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Install /e/OS on a Google Pixel 9 - “tokay”

Under the section “Flashing additional partitions” it describes how to unpack the /e/OS Recovery file and install the *.img files boot.img, dtbo.img, etc. contained therein.

However, under “Downloads for tokay” you won’t find the recovery-e-3.0.4-a15-20250711508347-community-tokay.zip file, but only an *.img file.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t match the description. Could you please link the *.zip file there.

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Hello @StephanP, Welcome to the /e/ users forum.

As a workaround, simply take them from LineageOS Downloads

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Hi Piero, perfekt, thank you very much.

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Hello :wave:
Yesterday I tried to install /e/OS with the install instructions. I also hang at the three missing images. When flashing them and the /e/OS vendor_boot after that, it won’t let me boot into recovery.
I tried using older images already, but the oldest are from the microG project from 23.06.2025 and also not working.

Is there a way to get working ones?

Best regards.

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You can extract them from the main ROM as

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I extracted the images, but it doesn’t work. I beforehand updated the Pixel 9 to the latest Android 15 Update (May 2025).
Don’t see any chance to get /e/OS working on the Pixel 9.

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Hello,

I’m facing a persistent issue with the Pixel 9: it’s impossible to get e-recovery working, whether with version 3.0.4 or 3.1.1.
Every attempt ends with a “boot fail”, and e-recovery never starts.

Key points:

  • No problem installing LineageOS, iodé, or GrapheneOS — they all work fine.
  • I always start from a stock Android 15 image for my tests.
  • The issue occurs every time, regardless of the e-recovery version tested.
  • I correctly extract the three images (boot.img, dtbo.img, vendor_kernel_boot.img) from LineageOS and strictly follow the installation procedure.

Yet, I always get the same failure.
Does anyone have an idea or a lead to explore?

Thanks in advance!

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to ask if there are any official plans to support the Google Pixel 9 / “tokay”, so that it would be possible to relock the bootloader safely once /e/OS is installed.
I’ve been following the thread and the documentation, but I haven’t found any clear information about this.

Could someone from the team or the developers confirm whether this is planned in the roadmap or in a future release of /e/OS for the Pixel 9?

Thanks a lot in advance for any clarification :blush:

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No information as of now. At present we have a community build for the tokay. To start official builds we need to have device maintainer for that particular device. Which we do not have at present.

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Hi!
Thanks for the clarification. I understand there’s currently no official maintainer for the tokay device.
I don’t have programming or development experience, but I’d be happy to help as a tester for the community build or any future versions.
I can test updates, report bugs, and provide feedback about general performance and usability on the device.
Please let me know if there’s any specific way or channel to contribute as a tester.

Thanks for all the work you do!

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Hello,

I bought a Google Pixel 9 just for this. I’m running in to the same problem. Did you get yours to work? Would like to hear what you did?

Did anyone get e/os working on a Google Pixel 9.

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Hi everyone .

I found the work around!

  • You have to install the 3 following files from lineage OS: fastboot flash boot boot.img, fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img, and fastboot flash vendor_kernel_boot vendor_kernel_boot.img, as said before.
  • You also have to install the recovery from lineage OS : fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img
  • Then you follow the same procedure as in the doc. You will get a message during the install in the lineage os recovery, saying that you have to restart if you want to install add-ons. Click on yes. When restarting you will get a message error on your PC, saying that the installation failed. But when you restart into recovery you will get the eOS recovery, and you could restart install process from :

On /e/OS Recovery Main Screen:

    1. Select Factory reset

    2. Select Format data / Factory reset option

    3. Next screen will display a warning that this action cannot be undone

    4. Select Format data to proceed or Cancel if you want to go back

    5. If you selected Format data ..the format process will complete

    [etc …]

It worked for me.

Tell me if it does for you

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Salut Corentin, je sui bloqué au même endroit que toi, tu pourrais m’expliquer un peu plus en details ce que tu as fait ?

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As i understand, because some needed files are missing on /e/ website, he toke them from Lineage (currently android 16 based and “nightly” builded)

but because /e/OS is currently android 15 based,
better is to extract them from the main /e/OS .zip
/e/OS community tokay download

install Releases · ssut/payload-dumper-go · GitHub
extract it, put the /e/ build and the payload-dumper-go binary in the same folder
open a terminal from there and run :

./payload-dumper-go -o ./ -p boot,dtbo,vendor_kernel_boot,vendor_boot e-3.2-a15-20251023539368-community-tokay.zip

then follow Install /e/OS on a Google Pixel 9 - “tokay”

Flashing additional partitions

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img

fastboot flash vendor_kernel_boot vendor_kernel_boot.img

fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img

fastboot reboot bootloader

and choose Recovery Mode

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