First time trying to unlock a bootloader (Fairphone gen.6)
<sub>installed platform-tools manually from : </sub><sub>https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools</sub>
using the official documentation: https://doc.e.foundation/devices/FP6/install/
I am currently stuck at step 6 of UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER; all the previous steps were done without any issues.
the following block of code is copy/pasted from my linux terminal <sub>(the phone was restarted on the bootloader following step 5)</sub>
nick@name:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
417e389a device
nick@name:~$ fastboot devices
nick@name:~$ fastboot flashing unlock
< waiting for any device >
As you can see: fastboot doesn't detect my phone while adb does; I didn't find anything useful on the internet <sub>(except 14y old unanswered post)</sub> which is why I am posting here
Accepted Answer
I've never used a Fairphone, but the usual process is:
$ adb devices # Check the connection
$ adb reboot bootloader # Watch the device reboot into a different screen
$ fastboot devices # Should now list it
Fastboot needs the device to be in the right mode. It doesn't communicate with the ordinary ADB server on a phone. If this doesn't work, try:
$ adb devices # Check the connection
$ adb reboot bootloader # Watch the device reboot into a different screen
$ sudo fastboot devices # Should now list it
John Dallman