LineageOS 18.1 based on Android 11 is here for nearly 60 devices

There isn’t a dearth of customized ROM selections within the aftermarket improvement scene, but when there’s one which we might take into account to be “the most important” of all of them, then that will be LineageOS. There are so many reasons why the LineageOS challenge is cherished by the group, and it’s not only for all of the options that the customized ROM presents on prime of vanilla AOSP. Due to the Device Support Requirements Charter, in the event you select to flash an official construct of LineageOS on a supported machine, you might be relaxation assured that your machine can be operating secure software program that can be stored updated towards critical safety vulnerabilities — typically effectively past the top of official producer assist. Now, the group is able to transfer on to its subsequent large milestone: LineageOS 18.1 is lastly right here with Android 11 as the bottom, as Nolen Johnson (npjohnson) announces in the official blogpost.

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Why Lineage 18.1 and never 18.0?

As is the norm, with a significant model quantity change comes a giant platform replace. Whereas rebasing of the LineageOS codebase atop Android 11’s source code does justify the “18” half, the subversion change includes one thing else. As a substitute of bumping up the minor model quantity, Google continues the custom of rolling out large characteristic updates for brand spanking new Android variations via “Pixel Feature Drop”. Therefore, the LineageOS group has decided to leap up on the subversion, going from 18.0 to 18.1.

New options in LineageOS 18.1

LineageOS 18.1 comes with a number of new options and enhancements:

• Safety patches from April 2020 to March 2021 have been merged to LineageOS 15.1 by 18.1.
  • 18.1 builds are at the moment based mostly on the android-11.0.0_r32 tag, which is the Pixel collection unified
    tag.
• Wi-Fi show is out there for newer Qualcomm gadgets, on a device-by-device foundation.
• WebView has been up to date to Chromium 89.0.4389.105.
• The Recorder app has been vastly improved in additional methods than might be counted, go depart your self a voice-memo so that you don’t overlook that nice thought!
  • Display recording has been moved to a QS tile to match AOSP’s conduct.
  • The consumer interface has been revamped and there’s additionally now a UI for simply viewing, managing, and sharing your voice notes.
  • It’s now attainable to decide on the standard of your audio recordings to save lots of area.
  • It’s now attainable to pause and resume recordings.
• The FOSS Etar app has been forked, improved, and shipped instead of the stagnant and largely
  unmaintained AOSP calendar.
• The Calyx institute’s FOSS Seedvault software has been included as a built-in backup solution.
  • To make use of it, navigate to Settings -> System -> Backup, and “Change backup supplier” to Seedvault. You’ll be able to then click on “Seedvault Backup” to configure, schedule, and encrypt backups!
  • Backups created with Seedvault might be uploaded in your Nextcloud occasion, an exterior USB drive or stored in your native storage.
• There’s now an possibility on non-A/B gadgets to replace the restoration picture alongside the OS, simply because the inventory OS would!
  • To make use of this, both allow the choice in the course of the preliminary machine setup, or navigate to Settings -> System -> (Present Extra) Updater -> Three Dot Menu within the prime proper -> and verify “Replace restoration alongside OS”.
• The music app, Eleven now has a extra up-to-date UI and integrates properly with all the brand new android
  options for music gamers comparable to searching for from the notification.
• All LineageOS apps now have assist for darkish mode.

Other than the enhancements talked about above, the next modifications have additionally been integrated within the LineageOS 18.1 and 17.1 codebase:

• LineageOS restoration now has a brand new, colourful, and enjoyable UI that’s rather more accessible.
• The firewall can block all connections now by making apps assume that the machine is in airplane mode.
• The group has launched a brand new expandable quantity dialog UI.
• The partial screenshots have had a number of characteristic additions, and ties in with AOSP’s new “immediate screenshot” characteristic.
• Trebuchet now helps icon packs.
• ADB root was reworked to make sure compatibility with different third get together root options.

Further modifications

Delicate telephone numbers

LineageOS now presents a helpline contact record, which might be accessed on the 3-dot menu within the inventory dialer app. All of the numbers within the record are thought of as “delicate”, which suggests they are automatically hidden from the call log. The record of country-specific delicate numbers is available on GitHub, and everybody who needs to assist by including new numbers can submit the modifications by Gerrit.

Addon.d-v3

The addon.d module now helps extra system partitions, together with /vendor, /product, and /system_ext. This variation was carried out to streamline all backup and restore operations in these partitions.

LineageOS 18.1 – Official builds for supported gadgets

Now, on to the precise gadgets that had been introduced to assist LineageOS 18.1. The primary batch is already fairly giant, and given time, extra builders are more likely to increase the record as they full the machine bring-up and meet the necessities specified by the System Help Necessities Constitution. Notice that not all the builds could also be reside on the time this text was first printed, so verify again to see if a construct is out there to your machine.

Generic Targets

With the introduction of LineageOS 18.1, the group additionally has one other main announcement. Android Digital System (AVD), i.e. the default emulator setting supplied by Android Studio, is now an officially supported build target. It is usually attainable to construct GSI‘s in each cellular and Android TV configurations utilizing these targets, though the official obtain portal isn’t going to host any such pre-compiled builds. Nonetheless, it is a essential step ahead for the challenge because it clearly demonstrates the group’s dedication to popularize the customized ROM bringup train.

What if my machine shouldn’t be listed right here?

Simply because your machine isn’t listed right here doesn’t imply that you may’t get to take pleasure in LineageOS 18.1 by now. Due to its open supply nature, there are a selection of unofficial builds for a lot of gadgets on our boards, lots of which is able to finally find yourself turning into official builds as improvement progresses. What’s extra: most of them are, by now, completely secure as each day drivers, with the occasional minor quirk.

If you wish to dive proper in, try this index and search for unofficial Android 11-based LineageOS 18.1 builds to your machine. If, nonetheless, you’re afraid of one thing going incorrect, then it’s smart to attend for official builds to reach.

How you can improve to LineageOS 18.1

When you’re not aware of the method behind putting in customized ROMs or, usually, modifying your telephone, you’ll first must unlock the bootloader of your machine and set up an up to date customized restoration, comparable to LineageOS Restoration or TWRP, earlier than making an attempt to do something. Then, as soon as LineageOS 18.1 builds turn into out there to your machine, you’ll want to put in them by the customized restoration setting. System-specific directions could range, so do try the corresponding wiki web page beforehand.

As for Google apps, they don’t come pre-installed on LineageOS 18.1 builds. The Open Gapps challenge has but to supply Android 11 Gapps, so the group recommends you seize the MindTheGapps package as a substitute.

New LineageOS 17.1 gadgets and retirement of LineageOS 16.0

Whereas maintainers work in the direction of citing gadgets to official LineageOS 18.1, you may nonetheless discover automated weekly builds for a bunch of gadgets which might be nonetheless supported beneath LineageOS 17.1 based mostly on Android 10. A number of gadgets have acquired official assist for LineageOS 17.1 to this point, whereas smartphones just like the Redmi Notice 7 regained its official standing after being dropped out for some time. When you’re fascinated about attempting the customized ROM on any of those gadgets, now you can obtain the restoration flashable package deal by clicking on “Get the builds right here” on their respective Wiki pages (linked under).

With the discharge of official Android 11-based builds, the LineageOS 16.0 construct position is being formally discontinued. The truth is, official 16.0 builds based mostly on Android 9 Pie are not be printed since February 15, 2021. Nonetheless, the present 16.0 branches will stay open for contributions like safety patches, and builders will nonetheless have the ability to construct new, unofficial 16.0 builds. In case you’re no stranger to customized ROM improvement and also you want to submit certainly one of these gadgets for official assist, you may follow the instructions present over here.

The whole record of gadgets which might be being discontinued throughout this transition part might be discovered under:

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