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I used to run lineage, but every time there was a major version upgrade I had to reinstall, which was annoying. So I reverted to stock OS. Has that changed? Ca
by Tistron 4y ago
I used to run lineage, but every time there was a major version upgrade I had to reinstall, which was annoying. So I reverted to stock OS.
Has that changed? Can it upgrade between major versions now?
- jeroenhd 4y agoI've always done upgrades and they usually worked, but updating across Android versions is quite painful. You need to be wary not to accidentally keep old versions of GApps and any other system modifications installed, and not all system services migrate that easily. At some point, a transitionary .zip was published to help users upgrade between versions. However, I'm pretty sure their official policy is still that you should do a clean install. I think upgrading between versions works (as long as you do it in order!) but your system will be a lot more stable if you do a clean install. The same can be said for any major OS upgrade, really, be it Windows 10 to 11 or Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04.
- BenjiWiebe 4y agoUnless the major upgrade is Fedora, then it works great and is well supported to update in place for many years. The one major issue I had once was my fault because a force rebooted in the middle of the install. Still got it working though.
- zozbot234 4y agoDebian Stable also has a very well documented upgrade workflow.
- kuschkufan 4y agoBollocks, I've upgraded Fedora many a time. In fact I've done so since F25.
- josephcsible 4y agoEven in the past, I've been able to do in-place upgrades even when it wasn't officially supported, and didn't have any major problems.