Database Info

Liquid Smooth Major Bug

So I was messing around with my Liquid Smooth lock screens. I came across this one (I don't remember the name of it though..) and whenever I try to unlock it it reboots and I can't do anything. So, how do I fix this? I can't unlock to change it because it just reboots.
Here's a picture. I think it's like the 4th one down in the menu. I'm assuming you grab the lock and take it up.. then it just reboots
I'm just going to factory restore it again. Just so everyone knows, don't use this lock screen if you have liquid smooth! D:

That's the new ring style (Used in the CM builds for our phones, I believe) But, I never had a problem with it. lol. You can drag it up if you want, but you just move it from its spot and it'll unlock (or go to app) but, I just suggest wiping user data then trying it again.

Chyrux said:
That's the new ring style (Used in the CM builds for our phones, I believe) But, I never had a problem with it. lol. You can drag it up if you want, but you just move it from its spot and it'll unlock (or go to app) but, I just suggest wiping user data then trying it again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well it definitely didn't work for me so I did a factory reset

[Q] Capacitive buttons sporadically not working, requires reboot

Skyrocket i727 running CM-10.1-20130807 nightly. Apex launcher. On Rogers with UCMC1 radio.
It's running stable with the (big) exception that occasionally (once or twice a day) the four buttons at the bottom (settings/home/back/search) will not respond to any touch. The only way to fix it is to restart the phone. I searched the forums and cannot find an answer to why this might be happening, nor to anyone else having this problem. I have the backlight on these buttons disabled (to save power).
Also, this might be related or maybe not, but on Monday I had a very strange crash. The HOME button wouldn't work, but the BACK button and SETTINGS button did. The notification bar wasn't functioning and no push notifications were coming through. The quick-settings panel was reverted to default, and the buttons within the quick settings panel were completely unresponsive.
Even stranger, Chrome was unresponsive, Maps/Navigation were constantly force-closing, and in general the phone was throwing a massive fit over almost anything I did. I pulled the battery but that didn't help. I was forced to go into recovery mode and perform factory reset, wipe dalvik cache, and reinstall the ROM. This has worked (although a PITA) but the issue I mentioned first (bottom buttons not working) has manifested itself since then.
Any ideas what to do here?
Much appreciated!
Eric

Run the recent nightly. Could be an issue with your rom, although I haven't seen your problem.

I just flashed the most recent nightly a few minutes ago.
Should I go back into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik? (note: When I flashed the ROM through CM Updater / TWRP, it 'optimized' 119 apps... so I think it automatically wiped the cache...?)

curls00 said:
I just flashed the most recent nightly a few minutes ago.
Should I go back into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik? (note: When I flashed the ROM through CM Updater / TWRP, it 'optimized' 119 apps... so I think it automatically wiped the cache...?)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You should be ok. I never go back and wipe caches

The original issue is still occurring even on newest nightly. Completely random (using different apps each time - Facebook, Messenger, Youtube, etc...).
Any idea if a setting I can change is causing this?

mtdew said:
Hardware failure.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
LOL time to sell then!

New ROM w/o Reset

I have been running CleanROM Seven for sometime without any problem or issues. In the last few weeks it has been glitching something awful! The screen blinks whenever I try to load an app or really do anything at all. Sometimes it blinks between the old and the new screen (like when swiping from page to page I'll see the page I was on and the page I am going to back and forth very quickly). Other times I see vertical stripes that alternate from the screen and black bars.
Restarting the phone worked for a while and then it stopped working, so I reflashed the ROM and that worked for a week or so and now it's back. I really, really, really want to avoid any kind of reset that involves the removal of my contacts or anything of that nature (I always back up before a reset, and I always end up missing stuff like contacts that I had). Either a fix to this problem or a ROM that I can flash without having to reset would be great.

Pard68 said:
I have been running CleanROM Seven for sometime without any problem or issues. In the last few weeks it has been glitching something awful! The screen blinks whenever I try to load an app or really do anything at all. Sometimes it blinks between the old and the new screen (like when swiping from page to page I'll see the page I was on and the page I am going to back and forth very quickly). Other times I see vertical stripes that alternate from the screen and black bars.
Restarting the phone worked for a while and then it stopped working, so I reflashed the ROM and that worked for a week or so and now it's back. I really, really, really want to avoid any kind of reset that involves the removal of my contacts or anything of that nature (I always back up before a reset, and I always end up missing stuff like contacts that I had). Either a fix to this problem or a ROM that I can flash without having to reset would be great.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can't really flash a new ROM without wiping because then you'd face a whole new set of issues.
If you're missing contacts, back them all up to Google through settings/accounts/Google/check contacts. That will help you avoid anything with contacts.
For apps, back them up with titanium backup, but only backup user apps and data. Do not backup system data or apps as this will cause issues as well.
My suggestion would be to do these things I've suggested, then nandroid backup, then wipe and flash bonestock. Its probably the stablest ROM around. Also the developer is really awesome and keeps up with most of the stuff.
Outside of that stuff, I can't really help you. Unfortunately there's not a safe way to flash without wiping.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 4
If I've helped, please hit the thanks button

Just wipe all roms recommend it for a reason dont be lazy
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 4

Pard68 said:
I have been running CleanROM Seven for sometime without any problem or issues. In the last few weeks it has been glitching something awful! The screen blinks whenever I try to load an app or really do anything at all. Sometimes it blinks between the old and the new screen (like when swiping from page to page I'll see the page I was on and the page I am going to back and forth very quickly). Other times I see vertical stripes that alternate from the screen and black bars.
Restarting the phone worked for a while and then it stopped working, so I reflashed the ROM and that worked for a week or so and now it's back. I really, really, really want to avoid any kind of reset that involves the removal of my contacts or anything of that nature (I always back up before a reset, and I always end up missing stuff like contacts that I had). Either a fix to this problem or a ROM that I can flash without having to reset would be great.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
the reason why we recommend that you wipe the device is that one rom might have features that won't work on another rom. there are other things that end up happening.

Poor Performance ,Even on CM11

Ever since I got the TF300T, I felt it was a little sluggish at times. I assumed it was because of all the bloatware and/or the Asus ROM.
I've dealt with it ever since I got it, which is pretty much the day it came out, and I'm tired of that.
I really hoped Jelly Bean or KitKat would help so I unlocked the bootloader, flashed TWRP and flashed a CM11 nightly. (From the 18th I think.)
Its been running for a few hours now, and I feel like its just as slow as before.
I'm aware I could buy a newer device (like a Nexus 7 or 10) but that's not an option right now.
I'm also aware that I could try another ROM like OMNI or Cromi but
(a) I choose CM because I've used their ROMs in the past and I trust them, and
(b) I'm not really in excited about trying 2, 3 or 5 different ROMs
Is this the sort of performance I should expect from this device?
Is this as good as it gets?
Sent from my TF300T using xda app-developers app

You should see a significant performance improvement from stock to CM11. For example starting or switching applications is much faster.
Can you describe in more detail, what you are doing, and where you consider it to be slow?
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk

Did you wipe /data, /system, /cache, & dalvik cache before you flashed CM11?

what he said
like ebildude said make sure to do proper wipes before installing rom. i've personally only used cromix and it works great, even though it's stock based - theres lots of tweaks. also look into getting a fast microsd and take a look at rom2sd ,data2sd and cache2sd tweaks in the cromi thread-may boost performance a little. hope you get it working to your satisfaction, this is really a good little machine when it works right, can even dual boot linux, look at the xubuntu thread.

Phylum said:
Ever since I got the TF300T, I felt it was a little sluggish at times. I assumed it was because of all the bloatware and/or the Asus ROM.
I've dealt with it ever since I got it, which is pretty much the day it came out, and I'm tired of that.
I really hoped Jelly Bean or KitKat would help so I unlocked the bootloader, flashed TWRP and flashed a CM11 nightly. (From the 18th I think.)
Its been running for a few hours now, and I feel like its just as slow as before.
I'm aware I could buy a newer device (like a Nexus 7 or 10) but that's not an option right now.
I'm also aware that I could try another ROM like OMNI or Cromi but
(a) I choose CM because I've used their ROMs in the past and I trust them, and
(b) I'm not really in excited about trying 2, 3 or 5 different ROMs
Is this the sort of performance I should expect from this device?
Is this as good as it gets?
Sent from my TF300T using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try installing a kernel, like GEASS or GRIM. Then use overclock and a new scheduler.

Thanks for the replies!
f69m said:
You should see a significant performance improvement from stock to CM11. For example starting or switching applications is much faster.
Can you describe in more detail, what you are doing, and where you consider it to be slow?
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I flashed it yesterday afternoon around 3pm and didn't do much with it other than
add my Google account
create a new user account and link that to Google
I haven't loaded it down with apps, yet.
In general, moving about the device seems choppy (not smooth) and its not responsive whether I'm
Opening and closing the app drawer
Scrolling the app drawer or home screen
Accessing menus in settings.
When turning on the screen it takes 5-7 seconds before the screen actually turns on.
Launching applications or games aren't any faster and there's some stuttering when watching media. (Like HBOGO)
ebildude123 said:
Did you wipe /data, /system, /cache, & dalvik cache before you flashed CM11?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did a factory reset, installed ROM then wiped cache. I'll look at the TWRP menu when I get home.
brewmeister said:
like ebildude said make sure to do proper wipes before installing rom. i've personally only used cromix and it works great, even though it's stock based - theres lots of tweaks. also look into getting a fast microsd and take a look at rom2sd ,data2sd and cache2sd tweaks in the cromi thread-may boost performance a little. hope you get it working to your satisfaction, this is really a good little machine when it works right, can even dual boot linux, look at the xubuntu thread.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I really like this device for a variety of reasons, and I'd love to dual boot Linux! (I'm a huge FreeBSD and Gentoo fan!) Despite how sluggish its been, I've gotten a lot of work done on this device. Well via things like Citrix and LogMeIn. When traveling we use it to watch TV and do things that would otherwise be too difficult to do on a phone.
I have a 32GB Class 10 microsd in the tablet and 16GB Class 10 SD card in the battery/keyboard portion.

Something just occurred to me: Could it be that the system is scanning the SD cards? One is mostly empty (twrp backup, files for flashing) but the other is packed with data. (Maps for OsmAnd, TitaniumBackup backups, music, photos and other stuff etc.)

ebildude123 said:
Did you wipe /data, /system, /cache, & dalvik cache before you flashed CM11?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The TWRP Factory reset wipes data, cache and dalvik not including internal storage.
The advanced wipe let's you choose the option to wipe everything, but I only did cache and dalvik.
Also after flashing a ROM TWRP has a convenient 'Wipe Cache/Dalvik' button on the screen, which I did.
So to be sure, I just did a factory reset again , followed by an advanced wipe wiping everything except my memory cards (Data, dalvik, system, cache). I reflashed CM11, wiped cache and dalvik then flashed the gapps.
That sufficient?

cmendonc2 said:
Try installing a kernel, like GEASS or GRIM. Then use overclock and a new scheduler.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll read into this a bit more and maybe give it a go. Does one seem to work better for the TF300T than the other?

Phylum said:
The TWRP Factory reset wipes data, cache and dalvik not including internal storage.
The advanced wipe let's you choose the option to wipe everything, but I only did cache and dalvik.
Also after flashing a ROM TWRP has a convenient 'Wipe Cache/Dalvik' button on the screen, which I did.
So to be sure, I just did a factory reset again , followed by an advanced wipe wiping everything except my memory cards (Data, dalvik, system, cache). I reflashed CM11, wiped cache and dalvik then flashed the gapps.
That sufficient?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yup, looks good to me.

Phylum said:
I'll read into this a bit more and maybe give it a go. Does one seem to work better for the TF300T than the other?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well by my testing, GEASS seemed more stable, but Grim had more raw power. It will depend on what apps you have installed and use.

Phylum said:
In general, moving about the device seems choppy (not smooth) and its not responsive whether I'm
Opening and closing the app drawer
Scrolling the app drawer or home screen
Accessing menus in settings.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Opening recent apps can sometimes take 2-3 seconds, especially if there are a lot of recent apps and it has not been used in a while. But usually it is less than 1 sec. Everything else you list should be very snappy, less than 1 sec, usually far less.
When turning on the screen it takes 5-7 seconds before the screen actually turns on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is much too long! I get the lock screen in less than a second.
Did you see any improvements after the full wipe including data?
Phylum said:
Something just occurred to me: Could it be that the system is scanning the SD cards? One is mostly empty (twrp backup, files for flashing) but the other is packed with data. (Maps for OsmAnd, TitaniumBackup backups, music, photos and other stuff etc.)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is indeed possible; maybe it is waiting for the device to settle, especially during the long screen-on time.
Any improvement, if you remove the sdcards?
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk

Ok its been about a few hours since I wiped + reflashed and I have a bittersweet update.
The Good:
I'm noticing an immediate improvement this time around!
+ The CPU is now at a more reasonable 0.1x-0.2x versus a constant 3.xx - 5.xx!
+ When waking up from sleep (pressing the power button) the screen is on almost immediately versus 5-7 seconds.
+ Opening the app drawer, moving between screens is not only faster (more responsive) but its not as choppy. (maybe completely lagless)
+ In general its noticeably faster.
+ I installed Netflix, HBO GO etc and playback is smooth.
The Bad:
- There's still the occasional slowness in general, although not as frequent, but its especially slow when downloading & installing apps. (like it hangs)
- It was running nicely *until* I added a second user. Immediately after creating the account, there was a significant decrase in performance. I noticed this in the stock Asus ROM even after wiping and not installing anything. Not sure if this is an Android thing or unique to this device. (Also, it just rebooted right in the middle of creating the account; fluke I suppose as it didn't happen a second time.)
- CPU is now hanging around 0.3x - 0.5x after adding the new user. I assume its caused by whatever background processes associated with the new account but the 'presence' of the new account is being felt.
While I'm not excited about the cons, its considerably better than what it used to be.
I'll test without the microSD & SD card tomorrow and let the system 'rest' and 'settle' for tonight.
Your input has been invaluable and I'll keep pressing on!
Sent from my TF300T using xda app-developers app

Is there a [CM] utility that allows you to easily update to the most recent nightly?
Or do we just download the zip and flash in recovery?
Sent from my TF300T using xda app-developers app

Phylum said:
There's still the occasional slowness in general, although not as frequent, but its especially slow when downloading & installing apps. (like it hangs)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try the ROW I/O scheduler, that should perform much better with background writing.
Phylum said:
Is there a [CM] utility that allows you to easily update to the most recent nightly?
Or do we just download the zip and flash in recovery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There is a CM updater in the system "about" settings.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk

Phylum said:
Ok its been about a few hours since I wiped + reflashed and I have a bittersweet update.
The Good:
I'm noticing an immediate improvement this time around!
+ The CPU is now at a more reasonable 0.1x-0.2x versus a constant 3.xx - 5.xx!
+ When waking up from sleep (pressing the power button) the screen is on almost immediately versus 5-7 seconds.
+ Opening the app drawer, moving between screens is not only faster (more responsive) but its not as choppy. (maybe completely lagless)
+ In general its noticeably faster.
+ I installed Netflix, HBO GO etc and playback is smooth.
The Bad:
- There's still the occasional slowness in general, although not as frequent, but its especially slow when downloading & installing apps. (like it hangs)
- It was running nicely *until* I added a second user. Immediately after creating the account, there was a significant decrase in performance. I noticed this in the stock Asus ROM even after wiping and not installing anything. Not sure if this is an Android thing or unique to this device. (Also, it just rebooted right in the middle of creating the account; fluke I suppose as it didn't happen a second time.)
- CPU is now hanging around 0.3x - 0.5x after adding the new user. I assume its caused by whatever background processes associated with the new account but the 'presence' of the new account is being felt.
While I'm not excited about the cons, its considerably better than what it used to be.
I'll test without the microSD & SD card tomorrow and let the system 'rest' and 'settle' for tonight.
Your input has been invaluable and I'll keep pressing on!
Sent from my TF300T using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Most ROMs lag when updating from the store etc. Just turn off auto updating and do them manually and don't use the tab for 5 mins whilst it is updating.
As for multi user - it's bawked - never seen it work well on any device. I'd forget it for now as the performance hit is not worth it.

Phylum said:
Is there a [CM] utility that allows you to easily update to the most recent nightly?
Or do we just download the zip and flash in recovery?
Sent from my TF300T using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can use the CM updater found in your settings.

Lineage 14.1

I've finally decided to flip the switch, so the 14.1 nightly builds are running (though they are built only once a week, due to the current infrastructure limitations).
The official builds are signed with private keys (for good security reasons), so there's no plan to provide any unofficial builds by me, to avoid the hassle of switching between different keys.
I'd like to thank @Loader009 for the donation of his retired xt897 devices to me, it greatly helped to make the transition from 13.0 to 14.1 much less painful.
Please let me know about the issues you encounter when running 14.1. In the case of the device crashes, I need to see the output of "cat /proc/last_kmsg" from adb shell, captured after the device rebooted after the crash. Thanks in advance.

I've got it flashed on my RAZR HD XT925 JBBL with the DPI changed to 320. I bought it secondhand and it came with KKBL so I downgraded to JBBL. Most things run fine but some apps that render off the GPU like Temple Run 2 and Subway Surfs show artifacts (random black squares and multicoloured artifacts). This occurs both in Lineage OS 13.0 and 14.1, what's the cause of this to occur?

I've noticed only two problems:
1 - NFC doesn't work properly. I can't read any tag. Android Pay also says, that device is not supported to use NFC.
2 - I use 2 custom layouts for physical keyboard and hot-keys like CTRL+Space don't work. I tried to modify the layout to make it work, but it doesn't work while typing (since space key in use, maybe)

I just installed it yesterday after a complete wipe (and format data/cache f2fs), and think I've got it all set up the way I like except launcher, and didn't run into any real problems yet.
I can't figure out how to get the expected shift/capslock behaviour from hardware keyboard. Still playing with settings.
It didn't come with an APN for freedompop but I found that info on another thread here, before applying that I didn't get LTE, only 3G or no data at all (at the places I've been in last day or so).
I dunno anything about NFC, but Android Pay installed for me with Aroma Gapps, haven't tried using it, doubt it'll work for tap-to-pay tho, as it didn't work for the last few versions of CM either, something to do with PN544 driver or something.
Did LineageOS come with trebuchet? I ended up with only the google now launcher, but maybe my gapps install erased trebuchet, I used aroma for the first time and may have selected things wrong... this one seems I can't customize much, can't get rid of google search bar, can't set background as solid color, can't set background color of app drawer at all which is back to a grid like kitkat.
Play store says firefox not compatible... dunno why. Maybe something I didn't select right with Aroma gapps, although every other app installed fine. Totally unrelated to LineageOS or our phone, but I wish I could find an idiots guide for aroma app selection, explaining what each app is for, particularly system apps I'm not familiar with.
edit: had one reboot, also had errors about MTP host stopping pop up...

enigma9o7 said:
I just installed it yesterday after a complete wipe (and format data/cache f2fs), and think I've got it all set up the way I like except launcher, and didn't run into any real problems yet.
...
Did LineageOS come with trebuchet? I ended up with only the google now launcher, but maybe my gapps install erased trebuchet, I used aroma for the first time and may have selected things wrong... this one seems I can't customize much, can't get rid of google search bar, can't set background as solid color, can't set background color of app drawer at all which is back to a grid like kitkat.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Trebuchet is the default launcher for LineageOS. Your Gapps deleted it. Also, if you use a smaller GApps, there is no google search bar ie its not installed. I personally use OpenGapps Pico.

Nightly build from 2017-07-28. Wi-Fi not working. Is it just me?
//EDIT: Tried older builds, too. Wi-Fi did not work with any of them. Flashed back to CM 11.0 and it worked again. Tried LineageOS 13.0 and Wi-Fi worked, too.
//EDIT2: Okay, I think I've figured it out. When I flashed the LineageOS 14.1 after I flashed the phone with previous versions, the Wi-Fi worked alright. It stopped working after changing File system to f2fs.
//EDIT3: Fine, I actually don't know, what happened, but I just changed the File system to f2fs again, flashed the phone with LineageOS 14.1 one more time and the Wi-Fi surprisingly works. I have absolutely no clue, why it did not work after the first flashing.

Shift key not working as expected
I already posted this in a seperate thread a few days ago, but I've got no response and it's driving me crazy, and I assume anyone who is still using this device is because of the physical keyboard, so probably relevant to all.
How do restore traditional "shift" behavior? I want to be able to press then release shift, and the next key I press is shifted. Right now I have to hold shift and another key simultaneously if I want capital letters or symbols from the numbers. I think there even used to be an LED that light up when shift was pressed/released until the next keypress, although I'm more concerned about how it actually works than the led...
I've played with most of the settings on the attached screenshot, other settings only seem to make things worse, sometimes making nothing happen at all for shift, sometimes putting out garbage, sometimes messing with capslock behavior (which is working normally with these settings, although no LED either)... but I certainly haven't tried everything.
If this is standard behavior for everyone using L14.1 and not a setting, is there a file I can modify or a 3rd party app, or anything, to get behavior I want?

rootdefyxt320 said:
I've got it flashed on my RAZR HD XT925 JBBL with the DPI changed to 320. I bought it secondhand and it came with KKBL so I downgraded to JBBL. Most things run fine but some apps that render off the GPU like Temple Run 2 and Subway Surfs show artifacts (random black squares and multicoloured artifacts). This occurs both in Lineage OS 13.0 and 14.1, what's the cause of this to occur?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hi
the version that you flashed in your xt925 was the oficial one released by LOS?
did u do any kind of port or mod?

enigma9o7: I've had the same problem sometimes back with the older builds of LineageOS 14.1. Try to clean flash it with the newest build from yesterday. I just tried to type something with the physical keyboard and the Shift button just worked "correctly".
EDIT: Okay, I think I've figured out your problem. You probably use the Asanti v2 keyboard setting. Switch it to Asanti v1 and the Shift key should work as expected.

Krlos Eduardo said:
hi
the version that you flashed in your xt925 was the oficial one released by LOS?
did u do any kind of port or mod?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's the official 14.1 one for XT897.

rootdefyxt320 said:
It's the official 14.1 one for XT897.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
without doing any port?

Should updates work thru the updater?
I just tried doing it, it downloaded succesfully, then rebooted into TWRP, but didn't do anything. So I tried installing myself (took me a while to find the file btw) and it failed zip signature verification. So I downloaded it on my PC, copied it over via USB, then tried again, and still fails.

kabaldan said:
I've finally decided to flip the switch, so the 14.1
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
@kabaldan, I noticed that a number of device trees in LineageOS now have a new branch of "lineage-15.0", but the xt897 does not. Is this an ominous sign that the xt897 will not be built for Oreo?:crying: or is just a timing thing at this early stage:fingers-crossed:

any hope for running it on mb886?

mb886 - atrix HD - ...you can test it if is your bl unlocked and twrp installed.
Mainboard have same base - msm8960. But i am now 100% sure if your phone is bl free unlockable. if not, then you can test to unlock it via sunshine.

I have installed this and for a while all was fine. But I was browsing in chrome when all of a sudden it froze and the phone restarted and went into a boot loop just showing the bootloader unlocked screen. I cleared the cache and dalvik cache from TWRP, which makes it boot, but any attempt to uninstall or launch chrome makes it happen again. Now it just seems to be happening at random without even opening chrome.
How can I wipe my device completely and start again? I know I can do a factory reset, but is there a lower level way to wipe it? I also saw something about changing the filesystem, is that worth doing (can it make it a bit faster)?
I have ordered a gemini PDA that I hope will arrive by late january or sometime in february, but I need this phone to get me through a couple more months!

Installed this a couple weeks ago, upgrading from a 4.4.4 CM after a number of apps I run on this finally dropped support. I did a complete wipe including the f2fs formats as suggested and it installed without incident.
I cannot believe how well it runs: keyboard works and lights up on pull out, turns off on close, hdmi port works, gps, camera+flash works. It really didn't lose any speed from my older install. Really well done, I was afraid there would be bigger problems but only a couple small ones so far.
The couple things I noticed: slow to get carrier signal and voice is garbled when using freedompop's dialer or google hangouts on the bottom mic. Slow signal seems normal, even 4.4.4 had this issue, though it can sometimes take a few minutes. Using a sound recorder shows the bottom mic working, but using fpop/hangouts dialer makes it garbled. Top mic, speaker phone, always works though. I don't have regular service to see is default dialer has same issue though, just freedompop free service which is just voip.
Still, this is a pretty awesome breath of life on this old thing. Ram holds it back somewhat but it's still pretty useful.

So I just wiped everything, repaired filesystems, and reinstalled. Data and cache were already f2fs so nothing to do there. But I noticed that during install it says:
twrp patching system unconditionally
unknown command [log]
unknown command [log]
Do I need a newer version of TWRP? I have 2.8.6. I noticed that at least 3.0 is available: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1887070

Here is 3.1.1-0 for you
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vO4_nq3FNquuO3neHrOzuIb5gnmN11AZ/view?usp=sharing

CornholioGSM said:
Here is 3.1.1-0 for you
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vO4_nq3FNquuO3neHrOzuIb5gnmN11AZ/view?usp=sharing
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks!
I've now installed the latest TWRP and reinstalled Lineage, gapps and su, and I didn't get any errors this time
But I have a really odd problem which I was hoping this would fix and it hasn't - I can't download certain applications from the play store, they say "Downloading" but they never actually start to download. Eventually either it mysteriously stops trying to download or I get an error message with code 492. It seems to be applications that are over a certain size. I've been googling but can't find any solutions that work. I have a lot of free space in all partitions. Did something with the directory structure get screwed up maybe? Seems like some problem with the dalvik cache I think, but wiping doesn't seem to help. I have no idea at this point