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[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] markd89:
It looks like I'm still going with a Nexus 6, so some more questions:

I'd like to end up with LOS 15.1, Micro-G, Fakestore, Magisk, Ed Xposed, xPrivacyLUA, AFWall+

Can I install Micro-G from F-Droid or is there something special?

Any other pointers for the rest of the setup goodies?

Thanks!

Mark
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Elektroschmock:
We don't support Micro-G because it opens a big security hole.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] markd89:
Thanks for your reply and help. It's a challenge to find the right combo that provides functionality, privacy and security. I'm looking at the N6 because it's the only device that provides IMS under Verizon. Now I'm trying to figure how to get the rest working. I know I'll have to experiment.

I did some searching and found some older info but nothing very current. I'm sure this has been explained in detail somewhere else.

Is there a resource that lists what apps will work with LineageOS and no Gapps (and no MicroG)?

Is there more info on the security hole and risks created by using Micro-G?

Thanks again,

Mark
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
oh joy! a new 15.1 zip: 20190707. i'm downloading it now....

installed. and it's working wonderfully
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Elektroschmock:
The reason why MicroG is deemed insecure by us could be read in the comments of this commit:

https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_frameworks_base/+/195284

I don't have a list what apps work without GAPPS ot MicroG, but I guess it would be a rather dissapointing experience.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] platinumthomas:
I've been happy using opengapps.

https://opengapps.org/
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] mrk2815:
would it be wise to stick with oreo or pie with nexus 6 as i know that nexus 6 is 32bit.eventually this will end up with end of life support like other nexus devices that i have had.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] cujo6801:
I wait till next set of phones come out...

(5G) a pixel 4 would be the to go for...

In my humble opinion
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] NGOwner:
07/07 build for 15.1 was taken offline. I was about to load it to my shamu. I snagged it a few days ago when it was still available.

Now only 6/23 is there available for download.

Why is the 7/7 version gone now?

[NG]Owner
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
just downloaded and installed the latest 15.1 zip: 20190714. looks wonderful so far. and now the android security patch level for july 5. thanks so very much, elektroschmock!
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Elektroschmock:
Because keeping builds available needs discspace which is not unlimited and not free.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
downloading 15.1-20190721 zip ....

installed, and looks great, as usual

thanks again, electroschmock
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] ProBird79:
[MENTION=3383960]Elektroschmock[/MENTION] - Was there any network/IMS changes starting on last weeks build? My WiFi calling stopped working and I narrowed it down to last weeks build. I performed a clean flash on the 6/23 build and WiFi calling worked instantly. I then upgraded to the newest build and WiFi calling stopped working again. If you need logs I can get them for you. Let me know the best way to capture this log if needed.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] digitalcircuit:
I've found a fix! Thanks to razorloves on #lineageos-dev for assistance with diagnosing the cause of the problem and ways to test it.

The fix has been merged - thanks Nolen Johnson!

This will be a part of the next LineageOS 15.1 build for shamu/Nexus 6. You only need to follow the below steps if you've flashed a build newer than 2019-6-23, and older than 2019-7-29.

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There's three ways to workaround the problem until this change on the LineageOS code review gets reviewed and merged…

Flash an already built kernel with this fix (if you trust random strangers on the Internet; I wouldn't)

Download this kernel/boot image: shamu_fix_ims_selinux/boot.img

Flash the boot image as follows

# Flash the custom boot image
fastboot flash boot [path to boot.img]

Follow the LineageOS build directions for the Nexus 6, but cherry-pick the change from Gerrit and only build the kernel

Follow the build directions, but instead of running brunch shamu, run this instead…

# Pick the SELinux changes
repopick 251930
# Build the boot image (no need to do a full build)
mka bootimage
# Flash the newly built boot image
fastboot flash boot [path to newly made boot.img]

Temporarily disable SELinux (unsafe!)

Enable root access for ADB and connect to your device, or open a Terminal on your device

Get root, disable SELinux enforcing

If not working in a minute, toggle WiFi calling off/on

# Get root
shamu:/ $ su
# Disable SELinux
shamu:/ # setenforce 0

NOTE: Re-enable SELinux with setenforce 1 when you are done testing/no longer need WiFi calling!

NOTE: If you use Magisk, you'll want to select Install, choose Select and Patch a File, then select the boot image and patch it before flashing it. Magisk will store the patched version in /sdcard/Downloads/magisk_patched.img.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] mrk2815:
what's the latest lineage 15.1 for nexus 6. the one that i see on the lineage download page is from 6/23.is that the correct one or is there an updated one .
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] thetallguy:
Hi. If you read the last few posts you will see that a change after 6/23 broke something, so 6.23 is the best version to use today. In a few days it looks like the breakage will be fixed and there will be a newer good release.

N.B. version 15.1 is only built once a week at most.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Bigb12:
Hey guys, I am on an old build and need to update, but haven't because it seems like when I do my system gets slow after the update which is weird. I'm looking to update, and am wondering how you guys do it with best results? You guys use the ota updater, flash the zip in twrp manually, or flash using adb?

I also have a weird bug though maybe it's fixed now on if I am on the call screen after the screen turns on after enough time has passed for the lock screen to activate it will drop my service. Idk. Happens more than I would like.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] thetallguy:
I update once a month, once I am sure that the security updates are integrated. I use the OTA updater. I usually wait a couple of days to see if anyone else has reported problems. I can't recall having a problem doing this on my N6.

Each time an update is installed the cache of precompiled inermediate code is deleted. Afterwards the intermediate code is regenerated the first time you run an app. So you should expect that apps will be a bit slower to start after an OS update. It should then return to normal.

I haven't noticed your weird bug on my phone, with my service provider. Grab a log when it happens and the device maintainer might find something interesting in it. N.B. I am not the device maintainer.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] npjohnson:
No, thank you for contributing on this!

Always refreshing to see users learning and fixing stuff like this ad submitting it back to us.

Thanks!
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
Thanks, digitalcircuit. Anyone have any thoughts about when the next 15.1 build will be? Not any rush. Just wondering.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
that's not an ETA .... oh, wait, it really is. sorry about that. disregard ..... :)
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] cujo6801:
Dude you're so well-loved nobody was going to call you out on it.....

And if somebody did ....

we we're ready to get on their ass for it....
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sudosftw:
VoLTE Fix for those needing access to the Phone Information secret menu

Hey everyone, I just got my hands on a Nexus 6 just to get Lineage running on it and getting off a Moto Droid Razr as VZ is killing off the 3G radios.

One user back many pages was having an issue with getting VoLTE provisioned on their device and didn't have access to the Phone Information menu inside the *#*#4636#*#* secret menu.

I solved this problem by adding the following lines near the end of the /system/build.prop file:

persist.dbg.ims_volte_enable=1
persist.dbg.volte_avail_ovr=1
persist.dbg.vt_avail_ovr=0
persist.dbg.wfc_avail_ovr=0

After doing this and doing a reboot on the 20190623 build (still waiting for that next August build!) I was able to get VoLTE completely working on Verizon. This might also work for VoLTE on T-Mo/AT&T/others as more carriers require it. Please note you add these lines to your build.prop AT YOUR OWN RISK. but, it does work, and it works extremely well. Was able to turn off WiFi, call the VZ #832 test number and navigate to a non-cached webpage while listening to the test message.

it may be a good idea to pop this into shamu's build.prop as a default in the build since it won't work anyways if the carrier doesn't support it, but at least it will always be enabled from the get-go.

:good:
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
downloading 15.1-20190804 .... and it's installed ... and it's gorgeous!
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sudosftw:
looking good here too.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] digitalcircuit:
Friendly reminder that for anyone who disabled SELinux to work around the WiFi calling issue, you should re-enable it - WiFi calling's working out-of-box in the August 4th update, and having SELinux enabled helps with device security.

Re-enabling SELinux:

Enable root access for ADB and connect to your device, or open a Terminal on your device

Get root, enable SELinux enforcing

# Get root
shamu:/ $ su
# Enable SELinux
shamu:/ # setenforce 1

If you haven't specifically disabled SELinux, you do not need to do these steps - SELinux is enabled by default, as per the LineageOS charter.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] ProBird79:
Everything is back to normal. WiFi calling is working as intended. Thanks to all involved getting it working again!
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sudosftw:
Screen glitching on 20190804

Okay, I've had my first issue.

After running Geekbench with the performance profile in the battery settings set to maximum (then promptly sleeping for 8 hours before I got the results) and also switching the profile back to "efficiency" where I usually keep it, the phone started glitching out, the screen tore in half and part of it was lower than the rest. I was able to get it to reboot and the problem has gone away, but now I'm skeptical about ever putting that phone back on the performance setting. SEE EDIT BELOW

I didn't experience this happening on 20190623... so did something change between June 23rd's build and August 4th's that could cause some bug like this?

Here's what it looked like. it was a hardware bug and not software so the screenshot I took during the event doesn't show it at all... but I can at least remember it clearly to remake it in photoshop, resized.

[IMG="rendition of screen bug"]https://i.imgur.com/SmLd5qx.png[/IMG]

and the geekbench score that was achieved hours before the glitching occurred.

EDIT: IT ISN'T POWER PROFILE RELATED

it just happened on the Efficiency setting, turns out the fix is to quickly sleep the phone and turn the screen back on, then it's good.

But what in the fresh heck is causing this?

Edit 2: is it also normal for there to be horizontal colored glitching with this phone on 15.1 in the Google Camera app? Kinda like it more than 15.1's camera app, bit more like how it was in 14.1 for me on my RAZR. in fact, if there's a way to port some of the 14.1 core apps to 15.1 I'd do it in a heartbeat. 14.1's dialer was better than the one in this version, the camera app actually let you change your camera resolution whereas this one does not, and I seriously hate this dialer's incoming call screen, it feels very alien to me, again having used 14.1 for so long, I'd rather have the swipe-left ignore swipe-right answer deal than swiping up or down. And let's not forget the inability to press any of the call function buttons if the keypad is selected in-call... It's either up or not. In the 14.1 dialer it slid up from the bottom and stayed there. (/Rant)
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
just noticed that now the latest 15.1 version on the download site is 20190623. i wonder what that's about....

---------- Post added at 04:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:15 PM ----------

hah! and now there's a new one for today, 20190811. downloading it now ....

now it's installed, and it looks wonderful. thanks, all!
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Elektroschmock:
Thank you very much for the fix. Unfortunately I was on holidays and didn't have access to my Nexus 6 or a computer.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sanabil:
Is there anything that can control the oversaturated colors of screen? I tried srgb in developer options but it always resets back. Also tried apps but didn't find anything regarding it.

Any ideas?

Thanks
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Elektroschmock:
Maybe the color calibration feature of LiveDisplay
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sanabil:
I tried color calibration but it lowers brightness i think? Extra vibrance is still there.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Elektroschmock:
Yes of cause - it's an OLED display.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sanabil:
So srgb is for OLED ? It always remains disabled.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] 0sA:
Is there a good idea to switch kernel from original to Popcorn or francokernel?

Are these kernels would be better than this original one?

Sometimes my phone becomes laggy and hot and I don't know why. The battery is pretty new.

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 6 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sanabil:
IMO the stock lineage kernel is very well balanced, i have not used franco or popcorn so cannot say about them. You can always choose performance profiles under Battery options like quick or performance.

My n6 with its original 2 year old battery is performing smoothly,there is no lag. so there must something else you should check. Maybe a third-party app or a launcher may be causing lag.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] 0sA:
I am using greenify and stock LOS launcher.

Is there's possible that updating LOS 15.1 to newer versions causes lags and slows down the phone after some time?

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 6 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] runekock:
Try without Greenify. It might be that Greenify keeps killing a process, only to have it restart immediately. If all your apps are well-behaved, there should be no advantage from Greenify anyway.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sanabil:
I keep it simple and clean, as now Android is good at maintaining balance so no need for 3rd party apps. My setup is

Stock gapps

Stock pixel launcher

Magisk

Viper 2.7

That's pretty much it.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] 0sA:
I am using pico opengapps, LOS root, stock LOS launcher and everything was working fine. I thought that flashing newer reversions causes slow down the system after some time.

I have a lot of apps, eg.facebook that are better being greenified I thought.

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 6 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sanabil:
I think since you are using a lot of apps, apps often store alot of data in cache and temp memory. That could be a problem , you can try wiping cache or clear suspected app cache to see if fixes your problem.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sudosftw:
hey [MENTION=3383960]Elektroschmock[/MENTION] - is the LOS downloads changelog broken for this phone a bit between the 15.1 and 16 changes? 15.1 is showing nothing new for the current build for the 11th, the 4th's changelog is nowhere to be found, and the last changelog before the 11th's build is 20190623. so if there's changes to the 11th's build, they're just plain not showing up. did anything change or is it just another required weekly build?

only thing I'm noticing so far is that settings search works again, meant to ask about that here but I guess it's fixed now? so not sure what else is different.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
Elektroschmock mentioned awhile ago that the changelog doesn't include anything for 15.1. Evidently the changelog itself doesn't handle more than one level of builds
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sudosftw:
huh, so everything for the weekly builds, if anything changes, are just a surprise then?

unrelated, the screen glitch is still returning. screen will tear in half randomly and go off-center, need to shut screen off and turn it back on to remove. still not sure if this is a performance issue or what this is, but it just happens randomly. not entirely sure what the deal is with that. everything else seems to work as normal.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] runekock:
I use this rom all the time, and have never seen such a glitch.

But I've seen similar reports in other threads, and people claim it is a hardware problem, and you'll need to change your display. I can't tell whether that is correct. Sorry.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
installed the 20190819 zip. seems to be working well so far

ps: now showing android security patch level August 5, 2019
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Bigb12:
I'm on the lasted build and mms gifs and audio attachments don't work.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
they work fine for me. what carrier are you using? i'm on verizon
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Bigb12:
The big red devil. Verizon.

I guess elaborating would be helpful. I can send them but gifs I receive are still images instead of animated. I also receive the audio attachments but they don't play
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
Ah! I never send or receive those kinds of files, so I guess I can't be of help :(

Actually, if you wanted to send me a test, PM me, and i'll send you my phone number
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] ktmom:
If I were you, I would remove the phone number from your post and PM it when you want to share
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] digitalcircuit:
I've actually been holding on to an older APK of LineageOS Changelog for this very reason. When the newer version added support for LOS 16.0, it stopped showing changes for LOS 15.1. However, the older version still seems to show the right changes, it just gets the build download links confused. Which is fine; the official LOS download page and Updater app in System → About → LineageOS Updates still work and are preferred (build verification).

Link to older version of LineageOS Changelog (not officially recommended by LOS, use at your own risk):

LineageOS Changelog 6.5.4 APK Download by Vasudev B - APKMirror

Don't update after installing, or you'll lose access to the changelogs for LOS 15.1 shamu/Nexus 6 builds.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sudosftw:
it seems more like it's happening when the phone buffers something. for instance, using the changelog APK in the previous post, I have gotten the screen to reliably glitch out on me at least three times. each happened while scrolling down to the point where it needs to fetch more data and shows the loading animation briefly. and then again in the other direction as it's re-enumerating content that is up beyond the viewable area and not stored immediately in the list, but in memory. it doesn't seem to be a performance profile bug as I once thought. the glitching is getting annoying at this point, but up until trying that out, I only had it happen once in a blue moon since moving to the balanced profile again.

I thought maybe a logcat would give sufficient information into what's going on, but it doesn't seem to be the case, or I'm not seeing anything that can cause it. but I'm still adamant it's a software issue causing it.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] ktmom:
I'm curious, is your battery worn out?
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Sudosftw:
not in the slightest. I seem to have really good luck with phone batteries. I had an extended 2000mAh pack for my Centro last me three years until I stopped using the phone, and once the radio was off for good the thing could idle there for about 67 days screen-off before it'd deplete from 100%, and my Razr Maxx running Lineage had its original battery last to the ripe old age of 7 years and two months before it got the fruity decomposing lithium smell and puffed up.

the battery in this phone lasts me all day, and I'll end up somewhere around 60-65% by the time I go to bed. battery meter hasn't shown any drastic dips in percentage in the month I've had it, and my example is pretty clean, MicroUSB port was pretty spotless and it definitely was case-kept. didn't notice any significant drain watching a 45 minute video over the network through VLC either. I've had the glitching happen while on the charger too, and I'm using the same 2A charger and excellent quality USB cables I've been buying for a number of years. charges at a reasonable pace, definitely faster than the Razr did, but the screen glitching will happen there. I keep bluetooth and NFC off, I have all the ambient display functions disabled, and I usually keep the auto brightness somewhere lower than halfway at all times as I did with the Razr to prevent burn-in.

if it helps anyone find anything I can try posting a logcat or whatever is needed next time it happens to me.

I did read up on some old posts from 5 years ago about replacements from motorola with screen issues early on, but I can't really tell if my phone is quite that old for it to be in the group that had issues or not. if there was a concrete method to finding out the manufacturing date of the phone without cracking the back off and looking for a date on the battery or something, I'm all ears, because I'm sure whatever double-sided tape I have lying around to put it back on with is not going to be the same quality in the amount needed than what's in there, and I'd likely need to replace it if I take it off.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] githyanki:
The issue sounds like the screen tearing problem that plagued the initial batches of nexus 6's. Stock kernel usually did not show the issue due to extremely conservative settings, but custom ROMs were more aggressive in the timings and this problem would show up. The fix was to RMA the device to Motorola, or to tweak the kernel to more conservative settings. Most people choose to RMA since it was an actual hardware issue. Don't think you can anymore of course, so you'll need to experiment with custom kernels.

Seems like the previous owner kept it stock so probably never experienced this issue.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Bigb12:
I am on the latest build and just updated from a build from late spring/early summer. The share menu is messed up in the apps that I use for twitch TV and VLC and many other options no longer show up. It only gives me 3 options for some reason.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
downloading 15.1-20190826... and installed... and looking good. thanks much to all the devs
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dbrickg:
just installed the 20190902 15.1 zip, and it looks good so far