Looking at the document for installing /e/ OS on gta4xlwifi, at the bottom of the page under the troubleshooting tips, I can read the following:
TWRP
Errors while running TWRP version 3.4.x.x or above - Try downloading and using a previous TWRP version… below 3.4.x.x
In TWRP if this error shows up failed to mount /preload - Try in TWRP wipe screen in advanced menu select preload and swipe to wipe
/cache/recovery/xxx -> no such file or directory error while flashing a ROM - On PC run adb shell in the console now create a folder called recovery for e.g. here the devicecode name is violet “violet :/cache# mkdir recovery”
So having read the installation document, I would need to install Heimdall in order to flash /e/ Recovery to the device.
I’ve got Heimdall in the repository of the Linux distribution that I use. Can I just install that or do I need to follow the installation guide for Heimdall as per the install doc?
Also, would it be possible to use Odin as well on a Windows system to install /e/ Recovery?
I was fine with Heimdall 1.4.1 from Debian Buster on my old Samsung. Bullseye has 1.4.2. You can check out the source and version history here: Tags · Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall · GitHub.
I guess it would be relatively safe, if an older version could not communicate with a very new device you should learn that before you could do any harm.
I do not use Windows. I cannot comment on Odin, my first reaction would be can you get /e/ Recovery in a suitable format to use with Odin?
The version from my Linux (Arch, btw ) is 1.4.2-6.
I can see for the Github page that the latest release (1.4.2) is from 2017.
I do hope that it will work with this device. If not I really don’t think I would need a tablet with a regular Android system.
Good question! I really wouldn’t know. The first and last time I used Odin in Windows was to flash TWRP to a Samsung Galaxy phone. I installed /e/ later using TWRP.
Since I had audio issues with the latest /e/ version [e-0.18-r-20211017141319-dev-gta4xlwifi.zip] I build the latest /e/ version. Instructions are found here: https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/build-e
Section 6 Start Build has a link to v0.20-r version
I could successfully build a v0.20-r version and using a currenty recovery image from lineage OS for gta4xlwifi
and the image not available for dowload. However there is a link to the source code but I am not sure I am up to the task to build it from source, partly being afraid that if something goes wrong I might be looking at a broken device.
I’ll be getting the device within a couple of hours. I will be trying to follow the instruction for installation of /e/. I just wonder if there are things I should be aware of and take care of before flashing the recovery and OS images.
Something I was thinking about is that if it is possible to backup the stock ROM if I need to re-flash the tablet back to the stock.
I’ll appreciate any and all of your suggestions and advice. Thanks in advance!
Thanks @aibd, great info!
I’ll make sure to go through it before attempting to install.
I tend to be a bit impatient and throw myself head first in these kind of stuff but I have to put a brake on myself. I can’t afford to be sitting there with a bricked device
Sorry, I’m not sure I can provide much guidance here! I did not get a hit on a quick search earlier!
All my hands on experience is on older devices!
Sometimes ROMs are not easily available for devices still “new”. I can only encourage “keep searching”! Perhaps even with Samsung support.
Thanks! I’ll look into it.
I had a look earlier at the others as well but I couldn’t see anything related to this model.
I’ll look again.
If I don’t find any more up-to-date firmware, would it be possible to use the one from Sfirmware which is several months old now in casee I want to revert to stock rom?
And by the way, when I go to download the recovery and /e/OS images I get:
Strange, because I could go to those pages before.
My problebm seems to be that I don’t have access to the images at the moment : (
The bootloader is already unlocked. Tried heimdall print-pit and the device rebooted so I guess heimdall is working fine.
At any rate, I’ll be doing this tomorrow when I am hopefully a bit more alert.
I use /e/ on my Galaxy S8 since several months now and I am very happy with it.
I really would like to have a tablet as well with /e/. At the same time, I see on Lineage side that there are nightly builds for this model. Are they more up-to-date or does /e/ as well follow their nightly releases?
) is 1.4.2-6.
