Since my OnePlus 7T was no longer working, I purchased a CMF Phone 1 (at a reasonable price) to install e os on it.
I installed it using the easy-installer on Windows 11 and Edge (Firefox doesn’t work with the easy installer).
My brand new CMF was initially running Nothing OS 2.6, and apart from the initial phone settings to enable USB debugging and other features, I didn’t do any updates beforehand.
The installer did a great job. I just had to run the updates in Windows (Mediatek and others, in optional updates in Windows Update, and no need to restart the computer) for the phone to be recognized after restarting in fastboot mode.
The installation was fairly quick and simple, and the device was immediately operational after restarting.
Note the short 5-second message during bootup indicating that the device is not locked (no impact).
So far, everything is working very well. The OS is version 3.0.4-official-tetris, Android 14.
Just two things to note, which aren’t deal breakers for me, as I don’t use my phone for photography (or just as a photographic notepad):
the camera only works in 12 MP mode (but the sensor is 50 MP).
the colors displayed on the screen are a little too (very) saturated.
(Temporary improvement, by tinkering… : Oversaturated colors on CMF Phone 1)
I haven’t been able to improve in a sustainable manner on these two aspects (even in the camera and display settings). If anyone has any ideas…
As for the rest, this device and e os go very well together, and the value for money and privacy are excellent.
Hello, I have a question about the installation. I’m new to the /e/ thing and I need help installing.
on your post, you say you had to run the updates in windows. What do you mean by that?
also, I’ve been trying to install /e/ for a little while, but when I get to step 9, my phone does not change from the first screen. Is that normal and I’m just not waiting for long enough? I have the same phone as you btw. thank you
Thank you! That solved that problem, but now I’m having a different problem. Now all that happens is my phone tries to boot, but then there is a message that says “orange state. OS not being verified or custom OS. dismiss after 5 seconds.” then it turns off and then tries again. do you have an idea how to solve this problem. Thank you again for the help.
You might see if the eosinstaller will start again, but I guess it may not. A big downside of the installer is that there is no documented way for the user to collect a log in the event of faiure. (The fail might be a failure to successfully flash all partitions then abort, but this is a pure guess.)
I don’t see either of those things, but I did figure out how to get to fastboot mode.
The main problem I’m having with the install guide is that it keeps telling me to run the command “adb reboot bootloader,” but whenever I do it just says command not found. I installed the drivers and the platform tools, but it still doesn’t work. I can’t seem to place what I’m doing wrong.
