I’m so confused by this submission. It’s not a guide but a collection of notes from someone (in china) customizing a oneplus build. There’s some useful info there but only if you’re already at a point where you’re comfortable running your own compiled full vanilla builds.
Seems like a typical blog post. Doesn't hurt to start with something like that, but they explicitly refuse to link to "official" site, stating it's garbage. Trash it all you want, but at least link to the trash so readers can judge for themselves, since the author is a self-proclaimed noob.
I personally had big problems doing an OTA update within LineageOS that required a factory reset afterwards. So yeah, don't do the OTA updates. Do full backups and full manual updates instead.
Graphene will strongly discourage you from retaining root over your device, while all LineageOS releases present rooted ADB.
I understand that you can forego the final relock of the bootloader and install Magisk into Graphene. How that fares with future OTAs I do not know.
There are other differences that might impact you. The eBay app does not work on Graphene but is functional on Lineage. Graphene's launcher and keyboard are poor compared to Lineage. The Vanadium browser's dark mode is not as good as browsers on Lineage. Pattern lock is not available on Graphene.
edit: list of supported lineagos devices (would have been crucial to note in the OP that only certain devices are supported; some have "unofficial" third party support as well, not listed on this link): https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
> Android is one of the most popular operating systems in the world.
More accurately, "as of December 2025, Android, which uses the Linux kernel, is the world's most popular operating system with 38.94% of the global market, followed by Windows with 29.99%, iOS with 15.66%, macOS with 2.14%, and other operating systems with 10.78%."
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[ 3.9 ms ] story [ 27.3 ms ] threadGo to https://wiki.lineageos.org if you want to install and/or compile for a phone.
There are a lot of phones missing from there though.
I understand that you can forego the final relock of the bootloader and install Magisk into Graphene. How that fares with future OTAs I do not know.
There are other differences that might impact you. The eBay app does not work on Graphene but is functional on Lineage. Graphene's launcher and keyboard are poor compared to Lineage. The Vanadium browser's dark mode is not as good as browsers on Lineage. Pattern lock is not available on Graphene.
Try them both, if you can.
and then maybe ubuntu touch: https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/
edit: list of supported lineagos devices (would have been crucial to note in the OP that only certain devices are supported; some have "unofficial" third party support as well, not listed on this link): https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
The OP post doesn't assume pre-cooked support for a device. It expects the other to write a device tree himself.
More accurately, "as of December 2025, Android, which uses the Linux kernel, is the world's most popular operating system with 38.94% of the global market, followed by Windows with 29.99%, iOS with 15.66%, macOS with 2.14%, and other operating systems with 10.78%."