I tried to install /e/ on my new FF3 and did really everything the descriptions on the FF-website ( https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041655711-Manage-the-bootloader-of-your-Fairphone-3 ) and the lineage-os site ( https://wiki.lineageos.org/adb_fastboot_guide.html ) tell me. I managed …

Ok, friends, I GOT the solution now! The USB-driver was missing. For some reason, it did not work with this universal USB-driver. Find a detailed description of exactly my problem and solution here: rooting - fastboot doesn't see device - Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange This is the instructi…

Welcome to the community forum. [image] MSI: Of course, I’m in developer mode and OEM unlocking is toggled to ON. So everything seems to be ok there. Surprisingly, if I’m doing fastboot devices, I don’t get anything (while at the same time adb devices lists the FF3). What else can I do to get …

Please thoroughly follow section “3. Unlock your bootloader” … which is exactly, what I did, but it won’t work. In the terminal window, fastboot devices doesn’t even FIND the phone, while adb does. Maybe it has s.th. to do with the PC-driver. In the hardware manager I can see an Android device, …

Entering fastboot devices outputs No devices found or something similar?

… it doesn’t yield ANYTHING. It simply returns to the command line.

By the way: The PC has now found the driver of the Android Device! It says “Google Nexus ADB Interface”, but that still doesn’t solve my problem.

Ok… either I’m stupid, or I don’t understand. Could you send a screenshot of your command line?

Ok. Are you in fastboot mode on your phone? If it doesn’t display anything, it means it doesn’t recognize your phone.

You are right: The screenshot was NOT in fastboot mode, BUT: If I restart the FF3 in fastboot mode, ADB no longer recognizes the device, and in the hardware manager on the PC I once again have the exclamation mark. [image]

[image] MSI: If I restart the FF3 in fastboot mode, ADB no longer recognizes the device, and in the hardware manager on the PC I once again have the exclamation mark. ADB doesn’t work in Fastboot Mode, so far so normal. fastboot not working is odd. [image] Trying to install /e/OS on FP3, …

Thanks for your efforts. I’ll try this tomorrow and keep you informed.

Device won't unlock for installation of /e/

Help Fairphone 3

BertG August 23, 2020, 7:24pm 16

Ok, I am an Win10 and I have ADB installed.
Take a look here: