Hello all,
I just got a new Gigaset GS290 and installed /e/OS on it. The device was shipped with Android 9 on it, so I updated to Android 10 first. After reaching version 10, I’ve done everything as described here: https://doc.e.foundation/devices/GS290/install
Everything runs good so far. But now I got this annoying message at system start:
Orange state.
Your device has been unlocked and can’t be trusted
Your device will boot in 5 seconds
Is there any way to get rid of this message, maybe to lock the bootloader again? Is there any command (like fastboot flashing unlock) to lock the phone?
Thank you for your fast reply! I tried, what you wrote:
Now, this is the message I get:
Your device has failed verification and may not work properly.
Please download .... image with the correct signature or disable verified boot.
Your device will reboot in 5 seconds
It keeps rebooting all the time and I dont know, how to unlock bootloader again?
Edit: I managed to boot into fastboot mode by pressing volume up and the power button.
Then I just unlocked the bootloader again, as you told me and now the phone is booting again.
The orange state message still appears. Any other possible solution?
Thanks in advance!
Edit 2: Phone lost all its data. No problem, because I had nothing on it. So I had to go through the setup process again; choose language, timezone etc…
Hello @omovatet ,
thanks for having the courage to try it out. It would have been too good if the ‘Lock Bootloader’ had worked. Now we have it and don’t have to speculate if and what works.
Locking the bootloader is a condition for a ‘Verified Boot’. Unfortunately, there are only about a dozen Android smartphones on which the re-lock bootloader is possible.
Unlocking the bootloader results in the deletion of personal data and device settings: this is what the inventor wanted, because it serves as a security feature aka protection mechanism in case the phone falls into the wrong hands.
Well, a degoogled AOSP Android 10 /e/ OS ‘Q’ for the GS290 is almost without alternative - “alternativlos” in German, isn’t it.
The user must get used to this message. It remains as long as the GS290 works with a customROM.
Just think of it as a grudging “Thank You” from the device manufacturer in cooperation with its partner Google for the operating system change :))
I do have the same issue currently that I stuck in this stage:
Orange state.
Your device has been unlocked and can’t be trusted
Your device will boot in 5 seconds
I can get back to the fastboot, but I actually don’t know how to solve it from this point of view. I tried to do the same steps of the installation again but to get it done, but it didn’t work again. Probably not a big surprise… the only command which didn’t get through easily was the “fastboot -w”. I got this information:
wiping userdata…
Invalid logical-block-size 512: must be a power of 2 and at least 4096.
mke2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
/tmp/TemporaryFile-C3B7tu: Nicht implementierte Ext2-Bibliotheksfunktion beim Erstellen des Superblocks
/usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/mke2fs failed with status 1
mke2fs failed: 1
error: Cannot generate image for userdata
Does anybody know how to proceed or do I have to get back to the original ROM?
I flashed back to Android and tried it again, this time I used “./” in front of every command like “./fastboot flashing unlock” and it finally works properly.
i tried to install e OS on my new gs290 as well.
I also have the problem …
wiping userdata…
> Invalid logical-block-size 512: must be a power of 2 and at least 4096.
> mke2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
> /tmp/TemporaryFile-C3B7tu: Nicht implementierte Ext2-Bibliotheksfunktion beim Erstellen des Superblocks
> /usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/mke2fs failed with status 1
> mke2fs failed: 1
> error: Cannot generate image for userdata
i tried to install von ubuntu 18.04 on PC.
@AnotherElk what do you mean with " fastboot command from current Android SDK Platform Tools" ?
is there a specific command, different from the commands in the documentation?
There were fastboot commands with some incompatibility distributed via the package managers in certain Linux distributions for a while, so if you simply had the fastboot command preinstalled or installed it via the package manager of your Linux distribution, there was a chance you would end up with the error you experience. I thought this shouldn’t happen anymore, but of course this is dependent on how recent the fastboot command is in your Linux.
The certain way to prevent this from happening is to use the fastboot command from the current Android SDK Platform Tools.
Caution: Versions provided by Ubuntu or some operating system are not up to date, do not try to flash your Gigaset with it. Instead, follow the instructions given here"
And did you do the other steps in the documentation as well to make sure you really use the downloaded command?
This version output strikingly contains your Ubuntu version number.
Anyway, I just quickly downloaded the platform-tools for Linux into an Ubuntu 18.04 via WSL and …
./fastboot --version
fastboot version 31.0.0-7110759
The preinstalled fastboot of my WSL-Ubuntu gives …
fastboot --version
fastboot version 1:7.0.0+r33-2
So, the fastboot command you are using still seems to be your Ubuntu’s fastboot command, which seems defunct for the purpose.
i put android back on the device and tried again from the beginning…
i did the platform-tools incorrect.
now i get the correct version
gdk@GDK-PUC:~/platform-tools$ /home/gdk/platform-tools/adb
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 31.0.0-7110759
Installed as /home/gdk/platform-tools/adb
gdk@GDK-PUC:/home$ /home/gdk/platform-tools/fastboot --version
fastboot version 31.0.0-7110759
Installed as /home/gdk/platform-tools/fastboot
the part “add path to you pc configuration” didnt worked, i couldnt copy the folder to /home, so i typed the absolut path everytime deleted the line from .bshrc file
thanks. now it works and i understand the problem.
for the next step, flash recovery, do i have to rename the recovery file to “recovery.img”?
after downloading it is named “recovery-e-0.14-q-2021012698290-dev-GS290.img”
i renamed the recovery file.
the further steps worked as well.
it now runs with e OS.
thanks you all a lot
