{"id":2175,"date":"2018-12-08T19:31:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T19:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2018-12-08T21:19:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T21:19:11","slug":"install-lineageos-on-google-pixel-sailfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/install-lineageos-on-google-pixel-sailfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Install LineageOS on Google Pixel (Sailfish)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just some notes on trying to install LineageOS on Google Pixel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basic install steps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Unlock bootloader<\/li><li>Boot into TWRP<\/li><li>Wipe System and format<\/li><li>Push LineageOS zip via adb (or other methods)<br><\/li><li>Install LineageOS zip<\/li><li>(Optional) Reboot back into TWRP and install Gapps<br><\/li><li>Reboot (should boot into Lineage.\u00a0 If not, try changing a\/b)<br><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lineage 15 Official<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Install guide is <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.lineageos.org\/devices\/sailfish\/install\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 Here are some extra notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Recovery Images (Helpful if you didn&#8217;t create a backup&#8230;)&nbsp; https:\/\/developers.google.com\/android\/images<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LineageOS Download link<br>https:\/\/download.lineageos.org\/sailfish<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lineage OS 16 Unofficial <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helpful Links<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/pixel-xl\/development\/rom-lineage-16-0-pixels-sailfish-marlin-t3830083<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/showpost.php?p=78350286&amp;postcount=579<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ADB and fastboot should be in the following directory.\u00a0 May need to install them if they are not.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cd %userprofile%\\appdata\\local\\Android\\Sdk\\platform-tools<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boot TWRP image using fastboot.\u00a0 Run from the bootloader menu, should automatically load.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">fastboot boot twrp.img<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Seems like there can be some issues with the Pixel and it swapping A\/B on boot.\u00a0 You can use TWRP to reboot into A or B, or set it with fastboot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">fastboot --set-active=b<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently a\/b devices will show up as no os installed in TWRP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:316px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LineageOS\/comments\/999mzn\/twrp_says_no_os_installed_system_boot_loops\/\">TWRP says no OS installed, system boot loops<\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/jhsbane\/\">u\/jhsbane<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LineageOS\/\">LineageOS<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Backup and restore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use adb to create a backup of your phone.\u00a0 Not sure what all it backs up.\u00a0 Once restored pictures, background, and other files seem to be there.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backup with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">adb\u00a0backup\u00a0-apk -shared -all -f \\Path\\to\\folder\\backup_name.ab<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Restore backup with <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">adb restore \\Path\\to\\folder\\backup_name.ab<br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just some notes on trying to install LineageOS on Google Pixel. Basic install steps Unlock bootloader Boot into TWRP Wipe System and format Push LineageOS zip via adb (or other methods) Install LineageOS zip (Optional) Reboot back into TWRP and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/install-lineageos-on-google-pixel-sailfish\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[540],"tags":[541,542,544,543,545],"class_list":["post-2175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android","tag-android","tag-google","tag-lineageos","tag-pixel","tag-sailfish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2175"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2297,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions\/2297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}