[UNOFFICAL BUILD] Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (r8q) Snapdragon! for /e/OS-U

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (r8q) Snapdragon! for /e/OS-U 2.5

Supported devices:
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE SM-G780G
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G SM-G781B
Do not flash on Exynos models!

e-2.5-u-20241109-UNOFFICIAL-r8q.zip
https://sourceforge.net/projects/eosbuildsronnz98/files/SamsungSmartphones/e-2.5-u-20241109-UNOFFICIAL-r8q.zip/download

Please see sources and install instructions including recovery here:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/r8q/

This device was officially supported by LineageOS.

Use it at your own risk!
Please support the developer(s)!

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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

Download vbmeta.img from here.

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?

Post in thread ā€˜[ROM][13.0][UNOFFICIAL][SNAPDRAGON] crDroid for Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 4G/5Gā€™ https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-13-0-unofficial-snapdragon-crdroid-for-samsung-galaxy-s20-fe-4g-5g.4646714/post-89252291

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?

vbmeta

those might also work

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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 @pieroā€™s list?

try this one first:

Thanks for the quick replies guys! :grinning:

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 ā€œStartā€. 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 ā€œbuilding binariesā€ or ā€œinitialising 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 :frowning:) 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.

could I follow these instructions:

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

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Thanks. I will give it a try, but Iā€™ve never really used virtual machines before.
It might take me another week, or it might be next year :rofl:

@4nthony saddly, Heimdall will not work on recent Samsung devicesā€¦
You can have a try using Odin4linux (Command Line Interface),
or better Galaxy-Flasher, the ultimate graphical tool for Samsung devices that can manage Odin4linux

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?

  1. Check the box labeled next to the button labeled ā€œAPā€, and then click the ā€œAPā€ button.
  • In the menu that pops up, select the newly downloaded (or built) custom recovery .tar or .tar.md5.

Please forgive my newbyness. I am doing my best.