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LineageOS Update

Prep

  • Alarms
    • Motorsport time - 5:30am.
    • Walk the fucking dogs - 5:45am.
    • Get up, motherfucker - 6:30am, weekdays.
    • Get your shit together - 7:20am, weekdays.
  • Sounds
    • Phone ringtone: The Great Giana Sisters - Title.
    • Default notification sound: Argon.
    • Default alarm sound: CyanAlarm.
  • Do not disturb preferences, Automatic rules
    • Meeting, Priority only
    • Weeknight, Days: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Start time: 10:00pm, End time: 6:30am next day, Priority only, Alarm can override: true.
    • Weekend, Days: Fri, Sat, Start time: 10:30pm, End time: 7:30am next day, Priority only, Alarm can override: true.
  • Update stuff in Mega:Phone stuff/Internal shared storage, if necessary.
  • Export contacts to Mega:Phone stuff/Backups/Contacts.vcf.
  • Back up Race Chrono to Mega:Phone stuff/Backups.
  • Back up Locus (not export, Menu > More Functions > Backup Manager) to Mega:Phone stuff/Backups.
  • Back up Productivity Challenge to Mega:Phone stuff/Backups.
  • Check that the Authenticators can recover.
  • Screen shot every thing (Volume Down & Power buttons) and upload to Mega:Phone stuff/Screen shots.
  • Sync AnkiDroid.
  • Note Smart AudioBook play position.
  • Temporarily change Google password to something short and type-able.
  • Copy anything import from internal drive to E:\Phone Backup.
  • Decide what photos to keep.

Procedure

  1. Flash orange box
  2. Restart
  3. Then flash FW, not MIUI. flashing MIUI may remove custom recovery.
  4. Restart
  5. Flash LOS 16 & gapps

Procedure for 18.1

  1. Update Android Debug Bridge.
    1. Extract it and copy it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools.
  2. Use a CMD terminal.
    1. cd 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools'
  3. Check device is connected.
    1. adb.exe devices
  4. Install / update custom recovery
    1. Follow the instructions here.

Post

  • Work email setup:
    • Domain\Username: stephenh@provoke.co.nz
    • Password:
    • Client certificate: none
    • Server: outlook.office365.com
    • Port: 443
    • Security type: SSL/TLS

Update to 22.1

Notes

  • Don't bother trying to update the recovery. Cross your fingers and hope the existing one works. Updating the recovery doesn't work because:
  • Fastboot does not work. Fastboot does not work because:
  • The standard Android USB drivers don't work. Installing the Xiaomi drivers doesn't work because:
  • The Xiaomi drivers are fucked.

Procedure

  1. Prep.
    1. Download the latest Android Platform Tools (which contains the Android Debug Bridge).
    2. Download the LineageOS zip file.
    3. Download the correct MindTheGapps (ARM64).
  2. Update Android Debug Bridge.
    1. [Kea] Extract the Android Platform Tools to C:\Android SDK Platform-Tools.
    2. [Rimu] Extract the Android Platform Tools to C:\Android Platform-tools.
  3. Check ADB works.
    1. Start a CMD terminal.
    2. [Kea] cd "C:\Android SDK Platform-Tools"
    3. [Rimu] cd "C:\Android Platform-tools“
    4. adb.exe devices
  4. Install LineageOS (full instructions)
    1. Reboot phone into recovery.
    2. adb -d sideload "temp\lineage-22.1-20241231-nightly-chiron-signed.zip"
  5. Install MindTheGapps (mandatory, full instructions)
    1. adb -d sideload "temp\MindTheGapps-15.0.0-arm64-20240928_150548.zip"
  6. Reboot phone.

Pass Play Integrity Test

Downgrade to 21.0

Prep

  • Screen shot apps.
  • Screen shot alarms.
  • Sounds
    • Phone ringtone: The Great Giana Sisters - Title.
    • Default notification sound: Argon.
    • Default alarm sound: CyanAlarm.
  • Anki sync.
  • Update stuff in Mega:Phone stuff/Internal shared storage, if necessary.
  • Copy anything important from internal drive to E:\Phone Backup.
  • Export contacts to Mega:Phone stuff/Backups/Contacts.vcf.
  • Back up Locus (not export, Menu > Settings > Backup & filesystem > Backup Manager > Manual backup) to Mega:Phone stuff/Backups.
  • Back up Productivity Challenge to Mega:Phone stuff/Backups.
  • Note Smart AudioBook play position.
  • Temporarily change Google password to something short and type-able.

Procedure

  1. Switch on Athena (Silicon desktop).
  2. Connect phone to Athena.
  3. RDP into Athena from Rimu.
  4. [Rimu, Terminal] cd 'C:\Android SDK Platform-Tools\'
  5. [Rimu, Terminal] Check USB connection: cd 'C:\Android SDK Platform-Tools\'
lineageos_update.txt · Last modified: 2025/01/20 02:37 by stephen

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