I’m so confused by this submission. It’s not a guide but a collection of notes from someone (in china) customizing a oneplus build. There’s some useful info there but only if you’re already at a point where you’re comfortable running your own compiled full vanilla builds.
I don't use lineage OS myself, but I thought the same as I read the first few sections of this article. This "guide", if anything will just confuse the less tech savvy users rather than help.
wiki.lineageos.org has specific install instructions for every phone/device they support, I have no idea why you would choose to follow anything else.
just as an example, for the Nintendo switch v2(devices built after the homebrew method was patched) can be found at:
> wiki.lineageos.org has specific install instructions for every phone/device they support, I have no idea why you would choose to follow anything else.
Ironically, the Switch 2 page you linked on their wiki mentions a few different install methods and locations and goes on to say about one of those:
> if you wish to install Android to the eMMC, you will need to consult external resources
So it seems that there are indeed cases where you have to follow other things than the guides in the wiki, even for supported devices.
None of the missing ones have proper, official, upstream LineageOS support. If you install LineageOS on these, you install somebody's own, personal fork of LineageOS. Which might be totally fine, of course. But because of the necessarily different signing keys alone, it's a (potentially) very different thing.
Seems like a typical blog post. Doesn't hurt to start with something like that, but they explicitly refuse to link to "official" site, stating it's garbage. Trash it all you want, but at least link to the trash so readers can judge for themselves, since the author is a self-proclaimed noob.
I personally had big problems doing an OTA update within LineageOS that required a factory reset afterwards. So yeah, don't do the OTA updates. Do full backups and full manual updates instead.
> Android is one of the most popular operating systems in the world.
More accurately, "as of December 2025, Android, which uses the Linux kernel, is the world's most popular operating system with 38.94% of the global market, followed by Windows with 29.99%, iOS with 15.66%, macOS with 2.14%, and other operating systems with 10.78%."
edit: list of supported lineagos devices (would have been crucial to note in the OP that only certain devices are supported; some have "unofficial" third party support as well, not listed on this link): https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
Unfortunately it sounds like regulators are forcing Apple to make their OS (and all OSes even Linux) even worse by hamfisting age verification at setup.
Graphene will strongly discourage you from retaining root over your device, while all LineageOS releases present rooted ADB.
I understand that you can forego the final relock of the bootloader and install Magisk into Graphene. How that fares with future OTAs I do not know.
There are other differences that might impact you. The eBay app does not work on Graphene but is functional on Lineage. Graphene's launcher and keyboard are poor compared to Lineage. The Vanadium browser's dark mode is not as good as browsers on Lineage. Pattern lock is not available on Graphene.
Just tried it out with GrapheneOS on my Pixel 7 and the eBay app works fine.
Generally I think the marketing of GraphenOS is interesting. They are usually positioned as the "Absolute security. No compromises." ROM, but in my personal experience, they are the "It must work. No compromises. Then make the rest as safe as possible"-option, given aspects like using the "real" Google Play Services (if desired), but sandboxed, instead of MicroG or unrestricted Google Play, which pretty much all other ROMs roll with.
I've used the eBay app on various Pixels running GrapheneOS since the Pixel 6 without issue. In the Owner profile, in a secondary profile, in a Private Space in the Owner profile, installed via Play, installed via Aurora.
I'm not saying yours works when it doesn't, but there may be something else going on.
I've never rooted my phone for LineageOS (and I have installed it on at least a dozen phones now). The only thing you need to do is unlock the bootloader (which you cannot relock, like with Graphene).
Any idea why any app that works on Lineage would not also work on Graphene, provided you are okay enabling the exploit compatibility toggles where necessary?
If you need to ask, probably graphene. IMHO the only downside to graphene is that they consider the user to be an attack vector and therefore eg. actively object to allowing root access, while lineage is less bothered by it. If you don't care about that, use graphene. If you do, probably go with lineage.
Didn't lineage remove built in root years ago? That means you still need a third party root solution like magisk. Factoring that in there's not much practical difference between lineage and graphene.
Personally I am not sure what "replacement for google captured android" means. That said, if you aren't using a pixel, you aren't using graphene. If you do have a pixel, then graphene is the way to go.
I find it easier to install, and the fact that you can run google play services in a sandbox, is a great safety blanket.
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Go to https://wiki.lineageos.org if you want to install and/or compile for a phone.
wiki.lineageos.org has specific install instructions for every phone/device they support, I have no idea why you would choose to follow anything else.
just as an example, for the Nintendo switch v2(devices built after the homebrew method was patched) can be found at:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/nx_tab/install/variant2/
There's an install guide for almost every android capable device for the last decade on the wiki!
Ironically, the Switch 2 page you linked on their wiki mentions a few different install methods and locations and goes on to say about one of those:
> if you wish to install Android to the eMMC, you will need to consult external resources
So it seems that there are indeed cases where you have to follow other things than the guides in the wiki, even for supported devices.
There are a lot of phones missing from there though.
More accurately, "as of December 2025, Android, which uses the Linux kernel, is the world's most popular operating system with 38.94% of the global market, followed by Windows with 29.99%, iOS with 15.66%, macOS with 2.14%, and other operating systems with 10.78%."
and then maybe ubuntu touch: https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/
edit: list of supported lineagos devices (would have been crucial to note in the OP that only certain devices are supported; some have "unofficial" third party support as well, not listed on this link): https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
The OP post doesn't assume pre-cooked support for a device. It expects the other to write a device tree himself.
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I understand that you can forego the final relock of the bootloader and install Magisk into Graphene. How that fares with future OTAs I do not know.
There are other differences that might impact you. The eBay app does not work on Graphene but is functional on Lineage. Graphene's launcher and keyboard are poor compared to Lineage. The Vanadium browser's dark mode is not as good as browsers on Lineage. Pattern lock is not available on Graphene.
Try them both, if you can.
Generally I think the marketing of GraphenOS is interesting. They are usually positioned as the "Absolute security. No compromises." ROM, but in my personal experience, they are the "It must work. No compromises. Then make the rest as safe as possible"-option, given aspects like using the "real" Google Play Services (if desired), but sandboxed, instead of MicroG or unrestricted Google Play, which pretty much all other ROMs roll with.
I'm not saying yours works when it doesn't, but there may be something else going on.
In other words, just like Google.
I find it easier to install, and the fact that you can run google play services in a sandbox, is a great safety blanket.