Yeah @luka,
the S9 ‘starlte’ /e/ documentation leaves a lot to be desired.Among other things, it only talks about »custom recovery - you can download TWRP«
Not a single syllable is mentioned about eRecovery, although a separate eRecocery version irecovery-e-0.13-q-20210120 s provided for the current /e/ OS ‘Q’ build e-0.13-q-20210120
The same applies to eRecovery for the Galaxy S9+ star2lte Does eRecovery not deserve to be mentioned? This is incomprehensible to me!
Hi @Luka As I recall, another user had an issue with twrp-3.5.0_9-1 on this device. I installed twrp-3.5.0_9-0 and then /e/OS Q without incident on my S9. Maybe it’s just beginner’s luck in my case, but I thought I would pass that along in case it helps you.
Marc
Thanks Marc! I just re -ran heimdale to push
recovery-e-0.13-q-2021012097133-dev-starlte.img instead i want to see what thats like.
So waiting for it to complete, it takes a long time been sitting here for about 45 minutes maybe…
During summer and automn 2020, there were success stories installing /e/oreo stable build on top of Samsung android Q with the easy installer
I would like to read them, please. You must have 1, 2 or 3 links, don’t you?
Hi,
I’m new here since today.
A few days ago I installed /e/ with the easy installer on my S9 which was running on the latest Android 10 provided by Samsung.
Installation went OK, but much to my surprise /e/ is still running on Android 8…
If I understand well there is a Android 10 package of /e/, which should be applied manually?
Yes the dev branch Q build has to be installed manually
When the stable branch Oreo build is for now installed on the phone solded by e.shop, or could be installed by the easy installer
The subsequent addition of “I was also very surprised of that” dampens the “success stories” somewhat.
The original post:
Wow,
I’m not really impressed with these so-called success stories. They leave me with a number of questions
They only talk about Android 10 and Android Oreo in general, without specific version information.
I maintain: a downgrade from stock Android 10-Q to stock to Android 8-Oero is generally not allowed by Samsung. A downgrade from Stock Android 10-Q to Stock to Android 9-Pie, in order to then install /e/ OS Oreo 8.1.2, is only possible under very few selected Android constellations. Otherwise, the so-called roll-back lock applies.
@piero, please name the stock Android 10 Q versions that can be downgraded to which lower stock Android versions.
I can’t, i just can say that at least two users claim they have bought and received a Samsung S9 or S9+ running stock android 10 ( one said I do all the updates proposed by Samsung )
And then use successfully the easy installer,
Haven’t you try it @SuzieQ ?
I (@piero), don’t have device yet compatible with the easy installer (only Galaxy s4mini, s4, s5mini, s5, Tab2, … and … iPhone 5s)
Yes, that is what I feared.
Of course! I speak from practical experience. Grey theory is not my cup of tea.
These devices received a stock Android up to a maximum of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This is another Android world with far fewer restrictions on the part of Google and Samsung. And the Galaxy S 9 / S9+ differs significantly from its predecessors S8 / S8+ and S7 / S7 Edge anyway.
For the user side the process is the same :
1/ Downloading the files
2/ Installing the tools on the computer
3/ Update the smartphone to the latest Samsung firmware
4/ Flashing a custom recovery
5/ Installing the /e/ build
@SuzieQ, Have you read @JeanGui ´s post ?
Model SM G965F
Version de base G965FXXUAETG3
Samfrew says that is a 7 june 2020 firmware
Since I don’t speak French, I used the translator DeepL and overlooked the firmware designation. All the more fortunate that you point it out.
The Android 10 ‘version G965FXXUAETG3’ cannot even be downgraded to the previous version G965FXXU9ETF5 according to Samsung statutes - to protect the user from conflicts with the previous version, according to Samsung. The Samsung bootloader roll-back lock already takes effect here.
The descriptions of ‘JeanGui’ are incomprehensible to me and cannot be verified. You were surprised, I find that suspicious.
It was me that flashed an Android 10 Samsung Galaxy 9 (starlte) with the easy installer back to Oreo. I believe I have that setup (files of installer and ROM) still on my computer. Will try to reproduce this and report back the exact details … it makes me curious also.
PS: @SuzieQ … really appreciate your participance on this forum. Always very clear explanations and polite. Also appreciate your critical view on several subjects. I have the feeling you are on the edge of leaving the forum, but hope you will stay. Keep it up!
Hello @pinibo, thank you for your feedback. I am also curious about the result of your investigation.
Technically, what you’ve described should not work. I’ve worked on two handfuls of S9 / S9+ and have been shown the limits that Google on the one hand with Stock Android and Samsung on the other hand with its security philosophy impose on users. See you soon.
So I’m really confused by reading all of this and other threads.
I started with a S9 with the latest software until January’s security updates, used the Easy installer to install /e/ and ended up with /e/ Android 8.1…
But what confuses me is that to upgrade to /e/'s Android 10 Q I first have to flash Samsung’s stock ROM to go back to where I was before and after that install the /e/ dev build that contains Android 10 manually??
Just flashed my starlte device again.
I have made some pictures during installation, but no strange messages during install at all. It went back smooth to Oreo.
Okay, I note: from Samsung stock firmware (Android 10) and Havoc OS 3.12 - Android 10 via /e/asy installer to /e/OS 'O’reo 8.1.2) 0.14-0-20210129 has worked for you. In this respect I can consider this as a successful installation process. However, in my eyes it is not progress to switch down from Android 10 to Android 8.1.2, even if the Oreo 8.1.2 version is /e/ OS. Progress and improvement to me means an OS change from stock Android 10 to /e/ OS ‘Q’ Android 10.
That an installation via /e/asy installer to the current /e/OS ‘Q’ e-0.13-q-202101 does not currently work is also confirmed by the official /e/Support:
So the only option left at the moment is to do this manually.
I have connected my S9 with /e/ OS ‘Q’ Android 10 to the /e/asy Installer v0.11.2-beta for testing. It detected the ‘starlte’ and downloaded the files e-latest-starlte.zip and e-latest-starlte.zip.sha256sum. Then it did not go any further. The button “Continue” remained roughened and could not be used actively.The /e/asy installer does not cope with this constellation.
Furthermore I tried a Stock Android downgrade from Android 10 to 9.0:
from_ G960FXXSBETH2 = Android 10 2020-08-19 August 2020 Security Update
to___ G960FXXU7CSJ1 = Android 9-pie 2019-10-01 October 2019 Update
This process fails with the message on the S9 display:
SW REV. CHECK FAIL (BOOTLOADER) DEVICE: 11. BINARY: 7
@pinibo, are you still using your S9 with /e/ OS 'O’reo 8.1.2 or will upgrade to /e/ OS ‘Q’ Android 10?
