Hi everyone,
I have an old galaxy note 8 that I would like to flash and get a Linux based OS on it. I recently put lineage OS on my galaxy tab s6 and it's working great, but it looks like lineage doesn't support the note 8. I heard about cyanogenMod but it seems like thats discontinued. I just have some games I want to play from the Google play store, so my needs are basic, so just having a simple OS for games that the devs are keeping up to date would be great. Thanks!
8 Comments
hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 1y
Try searching on XDA, there most likely is an unofficial build of LineageOS for your model.
WeebLife@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Would an unofficial build be maintained tho? I'd like something that stays up to date with security updates.
hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 1y
Depends. But for your device it seems like they are pretty well maintained.
https://xdaforums.com/t/lineageos-21-0-android-14-signature-spoofing-ota-updates-for-s8-s8-note8.4655373/
WeebLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
OK thanks for the help!
WeebLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Sorry for the late response. I went back to researching this after a break, and unfortunately, it looks like that rom only works for exynos chipsets and the US model uses a snap dragon... So I guess I'm stuck with the outdated OS..
hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
damn that really sucks. afaik it's because they can't even be bootloader unlocked, you should try checking that
Ilandar@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y
You can get LineageOS 21.0 (Android 14) here.
WeebLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
That rom only works for the exynos chipsets. Mine is snapdragon.. ðŸ˜