Definitely - while I can understand the wish/need for this āanalysisā through Trust, it is misleading in many ways and might confuse ānoviceā users.
Yes, Iāve an A14 /e/ 3.0 flashed over an A14 latest vendor setup with latest updates (probably the last updates OS-version related to this device, as the three-year support time ran out end of may, if Iām correct).
The vendor security patch level is from 5th Jan. 2024, which seems to be the latest time they added new vendor security patches in their vendor firmware (and as such in any third-party OS, as well).
Even as it is still describing A13 as the necessary firmware, I was interested in checking if it works well with the newest stock vendor updates prior to the community (only available) A14 /e/ for lemonadep.
And it works fine, no big flaws, aside those described upwards.
No crashes, sound is okay, camera app works with photos (didnāt try videos yet) and is ways more versatile and configurable compared to what official vendor ROM and LineageOS offered 2023 (LOS added GCam if Iām right on a later version).
So the āplease ensure that the device is on the latest Android 13 firmware.ā is not an ultimate necessity for the actual /e/ for this device to work fine - but it is a good information for all those which are not into the technical backgrounds and just āwant to install and use itā.
Definitely, thatās the reason why I went the ālatest stock vendor ROM updates of May 2025ā route prior to /e/, because there were critical security flaws patched by it and if some were based on the device vendor firmware⦠better to have them fixed. Edit: Seems not to be the case, as of the Jan. 2024 latest vendor patches.
Even if it goes against the āAndroid 13ā requirement of the FAQ.
Thatās good to know, thanks! Iām no Android programmer / developer, so even if I can understand and follow the technical compositions, I donāt have the experience to āknowā whatās standard in the ROMs nowadays, even less for /e/.
I guess the A13 instruction could be changed to āA13 or A14ā for lemonadep, if the 3.0(.1) releases are available (again), as the latest vendor parts seem to work just fine. I didnāt try it with /e/ 2.9, tho.
They work fine with A15 of LineageOS, as well, I tested this prior as they changed their information to ārequires A13 or A14 latest firmwareā in the FAQ already).