Help updating to S I'm stuck with Sake ZenFone 8

/e/OS Smartphone Operating System
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hi
I bought the cell phone with A12 (a half year ago)
I downgrade to A11 because this was necessary vor installing e

Today
I followed this: Install /e/OS on a ASUS ZenFone 8 - “sake” for installing S and 1.5
but I did something wrong … I went to a12 first
and then followed the instructions, flashing vendor_boot, recovery = OK with recovery , reset and update , adb sideload…all = ok but

Signature verification failed error 21
E:Current SPL: 2022-11-05
Target SPL:22-10-05 this is considered a downgrade
E: denying OTA because it’s SPL downgrade

after reboot ==> bootloader

help please.

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and you used e-1.6-s-20221201239247-dev-sake.zip ?

to me it seems you have Android “parity” already with stock on A12 and /e/ S (A12), but stockrom is still farther ahead

not sure about the (is it patchlevel date?) of the e-1.6-s spl, but I’d assume it to be farther ahead but can be wrong so you’d need to wait for a newer /e/ build or reset vbmeta… but never faced this so my knowledge is lacking on this

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No I didn’t use 1.6
I will try
otherwise switch to Lineagesos ?

Which vendor_boot ?

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vendor_boot

I guess one that is a few days before the build timestamp on the /e/ zip… so 20221125 ?

did you go through the other thread you commented at and those 2 gitlab issues ( https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/backlog/-/issues/6138 ) on sake?

I’ve got not sake so I can’t help much

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I tried used e-1.6-s-20221201239247-dev-sake.zip but no succes
same issue

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sad
LineageOS is running e won’t

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vs lineage-19.1-20221202-nightly-sake-signed.zip ?

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yes the latest 20221202 nightly
If I have no solution today or tommorow with e , I will install microg for Lineageos

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… but did you also use the

vendor_boot.img from the directory named with the latest date.

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yes ofcourse always the latest:
20221202/

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I will try tommorow morning again.
I’m now on A12 and LOS

This is the latest vendor_boot I think:
vendor_boot.img
And I will flash e 1.6 recovery and /e/

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You may try to use the oldest vendor_boot.img available, instead of the latest.
Last week I tried with the latest and I had the same error “downgrade, aborting”
But with an older one (2022/11/04 for me I think), I had warnings but I still have the choice to overpass them and start the installation

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I tried the last and penultimate vendor_boot without success
I also tried the vendor from half a year ago (with A11) and boom then it does work /e/ 1.6 is running.
Those were fearful hours again
thanks everyone and especially jacquarg with the solution

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Hey everyone
I’m stuck in the same situation. Latest eOS does not install because it is considered as downgrade. Before trying to install I had upgraded to the latest release of Asus Android 12 Version (WW-31.1010.0411.138).
After several failed attempts to install eOS (e-1.6-s-20221201239247-dev-sake.zip) I’ve tried latest release of LineageOS, which worked fine.
Then reinstalled Asus Android 12 (Version WW-31.1010.0410.61) with Android13-Beta-OptOut-Tool from Asus.
Joyfully retried installation of eOS, as I assumed my Android version is now old enough for eOS not to be considered as downgrade. Was a bit bummed out, when getting the same error message.
Unfortunately the oldest vendor_boot.img is not from Nov 19th, which doesn’t solve the issue.
Any hints? Where can I find an older vendor_boot.img? Is there any other solution?
Any support is appreciated!
Many thanks!
Denis

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I will post my boot.img from a half year ago

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try this link https://t88.myDS.me/drive/d/s/rVTsGYtp2QpY0ZhsnoOLUaf6OWNZBW9E/5H054KzlCzJ7yMVDLVYI5oZyTgWtpkRr-8rXAZOJeDQo

vendor_boot.img from july , its on my server. let me know if you get on my server. (Have a firewall with geolocation…) otherwise I’ll open it up a bit

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Many thanks!
Not working yet, connection is timing out.

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or Dropbox - vendor_boot.img - Simplify your life

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Excellent. Thanks so much. Will try later and revert!

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That worked nicely. Did you also get the message that signature verification failed?
Thanks again for sharing the vendor_boot!