Hi, I have got my hands on this device. After clicking on the Lineage OS Wiki link above and going through the instructions, I eventually get to this page. At number three, I am told to
The link leads to a page saying This device does not exist. In the menu on the left the device is not listed. I guess this is because Lineage OS no longer support the device.
Can anyone provide me with a link to the vbmeta.img file?
Or send me a copy somehow?
Thanks @piero. Sorry if it is a silly question, but does it matter that the ROM in the forum is Android 13 and the one I want to install is U, android 14?
Thanks @ronnz98. I guess I just need the vbmeta file from that list.
I will try the newest one, from August this year, or should I try the one from @pieroās list?
Hi again,
I have been struggling somewhat.
The instructions posted above need a specific version of Odin that is linked. I am on Linux, so tried with Heimdall. I could not make this work. I have spent the last week or so trying to get Galaxy Flasher along with its dependencies installed. Galaxy flasher is using Odin 4. I seem to have got that done but now I am stuck again.
On page 3/8 from the instructions from @ronnz98 everything works until steps 13 and 14:
13 Click āStartā. A transfer bar will appear on the device showing the VBMeta image being flashed.
No transfer bar appears on the device. On the computer it either says ābuilding binariesā or āinitialising connectionā before saying flash successful.
Nothing has changed on my device screen.
14 Your device will reboot, you may now unplug the USB cable from your device.
No reboot takes place.
I thought about going further anyway, but the next page (5/8) talks about building a Lineage OS recovery. I am not sure that this is what I should be doing.
I have also skipped steps regarding installing the latest Samsung drivers as this is for windows. I have not attempted installing for Linux, assuming that they are already there.
For my old phone (lost ) I could just use adb to install eOS. Is this possible for the r8q?
Can anyone point me to install instructions for Linux? I am on an Arch based distro.
I think I was also only able to flash VBmeta with Odin on Windows. So best you try it with Windows on a virtual machine using Windows Odin version Odin_3.13.1 as outlined
Hi guys, thanks for the help. As I said, I have already tried the Galaxy-Flasher tool, without any luck.
Rather than try with a virtual machine on my rather old computer with limited space, I will borrow a Windows PC from a friend. Before I proceed, could you give me some more advice?
Step 5 of 8 from the instructions above talks about building a Lineage OS installation package. Am I right in assuming that I do not need to do this? I guess what @ronnz98 has provided is an already built eOS installation package???
Can I then just skip down to number 11. on this page?
Check the box labeled next to the button labeled āAPā, and then click the āAPā button.
In the menu that pops up, select the newly downloaded (or built) custom recovery .tar or .tar.md5.
) I could just use adb to install eOS. Is this possible for the r8q?