Installing on a Galaxy S8 (SM-G950F): OEM unlock not shown

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Is it recommended to update the stock rom to the latest version before flashing

I think it is because it could bring security updates to closed source éléments of your phone. But don’t do this if it brings you to Android 10.

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How can this (installing everything without booting the old rom) be done

While the phone reboots after the installation of TWRP is done, go directly in recovery mode (be fast

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Is it needed to install the “vendors” or some other .zip before the main system

I don’t think so, everything should be up to date enough with your device.

Here is a HOWTO you can use or look at :

[HOWTO] Install /e/ on a Samsung smartphone with Windows easily

Version française disponible ici. Hi everyone ! I have just installed /e/ on my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy J5 2015 / SM-J500FN / j5nlte) and I would like to offer a better tutorial for Samsung smartphones. Indeed the method currently proposed by /e/ here is really not simple, I didn’t understand what I was doing, and I didn’t succeed in the end. Instead of downloading a lot of complicated stuff, here we will download simple tools, and… without a command line ! I will illustrat…