I've been doing the last months dirty flashes with the modified opengapps ?

Thank you
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
yep
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] derflasher:
Yes, it's working with the stock rom. They were the official Pixel 1 dealer in Germany.

They used to have their own factory images, as you can see here: https://developers.google.com/android/images#sailfish

Since this year, they switched to the "normal" Google factory image and everything still works fine.

So, I assume this will work with Lineage 15.1, too. That would be so nice!
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mbarry55:
Has anyone had any issues setting up google pay? When I get to the "Confirm your information" screen when trying to add either my card or Paypal, when it kicks back into google pay, the screen becomes unresponsive and won't allow me to tap continue to complete the setup. It just hangs, and I have to hit back and it starts all over. I've already uninstalled Pay and tried again, but same thing happens. Any help or ideas?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zoltrix:
so hopefully last silly question... Been a long time since i've used CM/LOS

Is there a Rom Control like app that allows me to turn off OTAs, or change the check schedule?

Can the OTAs change from weekly builds to stables or monthly only?

Or would i just simply ignore the notification and move on.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] luckylui:
System - About Phone - LineageOS updates

That's all there is
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Stealth111:
What is wrong with WiFi calling? I dirty flashed from his unofficial to official and my WiFi Calling still works perfect. Is there something that I should be aware of?

I literally came back to this ROM because they totally broke a major WiFi calling feature with Android "P", and Google has confirmed that they are not going to change it... I was running the dev previews (all 5) hoping it would get fixed, then they said it wouldn't, so I decided that if I was going back to 8.1, it might as well be LineageOS!

Thanks!
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Poebat:
I had the same issue yesterday. You have to flash the latest vendor.img in TWRP or via fastboot (fastboot flash vendor [vendor].img)
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Lka1988:
I don't post a whole lot on this site, but HOLY COW [MENTION=614507]razorloves[/MENTION], what a ROM!

Running LOS on my 6P and now the official LOS on my Pixel; one thing I noticed that's different on the Pixel is the addition of "Always On Display". Out of curiosity, is this documented anywhere? I just noticed the AOD come on after I turned off the screen! Love it!

Thank you for your hard work my man!
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
did u install magisk? need that to pass safetynet.

you didn't need magisk on my unofficials because i used a safetynet hack. but that hack is not allowed in official lineage roms.

no, lineage only makes weekly builds

i assumed it was broke for all verizon users based on some posts i seen the past few days. good to know it continues to work fine on a dirty install. i believe it's broke for verizon users on a clean install though.

thx. but i think you're confused. pixel 1's don't have aod. their hardware and kernel is not optimized for it. the pixel 2's have it though.

i think you're referring to ambient display. https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/6111557?hl=en
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Lka1988:
I understand, but either I'm seeing things or we're calling the same thing by two different names.

On this build (07/31/18), under "Display > Advanced > Ambient Display" there is a toggle for "Always on". I'm running it with no GApps or root or anything, just basic LOS. I can post a screenshot or two if you want.

Not complaining, I promise.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mbarry55:
I figured it out. For some reason I had to install an earlier version of Pay and use Magisk Hide. It passed safetynet at first but it would not move past the confirmation screen. All is well now.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
That's strange. very strange. "Always on" shouldn't be there. I don't have it and neither do 2 other people i just asked that are on this rom.

You sure you never installed any pixel 2 mod/hack? guessing there's one installed on the vendor partition. You should follow installation note #1 and see if it's still there afterwards.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Lka1988:
Ah, you know what, that's probably it. I was running your unofficial build for a while before this, and I did attempt YTSec's method of obtaining AOD at one point... That's probably it. I'll fiddle around with it later and let you know what I find. Gotta reinstall TWRP first though...:silly:
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
ah.. cool. figured it was something like that.

you don't need twrp to fastboot flash stuff. and it doesn't install to both slots. you should just follow the step in note1 :good:

EDIT: i just looked up ytsec's method and holy crap... that's one of the worst hacks i've seen on xda. smh
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
https://lineageos.org/Summer-Survey-2/
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] newlyfe878@gmail.com:
I have a quick question. Since the official build came out do i still follow the original directions on page one of this post or do you install differently? Asking because the original post is from back in 2017. Just want to be sure before i go ahead and try out this rom for the first time! Thanks!
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
yes, follow first post.

at the bottom of first post, "Last edited by razorloves; Yesterday at 07:39 PM."

doing it that way will only flash one of the vendor slots. with seamless updates now working, both vendor slots are used, so you want to follow the first post on how to flash both slots.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] luckylui:
I noticed in your OP that under Change log you have Bullhead as the device. Just an FYI :)
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ditoevan:
Hello, Thank you for your great rom, i really love to try the rom, but my problem was when i flash a customer kernel with magisk it get stuck in google logo screen, and never boot. Any solution on it? or there is another eay to install magisk? thank you
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] luckylui:
The Kernel that I have found successful installing with no issues is Flash Kernel. Which kernel are you trying to run?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ditoevan:
i'm using that kernel too. Did u install magisk too?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Icanthelplt90:
Just wanted to say, that with the official build (clean flash from stock), i did also see the AOD setting. I know it wouldn't work, just letting you know.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ditoevan:
Which do you guys prefer? Stock ROM oreo or Lineage oreo? which have good battery life? And which kernel is recommended to run in this rom, thanks!
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] luckylui:
I installed the ROM then twrp, rebooted to recovery then flashed gapps. Rebooted to system to let it setup then rebooted back to recovery and flashed magisk. Rebooted back to system after magisk to set up again then reboot to recovery to flash the Kernel. Now since the kernel is flashed I use Franco kernel apk to auto flash, flash kernel without going into recovery to do so. Hope those steps help you out..

---------- Post added at 10:45 ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 ----------

I use LOS w/ Flash Kernel 1.19. Battery wise its all on the user! Can't compare battery life with one another since we are all different at how we use our phones from day to day.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ditoevan:
So install magisk first then flash kernel?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] luckylui:
Correct, first flash magisk then reboot to system. Reboot back to recovery and flash the kernel.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
You sure you never installed any pixel 2 mod/hack? guessing there's one installed on the vendor partition. You should follow installation note #1 and see if it's still there afterwards. If you used the same terrible hack as mentioned in that discussion, then you should get rid of it as soon as possible.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Icanthelplt90:
Yeah, im sure. finally unlocked my Verizon pixel a few days ago and then installed this right away when Official was released. But I wasn't complaining about it, just putting that in for another data point.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Lka1988:
I had a chance to work on the Pixel today. Followed installation note #1 like you suggested, that was it. Issue is "fixed".

Off-topic noob question: why is it such a terrible hack?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] razorloves:
that pixel 2 apk used in that hack is applying several hundred pixel 2 device specific settings and configurations to your pixel 1, while only one or two of them is actually needed for aod. very bad.

here's some of them:

https://android.googlesource.com/de...works/base/core/res/res/xml/power_profile.xml

https://android.googlesource.com/de...rameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dangambino:
If I'm not mistaking, it was present during initial setup after a clean flash...."Do you want AOD on?" I'm not running ROM right now though to see If its available in settings. I came from stock factory image also before installing. TY for all your contributions, and keeping my 1st gen marlin relevant and awesome.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Lka1988:
Makes sense.

Thanks.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] DuckWithAKnife:
Help

Alright, I need help here. I've tried flashing this rom multiple times, and every time I do, it fails to boot. Here's what I'm doing:

Flash stock July 2018 sailfish rom

Flash bootloader, vendor, and radio to both slots

Boot to TWRP

Wipe data and system

Push LOS and mindthegapps to /sdcard

Install LOS zip

Reboot to bootloader and boot TWRP again (I don't want to install it)

Install mindthegapps zip

Reboot to system

And every time, it boots, shows the Google logo for a tiny fraction of a second, reboots, and hangs. I cannot get it to work, and I have to hold the buttons to force it off.

EDIT: I even tried flashing the stock July rom on both slots and then flashing lineage only and trying to boot, but the same thing is still happening. I've also tried clearing the cache. The slot is changing properly.

EDIT: I redownloaded TWRP and it must have been corrupted or something, because it works now.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] stebomurkn420:
This is something that is included in mindthgapps...
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zeebee:
Does LOS support Widevine Level 1 on Pixel (XL)? I use Netflix/Amazon quite a lot and this would be important to me.
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] streetenigma23:
Def interested in popping this rom in, how's the camera quality on here in comparison to stock?
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] liam_davenport:
Use Gcam, AOSP cam is awful
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] streetenigma23:
This is prob a dumb question but is Gcam on the pixel basically the same thing as the stock camera?

Thanks!
[Google Pixel XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] liam_davenport:
Yeah Gcam = Google Camera, If you use the gapps in OP stock Google camera will work fine