Summary of weekly development and testing activities by /e/OS developers and volunteers. Updated content has the 
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Server outage
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.
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Email: Working. Also accessible through desktop clients like Thunderbird and webmail. (To configure a desktop client you can use this guide)
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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.
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App Lounge: Anonymous mode had an issue. Development Team will be releasing a fix during this week.
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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. Device like the s8/s8+ builds are missing as there are bugs the team has still not resolved in the device code.
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File /drive access
- Hardware received, installation done, testing in progress
- File storage cluster consolidation complete
- Backup restoration in progress
- Plan to open up storage to users being put in place. Implmentation in batches starting this week
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At present activities like new account creation, existing account deletion is impacted due to the outage.
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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 Gaël’s explanation and updates for the outage
Release
2.6
Status: Testing in progress
ETA: Early December
Issues and fixes expected in 2.6
/e/OS U builds to be released with v2.6
- List of devices being added
- Existing devices getting the /e/OS U build
s8/s8+ OS OTA build has not been released with v2.5 as there is an issue with NFC payments feature not working.
OnePlus Nord avicii stable / official build not released with v2.5 as it has 2 blocking issues.
- Will share ETA for the release of these two device builds later
Upcoming releases
- Tentative release dates of builds that will come in the future
Ongoing development tasks
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A web based version of Easy Installer to be released replacing the existing desktop version. At present the team is working on the development and testing of this tool.
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/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
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Development work in progress on /e/OS U or Android 14. List of devices to get the U build will be shared.
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ETAs for all activities will be shared.
Previous 5 releases & user feedback
/e/OS U or Android 14
- List of existing devices getting the /e/OS U build
- New devices being added on /e/OS U
- The builds will in most cases require to be manually flashed.
ETA for release of /e/OS U : v2.6 likely dates around mid Dec 2024
Do not post test build information on the forum
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Please do not post information or links to /e/OS test builds on the forum.
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These builds are as yet untested and under development and may in some cases cause user devices to soft brick.
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Such information can confuse other users who do not see these builds in the updater.
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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
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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
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As part of the testing team you can share your comments on the dedicated testing telegram channel.
Helpdesk services - Exclusively for paying Murena customers
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
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
The old helpdesk emails ID’s are not monitored any more
Murena Cloud and Self hosting
Murena cloud current version : 28.0.9.6
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The deployment to Nextcloud 28 was successful, bringing better performance, numerous fixes, and exciting upgrades.
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You can view the full changelog here: 28.0.9.6 · e / infra / ecloud / nextcloud · GitLab
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Issues raised by users are being looked at by the team.
Self Hosting current version v 26.0.8.23
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Check this guide for help with the upgrade
Next release - team to plan this development activity. ETA’s will be shared.
How to check the NextCloud version click here
You can find the complete documentation and current NC version under Login – 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.
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
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
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Fairphone: FP4 : S (A12) T (A13)
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Samsung: S9/9+ : R(A11) S(A12)
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Gigaset: GS290 : Q (A10) Android 11 (R)
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Oneplus: avicii : A12
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OnePlus : avicii : Q ( A10) R (A11)
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Fairphone: FP4 : R ( A11) S (A12)
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Fairphone:FP3 : R (A11) S (A12)
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Fairphone:FP3 : Q (A10) R (A11)
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Samsung: s7 / s7+ : Nougat (A7) Q (A10)
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Samsung: s9 / s9+ : Oreo (A8) Q (A10)
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Samsung: Galaxy S9/9+ : Q (A10) R(A11)
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Samsung: s8 / s8+ : Pie (A9) R (A11)
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Teracube: 2e / zirconia: Q (A10) to R (A11)
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Teracube: emerald & zirconia : R (A11) to S (A12)
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Samsung: S7 ‘herolte’ ‘hero2lte’: Q ( A10) R (A11)
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Google Pixel ‘redfin’: S(A12) T(A13)
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Gigaset: GS290: R(A11) S (A12)
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Fairphone: FP3 : S (A12) T (A13)
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Samsung: S7/7+ : R(A11) S(A12)
All OTA OS upgrades are on stable or official builds
Testing
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Samsung: S8/8+ : R(A11) S(A12)
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FP4: T (A13) to U (A14)
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ETA to be decided
Our definition of an OS OTA upgrade
Usually for /e/OS ROMs to upgrade the OS you have to do the following
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If available download the correct OS build from the supported device list
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For some devices you also need to download the stock ROM from the vendor site.
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Take a back up of your data
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First install the Stock ROM
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Next install the /e/OS ROM. Here you can take help of the install guides available on our documentation site.
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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
Documentation updates
A guide to understand how to setup Parental Controls
Misc information
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.
Message being shared on the request of our vendor partners
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Vendors whose phones we sell on our eSolutions Store do not directly sell /e/OS flashed devices.
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The vendors only sell their devices with their own stock ROM.
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To get pre flashed /e/OS phones, you have to purchase them from the eSolutions Shop.
/e/OS Pre flashed device sales
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We sell directly in EU, US, Canada and Australia
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Find details of what devices are available in which countries here Murena Shop.
/e/OS website and social media Links and Support
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
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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