Install /e/ on a Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE International - “klte”
Requirements
- Take a backup of all important data on your phone before proceeding.
- A guide on backing up with TWRP is available here
- Ensure your phone is charged more than 50%
- Check that adb and fastboot 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 klte
Alert: Please note some of the above links can lead to external sites
Preparing for installation
Samsung devices come with a unique boot mode called “Download mode”, which is very similar to “Fastboot mode” on some devices with unlocked bootloaders. Heimdall is a cross-platform, open-source tool for interfacing with Download mode on Samsung devices. The preferred method of installing a custom recovery is through this boot mode – rooting the stock firmware is neither necessary nor required.
Please note: On windows PC’s to run the installation using ODIN check this HOWTO. The steps given below explain how to install Heimdall and flash /e/OS
- Enable OEM unlock in the Developer options under device Settings.
It appears sometime that the OEM unlock option is missing from Development options, especially on new devices. Please connect your device to the wifi and check of system updates. After a reboot, the option should appear.
- Install Heimdall or if you prefer you can Build latest Heimdall suite
- Power off the device and connect the USB adapter to the computer (but not to the device, yet).
- Boot into download mode:
- With the device powered off, hold Volume Down + Home + Power.
Accept the disclaimer, then insert the USB cable into the device.
- Windows only: install the drivers. A more complete set of instructions can be found in the ZAdiag user guide.
- Run
zadiag.exe
from the Drivers folder of the Heimdall suite. - Choose Options » List all devices from the menu.
- Select Samsung USB Composite Device or MSM8x60 or Gadget Serial or Device Name from the drop down menu. (If nothing relevant appears, try uninstalling any Samsung related Windows software, like Samsung Windows drivers and/or Kies).
- Click Replace Driver (having to select Install Driver from the drop down list built into the
- If you are prompted with a warning that the installer is unable to verify the publisher of the driver, select Install this driver anyway. You may receive two more prompts about security. Select the options that allow you to carry on.
- Run
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On the computer, open a command prompt (on Windows) or terminal (on Linux or macOS) window, and type:
heimdall print-pit
- If the device reboots, Heimdall is installed and working properly.
Installing a custom recovery
-
Download a custom recovery - you can download TWRP.
- Power off the device and connect the USB adapter to the computer (but not to the device, yet).
- Boot into download mode:
- With the device powered off, hold Volume Down + Home + Power.
Accept the disclaimer, then insert the USB cable into the device.
- On the computer, open a command prompt (on Windows) or terminal (on Linux or macOS) window in the directory the recovery image is located, and type:
heimdall flash --RECOVERY twrp-x.x.x-x-klte.img --no-reboot
- A blue transfer bar will appear on the device showing the recovery being transferred.
- Unplug the USB cable from your device.
- Manually reboot into recovery:
- With the device powered off, hold Volume Up + Home + Power. When the blue text appears, release the buttons.
Note: Be sure to reboot into recovery immediately after having installed the custom recovery. Otherwise the custom recovery will be overwritten and the device will reboot (appearing as though your custom recovery failed to install).
- With the device powered off, hold Volume Up + Home + Power. When the blue text appears, release the buttons.
Installing /e/ from recovery
1. Before proceeding ensure you have downloaded the /e/OS for your device, from the link given in the Downloads section above
2. 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
- With the device powered off, hold Volume Up + Home + Power. When the blue text appears, release the buttons.
3. In TWRP return to main menu, then tap Wipe
4. Now tap Format Data
and continue with the formatting process.
This will remove encryption as well as delete all files stored on the internal storage. Remember to take a backup first. Check Requirements section above.
5. Return to the previous menu and tap Advanced Wipe
.
6. Select the Cache
and System
partitions to be wiped and then Swipe to Wipe
7. Sideload the /e/ .zip package.
Total 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
8. 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"
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This documentation “” is a derivative of “install LineageOS on klte” by The LineageOS Project, used under CC BY.