cause i’m a tube who doesn’t know what he’s doing! i’ll try running through it all again and try a different option next time, thanks for your collected patience
start device in bootloader mode (On, home +vol down)
Screen shows android man and ‘Downloading… do not turn of target’
on computer
adb devices - nothing.
reboot phone as per normal , android
phone starts
computer - adb devices
listed as connected on computer
adb reboot recovery
as before, it reboots into this screen, pic hopefully attached
Actually thats not right. Sorry.
Some stuff i’ve seen says the bootloader is selected from ‘Developer Options’ on the (phone)settings screen - its not an option i have here.
so i
‘adb reboot bootloader’ at which point phone reboots and comes up with the little green man photo pasted above. I get stuck again i’m guessing it should come up with something to then allow me to ‘fastboot flash…’
Sorry, why do you don’t do what i’m writing ???
I havent’t write anything about adb reboot bootloader when you are in the bootloader screen (the screen you have posted)
Last try:
When you are in the screen with androit and …downloading your are in bootloader !!!
Than start with point 2 = fastboot flash recovery twrp…img
My device is different (Nexus 5x), but in my case following the Lineage instructions precisely worked perfectly. (to install /e/ I did everything the same except that I sideloaded the /e/ zip file not the Lineage one.)
I’m just a beginner who had no idea about Android a few months ago. I’m not here in the forum to show others that I can do better. I’m primarily here to learn from user requests and then form my own opinion from different sources.