Installation of e/OS on CMF Phone 1

[eguy]

eguy@antix112:~
$ fastboot --version
./fastboot --version
pwd
fastboot version 29.0.6-debian
Installed as /usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools/fastboot
bash: ./fastboot: No such file or directory
/home/eguy

[eguy]

will procede with all that again

[aibd]

@eguy

fastboot version 29.0.6-debian

Something of a guess but 29.0.6 (February 2020) comes from a period where ADB was evolving almost monthly, so it is possible that this is the cause of odd problems. We also need to bear in mind that your install instructions tell you to work in a very specific directory.

You previously indicate

~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris

but now /home/eguy

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This is just a question to collect facts … did you follow the instruction from Requirements in your install page:

Check that adb and fastboot are enabled on your PC. If not you can find the setup instructions here

Thanks @piero below … you did say

@eguy

p.s. I did quickly run commands to check

My comments (before I had coffee) on version are only about “complications”.

[piero]

@eguy

Error: Your device’s bootloader is still locked.
Please follow the instructions to unlock the bootloader!
Error: Your phone is not ready for flashing yet (see above), aborting…

What you may have missed from
Install /e/OS on a Nothing Nothing CMF Phone 1 - “tetris”
or
[HOWTO] a Clear Guide to install "IMG-e-builds" when /e/ web installer fails
is :

1. Ask for unlock with fastboot flashing unlock
2. Approve with volume +

[eguy]

@aibd& @piero

i have followed the install instuctions more than a few times. Only letting you know so that you don’t think i am completely stupid - which is how i feel i must be because something isn’t working for me.

if it’s not one thing, it’s another. I was making progess, again, and suddenly the power went out for about 30 seconds throughout the house and i lost everything! Start again, somewhere.

I went to platform tools directory on terminal (linux) got adb devices:

$ ./adb devices

• daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
• daemon started successfully
  List of devices attached
  0011334AT003017 device

but when trying fastboot devices only get:

eguy@antix112:~/platform-tools
$ ./fastboot devices

now where? i am forgetting having been around in circles so many times.

SO I put in fasboot devices (trying it):

$ fastboot devices
bash: fastboot: command not found

and yes, i have set the path in .bashrc

thank you for your continued patience

EDIT: I entered fastboot mode on phone with power and up volume buttons (which is not in the instructions on the install page that i can see:

Installing adb and fastboot on a Linux PC

and now get:

$ ./fastboot devices
0011334AT003017 fastboot

back to:

Install /e/OS on a Nothing Nothing CMF Phone 1 - “tetris”

eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris
$ sudo chmod +x flash_tetris_factory.sh && ./flash_tetris_factory.sh
[sudo] password for eguy:
INFO: You are using a Linux distribution.
INFO: Looking for connected device(s)…

@aibd I’ll re-check the Requirements as you suggested in case i overlooked anything.

[aibd]

@eguy

i have followed the install instuctions more than a few times.

Understood … but I think you go wrong by accelerating ahead before you know the last step was a success.

Just so you know

@eguy

I entered fastboot mode on phone with power and up volume buttons (which is not in the instructions on the install page

This is fine it is just the same as the instruction

Reboot on fastboot by running the command in the PC console adb reboot bootloader

@eguy

I’ll re-check the Requirements as you suggested in case i overlooked anything.

You probably have not. You just need to tick off the items complete, then go one step at a time. It looks from here your only error (but we are guessing because you did not confirm) would be if you did the unlock commands one after the other without.

@piero

Approve with volume +

[eguy]

back to platform-tools directory first?

$ adb reboot bootloader
bash: adb: command not found

what is the adb console?

Tip: All the console commands are run on an adb enabled PC and in the adb console.

I imagine that you need to plug phone into PC/computer here?

1. 1. Boot the device
   2. Enable Developer options
   3. From developer options, enable OEM unlock
   4. Reboot on fastboot by running the command in the PC console adb reboot bootloader

that point is missing for people who don’t know. Reboot on fastboot… means? Power off first, connect to computer then run command adb reboot bootloader ?

[aibd]

@eguy

what is the adb console?

Slightly unhelpful but he is saying a Terminal where you already established that ADB, that is abd and fastboot are already working correctly and you understand if and why you might use./.

You cannot be experimenting with this stuff while you are throwing commands at the phone.

@eguy

I imagine that you need to plug phone into PC/computer here?

1. to 3. being on phone tasks do not require connection to PC.

Connect to PC to throw commands at it.

[eguy]

@aibd

I get stuck so try to find out why. I need to wait for step by step instruction, perhaps?

I mentioned about

@eguy

what is the adb console?

because it isn’t clear to simple folk who might not understand. I only guess at some of these things. Others might too. But it seems something is not working as i seem to be taking a lot longer than average! Sorry.

Please read my last comments on previous post that i edited in.

I’ll not do ANYTHING until I hear back.

[aibd]

@eguy

I’ll not do ANYTHING until I hear back.

You could connect the phone in normal mode to the PC. Move to the directory

~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris

run

adb --version
adb devices

Now manually boot the phone to Fastboot mode and run

fastboot --version
fastboot devices

Without drawing any conclusions from the above, please now perform the actions and run all four commands with a leading ./

Please give the whole Terminal output.

[eguy]

eguy@antix112:~
$ cd Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris
$ adb --version
adb devices
bash: adb: command not found
bash: adb: command not found
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris
$ fastboot --version
fastboot devices
bash: fastboot: command not found
bash: fastboot: command not found
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris
$ ./adb --version
bash: ./adb: No such file or directory
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris
$ ./adb devices
bash: ./adb: No such file or directory
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris
$ ./fastboot --version
bash: ./fastboot: No such file or directory
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris
$ ./fastboot devices
bash: ./fastboot: No such file or directory
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris

[aibd]

This is not altogether a surprise, but it does tell us you were not successful in adding adb and fastboot in your $PATH.

I will take a break as there are “things to do” right now, sorry.

30 minute later Edit. but it also tells us that the fastboot version 29.0.6-debian seen in Post #41 is now absent. Did you uninstall it?

[eguy]

@aibd that’s fine, friend. Thank you very much.

I too must go, Need some sleep.

peace

[piero]

@aibd

You could connect the phone in normal mode to the PC. Move to the directory

~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris

run

adb --version
adb devices

Now manually boot the phone to Fastboot mode and run

fastboot --version
fastboot devices

Without drawing any conclusions from the above, please now perform the actions and run all four commands with a leading ./

Please give the whole Terminal output.

try the same, but from the ~/ directory (same as /home/erguy)

try the same, but from the ~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux/ directory

try the same, but from the ~/Downloads/platform-tools/ directory

Please give the whole Terminal output.

.

explanation :

@piero

Tip :

if not properly "installed in your path” as explained in Installing adb and fastboot on Linux PC ,
simply add ./ at the beginning of all your adb or fastboot commands,
it will use the version included into the relative folder (the latest) instead of the one installed on your system (that can be outdated)

spoiler :

currently installed version is v 29.0
embeded into /e/ install .zip is v 33.0
in downloaded platform-tools is v 36.0

[eguy]

@aibd

Did you uninstall it?

yes. I was looking for a more up to date version.

Perhaps I should re-install it?

[aibd]

Good to know. We advised not to use system installed; this fits with /e/ documentation.

I did however suggest in a previous post

sudo apt-get install android-sdk-platform-tools-common

This may now be missing. I suggest you run that command for best results in light of earlier fails.

[eguy]

@piero

Please give the whole Terminal output.

eguy@antix112:~
$ adb --version
bash: adb: command not found
eguy@antix112:~
$ adb devices
bash: adb: command not found
eguy@antix112:~
$ cd /Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux/
bash: cd: /Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux/: No such file or directory
eguy@antix112:~
$ cd Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux-x86
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux-x86
$ adb --version
bash: adb: command not found
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux-x86
$ ./adb --version
bash: ./adb: No such file or directory
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux-x86
$ adb devices
bash: adb: command not found
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux-x86
$ fastboot --version
bash: fastboot: command not found
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux-x86
$ fastboot devices
bash: fastboot: command not found
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux-x86
$ ./fastboot --version
fastboot version 33.0.3-8952118
Installed as /home/eguy/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux-x86/fastboot
eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux-x86
$ ./fastboot devices
0011334AT003017 fastboot

eguy@antix112:~/Downloads/IMG-e-3.2-a14-20251022539005-official-tetris/bin-linux-x86
$ cd
eguy@antix112:~
$ cd platform-tools
eguy@antix112:~/platform-tools
$ adb --version
bash: adb: command not found
eguy@antix112:~/platform-tools
$ adb devices
bash: adb: command not found
eguy@antix112:~/platform-tools
$ ./adb --version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41
Version 36.0.0-13206524
Installed as /home/eguy/platform-tools/adb
Running on Linux 6.1.105-antix.1-amd64-smp (x86_64)

eguy@antix112:~/platform-tools
$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached
0011334AT003017 device

eguy@antix112:~/platform-tools
$ fastboot --version
bash: fastboot: command not found
eguy@antix112:~/platform-tools
$ fastboot devices
bash: fastboot: command not found
eguy@antix112:~/platform-tools
$ ./fastboot --version
fastboot version 36.0.0-13206524
Installed as /home/eguy/platform-tools/fastboot
eguy@antix112:~/platform-tools
$ ./fastboot devices
0011334AT003017 fastboot
eguy@antix112:~/platform-tools
$

[eguy]

@aibd

This may now be missing. I suggest you run that command for best results in light of earlier fails.

Thanks @aibd

was still installed

$ sudo apt-get install android-sdk-platform-tools-common
[sudo] password for eguy:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
android-sdk-platform-tools-common is already the newest version (28.0.2+9)

[aibd]

Cool we can work with that. I have a couple of things to do during the afternoon, so I will tend to defer to @piero if he is available to help at this time.

Just to make life a little easier, please can you try to get platform-tools in your $PATH.

1 line in ~/.bashrc in your case I believe it should read

export PATH="$HOME/platform-tools:$PATH"

Please add that line. Logout / login or restart the PC and try

fastboot --version
adb --version

from your /home folder and show the whole output.

[eguy]

@aibd

export PATH="$HOME/platform-tools:$PATH"

and not :

export PATH=“$HOME/eguy/platform-tools:$PATH” ?