yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] HeartWood:
Newbie question here. Can't seem to install the the newest nightly, I downloaded the file and boot my phone into recovery.

Making sure that it recognized it with 'adb devices' - all good. I select apply update via adb in the recovery and 'adb sideload file.zip' - goes through step 1/2 and 2/2 seems ok.

When I reboot into system it gets stuck on the lineage boot screen and I have to restart the device in order for it to boot, but after checking the version I'm on in the settings it still says that I'm on the original build that I clean flashed when first flashing LineageOS
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] wawap68:
Can i use the updater if i have NikGaaps flashed. Or do i need to manually flash new versions and Gaaps?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] srdempster:
Does it freeze or do you see the circle moving across the lineage arch? If it's over 5-10 mins wait you need to boot into recovery and try advanced and then select factory reset. Usually old data from apps,etc can cause it. If not try again and follow lineageos' instructions EXACTLY to the letter. Make sure you're using the SUNFISH version.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] HeartWood:
It has the moving circle but it won't boot even after 10 mins.

Having to factory reset my device with each update would be highly inconvenient.

I'm trying to understand what am I doing wrong, the initial install went smoothly, I installed the 20210408 build with the Nikogapps (core) and everything is working perfectly and now I want to update it to the 20210415 build

The installation guide on the official LineageOS only covers fresh installs that include factory reset.

I followed OP's steps but it hasn't worked for me.

EDIT: found the issue, should've read the instructions better.

For anyone encountering similar problems, make sure that after you flash the update itself, you go into advanced>reboot recovery and only then flash the gapps
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] darkangel32:
I have lineageOS 18.1 for xperia z5 compact. When theres a new build, will i only have to go to system and search for updates, or do you need to flash everytime?

Also, does installing android 11 roms enable one to actually use and install apps that normally require a certain version of android? I cant seem to install say genshin impact or ark suvival using the playstore, can i install them via .apk files instead?

Netflix and other apps i can install using the playstore though.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] srdempster:
Reboot to recovery ensures that gapps is flashed in the correct slot, glad you're sorted
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Raj Pandiyan:
Not happening bro... I tried... But it happens with opengapps R builds...
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Braindeadwhale:
Actually i am new to custom roms and want to try lineage os 18.1 on my pixel 4a . After flashing does it delete my previous esim data ?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] PeterCxy:
No, eSIM is not stored in system data, and will be retained through flashes. With GAPPS installed (or even microG), you can manage eSIM on LineageOS; but even without GAPPS or microG you still can use the already imported eSIM.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] wawap68:
Wait, so it works with oppengaaps? which packages i didn't see abdroid 11 versions.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bonedstarfish:
Is voLTE working for you?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] droncheg:
The project migrated to sourceforge. Download links (11 version is still beta)
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Raj Pandiyan:
Check out buddy...

OpenGApps - Browse /arm64/test at SourceForge.net

OpenGApps daily releases

sourceforge.net
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bonedstarfish:
yesterday i installed this rom. And booted up the device, everything was smooth until i noticed my voLTE was not working. I tried to restart and reinstalling the rom but still no luck. I don't know much about logcat or detailed report im a guy who flash a stable rom and go for his daily work so im sorry if iam not providing any detailed information about the problem.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Raj Pandiyan:
Actually didnt notice bro... Hope that should be working... Dev can explain better...
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] PeterCxy:
VoLTE should be working as well as the official ROM. If not, then it's either a carrier quirk (maybe need an APN fix), or a bug.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] PeterCxy:
You could at least report which carrier you are using -- it's at least helpful for others trying to install the ROM :)
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] VivaLaVent:
Very satisfied with this ROM with MindTheGApps, no magisk etc.

No brightness issue. Only problem I have is the SIM manager keeps crashing
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ptn107:
I've been dirty flashing every week with NikGapps basic and so far no problems. I'm not touching the updater app so I'm not really sure everything with regards to addon.d/ is working. Redoing everything from scratch is a pain.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bonedstarfish:
Yeh ofc, in using jio 4g it's an Indian carrier.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] miko12312:
anyone not passing saftynet
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] x-ploded:
Hi guys. I am thinking about buying the Google Pixel 4a and install LineageOS on it since there is now an official build available since beginning of April (18.1, e.g. current build lineage-18.1-20210422-nightly )

Could you please share your overall impression on Lineage on the 4a? Does it run stable? Any issues which one should be aware of?

How does the camera work with the Lineage Cam App? Battery life?

How about gapps?

Updates? Are OTA updates working?

Which recovery needs to be used?

(I am familiar with TWRP)

Many thanks. Cheers.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] miko12312:
Best lightest ROM out ,also can istall google camera better than stock there are happy and updates are nightlies ,also comes with recovery no TWRP for pixel 4a
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] x-ploded:
OK, so which recovery is used then? The Lineage one? Thanks.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] miko12312:
Yes it's stock with adb commands in download page ,only issue saftynet is not passing right now if you root
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] x-ploded:
First - what is safetynet?

And if I do not root?

OK - I see:

Protect against security threats with SafetyNet | App quality | Android Developers

developer.android.com
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] miko12312:
Saftynet is the verification of a certified device when using gapps and root even without root the ROM will not pass ,meaning many apps will be in usable ,there should be a fix soon as may update coming up hopefully ,somehow I'm certified using universal saftynet fix but still fails saftynet April update
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] x-ploded:
Ok, got it. And which Apps are affected right now? Major ones like Spotify, and the messeger apps like Telegram, Signal, Threema etc., too?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nehuy:
SafetyNet is used mostly for banking/broker apps, also Android Pay and those pokemon go like apps (including it).
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] sk8223:
I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

I'm still trying to get OTA updates to get installed on this phone in spite of Magisk. But nothing I do is working...

Active slot is b.

When I initially rooted I chose "Direct Install (Recommended)". I wonder if that's why I'm having issues now

I kept getting the "Stock backup not found!" message, so I manually moved the stock.img.gz file I found in the Magisk folder in /data to the root of /data but I renamed it "stock_boot_0.img.gz" and I edited the Magisk config file in /dev to "SHA=0". This method allowed me to restore the stock backup that was created during the initial installation because Magisk finally found it.

Upon restoring the stock backup, I rebooted my phone and sure enough, I didn't have root and only the barebones Magisk Manager app remained with little to no functionality.

I figured that, now that I'm finally unrooted, I can install the latest nightly via OTA. I downloaded it and installed it directly on the phone but upon reboot I got stuck on the boot animation.

The only way to get out of it was to boot into LOS Recovery and reflash Magisk.

What's even stranger is that if I try to install the nightly .zip file directly from LOS Recovery, it tries to flash it (after I select "Yes" in the recovery on the phone) but then it goes to a black screen and goes back to the recovery with a weird "E:recvmsg failed (No buffer space available)" message. Basically it won't let me install the latest update over my current build no matter what I do.

EDIT: So I redownloaded the nightly and now I am able to flash it correctly without that weird "no buffer space available" error message, but it still gets stuck at the boot animation after reporting "Install completed with status 0"
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] x-ploded:
OK, I am using non of them on the phone.

So the apps mentioned by me should work without it?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nehuy:
Theoretically yes

They way to make use of magisk and retain the OTA updates is to install it using magisk launcher to create a boot partition image with it already installed, then install that one to current slot, and has to repeat this every time an OTA is updated.

To get the OTA now that you installed magisk that way you should be able to receive it by

A: re-flash the system partition of your current system version through ADB

B: re-flash the entire rom through ADB, this not necessary means loosing your data/apps, but could happen if not careful.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] eng.stk:
@PeterCxy this is still present in lineage-18.1-20210429
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Makishima:
Can I flash LOS recovery on Stock? And if so, what extra functions does it have? Thank you.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] aikattx:
Hi guys. Firtly thank you to OP for developing this awesome rom ! But i have not been able to boot the ROM with GAPPS. My steps are:

1. Coming from descendants rom

2. Boot to fastboot

3. Flash LOS boot image

4. Boot to recovery

5. Format data

6. Adb sideload LOS latest

7. Reboot to recovery

8. Adb sideload NIKGAPPS CORE

9. REBOOT to system

Everytime i did all this i will stuck on bootanimation and can't boot the rom. Where did i do wrong? Thanks
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Raj Pandiyan:
Bruh... Try

Fastboot -w

Boot the boot.img of Lineage not in all slots... ( Refer flashing instructions in official Lineage website )

Then try doing the following steps as you mentioned..

Hope this works...
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Edmontonchef:
This works for me, I think when you just reboot recovery it doesn't switch slots so I go to bootloader then recovery between the rom and gapps sideload.

Flash the boot.img to both slots, reboot to recovery, factory reset, sideload the rom, reboot to bootloader then reboot recovery, sideload gapps then reboot system.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] sk8223:
Thanks for the info. Not sure about the boot partition image, I did try patching the boot.img with Magisk and whatnot but it didn't work. What solved it was flashing the nightly via recovery (not OTA), then flashing Gapps and finally flashing Magisk (just in case). Just the way I used to do it on my older, non A/B devices...

I'm pretty sure this is an issue with the Gapps I used, not Magisk. I was able to update via LOS OTA updater in a new ROM install no problem with or without Magisk installed, but with Gapps and Magisk installed I got stuck on the boot animation. So I stopped using NikGapps and I am using MindtheGapps instead. This is what LOS officially recommends: https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps.html
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mindyabiznis:
I don't suppose the typographical clock is available on the lock screen is it?

You know where instead of saying "8:52" on screen it literally says

"Eight

Fifty

Two"

Loved this on my z3c but it was removed and I miss it.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] aikattx:
Thanks for helping but it didn't work for me. I noticed this:

When in bootloader : boot slot A

Boot to recovery (flash rom) : booted slot B

Reboot to recovery (flash gapps) : booted slot A

Doest it should be like that ?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Raj Pandiyan:
Correct... But I'm not sure about the slot while you are in bootloader......

Flash once stock and try again my steps it should probably work.... Surely some dev should help you ..
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] miko12312:
your using the wrong gapps and your flashing incorrect
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] aikattx:
I also try this with mind the gapps, that didn't work. Anything you got to add to my flashing sequence?

Btw i will try flash latest factory images before trying again. Thanks
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mindyabiznis:
When I record slow motion video with gcam installed from playstore it force closes the camera app when I press to finish recording.

Is this a bug with gcam or LOS?

Also just realised that gcam from playstore doesn't have the HDR function like it should, I get that it's because the playstore version is meant for other phones

Is there anywhere I can get the full pixel version that works on LOS? or do I need to have it bundled in with my gapps? If so which one?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] miko12312:
When flashing ,flash rom go into advanced settings ,reboot to recovery,flash gapps ,at 47% a prompt will come up about signature verification click yes , and reboot device should boot only so far one gapps will work I believe mind the gapps
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mindyabiznis:
Just downloaded LOS update using updater, however lost root.

Am I going to have to patch and re-flash boot.img every time I update?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] LuChaos:
Hi mindyabiznis,

yes you have to patch and re-flash boot.img every time you update to get root again.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] LuChaos:
Hi,

when I try to install the latest update from recovery, the update stops at 47%.

I get the following message:

D:\ADB Platform Tools>adb sideload "D:\Pixel 4a\lineage-18.1-20210506-nightly-sunfish-signed.zip"

serving: 'D:\Pixel 4a\lineage-18.1-20210506-nightly-sunfish-signed.zip' (~47%) adb: failed to read command: No error

I can also only flash the patched magisk boot.img via fastboot and not in recovery.

Does anyone know the problem and has a solution that I can also install from recovery?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mindyabiznis:
Ahh OK, thanks for the response.

That's a pain, hopefully there is a fix for it soon. Might revert back to stock, the sim manager toolkit error is annoying, comes up whenever I install anything.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mindyabiznis:
This is supposed to happen once you got the error at 47% reboot back into recovery, flash gapps from the install update section via fastboot and then the patched magisk the same way
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] aikattx:
Thanks. I managed to boot the rom. After flashing the rom. I need to reboot to bootloader, flash boot img both slot again, boot to recovery and then sideload the gapps. Magically it boots up !
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mindyabiznis:
I just had an idea... What if directly after installing the latest update, before restarting my phone, going into frankos kernel manager and flashing the magisk patched kernel and then rebooting LOS.

Would this work in stopping losing root do you think?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] miko12312:
anyone passing safetynet may update? and how
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mindyabiznis:
I am, I got LOS 6th may update, magisk canary installed patched boot.img and the the universal safetynet fix magisk module.

What about you?

Oh I'm also running blu.spark kernel.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] PeterCxy:
Weird, I'll make sure to take a look at this later
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mindyabiznis:
@PeterCxy don't suppose you know why my dialer and call screen isn't in dark mode when in a call?

Using latest build and installed recommended gapps from LOS installation instructions.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] miko12312:
Safety net passing latest update
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] LcK:
I'm thinking to switch to LOS18. Any issue passing safetynet? I read it's not an issue with magisk canary, do i also need to flash safetynet fix module?

Also, any issue with LOS ota update?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] HeartWood:
Can anyone suggest a good super slim gapps package? I used to install Nikgapps-core but I keep bootlooping when flashing his latest build. Currently running the Mindthegapps but it has some google bloatware that takes up space even if disabled. I need just the bare minimum
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] momojuro:
Hey,

Safetynet passes using Magisk Hide and the Universal Safetynet Fix module. When you install it and reboot the phone, don't forget to wipe the data and cache of the Play Store app.

I was able to install open_gapps-arm64-11.0-pico-20210130-TEST.zip without any issue.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] HeartWood:
I see that OpenGapps haven't released an official Android 11 package and this is for testing purposes. Have you encountered any issues while using it?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] momojuro:
I did not encounter any issue. Make sure to install this specific version.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Joojoo1993:
Hi together!

LineageOS works like a charm on my Pixel 4a. But why do I have this stupid number 11 (RQ2A.210405.005) below my quick settings menu?

Thanks for your help!
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mangokm40:
It's your version of Android. You can see it in the filename from the factory image here: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/sunfish-rq2a.210405.005-factory-ab0ba039.zip
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Joojoo1993:
Ah that's easy...

Is there a way to disable it? Not that it's really bothering me but it's not necessary from my point of view to display the version here...
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] d33dvb:
Sim manager crash fix uninstall sim manager from play store and disable auto updates for it.

Google Pixel Sim Manager keeps stopping? Here's an interim solution

Many Google Pixel users have recently began reporting that their Sim Manager keeps stopping and we have a temporary workaround.

piunikaweb.com
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 18.1 Update 2021-05-13 - Security Bump

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 18.1 sunfish build 2021-05-06 + Magisk 23.0 + lineage-18.1-20210506-recovery-sunfish to build 2021-05-13. Everything went smoothly & Magisk survived the update.

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here: https://download.lineageos.org/sunfish/changes/

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version" (see screenshots). The "Android security update" shows "May 5, 2021".

The Vendor security patch level just below it is now "May 5, 2021".

The Build number at the bottom changed from "RQ2A.210405.005" to "RQ2A.210505.003".

See Android Security Bulletin - May 2021 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "2021-05-13" and slot 'a'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, @PeterCxy & @cdesai for their work.

In a poor man's homage to @curiousrom, I have used his postings as a template for mine.

They have been very helpful with my daily driver (S5) for a loooong time. :geek:
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] sk8223:
Same here! No issues updating LineageOS via OTA. Last time I kept running into issues updating because of NikGapps. Looking back, I was getting way too many crashes when trying to install the OTA from some core gms apps and I couldn't understand why. I installed MindtheGapps: https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps.html and now I don't have any issues with Google apps crashing while installing LOS OTAs. My root status was retained as well! My SafetyNet passes! I no longer use SafetyNet-based apps so IDK if this is a false message or not.

One thing I did notice is that SIM Manager crashed upon booting into the ROM but IDK why, it's a common error with LOS I think

Everyone, use MindtheGapps. It's bloaty and there's no way to disable Google Fi for good (it will always return with a restart) but it's the only stable Gapps package for LOS.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Selicular:
Can second this had the exact same issues. Some were quite concerning but with update 21-5-13 and MindTheGapps zip flashed OTA's are working great
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] arch111a:
If i intend to root, during initial installation:

> fastboot flash boot boot.img

Should it be magisk patched boot.img ?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Selicular:
It would have to be a magisk patched image for root. I would just flash the lineage zip file and most of it gets taken care of for you
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mangokm40:
For initial installation, I followed the wiki instructions.

Thus, I did "fastboot flash boot <recovery_filename>.img"

I didn't have the patched version, since it was an initial install. Once I installed LOS18.1 & Magisk, I used it to patch the file <recovery_filename>.img. I went back and did the fastboot flash boot "<magisk_patched_filename>.img.

BTW, in another test, I also successfully sideloaded Magisk22.1.zip.

However, Magisk is trying to get people to stop doing it that way.

At least that's what I get from their install instructions.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bcote311:
Got this up and running and it's working great! I do notice that for some reason I am not getting sound notifications. Like if I set a timer on the clock, when it goes off no sound is made. I don't have Do Not Disturb on or anything like that. Is this happening to anyone else or is it just me? Thanks for a great rom!
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] x-ploded:
Maybe a silly question. But why should I root it with Lineage? Needed for some certain software / security related stuff?

So I just would be interested why you root it. Thanks.

And one other question, which is of course more hardware related and OS independent (I guess).

In some review I read that the OLED screen display should tend to flicker for some users who are more sensitive maybe.

Did you ever experience something like this or can one ignore this?

Thanks and cheers.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] arch111a:
I would do it just to install adblock apps.
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] arch111a:
I tried rooting, but no luck. It boots to lock screen, but then the phone freezes.

Were you on May 2021 firmware (boot.img) ?

What Magisk version are you using? Stable or canary?

Tried both a few times, but nope. It does not go past lock screen after the restart.

Any suggestions anyone ?