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[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] wireroot:
I keep my fingers crossed that it solves your problem ... also in order to still profit from you as our helpful and altruistic forefront of Pixel 4a LineageOS tester and bug reporter 😇

Aren't you a bit afraid that your system would then become an increasingly large "attack surface" when staying and on an old Android (security update) version?

( Regarding the proprietary vendor security updates we are out of luck anyway due to the design of Android :( )
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
I would rather stay on LOS20, sure. Maybe I'll try GrapheneOS. Last time I tried it, however, it was obvious the LOS crew do a lot work on the default apps. :)
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 20 Update 2023-05-11 - Security Bump

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 20 sunfish build 2023-04-20 to build 2023-05-11. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed. There are reports of problems if the "prioritize update process" setting is turned on. I made sure it was off. I didn't use Caffeine. The install (after download) took just over 8 hours. Of course, the phone works just fine while it's installing. Thus, I didn't worry. :)

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here.

My Visual VoiceMail is still not activating. This broke when I updated LOS19->LOS20.

At some point, I will try a clean install of LOS20.

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The "Android security update" now shows "May 5, 2023".

The Vendor security patch level (just below) is now "May 5, 2023".

The Build number at the bottom is now "TQ2A.230505.002".

The Baseband is still "g7150-00108-230117-B-9497111".

See Android Security Bulletin - May 2023 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "20230511" and active slot 'a'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 20 Update 2023-06-22 - Security Bump

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 20 sunfish build 2023-05-11 to build 2023-06-22. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed. There are reports of problems if the "prioritize update process" setting is turned on. I made sure it was off. I didn't use Caffeine. The install (after download) took just over 11 hours.

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here.

My Visual VoiceMail is still not activating. This broke when I updated LOS19->LOS20.

At some point, I will try a clean install of LOS20.

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The "Android security update" now shows "June 5, 2023".

The Vendor security patch level (just below) is now "June 5, 2023".

The Build number at the bottom is now "TQ3A.230605.012".

The Baseband is now "g7150-00112-230505-B-10075601".

See Android Security Bulletin - June 2023 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "20230622" and active slot 'b'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondJohn:
Does NFC work in LOS for the Pixel 4A?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
Unfortunately, I can't say.

I can go to Settings->Connected devices->Connection preferences->NFC

There's a toggle labeled "Use NFC", which I can turn on.

However, I don't have any "payment app" that I can use to test contactless payments.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Koile:
It works but LOS doesn't pass SafetyNet, so you need to root your phone and fiddle around, if you want to use mobile payment...
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] wireroot:
Recently I updated from lineage-20.0-20230615 to lineage-20.0-20230622.

It took only ~40 minutes.

If it makes any difference:

while updating, the phone was attached to the PC via USB

connected via scrcpy

with the physical screen turned off

the remote screen mirroring only turned on 2 or 3 times in between to view the update installation progress
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 20 Update 2023-07-13 - Security Bump

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 20 sunfish build 2023-06-22 to build 2023-07-13. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed. User razorloves was kind enough to inform me that "prioritize update process" can be turned on. I did that and used Caffeine. The install was quick again, although that never matters to me. :)

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here.

My Visual VoiceMail is still not activating. This broke when I updated LOS19->LOS20.

It doesn't appear to be an LOS issue, since other ROMs (stock, Calyx) also have the problem.

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The "Android security update" now shows "July 5, 2023".

The Vendor security patch level (just below) is now "July 5, 2023".

The Build number at the bottom is now "TQ3A.230705.001".

The Baseband is still "g7150-00112-230505-B-10075601".

See Android Security Bulletin - July 2023 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "20230713" and active slot 'a'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] CharlesDicken:
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[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 20 Update 2023-08-17 - Security Bump

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 20 sunfish build 2023-07-13 to build 2023-08-17. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed. The install was quick again, although that never matters to me. :)

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here.

My Visual VoiceMail is still not activating. This broke when I updated LOS19->LOS20.

It doesn't appear to be an LOS issue, since other ROMs (stock, Calyx) also have the problem.

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The "Android security update" now shows "August 5, 2023".

The Vendor security patch level (just below) is now "August 5, 2023".

The Build number at the bottom is now "TQ3A.230805.001 30cc6fffa6".

The Baseband is still "g7150-00112-230505-B-10075601".

See Android Security Bulletin - August 2023 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "20230817" and active slot 'b'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 20 Update 2023-09-21 - Security Bump

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 20 sunfish build 2023-08-17 to build 2023-09-21. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed. The install was quick again, although that never matters to me. :)

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here.

I was looking forward to the default camera changes. However, the preview at 16x9 doesn't

match the image. Thus, I'll continue to use OpenCamera. Looks like we're jumping 2

versions of the calendar on next update! :)

My Visual VoiceMail is still not activating. This broke when I updated LOS19->LOS20.

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The "Android security update" now shows "September 5, 2023".

The Vendor security patch level (just below) is now "September 5, 2023".

The Build number at the bottom is now "TQ3A.230805.001 2644787ed9".

The Baseband is still "g7150-00112-230505-B-10075601".

See Android Security Bulletin - September 2023 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "20230921" and active slot 'a'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] wireroot:
Huh? I actually don't seem to understand what you mean.

As far as I know, the LOS calendar is just a "rebranded" version of Etar with the latest version being 1.0.36 🤔

Since we are actually at it:

I had/have a problem/bug with the calendar notifications which I tried to solve by disabling the LOS calendar and by installing Etar instead. The problem is, that tapping calendar notifications in the status bar did not open the corresponding calendar entry, but instead dismissed the notification as it would be done when swiping left/right on the notification. My attempt of actually using the "real" / standalone Etar calendar app from F-Droid (with its version not lagging behind/being dependent on the LOS/Android OS installation) did not solve this problem though ...
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
I saw these are set for next week:

https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_packages_apps_Etar/+/366595

https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_packages_apps_Etar/+/366904

BTW:

I had crashing issues with 1.0.35 on another device. The problems disappeared when I went back to 1.0.34. ???:unsure:

Another BTW:

Thanks to the folks who worked on the Dialer. The changes are greatly appreciated.

(y)(y)
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] wireroot:
Apart from crashing (which is even worse), what happens when you tap on a calendar reminder notification in the status bar - does it open the corresponding calendar entry or does it only dismiss the notification (bug/feature only on my device or reproducible on other people's devices)?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
I have the same behavior as you. When I tap the notification, the notification disappears.

Then, I open the calendar app. :)
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 20 Update 2023-10-12 - Security Bump

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 20 sunfish build 2023-09-21 to build 2023-10-12. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed.

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here.

The new calendar still doesn't open when you click the event notification. :)

My Visual VoiceMail is still not activating. This broke when I updated LOS19->LOS20.

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The "Android security update" now shows "October 6, 2023".

The Vendor security patch level stays at "September 5, 2023" from now on.

The Build number at the bottom is now "TQ3A.230901.001 8dc3755851".

The Baseband is still "g7150-00112-230505-B-10075601".

See Android Security Bulletin - October 2023 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "20231012" and active slot 'b'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 20 Update 2023-11-16 - Security Bump

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 20 sunfish build 2023-10-12 to build 2023-11-16. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed.

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here.

My Visual VoiceMail broke when I updated LOS19->LOS20.

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The "Android security update" now shows "November 5, 2023".

The Vendor security patch level stays at "September 5, 2023" from now on.

The Build number at the bottom is now "TQ3A.230901.001 3bbd70f615".

The Baseband is still "g7150-00112-230505-B-10075601".

See Android Security Bulletin - November 2023 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "20231116" and active slot 'a'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 20 Update 2023-12-14 - Security Bump

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 20 sunfish build 2023-11-16 to build 2023-12-14. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed.

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here. I always read the Aperture changes, but I'm still using Open Camera because of 16:9 preview issue.

My Visual VoiceMail broke when I updated LOS19->LOS20.

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The "Android security update" now shows "December 5, 2023".

The Vendor security patch level stays at "September 5, 2023" from now on.

The Build number at the bottom is now "TQ3A.230901.001 523c45bb73".

The Baseband is still "g7150-00112-230505-B-10075601".

See Android Security Bulletin - December 2023 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "20231214" and active slot 'b'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 20 Update 2024-01-11 - Security Bump

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 20 sunfish build 2023-12-14 to build 2024-01-11. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed.

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here. The LOS team got this Security update done really fast! :)

My Visual VoiceMail broke when I updated LOS19->LOS20. Thanks to user @razorloves for having attempted to fix it. If you have this problem, you can find info here.

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The "Android security update" now shows "January 5, 2024".

The Vendor security patch level stays at "September 5, 2023" from now on.

The Build number at the bottom is now "TQ3A.230901.001 0f3acdc50a".

The Baseband is still "g7150-00112-230505-B-10075601".

See Android Security Bulletin - January 2024 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "20240111" and active slot 'a'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] eddieleon7pc:
Heya! I am interested in LOS 20 for the pixel 4a. Currently using the latest stock unrooted ROM and a bit worried about security

-does LOS include google camera ?

-does LOS come with google apps ?

-Play integrity, basic integrity and other integrity, how are those ?

- planning to use this ROM without any root so would safety net pass?

The lady time I flash LOS was 2016 so need a refresher this time .
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] icantlogin:
does LOS include google camera ?

No, but you can easily install it from the Play Store, Aurora Store or an .apk file.

does LOS come with google apps ?

No.

Play integrity, basic integrity and other integrity, how are those ?

You lose at least one integrity level when unlocking your bootloader (necessary to install LineageOS, can't re-lock). I'm not sure if you lose the rest as well and if rooting your device has anything to do with it. If you root you can flash a Magisk module to fix integrity. People are using Play Integrity Fix, but recently it stopped working unless you provide your own "device fingerprint" or something. It may be called something else, I'm not knowledgeable regarding this and when looking for documentation on this I found it is sparse, too technical for someone without knowledge about it or extremely long-winded. Someone created a fork called Play Integrity Fix NEXT which does provide the needed fingerprint and it works fine (for now).

planning to use this ROM without any root so would safety net pass?

I don't know.

Hope this helps a bit. LineageOS is great. This whole Safety Net / Play Integrity business is somewhat annoying though. At first I didn't understand why Play Store said some apps were ‘not available for your device’ or something like that, and I would just install them through Aurora Store (open source alternative to Play Store which acts like Play Store towards Google servers). This worked fine. Only later I discovered what Play Integrity Fix was all about and after installing it these apps were suddenly available from the Play Store app itself.

So if you can't get Play Integrity, you can still have a functional device. Unless some apps won't work without Play Integrity even if you manage to install them. I see a lot of people talking about banking apps, which has never been a problem for me, and maybe other kinds of apps I don't use like Netflix or something. O, and contactless payments / Google Pay... won't work without Play Integrity I think. Possibly just an unlocked bootloader breaks that functionality. Can't be fixed without root.

Good luck!
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] eddieleon7pc:
Wow! First of all , THANK YOU SO MUCH! You sat down and dedicate time to reply to all my questions. Absolute Chad , giga Chad !

I'll try lineage os , thank you so much and a big hug !
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
The first post has some links, including this:

Install LineageOS on sunfish | LineageOS Wiki

wiki.lineageos.org

In that page, you will notice a big warning:

"Warning: If you want to install Google Apps add-on package (use the arm64 architecture), you can download it from here. This add-on needs to be installed before booting into LineageOS for the first time!"

Hope it goes well for you.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mctenddies:
Hi, thanks for all the work!

Is Pixel free storage for Google Photos working or is there an addon to fix it?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] icantlogin:
You'll need a Magisk module. I have no experience with it myself, but DuckDuckGo'ing magisk pixel unlimited storage brought up https://gitlab.com/cuynu/gphotos-unlimited-zygisk and https://github.com/Kingsman44/Pixelify
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
LOS 21 has arrived

Let's hope that an official thread is started. :)

If you're going to upgrade from LOS20, you can read this. I haven't decided if I'm going to clean-install 21.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Joojoo1993:
Someone already tried the first LOS21 build?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] TatsuMasa:
I have upgraded from LOS20. No trouble so far.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] treypop:
If I upgrade from 20 to 21 do I need to flash Android 14 gapps or can I keep that functionality without having to flash me at ones?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
According to this, "Note: If you previously had any Google Apps add-on package installed on your device, you must install an updated package before the first boot of Android! If you did not have Google Apps installed, you must wipe the Data partition (or perform a factory reset) to install them."
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] TatsuMasa:
"install an updated package before the first boot of Android" means

1) reboot to recovery right after installed LOS21

2) adb sideload "Android 14 gapps(arm64)".zip
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] ROZEA:
Hello! I updated from LOS20 -> 21, and I am having video playback issues with hardware acceleration.

The default Gallery app plays only for a split second after resuming, and then resumes playback after a second tap of the play button.

VLC with "Full acceleration" causes video to freeze after resuming playback (audio still plays), but plays normally with hardware acceleration disabled.

NewPipe crashes on resuming playback.

This happens with H.264 and VP9. AV1 is unaffected (I suppose since the 4a doesn't have AV1 acceleration).

Running build 2024-02-15, no gapps, no Magisk.

Thank you LOS team!
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Lee245:
Just did the upgrade; so far no issues
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 21 Update 2024-02-15 - Upgrade LOS20 to LOS21

I Upgraded Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 20 sunfish build 2024-01-11 to LOS21 build 2024-02-15. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed.

There are a bunch of changes as you can see here.

My Visual VoiceMail is still not activating. This is apparently due to a TMobile change.

I have the same issue (video play resumption) with VLC that user @ROZEA noted a few posts before.

I haven't had NewPipe crash, however.

The messaging app seems to have lost emoticons. :)

An overview:

I read instructions here.

Downloaded file "lineage-21.0-20240215-nightly-sunfish-signed.zip" from here.

Used Linux' "sha256sum" to verify download.

Ran "adb devices" command to make sure phone connected.

Ran "adb -d reboot sideload"

After the phone rebooted, ran "adb -d sideload lineage-21.0-20240215-nightly-sunfish-signed.zip"

I got this:

serving: 'lineage-21.0-20240215-nightly-sunfish-signed.zip' (~47%) adb: failed to read command: Success

As the instructions mention, this is fine.

When completed, the phone asked if I had any more packages to install. I just rebooted to system.

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The Android version is now "14".

The "Android security update" now shows "February 5, 2024".

The Vendor security patch level (just below) remains "September 5, 2023".

The Build number at the bottom is now "UQ1A.240205.004".

The Baseband remains "g7150-00112-230505-B-10075601".

See Android Security Bulletin - February 2024 for details about the security fixes.

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version 21 "20240215" and active slot 'b'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] Stribianese91:
Hello. I installed LOS 20 on the device with NikGapps Core, and compared to the stock one I noticed a loss of quality for phone calls only when earpiece is used. With bluetooth, cabled headphones with microphone, or speakerphone the call quality is equal to stock. My carrier doesn't support VOLTE. Has anyone else had the same feeling as me, or is it simply a placebo effect?

I followed the official LineageOS guide, so I installed both boot.img and dtbo.img via fastboot. Some thread descriptions don't require the flash of dtbo.img. Can it be the cause?

Thank you
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] CharlesDicken:
Lineage is 21 for pixel 4a is out.

Anyone tried it yet?
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] treypop:
I

I have had similar issues when playing videos in chrome
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] mangokm40:
4a LineageOS 21 Update 2024-02-29 - Soooo many changes :)

Using the built-in Updater, I OTA-updated Pixel 4a (Google Ed) LineageOS 21 sunfish build 2024-02-15 to build 2024-02-29. I have no GApps, no custom-kernel, and Magisk is not installed.

There are a TON of changes as you can see here.

Aperture: I've avoided use of LOS' camera app because of the 16:9 preview problem.

I noticed this issue in GitLab was closed. Should I open a new one for sunfish/LOS21 ?

After the reboot, I went to Settings->About phone->"Android version".

The "Android security update" still shows "February 5, 2024".

The Vendor security patch level (just below) is remains "September 5, 2023".

The Build number at the bottom is still "UQ1A.240205.004".

The Baseband remains "g7150-00112-230505-B-10075601".

I rebooted to recovery to verify that it was also updated. It now shows version "20240229" and active slot 'a'.

Thank you to the Lineage Team, PeterCxy, cdesai, & mikeioannina (listed as maintainers) for their work.
[Google Pixel 4a Guides, News, & Discussion] CharlesDicken:
Wait for second release, hopefully many issues fixed!