HELP! Problems installing Sailsfish Os on Sony Xperia 10 III

Hello everyone, I’m new to Jolla and I’m trying to install Sailfish OS on the Sony Xperia 10 III using my linux debian notebook. I successfully followed all the instructions from the link https://jolla.com/how-to-install-sailfish-x-on-xperia-10-iii-on-linux/ up to step 7.12 in the guide. From here on, I started encountering issues. After my first attempt to run the command sudo ./flash.sh unsuccessfully (because the flash.sh file was in a folder read by the system as an external drive), I moved everything to the desktop in a new folder and tried to restart from where I left off.

So, I try the command to flash again:

root@paolo-deb:/home/paolo/Scrivania/Sailfish_OS-Jolla-4.6.0.15-xqbt52-1.0.1.14# ./flash.sh

And the output unfortunately is:

Flash utility v1.2
Detected Linux
Searching device to flash…
No device that can be flashed found. Please connect your device in fastboot mode before running this script.

Then, when I run the following command:

root@paolo-deb:/home/paolo/Scrivania/Sailfish_OS-Jolla-4.6.0.15-xqbt52-1.0.1.14# sudo fastboot oem unlock 0x354287794543566

I get this output:

FAILED (remote: ‘Device already unlocked’)
fastboot: error: Command failed

Since the device is already unlocked, I try to run the command again:

root@paolo-deb:/home/paolo/Scrivania/Sailfish_OS-Jolla-4.6.0.15-xqbt52-1.0.1.14# sudo ./flash.sh

And the output I get is:

Flash utility v1.2
Detected Linux
Searching device to flash…
Found XQ-BT52, serial:HQ619H1ACE, baseband:, bootloader:
Found matching device with serial HQ619H1ACE
Fastboot command: fastboot -s HQ619H1ACE
>> fastboot -s HQ619H1ACE getvar secure
<< getvar:secure FAILED (remote: ‘GetVar Variable Not found’)

And now I’m stuck and don’t know what to do.

Can anyone help me get past this issue?

Try using “search” GetVar, I found e.g. this [Xperia 10 II] Re-flashing doesn't work: getvar:secure FAILED (remote: 'GetVar Variable Not found')

You could try disabling autosuspend before plugging your phone in for the blue led and see if it helps.

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Thank you so much, this helped and I managed to flash the phone successfully!

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