[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] AndroidBolder:
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LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 9 (Pie), 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 out Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.

This build includes microG, a free and open implementation of the Google Play Services Framework. It allows applications calling proprietary Google APIs to run on AOSP-based ROMs like Replicant and LineageOS. Acting as a replacement for the closed-source Google Apps (GAPPS), it is a powerful tool to reclaim your privacy while enjoying Android core features such as Google Cloud Messaging.

It also includes WireGuard, a next generation secure VPN tunnel for the Linux kernel, with modern yet conservative cryptography and simple design principles. It is meant as a replacement for OpenVPN and for IPsec, and generally has better performance and security characteristics than both. It also is much easier to use. The whitepaper was peer reviewed for NDSS17 and the protocol itself has been formally verified. Since it lives in the kernel, it not only is very fast, but it is able to integrate in clever ways that are quite nice for battery life and overall smoothness. There are already commercial VPN providers offering services using WireGuard, and it is very easy to run your own WireGuard servers as well.

I probably won't do other types of builds unless somebody has a really terrific suggestion. These builds exists for my own convenience and I thought I'd share it with the XDA community where I've been lurking and leeching for years.

Features

Embedded root (can be enabled in Developer Settings)

Restricted (system-only) signature spoofing

microG (FakeStore, GmsCore, GsfProxy, legacy mapsv1 implementation)

Mozilla Location Services + Nominatim for network-based location

FDroid (+Privileged Extension)

WireGuard-enabled LineageOS kernel

Monthly automagical OTA updates (signed builds, https)

Reporting Bugs

I just build using the latest official LineageOS (also see this thread), wireguard patch, TheMuppets proprietary files and microG prebuilts. Report any "regular" bugs to those threads and/or Git pages unless you're sure the problem is unique to these builds.

Initial installation

NOTE: TWRP gets replaced by the stock recovery every time you install a ROM zip. Either use fastboot to boot TWRP or flash the TWRP zip file every time after you flash a ROM zip.

OnePlus firmware must be installed on your device on both A/B slots. Hence the instructions below tell you to flash OxygenOS

twice

.

Wipe system, data and cache.

Flash latest OxygenOS using TWRP.

Reboot to TWRP

Flash OxygenOS again using TWRP.

Reboot to TWRP

Flash the newest build using TWRP.

Reboot to TWRP.

Flash the newest build using TWRP again.

Reboot and enjoy!

OTA Updates

For OTA updates, use the built-in Updater app. Everything should JustWork(TM) without any TWRP/recovery magic.

Downloads

https://lineage.darwinkel.net/builds/full

Delta/partial updates are not supported.

I recommend Aurora Store if you want to download and install apps from Google Play.