Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS Guide

Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS

Raspberry Pi 4

Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS Guide

Although the price of the Raspberry Pi is high and it is no longer a cheap SBC, its ecosystem remains unmatched.

Most systems prioritize adaptation for the Raspberry Pi.

For example, kali linux, chrome os, nextcloud, etc.

Android System: lineageos

Download the img file from konstakang.

Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS Guide

Use the official Raspberry Pi imaging tool: Raspberry Pi Imager.

Generally, Linux systems can be flashed using balenaEtcher.

However, the tools for installing the Android system require some caution.

Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS Guide

Obtaining Root with Magisk

Magisk for Raspberry Pi needs to be flashed through TWRP.

For the Orange Pi 5, simply installing the Magisk APK is sufficient, and there is no need to find boot.img.

Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS Guide

Download the Magisk.zip suitable for the Pi, and enable Advanced Boot in the Power Options.

Then, when you click reboot, the TWRP option will appear.

Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS Guide

The official documentation is as follows:

Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS Guide

Install the Magisk installation package in TWRP.

Reboot to obtain root permissions and install LSPosed and related modules.

Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS Guide

Common Issues

Whether it’s the Orange Pi 5 or Raspberry Pi 4, installing the system shows as Tablet (PAD Mode).

Touchscreen and scrcpy.

The 15-inch portable touchscreen I bought supports Type-C one-cable power + screen mirroring.

The Orange Pi 5 works normally, but the Raspberry Pi with Lineage OS seems to have no response from the touchscreen, temporarily controlled by keyboard and mouse.

Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS Guide

Installed scrcpy, and allowed USB debugging in Lineage OS Developer Options.

However, there is still an error, and it does not start normally.

Installing Android System on Raspberry Pi: LineageOS Guide

Summary

Development Board Type-C Video Output One-click Root scrcpy Screen Mirroring
Raspberry Pi 4 – LineageOS ✖️ ✖️ ✖️
Orange Pi 5 – Droid ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

References

[1] Raspberry Pi 4: https://konstakang.com/devices/rpi4/[2] GitHub – topjohnwu/Magisk: The Magic Mask for Android: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk[3] GitHub – Genymobile/scrcpy: Display and control your Android device: https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

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