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Experience Android on your Switch, with the first publicly released version of LineageOS 15.1

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Being true to their promise, switchroot has released their highly anticipated method of bringing Android to your Nintendo Switch console. This marks the first public release of LineageOS 15.1, and is based on a build of Android that runs on the Nvidia Shield TV. By flashing the installation image to your micro SD card, you can use Android 8.1 Oreo on the Switch, in both handheld and docked mode. Some of the features include audio support, allowing the Joy-Cons to connect through bluetooth, offering CPU and GPU performance profiles, and more.

As this is a beta release, you should be aware that there are a few bugs. Some notable issues are that sleep mode battery life is lacking, certain apps have problems with being controlled with the Joy-Cons, the screenshot function is disabled, wifi can be spotty, and a few other quirks.

If you're interested in playing around with this release, you can follow the instructions below to get started, with the download links being available in the source.

LineageOS 15.1 for Nintendo Switch by switchroot. This is the first publicly available Android ROM for the Nintendo Switch. Based on the Nvidia Shield TV builds it brings a smooth and powerful Android experience to your Switch in both handheld and docked mode.
  1. Pick the image that corresponds to the size of your SD card. You can use an image that is smaller than your card. You’ll end up with the remaining space unused on your card.
  2. Write the image to your SD card with e.g. balenaEtcher Do not extract the image, Etcher can handle the compressed image just fine! WARNING: This will overwrite any contents on your card! The progress bar/percentage might go haywire in Etcher, but you can ignore that. The flashing will still work and Etcher will let you know when it’s done. It can take up to an hour depending on your SD card’s speed. Also make sure not to format any of the partitions when Windows prompts you to after flashing.
  3. Download GApps for Android 8.1. from OpenGApps, use ARM64. Put the file on the first partition of your new SD card
  4. If desired download the "Shield-ifier" zip and place it also on the SD card. This will make your Switch identify as Nvidia Shield TV and install the Nvidia app.
  5. Load hekate and boot to TWRP by holding VOL+ when you select the Android config.
  6. Flash GApps zip, optionally flash other zips
  7. Reboot to hekate and boot into Android
  8. Complete the inital setup. For the Nvidia app to work make sure to update it from Play Store!
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Andalitez said:
How do we connect the joycons?

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So it it fail to flash?
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It flashed. It only refuses to flash if I try to flash more than one package at a time.

I think the spontaneous shutdowns were caused by my battery pack and pc. Not gapps
 
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If anyone gets an "error 64" on installing opengapps, go to the main twrp menu, go to Mount and mount /system. That's how I fixed that error
 
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Tenshi_Okami said:
If anyone gets an "error 64" on installing opengapps, go to the main twrp menu, go to Mount and mount /system. That's how I fixed that error
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Optionally, people should make sure to read the instructions lol
6. Flash GApps zip, optionally flash other zips. Make sure to mount /system first. Video that shows how to access and flash zips in TWRP:
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Been playing with this for a while now and I've made little progress. While I managed to get gapps installed (had to flash sheildifier first before gapps would install properly) I get it booted but I'm stuck on an endless setup. I make it through it all, get to a space wallpaper just to be kicked back to the start of the setup in an endless cycle. Every couple of seconds I get an app crash prompt (usually setup has crashed) I'm attempting to reflash the sd now. My main priority is to test drastic and dolphin, once I'm able to play with them I'll report back.

It's obvious this is very WIP, but from what little I've experienced it's pretty cool and I'm excited to see how well it runs and how it develops.
 
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Interesting, but why Lineage over pure AOSP or the stock Shield ROM? Seems like unnecessary extra work. That said, I haven't followed this project all that much.
 
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I have no doubt older systems like n64, ps1, SNES, and stuff will run perfectly so I'm not rushed to test them. I'm sure reicast will run well too but I will test it out next just to compare it to lakka

I'm averaging 20-30fps on windwaker with dolphin after tweaking around the settings. Also the joystick doesn't seem to work for me on dolphin even when configuring it.

I also noticed all fullscreen apps leaving a black border on the bottom and right sides of the screen (roughly .25" and 0.125" respectively)
 
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Excelent, I'm installing this on night just to test Drastic and Cytus 2, my current phone has a very bad and unprecise digitizer, so it should work perfectly with the switch digitizer.
 
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eskinner3742 said:
I have no doubt older systems like n64, ps1, SNES, and stuff will run perfectly so I'm not rushed to test them. I'm sure reicast will run well too but I will test it out next just to compare it to lakka

I'm averaging 15fps on windwaker with dolphin, but that's what I was expecting. Also the joystick doesn't seem to work for me on dolphin even when configuring it.

I also noticed all fullscreen apps leaving a black border on the bottom and right sides of the screen (roughly .25" and 0.125" respectively)
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I have no leftover micro sd. I hope there is a possibilty to flash it onto my switch 256gb micro sd and let the leftover use for atmosphere. I wonder if you could profit from a fast micro sd card. I might buy a fast 32gb one.
 
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So, pardon the dumb question, but what's the ban risk with this? Is there any? My assumption is no since it's not built to communicate with Nintendo's servers at all in the first place but I want to be sure.
 

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