I am glad to be part of the / e / community.
I installed my first / e / OS on a Motorola G7 Plus few days ago.
That was something new to me. It took me a lot of time to understand how it works.
After a lot of research I did it.
So I followed the process available for the G7 Plus from / e / documentation.
I enabled USB Debugging and OEM Unlock and unlocked the bootloader.
Here is what I have done :
For temporarily booting on a custom recovery using fastboot :
I tried “twrp-3.5.2_9-0-lake.img” but it did not work so I used “twrp-3.4.0-0-lake.img”
Then I installed : twrp-installer-3.5.2_9-0-lake.zip
Followed by : adb sideload copy-partitions-20200903_1329.zip
and : adb sideload e-0.17-q-20210529117214-dev-lake.zip
I was stressed and finally the phone started on / e /
Here are my troubles :
The following message appear when I try to open some apps : “android.process.media keeps stopping”
Impossible to connect to a Wifi : “Failed to save connection”
No gallery app available
Is it normal, I still have some Google App on the phone : Voice Search, Google Play, Google Play Store, Google ?
Was it a mistake to use a different “twrp installer” version compared to the “twrp.img”?
I have to precise that the phone has never been used so no update of the phone before installing / e /
Should I restart everything and use the first version of / e / and then applied the newest version directly on the phone?
Hi @SkyWeb, welcome. Yes, this is the mistake. You want to flash the twrp_recovery.img NOT .zip. This flash is used temporarily to sideload the copy-partitions.zip and then finally the /e/OS.zip . The final /e/OS.zip writes over the original twrp_recovery.img with a permanent /e/_recovery file which you can verify after you reboot the system at the last step.
@newts anything you would add as you just completed this?
I will check the actual versions I used when I get home later. It was this step where I was hung up originally trying the /e/ recovery tool. After the tips above I went with twrp instead and the sideload of the partitions hack and the final /e/ image went smoothly.
I also had a problem that I think I solved then where it was really flaky until I switched USB cables from the USB port on the laptop to the one on the dock (Lenovo).
After reviewing the installation directions I am near positive that I used the temporary recover file labeled twrp-3.5.2_9-0-lake.img 2021-04-05 on TeamWin’s site. Of course I can’t verify this now because when /e/ was flashed the /e/Recovery was part of the flash wiping away the temporary TWRP flash (picture below ). Sorry I can’t remember 100% but I believe once you go through it again with @piero 's and @newts ’ direction you will have success. If not let us know and we will help guide further.
I am sorry I didn’t keep good notes but I do have a Bash history. Here is what worked for me at the end (much previous failure redacted). It looks like I had slightly older version of twrp? probably doesn’t matter.
Once again thank you for the time you take to help me.
I came back home yesterday night, I turned on my computer and looked at our discussion. @piero : Yes the first time I did format/ data and typed yes but I do not remind my if eventually I forgot to wipe something.
So I tried what @egx470 recommend, not install “twrp.zip”
And finally, everything went faster.
/e/ is perfectly installed, no more Google app on the phone and I am able to use the wifi.
And thank you to newts, it is clearly easier to read all the command as I am not used to.
It a pleasure to see a reactive community !
Thank you
This looks to me like you flashed the /e/ ROM over the stock firmware, without formatting the data partition. So you still have some software from the stock ROM which won’t work with the /e/ ROM
@SkyWeb glad you got it squared away. I find the G7+ to be an excellent “bang for the buck”. I picked mine up for $120USD (new) and in my opinion it is worth much more. Enjoy!
Your are right, initially I planed to take a refurbish Samsung S7. But I found this new G7+ on sale around 124€ (146$). I looked at /e/ website and found that it was possible to use it.
I my mind it was: "Hey, it’s cool, let’s try!
No regrets
. Be sure you wipe all those partitions or data from your previous ROM will still be there. 
