We have a fix which should be released to a select group of testers today 23 Aug-
On their approval the build will be released for all users ASAP Update 24 Aug Positive feedback from the users on Gitlab. Multiple users who tested the fix have confirmed that it works. That means we should be able to release it for all users ASAP. Thanks all for your support
You can track the updates for this issue here Update 25 Aug
An updated build for the FP3 dev users will be rolling out soon.
Update 27 Aug
Yet to be released
Stable builds on v0.18
dev v0.18 builds for devices still on Nougat
Some issues were detected with the builds during testing. We expect to release them early next week.
/e/ R
First set of devices on /e/ R to be released starting this week.
List can be modified in case builds fail or there are other issues during the build process Points to remember
Devices with Stock 11 ROM need an upgrade to stock before flashing /e/R . Note this will wipe out your existing data. Take backups if required.
This manual upgrade is required as the default Updater application does not upgrade the OS and on detecting a different OS tends to block the installation. There are development efforts in progress to modify the updater app but they are still not complete and do no have any ETA from the team. Update 25 Aug There will be a delay in this weeks release. It may be released during this weekend.
Development Updates
will update on any developments besides once mentioned above.
There is a network issue the team is working on right now. This would prevent the OTA images from showing up. It should be resolved in a couple of hours.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
I meant the Android 11 …if available flash it before going to /e/ R . Where available use the latest stock ROM for your device. The /e/ builds do not include the firmware . The flash of stock will update your device internals and prepare it to receive the /e/ R.
At the moment, it is not possible to upgrade from Android 10 / Q to Android 11 / R using the Updater app. So if an /e/ R Build does appear, it will have to be installed manually
It won’t apply to devices for which no stock Android 11 ROM is available. Many devices supported by /e/ have had no updates to their stock firmware beyond Android Pie, Oreo or even earlier
Speaking of fw updates. Some Xiaomi devices which won’t have Android 11, surprisingly does have Android 11 fw file available. When those devices will get LineageOS 18.1 => finally /e/ OS R update, does /e/ recovery let user update that fw like TWRP does?
I am still awaiting an update from the team as to why some devices have not received a v0.18 update. Sorry for the delay. Will update all once I get an input.
