Thanks for the explanation, and glad you succeeded. I haven’t attempted to install an unofficial build on anything newer than a Pixel 3a XL, and I honestly haven’t known when (or IF) the extra build artifacts would be needed. I will try to adjust the top post to note that these extra partitions may need to be applied, noting the LOS instructions should be followed in that case.
Yes that is correct. The LOS 4 microG build process doesn’t have the ability to re-lock the bootloader. I would like to dig into this, but it may not be coming for some time. Note that, in my understanding, an unlocked bootloader is only a risk to an “evil maid attack”, your data is encrypted and safe unless your unlock code is compromised.
When iodé officially supports the Pixel 9 series, it will give the ability to relock the bootloader.
Yes, as noted above please see the GCam Hub ports for Pixel Camera.
I believe the installed versions of these apps are NOT Google versions, but are spoofed components coming from microG. Attempting to install the updates may indicate it succeeds, but in reality I think it doesn’t actually install them. You can long-press on them and add to “blacklist” not have them show in the Aurora Store updates.
Not certain though, it may be better to post an inquiry on these to the general “Apps and Core Settings” category for broader input.
By “official port” do you mean the Google builds? I haven’t noticed these issues, but could test. Again this may be better to comment on to the “Apps and Core Settings” category (please keep to 1 issue per thread so we can keep it on track and mark solved when it is indeed solved).