Hello @jswin, Welcome to the /e/ users forum.
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according to Install /e/OS on a Razer Edge 5G - “nicole”
you need to flash the boot.img and dtbo.img files,
the files are expected to be included into a recovery-IMG-e-4.2-a16-20260815662914-community-nicole.zip
Unfortunately they are missing from the provided files in /e/OS community nicole download
BUT Hopefully, they also are deeply included into the main e-4.2-a16-20260815662914-community-nicole.zip
as a workaround, you will have to extract them from the payload.bin
Extracting
boot.imganddtbo.imgfrom the payload-based OTA file.
- Create a temporary foder,
- download the /e/OS build you want to install,
- do not extract it, but put it into the folder you have just created.
- download payload-dumper-go from Releases · ssut/payload-dumper-go · GitHub,
- extract it and put it into the folder you have just created.
use the right clic to open a terminal from this folder and run :
./payload-dumper-go -p boot,dtbo e-4.2-a16-20260815662914-community-nicole.zipyou will find them in a subfolder called like
extracted_20260825_000141.
[Walkthrough] Extract eRecovery and boot images using payload-dumper-go
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then follow the documentation with the device in bootloader / fastboot mode :
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot flash vendor_boot recovery-e-4.2-a16-20260815662914-community-nicole.img
- Manually reboot into recovery mode
- With the device powered off
- press Volume Down while plugging it into a PC,
- then select “Recovery mode” using Volume keys and press Power.
