Installing on Xperia 10 iii via macos 15 – fastboot/fastbootd – no blue light

Thank you for the detailed instructions! Here are my results:

  1. double checked in Android that OEM-unlocking and USB-debugging are toggled on in the developer settings. To make sure, I went again to “Settings>About Phone” and tapped on build number: message: you are already developer. Btw. Volume keys work under Android.
  2. booted into fastboot first by Volume-down+power and USB-cable plugged in, checked in terminal with fastboot devices that device is reachable.
  3. run fastboot reboot bootloader – phone restarts, but ends up starting the system fully, no blue light.
  4. reboot the system once more, making sure USB-debugging dialog pops up when starting. Then running adb -d reboot bootloader – restarts the phone, but again, starting the system fully, no blue light.

Do you have an idea what could be done? My only next idea was to make a full factory reset and start over again: I’ve just completed this, but nothing changed.

The only idea I have found is that it could be a USB issue with macOS Sequoia. So I’ll try more cables. Thing is that I can connect to the device through fastboot devices, so this seems to contradict an usb problem.