yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
Read Graphene or Calyxos security recomendations, they talk about the risks of keeping the bootloader unlocked. Even Lineage OS developers not recommend banking and gpay, pixel 2 has an old kernel without security updates.

Spy? Target? LOL
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] deathblade:
I've read it, and still choose to have an unlocked boot loader, and root. Cause you know what, just cause there is risk so long as you know what your doing the actual risk is minimal. I'd rather have the feature set that lineage offers over using Calyx or Graphene. While they are more secure and more privacy forward they also have their own use ability issues. They are great if you can live with the restrictions but I found that I much prefer to have actual control over my device. I have the control over my security and privacy, I don't need Calyx or Graphene to decide these things for me.

Additionally, this thread is not a discussion of security practices or the like, this is purely meant to be for the discussion of Lineage OS 19.1 specifically
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
Hi there!

Totally new to the installing custom ROMs on the Pixel 2XL.

Will try and figure my way out, but I was wondering if 19.1 supports the Now Playing function by any chance? (seeing that 18.1 did recently add support for it out of the box)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] deathblade:
It does!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
That's awesome! Thank you!

PS: What about the battery life? I saw on Reddit stating that 18.1's battery life seems to be an improvement over stock. Does 19.1 translates that too?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] deathblade:
Over stock, I can't say. Haven't been on stock since Google dropped support. But I've have what if consider good battery life on 19.1
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
Ah alright. I've actually been holding on stock ever since the transition to Pixel 2XL. Any other users able to comment on the battery life? Do chime in :) Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
In my case, battery es longer than stock, i test it with lineage and protonaosp. At the end of the day 10% more. With de-googled even more.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
That's awesome to hear, i will be attempting to installing it since i've noticed that the stock has slowed down abit. fingers crossed!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
Seems like there's a bug :( I can't change my notification sounds

Now playing seems to be missing too, is there something I need to enable?

EDIT 2: Camera previews seems to be not working too?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
Did you install official or unofficial?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
unofficial
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] tapalief:
For notifications sounds, download and install Google Sounds 3 on Apkmirror.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
Thanks mate haha, but I've installed the official one and the bugs were gone. Seems to be present in the unofficial one. Now I just need to figure out how to get Now Playing working haha
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
Now Playing works sometimes on the official build only. However:

1) The now playing feature on the lock screen has disappeared. It now only appears in the status bar if it can detect music.

2) The detection is way too bad. I was testing this out with popular songs playing over 2 hours-ish and the phone was only able to pick up 3-4 songs when there was around 50-60 ish being played.

Hopefully this is something that can be fixed/improved in future releases :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dede11g:
Hi there, is there a way to enable a darker dark mode for the OLED screen? Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] npjohnson:
1. Expected, the systemui integrations are nasty.

2. Sadly no. It is what it is.

Not that we have merged yet but some stuff in progress.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kröte:
Thanks for this awesome ROM. Everyything runs smoothly and has steady updates. Just one issue: can yoou open PayPal?it crashes when opening the app. Any suggestions to get it working?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] avik_karati2007:
can anyone share the exact Gapps link that will be compatible with this Rom ???

because I can't find anything..... every time I flash the MindTheGapps, it says it's not compatible.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] runekock:
For the official rom, it's https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=14655340768118455581

(I haven't tried it myself)

For the unofficial, gapps is already included.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] avik_karati2007:
I have tried this one but still no luck :-(
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] runekock:
Make sure that you follow the install guide exactly - you may have to start over.

Install LineageOS on taimen | LineageOS Wiki

wiki.lineageos.org

Pay special notice to reboots. The Pixel has two slots for roms, and tends to change between them when you reboot the recovery. And if you reboot to the LineageOS rom before installing gapps, it can prevent them from working later on.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] avik_karati2007:
I'm using TWRP recovery to flash coz sideload is not working on my device.

Can you please tell me how do I flash ???

I did this as follows -

1. clear cache

2. install Rom

3. install Gapps ( which is not successful )

4. reboot the system

...... and its reboots without Gapps

Should I change the slot from A to B in between ??? Kindly guide
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Magnetox:
I'm going to be loading the latest nightly with the latest MindTheGapps later. I'm sure everything will be great!

Thanks so much!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Feebz13:
Successfully flashed the official version but now can't pass safetynet unfortunately. Can I just flash unofficial over this version?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hawkeye77:
Official won't pass safetynet. You'll need Magisk + other modules to help with that.

Unofficial passes, i would clean flash.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kröte:
Look carefully at the innstruction. Afterr installing the ROM and before installing Googlle apps you have to go to advvance and thhen reboot to recovery then iinstall the Google app.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kröte:
Is there a guide to insstal Magisk + other modules to pass safety net?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] avik_karati2007:
Ok will try
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Feebz13:
Thanks Hawkeye will clean flash. I dirty flashed official from 18.1 was previously passing safety net with magisk and safetynetfix but it broke with upgrade. I'll try official clean flash + magisk modules.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] g000n:
Updated to 05-19 build, Magisk was saved.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Feebz13:
Just finished clean install passing safetynet w magic props config and universalsafetynet fix but can't get Google pay to work either. I will say it feels like the clean install runs a bit snappier in comparison to dirty flash...but maybe all in my head.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] deathblade:
To get it to work, you need to pass safteynet and hide root. In order to hide root use shamiko magisk module. Also make sure the universal safteynet fix is the zygisk version and that zygisk is enabled
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hawkeye77:
This may help.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] DonQuixote77:
Very nice work @npjohnson

I was running an old ABC ROM 11 build on both my Taimen, as well as the one my wife handed down to my son. Just installed your May 15th unofficial build (with the built in gapps) on both devices, and everything's running great.

Thanks for your work, keeping this device in new threads 👍
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
CTS is not, even using Magisk, Zygisk, safetynet module and shamiko. Chacked with Yasnac
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] deathblade:
So you are not passing safteynet?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Feebz13:
Thanks this worked! Needed to clear the data.

Thanks @npjohnson @deathblade
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Feebz13:
I had to use propsconfig and choose a device that's android 12 supported. I think this is why my upgrade failed safetynet as I was using 2xl props config.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
Thx, i used the Pixel 3 XL fingerprint and it worked, now i can pass the CTS.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] keylogthis:
Anyone else have this problem?

If I change the wallpaper though nova launcher or gallery and reboot then "Settings > Wallpapers & style" will instantly crash and not open.

So far I have tried:

1. Clearing com.android.wallpaper cache and data

2. Clearing Pixel Launcher cache and data

3. Installing Google Wallpaper from Play Store

4. Changing language in system settings

If Google Wallpaper app is installed then I am able to open the app directly but it will crash as soon as I attempt to click on the "style" portion.

Running unofficial, not sure if official has the issue. I've done clean re-installs three times now and have re-produced the issue each time.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
Google wallpaper is working fine for me.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
Does this happen with the default launcher?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] keylogthis:
Yes, also happens with default launcher.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
I've promptly installed the official one after experiencing a couple of issues on the unofficial one. perhaps you can try the official one instead.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
So LOS just prompted me to update (official version). Can I confirm that it is safe to update through the OTA? Will anything be lost? (including safetynet stuff etc.)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xstarbuck1982x:
I originally installed the unofficial version then updated via OTA.

Seems fine to me
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] g000n:
New update released
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] lichan:
The latest update upon install messed up Magisk 23.0 and I no longer have root.Can I install Magisk from the lineage recovery without starting completely over on the lineageos 19.1 ROM? I was able to get Magisk App reinstalled but actual Magisk 23.0 is a no go.

Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] armaki:
Reboot to Recovery

Advanced

Apply update from ADB

adb sideload [magisk.apk]

Reboot system
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] lichan:
Thanks, that worked. They have moved "Update from ADB" out of advanced. In Advanced you turn on ADB, go back, pick Apply Update and then update from ADB.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] g000n:
It's an inconvience to always have to boot into recovery and have to connect to PC to sideload, wish it was possible to at least have "boot to recovery" in the restart menu
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] npjohnson:
you can lol - buttons settings, power menu -> advanced reboot.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 8Bitz0:
I'm having issues with my SIM card on my Google Pixel 2 XL. I am using Verizon, I haven't really seen people have this issue with their Pixel 2 XL. I've re-installed many times, wiped the cache. It still won't detect the SIM card. Are there any fixes for this?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Feebz13:
My Garmin watch is unable to pair anymore with LOS 19 any ideas on how to get it working again?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Feebz13:
Managed to fix it. This is an android 12 issue. 'Enable Gabeldorsche' in Developer options will fix this:https://forums.garmin.com/apps-soft...-12-sync-pair-failure-fr945#pifragment-1286=3

Hope this helps someone!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] runekock:
Maybe the SIM card is broken? Or the SIM connectors in the phone? Perhaps you can switch to an eSIM?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] g000n:
Thanks.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] qtWHL:
Thanks for the unofficial build. First time dealing with custom ROMs and it took about 20 minutes to make it install/configure. Everything works like a charm and I like it more than official one (which I also tried with Magisk & MTG)

Issues I've noticed and solve (hope it helps other guys here):

- You can't open recently shot photo from camera. Solution: Install Google Photos.

- You can't set custom notification sound. Solution: Install Google Sounds 3 (I've used APKMirror package)

Issue I was not able to solve:

- Open Markup tool from screenshot notification. I thought it was missing and installed different versions of packages from APKMirror but it still fails and crashes with below (according to logcat):

05-29 20:56:02.521 11754 11754 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
05-29 20:56:02.521 11754 11754 E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.google.android.markup, PID: 11754
05-29 20:56:02.521 11754 11754 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: library "libsketchology_native.so" not found

@npjohnson can you take a look? It works in official build btw.

Thanks in advance and thank you for the great work!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] npjohnson:
Fixing all three.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] npjohnson:
Okay:

1. A noted bug, but the issue is that Google Photos is ****ing huge and I don't think we can fit it.

2. I can set an MP3 as a custom notification sound fine

3. I don't see this crash.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] qtWHL:
Thank you for reply!

1. Gotcha, I guess it is okay, most users can install it by themselves if they really need it :)

2. Strange, I wasn't able to do it via Settings > Sound > Default Notiifcation Sound without having 'Google Sounds 3' APK installed. It resulted in crash for Settings app if doing so few times in a row. Anyway, not a big deal since it can be fixed with APK install :)

3. Sorry, I wasn't precise enough:

- After installing unofficial build, it simply canoot open Markup app as it is not installed by default. When you try to edit screenshot from notification, it simply cannot find the app:

05-30 10:16:35.816 1543 2484 I ActivityTaskManager: START u0 {act=android.intent.action.EDIT dat=content://media/external/images/media/69 typ=image/png flg=0x10008003 cmp=com.google.android.markup/.AnnotateActivity} from uid 10157
05-30 10:16:35.817 1952 1952 E ActionProxyReceiver: Pending intent canceled

- I've tried to installed different versions of Markup (9, 10 & 11 Beta) from APKMirror and then second attempt resulted in the crash that I mentioned above. If this is an issue with markup, I gonna try other sources for obtaining the APK. But just in case:

1. Install Markup app.

2. Squeeze for screenshot

3. Press Edit in appeared notification

AR: Markup app cannot be opened, logcat displays FATAL EXCEPTION

ER: Markup app is opened :)

Hope it helps!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ridley1000:
Just wanted to say thank you for the unofficial build. Haven't found any problems yet and it's lovely to see new life breathed into my 2XL.

Quick question, why does the android version still say 11 in settings?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] npjohnson:
To pass safety net.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ridley1000:
That makes sense! Thank you again for all your hard work.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] DevALT:
I am on the official build rooted with magisk 24.3

And the latest update of lineageOS

Magiskhideprops(run props in terminal)

Reboot

Flashed universal safetynet fix

Official lineage 19.1 rooted passing safety net :)

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[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
The only problem is the camera app, when you set with props another pixel model, Google Play will promt you to update Gcam for the model you setup ..... I prefer developer solution to fake android version to 11.

I tried to update the official version with OTA, it took a long long time ...... i know that mindthegapps are backed up with a script, but i'm not sure with magisk ..... because lineageos doesn't provide support.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] DevALT:
Well my Gcam is working and did not asked me to update anything

I used magiskhideprops to change fingerprint to android 11 pixel 2xl fingerprint (so I do "fake" android 11, with magiskhideprops)

And everything props related I just selected pixel 2 xl in the list (option:7 for Google then 17 for pixel 2xl)

But you do you friend, I just give information here :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] :
Yes, i selected Pixel 6 Pro, hours later google sent me an email to thanks my new acquisition lol

Google Play tried to update Gcam from Pixel 2 to Pixel 6 Pro (about 350Mb app). To avoid these, i downgrade to Pixel 2 Android 11 version, because i made a mistake thinking it won't working using a real Android 12.

Well, i will request a replacement for the Pixel 6 Pro to Google xD
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] g000n:
Update released 2-6-2022

LineageOS Downloads

download.lineageos.org
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TwerkinTiger:
Thanks a lot for your work breathing some life into an old Pixel 2 Xl!

I've installed your unofficial ROM with root and it runs really smooth and snappy.

Some location bases apps that use Google Maps API don't show the map within the app anymore and thus have no functionality.

I'd be glad if I could get a hint on where I went wrong here or what I can do to get them working.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] keylogthis:
So there is no option to always show brightness slider and many others that past versions of LOS has had, is that the direction LOS is taking to have less customizations? I think I'm going to be installing crdroid instead as it has those customization.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] neilth:
The brightness slider is there on my 2XL with LOS 19.1 when I slide down from the top of the screen and brightness slider in quick settings is an available option in settings.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] g000n:
Update 06-09 is live
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] keylogthis:
Does brightness slider in quick settings work for you though? I have it enabled and it does not display in quick settings. It only displays in the notification pulldown, not the quick setting pulldown.

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[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] runekock:
Well, I think LineageOS tries to have a medium amount of customization, so things that only a few people use sometimes get dropped. I guess this is one such case.

I'm on ArrowOS, and it shows the same behavior: the brightness slider doesn't appear in the notification pulldown, but only once I open the full quick-settings pulldown. So nothing unusual about it.

Edit: maybe you can find an app with a widget that you can put on home screen. "Brightness Adjuster" seems to do something like that.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] keylogthis:
It works correctly in dotOS and crDroid so I'm just going to switch to one of those. The entire point of using a custom ROM for me is control and customization so if LOS is moving away from that direction that is too bad but I'm happy there are other options. crDroid is based on LOS but allows these extra customizations so it's looking like that might be the way for me.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] deathblade:
Anyone else notice BT audio volume is lower than on 18.1?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
Getting significant battery drain all of a sudden. The phone will still be even warm even when idle. Is any user facing similar problems?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dcarvil:
Try powering off, wait 30 seconds, then power on.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] g000n:
Update 6-16 released, it's a big one
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
Seems to work for a while, and it happens again. Just updated to the latest version of LOS though 16-6, so far nothing problematic yet.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HW898:
What significant updates are there haha. I don't really understand any terms listed in the changelog. Any ELI5? haha
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] g000n:
Some changes can be just for LOS and some are specific to the device its self
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] clownfromthesky:
To Developers,

I recently installed the Lineage OS 19.1 on my Pixel 2XL. I flashed MindTheGapps as well. Everything is working fine. But I have noticed a few bugs and would also like to suggest some features that the pixel 2xl had which is not present in Lineage OS.

1. In the One Handed mode section under Gestures, the window showing how the One Handed mode works is just a black screen now.

2. The battery section is not that insightful. Earlier in stock android 11, it had a more comprehensive battery management section. No function for sleeping or deep sleeping apps. Also, developers can also add the feature to stop charging after 80% to protect battery.

3. Functionality to recognize music in the background. (This can also be added as a feature)

4. Also, in the 'recent apps' section, the 'close all' can be kept below the apps rather than moving it all the way to the beginning. ( I know this has been like this in the stock version as well, it's just a suggestion)

5. In the 'recents apps' section apps could also have a functionality for pop-up display (floating windows). I'm not sure whether it is a part of Android 12 or not. But it is quite useful.

6. Color Palette. This usually comes with Material You. You can change the color of the icons in the quick settings and lock screen. I'm unable to find this option in the Display or the Wallpapers/style section. The colors seems to be selected automatically when we apply the wallpaper. No way to set it manually. Could be a feature addition. Basically the 'Themed Icons' section is missing.

Would be great if developers could implement these in the coming builds!

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ajmz:
So do I.

lineage-19.1-20220614-UNOFFICIAL-taimen.zip.

@npjohnson
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] g000n:
06-23-2022 update released

LineageOS Downloads

download.lineageos.org
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] DaveinAsia:
Have installed Unofficial 19.1 for a week. Thanks for putting this out; most everything works great on my 2XL.

One problem I have is getting music/sound output via my USB-C wired headphones. There's no problem when using my set of bluetooth earphones and I have never experienced this with other ROMS, so I wonder if I might have missed something.