LineageOS 19 based on Android 12 is now officially available

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LineageOS 19 based on Android 12 is now officially available



LineageOS has been a strong driving force in the world of aftermarket Android development. As the successor to CyanogenMod, the project spans over literal hundreds of devices, offering the enthusiast community a way out of heavy and bloated systems and a dive into modifications for those with minimal skins. Now, the LineageOS team is marking its major version bump up to LineageOS 19 with Android 12 as the base.

Why LineageOS 19 (and not 19.0/19.1)?

If you take a look at our list of Android 12 and 12L custom ROMs, you can find the numerous entries corresponding to LineageOS 19.0, as well as 19.1. As a matter if fact, the initial set of unofficial builds picked up “19.0” due to the obvious major platform update. The subsequent minor version number change happened with the release of Android 12L.

Meanwhile, Google moved onto the quarterly maintenance release model for Android. Naturally, the existing subversion nomenclature of LineageOS would be cumbersome for regular users in the long run. Owing to this (and to match AOSP?s versioning conventions), the team has decided to drop the subversion string. The new release is simply called “LineageOS 19,” although you can still find references of “19.1” in the ROM filename and the codebase.

New features in LineageOS 19

LineageOS 19 comes with a plethora of new features and enhancements:

• Security patches from March 2021 to April 2022 have been merged to LineageOS 16.0 through 19.
  • 19 builds are currently based on the android-12.1.0_r4 tag, which is the Pixel 6 series tag.
• WebView has been updated to Chromium 100.0.4896.58.
• The team has completely redone the volume panel introduced in Android 12, and instead made it a side pop-out expanding panel.
• The fork of the AOSP Gallery app has seen a large number of fixes and improvements.
• The Updater app has seen a large number of bug-fixes and improvements.
• The LineageOS web browser, Jelly has seen a number of bug fixes and improvements.
• The team has contributed a number of changes and improvements back upstream to the FOSS Etar calendar app they integrated some time back.
• The team contributed a number of changes and improvements back upstream to the Seedvault backup app.
• The LineageOS Recorder app has seen numerous bug fixes, improvements, and features added.
• Android TV builds now ship with an ad-free Android TV launcher, unlike Google?s ad-enabled launcher.
• Android TV builds now ship with a key-handler that enables us to support custom-keys on a wide-array of bluetooth and IR remotes.
• The LineageOS adb_root service is no longer tied to the build type property.
• The project’s extract utilities now support extracting from most types of factory images/packed OTA images, simplifying device-bring up and blob-extraction greatly.
• Support for high-touch polling rate has been added to our SDK, allowing it to be enabled on supported devices.
• The AOSP Clang toolchain is now the default toolchain use to compile the LineageOS kernels.
• Qualcomm?s Snapdragon Camera has been dropped, and devices that used it previously will now use Camera2.
• Dark mode is now enabled by default.
• There is an entirely new Setup Wizard, with all new Android 12 styled icons, animations, and ton of new configurable pages.
• A brand new set of icons for almost all apps, even system ones.

Apart from the improvements mentioned above, the following changes have also been incorporated in both the LineageOS 19 and the legacy 18.1 codebase:

• A whole new default wallpaper, and a full set of wallpapers to choose from. These wallpapers are designed with Android 12?s Monet theming features in mind.
• Wi-Fi display is available for all devices which choose to opt-in, via either the Qualcomm proprietary interface or the newly restored legacy Miracast interface!
• Support for custom charging sounds for different types of charging, cabled or wireless.

Further changes

Networking Restrictions

The built-in firewall, restricted networking mode, and per app data isolation features have been rewritten to support AOSP?s new restricted networking mode and the BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) facility. Moreover, the data restriction and network isolation features have been merged into a single implementation.

eBPF over iptables

AOSP now includes an Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) loader and library that loads eBPF programs at boot time to extend kernel functionality. It essentially deprecates iptables, and there is no easy way to backport the feature to legacy Linux kernel variants. The LineageOS team has created a functional backport for devices with Linux kernel 4.4, but porting the same to 3.18 kernel or older is a quite a burdensome job. Furthermore, you can’t restore iptables in the AOSP codebase without breaking things.

As a consequence, there will be no official support for LineageOS 19 for Android devices running Linux kernel 3.18 and below, until a proper workaround of BPF is brought to these kernel versions.

LineageOS 19 ? Official builds for supported devices

The following is the official build roster for the initial batch of the LineageOS 19 rollout:

Sr. No. Device and Forum Link Device codename and Wiki Link Maintainer 1. ASUS ZenFone 5Z Z01R rohanpurohit, Jackeagle, ThEMarD 2. ASUS ZenFone 8 sake ZVNexus, Demon000 3. F(x)tec Pro1 pro1 BadDaemon, bgcngm, intervigil, mccreary, npjohnson, tdm 4. Google Pixel 2 walleye Eamo5 5. Google Pixel 2 XL taimen Eamo5 6. Google Pixel 3 blueline razorloves, cdesai, intervigil, mikeioannina 7. Google Pixel 3 XL crosshatch razorloves, cdesai, intervigil, mikeioannina 8. Google Pixel 3a sargo cdesai, mikeioannina, npjohnson 9. Google Pixel 3a XL bonito cdesai, mikeioannina, npjohnson 10. Google Pixel 4 flame cdesai, Eamo5, mikeioannina, npjohnson 11. Google Pixel 4 XL coral cdesai, Eamo5, mikeioannina, npjohnson 12. Google Pixel 4a sunfish PeterCxy, cdesai, mikeioannina 13. Google Pixel 4a 5G bramble aleasto, mikeioannina 14. Google Pixel 5 redfin aleasto, mikeioannina 15. Google Pixel 5a barbet aleasto, mikeioannina 16. Lenovo Z5 Pro GT heart themard, optionaltoast 17. Lenovo Z6 Pro zippo Lucchetto, themard 18. Moto G6 Plus evert Jleeblanch 19. Moto G7 river erfanoabdi, npjohnson, SyberHexen 20. Moto G7 Plus lake Jleeblanch, npjohnson 21. Moto G7 Power ocean SyberHexen, erfanoabdi, npjohnson 22. Moto X4 payton erfanoabdi, ThEMarD 23. Moto Z2 Force nash erfanoabdi, npjohnson 24. Moto Z3 Play beckham Jleeblanch 25. Motorola One Action troika Stricted, npjohnson 26. Motorola One Power chef Hasaber8 27. Motorola One Vision/Motorola P50 kane Stricted, npjohnson 28. Nokia 6.1 (2018) PL2 npjohnson, theimpulson 29. Nokia 6.1 Plus DRG npjohnson, theimpulson 30. OnePlus 6 enchilada LuK1337 31. OnePlus 6T fajita EdwinMoq 32. Razer Phone 2 aura mikeioannina, npjohnson 33. Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e (LTE) gts4lv bgcngm, LuK1337 34. Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e (Wi-Fi) gts4lvwifi LuK1337, bgcngm 35. SHIFT SHIFT6mq axolotl amartinz, joey 36. Sony Xperia XA2 pioneer LuK1337, Stricted, cdesai 37. Sony Xperia XA2 Plus voyager LuK1337 38. Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra discovery LuK1337 39. Sony Xperia 10 kirin LuK1337 40. Sony Xperia 10 Plus mermaid LuK1337 41. Xiaomi POCO F1 beryllium bgcngm, warabhishek
More devices should be making the transition soon to LineageOS 19, so keep an eye on our front page as we will run regular stories on the same.

Generic Targets

Just like the previous year’s release, the LineageOS team supports the Android Virtual Device (AVD), i.e. the default emulator environment provided by Android Studio, as a build target. That evolution continues with LineageOS 19 supporting Android Automotive build targets as well. Developers can build Generic System Image (GSI) packages in both mobile and Android TV configurations too, although the official download portal will not host any such pre-compiled builds.

What if my device is not listed here?

Just because your device isn?t listed here does not mean that you can?t get to enjoy LineageOS 19 by now. Because of its open source nature, there are a number of unofficial builds for many devices on our forums, many of which will eventually end up becoming official builds as development progresses. What?s more: most of them are, by now, perfectly stable as daily drivers, with the occasional minor quirk.

LineageOS XDA Forums

How to upgrade to LineageOS 19 from an older version

If you?re not familiar with the process behind installing custom ROMs or, in general, modifying your phone, you?ll first need to unlock the bootloader of your device and install an updated custom recovery, such as LineageOS Recovery or TWRP, before attempting to do anything. Then, once official LineageOS 19 builds become available for your device, you?ll need to install them through the custom recovery environment. Device-specific instructions may vary, so do check out the corresponding wiki page beforehand.

As for Google apps, they don?t come pre-installed on an LineageOS release. You need to pick a suitable GApps distribution and install it yourself.

LineageOS 18.1 ? Official builds for supported devices

While maintainers work towards bringing up devices to official LineageOS 19 based on Android 12, you can still find automated builds for these devices that are supported for LineageOS 18.1:

LineageOS 18.1 Official Build List. Tap/click to expand.

Sr. No. Device and Forum Link Device codename and Wiki Link Maintainer 1. ASUS ROG Phone 3 obiwan OrdenKrieger 2. ASUS ZenFone 5Z Z01R rohanpurohit, Jackeagle, ThEMarD 3. ASUS ZenFone Max M1 X00P eloimuns, Quallenauge, Team aquaris-dev 4. ASUS ZenFone Max M2 X01AD Quallenauge, Team aquaris-dev 5. ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1 X00TD dk1978 6. ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M2 X01BD intervigil, razorloves 7. BQ Aquaris X bardock intervigil, razorloves 8. BQ Aquaris X Pro bardockpro cdesai, intervigil, razorloves 9. Fairphone 2 FP2 cdesai, intervigil, razorloves 10. Fairphone 3 FP3 BadDaemon 11. Google Pixel sailfish codeworkx, tImIbreakdown 12. Google Pixel XL marlin mikeioannina, highwaystar 13. Lenovo P2 kuntao Quallenauge, Team aquaris-dev 14. Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus LTE: YTX703L
Wi-Fi: YTX703F erfanoabdi, Jleeblanch, SyberHexen 15. LG G3 AT&T: d850
Canada: d852
International: d855
Korea: f400
Sprint: ls990
T-Mobile: d851
Verizon: vs985 althafvly, theimpulson 16. Motorola Edge racer Jarl-Penguin, karthick111, electimon, wh0dat 17. Motorola Edge S nio Jarl-Penguin, karthick111, electimon, wh0dat 18. Motorola G 5G kiev Jarl-Penguin, karthick111, electimon, wh0dat 19. Motorola G 5G Plus nairo althafvly, chil360 20. Motorola Moto E5 Plus XT1924-3/9: ahannah
XT1924-6/7/8: hannah
1924-1/2/4/5: rhannah althafvly 21. Motorola Moto G5 cedric jro1979 22. Motorola Moto G5S montana Jarl-Penguin 23. Motorola Moto X 2014 victara Jarl-Penguin, wiktorek140 24. OnePlus 9 lemonade jro1979, linckandrea, npjohnson 25. OnePlus 9 Pro lemonadep Quallenauge, Team aquaris-dev 26. Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) a5y17lte BeYkeRYkt 27. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) a7y17lte OzzysCmAcc, aviraxp 28. Samsung Galaxy M20 m20lte sb6596 29. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 LTE N9005/P: hlte
N9008V: hltechn
N900K/L/S: hltekor
N900T/V/W8: hltetmo danwood76, Stricted 30. Samsung Galaxy S III Neo Dual SIM: s3ve3gds
Samsung Camera: s3ve3gjv
Sony Camera: s3ve3gxx danwood76, Stricted 31. Samsung Galaxy S5 Active klteactivexx filiprrs 32. Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE G9006V/8V: kltechn
G900AZ/S902L: klteaio
G900F/M/R4/R7/T/V/W8: klte
G900I/P: kltedv
G900K/L/S: kltekor
SC-04F/SCL23: kltekdi
G9006W/8W: kltechnduo
G900FD/MD: klteduos sourajitk, danwood76, Stricted 33. Samsung Galaxy S10e beyond0lte filiprrs 34. Samsung Galaxy S10 beyond1lte dariotrombello, danwood76, Stricted 35. Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus beyond2lte haggertk, npjohnson 36. Samsung Galaxy S10 5G beyondx haggertk, npjohnson 37. Sony Xperia XZ2 akari haggertk, npjohnson 37. Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact xz2c haggertk, npjohnson 37. Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium aurora haggertk, npjohnson 37. Sony Xperia XZ3 akatsuki haggertk, npjohnson 37. Sony Xperia Z2 sirius haggertk, npjohnson 37. Sony Xperia Z3 z3 haggertk, npjohnson 37. Sony Xperia Z3 Compact z3c haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Mi 6 sagit haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Mi 6X wayne haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Mi 10T/Mi 10T Pro/Redmi K30S Ultra apollon haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite/Mi 10i/Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G gauguin haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5G monet haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Mi A1 tissot haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Mi A2 jasmine_sprout haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 chiron haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Mi Note 3 jason haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi POCO F2 Pro/Redmi K30 Pro/Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition lmi haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi POCO F3/Redmi K40/Mi 11X alioth haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi POCO M2 Pro/Redmi Note 9S/Redmi Note 9 Pro/Redmi Note 9 Pro Max miatoll haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi POCO X3 surya haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi POCO X3 Pro vayu haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro whyred haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro twolip haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 lavender haggertk, npjohnson 37. Xiaomi Redmi Note 8/8T ginkgo haggertk, npjohnson 37. ZUK Z2 Plus z2_plus haggertk, npjohnson



Much like LineageOS 19 builds, we should see more devices making their way onto the LineageOS 18.1 build roster.

Source: LineageOS Blog

Thanks Mishaal Rahman for the tip!


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