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security patch

I am still on April's nougat update to this day stock non-rooted
How important are the following updates what advantages and disadvantages do they bring ?
Will I loose some of that amazing battery life as some people claim ?
What is the changelog of s244 and s251 ?

With the latest update you will get the Security patch of November and some small Bug Fixes... No disadvantages... Battery and everything else stays the same....

kirtikhurana said:
on an Android device there is no point asking for security updates
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What do you mean ?

Enricosteph said:
With the latest update you will get the Security patch of November and some small Bug Fixes... No disadvantages... Battery and everything else stays the same....
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i want to go back to the February 2017 security patch. can you tell me how to do it?

Himmi23 said:
i want to go back to the February 2017 security patch. can you tell me how to do it?
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Fastboot method

hi where can i download lenovo p2 feb 2017 security patch?

COOOLDUDE said:
hi where can i download lenovo p2 feb 2017 security patch?
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Search on google for lenovo p2 fastboot files or i provide the link below. S233 is a nougat based firmware with feb security patch. It is not a seprate security patch. So everything on your phone will be erased ( except internal storage) after installation.
Link 1 https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p2/development/fastboot-files-stock-firmware-t3649914
Link2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwtfqH7UlDEvS3NWZW5TUUhaY0E/view
Edit: link 1 is not working and password for the zip is > lenovo-forums.ru

Now that my Pro 8.4 is old, do I need to worry about meltdown/spectre?

Now that my Pro 8.4 is old and doesn't get updates, do I need to worry about meltdown/spectre?
Are there/will be official/unofficial roms that have a patch for the ARM bug?
*scared to use my 8.4*

Yeah, it's probably affected, if you are using the stock samsung rom, however if you are using a custom rom like Lineage OS and regularly update it, then the latest google security patch (12/17) or newer should be installed which should fix the exploit(s).
you can find the Security Patch date under Settings > About.
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/
https://download.lineageos.org/mondrianwifi

where to find security update

I have twrp installed and updated,after fighting with gapps for sometime I managed to get pico installed ( don't know why was such a problem I have 10gb of storage available), and lineage 14.1 on my nexus 7 2013 wifi (flo). My lineage version is 15.1-20180815, my android security patch level is "August 5, 2018".
I'm trying to find out if there is a newer security patch version available, I can flash or sideload and where to download it from. Google stopped with seciruty patches for my N7 almost 2 years ago, so thats a no go. Anyone know where to get the latest, if there is a later than August on lineage.

Troops42 said:
I have twrp installed and updated,after fighting with gapps for sometime I managed to get pico installed ( don't know why was such a problem I have 10gb of storage available), and lineage 14.1 on my nexus 7 2013 wifi (flo). My lineage version is 15.1-20180815, my android security patch level is "August 5, 2018".
I'm trying to find out if there is a newer security patch version available, I can flash or sideload and where to download it from. Google stopped with seciruty patches for my N7 almost 2 years ago, so thats a no go. Anyone know where to get the latest, if there is a later than August on lineage.
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My apologies to the forum for posting this in the wrong thread section. I was at it until 3 am last night. I guess an August 2018 security patch from lineage is a lot better than what I was getting from Goog which was zilch. I can't believe have fast this old N7'13 is running now. Just wanted to thank the forum for all the links and info on how to install twrp & a new mod, this was my first try at it.

LineageOS Security Updates

gothicVI has applied the android monthly security updates from google , for the last several months to all versions of LineageOS for the moto potter.
Thank you for keeping our phones up to date !
https://androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=272434

Nivead said:
gothicVI has applied the android monthly security updates from google , for the last several months to all versions of LineageOS for the moto potter.
Thank you for keeping our phones up to date !
https://androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=272434
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I have updated the link in the official thread, thanks for providing the link.

Awesome! Thanks for the security updates.. Badly needed for my lineage 16 (android 9) .
I am avoiding android 10 till twrp can do proper restores etc..
thank you

Nivead said:
gothicVI has applied the android monthly security updates from google , for the last several months to all versions of LineageOS for the moto potter.
Thank you for keeping our phones up to date !
https://androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=272434
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Can we expect security updates from dev till the end of 2020?
By the way big thanks to gothic for keeping potter updated and alive.

Aj_$tyle$ said:
Can we expect security updates from dev till the end of 2020?
By the way big thanks to gothic for keeping potter updated and alive.
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Google puts out the updates, in general; every month or as needed. I have no communications with the developer GothicIV. I just check his web site and if the security updates are there, I download and apply to my phone.
GothicIV posted September 2020 updates yesterday (19th).

October 2020 security updates are available...

November 2020 security updates available.

December 2020 security updates are available

Hey there,
I have attempted to update to the 3 most recent security patches (Oct 25, Nov 7, Dec 13) for LineageOS 16.0 (potter) provided by gothicVI, but after successfully flashing them my phone bootloops back to TWRP 3.4.0.0 after trying to boot system for a few minutes.
I have logcat logs for each security patch boot attempt.
I am currently stuck on the Oct 9 security patch as it is the latest version that will boot on my phone.
Where I can get help with this?

gothicVI is awesome, so far Moto G5 Plus seems pretty much abandoned, pixel experience lags too much on my 2gb ram variant. Time to buy a new phone but for now gonna use this.

carlasan said:
I am avoiding android 10 till twrp can do proper restores etc..
thank you
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Is that the only issue? I flashed crDroid 6.13 from the latest twrp with no problems so far. Any issues besides restore I should be aware of if I decide to move to another rom?

Update firmware with LineageOS

Hello, I was wondering if I need to update my firmware on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro (whyred).
The reason for it is because it shows "1. November 2018" as latest vendor security patch level.
I am currently running LineageOS 17.1 which is based on Android 10 together with the Lineage recovery.
Mainly I have these questions:
1. Do I need to update the vendor firmware? In other words would that even increase the Vendor security patch level?
2. When I checked this website: https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/firmware/whyred/ it shows the latest Vendor Firmware to be from 2021, however with Android 9.0, would that even work with LineageOS 17.1 which is Android 10 level?
3. Would I need to flash back to the official Rom on Android 9.0 in order to then flash to the 2021 firmware ( should be included in the latest official rom anyway) and then flash back to LineageOS 17.1?
Any help is greatly appreciated as this is my first phone on LineageOS. (I did had a couple of other phones in the past with unofficial Roms so I am not a completely noob.)
Thanks and have a good day

StriKe_jk said:
Hello, I was wondering if I need to update my firmware on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro (whyred).
The reason for it is because it shows "1. November 2018" as latest vendor security patch level.
I am currently running LineageOS 17.1 which is based on Android 10 together with the Lineage recovery.
Mainly I have these questions:
1. Do I need to update the vendor firmware? In other words would that even increase the Vendor security patch level?
2. When I checked this website: https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/firmware/whyred/ it shows the latest Vendor Firmware to be from 2021, however with Android 9.0, would that even work with LineageOS 17.1 which is Android 10 level?
3. Would I need to flash back to the official Rom on Android 9.0 in order to then flash to the 2021 firmware ( should be included in the latest official rom anyway) and then flash back to LineageOS 17.1?
Any help is greatly appreciated as this is my first phone on LineageOS. (I did had a couple of other phones in the past with unofficial Roms so I am not a completely noob.)
Thanks and have a good day
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LOS has old version of vendors. Yes from 2018.. they build on that... if you wanna updated version go to LOS github and ask there.. that's how it is, nothing can be done here. Only LOS team can help you.
Good luck and stay safe!

drnightshadow said:
LOS has old version of vendors. Yes from 2018.. they build on that... if you wanna updated version go to LOS github and ask there.. that's how it is, nothing can be done here. Only LOS team can help you.
Good luck and stay safe!
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Does this mean 2018 is the latest vendor security patch level?

StriKe_jk said:
Does this mean 2018 is the latest vendor security patch level?
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If you use LOS, than yes.

Maybe I am a bit dense to understand this, but shouldn't all have the same? I thought Vendor security patch level are bugfixes from the vendor, so it only makes sense to me to include the latest patches in all roms to get this baseline patch level. Ofc every ROM can feel free to increase security even further with additional patches on top of that.

StriKe_jk said:
Maybe I am a bit dense to understand this, but shouldn't all have the same? I thought Vendor security patch level are bugfixes from the vendor, so it only makes sense to me to include the latest patches in all roms to get this baseline patch level. Ofc every ROM can feel free to increase security even further with additional patches on top of that.
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Yap, but every custom Rom has it's own vendor version. LOS has old one and many custom ROMs. It's actually developer decision what version he's gonna use to build rom. That's it. Yes MIUI ROM uses latest. You can't mix them because you'll get bootloop or bricked device.
For latest version you need to ask developer to update it.

StriKe_jk said:
1. Do I need to update the vendor firmware? In other words would that even increase the Vendor security patch level?
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The vendor security patch level is just a setting configured here: https://github.com/LineageOS/androi...0038ae0340b1da03ae9c00ff50/BoardConfig.mk#L56
The official LOS 18.1 rom contains at least some vendor blobs from the latest MIUI V12.0.2.0.PEIMIXM rom.
That probably means the vendor security patch level date is not accurate and can be ignored.
StriKe_jk said:
2. When I checked this website: https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/firmware/whyred/ it shows the latest Vendor Firmware to be from 2021, however with Android 9.0, would that even work with LineageOS 17.1 which is Android 10 level?
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Yes, it works. Considering you are currently using even older firmware.
StriKe_jk said:
3. Would I need to flash back to the official Rom on Android 9.0 in order to then flash to the 2021 firmware ( should be included in the latest official rom anyway) and then flash back to LineageOS 17.1?
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You can flash the firmware ZIP from https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/firmware/whyred/. It only updates the various firmware partitions without touching the "boot", "system" and "vendor" partitions (on which LOS is installed).
For some reason the firmware ZIP is missing the new boot logo. It can be updated manually by extracting the file "/firmware-update/splash.img" from the latest MIUI Rom and flashing it in Fastboot Mode with
Code:
fastboot flash splash splash.img

I'm on Lineage OS 18.1 now with Android 11 and figured I just leave it as is. But thanks all for the help