fastboot-assistant v.0.8.1.9

What is new?

• Status: stable
• Codename: Glitschiges GNOME
• Release Code: Glitschiges GNOME 44
• Packages: DEB, Snap, Zip

- New structure of the UI 
- Complete revision of the UI 
- Icons are now used
- Accent color is now controlled by libadwaita
- Use of external CSS
- Automatic detection of a/b devices in the partitioning
- Improvement of the setup wizard and new UI
- Revision of About
- Added side menu with some additional tools
- Log can now be viewed via the side menu during use
- Revision of the structure on GitHub
- Debian package is now built via debuild. 
- Added a minimal man page
- Revision of the Treble Updater
- Fastboot-Assistant is now available as a Debian package directly on Launchpad via a PPA.
- Set new version of Open Android Backup
- Add a lock so that no process can be executed without a connected device
- Fix themes in the snap
- Fix UI crash and CSS provider errors
- Fix a lot of errors. 

→ follow the steps in the README or wiki to install

Helpers

• Thanks to @igorpupkinable for testing and fixing bugs

Notes

• Use Debian-package for Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu.
• Use Zip-File for Windows systems.
• Use the Snap for other Linux-Distros

Install

• Debian-Package:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nachtstern12/fastboot-assistant
sudo apt update
sudo apt install fastboot-assistant

fastboot-assistant v.0.8.1.8

What is new?

• Status: stable
• Codename: Glitschiges GNOME
• Release Code: Glitschiges GNOME 44
• Packages: DEB, Snap, Zip

- New structure of the UI 
- Complete revision of the UI 
- Icons are now used
- Accent color is now controlled by libadwaita
- Use of external CSS
- Automatic detection of a/b devices in the partitioning
- Improvement of the setup wizard and new UI
- Revision of About
- Added side menu with some additional tools
- Log can now be viewed via the side menu during use
- Revision of the structure on GitHub
- Debian package is now built via debuild. 
- Added a minimal man page
- Revision of the Treble Updater
- Fastboot-Assistant is now available as a Debian package directly on Launchpad via a PPA.
- Set new version of Open Android Backup
- Fix themes in the snap
- Fix UI crash and CSS provider errors
- Fix a lot of errors.

→ follow the steps in the README or wiki to install

Helpers

• Thanks to @igorpupkinable for fixing bugs

Notes

• Use Debian-package for Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu.
• Use Zip-File for Windows systems.
• Use the Snap for other Linux-Distros

Install

• Debian-Package:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nachtstern12/fastboot-assistant
sudo apt update
sudo apt install fastboot-assistant

fastboot-assistant v.0.8.1.6

What is new?

• Status: stable
• Codename: Glitschiges GNOME
• Release Code: Glitschiges GNOME 42
• Packages: DEB, Snap, Zip

- New structure of the UI 
- Complete revision of the UI 
- Icons are now used
- Accent color is now controlled by libadwaita
- Use of external CSS
- Automatic detection of a/b devices in the partitioning
- Improvement of the setup wizard and new UI
- Revision of About
- Added side menu with some additional tools
- Log can now be viewed via the side menu during use
- Revision of the structure on GitHub
- Debian package is now built via debuild. 
- Added a minimal man page
- Revision of the Treble Updater
- Fastboot-Assistant is now available as a Debian package directly on Launchpad via a PPA.
- Fix themes in the snap
- Fix a lot of errors.

→ follow the steps in the README or wiki to install

Notes

• Use Debian-package for Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu.
• Use Zip-File for Windows systems.
• Use the Snap for other Linux-Distros → The Snap version is still in beta. I prefer to use the Debian package.

Install

• Debian-Package:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nachtstern12/fastboot-assistant
sudo apt update
sudo apt install fastboot-assistant

fastboot-assistant v.0.8.1.5

What is new?

• Status: stable
• Codename: Glitschiges GNOME
• Release Code: Glitschiges GNOME 40
• Packages: DEB, Snap, Zip

- New structure of the UI 
- Complete revision of the UI 
- Icons are now used
- Accent color is now controlled by libadwaita
- Use of external CSS
- Automatic detection of a/b devices in the partitioning
- Improvement of the setup wizard and new UI
- Revision of About
- Added side menu with some additional tools
- Log can now be viewed via the side menu during use
- Revision of the structure on GitHub
- Debian package is now built via debuild. 
- Added a minimal man page
- Revision of the Treble Updater
- Fastboot-Assistant is now available as a Debian package directly on Launchpad via a PPA.
- Fix a lot of errors.

→ follow the steps in the README or wiki to install

Notes

• Use Debian-package for Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu.
• Use Zip-File for Windows systems.
• Use the Snap for other Linux-Distros → The Snap version is still in beta. I prefer to use the Debian package.
• After installing the snap, it is necessary to set the Libadwaita theme for the snap to light mode.

Install

• Debian-Package:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nachtstern12/fastboot-assistant
sudo apt update
sudo apt install fastboot-assistant

fastboot-assistant v.0.7.2.1

What is new?

• Status: stable
• Codename: Mutiges Mint
• Release Code: Mutiges Mint 22
• Packages: DEB, Snap, Zip

- add the treble updater → update in the inactive slot of a device via adb (need root)
- new location of the updater → located at about(), the treble updater use the free button
- selection of the location for ROM installation by the user
- all configurations are saved in ~/.config/fastboot-assistant
- Information about flashing errors
- new logging → Logs are saved in log.txt
- Status information for decompressing xz files
- Updater uses apt instead of dpkg
- display new version better
- display system information for debugging
- new updater that also allows to build the fastboot-assistant from source
- note after an update
- support snap packages
- use auto_free for the function, that use free()
- add some settings for the fastboot-assistant
- rework root detection
- add detection of the bootctl
- fix the error of device/bootctl/root detection
- fix the error with the updater
- fix some errors

→ follow the steps in the README or wiki to install

Notes

• Use fastboot-assistant.deb for Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu.
• Use fastboot-assistant.zip for Windows systems.
• Use the Snap for other Linux-Distros.

fastboot-assistant v.0.7.2

What is new?

• Status: stable
• Codename: Mutiges Mint
• Release Code: Mutiges Mint 21.3
• Packages: DEB, Snap, Zip

- add the treble updater → update in the inactive slot of a device via adb (need root)
- new location of the updater → located at about(), the treble updater use the free button
- selection of the location for ROM installation by the user
- all configurations are saved in ~/.config/fastboot-assistant
- Information about flashing errors
- new logging → Logs are saved in log.txt
- Status information for decompressing xz files
- Updater uses apt instead of dpkg
- display new version better
- display system information for debugging
- new updater that also allows to build the fastboot-assistant from source
- note after an update
- support snap packages
- use auto_free for the function, that use free()
- add some settings for the fastboot-assistant
- rework root detection
- add detection of the bootctl
- fix some errors

→ follow the steps in the README or wiki to install

Notes

• Perform a manual update, as the updater in v.0.7.1.beta has an error when creating the updater directory.

• Use fastboot-assistant.deb for Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu.

• Use fastboot-assistant.zip for Windows systems.

• Use the Snap for other Linux-Distros.

fastboot-assistant v.0.7.1

What is new?

• Status: beta
• Codename: Mutiges Mint
• Release Code: Mutiges Mint 20.3

- Selection of the location for ROM installation by the user
- all configurations are saved in ~/.config/fastboot-assistant
- Information about flashing errors
- New logging → Logs are saved in log.txt
- Status information for decompressing xz files
- Updater uses apt instead of dpkg
- Display system information for debugging
- New updater that also allows prereleases to be used (experimental)
- Note after an update (experimental)
- Experimental snap from the fastboot-assistant
- fix some errors

→ follow the steps in the README or wiki to install

Notes

• This is a prerelease and still has some bugs with experimental features.
• Use fastboot-assistant.deb for Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu.
• Use fastboot-assistant.zip for Windows systems.
• There is an experimental Snap for Linux.

fastboot-assistant v.0.6.2.2

What is new?

• Status: stable
• Codename: Rostiges Red Hat
• Release Code: Rostiges Red Hat 9

- Adding logic to support German and English.
- Switch from GTK3 to GTK4.
- Switch from GTK dialog to pkexec when executing a command with root rights.
- add logic to flash all Images in a Directory.
- add function that use fastboot boot
- add bootloader check
- add logging for debbugging
- add automatic slot change after flashing in an inactive slot
- Rework of the file selection dialog to a standard dialog for the file selection of GTK.
- Add the spinner to commands with pkexec.
- Add the version info in the Updater.
- Rework of the updater so that it does not try to overwrite the running application.
- fixing a lot of errors

→ follow the steps in the README or wiki to install

Notes

• Use fastboot-assistant.deb for Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu.
• Use fastboot-assistant.zip for Windows systems.
• There is an RPM in the prebuilts, but it is not recommended to use it because there are missing dependencies, like heimdall or pkexec.

fastboot-assistant v.0.6.2.1

What is new?

• Status: stable
• Codename: Rostiges Red Hat
• Release Code: Rostiges Red Hat 9

- Adding logic to support German and English.
- Switch from GTK3 to GTK4.
- Switch from GTK dialog to pkexec when executing a command with root rights.
- add logic to flash all Images in a Directory.
- add function that use fastboot boot
- add bootloader check
- add logging for debbugging
- add automatic slot change after flashing in an inactive slot
- Rework of the file selection dialog to a standard dialog for the file selection of GTK.
- fixing a lot of errors

→ follow the steps in the README or wiki to install

Notes

• Use fastboot-assistant.deb for Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu.
• Use fastboot-assistant.zip for Windows systems.
• There is an RPM in the prebuilts, but it is not recommended to use it because there are missing dependencies, like heimdall or pkexec.

fastboot-assistant v.0.6.2

What is new?

• Status: stable
• Codename: Rostiges Red Hat
• Release Code: Rostiges Red Hat 9

- Adding logic to support German and English.
- Switch from GTK3 to GTK4.
- Switch from GTK dialog to pkexec when executing a command with root rights.
- add logic to flash all Images in a Directory.
- add function that use fastboot boot
- add bootloader check
- add logging for debbugging
- add automatic slot change after flashing in an inactive slot
- fixing a lot of errors

→ follow the steps in the README or wiki to install

Notes

• Use fastboot-assistant.deb for Linux distributions based on Debian/Ubuntu.
• Use fastboot-assistant.zip for Windows systems.
• There is an RPM in the prebuilts, but it is not recommended to use it because there are missing dependencies, like heimdall or pkexec.

Issues

→ see the issue page on GitHub

• all major errors fixed: #59, #60, #61, #63, #64, #65, #66, #67, #69, #70, #71, #75, #77, #78, #79, #82, #83, #26