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)
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.
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
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??
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.
I just upgraded now to Android 10 (0.13-2021012097133).
First I downloaded the latest firmware from Samsung ( G960FXXSEFUA1) and flashed it via Heimdall (I have a Linux machine).
Then I flashed the latest TWRP ( [twrp-3.5.0_9-1) also via Heimdall. From there I was able to flash the mentioned Android 10.
I can try later today to flash from the current configuration via EasyInstaller back to Oreo … but I guess I will get the same result as you have just described.
I was fully aware that my /e/asy installer attempt is not practical, because who would want to downgrade from the much anticipated /e/ OS ‘Q’ to 'O’reo.
I just wanted to learn how the /e/asy installer behaves. But why the /e/asy installer first downloads two files in the volume of about 700 MB and then stops silently instead of terminating the process with a hint, I will probably never know.
Well Hi Piero, I see that you’re french and really effective with Samsung and e/os. I’m french too, not really big boss with all of this but I try to install e/os on my S9, evrything goes well but when it reboot, it’s android 10 which start !! I’ve tried many times and it’s always the same…
My phone is a SM-G960F, Android 10, n°version QP1A…, install with the easy installer v0.17… I saw that you usually need precises informations to resolve problem so don’t hesitate to ask me what you need to help me if you can.
I really know nothong for the moment about manual install or other kind of pleasure but I can learn !
Roro.
ok thanx a lot, I’m with windows 10.
I’ve tried but in vain, I’ve never seen the magic “blue line” :)), I gonna try again soon and I’ll tell you
verification :
when download mode, I unplug USB from my phone ?? then I force power off with vol- / power, and imediatly when black screen I hold vol+/bixby/power and stopped as soon as I see the blue line ?
but I’ve never seen this magic blue line yet ! …
another verif : at “unlock OEM” step, I have to active or desactive unlock OEM ?? if desactive phone restart to reinstall and if active nothing happening…