[Android 12][e/os 1.17] No upgrades for a year

Hello everyone,

I have an FP3 running e/OS 1.17-s-20231111351092-dev-FP3.

The updater keeps saying there is no update available.
I tried to wipe updater’s data and to spam the refresh button but the issue persists.

I am surprised since e.g. v1.18 for Android 12 has been available since December 2023.
I am aware that OTA upgrade for Android 13 is not ready yet, still there have been numerous updates for Android 12 since then.

I extensively browsed related topics but have not found a solution.
Can you point me in the right direction ? :smiling_face:

Dirty upgrade to /e/OS-T is possible ! (But not for all devices) - #24 by piero

HowTo perform a dirty upgrade to “/e/OS-T” from a previous /e/ version ?

→ it is as simple as a dirty update…

download the file on a computer, boot the phone to the recovery mode and use “apply update” then “from ADB” :

Install platform-tools on a computer

Installing adb and fastboot on a Linux PC
Installing adb and fastboot on Windows PC

On the computer,

download the latest /e/OS-T build for your device
e-2.4.1-t-20241009439852-community-FP3.zip
(put it into the platform-tools folder)
.

Boot the phone into recovery mode.

.
Select Apply Update, then Apply from ADB

The screen should now change and the output at the bottom ask you to send the package from your computer.

On the computer,

Open a terminal from the /platform-tools folder, and
issue command to sideload the latest /e/OS-T installation zip.

adb sideload e-2.4.1-t-20241009439852-community-FP3.zip

the phone screen will be mostly blank with just the output at the bottom showing progress.
(Do not take attention to the wipe related things on the photo ! it is a “second-hand” photo…)

On the computer the sideloading shows progress as a percentage figure that will stop at 47%. The phone will still be installing though (even though it might feel like nothing is happening sometimes!) and you can expect to see the following screens (excepting the wipe related things)

Then press the arrow at the top of the screen to return to Home Screen

Tap Reboot system now to boot into eOS.

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Thanks, it does the trick. :smile:

A quick note to say that updates through ADB are to be found there : https://ota.ecloud.global/api/v1/<model>/<version>, e.g. https://ota.ecloud.global/api/v1/FP3/dev.

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Just to note, this OTA upgrade via the updater has long been available, but OTA upgrades are only offered on stable/official, not on dev/community.

@AnotherElk thanks for the information. As I had OTA updates for many years I was surprised it stopped suddenly. I probably missed the change.

Hi piero
This sound like the solution I am looking for, thank you very much for your detailed description.
Just for clarification: You mentioned “ignore the Wipe part” twice. Does this mean, your update/upgrade solution works without any app data and personal data loss?

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It means this are “second-hand” photos !..

But yes, there is no data loss expected when performing “dirty update or upgrade” untill you don’t wipe or format the /data partition or unlock or relock the bootloader that is a “clean install or upgrade”…