Find your device
https://doc.e.foundation/devices
(source code)
https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/devices
When is not there, try to find (if is) an early release on
XDA and follow the below walkthrough.
Currently this is for
Samsung S6 / J5 , if you have other brand, the differences are the combination to enter to
Download Mode & the
TWRP file.
## FLASH TWRP 3.3 RECOVERY
Shut down phone.
Boot in Download Mode : hold Home + Power + Volume- until you see Samsung's logo and release all buttons.
Confirm access to Download mode by pressing Volume+.
Phone now displays: Download mode, do not turn off target.
Connect phone in USB, wait for bootloader drivers installation.
Then launch Odin.exe (included in my archive) and wait for Odin indicator ID:COM to become blue.
In options: Verify re-partition and Auto Reboot are NOT ticked while F. Reset Time is ticked.
### Warranty will be Void after next click ###
Click Start.
Wait until flash Success message appears.
Unplug phone.
Restart phone to recovery :
- hold Power + Home + Volume- until phone screen becomes black.
- and immediately switch from Volume- to Volume+ (still holding Power + Home) to land in TWRP recovery.
### If Android launches, hold 3 buttons until phone restarts and Samsung logo appears.
## BACKUP IMEI PARTITION AND SYSTEM (Nandroid backup, on computer can be opened with 7zip)
Boot in Recovery Mode : Hold Home + Power + Volume+ until you see Samsung's logo then release and wait a few seconds for TWRP recovery to boot.
Recovery asks for Keep System Read Only ? > Swipe to Allow Modifications.
Go to Backup > you can select the partitions you want to save.
Select at least
EFS partition to backup your
IMEI. If a flash fails and partition is damaged you will still be able to restore this partition and use the phone.
If IMEI is lost during a flash, phone won't be able to reach cellphone networks.
I prefer to backup EFS, Boot, Data and System partitions. In case of problem, you will have your phone in its
original state.
Swipe to Backup and wait during process.
Go to Home screen and continue with next chapter.
Save backup: still under TWRP recovery, connect phone to PC.
Go to Mount menu and check Data partition is checked and MTB button is on "Disable MTP" state.
From Windows explorer, access phones memory and copy-paste the TWRP folder (located in root folder, beside DCIM and Music folders) somewhere safe on your computer.
## FORMAT PARTITIONS
### Make sure you copied TWRP backup from internal memory to somewhere safe.
Go to Wipe, tap on Format data.
Type yes and confirm with bottom right button (check icon)
Now go to Wipe > Advanced wipe,
select Dalvik, Cache, System, Data, Internal Storage (if you really made a backup from step 2), then Swipe to Wipe.
### Don't try to format to F2FS, it won't work.
Back to TWRP home screen, go to Reboot > Recovery and swipe to reboot.
On next launch, check the checkbox to remember choice and swipe to allow modifications.
## FLASH ROM
Back to TWRP main menu, go to Mount menu.
Check Data partition
Bottom right button shows Disable MTP. If not, tap on button.
Connect phone to PC and use Windows explorer to copy files on phone's internal memory.
Copy files of ROM on phone.
//+ GApps + Magisk on phone.
Go back to TWRP Home menu. Then tap on Install > choose lineage*.zip,
//then Add more Zips > bitgapps*.zip
then Swipe to confirm Flash.
Wait for operation to end.
Then tap Wipe cache/dalvik, swipe to confirm,
then Reboot System and on Install TWRP App? menu, tap on button Do Not Install
Let Android start and configure it at first launch.
Don't try to set fingerprints at first setup. It will crash.
source (
djibe89 guide ) :
https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-tutorial-howto-samsung-galaxy-s6-sm-g920f-stock-to-android-12.4108425/
/e/OS ROM for Samsung S6 (SM-G920F) (zerofltexx) (android 11)
https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-unoffic...nd-galaxy-s6-edge-sm-g925f-zeroltexx.4651446/
or
https://sourceforge.net/projects/eosbuildsronnz98/files/SamsungSmartphones/
(not active for the moment)
https://images.ecloud.global/dev/zerofltexx/
/e/OS ROM for Samsung J5 (SM-J500FN) (j5nlte) (android 8.1)
https://doc.e.foundation/devices/j5nlte/install
https://doc.e.foundation/devices/j5nlte
extra links :
Troubleshooting :
On
SAMSUNG J5- incase when flashing the ROM under TWRP getting
E1001: Failed to update system image.
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7
thanks to
wizz, the solution is :
in TWRP go to advanced > terminal, then create /cache/recovery with
mkdir /cache/recovery
Incase
getting only
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7 (
super newbie in action )
WARNING - this means that the ROM is FOR DIFFERENT PHONE MODEL
nevertheless if you are sure is the correct one, you have to open the ROM archive and navigate to
META-INF\com\google\android\
updater-script
view the text file, there on top will be an
assert like :
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "j5nlte" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "j5nlte" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "j5nltexx" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "j5nltexx" || abort("E3004: This package is for device: j5nlte,j5nltexx; this device is " + getprop("ro.product.device") + ".")
;
on the current time, once the device is in TWRP and connected with your PC if you like to validate against. Use the below ADB commands to read the device props
zzzzzzzz = is the deviceID as shown on 'adb devices'
adb -s zzzzzzzz shell getprop ro.product.device
adb -s zzzzzzzz shell getprop ro.build.product
adb -s zzzzzzzz shell getprop //shows all properties (
source )
Bash:
If you are on custom ROM and want to delete/copy some files on root partition, you have to make it writable, this is *not working* on STOCK ROM.
just delete the application folder (zzzz) exists in
system/app/zzzz
#src - https://xdaforums.com/t/read-only-file-system-after-rooting.4390427/post-86285023
#make root writable
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /
#copy whole PC folder to root folder
adb push C:\test\firmware /system/etc/
#more cp command - https://superuser.com/a/1826730
when you have made a TWRP backup (efs etc.) and needed to restore the backup files must be under
sdcard/twrp/backup/--here--
--no other subfolders-- (as the backup structure itself is with a subfolder, is not compatible and fails on android device)
ps: this can be made by installing TWRP with odin (even on STOCK ROM), on TWRP main menu there is an option RESTORE, you select where the files are in SDCARD.
STOCK ROM - debloat scripts (no tested)
- S6 Nougat DEBLOAT Script
- S7/S8/S9/S10/N8/N9 by OrelMadK
- universal-android-debloater in rust
(tested&working) in case on STOCK ROM and you want to remove without the above scripts use
adb shell
pm uninstall --user 0 com.dropbox.android
pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.appmanager
pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.katana
pm uninstall --user 0 com.facebook.system
pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.books
pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.docs
pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.magazines
pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.photos
pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.plus
pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.gm
pm uninstall --user 0 com.microsoft.office.excel
pm uninstall --user 0 com.microsoft.office.onenote
pm uninstall --user 0 com.microsoft.office.powerpoint
pm uninstall --user 0 com.microsoft.office.word
pm uninstall --user 0 com.microsoft.skydrive
pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.allshare.service.fileshare
pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.allshare.service.mediashare
pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.calendar
pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.oneconnect
pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.samsungpass
pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.scloud
pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.sdk.handwriting
pm uninstall --user 0 com.samsung.android.spayfw
pm uninstall --user 0 com.sec.android.app.samsungapps
pm uninstall --user 0 com.sec.android.easyMover.Agent
pm uninstall --user 0 com.sec.android.easyonehand
pm uninstall --user 0 com.whatsapp
pm uninstall --user 0 flipboard.boxer.app
pm uninstall --user 0 tv.peel.app
when you want to restore the
modem.bin (under odin > CP), first you have to
compress it to ex. modem.
tar format with
7zip. Otherwise stack to 'file analysis'
extract android image file (system.img)
-
Netguard how to DNS and HOSTS
- You can browse (read only) the root partition (even device is not rooted) with MiXplorer
- F-Droid Appstore
- VPN - Orbot
- Language Enabler (Wanam) - give root access with #adb -d shell pm grant com.wanam android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION# more
- root with Magisk [howto]
- without root - if device has TWRP on main menu > advanced > file manager ( or terminal, yes you can delete also files ), you can browse root, copy files etc.
Shazam - export song titles by data/data/com.shazam.android/databases/library.db
SQL:
select * from apple_artist_track ap
left join artist a on a.artist_id = ap.artist_adam_id
left join track t on t.track_key = ap.track_key
Android seems to have dropped support for
SIM contacts somewhere along the line. You can only import existing numbers by the following:
Open āDialer/Phoneā app
Dial this ānumberā: *#*#4636#*#*
Tap āPhone informationā
Tap the 3 dot menu on the top right
Tap āView SIM Address Bookā
source
Play Protect turned off - constant popup spam "Turn on Play Protect?"
adb shell pm revoke de.androidpit.app android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
source
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/guide-tutorial-howto-samsung-galaxy-s6-t4108425