Hung installation on Samsung S9+

Hi @gspencer welcome to the /e/ forum.

I suggest looking for the Easy Installer log on your PC and perhaps sharing it here. Details here Howto troubleshoot issues with the easy-installer.

It can happen that a brand new Samsung has a locked bootloader for 7 to 14 days, released remotely by Samsung after a period of “normal” use using SIM card and wifi. This is revealed by looking at your Download mode screen and looking for the word prenormal, top left hand side; more info on this here. Know your hardware - Samsung. There should have been notice of this in the packaging of a new phone.

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