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Temporarily Booting a custom recovery using
- Manually reboot into recovery mode
With the device powered off
To shutdown, long press power off and Volume Up, phone vibrate 1 then 3 times.
Installing /e/ from recovery
- In TWRP return to main menu, then tap
Wipe
But in the first part, we install /e/ Recovery, not TWRP.
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is there any updated guide that I can use? I am having problems finishing my installation
I run: adb sideload ../e-1.3-r-20220824212931-dev-akari.zip
Then I assume it is finished when it get to step 2/2 and I can navigate the menu again.
When I restart, I get to the screen telling me that it has problem loading the system
Hi,
I just bought a Xperia XZ2 (H8216) and opened the “install /e/OS” guide.
It says my phone must be on Android 10 before installing /e/OS. But my phone is on Android 9, and when I refresh the system updates menu, it says my phone is up-to-date.
So my question is: is it really necessary to have Android 10 before installing /e/OS?
Thanks in advance!
I have the same problem. impossible to install anything. I feel like I’ve been fooled by the device list. If a device is impossible to install don’t let it in the list. Nobody answered the previous question. Please.
Sorry for the late answer. I also did not get replies to my Sony phone queries.
You can easily flash another firmware on Sony phones… plenty of tutorials for that. Just search for xperifirm tool ( https://xperifirmtool.com/ ) I have a newer version (5.7.0) than on the site but I don’t think it’s that important.
I recently (2-3 weeks ago) was in the same situation for a XZ2 ; the phone bought was with an italian firmware (I was not expecting that) with Android 9.
It might be possible (never tried) to flash /E/ OS on top of Android 9 but I don’t think they have the time to test on many firmware versions so I think that is why they request that the phone to be on the latest firmware.
So it is not complicated to flash firmware on Sony phones; if you need help with that please let me know.
Can confirm this still exists, the guide is slightly confusing in this regard.
I’ve gotten that far that I managed to install the E Recovery, and the additional Partition copying update, I’ve also done a factory reset, and now the only question is if I can continue with the install. Do I need to install TWRP and do a wipe with that? Is the Factory Reset option in E Recovery an equivalent action?
I haven’t installed TWRP. I only used /e/OS Recovery. But how exactly, I don’t remember 
sorry.
I took the plunge in the end, and said “it’ll be fine” and turns out it was 
Factory resetting with the E Recovery and then pushing the OS image turned out to be perfectly enough for an install. Installed, turned on, and is running at the moment without issues or hiccups.
I’ve seen that the Safetynet Check on akari is not yet known in the wiki, so I tested, and it turns out it passes!
Do you guys need any other info for updating the wiki? Does this need more… examples of akaris passing?
Edit: I should also mention I installed the “e-2.3-t-20240819427106-dev-akari” version, with the associated recovery image, so I can only speak for that specific version
Thanks. Will have the wiki updated.