Install /e/ on a Razer Phone 2 - “aura”
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 aura
Try the /e/ Recovery (limited functionality)
- /e/ Recovery for dev build
- /e/OS build : R dev
To understand the difference between /e/OS builds check this guide
Unlocking the bootloader
Enable OEM unlock in the Developer options under device Settings, if present.
Connect your device to your PC via USB.
- On the computer, open a command prompt (on Windows) or terminal (on Linux or macOS) window, and type:
adb reboot bootloader
You can also boot into fastboot mode via a key combination:
- With the device powered off
- hold Volume Down + Power
- Once the device is in fastboot mode, verify your PC finds it by typing:
fastboot devices
Tip: If you seeno permissions fastboot
while on Linux or macOS, try runningfastboot
as root. Now type the following command to unlock the bootloader:
fastboot flashing unlock
If the device doesn’t automatically reboot, reboot it. It should now be unlocked.
- Since the device resets completely, you will need to re-enable USB debugging to continue.
Temporarily Booting a custom recovery using fastboot
Connect your device to your PC via USB.
- On the computer, open a command prompt (on Windows) or terminal (on Linux or macOS) window, and type:
adb reboot bootloader
- Once the device is in fastboot mode, verify your PC finds it by typing:
fastboot devices
- Flash a recovery image onto your device
fastboot flash boot recoveryfilename.img
Replace the
recoveryfilename
with the name of the recovery image you downloaded in the previous section - Manually reboot into recovery mode
- With the device powered off
- hold Volume Up + Power.
Installing /e/ from recovery
Before proceeding ensure you have downloaded the /e/OS for your device, from the link given in the Downloads section above
If you aren’t already in recovery mode, reboot into recovery mode by typing the below command in the console of an adb enabled PC
adb reboot recovery
Tip: You can also do this manually using the below key combination- With the device powered off, hold Volume Up + Power.
In TWRP return to main menu, then tap
Wipe
Now tap
Format Data
and continue with the formatting process.Here a new screen may show where you will have to type
Yes
and confirm the action by clicking a button.Caution: Format Data will remove encryption as well as delete all files stored on the internal storage. Remember to take a backup first. Check Requirements section above.Return to the previous menu and tap
Advanced Wipe
.Select the
Cache
andSystem
partitions to be wiped and thenSwipe to Wipe
Sideload the /e/ .zip package.
Tip: Sideload requires actions in two places to be done. One on your phone in the TWRP UI and secondly on the connected PC which should have adb enabled. Also note the sideload process while running may stop abruptly around 50%. The console would show a messageTotal xfer: 1.00x
. This would mean that the transfer has successfully completed.- On the device in TWRP,
select
Advanced
,ADB Sideload
, then swipe to begin sideload. - On the host machine, in the console , start the sideload of the package by typing
adb sideload filename.zip
Tip: Change the filename to the name of the file you downloaded- On the device in TWRP,
Once installation has finished, return to the main menu, tap Reboot, and then System
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
This documentation “Install /e/ on a Razer Phone 2 - “aura”” is a derivative of “install LineageOS on aura” by The LineageOS Project, used under CC BY.