There is no
product.img
anymore in newer versions like https://images.ecloud.global/dev/FP3/IMG-e-0.12-q-2020111084008-dev-FP3.zip right? No consequences if I just skip
fastboot flash product product.img
Or would there be some?
https://doc.e.foundation/devices/FP3/install doesn’t list fastboot flash product product.img anymore.
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In the /e/documentation (https://doc.e.foundation/devices/FP3/install) the last step is the lock of the bootloader.
Is it mandatory or may I leave the bootloader open? In a later case of unlocking, all data will be erased - I would like to avoid erasing…
It isn’t mandatory to lock it, but be aware that it is advised to lock it for reasons.
Make sure to set up a screen lock if you leave the bootloader unlocked.
To leave it open just in case you don’t need to unlock it later for reasons you don’t know yet … I don’t know … I would rather run the risk of having to set up the phone again.
(But then again I choose to not have banking Apps on my phone, oh, the bliss 
.)
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Not sure, where to ask this. Maybe this is a good place.
Now that /e/ finally allows for Corona Warn App to work, I would like to revert back. However, I am currently running LOS 16.0 and I am not sure if the official install instructions will work under those circumstances, especially since I would be upgrading to from pie to Q. Has anyone tried it? Does anyone know if complications are to be expected?
Thanks in advance!
Hello everyone!
I hope this is the right place to post my question, as it concerns different threads.
Wanting to degoogle my mobile life and having read about the e-foundation I bought a used Fairphone 3 (Android 10 installed) last week. And now I am trying to install eOS. However, I am completely new to the field…
In a first step I tried to follow the instructions on Install /e/ on a Fairphone FP3/3+ - “FP3”. In order to do so, I downloaded the necessary files and installed “Minimal ADB and Fastboot” on my PC (Windows 10). However, I got stuck with the command: “fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.4.0-0-FP3.img”. I got: “FAILED (remote: partition table doesn’t exist)”.
I then started reading across different forums. In different places, I found the recommandation not to install TWRP on the FP3 as this would make OTA updates impossible in the future. (E.g. here.)
When I came along this thread here, I realized that in this instruction no TWRP is flashed to the FP3. I am therefore wondering whether I might adapt this instruction for me (although I am not using Linux but a Windows 10), and install eOS in this way?
Any recommendations on that? Could it be a feasible way at all? And if so, are there certain commands which would have to be adapted?
Thanks a lot in advance!
After replying I saw you essentially asked the same thing in a separate topic so I moved my answer there to avoid duplicates. I think it’s best to continue there.
A huge THANK YOU for this how-to, it is EXCELLENT. The only hick was the ‘product.img’ which is still in the howto but not in the downloaded zip any more. But I found AnotherElk’s post further down in this tag. Maybe you could put a notice on top of your howto telling noobs like me just to get on without being frightened of missing something.
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It was very important issue to preface all commands with sudo to get it to work, but finally it works great!
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Thanks for your Guide! 
I’ have one question though. I’ve followed all your steps and managed to use /e/ successfully on my FP3.
Is it Okay now to disable in the developer option the “OEM unlock”? Or must it be enabled?
Hello,
I just bought a new FP3 and would like to use it from the beginning on with /e/ -OS (currently Android). This tutorial has worked great so far, but now I can’t get any further. When I enter the commands to install /e/ -OS in the terminal an error message appears (see screenshot in attachment).
I don’t have Linux or GNU, but a MacBook Pro (macOS Mojave 10.14.6), but until now everything worked as described.
Maybe someone has an idea how to solve the problem.
Thanks for the help.
PeteS
Hi @PeteS welcome.
The fastboot command comes (with adb) from Android platform-tools. I am not a Mac user, but the mac method is described here.
Note it does not install the tools to the system, it just “provides” them.
Did that all go as expected for you? 
PS no Mac instructions here but just for reference.
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If you made sure that you have the fastboot command in the folder you operate in, just add ./ before the command to tell the system to look in the current folder for it, resulting in ./fastboot flash system system.img.
(I don’t have a Mac, this is just a general Unix/Linux remark, as macOS is a kind of Unix.)
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Thanks for the promt reply, now it works! 
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Sorry for the late answer. You can disable the developer options.
This guide worked well for me, even thought there is some typing (first everything for _a, then for _b… but I didn’t see this post.
Thanks! But i’m still confused, because i’m not talking about developer options, but the option “OEM unlock”. Am i allowed to disable this as well?