I updated my OnePlus 8T to Android 13 (the latest update), and installed e-1.8.1-s-20230203257074-dev-kebab.zip
After the phone rebooted to e, it displays the “Start” screen, but any taps or swipes to the screen go undetected. The buttons work for volume and the power button displaying the “Emergency, Shutdown, Restart” screen, although I am not able to change from the default selection. The only way I can shut down the phone is to hold Volume Up + Power.
When following the install instructions, the only difference was that my phone never displayed a success message. It showed performing step 1 of 2, then 2 of 2. The CLI showed “Total xfer: 1.00x”
You may have to run the install again if the install did not complete. But first, maybe only First boot failed.
In this case it is worth ensuring the device will charge, then fully charge it. Now boot into Recovery, and select Factory reset. This will allow the device to attempt another First boot.
(If you should have to run the install again, please ensure the device is fully charged.)
I plugged my phone back in, and the battery is full, as I didn’t want any chance of it quitting during a flash install.
I booted to the Recovery screen, and followed the steps for a factory reset again. I continued with the install steps and got the same feedback from the UI.
After using “adb sideload e-1.8.1-s-20230203257074-dev-kebab.zip”, the command line displayed:
Total xfer: 1.00x
The phone displays:
Supported API: 3
Finding update package…
Verifying update package…
Update package verification took 49.7 s (result 0).
Installing update…
Step1/2
Step2/2
I left the phone on that screen to see if there are unseen installation steps going on in the background. After a half hour I rebooted from Recovery mode. The eOS started, but once the screen with the blue Start button displayed, the screen still does not respond to touch.
I wonder if it is worth checking that you are on latest platform-tools. I use Debian 11; I prefer not to use system platform-tools but to use a download of latest platform tools.
I do however install platform-tools common as this easily sets up plugdev and udev for me.
Apologies if you already said you were on Windows and I missed it
I won’t confuse you with a general guide – please be sure to read thoroughly more than one guide so that you fully understand the workflow. There may be some threads on the forum covering the subject for another insight.
Your problem may be caused by the fact that your dtbo (and vbmeta) partitions were still on Android 13 (more precisely on LineageOS 20.0) when you installed /e/OS, at least if you followed the /e/OS installation instructions precisely. You should deviate a little and take the images to flash into these 2 partitions from your downloaded e-1.8.1-s-20230203257074-dev-kebab.zip. To extract them use a tool like payload-dumper-go (which you can download from here: Release 1.2.2 · ssut/payload-dumper-go · GitHub).
Good luck!
While reviewing the install instructions, I realized there might be another issue.
“Warning: Make sure that you can send and receive SMS and place and receive calls (also via WiFi and LTE, if available), otherwise it will not work on /e/OS as well. Additionally, some devices require that VoLTE/VoWiFi be utilized once on stock to provision IMS.”
I don’t have a sim card, or service provider, for this phone. I do have it connected to wifi, but there is no way to send/receive calls/SMS. Would it be advised to roll back the OS, install a sim card, and connect to a cell provider before continuing?
I just want to update this thread. I ran into a similar issue and realized I made the version mismatch mistake as the OP. That being said, I tried to install today as the A13 is out now and still ran into this issue.
