EskeRahn 4,894 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 52 minutes ago, Benni said: Can't you simply use the livedvd?https://github.com/bkerler/edl That could be a way to do it, yes, thanks.I miss the feature of my old Lenovo x300 and its easy way to swap SSDs/disks where I would just have used a separate disk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brunoais 290 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 8 hours ago, EskeRahn said: I had Docker and Python 3.9 on a previous machine installed about a year ago, never got fully rid of it. Don't install python, then 😀. Just use the all-in-one package which you extract yourself. Give this a try: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3106/ -> You only extract files into a directory yourself. It's a zip. Python doesn't have any code to proliferate on its own. 8 hours ago, EskeRahn said: I had Docker On windows... That's a complete mess. They did an exellent job to try making it work but the linux VM management and the service they used to copy files around works more like a hack, IMO. Docker on linux is very fast, uses a tinny fraction (because no linux VM) of RAM unline in windows. If this still doesn't convince you... Then I guess you not using python is a forever thing 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brunoais 290 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, EskeRahn said: That could be a way to do it, yes, thanks.I miss the feature of my old Lenovo x300 and its easy way to swap SSDs/disks where I would just have used a separate disk Why not use a pen-drive and run from there? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 4,894 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 26 minutes ago, brunoais said: Why not use a pen-drive and run from there? Yes, that is about the same functionality. The great thing about the other solution, was that it was impossible for the systems to (even inadvertently) mess up each other, as the production disk was simply not mounted while running something else. (I copied what ever data that needed to be shared to some usb-storage or SD with a RO-switch)...For the most paranoid stuff, I had a disk with an OS with net removed, and unplugged the network cable.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
matf-kabouik 405 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) I'm not a Windows or Mac user, but I'm pretty happy that we have two tools at hand, including one that's multiplatform, fully open source and based on an open source language. The alternatives to that would either be (i) nothing or (ii) proprietary software, which I would view as a much higher "infection" risk. I mean, at some point we'll have to install something on our machines to perform operations to reflash our Pro1(x), there's no other way, and them being flashable easily was one of their selling points. Python also is a language that can easily be containerized in a virtual environment, if that's a concern. Edited August 22, 2022 by matf-kabouik 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maridav 4 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Hi all, I got my fx phone about a month ago. When I got it there was an android OS on it and I decided (wish I hadn't!) to try to put Lineage on it. I don't know what I did but it ended up in what has been described by EskeRahn, on a reply to a previous posting on this thread, as the Bootloader screen, and I have been stuck on this screen ever since. As you might gather, during the course of trying to fix this I made it worse because somehow I locked the bootloader screen I've tried the all key combinations and the most I got out of it was I was able to shut the phone down when I pressed all the keys at once. The "fastboot devices" works more often than not, so I can list the device on my terminal screen with that However, no matter what I try it doesn't seem to connect with adb. I can try "adb devices" but it hasn't listed it at all. Same with all the "adb" commands I have tried. Incedntally, I did try "fastboot flashing unlock" and it returned this: FAILED (remote: 'Flashing Unlock is not allowed ') fastboot: error: Command failed Can anybody help? I'm a stroke survivor but haven't survived intact. Before, I was not bad at this kind of thing (you could describe me as a moderately skilled Linux user), but since that happened I have memory problems and I easily get confused. Hope somebody can help 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benni 175 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) @maridav It should still be possible to flash the stock rom using EDL, probably even using fastboot. Fastboot restore guide: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18Clj6qv4jXIFGfy0S1NO1K8DoN8bJ3Ms A locked bootloader should only prevent you from installing custom ROMs. I would still recommend you contact fxtech. Edited September 8, 2022 by Benni 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mosen 200 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) @maridavAre your sure to not mix up Pro¹ and Pro¹-X intructions and even images? Those are two completely different devices due to different SoC and the Firmware is not interchangeable. For the Pro¹, the unlock command is `fastboot oem unlock` for example. Also, there is no LineageOS for Pro¹-X yet. so i figure you tried to flash the Pro¹ LOS files? LineageOS for Pro¹-X has just now been booted up first time by a dev as reported on Telegram. Edited September 9, 2022 by mosen 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maridav 4 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Thank you all, I will attempt to try the measures that you suggested. It may take a couple of days to unravel it and I'll keep you posted (if only to report success, or I get mixed up again) I particularly take note of mosen's post as I very well may have mixed the Pro¹ and Pro¹-X up, in fact I didn't discern between the two at all. I just went to the box it came in and on the front of the quick start instructions I think that means I have Pro 1 x, but I've definitely not check whether I'm downloading the wrong thing or followed the instructions for wrong phone. From now on I'll double check the instructions to see which phone it refers to Thank you all again 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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