LineageOS 21.0 - microG edition for bramble

Built on 2023.12.12

Note. From LineageOS gerrit it seems LOS team member merged new security patch but after booted this build I found out that version string is still from previous month.

https://github.com/dic1911/LineageOS-microG/releases/tag/20231212

LineageOS 21.0 - microG edition for bramble

Built on 2024.01.13, 14
(Jan. security patch)

Note. Got too many conflicts on merging previous patch set, had to give up on many features due to lack of energy to fix all of them.

https://github.com/dic1911/LineageOS-microG/releases/tag/20240113

LineageOS 21.0 - microG edition for bramble

Built on 2024.01.23
(Jan. security patch)

Note. Most of previous issues seems to be gone now, existing customization and stuff should work out of box.

https://github.com/dic1911/LineageOS-microG/releases/tag/20240123

LineageOS 21.0 - microG edition for bramble

Built on 2024.02.10
(Feb. security patch)

Happy Lunar New Year guys!

https://github.com/dic1911/LineageOS-microG/releases/tag/20240210

LineageOS adds internal support for microG


As of February 25th 2024, LineageOS has added internal support for application signature spoofing, a critical pre-requisite for full microG functionality. LineageOS ROM images built after that date will include this new feature.

This means that many people will no longer have to root their device and install tools like Xposed/LSposed to make their ROMs compatible with microG. This is a win for both security/stability as well as user friendliness, as there is no longer any need for any settings/permissions in this implementation. The ROM will “just work” with core modules released by the microG project.

Other than application signature spoofing hacks, microG installation tasks remain as before. Please see our “installation” group note for a general overview and links to recommended installation tools.



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This is huge news for the microG project, as LineageOS is the largest and most famous custom Android ROM project in the world.

LOS is also used as the foundation for a large percentage of other custom android ROMs as well. Which means that almost every one of those ROMs will also now include microG support by default, without any extra effort on their part.

The impact of this on the custom ROM community cannot be overstated: it is a “watershed moment”.

Many in the FOSS community have gotten increasingly frustrated with Google’s progressive crippling of the base FOSS version of android “AOSP”, and the migration of many important core functions which used to be included with AOSP into proprietary, closed-source Google apps and frameworks instead.

This issue was one of the founding objectives of the microG project: give control back to the user and let them take advantage of the open-source foundation of android without forcing them to use a proprietary and snoopery vendor-locked version of the OS instead, just to get basic functionality like push messaging and Play Store app compatibility.

At this point we believe that the existing “LineageOS for microG” project will continue with their project as it is a “works out of the box” solution that also bundles some FOSS app store tools.

As always, if you have any questions about how to install microG on your device, please see our “installation” group note and if you have any further questions feel free to ask in group.



Thanks to @Kurt_n for the initial news on the LOS merge

Here’s a Reddit discussion on the change:



https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/1b11zex/los_has_added_internal_microg_support/

And my stance would still be the same,
I'll keep providing updates as long as I still use this phone :)

It turns out the update of this month is so huge that things broke, I managed to get a almost-vanilla build to boot but that doesn't have microG integrated, after trying to work on all the modifications, the whole thing breaks, anyway, wish me luck :/

screenshot src

Test build, hopefully microG works fine I confirmed that microG works fine with new patch from LOS, but note that ThemePicker is nuked for now as I couldn't get it fixed even with new patch on gerrit

LineageOS 21.0 - microG edition for bramble

Built on 2024.03.24
(Mar. security patch & Quarterly Platform Release)

Note. ThemePicker is now back :)

https://github.com/dic1911/LineageOS-microG/releases/tag/20240324

LineageOS 21.0 - microG edition for bramble

Built on 2024.04.13
(Apr. security patch)

https://github.com/dic1911/LineageOS-microG/releases/tag/20240412

LineageOS 21.0 - microG edition for bramble

Built on 2024.05.13
(May. security patch)

https://github.com/dic1911/lineage_microg_bramble_ota/releases/tag/20240513

Friendly reminder: microG is updated :)
https://news.1rj.ru/str/microG/133008

good luck to me :/

PSA: I'll be testing OTA update later, DO NOT update your device with it until further notice as there's no guarantee it'll work

OTA update won't work for current version cause otacerts.zip (the keystore which used to verify OTA) is malformed in pretty much all my previous build, hopefully it'd work next time, the proper build will be posted later.

LineageOS 21.0 - microG edition for bramble

Built on 2024.06.25
(Jun. security patch & Quarterly Platform Release)

https://github.com/dic1911/lineage_microg_bramble_ota/releases/tag/20240625

LineageOS 21.0 - microG edition for bramble

Built on 2024.07.10
(Jul. security patch)

Now using GrapheneOS server for A-GPS!
(Hopefully OTA update would work now, please test and reply)

https://github.com/dic1911/lineage_microg_bramble_ota/releases/tag/20240709

btw, here's the Telegram fork I'm currently developing/maintaining, do check it out if you're a power user of Telegram ;)

@nekox_broken

Just made a quick and dirty app as UI frontend for limiting battery charge level

I might put it on GitHub if I ever managed to have it more polished

(usage: enable superuser in KernelSU before launch, fill the values and press apply)