The OnePlus One is an Android smartphone manufactured by OnePlus. It is the first product by OnePlus. Oneplus One was a perfect smartphone for a cheap price. Oneplus one was shipped with Oxygen OS which was based on CyanogenMod. CyanogenMod was discontinued and LineageOS took the throne. And as we know, Oneplus not going to release any Nougat Update for Oneplus one so LineageOS for Oneplus one is the best choice for anyone who wants the Android Nougat experience. Lineage OS is a Stable ROM and ready for daily use.
LineageOS is an Open source and community built Custom ROM. It is one of the most used Custom ROM for Android. In this post, you will know how to download and install LineageOS on Oneplus one
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Table of Contents
LineageOS Review (Video)
ROM details:
ROM OS Version: 7.x Nougat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Status: Nightly
Pre-requisite
adb drivers installed [Guide]
Custom Recovery Download
Custom RecoveryLineageOS ROM Download
LineageOSGapps Download
GappsHow to install LineageOS on Oneplus One
Step 1: Unlock the Bootloader
Step 2: Flash the Custom recovery
Step 3: Flash the ROM and Gapps using Custom Recovery
Let’s see all Steps in detail:
Step 1: Unlock the Bootloader
- Enable Android Debugging and Connect the Phone to PC via USB
- Open a command prompt (on Windows) or terminal (on Linux or macOS) window, and type:
adb reboot bootloader
- The device is in fastboot mode and You can check it by typing
fastboot devices
- Now type the following command to unlock the bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
This will Unlock the Bootloader
Step 3: Flash the Custom Recovery
- Download the recovery(Download link at end of post) and move it to a new folder.
- Rename the Downloaded recovery to “recovery”
- Go the folder where recovery is placed, hold Shift + Right Click
- Click on “Open Command window here”
- Type this on Command window
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
- This will flash the Custom recovery in Oneplus one
- Type this in command window
fastboot reboot
The Device will Reboot and Custom recovery is installed on the device
Step 3: Flash the ROM and Gapps
- Download The LineageOS and Gapps and move them to the sd card
- Enter recovery mode by
- Power off device
- Press Volume Down + Power Button
- Click on Wipe and then Format Data
- Click on Install and install the LineageOS ROM file
- Click on Install and install Gapps file
- LineageOS and Gapps are now Installed.