Were you able to get this working? I am in the exact same spot where the HA logo appears, and then the screen goes black.
in the end, I bought a raspberry pi and flashed with that instead. Things went a lot smoother and it now works!
After reading a lot here, I’m feeling a bit confused. Should I use “postmarketOS” or “LineageOS”? Also, which firmware (bin) would be the best choice?
When I tested PMOS a few months ago, it wasn’t ready for prime time and needed a lot of work. Lineage is the best option for me still. It’s not perfect but has more working features. WiFi can be an issue though for devices that struggle to get a good signal. However, audio works much better than the alternative ROM detailed in this post.
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Thanks! In that case i will use Lineage 
Did you see my install guide - quite well developed and a lot of info. GitHub discussions also useful on there:
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Fantastic installation guide! Thank you so much for putting this together. I plan to give it a try this weekend. Since I only have virtual Windows and Linux machines, I’ll attempt to pass through a USB port to a Linux VM. Hopefully, that won’t cause any issues.
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Hey gang, I know this question is outside of HA but regarding this modded lenovo device. Is there a way to install something so I can do ‘hey google’ to initiate a google voice search? Similarly, would I be able to set something up as a listener within Home Assistant? The second is definitely new territory for me. Thanks all and happy holidays
Using a virtual Linux machine didn’t work, likely because the host machine only has USB 3 ports, which resulted in the Sahara error.
Eventually, I switched to a Raspberry Pi 3. This also took much longer than expected, as I faced challenges getting EDL to run due to compatibility issues with a newer Python version. However, the good news is that it worked in the end!
The guide by @pgale was incredibly helpful, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that all functions of the device, including the webcam, are working perfectly.
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Any deals in the United States on this lately? I grabbed one for $30 from Amazon last winter but wouldn’t mind a second.
I thought the price would drop since I don’t believe these are still being made and assumed sellers would want to blow out remaining inventory, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
I guess too many sellers with dwindling inventory know Home Assistant users are buying them, LOL.
Has anyone found a way to keep the HA dashboard from reloading/refreshing when the screen wakes up? Whether it’s with FKB or WallPanel, it seems the dashboard stops being live and takes a second to refresh all the data once the screen lights up. I thought “Automatically close connection” being set to off in HA user profile on that device would do it, but it’s still happening. Hoping the unit can maintain a persistent connection so there is no delay/redraw of the dashboard whenever it turns on due to nearby motion.
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Thank u for the guide on how to install, I struggled a bit with windows 11 and signed drivers, but well… reading is hard sometimes 
Gonna see if I still got WiFi drops on lineageOS, but for the rest good guide and worked perfectly.
Only thing that happened to me, changing over usb cables and ports to get connection (skipping the signed driver part), I couldnt get a connection after restarting windows with using unsigned drivers, I had to reboot the tablet an extra time.
I have seen WiFi dropping out and not restarting, but only on devices where the signal is quite weak. Unfortunately the device has to be restarted in that scenario.
Well got a bluetooth error on display, and then indeed WiFi not being able to see any network.
Resetting the settings or trying anything in the settings app returns an error that “settings isn’t responding”
I’m not sure that its a weak signal, im running a UniFi accespoint in my house, and no other devices drop out of WiFi, for testing my tablet is on my table which the accesspoint is right above.
Sadly for me after a reboot (full power off) WiFi doesnt turn on, and using the toggle buttons anywhere in settings doesnt work, so no more WiFi 
Thank you for your hard work!
Got it working within an hour, really detailed guide.
The device feels really snappy, gonna test it for stability.
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Hey, do you happen to know how to start the squeezelite from termux? i installed it and launched it just by typing squeezelite, LMS detected it as player, can play media, but there’s no sound coming out.
I can see when i try squeezelite -l (which will list the available output), i get OpenSL_ES_sink and OpenSL ES Output, none of them worked. Can you tell me what output did you use?
Thanks
Maybe you guys saw this already but there’s a very neat solution to get voice assist working on this alongside the dashboard on the Lineage Android 8 ROM.
@randomuser123 made a thread here: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-run-wyoming-satellite-and-openwakeword-on-android
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definitely going to give this a try, that looks pretty sweet
Can you do the same process to the never lenovo smart display 8?
thank you for the guide, Got it up and running within an hour. Now I need to make a new dashboard for it