[Nexus Q Android Development] wollac11:
[IMG="LineageOS Nexus Q"]https://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4433395&d=1519824267[/IMG]

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Introduction

LineageOS 11 is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. LineageOS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit their Gerrit Code Review.

Aims

This ROM is created with the purpose of kick-starting some development to make our Nexus Q's useful again. The newest working ROMs for this device were from 2014 and CM11 based. These are now very outdated and needed security patches to be safe to use and so I have built a new ROM from the latest LineageOS 11 sources.

Once this ROM has been optimised for the Nexus Q a little further, I shall explore altering the interface for TV and Desktop editions to make the device more useful. I may also attempt to port newer Android versions (5.0+) in the future so we can get a full Android TV experience on this device and compatibility with newer apps.

Features

Improved LED support

Stock Nexus Q boot animation (see #4 for preview)

Standard CM11/Lineage OS 11 features

More Steelhead-specific tweaks & additions coming soon....

Working

WiFi

Bluetooth

NFC

HW Acceleration

HDMI Output

Audio

Volume Control

Capacitive sensor

LED Ring (Limited functions)

Optical out (simultaneous output with HDMI audio)

ART Runtime (you can switch from Dalvik in Dev Settings)

Not Working

Amplifier

Audio output switching

You tell me!

Installation

Connect Nexus Q to PC via USB

Enter bootloader: Connect power and once blue light has illuminated, quickly place hand over Nexus Q. LED will turn red.

Boot into recovery mode:

fastboot boot recovery.img

Wipe /system and then factory reset to wipe /data & /cache

Select "Install zip" and then "Install zip from sideload".

From your PC, sideload with ADB:

adb sideload lineage-11-20180228-UNOFFICIAL-steelhead.zip

Sideload Gapps in the same fashion (if desired)

Reboot (be patient first boot can take some time!)

Enjoy!

Changelog

* 28-02-2018: Restored default Google boot animation from stock image
* 23-02-2018: Enabled LED control when display is on
* 22-02-2018: Initial Release

Downloads

ROM: lineage-11-20180228-UNOFFICIAL-steelhead.zip

Recovery: recovery.img

Gapps (Optional): Open Gapps (4.4, Nano)

Download Mirror: AndroidFileHost.com

Thanks To

* CyanogenMod / Lineage OS contributors
* hharte (for his prior work on the Nexus Q)
* Matthew Kovnesky (for reminding me about my promises to work on the Nexus Q!)

XDA:DevDB Information

Lineage OS 11 ROM for Nexus Q (Steelhead), ROM for the Nexus Q

Contributors

wollac11

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x

Based On: LineageOS

Version Information

Status: Beta

Beta Release Date: 2018-02-28

Created 2018-02-22

Last Updated 2018-02-28