[HOWTO] install /e/ on a Samsung device from a GNU/Linux PC successfully

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

this topic is a quite old guide… better is to follow
[HOWTO] an Unified Install Guide Project for /e/

“adb” is not the right tool to install TWRP but “heimdall”
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what is your Samsung Galaxy Tab A model number and / or codename ?
not all are supported…

Retail Branding Marketing Name Device Model
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gt510lte SM-T555
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt510ltechn SM-T555C
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gt510wifi SM-T550
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt510wifi SM-T550X
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt510wifichn SM-T550
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt510wifichn SM-T550X
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt58lte SM-T355
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt58lte SM-T355Y
Samsung Galaxy Tab A S 8.0 gt58ltebmc SM-T357W
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gt58ltechn SM-T355C
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt58ltetmo SM-T357T
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt58wifi SM-T350
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt58wifi SM-T350X
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt58wifichn SM-T350
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt58wifichn SM-T350X
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt5note10lte SM-P555
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gt5note10lte SM-P555M
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt5note10ltechn SM-P555C
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt5note10ltehktw SM-P555Y
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt5note10ltektt SM-P555K
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt5note10ltelgt SM-P555L
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt5note10lteskt SM-P555S
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gt5note10wifi SM-P550
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt5note10wifi SM-P550
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 gt5note10wifichn SM-P550
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt5note8lte SM-P355
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gt5note8lte SM-P355M
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gt5note8ltechn SM-P355C
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt5note8ltechn SM-P355Y
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt5note8wifi SM-P350
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gt5note8wifichn SM-P350
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017) gta2slte SM-T385
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017) gta2slte SM-T385M
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017) gta2sltechn SM-T385C
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017) gta2sltektt SM-T385K
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017) gta2sltelgt SM-T385L
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017) gta2slteskt SM-T385S
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017) gta2swifi SM-T380
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017) gta2swifichn SM-T380C
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2018, 10.5) gta2xllte SM-T595
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2018, 10.5) gta2xllte SM-T597
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2018, 10.5) gta2xlltechn SM-T595C
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (10.5) gta2xlltecs SM-T597W
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2018, 10.5) gta2xlltekx SM-T595N
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (10.5") gta2xlltespr SM-T597P
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (10.5") gta2xlltevzw SM-T597V
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2018, 10.5) gta2xlwifi SM-T590
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2018, 10.5) gta2xlwifichn SM-T590
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gta3xl SM-T515
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gta3xl SM-T515N
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gta3xl SM-T517
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gta3xl SM-T517P
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gta3xlwifi SM-T510
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (8.4", 2020) gta4s SM-T307U
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen gtanotexllte SM-P585
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen gtanotexllte SM-P585M
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen gtanotexllte SM-P585Y
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen gtanotexllte SM-P587
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen gtanotexlltechn SM-P588C
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen gtanotexlltekx SM-P585N0
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen gtanotexlwifichn SM-P583
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen gtanotexlwifikx SM-P580
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8 gtaslitelteatt SM-T387AA
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gtasliteltecs SM-T387W
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8 gtasliteltespr SM-T387P
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8 gtasliteltetmo SM-T387T
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gtaslitelteusc SM-T387R4
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 gtasliteltevzw SM-T387V
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) gtaxllte SM-T585
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 gtaxllte SM-T585M
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 gtaxllte SM-T587
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) gtaxlltechn SM-T585C
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) gtaxlltekx SM-T585N0
Samsung Galaxy Tab A gtaxlqltespr SM-T587P
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) gtaxlwifi SM-T580
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 gtaxlwifi SM-T580X
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) gtaxlwifichn SM-T580
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 gtaxlwifichn SM-T580X
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 gtexslte SM-T285
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 gtexslte SM-T285M
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 gtexslte SM-T287
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 gtexslteswa SM-T285YD
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 gtexswifi SM-T280
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (8.0", 2019) gto SM-T295
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (8.0",2019) gto SM-T295
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (8.0", 2019) gto SM-T295C
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (8.0", 2019) gto SM-T295N
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (8.0", 2019) gto SM-T297
Samsung Galaxy Tab A (8.0", 2019) gtowifi SM-T290
Samsung Galaxy Tab A Kids Edition gtowifi SM-T290
Samsung Galaxy Tab A with S Pen wisdom SM-P205
Samsung Galaxy Tab A with S Pen wisdomwifi SM-P200
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there is no way to prevent auto-reboot, so … prepare your fingers…

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Thank you for the response.

As far as using ADB, I was just following the instructions on the website for linux users, and those instructions did work correctly on my Samsung Galaxy S2 tablet without any problem.

This other tablet is a Samsung SM-T580 tablet. I followed the same procedure, but on this tablet after the step of loading TWRP, the tablet began bootlooping until I pulled the back cover off and unplugged the battery.

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So device is “gtaxlwifi”

extract the recovery.img that is included into the .ZIP

heimdall flash --RECOVERY recovery.img --no-reboot

then boot into recovery,
factory-reset,
and

adb sideload e-3.3-t-20251215-UNOFFICIAL-gtaxlwifi.zip
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Again, thank you so much for all of your contributions to the eOS community and a special thanks for supporting the linux community!!!

I gave you the wrong informaiton, my tablet is an SM-P580 not a SM-T580. My mistake!!

I downloaded the correct file from your list here…

specifically this file –> Download e-3.3-t-20251215-UNOFFICIAL-gtanotexlwifi.zip (eOSBuildsRonnz98)

I extracted the “recovery.img” file and followed your instructions for using Heimdall, and rebooted into the “e recovery mode” successfully.

I formatted all of the partitions and enabled adb.

On my computer, when I types “adb devices” my tablet shows up as some long string of digits, and shows something like “52033… recovery”

Typing this command gives me an error–>

adb sideload e-3.3-t-20251215-UNOFFICIAL-gtanotexlwifi.zip

adb: sideload connection failed: closed
adb: trying pre-KitKat sideload method…
adb: pre-KitKat sideload connection failed: closed

I tried several times to reboot into “e Recovery” mode and I get the same adb error message each time.

Next, I tried loading the “e-3.3-t-20251215-UNOFFICIAL-gtanotexlwifi.zip” file onto a microsd card and used the “e Recovery”, “Apply Update”, “Choose from disk”, “e-3.3-t-20251215-UNOFFICIAL-gtanotexlwifi.zip”.

I get this error message…

ERROR: recovery: signature length doesn’t match EOCD marker

ERROR: recovery: Signature verification failed

ERROR: recovery: error: 21

I selected from the menu to “Install anyway”, then the screen goes blank for a moment, and then displays more error messages…

ERROR: cutils: Failed to chown(/storage/0000-0000, 0, 0): Operation not permitted

ERROR: recovery: public:179_33 failed to create mount points: Operation not permitted

ERROR: ProcessKiller: Process /system/bin/recovery (2398) has open file /storage/0000-0000/e-3.3-t-20251215-UNOFFICIAL-gtanotexlwifi.zip

Rebooting starts a boot loop until I reenter “e Recovery” mode using the power+volume up+home buttons.

Any thoughts?

ALSO, one last note, the list you shared shows that the SM-P580 is a “gtanotexlwifikx” but I downloaded the file ending in “gtanotexlwifi”, with no “kx” in the file name. Would that make a difference?

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(I have no access to my computer these days, only mobile, so less screens, less openned windows, less tabs, less bookmarks)

What is the output for

adb shell getprop ro.product.device

adb shell getprop ro.bootloader

Also, did you reflashed a recovery.img related to your device codename ?
For sure you already have enabled “USB debugging” in developper option, so re-enable ADB in recovery may be contra-productive

See also this post in case, it talk about signature mismatch and also provide TWRP…
Post in thread ‘LineageOS 19.1(+) for SM-T580 (gtaxlwifi), SM-T585 (gtaxllte), SM-P580 (gtanotexlwifi), and SM-P585* (gtanotexllte)’ https://xdaforums.com/t/lineageos-19-1-for-sm-t580-gtaxlwifi-sm-t585-gtaxllte-sm-p580-gtanotexlwifi-and-sm-p585-gtanotexllte.4432957/post-89998855

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Happy New Year!!

Super thanks for all of your help and suggestions.

Command responses:

adb shell getprop ro.product.device
gtanotexlwifikx

adb shell getprop ro.bootloader
P580UEU1CRK2

I tried using ADB both with and without enabling it in the eRecovery on the tablet, with the same error messages.

adb: sideload connection failed: closed
adb: trying pre-KitKat sideload method…
adb: pre-KitKat sideload connection failed: closed

Some additional questions, if you have the time…

  1. Can I use the eRecovery version 3.3 (20251215) to install a different version of android that is NOT the same version of eOS 3.3? In other words, I downloaded the Lineage builds from the link you provided, should the eOS eRecovery version 3.3 allow me to install a Lineage build, or is that a bad idea to install mismatch versions and build types?
  2. Do you think perhaps that the TWRP 3.7 recovery provided in your link above might work better than the eOS 3.3 eRecovery? Am I right to presume that I could replace the “recovery.img” in your process instructions above with a “twrp-3.7….img”? Thus replacing the eRecovery 3.3 with a TWRP recovery? I noticed also that the link you provided had both the TWRP img version and an Odin tar version for each build. Is either way preferred of the other?
  3. Do you think that I might need a “signing migration build” from the link you provided? Is that what you wanted me to read about in that link?

BTW, that tablet will no longer boot into stock android, so I cannot check to see what settings are still in place in the Developer options. It goes into a boot loop, but eRecovery mode and bootloader mode still work fine, which allowed me to install the “recovery.img” which I am now using.

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AWESOME!! I got it working!!

I decided to try your recovery.img install method but used the TWRP version provided in the link from the lineage forum.

I followed your new instruction for Samsung devices, and got TWRP recovery installed in place of the eRecovery and followed your new instructions to intall using the adb method using this command below…’

“adb sideload e-3.3-t-20251215-UNOFFICIAL-gtanotexlwifi.zip”

eOS started up and loaded just fine, YAY!!! Happy NEW YEAR!!

I could not have done this without your kind help and patience!!!

One odd note…after the adb install of the eOS zip package, I selected to reboot per your new instructions, and the TWRP screen said that “no operating system was installed”, even though I had just installed it completely to 100%. Both the computer adb command line and the tablet screen showed that the zip package was 100%.

That made me super nervous when it said there was no operating system and that I had done something wrong, but rebooted anyway. eOS came up just fine, with no problems!!

Beautiful!!

Thank you so much!

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