Update /e/OS 1.14 unavailable

vboc · November 28, 2024, 4:57pm

Hello,

I cannot update to the earliest version of /e/OS on the fairphone I bought with murena.

Phone: FP4
/e/OS version: 1.14-s-20230816320616-stable-FP4

I already emptied the storage/cache of the updater as advised but it still does not find any version, while the version advised here is 2.5

https://images.ecloud.global/stable/FP4/

Shall I install it manually ? How can I repair the updater so that the updates are done automatically ?

Didou · November 28, 2024, 5:26pm

Hello @vboc and a warm welcome !

This unattended behavior might be due to the outage.

If the easy installer can’t find for any reason, the latest update, you should install it manually.

You can try to follow the dirty upgrade procedure in order to keep your data.

Or maybe there is a way to download the OTA file and feed your phone with it, so it perform a regular update …

I let other member of the forum give you further advice

piero · November 28, 2024, 5:32pm

Dirty upgrade to /e/OS-T is possible ! (But not for all devices) - #24 by piero

HowTo perform a dirty upgrade to “/e/OS-T” from a previous /e/ version ?

→ it is as simple as a dirty update…

DO NOT WIPE ANYTHING !

there are multiple ways :

download the file, go to " → settings → system updater" and use the called “locale update” feature if you have it in the “3 dot menu”.

OR

download the file, boot the phone to the recovery mode and use “apply update” then “from internal storage” if your “recovery mode” have the feature.

OR

download the file on a SDcard, boot the phone to the recovery mode and use “apply update” then “from External SDcard” if your “recovery mode” have the feature.

OR

download the file on a computer, boot the phone to the recovery mode and use “apply update” then “from ADB” :

Install platform-tools on a computer

Installing adb and fastboot on a Linux PC
Installing adb and fastboot on Windows PC

On the computer,

download the latest /e/OS-T build for your device
e-2.5-t-20241108446629-official-FP4.zip
not IMG-e-2.5-t-20241108446629-official-FP4.zip
(put it into the platform-tools folder)
.

Boot the phone into recovery mode.

.
Select Apply Update, then Apply from ADB

The screen should now change and the output at the bottom ask you to send the package from your computer.

On the computer,

Open a terminal from the /platform-tools folder, and
issue command to sideload the latest /e/OS-T installation zip.

adb sideload e-2.5-t-20241108446629-official-FP4.zip

the phone screen will be mostly blank with just the output at the bottom showing progress.
(Do not pay attention to the wipe related things on this photo that came from the full install from stock instructions !)

On the computer the sideloading shows progress as a percentage figure that will stop at 47%. The phone will still be installing though (even though it might feel like nothing is happening sometimes!) and you can expect to see the following screens (excepting the wipe related things)