Gs290 /e/-os-life

hi, gs290 users, and /e/-OS maintainers,

gs290 seems to stay at the “s”- or 12-level of Android/LineageOS, as in the list devices. Lineage-OS dont mention any more the gs290 in its’list.
How long an /e/-OS for the gs290 can be maintained by the team ?
thanks for any hints, Brieucs.

What means “s or 12 level”?

Hi @fl0 welcome to the /e/ forum.

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hi, gs290 users,

in an other post, @Manoj pointed that an answer of my question was in the “murena faq” :

How many years will you support your phones with software updates?

We aim to support with at least 5 years of software updates and security patches.

thanks to @aibd for the documented logic of android / lineage / e0S versions (and @fl0 for the question :grinning:).
I began to use the gs290 on 2022 january.
Brieucs.

I see this “introduction” to gs290 dated October 2020 Help us test the /e/ OS on the GS290. You are probably aware that Gigaset dropped support for the device some time ago. Service-Portal | Gigaset

Users of the current Android 12 (S) are likely to face drop of support of Android SPL during February or March.

Maybe I missed it but I don’t see GS-290 mentioned in either
[LIST] Devices which will be getting upgraded to /e/OS T - Part I

[LIST] Devices which will be getting upgraded to /e/OS T - Part II

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thank-you!

If the gs290 began with official-/e/-OS in 2021, the OS would be maintained up to 2025 by /e/.

I did not found any mention of gs290 in : lineageos devices
(Lineage is adapted to about 200 phones models).

Probably Gigaset did not made any update to android-13 for the gs290, as you point.

This is the reason for the other post : murena-smartphones-life

There are not so much recent phones to benefit of official-/e/-OS. (in december 2021, the price of the /e/-gs290 was 230 €, may-be I could use it until 2026).
Brieucs.

Hi,

Just to be sure I have understood correctly: the above means that after 2025 there will be no more security updates for the GS290?

Thank you

may-be information there :
android_comparison
look to “updates” and “supported devices

Found some thoughts for my problem at: Android Auto on Gigaset GS290 (Android 12 + /e/OS 3.0.1-s)

In other words, I’m not able to use my GS290 with Android Auto for the moment… :frowning:

Let’s hope an Android 13 will come later.

hello, @Talkeetna ,

from previous posts, it appears that :

  • gigaset has dropped support to gs290
  • AOSP-12 has no longer Android-security-updates
  • gs290 do not figure any-more on Lineage-OS lists

Not sure to understand, but AOSP-15 would work on some old phones, but that will depend on Lineage-OS and /e/-OS.

Is Android-auto compatible with the degoogled-phone paradigm ? There was a suggestion that some are searching for a turnaround.

Indeed /e/ has e / devices / device_gigaset_gs290 · GitLab but no evidence of Android 13 (T) development in progress. This /e/OS work marked as a fork of GitHub - HelloVolla/android_device_volla_yggdrasil where the last commits are at Halium-9; not my subject, but perhaps little interest there in advancing Android version.

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Hi @brieucs,
Yeah, I know… Android Auto on a /e/OS phone wasn’t the expected scenario for me :expressionless:
I guess I don’t have the choice for this.

I hope devs will be able to bypass the “android 13 requirement” to run Auto (in my case, it will be enough to keep my beloved GS290).

you could give GSIs a try. The gs290 had a market intro of Android 9 and should be treble compatible. If /e/OS takes more time to put out a more current official gsi and you can’t source a working unofficial one, iodé has a A14 based available

3.04
From the release notes:
AOSP 12 reached end of support so security patches are no longer provided for this version.

:exclamation: Please note this is the last release of /e/OS builds based on AOSP 12.
Too bad!

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Hi,

Following the information from this thread Gs290 /e/-os-life

I am wondering how to keep this device secure …

Continuing the discussion from Gs290 /e/-os-life:

Where is this alternative?

Thank you!

Regain your privacy! Adopt /e/OS the deGoogled mobile OS and online servicesphone

if you quote me, please use the whole sentence. The context is lost that I talk about GSIs - unofficial GSI builds are in this forum in the gsi tag or as said, with iodé.

You can also ask Manoj to re-open / keep open the original thread.

Apologies @tcecyk .
Fair remark.
I have sent a message to Manoj.
Thank you

my protest reads very stern, sorry for that - I just didn’t want to suggest / bring up hopes there being a device-specific A14 build for the gs290