I’m unable to unlock the critical partitions on my Fairphone 6 after a factory reset. I want to install e os, but the device is preventing the unlock process.
**Issue:**
1. I initially unlocked the bootloader successfully for custom ROM installation
2. I performed a factory reset on the device
3. After reset, the OEM Unlock toggle in Developer Settings became greyed out
4. When attempting to unlock critical partitions using `fastboot flashing unlock_critical`, I received the error: “Flashing Unlock is not allowed”
5. Running `fastboot flashing get_unlock_ability` returns `0`, indicating the device has disabled critical partition unlocking at the hardware/firmware level
6. Even the official Fairphone factory image flash script (`flash_fp6_factory.sh`) fails with the error: “The critical partitions are not unlocked”
**What I’ve Tried:**
- Re-enabling Developer Mode and attempting to toggle OEM Unlock
- Running fastboot unlock and unlock_critical commands
- Attempting to flash the official Fairphone factory image (blocked by critical partition lock) I need the critical partition unlock ability (`get_unlock_ability`) reset to allow installation of a custom ROM.
Can you help reset this lock or provide an unlock token?
I tried this, but it doesn’t work on fairphone 6. I will wait for the next update and i have also contacted the fairphone support team in case they have an easier solution.
