I guess @yvmuell more meant the contact Fairphone support part.
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I think @yvmuell was mentionning:
Else you will have to contact Fairphone Support directly to get it re-flashed
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ah. thank y’all for your help <3
I gotta say, this bootloader business is getting kinda confusing with different avenues and possibilities for each device, and what to try and not to try… we should be making a comprehensive primer/explainer, with the risks involved, and a flowchart/exposé of each situation.
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Who is we…
There is a German Blog including a Diagram for the FP5 which can be used for each device and System in my eyes. Overall FP could just write good instructions with a clear visible warning and without needing to skip through 4-5 pages to get all info from getting the unlock code to locking the bootloader. Instead of letting the community do this.
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I might be envisioning a wiki/guide, of which I could be providing the stub next week, because i’m not really on top of things right now, but your FP5 guide and their diagrams are certainly interesting (albeit in German). My focus would be specifically on unbrick.
If someone could create a guide to unbrick the Fairphone 6 with a locked boot, that would be wonderful.
I’m open to any help. I have no knowledge, but I’m willing to help if possible.
So far I think the guide would rather be a guide to not brick it, until someone finds a way to unbrick when trapped with a locked bootloader.
The Anti-Brick guide is rather short: always check the SPL date not the release or build date and never lock the bootloader when you flashed an older SPL. So actually e.g. what e/OS has in their install instrucrions or FP on their “Manage Bootloader” page. People “just” need to inform themselves properly bevor flashing. The info exist.
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indeed, bricking by locking the bootloader is dangerous and there are cases where it’s gonna be costly or impossible to fix. So far, we need a decision chart to map whether or not something can even be done, what we can do, and at what conditions.
We’re getting somewhere, but not somewhere nice …
In the /e/OS community forum an FP6 user screenshotted the current /e/OS version with a security patch level of May 5, which is in line with the (not device specific) /e/OS 3.0 release notes. But the /e/OS FP6 install guide lists June 5.
I asked for clarification there.
If indeed the security patch level turns out to be the same in both current OSes, then it shouldn’t trigger Android rollback protection and thus no bricking because of rollback protection.
We would be back to the question why the bricking happens then.
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Hello
I simply did the following:
From eOs with the June patch, unlock the bootloader again.
Flash the rollback available for FP6 on the eOs website. Re-enable the developer options on the FP6 stock ROM. There I saw that the unlock option wasn’t enabled, and it sent me a message saying the boot was already unlocked. The next step was to re-lock the bootloader, and it wouldn’t boot anymore. It was stuck permanently in fastboot.
Isn’t there a command that allows me to reinstall the stock ROM from fastboot?
I typed fastboot oem allow-flashing, but it doesn’t recognize this command in FP6.
Is there any solution to unbrick the smartphone?
Thanks.
Oskar
No, when you cant unlock the bootloader again
Solution as already mentioned is
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Could you give me the link? I contacted you through the Fairphone website.
Thank you so much!
Oskar
I would be very grateful if you could give me a link or an address where to go.
I try to chat, but it is not active from the web
Thanks again
Oskar
I cant give you more than what you find on Fairphones support pages and chat might open at 10h or so, the opening times are mentioned as far as I know.
From EDL mode in FP there is no possibility to flash stock software right?
for any other than fp3, there’s no firehose.ebl wich is necessary
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So it’s impossible for our FP6, right? I wrote to Support, but I don’t know if they’ll respond or provide a solution.
Please contact support through the Live chat almost at the bottom of the page. It is still open till 3PM.
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I got the FP6 and manually installed /e/os and it went smoothly, but when I wanted to go to Android 15 I followed the instructions written on the fairphone website and it went smoothly until the final step that stated to lock the bootloader.
Before locking the bootloader the phone booted into android 15 without any issues however the moment I locked the bootloader the phone refused to boot into android 15 and I tried everything from:
Trying to unlock the bootloader and reinstalling android 15
Removing the battery
Restarting the phone
Countless commands in the terminal
All resulted with the same issue, returning to the bootloader.
Can anyone please help with this issue?