Thread: Sailfish OS (officially) on Sony Xperia devices
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2018-10-10 , 09:53
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#2770
Originally Posted by DrYak View Post
@carlosgonz

From my experience with Xperia X :

- fastboot only works if the phone is unlocked (and thus the TA fried).
- on stock Xperia smartphone, the only combo that works is the combo that bring Sony's proprietary flash mode (so either using the free "Flashtool" or Sony's Emma, but no fastboot)
Well, yeah. That's what confuses users. Sorry to be part of it. Both is possible.
What i described was using the linux tools on windows. This works, but as i read the official install instructions again, Jolla seams to utilizes Flashtool on windows and fastboot in Linux instructions to unlock.
Now think about windows users asking linux guys how to flash. confusion confusion

EDIT, screw above... I was right. Read it again thoroughly. To unlock the bootloader they use fastboot in all instances. So the confusion for me is caused by windows needing the sony propriatary tool at all... Technically they could strctly rely on fastboot fo the whole job, but overcomplicate things with a "convenient" extra tool. Maybe needed to overcome windows permission problems?
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