Week 03, 2026: Development and Testing Updates

[elrond]

PLEASE!

Please don’t drop community builds entirely.

@Manoj

Community builds dropped for these devices

[…]

• We plan to eventually have only official builds for these devices.

This is quite counter-intuitive…

The official docs say this about adb root:

As a side effect, it disabled the adb root option, available under Developer Options. In order to recover it, we advise our users to move on a /dev build.
(see: https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/root-e-os#why-cant-i-root-from-developer-options-on-official-builds)

How should I move to /dev (Community), when Community is going to be dropped?!

Week 02, 2026: Development and Testing Updates

Should still be possible by booting TWRP

Well, TWRP will allow full access, right. But this is not the same as adb root. adb root gives you proper access to a decrypted /data, which is essential for proper backup / restore (especially across devices).