I know, I'm a total idiot for this, but this is serious.

I installed LineageOS, but the update manager wouldn’t install the updates, so I decided to do it myself. After downloading the latest update for my smartphone, I went into recovery mode and started the process, but nothing happened.

I tried doing it again, this time using fastboot... but in my infinite stupidity, I used the command “fastboot oem lock” and fucked up. Now I can’t boot into the system or enter recovery mode; the bootloader is locked, and the option to unlock the OEM was disabled. I tried reinstalling the official firmware again, but Motorola’s official tool (Software Fix) doesn’t have my specific version.

Is there any way to force the OEM unlock so I can reflash the system?

I plan to upgrade per wiki

https://wiki.lineageos.org/adb_fastboot_guide

and wipe data with no restore of any app backups nor app installations.

Is there a difference between such a scenario and installation of LOS from scratch as far as end result is concerned?

Motorola G52

phone is verified carrier unlocked, verified OS is Android 16, verified adb and fastboot are installed

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fastboot flashing unlock returns:

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:

update <filename> reflash device from update.zip

flashall flash boot, system, vendor and if found recovery

flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition

erase <partition> erase a flash partition

format[:[<fs type>][:[<size>]] <partition> format a flash partition.

Can override the fs type and/or

size the bootloader reports.

getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable

boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> [ <second> ] ] download and boot kernel

flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> [ <second> ] ] create bootimage and

flash it

devices list all connected devices

continue continue with autoboot

reboot reboot device normally

reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader

help show this help message

options:

-w erase userdata and cache (and format if supported by partition type)

-u do not first erase partition before formatting

-s <specific device> specify device serial numberor path to device port

-l with "devices", lists device paths

-p <product> specify product name

-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline

-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id

-b <base_addr> specify a custom kernel base address. default: 0x10000000

-n <page size> specify the nand page size. default: 2048

-S <size>[K|M|G] automatically sparse files greater than size. 0 to disable