Error on FP5 installation "Unable to set slot"

Hello,

I’m a following the instruction at this page to install /e/OS to my Fairphone 5. I got an error when running the script flash_FP5_factory.sh on Windows 11 running git bash

Setting current slot to 'a'                        FAILED (remote: 'Unable to set slot')
fastboot: error: Command failed

Any idea what went wrong and how to fix it ?

Full logs:

Sending 'bluetooth_a' (508 KB)                     OKAY [  0.000s]
Writing 'bluetooth_a'                              OKAY [  0.011s]
Finished. Total time: 0.024s
Sending 'bluetooth_b' (508 KB)                     OKAY [  0.000s]
Writing 'bluetooth_b'                              OKAY [  0.014s]
Finished. Total time: 0.014s
Sending 'devcfg_a' (51 KB)                         OKAY [  0.000s]
Writing 'devcfg_a'                                 OKAY [  0.013s]
Finished. Total time: 0.013s
Sending 'devcfg_b' (51 KB)                         OKAY [  0.013s]
Writing 'devcfg_b'                                 OKAY [  0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 0.014s
Sending 'dsp_a' (65536 KB)                         OKAY [  0.261s]
Writing 'dsp_a'                                    OKAY [  0.236s]
Finished. Total time: 0.497s
Sending 'dsp_b' (65536 KB)                         OKAY [  0.270s]
Writing 'dsp_b'                                    OKAY [  0.240s]
Finished. Total time: 0.514s
Sending 'modem_a' (175660 KB)                      OKAY [  0.849s]
Writing 'modem_a'                                  OKAY [  0.406s]
Finished. Total time: 1.267s
Sending 'modem_b' (175660 KB)                      OKAY [  0.654s]
Writing 'modem_b'                                  OKAY [  0.406s]
Finished. Total time: 1.059s
Sending 'xbl_a' (3601 KB)                          OKAY [  0.013s]
Writing 'xbl_a'                                    OKAY [  0.039s]
Finished. Total time: 0.054s
Sending 'xbl_b' (3601 KB)                          OKAY [  0.017s]
Writing 'xbl_b'                                    OKAY [  0.037s]
Finished. Total time: 0.054s
Sending 'tz_a' (3585 KB)                           OKAY [  0.013s]
Writing 'tz_a'                                     OKAY [  0.039s]
Finished. Total time: 0.066s
Sending 'tz_b' (3585 KB)                           OKAY [  0.015s]
Writing 'tz_b'                                     OKAY [  0.016s]
Finished. Total time: 0.047s
Sending 'hyp_a' (3597 KB)                          OKAY [  0.031s]
Writing 'hyp_a'                                    OKAY [  0.016s]
Finished. Total time: 0.047s
Sending 'hyp_b' (3597 KB)                          OKAY [  0.016s]
Writing 'hyp_b'                                    OKAY [  0.032s]
Finished. Total time: 0.048s
Sending 'keymaster_a' (261 KB)                     OKAY [  0.016s]
Writing 'keymaster_a'                              OKAY [  0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.016s
Sending 'keymaster_b' (261 KB)                     OKAY [  0.010s]
Writing 'keymaster_b'                              OKAY [  0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.010s
Sending 'abl_a' (152 KB)                           OKAY [  0.016s]
Writing 'abl_a'                                    OKAY [  0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.016s
Sending 'abl_b' (152 KB)                           OKAY [  0.000s]
Writing 'abl_b'                                    OKAY [  0.016s]
Finished. Total time: 0.016s
Sending 'boot_a' (98304 KB)                        OKAY [  0.497s]
Writing 'boot_a'                                   OKAY [  0.283s]
Finished. Total time: 0.789s
Sending 'boot_b' (98304 KB)                        OKAY [  0.364s]
Writing 'boot_b'                                   OKAY [  0.283s]
Finished. Total time: 0.654s
Sending 'dtbo_a' (24576 KB)                        OKAY [  0.114s]
Writing 'dtbo_a'                                   OKAY [  0.154s]
Finished. Total time: 0.284s
Sending 'dtbo_b' (24576 KB)                        OKAY [  0.095s]
Writing 'dtbo_b'                                   OKAY [  0.159s]
Finished. Total time: 0.269s
Sending 'vendor_boot_a' (98304 KB)                 OKAY [  0.475s]
Writing 'vendor_boot_a'                            OKAY [  0.279s]
Finished. Total time: 0.770s
Sending 'vendor_boot_b' (98304 KB)                 OKAY [  0.393s]
Writing 'vendor_boot_b'                            OKAY [  0.269s]
Finished. Total time: 0.661s
Sending 'vbmeta_system_a' (4 KB)                   OKAY [  0.000s]
Writing 'vbmeta_system_a'                          OKAY [  0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.016s
Sending 'vbmeta_system_b' (4 KB)                   OKAY [  0.016s]
Writing 'vbmeta_system_b'                          OKAY [  0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 0.016s
Sending 'vbmeta_a' (8 KB)                          OKAY [  0.000s]
Writing 'vbmeta_a'                                 OKAY [  0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.016s
Sending 'vbmeta_b' (8 KB)                          OKAY [  0.000s]
Writing 'vbmeta_b'                                 OKAY [  0.000s]
Finished. Total time: 0.016s
Sending sparse 'super' 1/14 (256592 KB)            OKAY [  1.428s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.946s]
Sending sparse 'super' 2/14 (247368 KB)            OKAY [  1.312s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.880s]
Sending sparse 'super' 3/14 (262028 KB)            OKAY [  1.279s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.558s]
Sending sparse 'super' 4/14 (261177 KB)            OKAY [  1.267s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.565s]
Sending sparse 'super' 5/14 (261353 KB)            OKAY [  1.355s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.603s]
Sending sparse 'super' 6/14 (261996 KB)            OKAY [  1.275s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.559s]
Sending sparse 'super' 7/14 (261964 KB)            OKAY [  1.460s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.570s]
Sending sparse 'super' 8/14 (260256 KB)            OKAY [  1.354s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.932s]
Sending sparse 'super' 9/14 (261807 KB)            OKAY [  1.447s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.595s]
Sending sparse 'super' 10/14 (257740 KB)           OKAY [  1.334s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.929s]
Sending sparse 'super' 11/14 (253620 KB)           OKAY [  1.225s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.594s]
Sending sparse 'super' 12/14 (235388 KB)           OKAY [  1.130s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.535s]
Sending sparse 'super' 13/14 (262116 KB)           OKAY [  1.289s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.584s]
Sending sparse 'super' 14/14 (185880 KB)           OKAY [  0.972s]
Writing 'super'                                    OKAY [  0.833s]
Finished. Total time: 27.983s
Sending 'aop_a' (203 KB)                           OKAY [  0.002s]
Writing 'aop_a'                                    OKAY [  0.002s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s
Sending 'aop_b' (203 KB)                           OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'aop_b'                                    OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.011s
Sending 'featenabler_a' (84 KB)                    OKAY [  0.000s]
Writing 'featenabler_a'                            OKAY [  0.002s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s
Sending 'featenabler_b' (84 KB)                    OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'featenabler_b'                            OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.008s
Sending 'imagefv_a' (76 KB)                        OKAY [  0.000s]
Writing 'imagefv_a'                                OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.012s
Sending 'imagefv_b' (76 KB)                        OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'imagefv_b'                                OKAY [  0.002s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s
Sending 'multiimgoem_a' (13 KB)                    OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'multiimgoem_a'                            OKAY [  0.002s]
Finished. Total time: 0.011s
Sending 'multiimgoem_b' (13 KB)                    OKAY [  0.000s]
Writing 'multiimgoem_b'                            OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.008s
Sending 'qupfw_a' (55 KB)                          OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'qupfw_a'                                  OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.011s
Sending 'qupfw_b' (55 KB)                          OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'qupfw_b'                                  OKAY [  0.002s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s
Sending 'uefisecapp_a' (121 KB)                    OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'uefisecapp_a'                             OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.011s
Sending 'uefisecapp_b' (121 KB)                    OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'uefisecapp_b'                             OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.010s
Sending 'xbl_config_a' (220 KB)                    OKAY [  0.002s]
Writing 'xbl_config_a'                             OKAY [  0.005s]
Finished. Total time: 0.014s
Sending 'xbl_config_b' (220 KB)                    OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'xbl_config_b'                             OKAY [  0.005s]
Finished. Total time: 0.011s
Sending 'cpucp_a' (182 KB)                         OKAY [  0.002s]
Writing 'cpucp_a'                                  OKAY [  0.004s]
Finished. Total time: 0.012s
Sending 'cpucp_b' (182 KB)                         OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'cpucp_b'                                  OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.010s
Sending 'shrm_a' (44 KB)                           OKAY [  0.002s]
Writing 'shrm_a'                                   OKAY [  0.002s]
Finished. Total time: 0.008s
Sending 'shrm_b' (44 KB)                           OKAY [  0.001s]
Writing 'shrm_b'                                   OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.011s
Erasing 'userdata'                                 OKAY [  0.055s]
Finished. Total time: 0.057s
Erasing 'metadata'                                 OKAY [  0.006s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s
Setting current slot to 'a'                        FAILED (remote: 'Unable to set slot')
fastboot: error: Command failed

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I have rebooted the phone in bootloader mode once again and it worked fine this time. I only had 5 Sending sparse 'super' steps but they took much longer.
I think I choose an option in a fastboot menu the first time, I guess I shouldn’t have. This menu didn’t show up after the second reboot.

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