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I’ve tried to search for supported Samsung devices, especially the S20 FE, and it’s a nightmare to find anything relevant using Google. Google Search ignores /e

I’ve tried to search for supported Samsung devices, especially the S20 FE, and it’s a nightmare to find anything relevant using Google. Google Search ignores /e/, making it all but impossible to find anything about the /e/ project. I can relate to the OP, /e/ is nit a very handy name for Google searches. It’s like it doesn’t exist. What’s the point of a name you can’t Google, or pronounce? In case someone might have the same question: the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE is not supported. In fact all recent Samsung devices are not supported. Support for new Samsung smartphones seems to have halted, most recent model in the S-family is the S10, released more than 3 years ago. Does anyone know why recent Samsung devices are unsupported? After all, Samsung is one of the biggest smartphone makers. It seems odd to ignore such large user base.

commoner 4y ago
In recent years, Samsung phones sold in the U.S. generally have bootloaders that cannot be unlocked, so it's not possible to flash other OSes onto them.[1] The Samsung devices that can be bootloader-unlocked tend not to be mod-friendly. For example, Samsung phones permanently disable the Knox security feature when the bootloader is unlocked, and it is not restored even if the bootloader is relocked after a factory reset.[2] /e/'s lead developer is based in France, so /e/ does support some non-U.S. Samsung phone models. [1] https://www.thecustomdroid.com/sampwnd-unlock-bootloader-samsung-snapdragon/ https://www.thecustomdroid.com/sampwnd-unlock-bootloader-sam... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxys10/comments/c91f8a/is_knox_not_tripped_by_unlocking_bootloader/ https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxys10/comments/c91f8a/is_knox_n...