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Moto G5S

Suitable for daily usage, on Android 9, 10, and 11

Steps to install

Android 11

  • Flash this TWRP as "Recovery" in your existing recovery.
  • Reboot to TWRP.
  • Format System, Vendor, Data, Cache and Dalvik/ART Cache. (FORMAT DATA, NOT WIPE)
  • Reboot to TWRP.
  • Flash LineageOS 17.1
  • Flash this Zip file (latest Phh based Gsi have broken boot without this zip)
  • Flash a GSI (arm64 A/B)
  • Reboot to system.

Android 10

Clean install

  • Flash this TWRP as "Recovery" in your existing recovery.
  • Reboot to TWRP.
  • Format System, Vendor, Data, Cache and Dalvik/ART Cache.
  • Reboot to TWRP.
  • Flash LineageOS 17.1
  • Flash permissiver (no longer needed for Phh based gsi since october update)
  • Flash a GSI (arm64 A/B)
  • Reboot to system.

Dirty flash

  • Reboot to TWRP.
  • Flash LineageOS 17.1 if needed.
  • Flash permissiver (no longer needed for Phh based gsi since october update)
  • Flash the updated GSI (arm64 A/B)
  • Reboot to system.

Android 9

Clean install

  • Flash this TWRP as "Recovery" in your existing recovery.
  • Reboot to TWRP.
  • Format System, Vendor, Data, Cache and Dalvik/ART Cache.
  • Flash this vendor.
  • Flash a GSI (arm64 A-only)
  • Reboot to system.

Dirty flash

  • Reboot to TWRP.
  • Flash the latest vendor zip if needed.
  • Flash the updated GSI (arm64 A-only)
  • Reboot to system.

Hardware support

Component Comment
Camera Working
Speaker / Mic Working
Bluetooth Working
WiFi Working
SIM / Mobile Data / Voice Working
VoLTE Working
Fingerprint Working
NFC Working
Offline Charging Working
Other feature Encryption - Working (Android 10+, 11 Phh broken)

Android 11 Notes

To boot android 11, you HAVE to use at least the october update, also known as 1.8 to be able to boot, any Gsi from firmware collections will need permissiver to boot (see above), Phh's Roar Gsi and Google's own Android 11 Gsi dont need permissiver


Tested By: HowToRush (XT1794) Oreo Latest 1.1.2020-23.09.2020

Also tested by: Giv314, Comeb4ck, and other users from the G5S Telegram

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