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Hi, something is not quite clear, the release notes say:
The following devices can be upgraded to Android 14 (apart from the Fairphone 4 and the Pixel Tablet which have an Official version, all the devices below are offered a Community version)
Does it mean that only for the Fairphone 4 and the Pixel Tablet /e/OS 2.6.3 is based on Android 14? What happens if I update a device to /e/OS 2.6.3, will it still run on Android 13? Iâm very confused
My understanding of the statement is the following :
here is a list of devices that can be upgraded (this mean that it require an action from you). A14 is available for all devices but only FP4 and PT will be upgraded via OTA (Over The Air, OS upgrade witout connecting the device to a computer)
No it says that the following devices can be upgraded to Android 14 but some of them as community builds and Faiphone + Tablet as official build.
Unfortunately the wording was changed in the past and now itâs not intuitive or industry standard any more. Official is âstableâ which means it is highly testest and maintained by Murena. community is âdevâ, it is therefore not highly tested and the base does not necessarily come from Murena alone.
Ok so if someone has a Murena device, they must look for 2.6.3 (/e/OS version) u (Android version) official (maintained by Murena), correct? Will this be released? And will there be an OTA update for devices that are not FP4 and Pixel Tablet? @Manoj
Murena devices get official builds. This means devices which are or were sold in the Murena shop get builds which are tagged official
The rest of the devices get builds which are tagged as community.
Both official and community builds get OTA updates.
v2.6.3 will be released for both official and community builds similar to other releases.
Some official devices even get the OS upgrade ( for example from R to S , T to U )as an OTA build. For others it is a manual process.
Fairphone | FP3+ | FP3 | previously on e-2.5-t-20241111446827-community-FP3 | not rooted
I upgraded to 2.6.3-U (Android 14) using ADB Sideload. The Recovery reported the installation as complete when progress on the computer side was still stuck/shown at just 47%. It took like 2-3 minutes to boot the FP3+ (the little ball under the e symbol was bouncing longer than usually). Initial impression is a bit laggy, but Iâll see if this levels out after a while. The two active apps (Desktop clock and VLC 3.5.7) initially gave incompatibility prompts referring to the new Android 14, but still work.
Other Fairphoners, please note: 2.6.3 is available for the FP3, FP4 and FP5 only as a community build right now (official build not yet) and both in a T (Android 13) and a U (Android 14) version for the FP3 and FP5. For the FP4 there is only the U version. From all I know you will get the T version if you update OTA. Feel free to check whatâs online for you:
You might need to click on the âAndroid T(13)â line to see the T builds.
P.S.: As @piero and @AnotherElk educated me a while ago (and as my own installation confirmed again now ), for ADB sideload you need to alter the download URL from https://ota.ecloud.global/community/FP3/IMG-e-2.6.3... to something like https://ota.ecloud.global/community/FP3/e-2.6.3... (so you just remove the IMG- part â and alter the parts before depending on your Fairphone model).
Vendor Name: Google
Device name: Pixel 6
Device CodeName: oriole
Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: eOS 2.5 (Android 13)
Is the device Rooted / Not rooted: Not rooted
I did the update manually by following the instructions on the Lineage OS page for my device, there is a specific section for upgrading to a new Android version there, and I took the risk of just following that one.
The update went without problems, the device rebooted within 1-2 minutes and everything seems fine so far.
I am using Lawnchair as a Launcher, and needed to update to the matching version also, with the old one the Gallery app was not visible.
It might make sense to make the Feedback poll in the original post public (i.e. everyone can see what a user voted for) next time â I donât think any of the three options is really controversial. And most importantly, it would allow you and others to find the details that the poll asks for (âPlease share the issue details on this threadâ) quicker.
Vendor Name: Google
Device name: Pixel 8a
Device CodeName: akita
Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: Stock
Is the device Rooted / Not rooted: Not rooted
Hello, I am excited to upgrade my /e/OS handset to Pixel 8a⌠been using EOS for daily driver since 2.
Iâm following the instrs from Install /e/OS on a Google Pixel 8a - âakitaâ, to the letter (as always), and getting stuck at step 5 of âInstalling a custom recovery using fastbootâ â I canât boot to recovery. I flashed the recovery-e-2.6.3-u-20241217455570-community-akita.img extracted from recovery-IMG-e-2.6.3-u-20241217455570-community-akita.zip in step 4, but my P8a just wonât boot to recovery.
Has anyone else run into this problem? Appreciate any advise.
âtim
Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: 2.5
Device rooted
System settings update shows : âno update availableâ, so I update the device manually by mean of recovery and adb sideload.
Everything ok so far.
one day later after my initial post, all my main apps work finely. No issue discovered on both my kebab and gts4lv devices. Good job /e/ team
Just have to say that changes between U and T release arenât obvious. The both versions seem very similarâŚ
Hi, did you upgrade making a complete factory reset (incl. wipe all data) or did you upgrade by leaving everthing as it is and just perform adb sideload?
@weichselbaumj
To be fully clear
did you upgrade making a complete factory reset (incl. wipe all data) : No
did you upgrade by leaving everthing as it is and just perform adb sideload : Yes
But I trustworthy want to say that I perform a backup to data I donât want to loose before adb sideloading
Using a Fairhpone 3, with version 2.5-t-20241111446629-official-FP3, build e_FP3-user 13 TQ3A.230901.001 eng.root.20241111.123300
This version is the latest official for the FP3, but a newer 2.63 (Community) exists that repairs the Google apps (yes I know :(⌠). Is there an easy way to switch to community build without having to wipe phone ? (Like changing the depots in a Linux distrib)
And if I switch to community, will I keep getting upgrades ?(I remember using a Dev build and being stuck to an old version without being able to switch to another version without having to reinstall the whole phone)
Bonus question, is 2.63 planned for official FP3 upgrades ? Soon ?
Vendor Name: Motorola
Device name: Moto One Action
Device CodeName: troika
Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: eOS 2.5-t
Is the device Rooted / Not rooted: Not rooted
Update was successful, but my system PIN (âPIN is required after the devices restartsâ) is not recognized anymore (SIM PIN works fine). Any advice except factory reset?
Version of /e/OS or Stock which existed previously: 2.5-t-20241109446827-community
OTA update become available only after many request to check updates in the phone settings.
But I saw updates half day before in this page.
OTA update was smooth.
Now I have 2.6.3-t-20241219455848-community-FP5 build and android 13. Release notes offer to upgrade device to android 14. How can I do it?