Week 2, 2025: Development and Testing Updates

Summary of weekly development and testing activities by /e/OS developers and volunteers. Updated content has the :new: emoji.

:warning: Server outage :warning:

Current status:

As you may be aware Murena Workspace and associated services have been impacted by an outage since Oct 6 19:50 CET.
This is the current status.

  • Email: Working. Also accessible through desktop clients like Thunderbird and webmail. (To configure a desktop client you can use this guide)

  • Murena cloud: a subset of services : Contacts,Calendar,Tasks,Email,Deck,Bookmarks,Gitlab,Spot,Murena website link, Donate, Passwords, News are available for users at present.

  • OTA device build download: Downloads are working now.

    • Devices which got the last build on Pie, Q or R may be missing builds. We will try to add these builds at a date to be shared later.
  • File /drive access

    • Current plan is to access all data, copy it to a clean system and replug Murena.io
    • Still issues exist in 1/3 of the backups. For the 2/3 we have put in place a system to offer users to download their data. Download status for the 1/3 is around 30% and ongoing.
    • Emails being sent out to premium users from the 2/3 with links to download the data.
      • Password to access download link as well as unzip it shows up in the passwords app.
      • We have received confirmations from some of the users who were able to retrieve their data.
      • Some who have only received part of the data will have to wait for the restoration of the file system. Once that is accomplished users would be able to see all their files.
        -The entire process of sending emails to all users premium and free will take a couple of weeks. As we have a large number of free users .
  • We are working on a plan to compensate paying users whose cloud services were impacted by the outage. We will share more details through our newsletter, this forum and channels. Those who received any notification about recharges can fill up the form for the helpdesk team here with issue details

Read GaĆ«lā€™s explanation and updates for the outage

Release

v2.7

Status: Testing in progress :new:

Fixes and updates coming in v2.7

Upcoming releases

Ongoing development tasks
  • /e/OS GSI on T or Android 13. The team is working to see if GSI can be made available OTA. An app to detect what works and what does not work with the GSI is also in the works. ETA for release will be shared

 

Previous 5 releases & user feedback

:warning: Do not post test build information on the forum :warning:

  • Please do not post information or links to /e/OS test builds on the forum.

  • These builds are as yet untested and under development and may in some cases cause user devices to soft brick.

  • Such information can confuse other users who do not see these builds in the updater.

  • Remember not all users who come to this forum are experts in installing and formatting custom ROMs and can end up seriously damaging their devices by trying out these test builds

  • If you are genuinely interested in helping with the testing activities and also understand how to fix and do some minor level of testing on custom ROMS, you are welcome to join the testing team

  • As part of the testing team you can share your comments on the dedicated testing telegram channel.

 

Helpdesk services - Exclusively for paying Murena customers

:point_right: Murena helpdesk services will be exclusively for

  • Customers who purchased Murena devices
  • Paid for a Murena cloud account
  • Active donors from past year

Paying customers can write in here with issue details

:point_right: Users who use the /e/OS or Murena cloud for free will have the following modes for issue resolution:

Free services users will also get assistance on this forum for issues such as:

  • Gitlab Account opening related issues
  • Murena Workflow / cloud account issues

:warning: Please note, the old helpdesk emails IDā€™s are not monitored any more :warning:

Murena Cloud and Self hosting

:star: Murena cloud current version : 28.0.9.6

:star: Self Hosting current version v 26.0.8.23

  • Release notes

  • Check this guide for help with the upgrade
    :point_right: Next release - team to plan this development activity. ETAā€™s will be shared.

How to check the NextCloud version click here

You can find the complete documentation and current NC version under Login ā€“ Murena >> NextCloud xx user documentation. The xx should show the latest version.

  • Another way to check the current version is to check the NextCloud scan link and input https://murena.io this should display the current version number as well as the security level.

:information_source: Please note if MurenaCloud patch number is not the same as the NC patch number, the rating would show up as bad \U0001f610 This is not exactly a problem. We do not immediately jump to the next NC patch as soon as it is released. We first test it and then set out with the deployment.

GSI

  • Current GSI version is on /e/OS Q and v1.17

  • Download available here

  • Sources available here

:point_right: GSI OS version will next move to T or A13 skipping the R and S . Team is working on /e/OS T GSI. Will share release dates once available

 

OS OTA Related information

Completed
  • Fairphone: FP4 : S (A12) to T (A13)

  • Samsung: S9/9+ : R(A11) to S(A12)

  • Gigaset: GS290 : Q (A10) to A 11 (R)

  • Oneplus: avicii : A12

  • OnePlus : avicii : Q ( A10) R (A11)

  • Fairphone: FP4 : R ( A11) to S (A12)

  • Fairphone:FP3 : R (A11) to S (A12)

  • Fairphone:FP3 : Q (A10) to R (A11)

  • Samsung: s7 / s7+ : Nougat (A7) to Q (A10)

  • Samsung: s9 / s9+ : Oreo (A8) to Q (A10)

  • Samsung: Galaxy S9/9+ : Q (A10) to R(A11)

  • Samsung: s8 / s8+ : Pie (A9) to R (A11)

  • Teracube: 2e / zirconia: Q (A10) to R (A11)

  • Teracube: emerald & zirconia : R (A11) to S (A12)

  • Samsung: S7 ā€˜herolteā€™ ā€˜hero2lteā€™: Q ( A10) to R (A11)

  • Google Pixel ā€˜redfinā€™: S(A12) to T(A13)

  • Gigaset: GS290: R(A11) to S (A12)

  • Fairphone: FP3 : S (A12) to T (A13)

  • Samsung: S7/7+ : R(A11) to S(A12)

  • FP4: T (A13) to U (A14) :new:

  • S8/8+ R (A11) to S (A12) :new:

:information_source: All OTA OS upgrades are on stable or official builds

Testing
Our definition of an OS OTA upgrade

Usually for /e/OS ROMs to upgrade the OS you have to do the following

  • If available download the correct OS build from the supported device list

  • For some devices you also need to download the stock ROM from the vendor site.

  • Take a back up of your data

  • First install the Stock ROM

  • Next install the /e/OS ROM. Here you can take help of the install guides available on our documentation site.

  • If required apply the backups you downloaded before starting the whole process

An alternate to this tedious process is where we offer the user the option to upgrade the OS OTA. This option is available for stable device builds only.

This process is easy for the user but requires a lot of development and testing effort.

Different /e/OS build types

 

Misc information

Read Gael 's roadmap for 2024

Device and Vendor specific Announcements

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.

/e/OS Pre flashed device sales

  • We sell directly in EU, US, Canada and Australia

  • Find details of what devices are available in which countries here Murena Shop.

/e/OS website and social media Links and Support

:point_right: Murena helpdesk services will be exclusively for

  • Customers who purchased Murena devices
  • Paid for a Murena cloud account
  • Active donors from past year

Paying customers can write in here with issue details

:point_right: Users who use the /e/OS or Murena cloud for free will have the following modes for issue resolution:

Free services users will also get assistance on this forum for issues such as:

  • Gitlab Account opening related issues
  • Murena Workflow / cloud account issues

Websites

Telegram Channel

Social Media

Newsletters

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Seems like the festive period hasnā€™t slowed down your work! When I follow this link to the /e/OS Gitlab I donā€™t see a way to read the list of fixes and updates. Would you show me how to see these?

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I would also be interested in this please

When you click on the link it leads you to a page on gitlab ā€¦for example this one
This has the list of issues that will be fixed or will be coming as part of the v2.7 build, for instance it mentions the updates coming to microG for which we will be pushing the latest build.
While the rc at the end of the build version stands for release candidate please note some of these fixes may not make it if while testing they throw up bugs.

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Since this has created a bit of confusion on various Development-threads wouldnt it be a better option to list the fixes in the start post? Maybe with a marker ā€œhopefully gets fixed but may be postponed due to bugs in testing buildsā€ or some sort?

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Thank you. I had tried two other milestones and didnā€™t see any issues but see them in the 2.7.

What does the issue-flag ā€œwont doā€ mean?

Will not do; do not intend to fix; refuse.

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I am trying to modify the filter of the spam, but I canā€™t: in this guide thereā€™s a gear icon that is not there for me:
Schermata del 2025-01-07 15-55-04
Is it because of the server outage?
Thank you.

Using /e/Mail app, i cannot save draft, also sent-mail are not storedā€¦
2.6.3-u-20241218455570-community-FP3

Fixed !

Install from scratch or ā€œdirtyā€ upgrade?

Works fine for me on 2.6.3-t-20241219455848-community-FP3, for what itā€™s worth.

Did you already check whether the saving folders are still set correctly for drafts and sent mail in the account settings in the mail App?

Dirty Upgraded,

It was that, thank you !

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We are putting out a v2.6.4 build specifically for devices which had a U build coming in v2.6.3
2.6.4 is a T or A13 build.
Moving forward we will again support multiple OS builds for devices instead of only one OS per device.

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The release notes donā€™t show anything yet for 2.6.4-t. Are there any changes from 2.6.3-t ?

The 2.6.4-t is a part of 2.6 release. The only difference is it is specific to devices which got a u or A14 build. The 2.6.4 is a t build for the same devices. There will not be a separate release note.
Will request the team to update the notes if possible to clear this

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@Manoj can you pin it please ?

It is good to see users stepping forward and helping with the development. While we welcome contributions from users it should also be known to the users that as an unofficial build the responsibility for debugging and issue resolution is with the developer.

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source code will be published soon on Github, so the /e/ dev-team will be abble to pick-up some needed tricksā€¦

you are right, thread title and file name must indicate more clearly that is an UNOFFICIAL build.
Edit : title has already been modifiedā€¦

The /e/OS GSI was completed some weeks/months back. We even had an internal demo of the product. The outage has changed priorities for the development teams. It is great that we have users stepping forward and sharing builds. That is the whole point about open source communities.

On the official GSI will ask the team to see if they can release it any time soon. But I would not expect any change in priorities before we have completely resolved all the outage issues.

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In truth if people like /e/OS they should buy a device from Murena, the GSI Iā€™ve released is ā€˜alrightā€™ but it is not as nice as a official build running on officially supported hardware.

There is a huge difference between porting something to a GSI and building the firmware for a deviceā€™s hardware specifically.

Hopefully, anybody who uses the GSI I made will consider it closer to a OS demo rather than an alternative to a official /e/OS build

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