Sony xperia 10 III cannot be put into fastboot mode

Hardware Adaptation
#1

Hello, I want to put a Sony Xperia 10 III Sailfish OS. However, I cannot put the Sony xperia 10 III into fastboot mode. No matter how many times I put the phone to the USB cable and press down the volume down button at the same time, the blue LED does not turn on and I cannot connect the phone to Fastboot. Who can help further?

As PC I use a laptop with current Opensuse 15.4 and installed Fastboot 33.0.3 version.

The output of journalctl-f is:

Okt 02 11:12:31 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 5-5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
Okt 02 11:12:32 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 5-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0fce, idProduct=b00b, bcdDevice= 1.00
Okt 02 11:12:32 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 5-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Okt 02 11:12:32 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 5-5: Product: Android
Okt 02 11:12:32 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 5-5: Manufacturer: Google
Okt 02 11:12:32 localhost.localdomain mtp-probe[7116]: checking bus 5, device 4: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-5"
Okt 02 11:12:32 localhost.localdomain mtp-probe[7116]: bus: 5, device: 4 was not an MTP device
Okt 02 11:12:32 localhost.localdomain mtp-probe[7141]: checking bus 5, device 4: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-5"
Okt 02 11:12:32 localhost.localdomain mtp-probe[7141]: bus: 5, device: 4 was not an MTP device

The output of fastboot is:

fastboot devices
????????????    fastboot
Can't get into fastboot (nor flash) mode. Xperia 10 III. Help! Pretty please
#2

Flash mode and fastboot mode are not the same thing - please don’t mix the terms.

#3

corrected, you were right

#4

Ok, I need to learn more English, up and down misread. I am now several steps further.

Unfortunately there is still a problem with flashing, I have loaded the latest software version from Jomlashop.

Flash utility v1.2
Detected Linux
Searching device to flash..
Found XQ-BT52, serial:HQ622P0A97, baseband:, bootloader:
Found matching device with serial HQ622P0A97
Fastboot command: fastboot -s HQ622P0A97
>> fastboot -s HQ622P0A97 getvar secure
<< getvar:secure                                      FAILED (remote: 'GetVar Variable Not found')
#5

I have started a new attempt. When flashing attempt, the phone is no longer accessible. With a new attempt comes then also times again the previous error.

Flash utility v1.2
Detected Linux
Searching device to flash..
Found XQ-BT52, serial:HQ622P0A97, baseband:62.0.A.3.163, bootloader:1322-1665_X_Boot_SM6350_LA2.0_R_52
Found matching device with serial HQ622P0A97
Fastboot command: fastboot -s HQ622P0A97
>> fastboot -s HQ622P0A97 getvar secure
<< secure: no
>> fastboot -s HQ622P0A97 flash:raw boot_a hybris-boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (25800 KB)                        FAILED (Status read failed (No such device))
fastboot: error: Command failed
Flashing failed (1)
#6

Now you are probably hitting the infamous USB3 bug - plenty of threads on the forum already.

TL;DR, use USB2 port or a USB2 hub if you don’t have one. Some USB3 ports do work though, so if you have some that run off of another controller it could be worth a shot too.

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#7

The problem was on a USB 2 port. The laptop is already 15 years old. While browsing the forum, I still got my USB HUB and plugged in between, now runs the flashing of Sailfish OS. Thanks for the answer.

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#8

This sounds like the autosuspend bug (not USB3 related). Try disabling it and try again. There are threads about it (try searching with e.g. USB autosuspend)