@liam Check this out on the fairphone forums, you may have damaged the partition table.

@liam Reading here may solve the issue.

The critical partitions may need to be unlocked.

Install Android 11 and make sure the bootloader is unlocked.

Then unlock the critical partitions using the command in the linked forum post. If using Windows you may have to put ./ in front of the command.

@March I don't know, but with the amount of RAM it is unlikely. It would be better to ask the question here:

https://t.me/waydroidonut

@Vlad-Nirky Yeah, I linked to that and I haven't tried it yet......

@scottbouch Xiaomi made it frustratingly difficult to unlock the bootloader. You have to log into your Mi account on the device , have a SIM card installed with mobile data and switch Wi-Fi off. Then use the Mi Unlock tool with the device in fastboot mode, logging into the the Mi Unlock tool with the account you logged into on the device, to be told you have to wait 168 hours to unlock the phone (7 days) and you have to wait, there is no way round it. Then when you have waited, boot to fastboot mode, run it through the Mi Unlock tool again with the unlock tool logged into the account used on the device to finally unlock the bootloader. Once that is done, install the Android ROM required( stipulated by the porter for technical reasons) and DO NOT relock the bootloader, set Android up again then install UT.

@scottbouch said in Installation guide Redmi Note 9S:

Is there a way to install UT on the Redmi Note 9 without a Windows PC? (I only use Linux machines outside of work)

Cheers, Scott.

Yes, you can fastboot the correct ROM on. The only time you need a Windows machine is to unlock the bootloader which requires the Windows based Mi Unlock tool - someone has developed a Linux Tool to do the same thing (check this out). which I have not tried yet as Windows is just easier.

@scottbouch I am not a photographer and if I was I wouldn't use a phone camera (30+ years of dealing with professional photographers and even they don't get it right with top range camera kit).. I like them working on the device as it is part and parcel of the hardware and they do work. Whether or not it is to the satisfaction of your eye, that is a different matter

@March I don't even know now if 3Gb will be enough as I hosed Waydroid on my old Redmi Note 7 4Gb/64Gb version. and haven't used it since. The newer devices now come with 4Gb plus RAM so would be more suited to run Waydroid.

If the device is the 2Gb version, running Waydroid will utilise a lot of resources so most likely would fail to open.

@scottbouch I can confirm the Poco X3 NFC does work well on UK networks (EE and Tesco mobile (Tesco mobile use O2)). I also have a Redmi Note 9 pro running on GiffGaff with 4G that again is working well. Both devices (surya and joyeuse) are well supported within the UT community.

@smoore100 All is not lost, as @kugiigi stated use the Lenovo Software tool to recover the device.

@smoore100 Make sure it is the 4Gb/64Gb version labelled on the back TB-X306f or TB-X306X. It won't work on the other devices.

As a note, do not expect the same performance as the 4Gb 64Gb model as 2Gb is not great for opening multiple apps and even the browser. Android 10 on the 2Gb variant ran awfully and I had to tweak a lot just to get some things done, mainly kids games.

@W0nderW0lf Link to devices page. If it is not on there it is not supported.

Some people create ports for devices, requiring a bit of searching, but a lot fizzle out due to various difficulties and are not supported.

I have installed it on a 2Gb 32Gb TB-X306X - the LTE version of the tablet and it is working so far.

@Ike83 Job jobbed. Many thanks for that little tip - it worked as you stated. I have been messing about with the QFIL tool and not got anywhere. It is now on a NOOK TB-X306F 2Gb/32Gb tablet. It was not too happy with Android 11 then again, neither was I, so UT is running on quite happily so far.

@Ike83 That is very interesting to know as I have tried many times on this device and always got a bootloop.

@liam I see you are using Windows (fastboot.exe). Put the platform tools folder on your desktop along with the UT installer and run fastboot commands from there. Also you can try an older version of platform-tools to rule that issue out.

@liam the Fairphone 4 stock Android should set the partition sizes correctly.

@liam You were running the Fairphone version of Android 11 before attempting the UT install?