If eRecovery has the same good functionality as TWRP Recovery, then it would be a nice tool for brand loyalty to /e/.
LineageOS has in the ‘Developer options’ a option “Update recovery - Update the built-in recovery with system updates”. A good feature that is worth imitating …
Lineage Recovery does only what its name says. Not much more. The TWRP Recovery, which has proven itself in practice, is not only visually successful but also very good in terms of functionality.
An eRecovery for all devices - this is basically a good idea.
The old versions are being updated , Apps store has issues and developers are looking into it, Easy installer is open to the community and from the post here devices are being added
All these small changes go into the final eOS .
What is the point if we go with a final version with a lineage recovery still attached to it…
From what I understood, also Windows support of the easy installer is quite advanced
Lots of people requested that IIRC.
And my personal impression: when the installer was initially released there were a couple of obstacles that made it not-so-straightforward to add new devices.
Now that almost a handful are added beyond the initial Samsung models (ok, partly work in progress), the ultimate goal seems to be rather near: adding new devices just means adding config files and testing that it works.
Yes, ‘undersatble’ but security patchs (from gg) come via LOS via AOSP… Independence is a long, long way. TWRP works fine and isn’t a ‘every day use’ tool, for common e.users.
How is TWRP and Android 10 coming along? As far as I know TWRP doesn’t support my pixel3a qith Android 10 and I believe that’s the case for other pixel devices as well.
The first set of /e/OS recovery builds are available for download and testing …Pl check the table above
Should work on Q, Pie and Oreo ROM’s .
Please share your feedback on this thread.
hee Manoj, question: if this eRecovery is meant to be better than TWRP in that it works for all devices, why are there separate downloads for each device…?
It doesn’t mean the same file can be used for every device. It means /e/ plan to build the eRecovery for each device supported by /e/.
As I understand it, this is supposed to be better than TWRP in that it will be readily and officially available for each device supported by /e/, and /e/ would be able to control what’s in it and maintain it, which they can’t do with TWRP, as TWRP is its own project with its own list of supported devices.
There are device specific files required to build each of these recoveries. A One-recovery-fits-all would be a great next step though. Will check with the team if that is possible and update.
Also @AnotherElk’s response explains it well and also covers the reason why we created the recovery in the first place …as it gives us more grass root level control over how the /e/ ROM gets flashed on a device.
We are releasing a custom recovery built to work on all /e/ Supported devices !!
if it does not let us know with logs
