[GSI] Q-GSI --- new version download location. See post 73

/e/OS Devices GSI
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@asgara, when installing a GSI ROM, a supporting element is the part VENDOR.

Did you also fill the newly created partition /VENDOR with the necessary data before re-booting into GSI system?

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Thank you for building, @anon26953564

Android security patch level: 5. Janury 2021
/e/ version 0.14-q-20210206-UNOFFICIAL-

eOS-Q-20210206-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_avS.img.xz
eOS-Q-20210206-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_bvS.img.xz

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The new versions of today are in upload, will take a few minutes.

eOS-Q-20210214-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_avS.img.xz
eOS-Q-20210214-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_bvS.img.xz

They have the security patch from 05.02.2021

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@anon26953564, thanks for the ROM-building. Your new versions form March, 25 2021 still going very well on my treblesized Galaxy A3 2017 ‘a3y17lte’.

eOS-[0.16]-Q-20210325-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_avS
eOS-[0.16]-Q-20210325-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_bvS

20210326-133224Settings
20210326-133224Settings798×471 58.8 KB

Security Patch Level 5.3.2021

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New Images from today online, but Security Patch from March, not from April.

Happy flashing :joy:

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Hello.

With official q-GSI builds, will you build again or work on ‘R’ GSI ?

Anyway, thanks again for your work, my little Samsung a3y17lte runs /e/ smoothly as daily :wink:

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Hello.

Thank you for your builds. Your last 20210511-bvS build works fine on my A320FL.
I’ve also tried official GSI /e/ build 20210426-bvN and it doesn’t boot (/e/ bootloop). I know there are different ways to build but i don’t know what could be the differences causing this issue.
I hope your Q builds will continue to exist (at least time to time) because i don’t think there will be official builds working fine on the A320x as yours do.

Has anyone tried official GSI build and has it working on A320x ?

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I will continue to publish my builds for now, they are still based on Android 10. Unfortunately, I really have no idea how to create them, or where to change what to change the Android version, for example, to 11 or 12. That /e/ now offers the GSI officially, I also heard today.

Did you just install the official GSI as an update? Maybe you should reinstall it cleanly.
As written, I will continue to create “my” builds for now. I myself also use them.

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Hello.

Thanks a lot. I will try both official and yours, with clean install…

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Glad that you will continue to make your builds for now.

Concerning official GSI build, I’ve installed it cleanly (format data, wipe everything except external, and wipe caches after flashed).
I have to confess that I modify builds before flashing them (remove some apps, and part of firmwares and librairies related to bluetooth, wifi and gps) but my mods work fine with your builds and some LineageOS based roms (unofficial LOS17.1 and crDroid 6.x for example). I don’t know why it doesn’t work with official /e/ GSI.
I’ll be waiting feedbacks from trefix and others to see if it’s related to my mods or if a3y17lte needs something missing in the official build to boot/work properly.

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EDIT : Without any mods Official GSI image boots and seems to work (not fully tested).
So my mods are the cause of bootloop although they work on this unofficial /e/ build, LOS 17.1 and crDroid 6.x. I don’t know why, but that’s a problem I have to fix myself. Waiting for more tests from other users and for the moment I will use this Unofficial build which is perfect for me.

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Hi,
I m using 0.18 q (unofficial) on my Mido now.
Now I want to install /e/ Os (official) for regular use. Can you guide me how to uninstall 0.18 q unofficial and install 0.17 n Official Version of /e/ ?
Thanks in advance

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download is missing from the original location, and the other link requires an username and password, how do we access these gsis?

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https://doc.e.foundation/how-tos/install-GSI

Once you know which system image you need, download it

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Is this only available on treble enable devices?
My a3y17lte is not Treble enabled.
I have tried this method but cannot get it to work.
booting to bootloader doesn’t work on my device for some reason ( always goes straight to normal boot or gives error)
tried installing ZIP with OrangeFox and TWRP, Both give error for invalid zip format.

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not 100% sure, but i think @trefix or @OneThumb may help you preparing your device for treble

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Yes, Generic System Images (GSI) are only for Treble-enabled devices, i.e. devices initially sold with Android 8 or above, IIRC. Some devices that weren’t initially sold with Android 8+ can be modified to become Treble-enabled, and apparently your a3y17lte may be eligible : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/treble-9-0-arm64-project-treble-for-galaxy-a3-2017-v1-0.3953323/

But please read the known bugs section in this thread that may contain dealbreakers for you.

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Yes, you have to “treblize” your A3 2017. I think i’ve used this repartitioner script : [TOOL][A320FL/F/Y] Repartition script for vendor support | XDA Forums
This will make a system partition and a vendor partiton, both separated from each other. The GSI image is the system image for the system partition, so you have to have a vendor partition from a rom. For example, i’m using the crDroid v6.17 vendor partition (now it’s 6.21) : [ROM][10][ARM64][A320] crDroid v6.21 for Galaxy A3 2017 [10.08.2021] | XDA Forums
In this crDroid thread, the link to the OrangeFox is wrong, but there is a new Repartitioner Script (2021) link. I haven’t used it.
Just after flashing a custom recovery (TWRP or OrangeFox) you have to do a backup of your EFS partition (save it on your SD card, not on the internal memory of the phone, and make a copy on your computer to be safe).
With TWRP you will maybe have some data partition errors and will have to wipe data partition every time you will go into recovery mode. So i’m using OrangeFox (flashed after TWRP). But I believe you can’t flash an .img on a specific partition with OrangeFox, maybe I’m wrong. And i never have managed to sideload with my A3 2017 on my computer.
The image you will need to flash on your A3, when you will have treblized it, is an Arm64 A/B image.
I make some changes in the original GSI image (i uncompress the .xz file to extract the .img system file, rename it in “system.img” and I use SuperR’s Kitchen to extract all the files of the system.img). I do my mods on the extracted files and then i repack it (still with SuperR’s Kitchen) in the traditional format of most of custom roms (like crDroid), so the original system.img becomes 3 files : system.new.dat.br + system.patch.dat + system.transfer.list
like in the crDroid zip rom. Then i put these 3 files in the crDroid zip to replace the 3 original files of this rom and I flash this modified zip with OrangeFox. [In fact, I’ve modified the script of the zip to just flash the system partition files, not the vendor files, since I already have the vendor partition and I don’t update it, it’s quicker.] But I’m a “newbie”, so I’m not really a good professor for you, and the whole process is not fresh in my head.

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Hi,

I could install the crdroid zip,
Yet with any of the GSI for /e/OS I get the message:

invalid zip file format! for all of them.
I have no problems with lineage GSI or Crdroid.
But i really want to use /e/OS

Anybody?