Almost a year ago I tried to install /e/ in a Xiaomi MI 6 without succes and I got so frustrated I abandoned the quest. After taking strength again, reading a lot in the forum, with the previous experience and (specially) thanks to ALL OF YOU, in this second attempt I managed to install /e/ succesfully in my “brand new” second hand S9!!!
All the little details that @archje mentioned appeared, but I was able to solve them thanks to the answers posted in this thread, as well as others in the forum!
I will briefly describe my process in case it’s useful for anyone like me who is kind of newbie:
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As I dont know about command lines and stuff, I didn’t follow the official install wiki and followed @Anonyme s guide for Samsung phones, which is very carefully and clearly explained.
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OEM unlock button didn’t appear: I followed this recommendation from another thread, that also @0x7C0 mentioned that could be problematic. It didnt’t solve it at first, but after connecting to the internet and changing again the date, the OEM unloeck toggle reappeared.
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In step 6.6 of the guide, i followed the WARNING, but didn’t succed. Then I followed the alternative suggested, and it worked, but I’m not sure if TWRP is permanently installed.
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The vendor problem also appeared:
On some devices, installation can fail if vendors are not up-to-date. In this case, please:
Download those vendors .
I copy and pasted the vendors zip in the internal storage, but found that in the guide it says to copy them next to the TWRP folder, and I didn’t find that folder in the internal storage. Therefore, again, not sure if TWRP is permanently installed (I guess that could led to some update problems in the future?) I’ll wait till the next update is released to see if I can update via OTA or not (that would be the ideal for me).
Being able to find all this info has been critical for me to prepare everything before the flashing. That was the main reason I choose the S9, because with the Xiaomi MI 6 there wasn’t as much info and help in the forum to search.
I still have to transfer contacts, data and stuff and check if everything (bluetoth, tethering…) works ok, but, again, that couldn’t had happened without your help and support. I’m happy to be closer to degoogling! Thank you all!