[UNOFFICIAL BUILD] /e/OS-R (Red_velvet_cake/android_11_based) for Galaxy s4mini LTE (serranoltexx) GT-I9195

[cilibe]

1.17 as I did not know that there is 1.21.

[piero]

build completed successfully (02:50:34 (hh:mm:ss))

e-2.1-r-20240606-CUSTOM_MINI-serranoltexx

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it contains :

AppLounge
GmsCore
GsfProxy
FakeStore
com.google.android.maps.jar
Mail
BlissLauncher
BlissIconPack
AccountManager
Camera
Calendar
eDrive
DroidGuard
Message
Notes
Browser
BrowserWebView
PwaPlayer

Because of /system partition too small,

|Filesystem            |Size  |Used |Avail |Use% |Mounted on|
|/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 |1.4G  |1.4G  |1.6M |100% |/system/etc/gps_debug.conf|

It dont include :

Advanced_Privacy (for now unfortunatly, my main goal is to incude it even by removing other apps)

Maps (you can add Magic-Earth from Aurora Store)

PdfViewer (you can add one from F-droid Store)
LibreOfficeViewer
Tasks
OpenKeyChain
Pico TTS
eSpeakTTS
SpeakNG
VOSK
Talkback
OpenWeatherMapWeatherProvider

e-2.1-r-20240606-CUSTOM_MINI-serranoltexx

[piero]

Please share your feed back …

[cilibe]

Thanks Piero. I installed it and it seems to work very well.
I will update if there will be problems.

[piero]

thanks for reporting…

@Xxpsilon

• Vendor Name: Samsung
• Device name: GT-I9195I
• Device CodeName: serranoltexx

should be a typo error here,
“GT-I9195” is one of the “serranolte” devices, for which i builded serranoltexx
when
“GT-I9195I” is “serranovelte” and is different device that is not compatible with this build…

@Xxpsilon

Version of Firmware Stock which existed previously: CyanogenMod 13.0-20161221

is not a stock firmware reference, i presume you are on latest Samsung firmware (I9195XXSCQAN_KitKat(Android 4.4.2) but with CyanogenMod 13.0-20161221 installed over it.

@Xxpsilon

/e/ Updater app disappears when tapped, so it has no function.

i don’t plan to set up an OTA-update server for this unofficial build, so no matter

@Xxpsilon

/e/ Weather app without function; no custom location can be entered.

it is expected as i have removed “OpenWeatherMapWeatherProvider” to gain place in the /system partition

@Xxpsilon

even signed with dev-keys

isn’t it the default for “unofficial” or “custom” ?
i have signed using my “personnal account” (named “antec” in the build number) not using “public keys”

[cilibe]

I have a problem. I tried to update from e-1.17-r-20231106-CUSTOM_MINI-test-serranoltexx to e-2.1-r-20240606-CUSTOM_MINI-serranoltexx
I went to recovery mode I authorized adb sideload. It went to 48% as usual and then a message appeared. signature not verified. Install anyway I said yes. BUt everything stopped. Thus I rebooted and now the device is stucked. If I tried to go into recovery it shows Galaxy recovery but then it becomes black again and is looping on that. I can stop on Download. What can I do ?
Best regards
Sergio

[piero]

Hi @cilibe,

@cilibe

I went to recovery mode

TWRP or recovery-e ?

@cilibe

it shows Galaxy recovery

do you mean Gogol/Samsung recovery ? or Samsung Galaxy boot logo ?

[cilibe]

Answers
recovery-e
Galaxy logo with the blue line recovery on the top

[cilibe]

indeed with another device which had TWRP it worked very well

[piero]

i don’t i have time today to reproduce :
install e-1.17-r, update the recovery to recovery-e-1.17-r, then try the update to e-2.1-r.
so my quick advise is to flash TWRP and see…

[cilibe]

After a lot of efforts I good unlocked the phone. Then I installed TWRP and e-2.1. However after installation it did not work correctly. When I want in parameter update it did not give the version of the e-o. The 4G did not work (the cross appeared on the side of the intensity) Thus I went back to e-1.17 and everything works

[Tintin]

Thanks a lot @piero !!
I didn’t saw it.

Do you maintain it ? Is the outage responsible of dead links ?

[piero]

@Tintin

Do you maintain it ?

Sorry but i haven’t the skill to maintain, i only can attempt to build from time to time…

version 2.1 is not working as we need,
better is to try version 1.17 or use the original 0.18.

What i want to learn is repartitionning the mmcblk0 device storage to extend /system partition from 1.5GB to 2.0GB,
and simply build a complete e-2.2-r

@Tintin

Is the outage responsible of dead links ?

Yes. my /e/cloud is currently not accessible…

[Tintin]

@piero

What i want to learn is repartitionning the mmcblk0 device storage to extend /system partition from 1.5GB to 2.0GB

Ok, how is it done ? Is there a partition table or so to modify ?

[piero]

One have to modify the PIT file (easy to do, even have to be precise) AND also modify some expected values in the sources (i don’t know where)…

@tcecyk i know you are comfortable with GitHub

Some devices already have been repartitioned (Samsung Galaxy s2, Gogol Nexus 7…)

[tcecyk]

@piero you can look at how repartitioning is done from the flo/flox scripts, but calculating offsets will be involved

[cilibe]

There is another problem.
The setting application stops working when touching system update.
Is this a major problem or I can ignore it
Best

[aibd]

@piero

also modify some expected values in the sources (i don’t know where)…

You could look in BoardConfig.mk as adjusted here for bacon.

BoardConfig.mk is expected at top level of device tree, but the entry needed maybe found in android_device_samsung_serrano-common in your case.