DroidRescue
A Windows companion that gets you ready to install official LineageOS on a phone that no longer gets updates. It prepares; you install.
- Platform
- Windows
- Version
- 0.2.0, installer or portable
- Price
- Free, MIT licence
- Phones
- Officially supported fastboot phones
- Changes your phone
- Never
The seven steps
- Welcome
- Prepare tools
- Connect phone
- Choose LineageOS
- Prepare manually
- Installation guide
- Preparation complete
What it does for you
- Identifies the one phone you connect.
- Checks it against official LineageOS support.
- Downloads files from official sources only.
- Verifies each file against its published SHA-256 fingerprint.
- Opens the official guide for your exact model.
- Keeps an activity log you can share with whoever is helping you.
What stays with you
Unlocking, flashing, erasing, rebooting and sideloading. DroidRescue shows where that line is before you start and again at the end.
When it stops
- The phone can’t be identified with confidence.
- A file fails its fingerprint check.
- The phone isn’t officially supported.
Out of scope
- Samsung phones that use Odin.
- Unofficial ROMs.
- Google apps.
- Any step that changes the phone.
Good to know
DroidRescue is independent and not affiliated with LineageOS, Google or any phone maker. Both downloads are unsigned, so Windows may warn you.