I already stated my issue here https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/backlog/-/issues/1920, and on a topic on the Fairphone category: FP3 update gone wrong factory data reset.
- Fairphone 3
- Android 9
- Late Augustus 2020, installed manually
- October 30, in early evening (GMT)
- I received a notification for OTA update, so I did it OTA
- I have not done factory reset
- By default (slot_a, with the update), the device boots on a (new?) /e/ “Recovery” screen.
- the error: “Can’t load Android system. Your data may be corrupt. If you continue to get this message, you may need to perform a factory data reset and erase all user data”.
- The screen shows: /e/ logo, “Recovery”, “Version 0.12 ()”, “Active slot: a”, and the error. All of this on a white background.
- There is no button on the screen, but tapping many times on the screen or pressing the power button leads to a screen with an android error logo (the android mascot on its back, with its belly open) for half a second, and then reboot.
- I once got a message asking me to confirm factory-reset, but I don’t know which key combo I had performed, and was not able to reproduce…
- Sometimes, it switches to slot_b when rebooting.
- When on slot_b (switched with fastboot command, or when the phone decides to switch on its own), I get the error on a LineageOS screen.
- The error “Can’t load Android system. You continue to get this message, factory data reset and erase a device.”
- The screen is the one shown in the gitlab issue above-mentioned (sorry I cannot link directly the image since I am limited to 2 links).
- When rebooting (not when simply booting from “START” in fastboot mode), the phone seems to boot 2 times (it vibrates and shows OEM logo 2 times) before displaying the error screen.
- In both cases, I cannot enter the usual recovery screen (that has several options) when selecting “Recovery mode” in fastboot mode (it just boots to the error screen).
I have to press power+vol_down during boot (not on the error screen) to get to fastboot and then I can get the usual recovery screen.- On FP3, TWRP is not preinstalled, so that screen is a LOS recovery screen (image below) when I am in slot_b; and an equivalent screen (i.e. same options) with the /e/ design described for the error, when I am in slot_a (updated slot).
- When on slot_a and entering this mode, if I reboot the phone switches to slot_b.
- When I am in the case in which I know that selecting “Recovery mode” will not get me to recovery mode: if I select “Power off” in fastboot menu, it won’t turn off but only reboot. (On the opposite, if I could enter recovery, I can also switch it off.)
- By default (slot_a, with the update), the device boots on a (new?) /e/ “Recovery” screen.
- I never faced this before. (I might add that I was using version 0.12 release via OTA on September 30, and that I did not face issue with that version/update).
- No.
