Official LineageOS 14.1 for OnePlus 5

At the launch, OnePlus 5 was termed as the new flagship killer of the year 2017. It was compared with another rival smartphone of the year โ€“ Samsung Galaxy S8. OnePlus already released Android 7.1.1 Nougat for the OnePlus 5 with Oxygen OS, whereas, the Galaxy S8/S8+ is still stuck on the previous 7.0 Nougat version. A reason could be that Samsungโ€™s latest TouchWiz firmware consists of all the 7.1.1 Nougat features. Anyway, now you can update your OnePlus 5 to Android 7.1.2 Nougat via official Lineage OS 14.1 nightly builds.

Earlier, we posted about the first LineageOS 14.1 ROM for the stunning OnePlus 5 codename cheeseburger. However, that was an unofficial build. Now, it comes officially from the Lineage project with August 2017 security patch.

At the time of writing, the official Lineage OS builds arenโ€™t listed in the downloads repository. However, the listing of LineageOS 14.1 for OnePLus 5 is present. Later today, the first official build will show up. So stay tuned and bookmark this page for further updates. Check out the stunning LOS 14.1 for OnePlus 5.

How to install official LineageOS 14.1 for OnePlus 5?

Step 1: Make sure the Bootloader is Unlockedย on OnePlus 5.

Step 2: Make sure OnePlus 5 device is rooted with the latest TWRP build.

Step 3: Download the official LineageOS 14.1 ROM from here.

Step 4: Transfer the ROM to deviceโ€™s internal storage.setup on OnePlus 5.

Step 5: Download other tools like Open Gapps (arm64), and Magisk 13.3 to root LOS.

Step 6: Reboot into TWRP Recovery.

Step 7: Take a full Nandroid backup.

Step 8: Perform aย Factory reset.

Step 9: Flash the LineageOS 14.1 zip from storage.

Step 10: Flash GApps and latest Magisk to root; from phone storage.

Step 11: Reboot to the system.

Rooting LineageOS via Magisk is purely optional. So you can skip it. Enjoy your new ROM.

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Official updates for OnePlus 5:

Not to worry because the OnePlus 5 will surely receive Android 8.0 Oreo build both officially as well as via a custom ROM build. Soon after Google released officialย Android 8.0 Oreo, AOSP 8.0 Oreo and Lineage OS 15 based custom ROMS started showing up. Soon a LineageOS 15 build will pop up for OnePlus 5, 3/3T, 2, 1, and X.

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