Live tooting: first ever flashing of a smartphone (Sailfish OS on Sony Xperia XA2) 

Daughter will be getting my beloved Aqua Fish phone from for Christmas, so I'll be needing a new daily driver.

On the Aqua Fish, was preinstalled (I'm fortunate enough to never have used Google or Apple phones), but now I will have to flash myself I want to keep using it.

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Live tooting: first ever flashing of a smartphone (Sailfish OS on Sony Xperia XA2) 

So here goes:

I already downloaded the free Sailfish Os version.

I'll be working from my Linux Thinkpad running , so I'm installing fastboot tools for .

Live tooting: first ever flashing of a smartphone (Sailfish OS on Sony Xperia XA2) 

@dirk good luck!!

Live tooting: first ever flashing of a smartphone (Sailfish OS on Sony Xperia XA2) 

@JeMa Thank you! I'm such a noob, I didn't even check whether the bootloader was unlockable when I bought the phone second-hand...

Thankfully, it is 😁

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