Hi,
I think you had good luck! You might have had a corresponding firmware version which fit the installation file versions of easy-installer or from OS Dowload site for GS290.
I had the same Problem - but your solution di not help! So I went on a long run of troubleshouting.
My 3 GS290 for Christmas presents were all on the highest level of firmware and OS in the moment (October 2021).
At least I found out that the boot.img, which is delivered with easy-installer or on Download site must be older ones. So I took the newest boot.img - and so newest kernel and hardware drivers - and installed it in spite of the delivered from e.foundation. And voila - it worked with the installation manual from the Download site!
Best Regards
Didi
Hi Didi
I spoke too soon unfortunately. My 290 is now dropping WiFi a lot if I go out of range and then come back in range.
0.18 was all fine so this is really annoying. I’ll open a ticket.
Glad you got yours going.
Hi AndyP,
as I told before I think that is a problem of the kernel in the boot.img! In between my wifes new gs290 is updated via system update to version 0.20. But with the system update it seems the boot.img remained untouched. I flashed the stock boot.img from October - and wifi and bluetooth is still working with this stock rom boot.img. Because it contains new wifi drivers! Additionally I have a patched version with Magisk of this boot.img. I flashed it like this:
fastboot.exe devices
fastboot.exe flashing unlock (-- after this you have to press vol up at the device!)
fastboot.exe flash --disable-verity --disable-verification boot boot.img
fastboot.exe -w
fastboot.exe reboot
If you want to try - I could send you one of this by EMail - upload it somehow…
Best regards
Didi
I flashed e os on a gs290 with updated android 10 and have no wifi. I don understand your solutions, because I cannot revert to stock rom because sp-flash tool is giving me error codes.
Would somebody be so kind and telle me where I can find this alternate boot.img you are talking about?
Best regards and a happy new year - thanks in advance!
Hi Nickyr,
here you can find the two last boot images of GS290 (Stock ROM) with timestamp YYYYMMDD. Be careful and use the commands in the order I sent before in the same post! Good luck! Best Regards - Didi
Hi Didi
I’m confused. Why would efoundation send out an update with an older boot.img than the previous version. And if this is correct we should be telling them not to do this I think!
Thanks
Hi AndyP,
why this is so - we can only make speculations. E.g. too many Devices to maintain and so on. Or for a long time Gigaset did not bring out updates for the GS290 device. And now e.foundation is still not aware that there are Updates from November and December 2021. But you are right somebody has to inform the developers/support that some functions are not working with the deliverd boot.img from e.foundation - and with the newer versions of Stock ROM it does. I needed the devices running, because I bought them as christmas presents - so I struggled to find a fast solution. So please open a ticket at the support if you have still problems with your WiFi. This is the best way that in future all owners of gs290 have can enjoy benefit of the global solved problem! Software Development is an always lasting improvement process!
Best Regards
Didi
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No, you will not have to wipe Data with a change of /e/ version - that is only required with an Android upgrade.I will write as if you have TWRP if you have an /e/ Recovery, the steps might be a little bit different!
Transfer the .zip to your SD card (or it can be the phone’s internal storage).
Reboot into Recovery mode,
TWRP will be able to find the .zip by:
Install > up a level > Select: external_sd > scroll to files > Select your copied image …
Note, uncheck, signature verification, I tend to leave unchecked automatic reboot.
Swipe to confirm flash.
Once the flash is reported successful, go back > back,
Advanced wipe of Cache and Dalvic / Art Cache
Then > back, Reboot > System
If this action proves successful it might support the idea that this is a ~v0.19 Regression as proposed by that particular topic - and not the wider issue of a mismatch between Gigaset firmware and underlying stock used by /e/, as suggested by @Didi_6763 in Post #11
It’s true that you should not lose data, but I think it is a good idea to take a TWRP backup of your data partition before you install the 0.18 ROM, juts in case. The ‘backdate’ use case has not had as much use as the 'update`, so it is possible that you may encounter problems. Better safe than sorry
I got past the asking for root access page and I think I have installedTWRP.
On opening… it trys to access Google… but ‘microG Services Core’ brings up a warning and stops it?
Then I hit cancel to get to TWRP landing screen.
Then I hit TWRP FLASH (top option) and it crashes.
EDIT
OK re-started my phone and now it does not crash.
When I try to reboot into recovery mode it says ‘Root Access Required’