Instructions for installing eOS on Samsung Galaxy S7

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#1

Hello everyone!

I am planning to install eOS on a Samsung Galaxy S7. I have been checking for instructions on how to do this and found this one: Install /e/ on a Samsung Galaxy S7 - “herolte”. This isntruction tells me to install Heimdall. I am using Windows 10. In the instructions for installing Heimdall I am told that “At the moment, the Windows build is not available. Please build it by yourself following our documentation.” However, I have not really an ideo of how to do this.

I also found this other instruction here, dating from April 2019: [HOWTO] Install /e/ on a Samsung smartphone with Windows easily. As I am pretty new to the field, and given that the mentioned instruction refers to a Galaxy J5, I wanted to ask people with more experience than me, whether this is a recommandable way to install eOS on the Galaxy S7. Or are there eventually other instructions someone would recommend?

Thanks in advance!

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#2

On Windows you can use Odin instead of Heimdall.

#3

Thank you, Russ. In fact, the installation guide I mentioned above, [HOWTO] Install /e/ on a Samsung smartphone with Windows easily, uses Odin. So should I stick to the this installation guide and do everything as explainded there? (While using the /e/ ROM for Samsung Galaxy S7, of course.)

#4

Heimdall is the reverse-engineered version of Odin, which is released for Windows only. (Edited, got names mixed up)

For s Galaxy S7 you can use the Easy Installer. It’ll do most if the work for you. Don’t forget to install the drivers.

#5

The easy Installer includes drivers, But have problem in the moment, and when working, only could install stable Oreo for the s7, not Pie, not Q as the manual method can

Even using Windows, you can find more informations reading the Linux guide ( most steps are common )

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

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

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#6

Hello everyone,

quite some time has passed since the last time. As I didn’t install eOS on my Samsung S7 back then, I am considering to (finally) do it now in order to give the phone to a friend.

Are there any relevant news to the topic? Does the Easy Installer work without problems for the S7 and is it able to install Q by now? Would you recommend to still use Odin?

Thanks a lot in advance!