That’s where @Ingo ’s question matters decisively:
Installing /e/ should still be possible with the bootloader already unlocked and the displayed willingness to use the command line
Install instructions for /e/ are here … Install /e/OS on a Fairphone FP3/3+ - “FP3” .
If you want to try, make sure you use adb and fastboot from the current Android SDK Platform Tools , that’s a bit hidden in the instructions and not doing that can lead to some frustration with certain Linux distributions currently.
We can help if there are questions.because ).
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Thank you very much.
I don’t know what was done so far.
I can switch between
restart bootloader
recovery mode
power off
start
with the volume down button.
But it ends always in the same state (see picture)
I wish to set the FP in the original state, and don’t know how.
On the FP thre is no command line
Ok, starting in Fastboot Mode …
Use the volume keys to select “Recovery mode” and press power to proceed.
Recovery mode should start with a picture of an Android with an opened hatch and with the text “No Command”.
In the menu there has to be a “factory reset” somewhere, that should be worth a try (even if it doesn’t do what the name implies, it just deletes Apps and user data, but sometimes it’s enough to get things going).
No, that would be on the computer.
Which OS do you use on the computer … Windows/Linux/macOS?
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Recovery mode doen’t work
I use Windows 10, have a command line and can run adb. But adb doesn’t see my FP
Ok.
ADB only works when Android is booted, or with a very limited feature set in recovery mode. But ADB wouldn’t be of help now anyway.
With the phone in Fastboot Mode and connected to the computer you can use the fastboot command … fastboot devices should see the phone.
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Hello AnotherElk
C:\Users\uwe\Documents\fairphone\platform-tools_r30.0.1-windows\platform-tools>fastboot devices
and
C:\Users\uwe\Documents\fairphone\platform-tools_r30.0.1-windows\platform-tools>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) hw-chip:SDM632
(bootloader) battery-soc-ok:yes
(bootloader) battery-voltage:3830261
(bootloader) variant:MTP eMMC
(bootloader) unlocked:yes
(bootloader) secure:no
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) logical-block-size:0x200
(bootloader) erase-block-size:0x200
(bootloader) display-panel:
(bootloader) off-mode-charge:1
(bootloader) adb-enabled:0
(bootloader) charger-screen-enabled:1
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x1fe00000
(bootloader) slot-count:2
(bootloader) current-slot:INVALID
(bootloader) slot-retry-count:b:0
(bootloader) slot-success:b:No
(bootloader) slot-active:b:No
(bootloader) slot-unbootable:b:Yes
(bootloader) slot-retry-count:a:0
(bootloader) slot-success:a:No
(bootloader) slot-active:a:No
(bootloader) slot-unbootable:a:Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:userdata: No
(bootloader) has-slot:product: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:frp: No
(bootloader) has-slot:logdump: No
(bootloader) has-slot:dpo: No
(bootloader) has-slot:msadp: No
(bootloader) has-slot:apdp: No
(bootloader) has-slot:keymaster: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:cmnlib64: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:cmnlib: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:lksecapp: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:mcfg: No
(bootloader) has-slot:syscfg: No
(bootloader) has-slot:mdtp: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:dip: No
(bootloader) has-slot:mota: No
(bootloader) has-slot:limits: No
(bootloader) has-slot:oem: No
(bootloader) has-slot:config: No
(bootloader) has-slot:prodinfo: No
(bootloader) has-slot:keystore: No
(bootloader) has-slot:misc: No
(bootloader) has-slot:persist: No
(bootloader) has-slot:vendor: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:system: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:devinfo: No
(bootloader) has-slot:boot: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:vbmeta: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:dtbo: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:aboot: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:splash: No
(bootloader) has-slot:sec: No
(bootloader) has-slot:fsg: No
(bootloader) has-slot:DDR: No
(bootloader) has-slot:modemst2: No
(bootloader) has-slot:modemst1: No
(bootloader) has-slot:dsp: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:devcfg: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:tz: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:rpm: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:sbl1: Yes
(bootloader) has-slot:ssd: No
(bootloader) has-slot:fsc: No
(bootloader) has-slot:modem: Yes
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0xc2f6f9e00
(bootloader) partition-type:product_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:product_b: 0x8000000
(bootloader) partition-type:product_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:product_a: 0x8000000
(bootloader) partition-type:frp:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:frp: 0x80000
(bootloader) partition-type:logdump:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:logdump: 0x4000000
(bootloader) partition-type:dpo:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:dpo: 0x2000
(bootloader) partition-type:msadp:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:msadp: 0x40000
(bootloader) partition-type:apdp:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:apdp: 0x40000
(bootloader) partition-type:keymaster_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:keymaster_b: 0x100000
(bootloader) partition-type:keymaster_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:keymaster_a: 0x100000
(bootloader) partition-type:cmnlib64_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:cmnlib64_b: 0x100000
(bootloader) partition-type:cmnlib64_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:cmnlib64_a: 0x100000
(bootloader) partition-type:cmnlib_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:cmnlib_b: 0x100000
(bootloader) partition-type:cmnlib_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:cmnlib_a: 0x100000
(bootloader) partition-type:lksecapp_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:lksecapp_b: 0x20000
(bootloader) partition-type:lksecapp_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:lksecapp_a: 0x20000
(bootloader) partition-type:mcfg:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:mcfg: 0x400000
(bootloader) partition-type:syscfg:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:syscfg: 0x80000
(bootloader) partition-type:mdtp_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:mdtp_b: 0x2000000
(bootloader) partition-type:mdtp_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:mdtp_a: 0x2000000
(bootloader) partition-type:dip:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:dip: 0x100000
(bootloader) partition-type:mota:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:mota: 0x80000
(bootloader) partition-type:limits:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:limits: 0x8000
(bootloader) partition-type:oem:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:oem: 0x10000000
(bootloader) partition-type:config:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:config: 0x8000
(bootloader) partition-type:prodinfo:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:prodinfo: 0x200000
(bootloader) partition-type:keystore:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:keystore: 0x80000
(bootloader) partition-type:misc:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:misc: 0x100000
(bootloader) partition-type:persist:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:persist: 0x2000000
(bootloader) partition-type:vendor_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:vendor_b: 0x40000000
(bootloader) partition-type:vendor_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:vendor_a: 0x40000000
(bootloader) partition-type:system_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:system_b: 0xc0000000
(bootloader) partition-type:system_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:system_a: 0xc0000000
(bootloader) partition-type:devinfo:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:devinfo: 0x100000
(bootloader) partition-type:boot_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:boot_b: 0x4000000
(bootloader) partition-type:boot_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:boot_a: 0x4000000
(bootloader) partition-type:vbmeta_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:vbmeta_b: 0x10000
(bootloader) partition-type:vbmeta_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:vbmeta_a: 0x10000
(bootloader) partition-type:dtbo_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:dtbo_b: 0x800000
(bootloader) partition-type:dtbo_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:dtbo_a: 0x800000
(bootloader) partition-type:aboot_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:aboot_b: 0x300000
(bootloader) partition-type:aboot_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:aboot_a: 0x300000
(bootloader) partition-type:splash:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:splash: 0xb00000
(bootloader) partition-type:sec:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:sec: 0x4000
(bootloader) partition-type:fsg:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:fsg: 0x180000
(bootloader) partition-type:DDR:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:DDR: 0x8000
(bootloader) partition-type:modemst2:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:modemst2: 0x180000
(bootloader) partition-type:modemst1:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:modemst1: 0x180000
(bootloader) partition-type:dsp_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:dsp_b: 0x1000000
(bootloader) partition-type:dsp_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:dsp_a: 0x1000000
(bootloader) partition-type:devcfg_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:devcfg_b: 0x40000
(bootloader) partition-type:devcfg_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:devcfg_a: 0x40000
(bootloader) partition-type:tz_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:tz_b: 0x200000
(bootloader) partition-type:tz_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:tz_a: 0x200000
(bootloader) partition-type:rpm_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:rpm_b: 0x80000
(bootloader) partition-type:rpm_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:rpm_a: 0x80000
(bootloader) partition-type:sbl1_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:sbl1_b: 0x80000
(bootloader) partition-type:sbl1_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:sbl1_a: 0x80000
(bootloader) partition-type:ssd:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:ssd: 0x2000
(bootloader) partition-type:fsc:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:fsc: 0x400
(bootloader) partition-type:modem_b:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:modem_b: 0x5800000
(bootloader) partition-type:modem_a:raw
(bootloader) partition-size:modem_a: 0x5800000
(bootloader) hw-revision:10000
(bootloader) serialno:A209HLH80202
(bootloader) kernel:lk
(bootloader) product:FP3
all:
Finished. Total time: 1.953s
The Fairphone 3 is a so-called A/B device.
It seems that both slots are marked as unbootable.
fastboot --set-active=a
fastboot reboot
What does the phone do after that?
C:\Users\uwe\Documents\fairphone\platform-tools_r30.0.1-windows\platform-tools>fastboot --set-active=a
C:\Users\uwe\Documents\fairphone\platform-tools_r30.0.1-windows\platform-tools>fastboot reboot
Back in Fastboot Mode? Then …
fastboot --set-active=b
fastboot reboot
C:\Users\uwe\Documents\fairphone\platform-tools_r30.0.1-windows\platform-tools>fastboot getvar all
I have a backup dir:
Can I put this an a sd-card in FP and do a recover?
When your phone is showing the screen like the picture you post, press volume key to select Power and then press the power button.
restart bootloader
recovery mode
power off
start
Have a look at the right top end of the screen, there you can reboot your phone normally.
Hopefully this works on your phone to.
You can try. This looks like a TWRP backup. TWRP is a custom recovery program.
I have tried to restore a complete TWRP backup two times on my Fairphone 3, unsuccessfully, both times ending in a bootloop. Just to manage expectations, I myself obviously don’t know how to do that so that it works afterwards
TWRP will look for backups to restore in the following directory structure either in Internal Storage (which isn’t an option in this case here) or on an SD card in the phone (includes the serial number of the phone you got with fastboot devices):
TWRP
BACKUPS
A209HLH80202
(some directory name TWRP puts together automatically, shouldn’t be too important if you have to make one up)
If you have this structure already, just copy it to the SD card as it is.
Download the TWRP image to your computer from TWRP for Fairphone 3 .
With the phone in Fastboot Modefastboot boot twrp-whatever-else-is-in-the-filename.img
TWRP starting the first time (or not being able to access the data partition) will ask whether to keep the system partition read-only or to allow modifications … keeping it read-only is the safe choice, this doesn’t hamper restoring.
From the TWRP main menu:
(Can’t have a look right now, I hope that’s about right from memory.)
When the restore is done, reboot.
In case the restored state of the phone doesn’t boot, here’s another shot at it …
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Hello AnotherElk,
Can you tell me how to build a partition table?
See:
C:\Users\uwe\Documents\fairphone\platform-tools_r30.0.1-windows\platform-tools>fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-0_k4y0z-20200202-02-fp3.img
C:\Users\uwe\Documents\fairphone\platform-tools_r30.0.1-windows\platform-tools>fastboot devices
C:\Users\uwe\Documents\fairphone\platform-tools_r30.0.1-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.3.1-0_k4y0z-20200202-02-fp3.img
C:\Users\uwe\Documents\fairphone\platform-tools_r30.0.1-windows\platform-tools>
I don’t know how to do that, and luckily you don’t need to do that, because …
… there simply is no recovery partition on the Fairphone 3. You can’t flash TWRP to the Fairphone 3 this way.would work differently , but this doesn’t help now.
This should work with an unlocked bootloader.
Ok, if TWRP doesn’t work you can still flash the stock OS with fastboot manually …
Stock OS partition images are here … https://github.com/gougeon-s/fp3_flash_stock (as well as a convenient script for Linux).
Once you downloaded e.g. the A.0111 (an earlier version of the stock OS, you can update it once it’s running again) ZIP file and unzipped the partition images in it to where your fastboot command is, you can flash the partition images to the phone.
Determine the active slot first withfastboot getvar current-slot
Let’s say you still have slot b active.
fastboot flash product_b product.img -S 522239K
fastboot flash keymaster_b keymaster.img
fastboot flash cmnlib64_b cmnlib64.img
fastboot flash cmnlib_b cmnlib.img
fastboot flash lksecapp_b lksecapp.img
fastboot flash mdtp_b mdtp.img
fastboot flash vendor_b vendor.img -S 522239K
fastboot flash system_b system.img -S 522239K
fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
fastboot flash vbmeta_b vbmeta.img
fastboot flash dtbo_b dtbo.img
fastboot flash dsp_b dsp.img
fastboot flash devcfg_b devcfg.img
fastboot flash tz_b tz.img
fastboot flash rpm_b rpm.img
fastboot flash modem_b modem.img
fastboot flash aboot_b aboot.img
fastboot flash sbl1_b sbl1.img
This would have flashed slot b with the stock OS partition images.fastboot reboot
(If you have slot a active just substitute all “_b” with “_a”.)
thank you so much, i will try it tomorrow
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