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Recently bought a phone specifically for the purpose of using it with lineage os. It was somewhat cheap and had a headphone jack so I was pretty excited but I am stuck. OEM unlocking is already toggled. Fastboot does recognize the device, but fastboot oem get_unlock_data fails. Used the debian versions of fastboot and adb and the latest ones downloaded online, neither changes anything.

cid: 0x0000

ro.carrier: unknown

Any thoughts?

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[–] dodge_fiction109@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have installed Lineage on the same phone in the past. I seem to remember a step I needed to do through Motorola to properly unlock the device. I found this link on the install page—have you attempted this yet?

https://en-us.support.motorola.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a

[–] procapra@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I can't do this step until I get an output from get_unlock_data

I think it's just not possible for whatever reason.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I use this phone w Lineageos as my daily, following the instructions provided worked for me.

Questions for you:

  1. Did you make a Motorola account?
  2. Did you install Android SDK?
  3. Did you install Motorola USB Drivers
[–] procapra@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
  1. Yes, but I can't proceed because I can't get the OEM unlock command to succeed

  2. Yes.

  3. I use Linux, I'm unsure if these drivers are available. I wasn't able to find them.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I see! When you boot into Fastboot mode, what's the output of

$ fastboot devices

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

no one was able to help in the lineage forums?

[–] procapra@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Went on the discord but no help there unfortunately.