Soft-locked my Fairphone 4
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OK I actually screwed myself.
I ran "chmod -R --no-preserve-root 777 /" and I can't even log into my terminal as root anymore to undo it. I can't connect to any form of network to reset it. What can I still do? Is there a way to reset the launcher, without wipe, without network access?
UT 20.04 Dev channel, my settings don't work anymore so I can't check the r, but it should be the latest.
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@Caedem
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@Keneda No, the installer couldn't rcognise it as a fp4, and if I select fp4 manually it tells me to install the right version of android, which obviously I can't. I'm taking a backup before continuing further.
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Ok it's even worse than I thought. I have a backup, but I physically can't get it to boot into the bootloader or recovery mode, only the normal os. Any attempt just turns the device off.
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@Caedem Fastboot mode is just holding the volume down button for 5 seconds iirc is that what you have tried.
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@Lakotaubp I was holding the power key as well. Managed to reinstall using UBports installer, works again!
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