[ROM][8.1.0][PRE-OFFICIAL] LineageOS 15.1 for Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) - Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos) ROMs, Kernels, Reco

Note: This is not a ROM based on the ROM shipped with your device. Exynos variants such as International (F), International Dual(Hybrid)-SIM (F/DS), Korean (N) ONLY. In NO way it is compatible with Snapdragon variants including but not limited to American(U/U1/A/T/P/V), Chinese(0/8/6), Hong Kong(0), Japanese(SC-*), Canadian(W) variants.
LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 8.1 (Oreo), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.
LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. LineageOS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.
All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit out Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.
Features Overview:
https://www.xda-developers.com/lineageos-15-feature-list-overview-screenshots-video/
Screenshots:
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Device Info:
Galaxy Note 9 (Exynos): TBD
What's working:
TBD
This build is an official LineageOS build. Compliance with our device support requirements is enforced and guaranteed. That means including but not limited to these hardwares will work:
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Mobile Network (Calling, Data, etc.)
Audio
USB
GPS
Camera
Fingerprint Sensor
NFC
Etc. Check device support requirements for more.
What's not working:
Applicable exceptions granted in device support requirements.
Obviously Samsung's own features such as Samsung Pay, KNOX, Theme Center, Game Launcher, etc. won't be ported to LineageOS. We may have our own implementation to similar functions, though.
Iris sensor does not work because AOSP upstream does not support that yet.
IMS services (VoLTE, VoWiFi, etc). Samsung has their own proprietary implementation. It is not really possible to easily port that to LineageOS.
Instructions:
Make sure TWRP has been installed and functional
Download the latest build (and optionally gapps)
Download the compatible vendor image (https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=284041)
Reboot to recovery
Wipe data and cache (required if you switch from other ROMs)
Flash the vendor image
Flash the latest build (and gapps)
Reboot
LineageOS updater will handle updates automatically (OTA).
If you upgrade manually from older official releases to newer releases, you don't need to wipe your data or reflash gapps.
Downloads:
Galaxy Note 9 Exynos (N960F/FDS/N): https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=284057
Root addon: https://download.lineageos.org/extras
Google Apps: https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps.html
Reporting Bugs:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/bugreport-howto.html
DO NOT Report bugs if you're running a custom kernel or you installed Xposed
Grab a logcat right after the problem has occurred. (Please include at least a few pages of the log, not just the last few lines, unless you know what you're doing.)
If it is a random reboot, grab /proc/last_kmsg. (Do not bother getting a logcat unless you can get it just before the reboot. A logcat after a reboot is useless)
If the problem disappears after running "setenforce 0" from a root shell, grab /proc/avc_msg.
Remember to provide as much info as possible. The more info you provide, the more likely that the bug will be solved. Please also do not report known issues.
Please use LineageOS BUG tracker to report BUGs. BUGs reported in the thread could be ignored due to large number of posts.
Channel and Group:
LineageOS Channel (News and Updates):
https://t.me/lineageos_star
AOSP-like ROMs (not limited to LineageOS) Group (Discussion, Quick Tech Support and Early Testing):
https://t.me/joinchat/DTrGs0ygFKxHhc3bb11YKw
XDA:DevDB Information
LineageOS for Galaxy Note 9, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Contributors
jesec
Source Code: https://github.com/LineageOS/
ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2018-10-18
Last Updated 2018-10-18

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Happy days! Thank you Jesse Sir!

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Thank you soo much sir
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And good luck for LOS 16! I'm sure you can give us a sweet slice of pie

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I have been waiting for this, once my bootloader is unlock ill see to it, it will be my 1st try to note 9 cfw. Thanks jesec.

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Flashed, stuck at bootlogo. Doesn't even loop?
Tried flashing with noverity, tried with magisk, without magisk. Maybe vendor is bad?

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s3xxt0y said:
Flashed, stuck at bootlogo. Doesn't even loop?
Tried flashing with noverity, tried with magisk, without magisk. Maybe vendor is bad?
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yeah i think vendor is broken, try stock vendor

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malinathani said:
yeah i think vendor is broken, try stock vendor
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Flashed with diff stock vendors still stuck @ bootsplash.
Edit: tried without gapps to be sure too. Still no joy.
Jesse - might be worth joining the Note 9 AOSP Telegram. There's 50 of us in there if you need us for testing etc;
https://t.me/joinchat/GnVMLU__5M8g5NaStUlbRg

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s3xxt0y said:
Flashed with diff stock vendors still stuck @ bootsplash.
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bootsplash stuck could be a kernel
Are you sure magisk script ran correctly? Try flashing magisk again and see.

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Thanks brother

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Hello,
Does S-pen features work?
Thx

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how to fix bootsplash?

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Well hot damn! :highfive:

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muhyidin said:
Hello,
Does S-pen features work?
Thx
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spen is for touch wiz aka Sam experience
for the rest if the android world it's a mouse pointer.

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Thank you @jesec for the effort.. This is exactly what I was looking for.
I tested this on N960F/D got stuck on bootsplash as well, I tried both Stock Vendor and the provided Vendor Images, with or without magisk with no luck.
I tried restoring boot image from previous backup (this might sound stupid) but I got past the splashcreen into Lineage Loading screen, it would stay for a minute then reboot to recovery.
For people who got stuck in the bootsplash
To exit the bootSplash freeze use the download mode button combination: Down+Bigsby+Power until screen goes off then recovery shorcut Up+Bigsby+Power,
Did anyone manage to make this work?

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that_same_guy said:
Thank you @jesec for the effort.. This is exactly what I was looking for.
I tested this on N960F/D got stuck on bootsplash as well, I tried both Stock Vendor and the provided Vendor Images, with or without magisk with no luck.
I tried restoring boot image from previous backup (this might sound stupid) but I got past the splashcreen into Lineage Loading screen, it would stay for a minute then reboot to recovery.
For people who got stuck in the bootsplash
To exit the bootSplash freeze use the download mode button combination: Down+Bigsby+Power until screen goes off then recovery shorcut Up+Bigsby+Power,
Did anyone manage to make this work?
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Same problem here, Stuck on bootloop

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Jesec is back

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The ROM doesn't boot for anyone curious. I haven't heard of a report of one booting successfully anyway.

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bober10113 said:
spen is for touch wiz aka Sam experience
for the rest if the android world it's a mouse pointer.
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You maybe answer the sensitivity level but there is also the need to some kind of powering off the 500KHz signal send when not using the pen.
Then can we use the sensor to activate the pen ? What about the Bluetooth button ?
The wacom screen could be initialize from the begining with Project Trebble. What's the differences with LOS for S9s ?