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…

I found the Solution: I locked the bootloader using fastboot commands… this worked, i can now unlock the phone all over again. :smiley:

Maybe thats possible on the FP6 as well… [image] Trapped in fastboot mode with locked bootloader and corrupted custom ROM Fairphone 4 I managed to set get_unlock_ability back to 1 again (with an unlocked bootloader, don’t get your hopes up) by using Magisks re…

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.

fastboot oem device-info (bootloader) Verity mode: true (bootloader) Device unlocked: true (bootloader) Device critical unlocked: false (bootloader) Charger screen enabled: true (bootloader) Rollback index (0): 0 (bootloader) Rollback index (1): 1 (bootloader) Rollback index (2): 17623…

OEM Bug after factory reset

Help Fairphone 6

yvmuell June 2, 2026, 8:00pm 2

Maybe thats possible on the FP6 as well…

else maybe wait for the next OTA update to see if this resets get unlock ability.

Otherwise you might have to send it to FPs repair center, there is notbing like an unlock token