The last time we got statistics it was on the ping.
/e/ OS OTA update servers are getting pinged by more than 2,000 running smartphones each day
The last time we got statistics it was on the ping.
/e/ OS OTA update servers are getting pinged by more than 2,000 running smartphones each day
Iām happy that the Moto G 2015 will be upgraded. One of the reasons why I support /e/ is sustainability and the support of older devices.
Thatās all the same with my OnePlus 3T. Iām looking forward to the official pie upgrade.
Are any of these phones compatible in the US?
Yes
ahooa2020, I am in California and I am using the Moto G7. Good budget phone. Works great with /e/.
Iām really surprised that many (even quite dated) Motos received OFFICIAL build of Lineage 17.1 (= Android 10/Q):
Hi @Anonyme,
Thank you for the link, thatās actually quite a helpful list. I was already aware of the support status of Moto G3 within LineageOS, but I wanted to know what /e/'s position on this phone is, not what LineageOSās position is. I think that @Manoj has since updated the list in the OP to indicate that a device will be updated to 9 or Q, but when? Iām not asking for it to be tomorrow, or next week, but there must be some sort of timeline or plan, isnāt there?
In general, I know that /e/ is still dependent on LOS but saying āLook at the LineageOS supportā isnāt a very confidence inspiring statement considering that /e/ is a proper organisation which sells devices and services whereas LineageOS is not. When is /e/ going to break free of LOS? Surely /e/ can now develop directly from AOSP and not depend on LOS? Or is LOS only used for non-flagship devices where /e/ canāt justify the investment and LOS are already doing it?
Cheers
For Android 10, it will depend on the issues the dev team will face. To have an idea, I would say October for the testing phase (but it can change).
For Pie, testing builds are already available and the official support will depend on the number of tester for a device and if there is an issue with it or not.
For now, we still rely on LineageOS (itās not a shame) because it already exists and it works well on a lot of devices. Furthermore it has some built-in privacy features, like Privacy Guard.
There are more important things to do than leave LineageOS. I donāt have more precision about what is planned about this.
Iām dumbfounded by the lack of GSI supportā¦ I have a non-supported device (pixel3a) that could work great with a GSI. Iāve tried some community member built custom GSI and while they work, there are issues (that donāt seem to be related to the fact that theyāre GSI builds). Is there a technical reason for /e/ not to be pushing GSI? It seems very, very puzzling that /e/ is working on dozens of device specific builds and not a GSIā¦
I would much prefer a device-specific build to a GSI. A GSI cannot take advantage of some of the features of my device (e.g. the dedicated camera button on my Sony Xperia devices. GSI is always going to be āsecond bestā compared to a device specific build. /e/ should provide one, and as far as I know they are planning to, but getting good quality device specific seems to be - correctly in my view - the higher priority.
Iām not sure that what you state is true. I donāt see why the code in the vendor partition couldnāt support the dedicated button and launch the appropriate actions when you press it. I understand that in your case this doesnāt work, so it may be a moot distinction for you, but not in principle. Reading some of your GSI threads (thanks for posting!) it may have to do with the fact that thereās no proper/official Android 10 vendor implementation available if I understand correctly. So it seems to me that:
NB: Iām not trying to dismiss your concern, Iām trying to understand how all this stuff worksā¦
Fair points. As you say, my views are shaped by my experiences so far, and the GSIs I have used are still āwork in progressā. It would be great if GSIs were able to make use of device-specific functionality.
Does Sony Xperia Z3 include the Z3+, by any chance?
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No, the Z3+ (ivy) is only supported by LineageOS on Nougat and not on Pie or Android 10, thatās why itās not in the list. You can find an unofficial build on Nougat for this device here.
Hi, this is a long post so I may have missed something. It seems like the official lists above have dropped the S7? If this is the case, then this is a bit disappointing as I bought 3x S7 devices for the family as it was an official device being sold by /e/ and therefore assumed to be supported for security updates for some time to come. It is now past mid-Agust and I keep checking for official updates, yet the phone suggests that there are none since the March 2020 build? Is the S7 really being officially dropped? Iām not really bothered what Android version is available for the S7. Its more about the security patches Iām worried about. Or is it that because Google is not supporting Android 7 there are no security updates? I guess this is what @Manoj us saying in the next post?
S7 should get a Oreo build this Wednesday on the dev channel. Users will have to flash the build manually the first time and subsequent builds will be OTA.
Excellent! Thanks @Manoj
I just popped over to the download page and selected āSamsungā and ā2016ā. It shows my S7 Edge device (hero2lte) and points me to the Easy Installer, which I never used. No problem, I can try it. But it says āExynosā only so I assume I can only use the Easy Installer if my Edge has a Exynos processor? How do I work this out?
EDIT: Seems like I found the answer to my question here: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/150397/galaxy-s7-how-can-i-check-which-cpu-chipset-do-i-have
I see that for
Samsung Galaxy S III (International) i9300
the official support will end.
But yesterday I followed the directions here https://doc.e.foundation/devices/i9300/install and flashed a 10 version on two i9300s which seem to work properly.
Is this phone going to be supported or not ?
Hi @Manoj , installed easy-installer on my Debain Buster machine via Snap as per instructions but I canāt even find icon/command to launch the installer. Is this documented somewhere?
I even tried whereis easy-installer
and I get nothing. Suggestions?
Thanks
We are wednesday !!!
Kiddingā¦