What I wish I’d known before installing LineageOS

Moving to LineageOS was hopefully the last step before finally deleting my Google account. But the process involved much more than just installing an operating system. This article outlines these tasks, and tries to answer some questions you might have before attempting the installation. This is not intended as a replacement for the official documentation; refer to it to perform the installation on your device. Assumptions Your operating system shouldn’t really matter. Linux, Mac, or Windows, all of them should work. I used Linux, which is why the log includes common Linux commands and syntax, but the documentation explains things in an OS-agnostic fashion. You need to be at least somewhat familiar with running command-line tools. For example, if you don’t know what a relative directory is, you might want to have someone looking over your shoulder to make sure your phone doesn’t end up unusable, even temporarily, by not being able to complete the process. This assumes no familiarity…