Will Graphene OS, Lineage OS, or some other operating system install on a Lenovo Tablet?
Edit: Its a Lenovo P11 Tab Pro Gen 2
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dude, I mean come on - which lenovo tablet? woulda taken you like two seconds to include the model. intel? arm? config?
GrapheneOS doesn’t support it. If there are no ready-made custom ROMs for it, take a look at Generic System Images (GSI). Due to the lack of cellular modem (I assume), GSI have better compatibility with tablets and should only require:
- Unlockable bootloader
- Project Treble support (check with this app: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/tk.hack5.treblecheck/)
That said, there’s still no guarantee it’ll all work out. Feel free to ask for any details. I went through the misery of installing a GSI on my Tab A7 Lite since it had no LineageOS support and all of the existing ROMs were also GSI that didn’t really fit my tastes.
Also, you’re not alone if XDA forums tutorials are incomprehensible. A good majority assume some level of niche knowledge.
Thank you. I have never heard of any of this. Hopefully it will work on my Lenovo p11 Pro Gen 2
You should start by adding the exact model name of your device to the post, otherwise its not possible to check anything.
Depending on the tablet, you might not be able to unlock the bootloader. I have a Chinese Lenovo model Y770 that’s not unlockable.
You can always remove your google account from the tablet and install Aurora Store and f-droid to keep google from tracking what you’re using. Every step in the right direction is a step away from google.
Using Open Street Maps, Mull, Brave, librewolf, various proton apps or whatever you prefer will let you get away from the built in google stuff.
Thanks! However I thought it was advised to stay away from Aurora away because of it uses a less strong worthy app repository, in that malicious actors could upload stuff.
GrapheneOS will only run on Pixel devices for now (including the Pixel tablet), see https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices
LineageOS has two Lenovo devices listed, your (and my) tablet are not on that list, see https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#lenovo
Depending on the model you might find some custom built ROM on e.g. XDADevelopers, but be careful not to brick your device.
If a device gets bricked, how do people unbrick them?
Thanks! Sadly my Lenovo P11 isn’t supported for the moment.
And lastly you could self compile
well if they find the drivers, and make the necessary changes from another tablet or phone that’s similar and suported, yeah
Are there guides or documentation for how to do this for me or future devs that are interested?
what’s the model number? have you checked out postmarketOS also?
Its my first time hearing of that OS. The tablet is a Lenovo P11 Pro Gen 2.
Lenovo tablets aren’t alternate OS friendly.
