Hi,
I have an S7 with preloaded /e/.
I received an update notification : eel 0.7-2019081620422.
Should I download and install it? I saw that it is better to be careful with updates.
In general, should I update when notified (I use only /e/ appstore)
Cheers!
V
Updating is safe and for me really safe : I use e pie unofficial on OnePlus 5 for a month and the OS is getting better each time I upgrade.
Just a little thing, I use hgLauncher instead of Bliss for the home app ; I like things simple and fonctionnal.
I seen there is a new update this morning, that wants to use the installer and reboot. Will this new update wipe all my data with a fresh new install or will or will I have to backup my data and restore after this new update?
My nexus 5 got briced once when updating, about three months ago. I dirty flashed an old update package, the phone came back to life but all the settings, customizations, wallpaper, even the installed apps have returned to the state of the previous month’s. It’s just like my phone had gone through a time travel, except the data stored in my phone, newly installed apps disappeared, and unistalled ones reappeared. Quite a fantastic experience , though I didn’t tell anyone at that time since common people don’t like hear your “phone-tinkering” stories.
BTW every time /e/ updates it reinstalls all the shipped apps, which is quite annoying since I prefer some apps to the default ones, I unistall the default QKSMS, Mail, Opentasks and replace them with silence, librem mail and tasks (astrid fork) every time I update /e/… Man I hope there’s a solution for this.
Librem Mail
Silence Encrypted SMS/MMS
Simple Calendar Pro
Simple Contacts Pro
Tasks - Fork of Astrid Tasks & To-Do List
(Simple) Flashlight - Do not get lost in the dark
After one, two, three /e/ OTA updates, everything stays as I set it up. All preinstalled /e/ apps that I’ve uninstalled are not automatically restored. They stay gone and the apps installed via f-droid are preserved. It’s on my device as it should be…
I’m in the same situation as kaiox and don’t dare installing an update manually - is there a chance /e/ will update a stable version automatically (OTA) in the near future? Thanks for help!
Hello @bauduen, the S7 currently still runs with /e/ OS 7-nougart. Since there are no official Android security leases since last year, the /e/OS Build Team has to do a lot of work to generate security leases from higher Android versions (8.x / 9). So it may still take some time.
However, there is a little bit of hope: /e/ OS 8-Oreo has been tested for the S7 / S7 Edge for two months. Improvement is coming in small steps …