/e/ OS installation on CMF nothing phone is stuck

[piero]

Hello @CRic, Welcome to the /e/ users forum.

@CRic

I thought Linux might be the problem

the problem comes from the web installer

[HOWTO] a Clear Guide to install "IMG-e-builds" when /e/ web installer fails

. in 3 copy / paste actions ! . because even well illustrated, the “web-installer” often don’t work, and because the official documentation is imbuvable for some new users. . . here we take the Fairphone 6 as example, but it is the same logical and quite the same process for all the devices that have : only "IMG-e-xxxxxxxxxxx.zip" file on their download page, no "recovery-e-xxxxxxxxxx.img" file on their download page, no "recovery-IMG-e-xxxxxxxxxx.zip" file on their download page, that…

the following warnings don’t apply to the CMF 1

@piero

Your Stock OS Android version, must be the latest available relative to the /e/OS build you want to install → not higher !

because success was reported even with higher version (not expected on other devices but on this one Yes !)

@piero

If you plan to relock the bootloader after the installlation

(not mandatoty, only available with Official version, why relocking ?)
Most important thing to take care about is the “android Security Update Patch Level” in the already installed Operating System on your device before you start the install process.

It must be OLDER than the “android Security Update Patch Level” included in the /e/OS build you want to install, otherwise you risk to change your device into Brick.

because relocking is not possible on the CMF 1

Install /e/OS on a Nothing Nothing CMF Phone 1 - “tetris”
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/e/OS official tetris download