Sony - Xperia 10 - kirin - Documentation Suggestions

eOSWiki Documentation Suggestions
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…Enter suggestions to improve documentation in this category. Do not raise bugs or issues here…

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please add information about when to install TWRP and which guide to follow. Currently, the documentation just says “In TWRP return to main menu” without ever mentioning it before.

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Thanks for the suggestion. Will try to add this topic into the documentation.

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I had difficulties installing the recovery img from the installation docs. What I did was installing the TWRP from:

and then installed e-dev with adb. It took me a few hours to figure this out. It was the first time I installed a different OS on a phone…

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Can it be that the images are only a few megabytes?
From other devices I am used to much bigger image files.

Thank you
Thorsten

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My Bad.

Please ignore.
I was visually distracted and just looking at teh *img Files.

Thank you
Throsten

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Hi there,

I just installed /e/ on an Xperia 10 Kirin. @Manoj Everything went well but I have a suggestion for the “Unlocking the bootloader” part it’s written this :

  1. On the device, dial *#*#7378423#*#* (*#*#SERVICE#*#*) to launch the service menu.
  2. Go to service info > configuration and check rooting status - you can only continue if it says Bootloader unlock allowed: Yes.
  3. Connect the device to your PC via USB.
  4. On the computer, open a command prompt (on Windows) or terminal (on Linux or macOS) window, and type:
 adb reboot bootloader
  1. Follow the instructions on Sony’s official unlocking website to unlock your bootloader.
  2. Since the device resets completely, you will need to re-enable USB debugging to continue (Settings->About Phone->Build version, and then you can go to Settings->Developer opptions to enable USB debugging).

It’s missing this line, I think, between step 5 and 6

Use your code to unlock the bootloader of your device:

fastboot oem unlock <your_unlock_code>

Since it’s not my first time installing /e/ on a device, I knew something was missing and I had to do something to unlock the bootloader. Anyway I think it worth putting that on the documentation.

Also I couldn’t get back on the sony after unlocking the bootloader, it got stuck on the booting xperia, so I went back on fastboot mode and continue the installation and it worked. (So I skipped step 6 of unlocking the bootloader)

Thanks a lot for making this possible !!

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Thanks for pointing this out. Will have it checked and add the line of code between the steps 5 and 6

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Hello.
According to the documentation :slight_smile: https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/unlock-bootloader/how-to-unlock-bootloader/#tutorial-step-3

fastboot oem unlock 0x<insert your unlock code>

“0x” is missing in eOS documentation

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I’ve done it whithout “0x” and it worked

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Looks like it’s still not part of the docs.

I followed these steps: https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-twrp-recovery-android-no-root/

which of course “reverted” the step that I did before that of installing the recovery image.

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Hi there,
I did’t find any instructions for upgrading /e/, so I had a look at the instructions at lineageOS and figured out myself. All went well. Are there any plans for adding upgrade instructions to the /e/ manuals?
Thanks for your great work!