[Nokia 3 Questions & Answers] wutzkman:
Dear folks,

first of all let me thank you for all the good work in here.

I’m quiet used to ADB, fastboot, unlocked bootloaders, TWRP, Custom Roms etc since I've been routing my HTCs for couple years by now.

The other day a friend of mine, owner of a Nokia 3, asked me, if I could possibly “ungoogle” his phone. My idea was it to clean-install LineageOS, since it comes without GApps in first place.

That being said I found some instructions on the internet how to do it – not here at xda though.

I.	What I did at first:

I unlocked the bootloader, getting the “orange state”-warning.

I flashed TWRP, removed encryption and installed LineageOS.

Result: Nothing – device wouldn’t boot. :D

Then I thought I had to relock the bootloader, so that’s what I did and I got the “red state”-error. :angel:

So I ended up flashing original FW with OST. :good:

Ever since that, the bootloader had that “orange state”-warning, no matter what I tried. It is unlocked already. Even flashing the stock boot I found in here gave me that warning. Relocking bootloader fails. But I learned, that “orange state” is still OK. Is that true?

II.	What I did next:

I considered if the bootloader is not the problem, maybe recovery is.

So from fastboot I booted TWRP.img, leaving the original recovery untouched, removed encryption and installed LineageOS.

Result: Nothing – device wouldn’t boot.:rolleyes:

Since I didn’t really know what the problem was I ended up flashing original FW with OST.:rolleyes:

III.	What I did next:

I considered that recovery CAN’T be the problem, since it was untouched. Is that true?

So it had to be the bootloader.

I booted original FW, installed Magisk Manager, created a patched boot.

The I booted into TWRP, removed encryption, installed LineageOS, flashed the patched boot.

Result: Nothing - device wouldn’t boot.:(

Now here it could be the point that my “stock boot” could have been broken in first place already, since it had the “orange state” ever since (see I.) Could this be the problem? If yes, how could I overcome this issue? Flashing the stock boot from xda didn’t help (see also I.) Since I didn’t really know what the problem was I ended up flashing original FW with OST.:(

IV.	What I did next:

I flashed TWRP with SP Flash (Thanks for the wonderful guide [MENTION=8005568]SkaboXD[/MENTION]) to keep my locked/untouched/whatever bootloader (again: bootloader here isn’t locked anymore, no chance for me to relock it).

Then I booted into TWRP, removed encryption, installed LineageOS.

Result: Nothing - device wouldn’t boot.:mad:

Since I didn’t really know what the problem was I ended up flashing original FW with OST. :mad:

Tu sum it up:

I am kind of proud to have reached one and the same goal over many different ways now

But I’ve spent hours of reading through the threads here and trying to find my way and nothing worked. I have never experienced problem like those with my HTCs and could need some serious help now, please.:fingers-crossed:

Q1: Is it even possible install LineageOS on a Nokia 3? That’s what I considered lately. :confused:

If yes: How? What am I doing wrong?

If no: What other options do I have to “ungoogle” the device? Root and manually remove all apps? I’m afraid, I won’t find all and that google is hidden somewhere else as well.

Thank you in advance!