Semi broken Xperia 1 III

/e/OS Devices Sony
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Hello,
I am in the process of installing /e/OS on my Sony Xperia 1 III.
After sideloading the recovery image onto the device and trying to enter the recovery menu I noticed that this phone apparently doen’t have a recovery mode preinstalled and that a flashing tool from Sony is required to get a recovery mode.
Now, after restarting the device normaly I get a message that the system has an internal error. Most apps also don’t work, the network search doesn’t find any networks, the battery icon only shows a question mark, connecting the phone to a pc doesn’t indicate anything on either side and neither does a connection to a charger. The only sign of interaction I get is that the fastboot notification light shuts off when I unplug the phone.
I’m most afraid about the circumstance that the phone doesn’t seem to recognise any form of power source.
Thanks in advance.

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Sideloading is not a method to install a custom recovery…

Install /e/OS on a Sony Xperia 1 III - “pdx215”

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might have been a bit stupid to try it the way I have done it with my Xiaomi.
So does it mean my device is bricked now?

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Sideloading is not a method to install a custom recovery…even on an Xiaomi

To have overview of the process, you can read

In parallele of following

Install /e/OS on a Sony Xperia 1 III - “pdx215”

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I don’t know if I’m using the wrong term here but on my Xiaomi I loaded the recovery image from my pc to the phone. Then I could enter the /e/OS recovery mode. I selected factory reset and then I could load the OS from the pc.

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So this shows the general install process. I am aware that I fucked up by flashing only the custom recovery image onto the device. Now I can neither access it nor can I reach the device through normal data transmission or through the terminal in fastboot mode. I currently don’t have the option to check if it is possible to get files onto the device via sd card. But in general the proper installation guide doesn’t really help me right now since it already is broken and I’m seeking for expertise on how to revert to a fully functioning device so that I can do it the right way, unless my phone is just bricked now.

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For your information, this phone have no RECOVERY /partition, recovery software is part of a boot partition.

You need to fastboot flash dtbo, vbmeta and vendor_boot prior to temporary fastboot boot recovery…

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