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Documentation & Guide For Installation

We'll refer to this as KompaktOS as Unofficial LineageOS 23.2 - Android 16 for Kompakt is a mouthful.

This ROM has been customized to work for E-ink devices and for this size/resolution in particular. This means that Settings and all default apps have been customized to be black and white.

It is a full ROM running it's own LineageOS recovery which you'll have to install first before installing the Rom. Our custom Kernel, Vendor and Recovery open up some features and fix some others. Most imprtantly makes updating this ROM seamless with ADB side-load, or even with OTA updates.

https://kompaktos.gez.im/

Requirements:

* **A computer with adb and fastboot:** see Install ADB

* **An unlocked bootloader:** see Unlocking.

* **A backup** of anything you want to keep: installing erases the phone.

* **The files for your phone and edition:** see Install.

The post-install guide is here.

Features:

https://kompaktos.gez.im/features/what-works

Please check the guide on the features and what works/what doesn't. If you don't find the answer there you can ask below, I'll try to answer.

The project has been open sourced, and you can use the patches to make your own builds or try buiding new custom ROMS.

Some of you might not need this today, but you might need it in a few years when apps stop being supported for Android 12. Mudita has made it clear they have no intentions to upgrade the Android version.

Support:

I spent hundreds of hours building this, and despite how generous the Kompakt community is, it is a small community and I won't ever get compensated for the time. I just consider it community service.

However if you find this project useful you can help with the costs of running the linux dedicated server I had to rent to do the builds as I have no x86 machine to do so locally. You can support me here:

https://buymeacoffee.com/gezimos

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https://katapult.gez.im/ or https://github.com/gezimos/Katapult

For those that are not unfamiliar with Katapult:
Katapult is a third party home app (app launcher), that you can install on your Kompakt. It's optimized for this device/e-ink screens, it has no animations so no scrolling but paged navigation. It also has a lot of customization and features (such as notification badges for third-party apps). You can check the website above for all the features.

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1.4 Features:

- Web Shortcuts: (now if you have a browser you can save PWA apps like the Browser based m.uber.com as an app in the launcher. Or any other site like your transit schedule and other important data that doesn't have an app but might have a Progressive Web app or simple a web page.

- App shortcuts: Some of the apps in android offer their own shortcuts, now you can choose to have those as separate apps for quicker access. For example the android clock has the timer and stopwatch and you can set those as separate apps, and later link those in home or to clock/date.

- Config Export/Import: Now you can export a .json file with your preferences in case you ever have to reset your device (like sending it for repair) and then have your app back to how it was on a new device/install.

- Internal Updater: From 1.4 onwards you won't have to download the apk and install it with adb/mudita center or obtainium, you can do that directly within Katapult. It will check for new releases on Github and allow you to update within the app. (building of the app is handled by github actions, so update should be seamless).

- Hide status bar clock: As you know Mudita only hides the clock in status bar in their own launcher all other apps have the clock forced. So a user suggested we just draw a white rectangle over the clock to hide it. (it requires Action Service / Accessibility permission on).

- Double Tap in home: Now has an extra option, Lock the screen (you can choose between this and toggling the brightness). Locking the screen also requires action service enabled.

- Material icons: I added a feature for icons to choose from a small selection of Android Material icons for some apps that don't translate their icon very well in Katapult (let's say your chat app, can get a bubble icon).

Lastly: For users that are facing the stuck notification count on the Mudita Phone app (and still haven't used Katapult), with Katapult you'll be able to clear the stuck stale notifications which I explained on the forum on more detail. You can also watch this short video. This is for users that are not comfortable with ADB to clear it, and want an easier way since you can uninstall Katapult within Katapult if you don't like it.

Something I'm testing for Katapult Launcher.

1. Lockscreen notifications widget
2. Screensaver workaround to mimic Always on Display (with support for wallpapers, notification widget).
3. And stolen idea form jbtennessee to add the option for text backgrounds for those that use wallpapers.