MNNMTT
September 26, 2024, 10:07pm
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Hello,
Is it possible to upgrade from stable S version to T community version without losing data?
Is it enough to install the version via recovery using apply update?
Sorry for my bad English
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piero
September 26, 2024, 10:15pm
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HI @MNNMTT , welcome to this Forum.
it will depend on your device model…
If you read just the start of this text because it gets cited in the forum: There are screenshots here, please have a look at them before assuming you know what this is about. Thank you!
As they say, every hint has its history . Where were we? Ah, yes …
You are running /e/OS on your device and want to give info about your version to get support, or a simple answer to a question, or anybody else to confirm whether they can observe the same behaviour you observe? Sure …
Your device will …
The official documentation seems not accurate (inherited from previous versions),
since the /e/OS-“T” build generation (like LineageOS 21) are expected to include the updated needed parts of the firmware.
finally the sentence : “your device must be on latest android” (that leads in many case to lose /data by reinstalling full stock software )
now looks not mandatory, at minus on a device already running /e/OS “R” or “S” version.
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@Leon
If you reread attentively their post, none of them ha…
MNNMTT
September 27, 2024, 4:44am
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Phone: Pixel 4a
Version: 1.17-s-20231113351092-dev-sunfishn
mihi
September 27, 2024, 7:28am
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If you never do any backups please be sure to have one. I am also very confident but having a backup is anyway better.
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