Minfred said:

Wifi-Calling possible?

I needed to Google what it is, but I'm 90% sure that it will work. There are no any requirements on the phone, it is a thing what the provider does for you. For be safety you could do a backup with TWRP before flashing the custom.

Hi,
Unfortunately there seems to be a "software requirement". Maybe its closed source samsung stuff like VoLTE or this microphone-echo-bug!? Thats why i'm asking.

At the original firmware, Wificalling was possible until the last Firmwareupdate in 2020... After that, the option was gone, maybe by mistake from samsung. Nevertheless, I never used it.
But now i moved in a new flat and there is no phoning or using of mobile internet inside possible.

Regards,
Minfred

Echo problem during calls:

Maybe I have a hint to the echo problem. It may not be the hardware but the pitch of the voice. I have a Galaxy S7 in good condition and LOS 20 installed. Everything works perfectly. Yesterday I made a test call with my wife at our house. From my Galaxy S22 stock firmware to the LOS 20 Galaxy S7. When I put the S7 to my ear, my wife heard her echo, everything sounded normal to me. Then we swapped the phones while the call was established. When my wife spoke into the S7, neither of us had any echo and everything sounded normal. We repeated this 2 times, always with the same result. I've always stayed 2 rooms away to avoid feedback from the devices themselves.

I just came off a phone call and experienced no echoing whatsoever. I have dirty flashed each time I upgraded since the initial clean installation of the rom.

Hi everyone,

I'm new to all this and I had a question : my friend wants to keep her Galaxy S7 but what's the safest between her using the 4 years old stock ROM and the custom ROMs I can find here ?
Will it be as safe (or even safer?) to use banking apps (for example) on a custom ROM than on a stock one ?

Regards !

BananeSplendide said:

Hi everyone,

I'm new to all this and I had a question : my friend wants to keep her Galaxy S7 but what's the safest between her using the 4 years old stock ROM and the custom ROMs I can find here ?
Will it be as safe (or even safer?) to use banking apps (for example) on a custom ROM than on a stock one ?

Regards !

LineageOS is more secure because in addition to providing a much more recent version of Android, it is also kept up to date by the developer who every month merges Google security patches. I personally use LineageOS 19 on my device with banking apps because it can be encrypted. In LineageOS 20 the encryption of user data is not working, which can be a problem in case of device theft. You will most likely have to install Magisk for the Bank apps to work.

BananeSplendide said:

Hi everyone,

I'm new to all this and I had a question : my friend wants to keep her Galaxy S7 but what's the safest between her using the 4 years old stock ROM and the custom ROMs I can find here ?
Will it be as safe (or even safer?) to use banking apps (for example) on a custom ROM than on a stock one ?

Regards !

Hi
Go by the recommendations and since you're new to this you don't need root to install a custom rom, most common misconception. I stay away from root.

Thank you. Do you know a good tutorial which doesn't include the rooting process?

I've found one on Droidtips talking about bootloader and TWRP recovery. If I follow this tutorial, my device won't be rooted?

Not_Rich said:

Hi
Go by the recommendations and since you're new to this you don't need root to install a custom rom, most common misconception. I stay away from root.

BananeSplendide said:

Thank you. Do you know a good tutorial which doesn't include the rooting process?

I've found one on Droidtips talking about bootloader and TWRP recovery. If I follow this tutorial, my device won't be rooted?

You need to unlock the bootloader to start on this, then flash twrp.
I would rather follow the guides from the developers on this site.
The rom file does not come with the google play store and you will need a bitgapps file with the same android version as the rom you are installing.
Rooting is done by flashing magisk which is a separate file.

I would use Lineage 19, I think people are having more success with that one, my S7 is not a daily driver.

Charge the battery before attempting anything.

Hello Forum,

wich GApps work good with LineageOS 19 and 20?

I am looking for a GApps, wich does not install all the Google Apps, maybe allows to select those to be installed.

Actually I use NikGApps with LOS 19, but want to upgrade to 20, and so need a GApps, what does not install all that Google stuff, or allows to select.

Thx in advance!

netra3441 said:

Hallo Forum,

Welche GApps funktionieren gut mit LineageOS 19 und 20?

Ich suche nach einem GApps, das nicht alle Google Apps installiert, vielleicht die zu installierenden auswählen kann.

Eigentlich benutze ich NikGApps mit LOS 19, möchte aber auf 20 upgraden, und brauche daher ein GApps, das nicht all das Google-Zeug installiert oder auswählen lässt.

Thx im Voraus!

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dj3d said:

NikGapps - Browse /Releases/NikGapps-T/11-Mar-2023 at SourceForge.net

A Custom Google Apps Package that Suits Everyone Needs!

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@dj3d

Thank you very much, I found it, will take NikGapps

Just a question: why did you had quoted a translated version of my request? The forum language is English.

Da to format sd as internal? Pixel experience 13 does not leave!

Is there any solution how to encrypt for exemple SD card? Bitlocker will work?! Is it safe use unencrypted phone storage? Thanks

Hey guys sorry for delays with this months security update but google was holding it out till yesterday, they finally released source and it will be merged to lineageos during this week hopefully, so builds will be out soon for all supported versions.

Thanks for understanding and patience

Ivan_Meler said:

Hey guys sorry for delays with this months security update but google was holding it out till yesterday, .....

Not your fault Ivan.
Thanks for info.

Hello forum,

the fact that I can use my Samsung Galaxy S7, built in 2016, today with the latest Android in the form of LineageOS 20.0 (Android 13) and with great satisfaction, is to @Ivan_Meler's credit, and to the credit of all those, who make it possible, that LOS works - credit, because I am a severely disabled pensioner who urgently needs to use his smartphone for health reasons dependent, but cannot afford a new device.



So my thanks go to Ivan and to everyone, who is working on this project, including you creators of XDA and of course the users here in the forum!

What I describe below should also be of help to beginners.

Since I urgently need my S7, I bought a second used S7 as a kind of test device, so that I can safely practice, learn and test on this second S7, which is hardly possible even with a smartphone that is used every day.

I tried pretty much everything with my test S7, including rooting with Magisk and various root-only apps - only to find that at least I didn't need to root at all. This, because in LOS there are no pre-installed apps to be removed, and since I never do online banking or online orders on mobile devices, it is not necessary in my case to massively protect the smartphone with root and then firewall etc.

Using an identical second smartphone as a testing unit helps really to learn how to do!

Then I found out that it makes a lot of sense, not least because of the small internal memory of the S7 (32 GB), to only install GApps as "Core", i.e. with the lowest Google technology pre-installation, so that you can then choose for yourself what you want to install from the Google universe and what you better leave out.

This also meant that I no longer have to worry about the fact that from Android 13 or LineageOS 20.0 you can no longer format an SD card as internal memory. This, because although I have everything I need on the S7 installed, I currently still have 22 GB of free internal memory under LOS 20.0 (!). With the previously fully installed Google universe, I only had 10 GB of internal memory left under LOS 19.1 from the 32 GB of the S7. So, I run the 128 GB SD card, I use, now in LOS 20.0 as only mobile memory, and that works fine.

Of course you can also operate your smartphone with LOS without Google technology. In my case, that didn't work because I use apps for which there are unfortunately no alternatives in the F-Droid repository, which is highly recommended by the way, so I couldn't leave out Google because some of these apps are purchased, need the GSF and Google Pay does not work with the Aurora store.

All in all, it pays off very well for older people like me, who are not programmers and who will no longer acquire the very complex knowledge of smartphones and their operating systems, in addition to the older smartphone, which can be operated with the latest Android thanks to LOS, to have an identical second smartphone as a test device to learn how to use TWRP, LOS and so on safely and without worries, and whether everything runs smoothly.

LOS 20.0 runs completely smooth, unlike LOS 19.1, it is very amazing.

Everything is working fine. When telephoning I have no echoes, neither what I hear nor what the other party hears. I also have the impression that the WLAN runs better under LOS 20.0 and has fewer dropouts, which is actually a known error in the S7 hardware.

All in all, the upgrade from LOS 19.1 to 20.0 was very worthwhile for me and my Samsung Galaxy S7, I am very satisfied.

Finally, many thanks again to the doers of TWRP and LOS, to @Ivan_Meler as maintainer, and to everyone who also works to ensure that we users can continue to operate our old devices. Many thanks also to XDA and the forum and you users here!

March update is almost ready, few lineage specific features have to be reimplemented like battery percentage indicator as google has redone parts of system related to status bar and battery indicator, but other than that seems like there is no regression.


Expect builds in few days, or as soon as this has been reimplemented into lineage

Paypal crashe constantly at the opening on this rom

mago_tech said:

Paypal crashe constantly at the opening on this rom

Well... I use about 35 Apps on my Samsung Galaxy S7 with LineageOS 20, and no one crashes.

But I do not use Paypal, because, on my humbly opinion, doing payment stuff on smartphones (and/or on all kind of computers with unsecure operating systems) is not safe, so I do no online banking, and no ordering with the smartphone, these just on my secure Linux PC.

Furthermore, as far as I know from friends, this Paypal app is a very weird piece of code, also chrashes regularly on manufacturer roms also, and has a lot of other problems too.

Go into Google Play Store and read the recensions, expecially the huge amount of negative ones... you are not alone with a not working Paypal app...

Because I also do not use Paypal, I cannot tell you more about this. Better not use this, better not use Paypal at all.