I was notified today that there was a security update available. I downloaded and installed. When the phone tried to restart it did several failed attempts. Now I see a black screen with some text, I can choose using the volume buttons different alternatives. No alternative works, I just end up back…

Hello again! I went back to the device manager and managed to find an unknown Android device which I uninstalled. After that the command .\fastboot devices could find my FP3 and the rest went smoothly. Thanks a bunch, you saved my phone! /David

Read the following thread and the proposed solution in there. worked for me: [image] FP3 next morning wouldnt show/turn on, after attaching it to charger, and trying again a START screen in green with misc debug and low level stuff shows Fairphone 3 A fresh FP3 bought ver…

Hi, thanks for responding! I get to here… " Extract the .zip and click shift + right mouse you will see the option to start a power shell mode: do it Check if your device is recogniced by your PC by typing: fastboot devices if you get a response you might proceed." …but I get no response. If…

dunno if there would be any limitations from within a powershell, so why not try from via standard commandline (cmd.exe) and forget about too fancy stuff such as powershell :wink: also is your phone/device showing up in windows device manager probably inside the usb subtree or similar places. also …

Fairphone 3 seems bricked after security update

Help Fairphone 3

abittner March 22, 2020, 9:11pm 2

Read the following thread and the proposed solution in there. worked for me: