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ZUK Z1 Officially Receives LineageOS 14.1 Based on Android 7.1.1

AndiMarch 10, 2017

Sure the ZUK Z1 wasn’t the best looking smartphone on the market, but ZUK were spot on with the hardware and made sure that they took advantage of a thriving developer community.

If you cast your minds back you will remember that the ZUK Z1 originally launched in China with ZUI but was then given a second ‘International’ launch (with the help of Elephone no less) with a slightly different model that came pre-installed with Cyanogenmod.

While the ZUK Z1 was the first and last ZUK phone to launch with an international ROM, it still receives a lot of modding love even today.

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The Snapdragon 801 powered phone get’s its latest update with the release of LineageOS 14.1 which is based on Android 7.1.1 Nougart. As with Cyanogen before it, the update comes without GApps as standard, but all apps are available to download and very easy to install.

The ZUK Z1 came with a 5.5-inch FHD display, USB Tybe C, fingerprint scanner and large 4100mAh battery. You can read our ZUK Z1 review here.

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Amit K Khanchandani
March 10, 2017
Zuk z1 is great device, definitely thanks to LineageOS team for supporting it and making a continuous development
Amit K Khanchandani
March 11, 2017
Zuk z1 is great device, definitely thanks to LineageOS team for supporting it and making a continuous development

Mangesh Shinde
March 11, 2017
“ZUK Z1 wasn’t the best looking smartphone on the market”? are you out of your senses?
It’s still one of the best looking smartphones & when we look at its price, it’s the best in the class.
- Abhishek Ghosh
  March 11, 2017
  Absolutely. My black and grey zuk z1 is often confused with iphone by people. Btw, do you know when the lineage update will be aired?
  - Karly Johnston
    March 11, 2017
    My Z2 Pro is confused as Samsung.
  - Mangesh Shinde
    March 13, 2017
    Yeah bro, exactly. I-Phonish look is amazing.
    Lineage OS is community driven project.
    Here by word “official”, they mean community based official LOS update & not by Lenovo or Zuk.
    LOS is already there on their offical site. We can install it by ourselves & then get weekly updates.
    - Abhishek Ghosh
      March 13, 2017
      But for that I’d have to root my device I guess. And that will also wipe out all my phone data including media.
Mangesh Shinde
March 11, 2017
“ZUK Z1 wasn’t the best looking smartphone on the market”? are you out of your senses?
It’s still one of the best looking smartphones & when we look at its price, it’s the best in the class.
- Abhishek Ghosh
  March 11, 2017
  Absolutely. My black and grey zuk z1 is often confused with iphone by people. Btw, do you know when the lineage update will be aired?
- Karly Johnston
  March 11, 2017
  My Z2 Pro is confused as Samsung.
- Mangesh Shinde
  March 13, 2017
  Yeah bro, exactly. I-Phonish look is amazing.
  Lineage OS is community driven project.
  Here by word “official”, they mean community based official LOS update & not by Lenovo or Zuk.
  LOS is already there on their offical site. We can install it by ourselves & then get weekly updates.
- Abhishek Ghosh
  March 13, 2017
  But for that I’d have to root my device I guess. And that will also wipe out all my phone data including media.
Vishal Gupta
March 11, 2017
- Mangesh Shinde
  March 13, 2017
  it’s not official update from Lenovo or Zuk , it’s community driven LOS update…So we need to install it by ourselves

Vishal Gupta
March 12, 2017
- Mangesh Shinde
  March 13, 2017
  it’s not official update from Lenovo or Zuk , it’s community driven LOS update…So we need to install it by ourselves
suman
March 12, 2017
- Mangesh Shinde
  March 13, 2017
  it’s not official update from Lenovo or Zuk , it’s community driven LOS update…So we need to install it by ourselves
  - Vishal Gupta
    March 13, 2017
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March 12, 2017
- Mangesh Shinde
  March 13, 2017
  it’s not official update from Lenovo or Zuk , it’s community driven LOS update…So we need to install it by ourselves
- Vishal Gupta
  March 13, 2017