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This thread may help. I haven't done any of this because I don't care about this stuff, but from comments I've seen there is stuff in this thread that works. I think @Rob. S. has messed with all this most recently and will probably be more helpful than me.

I use MindTheGapps from last April. http://downloads.codefi.re/jdcteam/javelinanddart/gapps Others hve used OpenGapps, nano or pico. I believe, but don't remember source, troubles come with the bigger packages.

I will mention that Manjaro Linux on my Thinkpad X230 has no problems with either fastboot or ADB with what is installed by default with the OS. I use the yollow-tongued USB port(no SS designation), not the blue tongued one (designated SS). 😉

I also have doubts they would be planning on flashing the phones in the UK. Maybe they did that with the 10 Xmas phones, but I don't believe they have the people or set-up to do anything on a mass scale. I think everything will be shipped from HK, as the Pro1s were.

Okay... never mind. I switched VoLTE back on just now and it works fine. Bloody gremlins. 😄

I'm glad I don't depend on my Pro1 to be a phone. I am still using my deconvergence strategy: https://community.fxtec.com/topic/3132-the-best-pda-ever/?tab=comments#comment-52248 However, I do have a T-Mobile sim in the phone, though it is only there to provide data. I never give out the number. So when I got a call out of the blue today, I figured it was spam (it was) but it went to voice mail. So I decided to check my voice mail. When I made the call, an "HD" symbol appeared and all I heard was electronic chirping instead of the voicemail greeting. I tried calling from my moto

Yes, when doing a full new install, including Boot Image, you need to factory reset, though I would think factory resetting before installing the boot image (on stock) ought to have been good enough since that would have wiped user data. That is the main thing, you are right. You need to wipe user data for a fresh install.

First boot takes maybe an extra minute or two, but I don't know if that is Magisk or the Lineage first boot (as whenever I have flashed Magisk I have also sideloaded a new nightly of Lineage). I usually plan to get a fresh coffee whenever I boot after updating via ADB. When I come back everything is up and working. 😄

I sideload Magisk 23.0, but I only use it for SU, I don't use any modules. I don't even open the manager. To do this, I use the depreciated method of renaming the apk to zip and doing adb sideload. That's it. I don't have to do anything else and Lineage boots fine. The SU function also survives OTA updates.

In Lineage 18.1, just pressing the left Alt key seems to work, unless (this is just a theory) the app takes over the keyboard assignments. So, for example, Google Messages (sms), Aquamail, Facebork Messenger (don't judge me, Mrs. Hook insists on using it) and a text editor,Markor, will all give me an emoji pallatte when I press left Alt. However, Softmaker Textmaker, which hasit's own key assignment shortcuts, does not. It may depend on what soft keyboard you are using. I use the AOSP keyboard and it has an actual setting to have emoji appear when using the physical keyboard.

One other possibility-- I've seen people here talking about charging from being fairly low battery. I never drop below 40% and am usually above 50% (what can I say-- I'm retired and I don't go anywhere 😄 ). It could be the struggle is recovering from very low battery.

I am updating weekly and not seeing this problem. I just updated to the 16 August nightly, although there isn't much in this latest update.

Just to note, I never shut down my Pro1. It just gets a weekly reboot with the update.

I'm also am curious if they are doing this with pre-pay, which has always tended to be more open to strange and international phones, or if it's just post-pay.

I'm having no charging issues with 18.1 (I update weekly). I tend not to let it drop lower than 40% and I use slow charging from a USB 2 powered hub.

If you are talking about Android Auto (maybe it is called Carplay outside the US?), yes, it requires Google Play services. Google maps too. However, music and phone should work fine over BT alone, but you'll need an alternative method of navigation than google maps, like a GPS unit (or in-dash navigation).

I seem to recall, but don't remember from where, that the update doesn't work with Android 11.

See my reply above from March 29th, It still pretty much applies. They have kept their backers informed with monthly updates. If you are not ordering an already manufactured phone that is already sitting in a warehouse, there are no promises, only projections. And those projections are based on not much going wrong. You may regret the investment because of the time it is taking, and that is understandable, but they are being transparent about the sources of those delays.

"Post-Paid" and "Contract" are the same thing to me. They tend to have more restrictions than Pre-Paid. I have never done contract or post-paid since I always pay for my phones up front.

How very odd. Is this contract AT&T or Pay as you go? I used AT&T pay as you go (under various names going back to Cingular Wireless) and they never cared what phone you wanted to use. I had mt Pro1 on it for a year with no problems, but I finally switched to T-Mobile because they have a very good low price Pay As You Go plan. Here's a thread here about Verizon. The recommended instructions worked fine for me once Lineage fixed a few things. The trouble is you need a "mule" phone that you can activate woth Volte before you can insert the SIM in the Pro1. You can't u

I hope he's okay. Seems strange that @tdm would just completely stop communicating. 😕

I'm sure I'm about to hex myself by posting this but, no case, no screen protector, no broken screen (though it was replaced by FxTec in January for Ghost Touches). In use since December 2019. For me, the true lifesaver is the textured Dbrand matte black skin on the back. Best shatter protection is having enough grain on the back to prevent it from sliding easily either out of your hand or off a surface. That, and not being in a blazing hurry when handling it. 😉 I do have 2 AlieExpress replacements waiting in the closet for the day when you all get to point your fingers and laugh

The July 19th update with the July 2021 security patch installed smoothly via OTA. Root retained.

True, but I believe the security update was April 2020, which was the yardstick I was using. 😉

Sorry, I did say that with a bit too much certainty. I have no official source for that, but now that they are focused on developing for the 662 SOC and, given that they have not provided any updates for over a year, I find it unlikely that they can spread their limited resources to providing updates for the 835 SOC. Would love to be wrong. As @EskeRahnpointed out, Lineage is currently required to keep the Pro1 up to date and I have happily gone there.