Week 17, 2023: Development and Testing Updates

Release Information

v1.10

Status : :green_circle: Released

The last set of builds should be released by 26th of April

In case your device is missing on v1.10, please do let me know in this thread.

Previous 5 releases & user feedback
 

GSI

v1.10 :new:

Status: :green_circle: Released

  • Download here
    • Sources available here
    • version is /e/OS Q (A10)
    • S (A12) and R (A11) version of GSI yet to be planned. Awaiting developer availability

 

Issues on the forum

Status : :green_circle: Fixed

  • Users had reported some issues on the forum, specifically load speed degradations, avatars missing and read posts not refreshing. These issues were resolved. Problem was detected with a configuration error on the servers.

 

Upcoming releases

Status : :green_circle: Development and testing

  • /e/OS T or Android 13
  • New and improved version of the Bliss Launcher
  • An /e/OS T build for a tablet. Will share tablet name once we have the final builds ready

The initial builds look promising. Expect the release in about 1-2 months.

 

Testers required

:point_right: User on the verizon network in the US, Testing new devices being released in the US.

What we look for in the testers

 

Murena cloud update / upgrade

  • Nextcloud 24.0.10 upgrade and a bunch of other fixes have been implemented
  • Check out the details of what has been updated or upgraded here

 

Self-hosted eCloud upgrade

OS OTA upgrades

Status: :green_circle: Complete

Completed

  • GS290 >> Q (A10)ā†’ Android 11 (R) :new:
  • Oneplus nord aviccii >> A12(stable)
  • FP4 >> R ( A11) to S (A12)stable
  • FP3 >> R (A11) to S (A12) stable
  • FP3 >> Q (A10) to R (A11) stable
  • OnePlus Nord >> Q ( A10) to R (A11) (stable build)
  • Samsung s7 / s7+ >> Nougat (A7) to Q (A10)
  • Samsung s9 / s9+ >> Oreo (A8) to Q (A10)
  • Samsung s8 /s8+ >> Pie (A9) to R (A11) OTA upgrade

Under development

  • Galaxy S9/S9+ Q (A10)ā†’ Android 11 (R)

 

Upgrade your device :information_source:

  • As mentioned previously we are dropping support of multiple OS versions on the same device.
  • Upgrade your device to the latest OS version available. For example if /e/OS R (Android 11) builds are available for your /e/OS Q (Android 10) build, upgrade to the latest version which in this case would be A11.

 

Support dropped :cry:

/e/OS support has been dropped for these devices

  • All Nokia devices
    • It is not possible to officially unlock Nokia bootloaders + lack of dedicated maintainer
  • Google Google Nexus 7 2013 flox
    • Device has partition size issues. Not able to build /e/OS ROMs for this device even with minimal build

:nerd_face: Minimal build is a setting in /e/OS build which removes the following default applications ( LibreOffice viewer, PDFViewer, Maps and Weather )from the source code and builds a smaller version of the ROM.

 

Check realtime availability of /e/OS and related services websites

eCloud related websites

/e/OS related

OS upgrade info specific to the FP3 The FP3 OTA OS update from Pie to Q/R is not possible as encryption method changed on FP3 between Pie and Q/R. It is not possible to change the method while updating. The team spent a great deal of time on this, but has not been able to resolve this problem. For now, the manual process is the only way to upgrade the FP3 from pie to other OS versions.
End of official support for Nougat, Oreo and Pie šŸ˜ž For Pie, Oreo and Nougat the official /e/OS support draws to a close.

Reasons for dropping official support are:

  • newly released applications like App Lounge, Advanced privacy code has not been customized for these OS versions.
  • lack of dedicated ROM Maintainers
  • no support upstream (Lineage dropped support for Pie sometime back)
  • device trees will continue to exist in the Gitlab and users with build skills can create custom ROMs on these builds
  • Security patches and vendor patches for the Pie, Oreo and Nougat code will be updated based on availability.

:nerd_face: Google stops security patches for OS after some time. Similarly, Vendors drop support for older models when they release newer models in the market. Then it depends on developers from various communities to backport the patches.

Device and Vendor specific Announcements

:loudspeaker: Gigaset GS290

  • We have stopped the sales of the Gigaset GS290 on the eSolutionsShop as the vendor has stopped production of the device. We will continue support for existing users.

:loudspeaker: Message being shared on the request of our vendor partners

  • Vendors whose phones we sell on our eSolutions Store do not directly sell /e/OS flashed devices.
  • The vendors only sell their devices with their own stock ROM.
  • To get pre flashed /e/OS phones, you have to purchase them from the eSolutions Shop.

:loudspeaker: /e/OS Pre flashed device sales

  • We sell directly in EU, US, Canada.
  • Find details of what devices are available in which countries here eSolutions Shop.
  • In Australia we do not sell directly. You can purchase preflashed /e/OS devices from this site

:loudspeaker: Murena One released
A phone from Murena with /e/OS installed has been launched and is available for purchase. Check the device specs here

Expect more device releases from Murena in future :grinning:

:nerd_face: Murena is the brand name and /e/OS is the operating system.

/e/OS Links

Support

  • Facing issues with devices you purchased from us ? Send a mail with details to helpdesk@e.email

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Telegram Channel

Social Media

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Regain your privacy! Adopt /e/ the unGoogled mobile OS and online servicesphone

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Hey,

It seems v1.10 has not been released yet for sunfish (Google Pixel 4A): https://images.ecloud.global/stable/sunfish/

Thanks.

All images should be out by EOD today EU time.

Update: some builds are yet to be uploaded and may be available latest by 26th April 2023 - tomorrow

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Samsung S9+
1.10 installation worked fine.
Runs w/o issues so far.

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It is now :blush:

I need 20 char

1.10 is not out for FP3 (stable) yet, if Iā€™m not mistaken.

Thanks for the heads up. Just this morning I was notified about an available update.

1.10 works fine on samsung S9 SM-G960F :star_struck:
Well done :+1:
Thank you all

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Hi Manoj,
interestingly yesterday I received via the usual in-built OTA update function on my GS290 a build that comes with the upgrade to A11 (R): 1.10-20230412278811. This can not be found on neither https://images.ecloud.global/stable/GS290/ nor https://images.ecloud.global/dev/GS290/. Looks like I unintentionally became a tester for the A10->A11 upgrade. However, this build runs fine up to now; issues observed: minimal display brightness is not dark enough; displaying the data transport speed does not fit the camera notch (upper center; has been an ever since). Any information what happened and if I am on the right update track?

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The GS290 OTA OS upgrade build from Q (A10)ā†’ Android 11 (R) has been released as of yesterday. The upgrade builds are only available OTA or will show up on the Updater app. You are on the right track.
The manual download builds for some devices are still to be uploaded on the server and should be available by end of 26th

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I updated my daughter GS290 to 1.10 R Stable, everythingā€™s fine!

Also updated my FP4 and my spouseā€™s one to 1.10 S Stable. Perfect as well!
Just had to clear cache and data of ā€œNotesā€ app and reopen again 'cause it initially failed to sync to the standard Murena account right after the update.

Thank you very much and congrats to the whole dev team. I notice that /e/OS has continuously improved and gain stability over the last 2 years! :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the feedback on the GS290 OTA upgrade build @stanwood @knechtoschi

I noticed that the stable R for OnePlus 7T hotdogb got 1.10, but still no S for stable. Is that still on itā€™s way?