[LG G7 ThinQ  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Emmeggi95:
Some advices and minor problems

I want to post some advices for those who haven't much experience like me.

If anyone knows how to solve any of the problems I faced, or didn't encounter them, is free to give suggestions!

RECOVERY

The Lineage custom recovery isn't able to install a zip file. The problem is that the only option it gives is to sideload the file with adb, and adb doesn't recognize the device (when the system is booted the device is correclty recognized).

Thus, the only way to install the gapps is unsing TWRP.

The last version of this rom (11th) is not compatible with persistent TWRP and I did't find a way to temporarily boot TWRP without causing a bootloop.

I eventually decided to install the 10th version (18/06/2019).

The correct fastboot commands for me were:

- Before installing the rom

fastboot flash boot_a boot_twrp-june.img

- Now install the rom, the recovery will be overwritten with the Lineage one. Boot into the system and reboot into recovery.

- After installing the rom, 2 commands:

fastboot flash boot_a boot_twrp-june.img

fastboot flash boot_b boot_twrp-june.img

Tip: in Lineage OS, in developer options, you can activate advance reboot option to boot directly into recovery or fastboot.

GAPPS

The first time I tried the nano version of the gapps: they installed correctly in TWRP, but when the device was booted into the system the Google setup kept crashing, even after a reboot.

I solved cleaning everything, reinstalling Lineage OS and installing the pico version of the gapps: now they work just fine.

PRO/CONS

The rom is stable and can be used without any problem. There are anyway some minor issues.

CAMERA

The default camera is quite bad, I solved istalling the Google camera (MGC_6.2.030_MI9SE_V4). It seems to work just as well as it does on stock rom, and it lets you use the wide-angle camera.

The Google camera can be even set as default (and will be opened when the device is locked by double pressing the lock button).

AUDIO

The rom has the support for HiFi DAC and even an app called AudioFX with an equalizer and bass boost (and it works!).

You can even force the HiFi DAC into high latency mode resulting in an extreme volume.

BUT: you lose LG 3D surround effects (which I appreciated) and you need to turn off and on the HiFi DAC EVERY TIME you start playing music to make it work (when you connect the headphones, when you resume music, after you received a call...).

VIBRATION

The vibration is set to max. In the stock rom you could turn it down, here you just can't. It's quite noisy.

LED

You can disable the LED in the notification settings, but the other settings won't work. The LED is also brighter than in stock rom and sometimes has strange behaviours (for instance, when the phone is at 100% of battery, the LED is on and green, even if the phone is not charging).

ALWAYS ON DISPLAY

You can only set it always on or always off. The settings for when the phone is picked up or removed from pocket won't work. You can't set it to turn automatically off at night.

AUTO BRIGHTNESS

I read in the changelog of the 11th version: "[fixed] Autobrightness curve". In this version (the 10th) the auto brightness is very lazy and the screen is often too bright: you eventually need to set the brightness manually.