New installation method?

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The latest release implements a new installation method

  1. Download fastboot package for your device (latest file iode-[...]-fastboot.zip):
    <snip>
  2. Unzip fastboot package and execute flash-all.sh (linux) or flash-all.bat (windows)

Is it supported for devices on IodeOS 2.x & 3.x or just 4.x?

Does the new ..fastboot.zip get created by the mka bacon command, or is there some new build magic needed?

The flash-all.sh appears to format cache and data partitions before flashing

fastboot format:ext4 cache
fastboot format:ext4 userdata

Is it possible to ‘dirty flash’ by calling fastboot --skip-reboot -w update iode-4.1-20230401-<device-name>-img.zip without calling fastboot format:ext4 userdata?

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All versions.

make dist produces an image package suitable for flashing with fastboot, in the build/<device>/dist directory, named lineage_<device>-img-eng.<username>.zip.
Note that the builds sometimes fail due to missing hidl definitions, that can be solved like that.

You also must remove the -w as it wipes data. We put both ways for userdata clear, as wipe in the fastboot update fails for some devices.

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