While the crown now belongs to Samsung, Google’s phones have some of the longer lives in the Android universe — third-party ROMs, such as LineageOS, will provide help well past the holder’s end-of-service date. Another big advantage of LineageOS is a very customized and “clean” Android/AOSP-like experience.
In the early days of Android, custom ROMs were common. Perhaps the best way to allow consumers to provide too many extra capabilities with cleaner applications. But it is now an alternative as various OEMs’ Android skins have changed.
In the aftermarket production scene, there is not a dearth of custom ROM decisions, but if there is one we might deem to be “the greatest” of all, it will be LineageOS. The LineageOS project is appreciated by the group because of so much and not just for all of the functionality custom ROM provides beyond AOSP vanilla.
LineageOS has been publishing online builds for an expanded range of Android devices since the introduction of Android Nougat which takes people out of their devices for a few extra years. The custom ROM team has modified a range of LineageOS 18.1 devices based on Android 11 now.
The latest release is revealed in this project blog post, where more than 60 devices are modified by LineageOD 18.1 from manufacturers including many phones. The list for more phones which will be supporting the latest Lineage OS version 18.1 is given down below:
- Essential
- Essential PH-1
- F(x)tec
- F(x)tec Pro
- Google Nexus 6
- Google Nexus 7 2013 (Wi-Fi, Repartitioned)
- Google Pixel 2
- Google Pixel 2 XL
- Google Pixel 3
- Google Pixel 3 XL
- Google Pixel 3a
- Google Pixel 3a XL
- Google Pixel 4
- Google Pixel 4 XL
- Google Pixel 4a
- Google Pixel 4a 5G
- Google Pixel 5
- LeEco
- LeEco Le Max2
- LeEco Le Pro3 / Le Pro3 Elite
- LG
- LG G2 (AT&T)
- LG G2 (Canadian)
- LG G2 (International)
- Â Â LG G2 (T-Mobile)
- LG G5 (International)
- LG G5 (T-Mobile)
- LG G5 (US Unlocked)
- LG V20 (AT&T)
- LG V20 (Global)
- LG V20 (Sprint)
- LG V20 (T-Mobile)
- LG V20 (US Unlocked)
- LG V20 (Verizon)
- Motorola
- Motorola Moto G6 Plus
- Motorola Moto G7
- Motorola Moto G7 Play
- Motorola Moto G7 Plus
- Motorola Moto G7 Power
- Motorola Moto One Power
- Motorola Moto X4
- Motorola Moto Z2 Force
- Motorola Moto Z3 Play
- Nextbit
- Nextbit Robin
- HMD Global (Nokia)
- Nokia 6.1 (2018)
- OnePlus
- OnePlus One
- OnePlus 2
- OnePlus 3
- OnePlus 3 / 3T
- OnePlus 5
- OnePlus 5T
- OnePlus 8
- OnePlus 8 Pro
- OnePlus 8T
- Razer
- Razer Phone
- Samsung
- Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505/G, SGH-I337M, SGH-M919)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 (SCH-I545)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 (SCH-R970, SPH-L720)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition (GT-I9515/L)
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (Wi-Fi)
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e (LTE)
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e (Wi-Fi)
Sony
- Sony Xperia 10
- Sony Xperia 10 Plus
- Sony Xperia XA2
- Sony Xperia XA2 Plus
- Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra
Xiaomi
- Â Â Xiaomi Mi 5
- Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus
- Xiaomi Mi 8
- Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite
- Xiaomi Mi MIX
- Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S
- Xiaomi Mi Note 2
- Xiaomi POCO F1
- Xiaomi Redmi 7
How can I upgrade to the latest LineageOS version 18.1?
You first need to open your mobile bootloader and install the modified custom recovery such as LineageOS Recovery, or TWRP before trying to do something when you are not familiar with the mechanism behind custom ROM installation or generally changing your handset.
Then you need them to be installed via the personalized recovery environment until LineageOS 18.1 is created. Devices can differ, so please review in advance the related wiki link.
As for Google applications, the LineageOS 18.1 builds won’t get them pre-installed. The Open Gapps project already has Android 11 Apps to sell, so the team suggests that you take the MindThe Gaps kit.
