February 17, 2022 1:54am Comment Kishan Vyas

LineageOS 17.1 is being dropped as work on LineageOS 19.0 continues

LineageOS is the most popular custom ROM by far, providing hundreds of Android devices a light, near-stock version of Android. LineageOS 18.1, which is based on Android 11, is the latest version of the ROM. But with Android 12 out for a while now, many fans are looking forward to the next iteration: LineageOS 19.0. While we still don’t know when the new builds based on Android 12 will arrive, the LineageOS team has now announced that they’re ending support for LineageOS 17.1.

In a Reddit post, the LineageOS team revealed that LineageOS 17.1, based on Android 10, has now reached retirement. That means new builds of LineageOS 17.1 won’t be developed moving forward. The team says they had to take this step because of the storage restrictions of their build servers.

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As per the announcement, the following devices are being dropped from the LineageOS 17.1 build roaster:

Device	Codename	Maintainers
Google Pixel	sailfish	intervigil, razorloves
Google Pixel XL	marlin	intervigil, razorloves
HTC One (M8)	m8	bgcngm
HTC One (M8) Dual SIM	m8d	bgcngm
Huawei Honor 5X	kiwi	BadDaemon
LeEco Le 2	s2	codeworkx, tImIbreakdown
Motorola Edge	racer	erfanoabdi, Jleeblanch, SyberHexen
Motorola Moto E 2015 LTE	surnia	althafvly, theimpulson
Motorola Moto G 2015	osprey	althafvly, chil360
Motorola Moto G3 Turbo	merlin	althafvly
Motorola Moto G4 Play	harpia	jro1979
Motorola Moto X Play	lux	jro1979, thopiekar
Motorola Moto Z	griffin	DD3Boh, erfanoabdi, shr3ps, stargo, vache
Nubia Z17	nx563j	BeYkeRYkt
Nvidia Jetson (Nano / Nano 2GB) [Android TV]	porg	webgeek1234
Nvidia Jetson (Nano / Nano 2GB) [Tablet]	porg_tab	webgeek1234
Nvidia Jetson (TX2 / TX2 NX) [Android TV]	quill	webgeek1234
Nvidia Jetson (TX2 / TX2 NX) [Tablet]	quill_tab	webgeek1234
Nvidia Shield TV (2015 / 2015 Pro / 2017) / Jetson TX1 [Android TV]	foster	webgeek1234, npjohnson
Nvidia Shield TV (2015 / 2015 Pro / 2017) / Jetson TX1 [Tablet]	foster_tab	webgeek1234, npjohnson
Nvidia Shield TV 2019 Pro [Android TV]	mdarcy	webgeek1234, npjohnson
Nvidia Shield TV 2019 Pro [Tablet]	mdarcy_tab	webgeek1234, npjohnson
OnePlus Nord	avicii	KakatkarAkshay
Realme 2 Pro	RMX1801	sb6596
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016)	a3xelte	danwood76, Stricted
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)	a5xelte	danwood76, Stricted
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)	a7xelte	sourajitk, danwood76, Stricted
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2015)	j7elte	dariotrombello, danwood76, Stricted
Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo	s5neolte	danwood76, Stricted
Sony Xperia Tablet Z2 LTE	castor	snc
Sony Xperia Tablet Z2 Wi-Fi	castor_windy	snc
Wileyfox Swift	crackling	115ek
Wingtech Redmi 2	wt88047	nicknitewolf
Xiaomi Redmi K20 / Mi 9T	davinci	Pig
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 / 8T	ginkgo	DarkJoker360, danascape
Yandex Phone	Amber	HighwayStar, vm03

If you’re running LineageOS 17.1 on any of the above-mentioned devices, you can continue to use the ROM as it is but note that there won’t be any new updates. That means you will miss out on important security patches and other improvements. Your best bet is to upgrade to LineageOS 18.1, assuming it’s available for your device, or switch to another custom ROM which is in active development.

At the time being, LineageOS 17.1 builds are still listed on the LineageOS download page. The team notes that builds and recoveries will eventually be removed from the website.

As for the Android 12 release, the team says they have started testing build systems to support LineageOS 19.0. However, no exact timeline has been provided for when the new version is officially coming out.