yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] PinkElf:
As of now, I ask myself how so many people even installed this ROM.

For the last two days I did my research and am at a loss how to even root this phone and install a custom recovery to be able to install a custom ROM.

I understand it that sometime around 2018 there was a "change" to the security of the device and afterwards it kind of camecrushing down.

There are mainly these threads:

here

and

here

and when I read through the pages it seems most people do not even get it to root. And the guide in the second thread may be nice but I do not completely "get" it.

It was way easier when I did this in the past. The last devices I did this to just worked like "use ODIN and install twrp. Boot custom recovery, install Supersu, install Lineage, install Gapps. And that was it.

If one of the people who installed this ROM could give me a hand how he went about the steps before installing the ROM, I'd be pretty grateful.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] virelai:
Why did this rom replaced twrp with lineage os recovery?????? What a scam!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Refayatul:
This rom doesn't do that by it self. You have clicked the option to do that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Phxtc:
Thank you @Ivan_Meler ! Your roms for the s8 series is great. I hope you will continue on updating these wonderful builds.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Ivan_Meler:
glad to hear it, new 19.1 builds will be out today (at least otas, ill upload mega/gdrive links tomorrow) there was huge delay this month but thats on googles end as they delayed source release and 18.1/20.0 builds will be out in a few days
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] PinkElf:
You accepted this option yourself.

As far as I remember, Lineage coming with its own recovery is not terribly new and not special to this ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Phxtc:
Already done with the ota so far so good. I'm just waiting for the changelog. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Agairty3:
Rpst
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Agairty3:
your on the stock ROM, backup anything you don't want to lose to your PC , check you didn't forget anything , check again. Reset your device to factory you mite need your Samsung account details . reboot

follow prompts until you can unlock the bootloader in dev options in settings

Make sure your phone has encryption turned off also

Shut down phone

boot into download mode

Download Odin and install it on PC

Flash TWRP in odin

Don't select reboot option

When it's says complete Reboot into TWRP bootloader directly.

Mount your phone to PC and copy Lineage ROM to sd or use USB stick whatever

Flash Lineage in twrp Wipe / clear cache etc. Do not reboot !

Flash Nikgapps in TWRP

( if you need anything that needs google services)

Flash Magisk In TWRP if you use apps that need root permissions..

Reboot.

Wait for lineage to do it's biz

Follow the prompts.

I would also probably install foxit package manager if you want Magisk modules repo list. But it's not needed.

If it all goes to **** restart steps from boot into Twrp and try again.

Pretty standard. If you get lost you can search this thread specifically but it's all there but generally that's the gist of it it's all pretty straightforward you'll get it. Gl hombre
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Ivan_Meler:
New builds are finally up, sorry for delays but you can blame google for them haha.

18.1 and 20.0 builds will be out in a few days too

Huge thanks to everyone whgo supported this project, donations help cover the build server cost and keep the project running.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] BiG_FooT:
I moved today to your LOS 20 project for the S8. Working like a charm. As I have a S10+ as well, very interested in your Oneui 5.1 port. Will install it soon. Thanks Ivan, amazing work!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] maulman77:
still same problem with the new update the one I call or call me gets static/white noise through bluetooth. I can change it to normal speaker that work but as soon as you put it on bluetooth source it wont work.. and I tried out my smart watch and my bluetooth headset. same on both ...

(EDIT) Changed to Lineage OS 20 and as BiG_FooT says it "works like a CHARM". No problems with bluetooth either so yet again it is one of the best roms around period. You are a frigging wizard Ivan_Meler. (EDIT)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Afarsiman:
Hi,

I installed this custom rom.

Now i have problems:

My TWRP unistalled!!! and ony lineageos recovery mode is available. I can't install TWRP via odin ( .tar.md5 stuck on please wait) and adb ( adb fastboot twrp.img stuck on waiting for any devices ).

i checked with root checker app and they said my phone isn't root!!!

what should i do? i can't do anything and my phone is crashed. i can't install twrp recovery for removing rom and install other custom roms
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] techoneer:
This is great work! its working mainly perfectly for me and made my phone fast, like new.

The one odd issue I have is for some reason pin unlock stops working properly after a day or so, and additionally, any certain secure apps that are individually set to use biometric unlock suddenly disable biometric unlock and revert back to the apps password or pin to access. I even get a message from my banking app the moment it happens, that "A change to Fingerprint settings on you samsung device means that Fingerprint log in has been disabled for [banking app name] on your samsung device." I try to turn fingerprint back on for any of these individual apps and it does not let me (error or nothing happens when i switch on).

Anyway, in this state, the only way to unlock the phone is with fingerprint unlock not PIN, and the only way to unlock the individual secure apps is with PIN/pass and not fingerprint.

One other wierd side effect is that phone backup (seedvault) suddenly stops working too and I need to reset and enter a encryption words for it. At least one app (Signal messenger) does not even work, it silently crashes within a second of launch.

Anyone had this issue or any hints about where to look to resolve this related set of problems?

I installed TWRP (not Lineage recovery), NikGapps Core, latest version of this ROM.

EDIT: here is an example of a message I get in Aegis app when I try to re-enable the fingerprint unlock after it breaks. This is consistent with my banking app, and I assume others.

SO it sounds like the key store is breaking after some time. At some point something made everthing work again, but then it broke the next day. Maybe something I did "reset" the keystore or something, I have no clue what it is. If anyone has a hint please let me know 🙏

EDIT2: Mysteriously everything started working again. Though I still have to go through banking app etc and re-enable biometric login for each. I don't know what I did. Did not restart or anything, just came back an hour later and it works. At least PIN unlock is working, and I can re-enable biometric for apps. But I will not be surprised if it randomly breaks again at some point tomorrow for no apparent reason.

EDIT3: A few days later and its still working fine. I dont know what broke it, nor what fixed it but I'm very happy now. Sent a BTC donation to the creator of this ROM to say thanks for the great work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] imacleod:
Is the Bluetooth issue likely to be resolved at some point? I've been hoping in vain that an update would come along to clear the issue; I see above that version 20 is supposed to have working Bluetooth, but would prefer to avoid the hassle of a full rebuild if possible...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Sirito:
What Bluetooth issue you talking about, Currently I'm on los 20 and smart watch isn't connecting so I will downgrade to 19.1, Is it broken here too?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] imacleod:
It stopped working with my Jabra BT headset and Parrot car kit two releases ago; remote end just hears white noise. Oddly (to me) it plays mp3s and apps (BBC Sounds) without issue. No mention of changes to BT in the release notes, and a rather odd silence regarding the cause from those that understand this stuff.

I guess it would make sense that it was broken in v20 too, but some people have reported that BT things that were broken worked when they upgraded; not sure if that's universally true, or due to the rebuild resetting stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Sirito:
Oh I see, yesterday I actually downgraded to 19.1 and my smart watch connected successfully but I thought material you was supported in Android 12 too, that what I thought so I went back to 20 as I'm so used to material you now, this is a real annoying bug :(.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Ivan_Meler:
April builds are out.

security updates and few minot stability improvements have been merged.

huge thanks to everyone who supported this project, this project wouldnt be possible without their help, as donations help cover the build server cost.

enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] vaxu:
Hi, do you have a quality of life tip regarding the sound notification profiles (silent, vibrate only, noisy)?

I am looking for a shortcut (maybe a key combination) to toggle through this notification settings?

What I found is POWER+VOL-UP to force vibrate only.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] jkaart:
Change log is out of date?! And in march update change log is wrong month number?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] johnrambo1:
the bluetooth issue was not resolved,

apparently there is an open bug report on the upstream about this issue, but nobody looked at it yet.

I guess we all need to login there and upvote the issue so it get noticed.

Bluetooth audio not working for calls (#5270) · Issues · LineageOS / issues / android · GitLab

Expected Behavior A call is placed or received and the audio is played though the Bluetooth device.

gitlab.com

my device is an android auto system in the car, tested with vanilla rom and different device , it works perfectly with any other android.

the issue is

white noise during bluetooth phone calls on LineageOS 19
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] imacleod:
Upvote = the like button?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] johnrambo1:
yes, also if u have more info you can comment, for example, i see this as a road safety hazard .
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] jkaart:
@Ivan_Meler

I have still this "randomly phone stops receiving calls" bug in this rom. Looks like RIL crashes or some thing.

I don't see this bug (the phone is online all the time with normal signal signal strength and I can call other numbers with this phone) except that someone who has tried to call me has wondered why he only gets a notification that my phone number is not in use. Usually, this problem is temporarily fixed (on average for 8-10 hours) by the fact that if I call someone, I go to the area of another mobile link tower or restart the phone and sometime it fixed itself by time.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Ivan_Meler:
May builds are up, here is a brief changelog:

- Merged May 2023. Security update

- Synced with LineageOS source

There will likely be few more builds this month with more exciting improvements (Like ones s7 got last month), LineageOS 18.1 will also get updated later this week or next week.

Huge thanks to everyone who supported this porject, donations towards this project help cover the build server cost and get me coffee for time spent working on new features/releases.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] XDAGC:
Hi, thanks very much for this rom! maiby it's worth to mention that the update fails on encrypted devices ... I had to reinstall all the device... Not to bad, but stil ... :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] XDAGC:
Hi, and thanks for this rom! Maybe worth mentioning that encrypting the device means that one cannot update the rom! I had to reinstall all my apps. Also encrypted I could not make a backup wit TWRP...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] HiQual:
After latest update, Speech Services by Google (TTS) has malfunction in my configuration. All voices sound like an alien. Anyone else, or is it just me?

Cannot find a fix, so going to dirty flash previous version.

UPDATE... Could not easily find the previous version of 19.1 so clean flashed Los 20... TTS problem persists.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] valerun541:
Hi everybody. I wanted to ask. Does NFC work in this firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] opensourcefreak:
I think so but my device is physically damaged so it does not for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] jkaart:
Yes, it works no problem!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Ivan_Meler:
June builds are up, Nothing major in them just security updates and some lineageos updates

Lineageos 20 and 18.1 builds will be out in coming days. 20 builds will take a bit longer as Pixel feature drop is being merged too.

Huge thanks to everyone who supported this project with donations and helped cover the build server cost.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] vaxu:
Does anyone else has an issue with Speech Services by Google (TTS Text to Speech) in combination with this build?

In some apps (some cases of Google Maps), the output is not a voice, more like a horn from a car. Very strange.

At first I didn't know the connection, but within the app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stretching.stretch.exercises.back it's testable.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] HiQual:
Yes, I have the problem of Google TTS broken with both the latest LOS 19 and LOS 20 versions.

I can still use my satnav apps, but obviously the voice instructions are not as good.

PS Galaxy S8
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] vaxu:
@Ivan_Meler

Can I help you somehow with providing more input in this case? Tests, Logs or similar?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Keks95:
If i try to Call someone with bt-headset, there are no Sounds of dialing and i cant hear anybody, but the Call Is build Up and my Partner only hear crazy mechanical Sounds. With my car there are no Problems by calling with Bluetooth...

Using the latest 19.1 OTA Build.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Ivan_Meler:
As prommised here are jully 2023 security update builds, You can grab them from thread or via ota updates from phone

Huge thanks to everyone who helped cover the build server cost with donations, this project wouldnt be possible without their support.

Enjoy new builds and stay safe
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] valerun541:
I confirm that there is such a problem with bluetooth headphones when using a call
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] jkaart:
I have still this "1/5 part of top part of screen is black" bug/problem sometimes after reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] mtelleria:
Hi Ivan,

The new link of mega could not be downloaded. Appear as no key

Thank a lot for your work
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Ivan_Meler:
oh hey thanks for the info, should be working now
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] vishwa33:
Nice work. Here some issue that I encountered on my SM950F :

Display Internet speed not working always in 0mb

Network data always at 0mb

Need to add some personalization parameter

Add a submenu in blueetoth statusbar like with WIFI

Sometimes it's not that fluid

When you boot the device the pin number take time to show. We must wait at least a minute to use the device

Notification doesn't appear when you are connected to another Wi-Fi
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] mtelleria:
I have the same issue of 0 mb network data
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] andreimindru96:
Thank you for this Christmas miracle! It works beautifully!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] andreimindru96:
My update : battery life is not very good, I don't think the phone deep sleeps. I lost 30% overnight.. And my ING home bank detects custom ROM even with magisk hide and repackage enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] animeallen:
Try installing Naptime, and try to check if you have TWRP folder in your storage - rename that to something else or remove.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Dennis Kovalenko:
I can confirm that google pay stopped working too, worked fine on the previews rom version
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] andreimindru96:
I tried every posibile fix I found for the banking apps. Found none that would fix them all ..

It hurts me to return to stock when this is waaaay faster and cleaner,but not being able to use bank apps or login with fingerprint won't do it

Edit:Forgot to mention that I couldn't send sms either
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] marianarlt:
SM-G950F/Exynos/dreamlte here.

Not a huge fan of some of the A12 UI changes but that's off topic.

Running TWRP 3.6 and BiTGApps only. No rooting apps.

+ Battery consumption is very good for me, but I explicitly set apps, notifications and system to use as little background activity as possible and actively activate/deactivate services I don't need at a given moment. (Most notably bluetooth, wifi, location and data; if your antennas have to constantly scan for reception where there is none, your battery will suffer a lot)

- Booting causes a severe one-time lag when coming out of the bootloader in to the graphical environment

- Some specific apps just hard freeze; the most notable for me are Brave and Spotify (the latter can be worked around by long tapping and choosing a playlist or opening via settings). I don't use Netflix, can't comment.

+ My bank's PushTAN app works just fine without using any rooting app at all. This means that I can't install certain apps tho (like Netflix and some games e.g. [which I don't care for])

+ Maps/GPS works perfectly fine for me

- I noticed that some system settings are not working at all or even missing; like Display > Colors; or the advanced option on how to show indicators when you set phone navigation to swipe gestures.

- A minor weirdness that kinda bugs me but is absolutely non essential is that my phone doesn't show my actual number in "about this phone". It would show the correct country code, a different carrier (mother company) and lots of zeroes to pad the number's length.

Other than that it's been working very stable for me. Bluetooth works just fine; but I also don't use a lot of the fancier stuff like NFC, streaming or Nearby share.

Thank you for your hard work Ivan!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] ushan fernando:
Going to try this rom today
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Ivan_Meler:
New build is up, Probably last one before Christmas, here is a brief changelog

- Fixed wireless display

- Reduced logspam which should imrpove performance a bit

- Misc performance and stability improvements

- Synced with LOS source

Enjoy new build and happy holidays
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] Magnuss85:
Thank for this update ;)

You know something about Cutout option in Developer Options please ?

Happy holidays you too and thank you for your hard work
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] vishwa33:
Last version of Samsung Health do not work only old ones works
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] vishwa33:
Here is what I noticed :

- Quickdisplay for blueetoth tab not available

- I don't received all notification when I'm using another WiFi

- WiFi speed display not working

- Samsung Health not working on the last update of it on the previous like 6.1x it's works

- Not all personalization settings are available

- LiveDisplay only available when you're typing in the search bar

However, last update is really smooth good work in greeting
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] ThrowingAway:
Does SELinux work or is it disabled like in most other S8 ROMs?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] yuan5422:
*#*#4636#*#* SMSC number can be set，But it doesn't work. The message can't be sent，But MMS can be sent
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] sauudmir:
latest build giving bootloops, had to restore from nand backup
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] ahsan530:
Great ROM! Super fluid. Just one problem, notifications don't seem to appear especially with Whatsapp. They stop after the phone is put to sleep and only appear when Whatsapp is opened again. Tried different Gapps but the problem persists.

Edit: Notifications appear when the phone's screen is turned on, not when you open Whatsapp. The problem seems to be with other apps as well not just Whatsapp. Otherwise super solid rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] cas1421:
Hello @Ivan_Meler,

In some apps that use the camera i see first a green screen then the camera works but, it does not have auto focus enabled, it stay fix so, not easy to scan documents for example.

I know there is not too much that can be done but maybe some patch to improve the default camera hall ?

I see that the camera2 API is level : FULL, i dont know if making it Level_3 could help ...

Thx.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] ItzSushant:
Yes exactly same problem in my s8+ lol... call Receiver freaked out as mechanical sound just go loud loud and louder and it eventually stop and mute and choose the phone speaker again haha .. Next update do Fix this issue... By the way this rom is very good and battery backup is excellent
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] fznb4u:
Yesterday had an upgrade on Lineage 20.0.

Since the is like this can't go to recovery mode
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] maikeru86:
My solution is to revert back to the update that was released on 05 January 2023.

This is the oldest version I still have on my phone backed up from the updater, and I'm not sure when this bug crept in, so a later release might still work (e.g. 11 Feb 2023).

I'm also not sure what features I'm missing out on in the newer releases, but BT calls are very important to me while driving. I can confirm this is not during music playback but always during calls, always when the assistant responds during navigation, and most times when the assistant responds to voice prompts, but not always.

I could probably upload the 05 January 2023 version if anyone needs it, but not sure if one can update with anothers OTA update.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] imacleod:
I was looking at that bug report again and noticed it's been raised for device type "onclite", does that mean that BT is broken for all LineageOS builds? If not, should a dreamlte tag be added/is there a separate issue for S8?

If it is broken for all devices I don't understand why it's not attracted more attention; if it's not broken for all types, does the protracted delay/lack of interest in the issue mean that the S8 no longer has a support base?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] HiQual:
I am using the LOS 20 version on S8 and my Bluetooth problem with my smartwatch was fixed with the most recent updates.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Cross Device Development] imacleod:
The LOS 20 release notes specify "Bluetooth LE connectivity, (wearables, fitness monitors and such)"; my Jabra Evolve 75e apparently does use BTLE.

Before I dive in to a rebuild, @Ivan_Meler, will the BTLE updates be applied to this ROM?