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[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Spaceoid:
There are ways to use TWRP for sure. I assume there even are some guides for that on the OP6 board on XDA. I never used it, though, so maybe other users with more experience with TWRP might help.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
Backups are always important.

But just to be sure we are talking about the same thing: Nandroid backups through TWRP have ceased to work for me with LOS 19: since then every time I tried to restore a Nandroid I ended up having to wipe my phone and do a complete fresh install. That's why I stopped using TWRP altogether.

But as always, YMMV...
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] memetix:
Thanks I'll do some more searching tomorrow. What do you use for backup and restore?
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] memetix:
Thanks I didnt know there were issues, I cant remember the last time I actually restored a backup, I think it was pre LOS19. I recently realised the importance of backups when i inadvertently drove over my phone. :D
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Spaceoid:
I, actually, do not use any method apart from in-app backup functionality :')
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
I use a combination of methods. Sounds complicated but it's not if you build your little personal routine:

many apps offer cloud storage. No need to backup those data

if possible I use in-app backups. Messengers and many other modern apps have these

LOS contains SeedVault. Not perfect but it runs on a schedule, and it helps to backup system data like WiFi access points, SMS, personal dictionaries etc., as well as data of (legacy) apps that don't offer their own mechanism. I had to restore at least twice from SeedVault, and that worked fine, so I feel it's reliable. Useage is a bit special, so be sure that you understand how it works before you rely on it

If you don't like SeedVault, there are other apps on the market, like Swift Backup. Looks fine as well, and a bit easier to understand. But it runs on a subscription basis if you want to use the scheduler (at least that's what I read)

Before every major ROM update (like LOS 20 to 21) I make a full copy of my entire internal memory through ADB. This is not meant to be restored as-is, but it gives me access to local data
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
Does Gapps need reflashed after OTAs?

I was under the impression they only needed flashed on first-installs after a factory reset, but the last two LOS OTAs I would unlock to Google services crashing frequently. This last time I reflashed Gapps and rebooted fine.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Spaceoid:
For me, on the OP6 and the OP9 Pro, I never needed to reflash Gapps. Always used those recommended in the wiki.

Ofc, I did not flash the few latest builds for the OP6, so take my experience with a grain of salt.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
Never had an issue like that after OTA. Last updated 2 days ago without any problems.

AFAIR, I didn't even have to re-flash GAPPS after upgrading from LOS20 to LOS21

Last install was MindTheGapps for A13, btw.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] zeuline:
Hey guys, im totaly stuck (again). Tried flash LinageOS with TWRP, now boots only in fastboot mode. Msn tool cant see device to restore to default.

Tried follow Linage page instructions and everywhere getting errors if trying to flash anything, please assist:

C:\adb>fastboot boot boot.img

Sending 'boot.img' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.396s]

Booting FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')

fastboot: error: Command failed

C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.7.0_11-0-enchilada.img

Sending 'recovery' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.458s]

Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: '(recovery_a) No such partition')

fastboot: error: Command failed

Tried Fastboot enhance, cannot see fastbootd if phone are in fastboot.

Thats last hope
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
I recommend figuring this out, specifically starting at 10.3.8, OTA'ing to 11.1.2.2, unlock bootloader, then flash LOS. I made a quick video of the process:

These are the EDL drivers I use (just W10 drivers extracted from a larger Qualcomm driver pack): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YR9rZuJeLj1raXRe31X7zO1jQXXR5LOk/view?usp=sharing
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] zeuline:
Thanks man, but MsmDownloadTool cannot see my device. Not sure what you are pressing at the beginning, probably Volume up + power and screen are off after. Mine boot into fastboot. Maybe reason why cannot see it. Once I already restored from this point (completely black screen) now fastboot, another strategy needed:)

P.S. EDL drivers zip required password
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
Yeah vol up + pwr (while the phone is off); I think that only works when a USB data cable is connected to the phone or else it'll go to Fastboot instead.

I forgot that driver package had a pass :p it's "edl5168"
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] zeuline:
Phone off, plugging cable and its automatically boots to Fastboot. I think we have two different stories. In your video phone bricked. Mine still can boot into Fastboot. But from here I cannot install anything zip/img :(

Thanks for pass

Any ideas how to recover phone functionality?
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
I might recommend following up on another or new EDL/Msmdownloadstool thread to really get into troubleshooting further, but one suggestion is to try having the phone off, use a totally different data USB cable, have a totally different computer (doesn't need drivers; OS doesn't matter), hold Vol Up and connect the OP6 to that computer.

If it does the device connect sound on that computer but the phone screen is still black, that's good (it's in EDL mode) and you can unplug it from that PC and connect it to the one you want to do Msmdownloadtools recovery on, or set it up on the new unrelated computer.

I believe the only difference in getting Fastboot vs EDL mode with Power + vol up is whether or not a data USB cable is connected at the time (no cable = fastboot, data cable = EDL). There's other methods to enter EDL too (some on edltools Github, possibly others on other XDA threads)

I thought it was fine but oddly couldn't get location on Pokemon GO yesterday when other GPS stuff worked fine. It could be related to something other than Gapps though (didn't bother debugging). Back to Gapp-less and F-Droid :p

The last Gapps package I had was MindTheGapps-14.0.0-arm64-20240612_135921 (June 12th)
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] wuyf98@gmail.com:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/1e6943n
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Ulises31:
Hi.

Please try as follows, it worked for me time ago

To enter in EDL mode you have to press the ON/OFF button at least for 40 seconds. Then connect the USB cable to PC but not to the phone. After that, open the MSMDownloadtool, then press the Vol+ and power at the same time and without releasing them conect the USB cable to the phone. When you can see the MSM tool has recognized the phone you can release the buttons and start the downloading.

Good luck
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
like all others: "dirty flashing following instructions worked. Flashed Magisk the "patch-boot.img" way. Even kept BASIC and DEVICE integrity! (y)(y)(y)(y)(y)
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] olifee:
Thanks, I finally also went ahead, and did the same, i.e. dirty flashed, then MindTheGapps, then Magisk 27 via zip. All working well.

Was a bit scared on first boot, since it took quite a while on the "bootloader unlocked" screen, before the new LineageOS boot animation, and I already thought I bricked it. But waiting a few minutes, it finally rebooted once more and then the "bootloader unlocked" screen went by fast, and the boot animation was shown.

Now all is running well, thanks a lot for this new release for our old devices!
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Spaceoid:
Updated today from LOS 20 via dirty flash. Everything in total only took like 30 minutes, plus 10 minutes to setup ADB on my new PC again.

Awesome.

I remember that, back in the days, updating CM/LOS with backing everything up and setting it up again took like 3-4 hours.

Thank you a lot, from the deepest parts of my heart.

Magisk installation via ADB sideload of the magisk.zip worked well, too - though I had to install it THROUGH the app again afterwards.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] piu130:
What did you do to upgrade LOS 20 -> 21 with Magisk? Follow the LOS upgrade guide, then follow the Magisk installation guide? Did you do the optional step from Magisk and flash vbmeta? And did this wipe your data?
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] pdmr:
Yes. Official upgrade guide. Then:

Download Magisk apk from GitHub.

Download boot.img from download.lineageos.org.

Update Magisk apk.

In Magisk “Select and Patch a File” and select boot.img

Reboot fastboot

fastboot flash boot magisk_img

No, no aditional steps with vbmeta.img. Only a reboot required by Magisk when open the apk.

No, no wipe data.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Eruurk:
I upgraded my OP6 from LOS 20 to 21 following official guide. Device is not rooted.

Everything ran smoothly via dirty flash.

Thank to all developers for their hard work.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] gamertag128:
Sorry guys, but I have to ask again. Can anybody confirm or deny, if it is a common bug or just a device specific problem?

Edit: It's not just the Ads but also Videos and Playlists

Example:

View attachment 6070662
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
I usually don't use the yt app on my phone, just installed it to test.

Didn't find a video with an unskippable ad. But the end of my chosen video with a length of 10:55 (wanted to watch anyways) the last frame just froze and the timer kept counting until I stopped at 30 seconds beyond the end

I guess that's the same effect with the ads.

I'll test again tomorrow on an iPad and on a different android device
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] gamertag128:
Big thanks :) that's all I wanted to know. I already tried it on other devices and they behave as it should. It could be an issue with the dirty flash or just a LOS bug, but at least now I know nothing is wrong with my device configuration.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] ProxiStyx:
Apologies for the maybe simple question, but the installation guide just mentions sideloading the zip files. Should I flash boot.img, dtbo.img and vbmeta.img? If so, could someone please provide the commands, just to be sure?
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] gamertag128:
You don't have to flash them :) just sideload the zip
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] MangeF:
You need to flash recovery:

5. Flash recovery onto your device:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

Anyone that can explain when you need to flash these files and what they are for?

dtbo.img

vbmeta.img
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] gamertag128:
True, if it's a first time installation. I've missed that point. Not needed if upgrading 😅
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] oussamalabbize:
Hi and thanks for the rom, works like a charm !

Is there any way to have pixel launcher on this rom ? As a flashable zip or magisk module.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Greasy Joe Bick:
Dirty Flash over unrooted LOS 20 worked great. No need for data wipe. Just flashed and added MindTheGapps for android 14 before first reboot.

Added Magisk 27.0 .apk after reboot then fastboot flash modified boot.img.

Added chiteroman's Play Intergrity FIx module to pass checks for wallet to work on phone and watch.

Removed system AudioFX app. Added Viper4Andriod 6.1 module and 6.2 app. Installed module and before rebooting, after module install, installed app on top of module install and updated it. After that, rebooted and now have great sound!

All is well here! Everything working great! Thanks to all involved!
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
I more or less asked the same ~a year ago (in the LOS20 thread), and got this as an answer:

[ROM][OFFICIAL][enchilada][13] LineageOS 20

LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 13, which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device. LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra...

xdaforums.com

:cool:
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
Might be related to https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_device_oneplus_sdm845-common/+/383647
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] gamertag128:
Great finding :) so it's probably gonna be fixed by tomorrow.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] kecodoc:
Thank you for bringing great things to oneplus 6
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] squatter87:
before to install I need to know please if say "ok google" activate the google assistant.

thanks
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
On a fresh install of LOS 21 (20240215) saying Ok Google does nothing. I accepted all the setup wizard prompts for assistant. I never used that feature to know if it worked at all on previous LOS or OOS.

Is there a specific setting I can check?

"Hey Google & Voice Match" says "Hey Google is not supported on this device."
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] MangeF:
No, it doesn't.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] squatter87:
you have stabbed me in the heart 😭😭
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] EspressoulPH:
Anyone know how to disable fingerprint scanner's haptic feedback without globally disabling haptics? Touch feedback doesn't seem to disable it.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] squatter87:
thanks a lot, you give me all details I want
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] A.pedro:
Hello,

As I mentioned before, I did an dirty installation according to the instructions and the device is not certified after installing ih8sn-aarch64.zip.

Now I noticed the following; see de img

With YASNAC app It says it is certified on the PlayStore, no!
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
several things to note:

YASNAC is said to be deprecated since quite a while now. Go for a play integrity checker app (from Play Store)

Or even better: check integrity from Play Store itself:

(if not already done previsouly) in Playstore click settings > Info > tap 7 times on "Play Store Version" to enable "Developer Options" (similar to what you do in you local system settings to get to the Developer Options)

Then again in Play Store settings go to General > Developer Options > Play Integrity > Check Integrity, then hold your breath and wait for the verdict

AFAIK, PlayStore certification is different from Play Integrity checks: you can have a certified device in Playstore and Integrity checks all failed at the same time, and vice versa (I've seen both on my device)

I never used ih8sn, but from what I read in multiple threads the concept is dead/no longer effective since quite a while. But I may be wrong, because... well, I never used it

My current situation basically is this: since all that trouble with Google's Play Integrity policy began I never was able to run my OP6 unrooted without loosing Play Store certification, DEVICE and BASIC INTEGRITY. Which is just plain stupid, as we all know, because there is no need for me to have root access (I can do anything I want to do through ADB anyways)

So I am back here with a rooted device (through Magisk), running Play Integrity Fix Module and having a big Magisk deny list.

Good luck to you

PS: feel free to correct me where I'm wrong; I'm not much of an expert, just using these things since quite a while now
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
I did the developer options Play Integrity test and have [MEETS_BASIC_INTEGRITY]. Pokemon GO is my go-to test as long as it lets me log in.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] gamertag128:
After the change away from safetynet to play integrity, the policy also seems have to be changed. F.e. Netflix now also can be downloaded without a certification.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
I saw VoWifi work today, and I actually needed it to too!

I was in a store and had no cellular. I connected to the store's wifi, and surprisingly wifi calling just worked. IMS status reported VoLTE unavailable but VoWifi available. During phone calls, Google's phone app showed I was on a Wifi call (same place it says HD).

The times I was trying to test this from my house, I couldn't get VoWifi working at all. I'm not sure if there's specific conditions, but:

I flashed Gapps and had Google's Phone and Messaging app installed (no carrier services)

The call was definitely through Google's Phone app and my cellular number; no VOIP or Google Voice

I didn't test LOS's Phone app

I legit had no cellular service. From my house I have strong cellular but only tried with airplane and modem power off; it's possible the modem needs to be on and without cellular?

With dialer code 4636 VoWifi or VoLTE would be available and unavailable; both weren't available at the same time

It seems like the Calling preference option (Settings -> Network & internet -> SIMs -> (sim name) -> Wi-Fi calling -> Calling preference) on the default "Call over Wi-Fi" is ignored and calls go over mobile network regardless.

Unrelated but I can also still do GSM voice calls seemingly no problem (Tracfone US with T-Mobile SIM)
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] DroidSK:
Thanks for supporting the device with newer builds and help keep the device alive :) Everything works for me including VoLTE and VoWiFi. I only have 2 issues:

Minor: No icon display for VoLTE and VoWiFi.

Major: No VPN connection when connected to mobile network. I use Nord which works fine on this ROM when on WiFi. Switching from WiFi to mobile or rebooting phone with mobile data only also does not help. Thiss seems like an issue with Lineage only I confirmed that Nord works fine on mobile network. I also put the SIM card into another phone (Samsung with stock ROM) and confirmed Nord works there for mobile networks.

Any tips on how to debug this issue and collect logs. Please let me know.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
Can't say for the vpn option integrated in LOS. To connect to my office network I use the OpenVPN app. And that is working for both wifi and cell connections (just re-tested)
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] DroidSK:
I use nordvpn app that does not work. OpenVPN is not an option as I cannot use NordLynx protocol or seamlessly change servers.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] pdmr:
Updated. Works perfect and updating fastest compared LOS20.

About:

"Fixed" disabling "Hide clock if launcher is visible". If enabled, clock dissapear, its Ok, but also notifications apps icons.

Regarding to:

I think LineageOS 21 hasnt a photo editor.

Thanks!
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Spaceoid:
My experience with the OTA update of today:

Installation went smoothly, but phone rebooted twice instead of the usual one time. Everything is working now, though, even Magisk persisted.

Not sure if that is to be expected, or if that's because of my Magisk installation or something. I just wanted to report it.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
I was hoping someone would be fast faster than me - starting right away ;)

interesting - you mean you didn't do the usual "install to inactive slot" thing? How have you done the original installation, deprecated or official method?
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Spaceoid:
So you mean your phone rebooted twice as well?

Altogether that is not a problem at all, btw, but I was wondering if something is amiss with my installation.

I did the deprecated method, so Magisk always persists after an OTA. I just added that to my report to add further information.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
nope, just one boot. But probably that's related to the Magisk installation method as I have gone the recommended "patch boot.img" way. Well, just a rough guess...
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] pdmr:
Only one boot using "install to active slot" method.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
When I did a clean install of the first LOS21, it rebooted twice. When I did a clean install of today's (28th) build, I wasn't exactly paying attention but I don't think my phone rebooted twice. I'll very likely be doing another clean install soon to really check as Google apps are just too much :p

If I last saw the commit right apparently LOS supports signature spoofing for microG now, and I'm very interested in trying that if it works!

Edit: microG works but apparently requires manual moving of something to /system/priv-app for Location to work. Google sign-in worked, Pokemon GO starts, but wasn't able to progress further without Location.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Spaceoid:
Interesting.

I installed the same update again, and AGAIN my phone would boot twice.

Further explained:

Phone shuts down. Vibration. 'Bootloader unlocked' message. Phone shuts down again. Vibration. 'Bootloader unlocked' message. Then boot animation. Then system is ready.

As all of you have installed Magisk via boot.img, that MIGHT be the cause for it. I just hope I did not bomb one of my partitions.

Maybe I'll re-install Magisk, using the proper way this time.

Or a full clean install, but I do not really have the time for that atm.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] gamertag128:
Mine also did it twice and I haven't installed Magisk 😂
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
How much userdata space does LOS 21 use on a fresh clean install? I'm messing with Renegade Project currently and gave it 8 GB which let LOS 21 boot no problem up to the Gapps Setup Wizard.

Edit: WIth Gapps and 8GB userdata, LOS 21 said it was using like 7.3 GB from Storage settings and seemed functional. With the full userdata size, LOS 21 and no Gapps, it uses 15GB right after Setup Wizard.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] lm089:
Oh, ok, double-boot in that early stage. In that case I can't really say whether it booted once or twice...
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] Spaceoid:
Okay. Then it might be normal and I was just being paranoid xD
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] gamertag128:
The YouTube Bug have been fixed btw. :)
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
Turns out VoWiFi and VoLTE toggles work perfectly! Its seemingly my main Wifi at home that blocks something with VoWiFi

Spoiler content hidden.
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] harshilsharma63:
Are the updates on this ROM applied OTA or does it need a clean flash every time?
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] gamertag128:
OTA/ weekly
[OnePlus 6 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Devel] espionage724:
Is device wake-up alarm data saved somewhere to persist across wipes?

On a previous LOS 21 install I know I set an early alarm. I did a factory reset, installed LOS 21 (re-sideloaded the zip) by itself no Gapps, and did not set up any alarms. I just witnessed my phone power-on 1 minute before the alarm I had set on the previous install, and I checked the Clock app and made sure there were no alarms.