Fairphone 5 not booting after /e/OS 3.2 update – Qualcomm 9008 (QDL) mode

Help Fairphone 5
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Hello,

Fairphone 5 running /e/OS Android 14.

The device already showed higher-than-expected battery drain from the beginning.

Update sequence:

  • /e/OS 3.1.1 → 3.1.4 (successful, system working normally)

  • Update to 3.2 → the phone stopped booting completely.

Current state:

  • No power on, no vibration, no logo

  • No access to recovery or fastboot

  • Not detected as an Android device by the PC

  • On GNU/Linux Debian it appears as Qualcomm 9008 (QDL / EDL mode) when connected via USB, identified as Bus 001 Device 012: ID 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode) using lsusb

It is not clear whether the system can still be recovered by flashing firmware again or whether the bootloader / low-level partition has been affected.

Has anyone managed to recover a Fairphone 5 in this state after a /e/OS 3.2 update?

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In this state you need help from FP, you cant recover it on your own