fastboot boot twrp-x.x.x-x-pioneer.img
If that worked start from here:
Installing /e/ from custom recovery
step 1.
thanks, I will try as soon as possible and post the feedback.
Have a nice weekend!
Hi,
I tried the following commands :
fastboot devices -> OK, device recognized
fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-1-pioneer.img -> result was :
Sending ‘boot.img’ (60592 KB) OKAY [ 1.297s]
Booting FAILED (remote: ‘Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error’)
fastboot: error: Command failed
Any further suggestions?
Thank you in advance
I know this may sound a bit trivial, but try a different USB-C cable and a different usb port on you computer for example if you have a PC tower only use the rear USB ports.
Thank you for the suggestion, I made sure I used always the same USB port on the PC (the one I used when I firstly install adb + fastboot) and the original sony cable, therefore I am quire sure that it is not the issue (although who knows with a Win PC … I will try and let you know)
Hi,
I tested the 4 USB ports, first with the original Sony USB cable, then with a Belkin one . The result was the same, regardeless the USB port or the cable:
- adb does not recognize the device
- fastboot recognizes the device
- the message after the command “fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-1-pioneer.img” was
“Sending ‘boot.img’ (60592 KB) OKAY [ 1.406s]
Booting FAILED (remote: ‘Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error’)
fastboot: error: Command failed”
Therefore, either the USB ports and the cables are not the issue, or all of them have issues.
Hi,
Andy suggestions about what I should do next?
Thank you in advance
Did you try another PC?
No, I have only one available …
Do you really think it could be the PC ? Do you mean something wrong with the installation of adb / fastboot?
Personally I believe something went wrong after the installation, as I could end all the steps of the procedure …
I download sony flash tool (“Emma”) and what I could understand from it (and from some search in Internet), I can update my device to the latest patch from Sony issued in December 2018 and based on Android Pie… I do not know if that means that it had Pie before or that all the devices connected to Emma are to be update to Pie regardeless of what they had before …
If I understood andrelam correctly, I should run the following commands:
fastboot devices
fastboot boot “lineageOS.img”
then I should have lineage OS installed… and from that, reinstall /e/ ?
PS: volume down is for Emma, volume up for fastboot
Hi again,
sorry for insisting, but it is not clear to me if I should first recover the original Android Pie with Emma, then install Lineage OS and then move to /e/ … can anybody confirm, please?
Thank you in advance
Hi Sony, I had some issues with getting /e/ on my XA2 (model H4113) as well.
I have gone back to the sony image 2 times which helps to get a clean startingpoint.
So yes, I’d recommend to use Emma to go back. Which images does it offer you?
Also, whether ADB or Fastboot work depends on your drivers which can be a pain.
In the end, I only needed Fastboot to work to start TWRP. Then I wiped per instructions and I skipped the sideload steps. Instead, I put the e…zip on a SD card and installed the zip in TWRP. Worked like a charm.
PS Where are you living?
Hi,
Thank you for your feedback. In the end, I used Emma, see the following for the details: https://community.e.foundation/t/help-with-sony-xa2/6107/11?u=sonyxa2
so you suggest a micro SD … I can try that, but I guess that was not the problem when I tried to install (everything ran fine until I went to TWRP and after wiping, the question was about A/B …)
The link you provided is dead.
I am flashing again with Emma … so the issue with the procedure https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/wiki/en/wikis/device/pioneer/install is the step 7 of the paragraph "Installing /e/ from custom recovery "
I thought that Recovery meant the Recovery button in TWRP … can you please let me know how to go to Recovery mode and then move to the next steps ? Or, if it is easier, how to go on with a micro SD?
Thank you very much in advance
When you are “in” TWRP you are in recovery mode. Goto Advanced > sideload or something similar 
Thank you for your reply. I will try again …
[Although it is off - topic:
even if I understand that /e/ is in beta phase, and if I clearly lack knowledge about the smartphone tools needed and the flashing procedures, I feel that there is still a tough entry barrier to people that are interested / would like to test /e/ but they are not skilled enough, since the installation procedure (at least for Sony XA2) is not clear and simple enough for the less advanced user to follow … and this could really prevent /e/ from spreading … for instance, I would not suggest trying /e/ to my friends, since it would not be straightforward enough for them to install it, despite the fact that I recognize that support is offered by other users through the forum (and I would like to thank all those that has spent some time to help me out)
End of off-topic]
I agree, for some users it is a bridge too far. There are some ideas for flashing stations, but that is not concrete yet (read here)
Hi @sonyxa2 we do have an easy installer tool under development. It will be a CLI tool but will make it a lot easy for users to flash the ROM. Agree with you that flashing a ROM is not exactly easy for all - even the 'expert’s have to be careful and not skip steps or they could end up bricking their phones.
yeah, I had read it, let’s see how it develops