I am using a Google Pixel 7 "Panther” running Lineage 23. To install Lineage the recovery (boot and vendor kernel boot) and the dtbo were flashed and the OS sideloaded through Lineage’s recovery.
If I sideload e/OS and then lock the bootloader would that brick the phone?
Do I need to go back to factory android before trying e/OS?
Hi @BillyBadass welcome to the /e/ users forum.
You could not be sideloading a15 on top of a16, never mind getting to locking it.
Instinctively I would not even be thinking of locking some odd composite, I would follow the install page and
- Before following these instructions please ensure that the device is on the latest Android 15 firmware.