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[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Matmani:
sorry but i have install 3 last update via OTA and i lose all my data user

any solution ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
sorry but i installed every single OTA and didn't and if you don't provide any information on how you do these "OTA updates" no one here can help you.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Matmani:
I update automatically via lineageos system
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] scaniathe:
Maybe stupid question: xz2 support 5g or not. NR is only lineage feature or real support?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
Yeah, that's a stupid question. Since the hardware doesn't support 5G. What's NR?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] scaniathe:
Network band in setting like gsm wcdma or lte
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
I guess that's coming from AOSP. I don't think its a Lineage only feature.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] scaniathe:
NR is 5G yes?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] :
NR means "New Radio" which in fact is a synonym for 5G. The Xperia XZ2 has no built in 5G technology (https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xz2-9081.php). What you see is obviously the menu entry prepared for smartphones supporting 5G. So if you want 5G you have to get one of those.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] scaniathe:
Hahaha but we have xz2 so the developer should think what is needed and what not
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
I've already told you that xz2 has no 5g support. It's a hardware limitation. You should read my answers. You're free to buy/use a newer device if you need it.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] :
Maybe this is scaniathe's way to communicate, that menu entries referring to NR or 5G in LOS for the XZ2 should be removed?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
I'm not a LineageOS developer. I'm a maintainer. If you want things to be changed in LineageOS which isn't part of the device specific stuff open a ticket on GitLab. I'm the wrong contact here.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
Hi, i used this lineageos rom on sony xperia xz2 version h8216 but in aida64 it received as h8296. And I've been using it for about a week, then it started to lag, please fix it. Although I do not install any application that affects the device. My device only installs Facebook, Messenger, TikTok, YouTube and they don't run in the background.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
Maybe you should try to uninstall some of that stuff and see if its fixed. There's no lag issue related to the rom. At least no one had such issues and i'm using my xz2c as my daily driver and didn't have such issues. It's also nearly impossible without any log or steps on how to reproduce something to fix things.

That your device is recognized as h8296 instead of h8916 is simply the fact that there's only one rom build for both models and we had to set some value so we decided to use h8296.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
I have factory reset many times but I still experience lag even though I only install YouTube,Gboard,Chrome when using it for a long time (about 3 hours)

Sony xperia xz2 h8216 with no nfc
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
H8216 has NFC. I'm confused now.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
I'm running h8216 rom on 702so xz2 softbank. Nfc not working.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
702so is not a supported variant/model.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
But i'm running H8216 firmware and flashed LineageOS 18.1 on this.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
Congrats, but it's still not listed as supported model in the wiki. I don't have japanese models of all tama devices (xz2, xz2p, xz2c, xz3). I've already spent much money on all international models and i don't see myself in buying other models to get them supported.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Koorimai:
Does it work on unlocked docomo edition?I failed when I was installing many times
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
ONCE AGAIN: JAPANESE MODELS ARE NOT SUPPORTED!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] hibikase:
Docomo can't flash anything except docomo firmware itself.

AU and Softbank is supported, but NFC is dead and need to disable it. If not it will spamming logcat and drain battery.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
How to remove nfc? I'm rooted and now on lineageos
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Chickenboy1703:
I found the top speaker problem when played a y songs which has strong bass, you can listen this (i tried to flash stock rom and the problem doesn t exist, so it s not my speaker problem)

SoundRecord-2022-01-22-10-29-34.wav

drive.google.com

Thank you (・∀・)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 0LDST4R:
Just for interested users...

https://xdaforums.com/t/module-magi...p-edits-and-more-v6-1-2.3789228/post-86599255

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[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
I'm waiting for LineageOS 19.0
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] hibikase:
There's already unofficial build
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
Yeah, i flashed but its too much bugs. Now i'm in project arcana gsi with camera working
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 0LDST4R:
Sounds interesting. Could you pm me a link?

Thanks in advance...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] osa355:
NFC and memory card do not work in arcana gsi, so I consider this rom also underdeveloped.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 0LDST4R:
Ok. Thanks for info. ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Rachsutha:
sd works fine nfc if sov37 converter can't work unless you have a h8216 machine
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] osa355:
My model is H8216 and NFC on it and the memory card does not work. On the laptop, the card is detected correctly, including the files stored on it. For proof, I can insert screenshots or upload a video on youtube with these problems.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
Same problem
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
NTFS formatted? There's an app to support NTFS. Can't remember the name rn.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] osa355:
The memory card was formatted from the XZ2 H8216 smartphone and was formatted by Android to exfat and a loop is created in this way because it constantly asks for the format even when it is allowed. On Windows 11 I formatted to NTFS and Exfat and further asks you to format the memory card. The only option that works is to use the memory card as built-in memory. As external memory, it asks to be formatted.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
exFAT should work out of the box. NTFS however will not without the mentioned additional app. I can check if I can reproduce the exFAT problem after 19.1 bringup.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] osa355:
If you have such a desire and time, try it. Any help will come in handy in the end.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
Well, I'm one of the maintainers so it's my job to fix bugs. 😬
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] osa355:
Anyway, thank you for your willingness to help and for your time.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 0LDST4R:
ROM is awesome. Got my XZ2 H8296 back from my son after 2 years, i gave him a Pixel 6 for Xmas last year.

I played around with the XZ2 and noticed it did not pass Safetynet check, no matter with or without root access. Of course Magisk can do this job for you, but for those who not want a rooted phone there's no solution. All my phones can pass Safetynet, with or without cfw, so i looked for an alternive way. Found an interesting addon, developed from some LOS devs, anyways, it's not official supported by the LOS team. Link and credits for interested users:

GitHub - luk1337/ih8sn

Contribute to luk1337/ih8sn development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

I made a ( personally ) flashable zip for me, want to share it. Edited the config for our XZ2 to match the fingerprint and proper security patch date from last official Stock ROM.

It can't bei flashed trough the LOS Recovery, dunno why, i'm not that expert, only advanced user.

Flash with TWRP.

INSTRUCTIONS:

* Enable USB debugging of course

* Copy zip to your internal SD ( optional )

* Reboot to bootloader

* Temporary boot into TWRP

( fastboot boot YOURTWRP.img )

* Mount system manually

* Flash the zip

* Reboot

Now you don't need Magisk modules anymore, the addon survives OTA, if needed Magisk can be installed, it's your choice. Remember, the ih8sn addon does NOT hide root, it only makes the Safetynet Check possible. To hide Magisk prior than v23.0 you have to Install other modules, search and you will find. ;)

Last note for devs and maintainers of this wonderfull ROM, i had some probs with permissions, i specified 2 permissions in updater-script, maybe you can have a look into it, don't wanna break other things in the ROM because some lack of knowledge.

Flash at your own risk.

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[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] scaniathe:
Not working for me i have footer from h8296 in h8216
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 0LDST4R:
Complete uninstalled Magisk?

Flashed in temporary booted TWRP?

Mounted system manually?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] scaniathe:
No i do not unistall magisk. I don't now why i have footer from h8296 how is name orginal recovery in los? fastboot boot recovery-akari. img or not?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 0LDST4R:
I write a tut from zero today evening in " Guides " section. Wrong place here in this thread to explain things that are not ROM-related. Anyways, it's really easy.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] scaniathe:
I thought that I know my stuff, but I see that I have to keep learning, thanks, my friend, I'll be overwhelmed with time. Regards

I have to check why I have a fingerprint from h8296 because it may be that I accidentally uploaded another system before 18.1

dtrunk90

Supported models

H8216

H8266

H8276

H8296
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Katzenstreu:
Hi,

I've a general question. I am using a LinageOS ROM on my phone. Can somebody help me to check my flashed stock ROM version? I followed the installation guide a few years ago.

My reason to ask: VoLTE and WiFi-Call isn't working for me.

Best regards

Tim
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
VoLTE is in the making - just wait for it to get merged and shipped.

EDIT: Current solution is to flash latest stock rom, enable both and install LineageOS again if you don't want to wait. Hopefully next build or the build after will include the proprietary modemswitcher from sony.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
That's because there's one build for all supported models and we can only set one fingerprint for that build - so we set the one for h8296.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
I feel the sound on lineageos is lower than stock rom
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] xueyaotianxia:
Yes it is..is there any method to modify some files to make the sound louder?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
Use Root Volume Mixer is best solution..
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] gerstavros:
Hello, i don't see anyone mentioning that auto-brightness doesn't work. With stock rom it was working, so it's not a hardware problem. is there something i could do or try?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Ermann123:
here it is working, sometimes with some seconds delay

edit: working on the XZ2 Compact !
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
Why Open Devices ModemConfig always appear on notification?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
Because it was added in april to get VoLTE working out of the box. You can mute the notification channel.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] scaniathe:
WhatsApp freezes after last update
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Ermann123:
not here
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
Can't reproduce it here. Maybe you can grab a logcat so i could have a look.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] scaniathe:
Thanks
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 0LDST4R:
USB tethering is not working for me. Tested with various cables, various AVM FritzBoxes ( 3390, 7490, 7530 ) . Other devices work fine, tested a Pixel 4 stock, Pixel 2 LOS 17, SGS5 Neo LOS 18. Any tips?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Rueqwertz:
i tried twrp and los recovery while following exactly the steps of the official guide (including all the restarts) but just cant get gapps to work. They do install without error but after rebooting they are just not there. I couldn't find any answer online and tried several gapps. Could someone give me a hint?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
Did you rebooted after flashing LOS like it's described in the official install guide? It's an A/B device. I guess it got flashed onto the wrong slot.

> Optionally): If you want to install any add-ons, click Advanced, then Reboot to Recovery, then when your device reboots, click Apply Update, then Apply from ADB, then adb sideload filename.zip those packages in sequence.

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/akari/install#installing-lineageos-from-recovery Point 6
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Rueqwertz:
yipyo.

I tried several times with reboots on LOS recovery and slot changes/ reboots on twrp.

In most of the cases I started over with a fresh stock rom installation with EMMA.

In the end I did also try installing AOSP to see if the error regards LOS. There I received an error code (if I do remember correctly) "unable to mount /cache partition". I'm not sure if there is a connection.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] scaniathe:
where to paste the font product / font or system / font so that it is visible in the settings? I like Sony Sketch font.

which file is responsible for fonts in the system means the font configuration, for example, what font is the clock on the status bar?

How to change LTE font in statusbar?

Regards
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dtrunk90:
This thread is unwatched by me now since there are no more official 18.1 builds. Pls move over to the 19.1 thread. Thanks.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cuynu:
In the future, LineageOS 18.1 official build for Akari (XZ2) will be deleted on official LineageOS Downloads site. Here is the latest Official build (20220615) Download link : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-8V1gnfc8h_AsMbT7IkTJ0A6_jICmdFA

Nothing change on files. You can flash it normally using LineageOS 18.1 Recovery
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] aleks_cherdak:
Are this working on another rom? (pe 11)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] seilent:
most likely not, since iirc PE11 is SODP
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] sunv:
Will it support ntfs in the official version? i cannot use my sd card in the current version
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NextGeneration9501:
Hi. I got Unsupported SanDisk SD card problem. SD Card uses exFAT. Windows can read my card but not my phone. Tried formatting it to NTFS but to no avail. I cannot format it to FAT32 because of 64GB capacity.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] hotcakes_shinku:
use https://rufus.ie/ and format it to fat32
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shoey63:
So latest build is 18.0 from November?

Seems a big pause in development.

I will try building with the 18.1 sources on Lineage GitHub and see what happens.....

Edit: Fixed the build errors but it wont boot and devs seem to have moved on.

Back to 17.1 nightlies
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Sjll:
We are dealing with camera on 18.1.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Olivier:
Hi shoey63, it's been a while :)

we haven't really been able to work on 18.1 due to time constraints (and I'm not sure if this is going to change anytime soon...). There have been several changes since 18.0 -- upgrading the graphics stack makes the system boot, but breaks the camera (as Sjll pointed out).

If you're interested in the details, feel free to join our Telegram channel.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Sjll:
Hi, LineageOS 18.1 is not given up,

Here is the rebase kernel for LineageOS 17.1/18.0/18.1, which tag at LA.UM.9.3.r1-01700-sdm845.0. You can try and feedback to us. Some wired issues like TF card reading should be fixed.

Steps: Flash dtbo in fastboot and sideload the Anykernel3 in LineageOS Rec.

Device:

akari > XZ2

apollo > XZ2C

akatsuki > XZ3

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[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mampfhanuta:
Thanks for continuing
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Sjll:
Glad to tell everyone who are waiting for LineageOS 18.1.

I uploaded the 20210515 build for Akari, but I don't have device to test.

From the result on XZ3, everything works fine.

Please test and feedback, if there is no bug, we will get official 18.1 support sson.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] seilent:
Thanks!

gonna try and report after few hours
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] seilent:
Installed and running fine, using gapps from first post

so far compared to previous build

> USB to 3.5mm issue fixed

> USB C DAC also still working fine

> Orientation bug is fixed (where navbar stuck in potrait / landscape sometimes)

> Weird storage bug is fixed (previously some app can't even access their own obb folder)

> Wireless charging works

> Snapcam is working fine, but installing SEMC camera from 17.1 causes bootloop
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Sjll:
Thanks, plz try 0515 Refresh version, which solved the battery drain issue.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] seilent:
I don't have battery drain issue to begin with so can't tell the difference sadly, but yeah flashed and everything still works fine as before!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Sjll:
Uploaded a new lineage-18.1-20210515-unofficial-akari.zip again.

This removed 2 crashing prebuilt system Apps, enjoy.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mampfhanuta:
Wow hope i can test itmin the next days
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shoey63:
Installed last night.

No battery drain or other issues to report so far.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] joska59:
Hello Yesterday I did an update over installed Los 17.1 from original Lineageos-website. I'd used the two files from start-post.

First try, no clean install. Afterwards, the rom didn't start and I got a hint to format data. Did so and flashed los 18.1 again.

Don't remember, of I left Gapps, but in first try, I'd flashed both together.

After secobd flash, Los 18.1 boots up well, but play store was absent. So flashed again and now, all seemed to be fine.

Some minutes later, I recognized that gps failed.

Could this be a consequence of flashing in two steps.

One more question. This rom has no entry for extended reboot-options. Quite right?

Best regards and thanks for your work, Joska
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] joska59:
Some more info. Tried to flash again LOS and Mindthegapps over installed LOS 18.1. Tage Result is, no more boot into LOS, a long boot animation which ends into a reboot to recovery. Here, I get the same information, data maybe corrupted snd needs to be erased by format data.

I did so, and LOS 18.1 reboots now.

While this hole process, I'd seen, that there are teo kinds auf recovery. After first boot into recovery, flashed from source Lineageos 17.1, I only find one choise to install from adb/sideload.

Now, I can reboot (before flashing) into recory (I am in recovery), and after doing so, the option to install from disk occurs.

What does that mean?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] joska59:
Next: the now installed LOS 18.1 with Mindthegapps has no play store again.

I could do the same, as before, flashing Mtg, that works, but not gps.

What could be the next step to solve these problems?

I'm interested in doing my own part of finding the faults, may be, my knowledge is to low.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] aaawqw:
TLDR: Flash LineageOS, DO NOT boot into system, reboot directly to recovery, then flash Gapps (MindTheGapps, Nik, etc)

Explaination:

If you flashed Gapps right after flashing LineageOS, you've done it wrong.

This is because, XZ2/C/P/3 has A/B partition, which means, after flashing LineageOS, it will automatically switch to another slot. If you're flashing Gapps at this time, it goes into the slot which you're not gonna boot into. You need to reboot to recovery once to switch the slot (assuming you're using LineageOS Recovery), or switch slot in TWRP, then flash other addons.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] joska59:
@aaawqw

Thank you for this good explanation. In my mind, Ive thought, that using copy-partion.zip would lead to same result in both slots. My fault. So, I will try again and show my results at this thread.

Joska
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] joska59:
I did it again;-) Start with installing the LOS-Recovery, factory reset, sideload of LOS-18.1.ZIP, (as I remember, Slot b has been shown before starting sideload), rebooting into recovery, sideload of Mindthatgapps.ZIP, once again reboot into recovery, because Slot a was shown again. After reboot, Slot a was shown further.

At that point, unsure, if I did it correct, I did a reboot and it started up with another login-screen. Now, GAPPS seemed to be installed, but I can't login to playstore.

I'd this problem in the beginning of installing LOS 17.1, I did that in different ways, I probably got the right combination of slots by chance, at some point the problem with the login disappeared. Unfortunately I don't know what the reason was.

So, it is a success, but no solution at all.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] joska59:
Another observation: when I connect to the local WiFi, I can't access the Play Store, but when I use a hot spot on my other smartphone, I can access it, but I can't download all the apps I bought. The App Store interface also does not appear identical to that of the other smartphone. Let's see if there are any updates here.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] joska59:
I understood it to mean that the boot slot is changed every time I reboot into recovery. I tested this a few times by booting from recovery to recovery several times. However, slot a was displayed to me every time.

What have I misunderstood now?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Sjll:
Try to feedback to MindTheGapps or NikGapps.

No, slot only be changed when your flashable package try to do it. For example, OTA update package.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shoey63:
@joska59

I find open gapps beta (Pico) works well https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengapps/files/arm64/test/