[SOLVED] Problems with FP2 Update from Q to R

[petefoth]

@ff2u

Hope the fix will soon by productive.

Until the fix has been included, this post describes how to ‘do it yourself’ and ‘dirty flash’ an R build over a Q build without losing data:

Week 36 : Development and Testing Updates

It has worked for me on several official Sony Xperia devices, moving from e-0.18-q dev builds to e-0.18-r test builds. In brief the steps - all in TWRP - are Backup your existing data partition. (This isn’t actually necessary, but it will make you feel better ) Flash the new R ROM (I used the test build I have just made e-0.18-r-20210910-UNOFFICIAL-suzuran) Advanced > File Manager navigate to /data/user_de/0/org.lineageos.lineagesettings/databases/ and delete both files there (lineages…