Thank you for your thoughtful comments and words of encouragement. I’m still struggling to understand whether it is ok for me to upgrade to Q. In your reply to @Manoj you mentioned an inaccuracy that as far as I understand it is known has been reported. I saw mention of this on another post that I can’t seem to locate at this moment. This is the ambiguity I was referring to. Frankly… I don’t know what to believe.
-is going from Starlte 8.1.0 to Android 10/Q going to cause issues?
I can see from here https://doc.e.foundation/devices/starlte/upgrade that there is a note of caution
that makes me aprehensive.
-I also see this guide [HOWTO] Update /e/ that is different
-Do I need to install TWRP? How about about Heimdall?
-Is it correct for me to assume that I don’t need to unlock the bootloader?