This is a beta release of the OpenAndroidInstaller.

Linux, MacOS and Windows are supported, but the testing is mainly done on under Ubuntu 20.04/22.04. Note, that currently there is no support for ARM-based systems.

This release v0.5.1-beta adds:

• Allow flashing of the vendor_boot partition
• Add --disable-verity --disable-verification to flash vbmeta command

New devices:

• support for begonia (Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro) (thanks to @anon1892)
• support for on7xelte (Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime) (thanks to @MagicLike)
• support for a7y17lte (Samsung Galaxy A7 2017) (thanks to @SirRGB)
• support for jfltexx (Samsung Galaxy S4) (thanks to @MagicLike)
• support for dipper (Xiaomi Mi 8) (thanks to @anon1892)
• support for surya/karna (Poco X3 - X3 NFC) (thanks to @anon1892)
• support for alioth (Redmi K40 / Mi 11X / Poco F3) (thanks to
  @anon1892)
• new device code variant to j7elte & added TWRP link (thanks to
  @MagicLike)

Other improvements:

• updates for some OnePlus and Pixel configs with make use of the
  flashing of additional partitions if needed for Android 13
• a requirement checkbox to encourage booting stock OS at least once
• migrate xda developers link to a new url
• misc docs and minor config corrections/additions (thanks to @SirRGB)

Commits

• 3b960e5: Added support for jfltexx / jflte (MagicLike) #207
• 44a6205: Added Samsung Galaxy S4 to the list (MagicLike) #207
• cad4a70: Added new device code variant to j7elte (MagicLike) #208
• 9bc282d: Added TWRP link (MagicLike) #208
• 7c15784: Added support for on7xelte (MagicLike) #209
• 8d92e20: Added Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime to the list (MagicLike) #209
• 9918999: Add support for begonia (Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro) (rudu) #310
• c46a886: Add support for begonia (Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro) (#310) (Tobias Sterbak) #310
• 8a0f35c: Added new device code variant to j7elte & added TWRP link (#208) (Tobias Sterbak) #208
• 136baa4: Add a requirement checkbox to encourage booting stock rom atleast once and check if everything works (Tobias Sterbak) #316
• dda3aed: Update configs of OnePlus devices for additional partitions (Tobias Sterbak) #317
• a2f3621: Enable flashing of vendor_boot partition (Tobias Sterbak) #317
• b9ebd60: Fix configs with addintion flash step and add vendor_boot to tooling and steps (Tobias Sterbak) #317
• 693e691: Update configs of some google devices (Tobias Sterbak) #317
• 377f2fa: Add --disable-verity --disable-verification to flash vbmeta step (Tobias Sterbak) #317
• 886bbba: Marked on7xelte as untested (MagicLike) #209
• 8746d82: Merge branch 'dev' into on7xelte (MagicLike) #209
• f86a7a7: Merge branch 'dev' into jfltexx (MagicLike) #207
• 1c361cc: Marked jflte as untested (MagicLike) #207
• 3d44666: Fix guacamoleb config (Tobias Sterbak) #317
• 4c2afb0: Added support for Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime (#209) (Tobias Sterbak) #209
• be1f0bb: Fix text (Tobias Sterbak) #316
• 985681e: Merge branch 'dev' into use-device-once (Tobias Sterbak) #316
• 70e6fba: Add a requirement checkbox to encourage booting stock rom at least once. (#316) (Tobias Sterbak) #316
• 95e08f7: Mark vayu as tested (Tobias Sterbak)
• 8c6183e: Change fastboot_flash_recovery to also flash additional partitions if nessecary (only for Mi439) (Tobias Sterbak) #317
• 1c1f7e2: Merge branch 'main' into dev (Tobias Sterbak) #315
• d1c563f: Update pillow and other requirements (Tobias Sterbak) #315
• fe316b0: update xda developers links (SirRGB) #321
• 77d0013: add A7 2017 support (SirRGB) #321
• 1939d91: sync a5 2017 asserts with lineage (SirRGB) #321
• 62028d8: update xda developers links + a7 2017 support (#321) (Tobias Sterbak) #321
• 52392fe: Added support for Samsung Galaxy S4 (#207) (Tobias Sterbak) #207
• 15a90f9: readme/docs: minor corrections and additions (SirRGB) #327
• 95f89ae: remove misc whitespaces within xiaomi configs (SirRGB) #327
• 8e619f1: mark a7y17lte as untested within its config (SirRGB) #327
• 92aa4ec: mark vayu as tested again (SirRGB) #327
• 30a45f4: bump version requirements for cheesedump (SirRGB) #327
• 972f5c3: Add support for dipper (Xiaomi Mi 8) (rudu) #341
• 88ca32e: Merge branch 'main' into dipper (anon1892) #341
• bb89652: Add support for surya/karna (Poco X3 - X3 NFC) (rudu) #342
• f9a10ea: Add support for alioth (Redmi K40 / Mi 11X / Poco F3) (rudu) #343
• c530a33: Add support for dipper (Xiaomi Mi 8) (#341) (Tobias Sterbak) #341
• 3f664a8: Merge branch 'dev' into surya (Tobias Sterbak) #342
• 3e5f70d: Add support for surya/karna (Poco X3 - X3 NFC) (#342) (Tobias Sterbak) #342
• 347c036: Add support for alioth (Redmi K40 / Mi 11X / Poco F3) (#343) (Tobias Sterbak) #343
• 53d836b: Update configs (Tobias Sterbak) #317
• a334957: Merge branch 'dev' into update-configs-for-additional-partitions (Tobias Sterbak) #317
• 342369f: Update configs for additional partitions and flash vendor_boot.img (#317) (Tobias Sterbak) #317
• b787b72: Merge branch 'dev' into dev (Tobias Sterbak) #327
• 0ecefc3: misc docs and minor config corrections/additions (#327) (Tobias Sterbak) #327
• 349c017: Minor fixes (Tobias Sterbak) #315
• e379b27: Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/dev' into dev (Tobias Sterbak) #315
• 929679a: Minor readme fixes (Tobias Sterbak) #315
• 51b4f86: Change 'fastboot reboot recovery' to 'fastboot reboot-recovery' (Tobias Sterbak) #315
• 1f87996: Fix davinciin (Tobias Sterbak) #315
• dece249: Bump version to 0.5.1-beta (Tobias Sterbak) #315
• fe5644f: Release 0.5.1-beta (#315) (Tobias Sterbak) #315