yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] baxxter106:
I always got bootloops with mindthegapps after upgrade from 17.1 with opengapps and working magisk. Don't know what went wrong. I always update OS, patch boot.img with magisk, restart, reboot bootloader, fastboot flash boot, restart - done. Now always bootloops until i flash the original (extracted) boot.img from los*zip. (and no magisk working)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 73sydney:
Pixel Experience, Proton work fine with NikGapps. Just a lot of other ROM's for some reason fail to let them install....
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] thearco:
Will my apps and data be preserved if I upgrade from official LOS 17.1?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] btbs:
@Eamo5, it's not misinformation, it's simply reporting what happened. As reported in earlier post when I tried the LOS18.1 + MindTheGapps + Magisk the phone wouldn't boot. LOS18.1 + MindTheGapps booted ok. I tried several different options but the only way I could get it to boot rooted was LOS18.1 + NikGapps + Magisk.

I'd love to go back to MindTheGapps. Just to confirm: if I dirty flash MindTheGapps do I need to reflash Magisk?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] BrandoHD:
No
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Tree4ever:
Want to flash clean on latest TWRP only rom+mindthegapps. Is there a sufficient chance that all works, especially completely google maps/ can some users confirm this?

With best regards.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] neilth:
My two and a half year old 2XL is working well with this LOS 18.1 ROM. The Google Maps app appears to be working perfectly. The only issue I have is a warning message after booting up telling me that the settings app has closed, which I ignore and click OK to. Every app I open works as expected.

Now that this ROM is an official release, it will be kept updated and working well.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Tree4ever:
Thanks,so I will try out LOS 18.1 today or in the next few days.The reason is that official LOS 17.1 suppport is discontinued.If there are any problems,I will contact again.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zimral.xda:
Back to the roots! Small, lean and fast.

I installed the 20210406 yesterday evening. After struggeling a little bit with the sideload/flash/boot commands, the install went very smoth. I am new to the Pixel&LOS as i am coming from Samsungs Odin/TWRP/LOS :) Anyway installed the older version, and as the next step, i tried the OTA updater which worked perfectly. BTW, i didnt install any Google- or "root" stuff. Everything is working fine without google, except my "Flightradar24" which will not start without the GPlay Services. German Telekom's "Magenta-Cloud" is moaning, but is working fine at the end. All other ~40 of myapps are working without problems. My next Updates are the Official LOS 18.1 for the Galaxy S5 when it's released and the Pixel3 LOS 19.1 in ~ 1 year.

So @Eamo5: Many many thanks for your work !!!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Eamo5:
Yes. Please read the wiki

Upgrade LineageOS on taimen | LineageOS Wiki

wiki.lineageos.org

This is usually indicative of an issue with gapps. If you pm me a pastebin of the logcat I'll have a look.

For what it is worth, I can't reproduce your scenario on my Pixel 2 so it seems more likely that some form of user error has occurred. A gapps package should have no impact on your ability to boot with Magisk.

You need to dirty flash the ROM before MindTheGapps so yes, you would need to reflash magisk.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] elatllat:
On https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/walleye/upgrade

1)

should be "Rooted debugging"

2)

It should be stated that adb sideload should take under 5 minutes

3)

If adb sideload hangs with no progress report, try a different computer or Operating System.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] baxxter106:
Sorry, @Eamo5 i have the same issue with magisk. as i don't use TWRP but LOS Recovery, maybe this is a problem? I'm doing this rooting thing since ever. I was on LOS17.1 with opengapps and working magisk. I (dirty)flashed LOS18.1, then mindthegapps, then startup and all was well. rebooted to fastboot, flashed magisk patched boot.img > bootloop. Flash original boot.img (extracted from payload.bin) all is fine again. I can't find my mistake. tried this with all three releases of LOS18.1(20210402, 20210408 and current)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] gigadeath:
I have a big problem with Lineage 18.1 + Mind the Gapps. Location services do not work for many apps (Strava, Tinder, etc). Those apps are useless without location. Even Google Maps has huge problems getting location ready. 17.1 was fine, I used Open Gapps on 17.1.

Phone is rooted now but the problem was there anyway even before rooting.

Which could be the cause?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Mother_Teresa:
I migrated from another rom to 18.1 lineage a few days ago and encountered no issues.

Following the steps in the opening post which I will paste below.

Step 3 may be overlooked as most just wipe within twrp?

After the wipe I copied the files to the phone while booted to twrp-3.5.2_9-0-taimen (XL).

I flashed MindTheGapps and Magisk 22.1 after.

Restoring the apps etc takes an hour maybe after first boot.

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Download the latest supported Lineage OS build, TWRP image and optionally the TWRP installer zip.

Reboot to bootloader

Wipe userdata for initial install (fastboot format userdata)

Fastboot into TWRP recovery (fastboot boot twrp.img)

Flash the latest build of Lineage OS

Reboot to bootloader and fastboot TWRP again

(Optional) Flash gapps of choice (MindTheGapps are recommended)

Reboot to system and don't install the TWRP app

(Optional) Flash custom kernel / TWRP / Magisk
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] D@re D€\/¡!:
First of all thanks to Dev for wonderful ROM. My question is since LineageOS builds are currently nightly for Pixel 2 XL, should I keep it up to date or stay on current version I'm using?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] SGH-i200:
Looks like a weekly build to me. Please read the changelog and device yourself if you want to update. I only flash the builds that bump the security patch level.

Change log for Pixel 2 (non-XL): https://download.lineageos.org/walleye/changes/
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mrroks:
Worst Experience. On Latest nightly, alarm was set and it didn't ring. Was really late for office. No active edge disable feature for right side. No lock screen clock change option. many feature missing.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Phreemann:
I'm running into the same issue. Followed instructions to the letter including formatting userdata through fastboot.

Google Maps is able to obtain location, but other apps are unable to (e.g. What3Words, OSMAnd). GPSFix (com.androidlab.gpsfix) shows that a GPS fix can be obtained but no fix is available from Google Play Services.

Location permission is enabled for all affected apps. LogCat shows the following:

"Appop Denial: Accessing service com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.internal.server.GoogleLocationService from pid=2579, uid=10184 requires appop COARSE_LOCATION"

I've tried the nightlies from 15/04 and 22/04 with the same result. Any suggestions please for how to fix?

EDIT: Found a workaround fix. Google Play Services had no option under location permissions for "Allow all the time" and could only be set to "Only while using the app", hence the AppOp denial in LogCat. Installed "App Ops - Permissions Manager" (rikka.appops.pro) and Shizuku from Play Store, then manually changed the Play Services location permission in App Ops Permissions Manager to "Allow all the time", and it's now working. Presumably an issue with the latest MindTheGapps?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pxwell:
Hi newbie here :) . I managed to flash my Pixel 2 to 18.1 coming from a stock and that all went pretty well. I currently have the lineage recovery installed but want to install TWRP. I have fastbooted a temporary TWRP image but running into the password encryption issue., so not letting me flash the TWRP zip. How do I get around this? Remove the encryption? If so how do I do this? Great rom BTW!

Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zimral.xda:
@pxwell : Do not use the TWRP Zip file. as far as i know (i am new to the Pixel world either - coming over from Samsung klte/TWRP) you need to take the twrp.IMG file and flash that as recovery. Other idea: why do not use the Lineage recovery instead of TWRP? looking back i didnt use its backup function i used it just to flash roms. The advantage of the LOS recovery: its supported by the ROM devs, for me the new interface looks nice and is well designed and working. With my latest LOS install on one of my S5's i kicked TWRP off and installed the LOS recovery. And dont forget to tap the "Update recovery with ROM" checkbox. :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pxwell:
@zimral.xda I did temporary load TWRP using fastboot boot <recovery_filename>.img but hit the password issue so couldn't see the twrp zip file to flash the twrp zip. Are you then suggesting to just flash the <recovery_filename>.img to get twrp worki? Will I still hit the password encryption issue? My end goal was to flash magisk to overcome google pay and other banking apps and safetynet not working. Should I just sideload magisk using the lineage recovery instead?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zimral.xda:
Hmm sorry, i was not aware of your magisk usage, i have no experience with it. i am only using the LOS recovery and the actual rom. No gapps and no root-"tools" i even do not use banking apps on an unsecure device (=phone). so this was a misunderstanding, sorry & peace :)

PS maybe its woth to go through older postings referring to problems with magisk, i saw some of them in this and other threads.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pxwell:
@sfpcservice How did you solve this? I have the same issue. Have flashed 18.1 and mindthegapps all working fine but when I load up TWRP from adb it can't decrypt the phone.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] swour:
Is VoLTE and WiFi Calling supported without needing modifications? My carrier should let me use it but the phone is falling back to GSM for calls and no option to enable VoLTE is there to switch on.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pxwell:
@0LDST4R How do you "Set the fingerprint to our Pixel 2 Android 11 and can pass Safetynet check" please?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pxwell:
No worries found out how to do this thanks.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Jeantree:
Thank you for your input. I had the same issue and have it fixed now with your further edited solution. Looks it's the problem from 3rd party gapps.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Azerox:
You can only use TWRP after install if you remove all security before booting it (pin, password, pattern, vingerprint)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] neilth:
On my 2XL I have a pattern to unlock my phone. When I fastboot into TWRP, I am asked for my unlock pattern which then allows TWRP to decrypt and work with my phone’s file system.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Azerox:
Screen cast is not working.

My PC finds my TV instant, LineageOS18 cant find anything.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hipsi:
Since setting up my Bluetooth earbuds (Soundpeats Trueair2) to activate Google Assistant on lock screen, I get no audio coming through them from assistant. No ding when I activate it and no voice talking to me. It works fine with "hey Google" though.

I'm running 18.1 with MindtheGapps. This is my first run of Lineageos coming from factory Android 11. Anyone else have the same experience?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Azerox:
In the emergency options you can fill in a contact for emergency etc.

But when you use emergency on the lockscreen there is only a few info shown and no contacts to call.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Azerox:
Walleye download links are broken (404).
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] blagga:
This was excellent advice. Fixed my issue. I had to run Shizuku with adb and hd to reboot before settings worked but I'm all up and running now. THANKS!!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zimral.xda:
Today i started the OTA Updater to go from 11th may build to 18th may build. All went fine so far. I just want to mention, that i am using a 6x5 grid on the home screen and the row at the bottom had 6 columns since 17.x (16.x were 5), now it has again 5. No claims, no big deal i am just using 5 shortcuts in the lowest row so this doesn't hurt me :) . Will try the update on my klte to check if there is the same behavior.

Remark: no google parts flashed and no "root tools" in use.

Update: The Layout hasn't changed on the Galaxy S5 (klte) device.

Update2: Has been clarified, its a basic design change.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Make sure you're running the latest version of TWRP as it should fix this. If that doesn't solve the problem remove your pin in Android and then boot into TWRP.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xantonin:
I may have misread this, but I figured this meant that these two can work together. IE: Get the gapps with MindTheGapps, and if you have Fi get the "Addon" on top (install both zips). Is this right, or is the Google Fi package an entire gapps package?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] neilth:
The Google Fi package is just to provide compatibility with Google Fi’s multi-network environment.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dsnunes:
Hi there. I've been using this rom with no problems, everything is working beautifully.

I have one question, though: I want to install Magisk to use Google Pay and some banking apps, but it asks me to patch the boot.img of my original firmware. I am not sure which boot.img to get--is that the one from this rom? If not, how can I tell what is the correct boot.img? Can I get it from a backup from my own phone somehow? Would that work?

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] btbs:
@dsnunes download payload_dumper-win64 (google search) and follow the instructions. Using your zip manager of choice, extract payload.bin from your install zip (e.g. lineage-18.1-20210525-nightly-walleye-signed.zip) and follow the instructions and you'll end up with a boot.img file in the payload dumper output folder.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] irmas5:
Hi. I don't know about lineage os, but on others rom i flashing rom, flashing recovery like twrp, or pbrp recovery, rebooting to system, rebooting to recovery flashing latest magisk.zip. then in magisk going to settings, enabling magisk hide. And looking if need additional magisk modules. that's it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dsnunes:
Thanks for the reply, guys. I was confused because there is this "do not install TWRP if you want magisk" thing, I am not sure how valid it still is nowadays. I ended up following @btbs advice and I got the boot.img from the rom I am using (unpacked its paylong.bin), patched it and sent it to the phone with fastboot to install Magisk.

After that I still had to do a bunch of stuff for Android Pay and my specific banks to work:

- install Magisk (v23);

- hide Magisk app itself using a different name;

- installed Universal SafetyNet Fix (not sure this one was actually needed on my phone, btw);

- installed MagiskHide Props Config to pass SafetyNet CTS Profile (changed phone fingerprint);

- installed Riru (v25.4);

- installed "Riru - Enhanced mode for Magisk Hide" (v2), for isolated processes;

- used Magisk Hide to hide from:

- Google Pay

- Google Play Services

- Google Services Framework

- Bank apps (with their isolated processes, if they exist)

- at last I had to clear the apps storage for the Google Play, Google Play Services, Google Pay and the banking apps.

- for one specific banking app I actually had to uninstall and reinstall it, so YMMV.

Finally now I have my phone all updated, rooted, with my Google Pay contactless and banking apps working with no problems. I hope I won't have to touch anything for the next 10 years :)

Thanks for the help and I hope this little summary of actions may serve to help other people, specially for the banking apps "C6 Bank" ("Banco C6") and "Next" from Brazil.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Still very valid. The confusion is understandable as most devices still have dedicated recovery partitions, allowing one to flash both recovery and Magisk without bootloops. The P2XL doesn't have a recovery partition, as recovery is part of the boot.img. Since flashing both causes a bootloop, it's mandatory to only fastboot boot TWRP to flash Magisk, not install it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] swour:
Magisk and TWRP are working along flawlessly just fine for me. Lineage OTA updates included. The advice that I have read was about first booting TWRP and then flashing the installer to install it, otherwise having both Magisk and TWRP installed persistently should cause no problems (that I am aware of).
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] cooltime:
I've had three full hard crashes (the device rebooted). The first one I thought was just low battery.

Last night I was listening to Shuttle+, flashlight on, and I think raising the volume. Whole device crashed. I have mindtheGapps installed. I just got this device and it's been working okay for a week or so. What are the chances this is a hardware (battery) issue vs. lineageOS?

On my latest crash, I thought it was battery. Crashed opening the camera while doing other stuff. But it kept standby for another 2ish hours. Showed about 25% when it rebooted.

When it crashes and reboots, if I do adb logcat will that show the logs from before it crashed? I saw online you have to get the log before doing a second reboot.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] btbs:
I've had similar issues to @cooltime. I've had the phone crash just after taking a photo and also in the middle of calls. When I've rebooted charge remaining (20%+ from memory). It doesn't happen all the time and I'm yet to be able to detect a pattern or make it reproducible (which I know makes it hard to debug). Also interested in the answer to the question about adb logcat.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ralfbergs:
Which TWRP version are you running?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ralfbergs:
Google Play Certification?​

Hi guys.

I'm running the May, 25th release of this fine custom ROM (clean install), and I'm generally very happy. One thing I noticed, though, is that the device is not certified.

I don't have "root," and apart from installing GApps and some apps from Google Play, I didn't do anything to the phone.

Is this "normal" for this ROM? That would be a bummer for me, because this device is supposed to be used by my wife, and she needs Google Pay and is non-technical, and I don't want to fiddle with Magisk (or even special Magisk modules...).

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Kr,

Ralf
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] neilth:
If you install MindtheGapps and Magisk you can easily have the phone certified for your wife by enabling MagiskHide in the app settings. My 2XL is certified and running well.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] neilth:
I’m using 3.5.2_9-0-taiman.img, the latest version.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ralfbergs:
Thanks, Neil. For myself I would immediately do it, but as I said it should be as easy and simple as possible, so no external stuff like Magisk.

Anybody who got Google Play certification without Magisk, please?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ralfbergs:
That's for the 2 XL, right? Does it also work on the Pixel 2? I can't find a similarly recent version that's officially for the Pixel 2... :-(
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] neilth:
Here’s a link for the latest Pixel 2 versions of TWRP https://eu.dl.twrp.me/walleye/
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 73sydney:
No, you shouldnt use the taimen one on the walleye, you risk the chance of bricking your device

you sadly will have to use the older walleye version
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MartinN6:
TWRP for taimen:

Download TWRP for taimen

Download TWRP Open Recovery for taimen

eu.dl.twrp.me
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ralfbergs:
Thanks, but I need Walleye. I got the latest directly from the TWRP site, but I was wondering why for Taimen there is a much more recent one...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] neilth:
Look at message #251, it has a link to Walleye, Pixel 2 TWRP.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] luckysoul777:
YOU ARE MY GOD!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] qq809825706:
When l connected the phone to my Bluetooth earphone, the WiFi speed was limited to very slow. Is there something Wrong?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] cooltime:
Had another camera crash. Since it's the Google Camera APK maybe it's not stable on this device / OS.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Rayfen Windspear:
It's a battery problem. I use, and am steward over 3 more walleye. All now exhibit this issue. The battery is unable to sustain the camera and even sometimes just some heavy apps at levels up to 75% battery. The issue specifically with the camera is that the API has some sort of direct access to the kernel that maxes the CPUs when the camera is active. I underclock these due to the issues with the older batteries and if the camera turns on for any reason, I have to go into my kernel manager and reset my clock settings.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] CamoGeko:
Did you try just wiping play store data and rebooting?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] zimral.xda:
Are you able to verify what your current battery "health" percentage is? My P2 is now ~3.5 years old and i still have a level of 81% and didnt face an issue like the mentioned. I am using the "AccuBattery" App to watch my battery's health state and the charging level.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bonedriven:
I'm on a Pixel 2 with the latest LineageOS 17.1 installed, rooted by Magisk. Should I just follow the manual upgrade instruction to update the OS to the latest LOS 18.1?

I have open Gapps too. Now I should sideload the MindtheGapps when upgrading?

I wonder if my apps and data will be intact after the upgrade?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ralfbergs:
Thanks. I know. :-)

The problem is: That one is quite old compared to the latest released and the Taimen one...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ralfbergs:
Yes, I did. Didn't help.

I did it for 3 Google system apps (GSF, Play services, Play app, IIRC), but to no avail. I had some success with that approach on other ROMs in the past, but not this time... :-(
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hyflex:
Hi,

I'd like to replace as many apps as possible with the Google ones... similar to how Open Gapps would remove the rom-based ones and replace it with the Google variant

How am I supposed to do this for Lineage 18.1?

I ask this mostly because I wan't to keep receiving updates from Google on these apps + the default LineageOS "Contacts" can't find the contacts in my Google account so it doesn't restore my contacts.

Thanks