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How likely am I to brick the fairphone 4 if I buy one? (midwest.social)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/android@lemdro.id
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Thinking about buying the fairphone 4. Coming from oneplus 8, which is almost unbrickable, thanks to an EDL MSM tool.

Obviously, I'd be careful. But am I likely to brick a fp4 by ROM hopping? Is it dangerous enough that I should not go into buying this phone with the intention of installing a ROM?

Mainly, I want to play with Ubuntu Touch, PostmarketOS, and maybe sailfish. But I figure if those don't quite work out, I'll land on Lineage with MicroG or /e/, since that'll be stock fp4 in the US.

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago

This discussion about bricking the phone after a locking attempt is interesting, also mentioned on the Divest wiki : https://forum.fairphone.com/t/trapped-in-fastboot-mode-with-locked-bootloader-and-corrupted-custom-rom/80985/280

I just used fastboot to get the locking ability, the result was 1 so it could be locked, I did and it went ok. No problem since.

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