OnePlus 7 Pro: LineageOS+MicroG

After a full weekend of originally getting CrDroid on my new OnePlus 7 Pro a few months back, I decided to switch to LineageOS+MicroG because I was never able to get location working on CrDroid. This was mostly due to the changes in Android 10, but when I was still unable to get it working with the new UnifiedNLP package, I just decided it was easier to switch & settled for reinstalling MicroG, which I had avoided on CrDroid because I wanted to avoid as many Google services as possible.

Since I had so many issues getting CrDroid setup in the first place (mainly due to me lack of experience with A\B partitions & not knowing I needed to flash OxygenOS first, then the ROM on top of it), I wanted to keep track of the exact steps I took to get LineageOS+MicroG so I could follow it the next time I decide I want to try a new ROM. Posting it here just makes it easier to come back to & maybe it will help out someone else.

First step was just backup & prep: Making sure I had backups of my messages, F-Droid repositories, 2FA tokens, as well as my list of installed apps.

One thing I was surprised at for the installation was that I wasn’t expected to flash an OxygenOS ROM first… Below are the two “guides” i followed:

Flashing Recovery: I thought this was one place where I had issues, but that may have only been on the Essential Phone, where I couldn’t boot recovery. that did work on the OP7Pro:

➜ OP7Pro adb reboot fastboot
➜ OP7Pro fastboot devices
0810d6ea fastboot
➜ OP7Pro fastboot boot twrp-3.4.0-0-guacamole.img
Sending 'boot.img' (31704 KB) OKAY [ 0.742s]
Booting OKAY [ 0.106s]
Finished. Total time: 0.886s
➜ OP7Pro

Once I was booted into TWRP I formatted DATA & pushed the LineageOS+MicroG & TWRP installer ZIPs, then rebooted to recovery again (without flashing anything). I ended up having to push the two ZIPs again because they were not present on the “SD Card” after the reboot. After pushing the files again I flashed & rebooted the system to complete setup.

An issue I did run into with Magisk appeared to be due to the A\B slots again. The fix seemed to be flashing when getting into TWRP, then manually changing the A\B slot, rebooting to recovery, & flashing again. Just a simple “Reboot > Recovery” didn’t change the slots.

I did just attempt a system update yesterday, & it was successful, following the same process I took during CrDroid: Use the internal updater, but DO NOT REBOOT through the updater. You have to go into Magisk Manager > Magisk Install > Install > Install to Inactive Slot (After OTA). You can then reboot & will still be rooted with Magisk.

I will have another update shortly about updating firmware, since I just noticed this morning that Bluetooth will not stay enabled. While on CrDroid the fix seemed to be flashing Bluetooth & Modem firmware from an official OxygenOS update.