Download and install official lineage os 14.1 for Moto E 2015 (otus)

Official Lineage OS 14.1 Nightly is now available for Moto E 2015 also known as Moto E 2nd gen. The official Lineage OS 14.1 for Moto E 2015 is based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat, packed with multiple new and improved feature. This guide is about helping you on each single to download and install official Lineage OS 14.1 on Moto E 2015. We have been posting same guide for other Motorola phones as well, if you wish to see it here you go. We cannot change the process as it might get a bit confusing for you and secondly it is also same for almost all the Motorola devices.

The Moto E 2nd Gen is the successor to Moto E first Gen in the budget line E series devices. The Moto E 2015 has some improved hardware specification as compared to it’s predecessor, it now acquires a Quad Core processor, 1GB of RAM remains the same, but it got some major improvements like, bigger display, LTE supported, auto-focus camera and on the front a VGA cam as well. The device comes with Android Lollipop but some variants of Moto E 2015 are eligible for the Marshmallow update so we hope this guide might help those Moto E owners who are not lucky enough to update their devices on Marshmallow.

The process to flash official Lineage OS 14.1 on Moto E 2015 is not a very difficult task infact you need to pay attentions on the instructions below. If you have a custom recovery like TWRP recovery installed on your device already then all you need to do is just flash the ROM zip from recovery along latest Lineage OS gapps and that’s it. For your ease we also mentioned the guide to install TWRP recovery on your device as well. The process to install Lineage OS 14.1 ROM on all devices is almost the same so we use the same process for Moto E 2015 as well.

You can also: Download the last CyanogenMod 11 upto 14.1 builds from this guide.

Process to install official Lineage OS 14.1 ROM on Moto E 2015

Some pre-requisites before you begin:

• Your device battery should be in good health (70%) to avoid the shutting down while in flashing process.
• Bootloader on your device must be unlocked or follow this guide to unlock it.
• A TWRP custom recovery must be installed on your device, if you haven’t, follow this guide to install it.
• Create a Nandroid back up of important data including complete System with all apps and messages, follow this guide to create a Nandroid backup via TWRP recovery.
• Upgrade latest USB drivers for your device on PC. Download latest Motorola USB drivers here [For a stable PC-phone connection].

Downloads section:

• Download Lineage OS 14.1 ROM for Moto E 2015 [Pick up the latest build]
• Download Lineage OS 14.1/Android 7.1.x Google Apps
• Now transfer both file on your device storage.

Install Section.

• Turn off your device and reboot into TWRP recovery.
• Once your device boots into recovery mode then follow this guide to flash Lineage OS 14.1 on your Moto E 2015 via TWRP recovery.

Solution to a failed boot issue.

Follow this guide to solve the bootloop issue. [If you think your device stuck at boot animation for quite a long time]

Enable Root Access for Apps.

How to enable root access for Apps on Lineage OS 14.1 ROM

That’s it! If you have successfully installed the ROM on your device. Give us your feedback about Lineage OS 14.1 ROM on your Moto E 2015 and stay tuned for more updates.