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In the world of Android, there is a lot of craze for custom ROMs as it introduces a new and customized features for the users. LineageOS 16 is one of the popular unofficial ROM based on Android 9 pie. It is the early unofficial update for android smartphones that always releases early based on official Android update.
In this tutorial we will discuss some of the features of LineageOS 16 and will guide you through simple methods how to install Unofficial LineageOS 16 on ZTE Axon 7.
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Specifications of ZTE Axon 7:
Regarding the display, the phone comes with 5.5 inches display supporting resolution of 1440×2560 pixels protected by corning gorilla glass 4 technology. It is equipped with quad-core technology. The internal memory of the phone include 64 GB with 4 GB RAM and also support micro-SD card upto 512 GB.
The camera of the phone include 20MP Primary camera with dual-LED flash including features and 8MP secondary camera for selfies. The connectivity medium include WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC and USB. ZTE Axon 7 is powered by Li-Ion 3250 mAh battery to support the power back-up.
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Features of LineageOS 16:
Gesture-Based Navigation
The Gesture-Based navigation is very useful as now mostly Android phones have almost bezel less and notched display. With this feature, the recently open page can be accessed by swiping up from the bottom.
Slices Feature
This is the awesome app that will help user to easily reach their destination. With Slices feature, the user will be able to use app functions without entering in it. Whenever, the user will search for that particular application. It will prompt a small properties window containing few quick actions related to that application. This function of this feature is much quicker and user friendly.
Smart Brightness
This feature is quite outstanding as it work with artificial intelligence. The feature will take notice of the time, when you will change the brightness and will remember it for future and will adjust the brightness according to time and brightness.
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Methods To Download and install LineageOS 16 on ZTE Axon 7:
Before proceeding to flash the ROM, you need to follow some pre-requirements which are as follow:
- Unlock the bootloader on your smartphone, click on the link below to follow the full guide:
Simple Guide To Unlock Bootloader, install TWRP recovery and Root your ZTE Axon 7.
- Make back-up of your important data and battery should be 60-70%.
Download LineageOS 16 and Gapps For ZTE Axon 7:
Step To install LineageOS 16 on ZTE Axon 7:
Step 1: You need to follow the full guide on Unlocking bootloader, install TWRP recovery and Root ZTE Axon 7 provided in the link above.
Step 2: Download the file from above links and then transfer it to the internal storage of your phone.
Step 3: To flash the ROM, boot your phone into TWRP recovery, Switch off your phone, press and hold volume down and power buttons simultaneously until you see the TWRP logo.
Step 4: In TWRP recovery, tap on “back-up” option and then “Data” and “cache” from the Menu.
Step 5: Then tap on the “install” option and locate the downloaded files which you have transferred it to the internal storage of your phone. Select it. Then tap on “Add more zip files” and select the Gapps file. Tap on “swipe to confirm flash”.
Step 6: Wait for the flashing process to complete and you will be booted into unofficial LineageOS 16.
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Muhammad Tayyab is a long time contributor at Geekspie.com. Muhammad has years of experience writing about tech, including tutorials to resolve common problems users experience with Windows and Mac computers, iOS and and android devices, and software of all kinds. He can be reached through the contact us form.