Switching to different build via local update with /e/OS updater

[AnotherElk]

@pquesinb

I’d like to switch from the “community” version to the “official” version, preferably without having to re-unlock the bootloader, etc. It seems that this should be possible via the built-in updater, since it provides a local update option where you can select an update file to use. Is this a reasonable expectation?

No, it isn’t.
Switching the build type was always a new install. User data will not be kept. You can try to use the updater, it may do the install (I don’t know), but if so, it should force a factory reset upon first boot of the changed build type.

@pquesinb

I seem to recall there being 3 different builds: dev, community and official. Community was what I flashed but I do seem to recall some overlap with community and dev, but I just can’t remember the details so take my claims with a grain of light salt…

dev was simply renamed to community.
stable was simply renamed to official.
Details … Different Build Types

@mihi

It is not much if I am correct, one more thing is ‘Rooted debugging’ which can be activated on community I thought.

This difference should be gone since Android 12 (S) …

@GaelDuval

This won’t be an issue anymore for all /e/OS builds starting from A12 (S) and above