Hi folks, well today was sad my Murena was run over cracked beyond recognition I salvaged the sim card and stuck it in a Samsung Galaxy 9. I can sms but no successful calls. I need to get a unlocked phone asap and load the new OS.
Murena does not have any Otterbox type coverings so that’s no longer an option, to fragile and a bit clunky, So ! I want a Motorola or Samsung I can get a giant rubber bumper for namely the Otterbox.
I seek your guidance on a Samsung or Motorola to load the new /e OS on myself. shall I go with the latest version its been a while does the os cost anything to download. could someonel please provide me a link much appreciated. Im sort of stuck.
Thank you all in advance.
Luka
Is the Samsung issue chip based? Or doesn’t it matter if its snapdragon or Exynos? I wont get a google phone fullstop. And I need an otterebox to protect the bloody thing
There’s a long detailed discussion on the voice call limitations on Samsungs in this thread. Even if you were to buy a newer 5G capable Samsung, then if there’s no 5G network availability is at your location at a particular time, (e.g due to capacity issues, geographical issues etc) then the phone will attempt to fall back to 4G for voice calls and the same issues rise.
There is no mention of cost to download on the list Smartphone Selector. I would not buy another Samsung which (as said already) will not have VoLTE support with /e/OS (or realistically any current custom ROM [1] ).
The list can be searched by brand; I have been impressed by the cost effectiveness of my secondhand Motorola.
Stay away from Samsung - due to the proprietary way they have implemented VoLTE on all their models, only the OS coming with the phone (from the manufacturer) can do VoLTE.
A big part of the world has already turned off 3G and the remaining countries are planning to turn it off in the next 1-3 years, so if your phone is not VoLTE (voice over LTE) capable, it won’t be able to make or receive calls, once your carrier disables 3G support.
I was a big fan of Samsung until now, but due to this issue (3G will be retired in my country at the end of this year), I ended up buying a Google Pixel. However, the issue with the google pixels is that none of them has dual physical sim (dual esims have significant limitations in LineageOS and /e/OS…)
Unfortunately I cannot help you with Motorola - it’s been many ears since I’ve owned one, and I’ve never had one with /e/OS.
The VoLTE compatibility/capability of the carrier is a completely different conversation, which runs parallel to this one.
Samsung devices with /e/OS or LineageOS (or any other flavour of AOSP) cannot get VoLTE on any carrier.
I am not 100% certain why the comment regarding the chip model (I didn’t make that comment). However, I presume that certain chips are OEM’d (hardware, firmware, and drivers are made by one company and given to many others to integrate into their phones), so no matter who is making the phone, the firmware and drivers for a specific chip come from the same original chip vendor (so they have the same issues/limitations) - but this is just my speculation.
Thank you Canada! Just came back from Montreal and Ottawa. I love Canada and cross the border all the time. its the only saving grace. living near the border.
Dumb question do we leave the sim card out while flashing? I dont recall. getting ready to flash Fogo for Motorola G 5G 2024
It’s irrelevant can do it either way with or without the sim in the phone. Be sure to test all features of the phone with the stock ROM.
Unlocking the Moto’s is a bit of a process. Once you get the unlock code be sure to use a text editor to copy an then paste below the original in case you make a mistake you will have the original string.
Hi Joe, installing moto g 5G - 2024 fogo I have an unlocked Moto already. My quandary is in the instructions.
I’m on Linux and I have both the .zip and recovery .img file.
I don’t think we "unzipped the contents of the eRecovery zip file it is a .img not a .zip file.
dtbo.img
vendor_boot.img
But only have the two files below… I can recall do we want to install the recovery first then?
Thank you all I seem to be stuck trying to install the recovery-e-3.1.1-a15-20250830521751-community-fogo.img
checksums are correct I am using fogo but my fastboot boot command is not working should I have the start command in green showing or the ‘recovery mode’ showing. yeah these instructions are sketchy…
Avoid Samsung - no VoLTE on any rom that is not OneUI/Touchwiz etc. Most Moto phones support VoLTE on custom roms no problem. Motos tend to run really well on custom roms in my experience, I do recommend them.
