[Motorola Moto G100 / Edge S] Moto-J:
Hi there,

I don't know how first installation of Lineage (and probably other Android tastes) went, though I had some issues I would like to share for people trying to install another OS then factory setup in the future.

I bought a new fresh G100 four days ago and set it up with only wifi, no sim, just to enlock and install LOS.

As I read on the forums, it normally is taking 2-3 days before the button in developer settings is active and not greyed out anymore, though for me nothing changed. After three days I did a full reset and set it up with only wifi, no sim, and the button in developer settings was active.

I used the following drivers and SDK:

SDK Platform Tools release notes | Android Studio | Android Developers

Android SDK Platform-Tools is a component for the Android SDK.

developer.android.com

Drivers | Motorola Support US

Visit the customer support page to view user guides, FAQs, bluetooth pairing, software downloads, drivers, tutorials and to get repair and contact us information.

motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com

I used the following guides for unlocking:

Sign in to Motorola - Motorola Mobility LLC

Sign in to Motorola

motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com

Info about nio variants | LineageOS Wiki

wiki.lineageos.org

After unlocking in fastboot I did not reboot, though emmediately flashed the Lineage recovery.

The recovery from the LOS website was not booting so I installed TWRP:

https://xdaforums.com/t/recovery-unofficial-twrp-3-5-2-for-moto-edge-s.4303199/

This recovery was booting and there I flashed the copy-partitions-xxxx.zip and emmediately after I installed LOS.

The procedure above was not working for me as I ended up with a phone only booting in fastboot.

So what I did afterwards was the following:

Phone was already unlocked, so installed the latest firmware following the procedure here:

https://www.getdroidtips.com/firmware-moto-g100-xt2125-4/

So, downloading latest firmware flash files, extracting to a folder with fastboot etc.. in it, and entering the commands to flash the firmware.

After that I head all my partitions back.

Then I installed latest LOSrecovery.img from:

index - powered by h5ai v0.29.2 (https://larsjung.de/h5ai/)

index - powered by h5ai v0.29.2 (https://larsjung.de/h5ai/)

build.lolinet.com

To be sure to have it in boot_a and boot_b I did:

fastboot flash boot_a <recovery.img>

fastboot flash boot_b <recovery.img>

This was working, so using adb sideload I now installed:

adb sideload copy-partitions-20220613-signed.zip

and the latest LOS:

adb sideload lineage-19.1-20220903-nightly-nio-signed.zip

(To use adb sideload you can go to "apply update" in LOS recovery and then "apply from ADB")

A working system, yes!

My questions at the moment;

- Is the official LOS recovery indeed not working, or am I doing something wrong?

When the above is true:

- I can not use the LOS update functionality as it is not possible to switch off updating recovery in settings?

- I have to disable LOS update and use adb sideload for updating?

In general:

- Is it possible to lock the bootloader again after the setup above, or do I have to keep it unlocked? Coming from Oneplus and there I could lock it again.

Hope it helps and am curious if the experiences from other people are the same.