Install /e/ on a Gigaset GS290 - “GS290”
Requirements
- If required take a backup of all important data from your phone on an external storage device before proceeding.
- Do not take a backup on the same device as some of these actions will format the device and delete the backup.
- Ensure your phone is charged more than 50%
- Check that
adb
andfastboot
are enabled on your PC. If not you can find the setup instructions here - Download all the files and images mentioned in the download section below before starting the installation
Make sure you have a working data cable to connect your device to the PC. There are cables which are only for charging and do not transfer data.
- Enable USB debugging on your device. You can find the instructions here
Downloads for the GS290
Try the /e/ Recovery (limited functionality)
/e/ Recovery for dev build
To understand the difference between /e/OS builds check this guide
Before install
Check fastboot version
You do this by typing the below command in a console app on an adb enabled PC
fastboot --version
This would show a response like
fastboot version 30.0.5-6877874
Caution: Versions provided by Ubuntu or some operating system are not up to date, do not try to flash your Gigaset with it. Instead, follow the instructions given hereEnable developer mode and following the instructions given here
Unlock your device
Run these commands in an adb enabled computer console
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flashing unlock
- On your phone screen confirm by pressing volume up
Install /e/
- Download and extract the /e/ ROM
You can unzip the files into the folder where you copied the fastboot files.
Alternately you can create a folder and unzip the ROM there.
In the second case the below commands will need the path to the folder where you unzipped the ROM files.
Reboot in bootloader with
adb reboot bootloader
Run the following commands to install /e/
these img files are available in the /e/OS zip you downloaded
fastboot flash system system.img fastboot flash vendor vendor-sparsed.img fastboot flash boot boot.img fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img fastboot flash recovery recovery.img fastboot flash logo logo.img fastboot flash md1dsp md1dsp.img fastboot flash md1img md1img.img fastboot flash spmfw spmfw.img fastboot flash lk lk.img fastboot flash lk2 lk.img fastboot flash sspm_1 sspm.img fastboot flash sspm_2 sspm.img fastboot flash tee1 tee.img fastboot flash tee2 tee.img fastboot flash preloader preloader.img fastboot -w fastboot reboot
To find some troubleshooting tips… click here
adb
- Getting a
Total xFer ':' 0.01x
message - Try to upload the /e/OS to internal storage and retry to install adb ':' sideload connection failed ':' insufficient permissions for device
error - Try to execute the commandsadb kill-server
andadb start-server
and retry- Running
adb shell twrp install /sdcard/</e/ zip package>
raise non-existent directory error - Try to check solution here - Getting an
insufficient permissions
error - Try the solution given here - When running "adb devices" in bash a device is shown as "unauthorized" - Try the solution given here
TWRP
- Errors while running TWRP version 3.4.x.x or above - Try downloading and using a previous TWRP version.. below 3.4.x.x
- In TWRP if this error shows up
failed to mount /preload
- Try in TWRPwipe
screen in advanced menu selectpreload
andswipe to wipe
/cache/recovery/xxx -> no such file or directory
error while flashing a ROM - On PC runadb shell
in the console now create a folder called recovery for e.g. here the devicecode name is violet "violet :/cache# mkdir recovery"
Connectivity
- Trying to troubleshoot mobile connectivity issues - Read this guide