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OK after a few tries with EDL cable (and starting from a completely dead battery) I was finally able to get into EDL. It's finicky for sure but I got the hang of it.
I carefully wrote the original images, but as you had described it refused to boot up. I had to switch the slot, reset, then switch back, reset and lo and behold I saw the recovery menu. For the first time in over a week. Finally it's not a paperweight anymore.
I guess now someone smarter than me could get an abl which will allow unlocking and flashing patched images with disabled checks. Not sure if the Freephone abl can work here but I'm past the dead paperweight stage so will put that thought aside for a few... weeks until I'm feeling brave.
Tomorrow maybe I'll install a different launcher and then try to get into android settings and developer mode. I don't see a way to get there with stock launcher.
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