Some people may have thought I was joking in my blog post about de-googling your Android phone. https://nolanlawson.com/2019/06/13/how-to-de-google-your-android-phone/
OnePlus doesn't provide update files that *just* update the firmware/radio. So when a LineageOS update fails because it wants a newer radio version, you're expected to… download this random file from a Hungarian forum poster called "shadowstep" who hosts it on MediaFire: https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/9745gg/oneplus_5t_this_package_requires_firmware_version/e4ii9c3/
Like… I'm sorry, no. I'm not going to do this. shadowstep is probably an upright dude and probably has some script he wrote to extract the radio/firmware update from the full OxygenOS update file, but… no. I'd prefer to just factory-reset my phone, install the OxygenOS update, then reinstall the LineageOS update. This is why I factory-reset my phone several times a year. (Which is super fun!)
